Greg got the kill and you can't convince me otherwise. He described how the magic hit the giant's chest and how he disintegrated. Bodger just hit the giant in the foot and pretends he had killed him.
@@gabrieldasilva7970 For me its like Rowan only ever plays Rowan. Every single character he plays is a jerk. Cuz Rowan is a jerk. And he BULLIES his fellow players. Meta games. And scoffs at actual Role Play. I am tired of it. He TOOK THIS FROM ALAN WATCH ROWAN. He was bummed that everyone else gets harder and more powerful hits. He slumps and pouts. Then TAKES OVER. He bullied Elle as well. You can see Elle physically CRINGE during her 1 session with the guys. I am tired of male chauvinistic pigs.
Greg at the brink of death, narrowly avoiding the attack and in turn gets the kill on the possessed storm giant! What an epic NPC man! Then Bodger pops in...
It would be hilarious if the Misfit's quests ended up being fixing issues these guys created and in doing so they left their own wake of destruction, which would require another groups of adventurers to fix... :D
I have high hopes for the misfits. They’re still finding their rhythm, but I think those two episodes were at least as good as the first two of the Dickheads’ campaign.
@@TempestFirestrike I am betting on something along the lines of the world going to shit since there is no High Sorcerer and everyone in power is busy with politics. So basically, while Baradun and the dickheads are getting Laethil's focus away, every hidden villain that was bidding their own time decides to try taking over parts of the land.
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Then you got Bodger who keeps claiming to be the parties "Tank" but doesn't have a single aggro skill or if he does have some never seems to use them.
When Rob said the giant no longer had true sight, I was waiting for Djeoph to come into play. Also, my autocomplete knows the name "Djeoph" so that's fun.
I was actually expecting him to cast the sphere, smile a little as it hits, then faint/pass out and just go from upright to faceplant but blink just as he was about to hit the floor
I like to believe that at this point in story Greg is canonically the most powerful among the party, but he doesn't realize that or is not confident enough in his abilities. I think I will root for him in PvP one shot.
Now I wish Bodger's hammer did explode, not cool stealing the kill from Greg. 😡 Seriously tho, I know they are good friends and having fun. But I can remember at least few groups back from when we played regularly, where an interruption and lack of acknowledgement like that could actually offend a player. I guess DM knows for sure it won't happen here, so he allows the interruption. But in the end everyone wants their time to shine.
It's starting to look like Greg is "the chosen one". He started as a lowly garlic farmer, but as he has travelled he has faced many monsters both external and internal and has grown as a character (NPC). Now he is a powerful Life Cleric (and is capable of doing huge amounts of radiant damage). Kalothec is a harbinger of death and destruction. He is the antithesis of what Greg has become.
Bodger can use this story of how he stole the credit of finishing the giant from Greg as his inspiration speech, if he starts remembering to do that again.
Reading this, I immediatly saw it happening, with Bob and Baradun glowing with admiraton again, and Greg is only inspired to "get back at Bodger somehow". But hey, inspired is inspired! LoL
4:31 I don't care what anyone say, tripping and falling with style to dodge a death hit is super heroic in my book and it's what I'd like to see in a dnd game
Heroically passing out for a second while staring death in the face, thus causing the enemy to miss their swing. Or the enemy was anticipating a dodge and compensated for it, but their target was frozen in fear.
I feel like the next time Bodger puts himself in mortal danger, Greg is going to do everything he can to convince everyone to let it happen. This campaign isn't about Baradun vs Leithil, it's about Greg vs Bodger!
I have a solution. Greg casts Holy weapon. And instead of losing concentration, chooses to dismiss it, exploding it in radiant energy and kill stealing Bodger '):):)') bonus if radiant energy evaporates the giant so no parts for hmm to attune :)
After giving up hope on the mainstream D&D, I'm so glad that I found you guys again. It's so refreshing seeing a D&D 'let's play' and a bunch of friends sitting around a table and just f*cking around instead of a D&D 'show' that's all bells and whistles instead of actual good content. I was watching you play all the way back in the pandemic but fell out of the habit of watching around the time of Icewind Dale. I rediscovered you guys about a week ago and I binged all the way to here; you guys are amazing. I was laughing so hard I pissed myself. Rob is without a doubt an amazing DM, and I picked up a lot of things I'm gonna steal... I mean, borrow for my home games.
FINALLY THEY SHOUT OUT ROBS CHANNEL! they should do that every episode in my opinion. I watched 87 episodes before i found his channel and learning from him is 60 % of why i watch these maybe more %
Rob with the realest DM moment. "I thought it just hit hostiles." "MAYBE, that's why I asked for the spell." Like a thousand spells and for some reason players always think DM knows the description to every one by heart.
At the end of the fight i first thought, Hell yeah Greg is going to get the kill, but immediatly got the feeling that somehow stuff would go sideways. And it did, Bad Bodger! Greg should get like a bodger repellant or something. In the cutscenes he could use a sprayer bottle and go: No bodger, Bad bodger 😛🤣😂. But honestly, There should be more epic Greg moments!!
@@meh2510 Would be a nice combo, Darkness of Calathak (Kalathak) Dripping from his eyes, and a Holy glow radiating from his weapons. B.O.B : Best Of Bothworlds :P. And then make Bothworlds a real place in the skycraft world :P
one way to ensure that Bodger doesn't Steal another one of these. Blink away - let Bodger get to 0 hp and have his 'action be make death saving throws' then he can't cut in front of the line (so to speak).
I feel really bad for Greg, and I was excited when he finally got to use radiant damage against necrotic. Think that deserves a Hero Point IMP. *Wink, wink, nudge, nudge*. Amazing episode as ever from BatD. Especially loved the wild surge, definitely something I'd imagine Baradun doing deliberately.😂 At least the UwU dragons gone though.
Long comment about the story development, but no spoilers. The story itself is magnificent. It is deep, with unexpected turns, which Rob had planned WAY before. Huge respect to DM for crafting something so elaborate and exiting. However, at this point I do have a problem with characters. And this episode actually shows why. By this point they are adventuring together for many months and they've been through a lot. However, only Greg had a development arch: farmer - destruction and chaos - tired from it - reevaluated his priorities - cleric with principles who cares about stuff. Other characters remain the same. In fact, all these events didn't even seem to change their relationship with each other: they're hardly friends. They hardly even care about each other at all by this point, hence the kill steal and interruptions. Like, yeah, Bodger's and Greg's relationship always were competitive in skits, and in the beginning that's 100% how Bodger would have acted, and Rowan presents it so well! But by this point in their adventure their dynamics should've changed. This being said, I really like how Rowan plays Bodger: some of the funniest in-game moments that made me laugh so hard i cried are thanks to Bodger's personality (and hammer). But by this point I imagine he would have been more protective and friendly towards Greg? Probably have more respect? This would've also excluded overstepping real life boundaries: because let's be honest, kill steal looked really rude. IRL that's not how you play dnd, if you don't want people stop inviting you. Same goes for Baradun in terms of development. I expected he would either become a better person and not a threat to society as a high sorcerer, or reinvent his goals and find the new vocation as an evil overlord or something 😁 (cause he actually hated being high sorcerer in the beginning). But it doesn't seem like these events are changing him at all. I know that's a lot of words about imaginary characters, but it looks like there's a long adventure ahead. And if the characters don't change or become deeper it could be just same events, but on repeat. In each situation you know what (probably) Bodger will do, you know, what Baradun will do, you know what Bob will do. Greg's transformation, however, was a really interesting story line. Anyway, all this is about the characters, not the actors. IMO all actors are doing an amazing job playing the characters. And this channel is one of the funniest things I've seen in my life! It helped me when I needed something to laugh about, so thanks for that! ❤
I am generally on Robb's side, that having to roll for everything gets boring and means that you can miss important stuff. But a compromise is always decent, like allowing the players to roll once for an entire room and only set a DC for actually hidden things.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix Perception checks should just be in a radius in video game adaptations. The higher the score, the higher the success chance and wider the radius. It'd be more realistic anyway, looking carefully around yourself.
@@GruppeSechsI understand that. But it's not game like. It's not engaging gameplay. I wanna be able to find things if I actually look for them on my monitor. That's fun to me.
@@toknowwhyuneed3593 But that's not what's being discussed. We're talking about one dice roll mechanic vs another. It'd be pretty redundant and annoying if you not only had to look carefully with your naked eye for something that was deliberately hidden but ALSO cross your fingers and hope for a good dice roll.
Why does Bodjer ALWAYS Railroad Greg?! It’s so irritating!😂 His kill steal, last time he stopped an important conversation so he could flirt with the Giant. Like seriously, wait your turn! No wonder his Grandfather gave the Hammer to Aaron.
Agreed 😁 This one today was 100% spoon-deserving move. And it was a bit irritating wasn't it? I thought they had this whole "must agree to pvp" idea, and I would say this moment was soooo close to pvp. 🤏
Manager Rowan has entered the table. Didn't expect him to kill steal, much less rip off a theme song. Garlic farmer cleric greg is going to remember this and oops bucket of healing missed!
Rest in peace giant. You were a great fighter. 😢 At such moments I hate Bodger, but on the other hand, the new Greg is for good and life and not for evil and death, perhaps it’s for the better that Bodger took this bloody moment from him.
Having started to watch this a couple weeks back, I suddenly was hit with absolute shock when I realised I'd actually caught up on years worth of content. This is awesome stuff guys, genuinely funny and great storytelling.
@@matluoma9195 I would say it goes like this: - Baradun = Skipper. He usually takes initiative for the group, has good strategies and has an ego. - Bob = Kowalski. He has smarts but the execution of his plans often goes wrong because of bad luck or external factors he didn't take into account. He also doesn't have as much confidence as Bodger and Baradun, despite being pretty powerful on paper. - Bodger = Rico. Simple minded and efficient, his solution for most things is "Kaboom". Display consistently the biggest destructive power in the group. - Greg = Private. Not so confident in himself, also the most probable to show empathy and talk to solve problems. Also has a lot of potential as support, and as a damage dealer in certain situations.
You know for everyone that comments how they love the characters I have to say that although I am not a D&D player, I have to give a lot credit to Rob. The amount of time and thought he pits into the story telling has had me mesmerized as I've binged ep 1 to this in 2 months.. he really draws you into the story and makes you wonder if everyone will get out alive..
Good god I’ve been gone for a few weeks and nearly forgot subtitles - rookie error! Glad to be back on to it with VLDL joy and catching up with a binge haha ❤
(long comment, no spoilers) See, this is why i dont assume anything. I was curious IF rob was gonna pop the weapon but i figured he wouldn't once he asked for the spell description. I wondered if the giant would have had a smaller attack modifier without the mask due to lack of depth perception. Probably not, since he's already missing true sight, counter spell, and more. Rob counting d8s is PEAK dnd. Love watching the players freak out. The cutaway after was so funny lmao Rowans face after hearing the damage is so good. You're a tank buddy, not a nuke xD Good guy rob making in itemized list for the boys for LOOT. So, who thinks theres a cursed item in there somewhere? Also i LOVE "weapons and armor that grow with you" like bodgers weapon. You guys joke but i legitimately bet larian studios would sponsor an episode with you guys. Episode end! (I dont think tides of chaos should've worked for blink since blink isn't some you can get advantage on buuuuut small details. ;) )
I did enjoy the mess they were in when they were looting at Yarris' place. Baradun got the lanturn meant for Greg. So Greg decided to steal it. Bob got the blink ring meant for Baradun ( I think) but got scammed by Baradun and gave it to him.
These guys need to consider going to a longer form episode. We’ve been in this fight for like 4 episodes and probably only took like a hour in real life
Feels like I'm getting a perfect amount of vldl DnD content weekly now. I love how the last episode was left on a cliffhanger that was actually just a DM mistake. 😁
Headcanon for greg's hero point: greg takes 2 flaming slashes and as he is about to get hit by the 3rd his blood glows brightly and quickly turns into a blood armour that blocks the third strike. (Think soul eater Crona's black blood but on the outside and with a holy glow)
This is peak D&D right here. From Greg having that lightbulb moment to shine, to Bodger stealing the kill to people realizing that they can do something in BG3 but it's different from TTRPG. Best episode yet!
Greg got the kill and you can't convince me otherwise. He described how the magic hit the giant's chest and how he disintegrated. Bodger just hit the giant in the foot and pretends he had killed him.
Dragonslayer (1981)
I see many Blinding Heals in Bodger's future
@@phoenixdzkHe has a rather “Bright” future
bodger got main character syndrome >.>
So Bodger gets healed, then gets buffed and then steals Greg's kill? Outrageous
It's been a while since Bob cut into someone and exploded them from the inside...
I kinda hated Bodger for this... Hahahha
@@gabrieldasilva7970100% agree going to be a real shame when they go to the fire giants get in a fight and Bodger needs heels😅
@@gabrieldasilva7970
For me its like Rowan only ever plays Rowan.
Every single character he plays is a jerk.
Cuz Rowan is a jerk.
And he BULLIES his fellow players. Meta games.
And scoffs at actual Role Play.
I am tired of it.
He TOOK THIS FROM ALAN
WATCH ROWAN. He was bummed that everyone else gets harder and more powerful hits.
He slumps and pouts. Then TAKES OVER.
He bullied Elle as well.
You can see Elle physically CRINGE during her 1 session with the guys.
I am tired of male chauvinistic pigs.
@@kuraivanguard Me, being Greg, I would let Bodger get downed AT LEAST once.
Greg at the brink of death, narrowly avoiding the attack and in turn gets the kill on the possessed storm giant! What an epic NPC man! Then Bodger pops in...
I choose to believe Greg attacked, he described how the giant was disintegrating and Bodger just pretends he killed the giant.
@@lytsedraak agreed - because Bodger used his hammer to chop off a toe.. last I checked hammers were fairly blunt.
Definitely still Greg's kill, Bodger just Bodged a dead foot
I'm glad they're friends, because I've seen the sort of stuff he pulls in this game start fistfights.
Cloud giant 😋
Every day, Greg gets closer to becoming the Big Bad of this story, and whoever he kills, will have had it coming.
most probably Bodger tbh...
Or Baradun…
Or Bob…
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Or Kettlesteam... *holds hand out*
@@GruppeSechs who's kettlesteam ?
I hope Greg gets extra hero tokens for allowing Bodger to steal his kill.
Alan should get 'steal' Rowans Hero Token each session Rob hands them out- until Rowan apologizes.
No, Bodger should have spend a Hero token to steal the kill
I'm absolutely loving the contrast of playstyles between Baradun and the D******ds and The Misfits 😂
It would be hilarious if the Misfit's quests ended up being fixing issues these guys created and in doing so they left their own wake of destruction, which would require another groups of adventurers to fix... :D
@@TempestFirestrike oh god, that would be hilarious - at least to start with. :)
I have high hopes for the misfits. They’re still finding their rhythm, but I think those two episodes were at least as good as the first two of the Dickheads’ campaign.
haha yes I cannot imagine BATD making NPC mini's kiss before charging into battle
@@TempestFirestrike I am betting on something along the lines of the world going to shit since there is no High Sorcerer and everyone in power is busy with politics. So basically, while Baradun and the dickheads are getting Laethil's focus away, every hidden villain that was bidding their own time decides to try taking over parts of the land.
Greg is really becoming the real MVP of this group, awesome!
Actually being proper support and healer 😍😍
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Poppy was the sleeping giant that never got to shine! She would have carried the campaign.
Poppy was too OP which is why greg had to let her go. She'd take Kelothac on by herself and win @@GruppeSechs
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Then you got Bodger who keeps claiming to be the parties "Tank" but doesn't have a single aggro skill or if he does have some never seems to use them.
Clerics are gooood
Wasn't that like first boss kill ever for Greg? Damn it Bodger.
When Rob said the giant no longer had true sight, I was waiting for Djeoph to come into play. Also, my autocomplete knows the name "Djeoph" so that's fun.
Djeoph is the ONLY way to spell the name Djeoph!
If it isn't Djeoph, it's just Jeff, which is a completely different name!
Djeoph is also in my phone's library. Soon, he'll become a real NPC. 😂
I think Bob said it best. “Fuck Djeoph! Ffffffuck Djeoph!”
Is it bad I always read this as DJ Jeff? You know your typical imaginary Australian DJ?
I was actually hoping for Lord Conrau lol
That Adam sleep faint and 'pop' is everything. My favorite moment.
I feel like it's something Baradun would do in a skit
I was actually expecting him to cast the sphere, smile a little as it hits, then faint/pass out and just go from upright to faceplant but blink just as he was about to hit the floor
I was so hoping for this silly "pop" and cheered when it happened ! 😄
Almost wanted Bob to have accidentally cast sleep on him :)
The end with Bodger stealing Greg’s kill genuinely upset me. Clearly it upset Rob also.
And also Alan 😂
Same
It's good role-playing though.
I mean Bodger and Greg do compete in the skits.
haha 😆
@@KhanAndMrPointyEars agreed but it’s still upsetting. 😝
can't wait until the session where Greg 'steals' Bodgers moment.
I like to believe that at this point in story Greg is canonically the most powerful among the party, but he doesn't realize that or is not confident enough in his abilities. I think I will root for him in PvP one shot.
Well, he *is* the OG NPC.
Being a cleric, there is a strong argument that he is the most powerful, statistically as well as canonically.
@@EbuCallinav That's because the power curves in 5e are incredibly borked.
Most definitely he is. Also he acts as the moral compass which is a very difficult task with a cohesive party let alone BatD
Also Cleric all the way as my favourite class. One of if not the most versatile. Go Greg!
The sleep wild surge into a successful blink is one of the funniest things I've seen in a campaign, green screen just made it better😂😂😂
**pop**
Now I wish Bodger's hammer did explode, not cool stealing the kill from Greg. 😡
Seriously tho, I know they are good friends and having fun. But I can remember at least few groups back from when we played regularly, where an interruption and lack of acknowledgement like that could actually offend a player. I guess DM knows for sure it won't happen here, so he allows the interruption.
But in the end everyone wants their time to shine.
exactly
It's starting to look like Greg is "the chosen one". He started as a lowly garlic farmer, but as he has travelled he has faced many monsters both external and internal and has grown as a character (NPC). Now he is a powerful Life Cleric (and is capable of doing huge amounts of radiant damage). Kalothec is a harbinger of death and destruction. He is the antithesis of what Greg has become.
Greg got robbed. That's like stopping B.O.B from exploding someone from the inside.
Bodger can use this story of how he stole the credit of finishing the giant from Greg as his inspiration speech, if he starts remembering to do that again.
Reading this, I immediatly saw it happening, with Bob and Baradun glowing with admiraton again, and Greg is only inspired to "get back at Bodger somehow". But hey, inspired is inspired! LoL
He also needs to remember his hammer has a polymorph ability
@@msharp6887 I think they kinda retconned/opted to ignore that, since it was basically just giving the enemy a health buffer.
It’s the credit that was rightfully Bodger’s all along, until Greg tried to steal it from him. 🙂
@@68CastImp makes it easy to capture them, rest,heal,strategize
4:31 I don't care what anyone say, tripping and falling with style to dodge a death hit is super heroic in my book and it's what I'd like to see in a dnd game
I very much agree. Especially when it is accidental but people think it is deliberate.
Heroically passing out for a second while staring death in the face, thus causing the enemy to miss their swing. Or the enemy was anticipating a dodge and compensated for it, but their target was frozen in fear.
I feel like the next time Bodger puts himself in mortal danger, Greg is going to do everything he can to convince everyone to let it happen. This campaign isn't about Baradun vs Leithil, it's about Greg vs Bodger!
Too right
I really felt for Greg (Alan)
This! At the bare minimum, I hope Greg defaults to Blinding Heal when healing Bodger from now on.
@@Vermouth_19 Yh. You don't mess with the epic NPC man
"Who has the bigger quest now, Bodger?!"
I have a solution. Greg casts Holy weapon.
And instead of losing concentration, chooses to dismiss it, exploding it in radiant energy and kill stealing Bodger '):):)') bonus if radiant energy evaporates the giant so no parts for hmm to attune :)
After giving up hope on the mainstream D&D, I'm so glad that I found you guys again.
It's so refreshing seeing a D&D 'let's play' and a bunch of friends sitting around a table and just f*cking around instead of a D&D 'show' that's all bells and whistles instead of actual good content.
I was watching you play all the way back in the pandemic but fell out of the habit of watching around the time of Icewind Dale.
I rediscovered you guys about a week ago and I binged all the way to here; you guys are amazing. I was laughing so hard I pissed myself.
Rob is without a doubt an amazing DM, and I picked up a lot of things I'm gonna steal... I mean, borrow for my home games.
So happy to hear you’re back and enjoy our chaotic comedy style so much! 😍
I feel kind of the same way. No disrespect to Critical Role, but I just couldn’t get into that style. But I love VLDL D&D and the Oxventurers.
Yeah CR campaign 3 & their extra content feels a bit off, like it's gone mainstream, doesn't have the charm of its early days
@@tevildo9383 much disrespect to CR after they did a political no no and got involved in something they know nothing about.
That wasn't Bodger stealing the kill, it was Manger Rowan, Bodger's Patron, using his lair action **Manager's Privileges**
Talk about a dick move, I mean Bodger, Bob and Baradun have all had boss kills while Greg has yet to get a single one.
Greg uses Blinding Heal! Over and over on Bodger now, as a petty revenge!
I wouldn't consider it too petty.
Greg in two weeks: "What's cure wounds?"
Oops, Bodgers hurt, I'd like to use my hero token to upgrade my blinding heal to permanent eyeball gouging heal.
Tsk tsk. No one likes a kill stealer, Bodger. Gonna need a full version of that theme song though.
If you haven't already, you should check out the Palword skit on the main channel. You won't be disappointed!
Also two classic Bored skits: Pokemon Go Battle Goes Wrong! and Pokemon Danger.
@@jaclynkurtz9808Ah man, that throw. Still gets me to this day.
"I wanna be...
pretty good...
Like other people are"
Best lyric ever.
Was that made before or after this tabletop session?
I'm so disappointed in Rowan in this one. Yes, Bodger would take this from Greg, but ooof Rowan, not cool bro.
I was expecting a green screen moment of bodger hitting an already dead giant carcass and claiming he killed it 😂
woah rowan... ruuuuuude! you don't take away the epic boss-overkill from your party comrade. bah-boo! pssh. rude.
FINALLY THEY SHOUT OUT ROBS CHANNEL! they should do that every episode in my opinion. I watched 87 episodes before i found his channel and learning from him is 60 % of why i watch these maybe more %
10:25 BOB might miss, but Ben's jokes never miss!
I'm also very impressed that Ben remembered the "SLEEP!" Jokes from all those episodes back!
Rob with the realest DM moment. "I thought it just hit hostiles." "MAYBE, that's why I asked for the spell." Like a thousand spells and for some reason players always think DM knows the description to every one by heart.
Rowan Singing: "I know it is my destiny to be a douche every chance I can... douchebagmon!"
That was truly a dick move by Rowan. I was waiting for Alan to revive the giant or unleash a torrent of magic on Rowan lol
Greg should have come back as Paladin.
Smite everybody, especially Bodger!
He could technically do a two level dip into it haha
One of the best wild surges so far! That was hilarious 😂
Had to stop the video to laugh, after the accidental foreshadowing 🤣
At the end of the fight i first thought, Hell yeah Greg is going to get the kill, but immediatly got the feeling that somehow stuff would go sideways. And it did, Bad Bodger! Greg should get like a bodger repellant or something. In the cutscenes he could use a sprayer bottle and go: No bodger, Bad bodger 😛🤣😂.
But honestly, There should be more epic Greg moments!!
No more holy weapons for Bodger, those are now solely reserved for Bob. Maybe it will even help with his rolling.
@@meh2510 Would be a nice combo, Darkness of Calathak (Kalathak) Dripping from his eyes, and a Holy glow radiating from his weapons. B.O.B : Best Of Bothworlds :P. And then make Bothworlds a real place in the skycraft world :P
one way to ensure that Bodger doesn't Steal another one of these. Blink away - let Bodger get to 0 hp and have his 'action be make death saving throws' then he can't cut in front of the line (so to speak).
@@matluoma9195 bit harsh 😅, and then you have to bank on Greg getting to blink 🙈
I'd happily buy a shirt with Greg and Bodger touching finger tips/hammer tip, labeled "Guidance"
Bodger 2 minutes in “Concentrate then, Greg.” 😂
I was looking for this
As a GM, I won’t hide an important plot point behind a die roll, but I often hide bonus treasure behind some level of effort.
Poor Greg he finally got a kill after so long and Bodger stole it from him
I can just hear the pain in Alan's voice as he talks about why anyone would want to become an employee of TechTown.
I think Greg should've revived the giant and then just leave while telling him, "Go ahead and take his arm."
Better hope the greg doesn't hold a grudge about stealing his moment. Remember kids healers save lives... or watch you die ;)
Bodger: oh, you're really powerful...
And that's why he stole Greg's moment
I feel really bad for Greg, and I was excited when he finally got to use radiant damage against necrotic. Think that deserves a Hero Point IMP. *Wink, wink, nudge, nudge*.
Amazing episode as ever from BatD. Especially loved the wild surge, definitely something I'd imagine Baradun doing deliberately.😂
At least the UwU dragons gone though.
I really didn't expect the fight to end like that. Surprised but not disappointed, well done BaTD and Rob!
Ah, I spoke too soon. Not cool, Bodger!
Taking a nap after a wild surge--yeah, sounds about right, actually. 🤣
Long comment about the story development, but no spoilers.
The story itself is magnificent. It is deep, with unexpected turns, which Rob had planned WAY before. Huge respect to DM for crafting something so elaborate and exiting.
However, at this point I do have a problem with characters. And this episode actually shows why.
By this point they are adventuring together for many months and they've been through a lot. However, only Greg had a development arch: farmer - destruction and chaos - tired from it - reevaluated his priorities - cleric with principles who cares about stuff. Other characters remain the same. In fact, all these events didn't even seem to change their relationship with each other: they're hardly friends. They hardly even care about each other at all by this point, hence the kill steal and interruptions.
Like, yeah, Bodger's and Greg's relationship always were competitive in skits, and in the beginning that's 100% how Bodger would have acted, and Rowan presents it so well! But by this point in their adventure their dynamics should've changed.
This being said, I really like how Rowan plays Bodger: some of the funniest in-game moments that made me laugh so hard i cried are thanks to Bodger's personality (and hammer). But by this point I imagine he would have been more protective and friendly towards Greg? Probably have more respect?
This would've also excluded overstepping real life boundaries: because let's be honest, kill steal looked really rude. IRL that's not how you play dnd, if you don't want people stop inviting you.
Same goes for Baradun in terms of development. I expected he would either become a better person and not a threat to society as a high sorcerer, or reinvent his goals and find the new vocation as an evil overlord or something 😁 (cause he actually hated being high sorcerer in the beginning). But it doesn't seem like these events are changing him at all.
I know that's a lot of words about imaginary characters, but it looks like there's a long adventure ahead. And if the characters don't change or become deeper it could be just same events, but on repeat. In each situation you know what (probably) Bodger will do, you know, what Baradun will do, you know what Bob will do.
Greg's transformation, however, was a really interesting story line.
Anyway, all this is about the characters, not the actors. IMO all actors are doing an amazing job playing the characters. And this channel is one of the funniest things I've seen in my life! It helped me when I needed something to laugh about, so thanks for that!
❤
I'm so happy that you did a green screen for the sleep-blink.
24:46 both are perfect perceptions. Some like searching for that hidden loot, whereas some just want a general check so as to not waste time.
Implying that spending time closely looking at the scenery in BG3 is a "waste" of "time"... heresy.
I am generally on Robb's side, that having to roll for everything gets boring and means that you can miss important stuff. But a compromise is always decent, like allowing the players to roll once for an entire room and only set a DC for actually hidden things.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix Perception checks should just be in a radius in video game adaptations. The higher the score, the higher the success chance and wider the radius. It'd be more realistic anyway, looking carefully around yourself.
@@GruppeSechsI understand that. But it's not game like. It's not engaging gameplay. I wanna be able to find things if I actually look for them on my monitor. That's fun to me.
@@toknowwhyuneed3593 But that's not what's being discussed. We're talking about one dice roll mechanic vs another. It'd be pretty redundant and annoying if you not only had to look carefully with your naked eye for something that was deliberately hidden but ALSO cross your fingers and hope for a good dice roll.
Why does Bodjer ALWAYS Railroad Greg?! It’s so irritating!😂
His kill steal, last time he stopped an important conversation so he could flirt with the Giant. Like seriously, wait your turn!
No wonder his Grandfather gave the Hammer to Aaron.
Agreed 😁 This one today was 100% spoon-deserving move.
And it was a bit irritating wasn't it? I thought they had this whole "must agree to pvp" idea, and I would say this moment was soooo close to pvp. 🤏
haha they should also implement Thor's "still worthy" mechanic, so if Bodger becomes less deserving of the hammer, he won't be able to lift it.
That’d be cool! Bodjer definetly needs to learn Humility or something.
(Honestly, after his actions today, I kind of wish the Hammer did explode.)
Nice! 😁 The hammer must turn into spoon if Bodger does something unworthy. 😁
@@annavangardom879 It'd never be a hammer again!😂
Wow! Maybe Greg shouldn’t have saved his mate’s arm!😂
1:06 "Reads aloud silently" xD
Manager Rowan has entered the table. Didn't expect him to kill steal, much less rip off a theme song. Garlic farmer cleric greg is going to remember this and oops bucket of healing missed!
I hope so!
"What bucket. The only spell I know is Blindng Heal." *Blinding Heal* Bodger when he takes 1 damage
Rest in peace giant. You were a great fighter. 😢
At such moments I hate Bodger, but on the other hand, the new Greg is for good and life and not for evil and death, perhaps it’s for the better that Bodger took this bloody moment from him.
okay, this is my favourite wild surge so far out of all the wild surges of baradun 😂
Man, that little confrontation between Greg and Bodger at 20:32 is quite intense... *Greg will remember this* (and so will we ! 😉)
Baradun was prepared on his turn . Nice to see quick actions.
In my mind, there’s an alternate reality where Greg did get the kill, and that’s the reality I stick to.
You guys are quite literally my comfort creators. I’ve probably watched every bored episode 2-3 times 🤣 thank you for your content. Genuinely
Having started to watch this a couple weeks back, I suddenly was hit with absolute shock when I realised I'd actually caught up on years worth of content. This is awesome stuff guys, genuinely funny and great storytelling.
Greg really got robbed
Bodger really turning into that guy, taking beans, stealing spotlight, switching between low intellect and high int char when needed xD
That *pop* when an unconscious Baradun blinked just sent me 🤣
Rowan: Please please, I've been planning this since the start of the encounter
Alan: Ok take it
Rowan: *Doesn't even know the words of the song*
This is why cleric's are taught humility. Too many Bodgers :D
My drive in to work in the morning is always better when I can listen to this campaign
I cant wait for Greg to become a fallen cleric and shift to the death domain.
Thank you for wild surging cause that green screen bit legit made me laugh out loud and I’ve had a rough day so I needed it 😂
Skycraftmon! Ohhh, it's my destiny!!! Giantmon! Your my best friend, in a world i must defend!
14:27 I love unconscious blink!
HAHA the 90s training video ad in the middle was amazing.
Is Ben ever going to remember the locket that he has that guarantees him a 10 to hit?
Outrageous forgetfulness.
Two campaigns at once! I'm so happy
Logs for the last few episodes are running behind. Sorry, everyone. Anyone who wants to take a crack at it, be my guests!
Blink, and you'll miss Baraduun
I can't help but think that these guys remind me of the penguins from Madagascar....
who's who?
Skipper
Kowalski
Private
Rico
@@matluoma9195 I would say it goes like this:
- Baradun = Skipper. He usually takes initiative for the group, has good strategies and has an ego.
- Bob = Kowalski. He has smarts but the execution of his plans often goes wrong because of bad luck or external factors he didn't take into account. He also doesn't have as much confidence as Bodger and Baradun, despite being pretty powerful on paper.
- Bodger = Rico. Simple minded and efficient, his solution for most things is "Kaboom". Display consistently the biggest destructive power in the group.
- Greg = Private. Not so confident in himself, also the most probable to show empathy and talk to solve problems. Also has a lot of potential as support, and as a damage dealer in certain situations.
You know for everyone that comments how they love the characters I have to say that although I am not a D&D player, I have to give a lot credit to Rob. The amount of time and thought he pits into the story telling has had me mesmerized as I've binged ep 1 to this in 2 months.. he really draws you into the story and makes you wonder if everyone will get out alive..
Careful what you ask for. The last think you want, is to blink out while they are about to revive you.
I didn't expect the giant to die after depleting just one of his health bars.
That was very surprising, ye
Interesting mechanic tho
Perhaps it had to do with both forms had been bloodied and Greg did enough damage to finish off both forms? Just an idea.
@@kestin8412that's what I thought
Good god I’ve been gone for a few weeks and nearly forgot subtitles - rookie error! Glad to be back on to it with VLDL joy and catching up with a binge haha ❤
Right on time for some D&D madness.
Perfectly accurate skit to the events of Baraduns turn.
as Greg casts guiding bolt, "Final Flash!!!" All that remains are 2 giant feet, burned away above the ankle
Bodger remains a prima donna. At least he is consistent.
Wow, I never would have bet that Greg got the kill! Amazing!
I legit feel sorry for Greg.
When the Math major had to calculate 7 + 5 and got 13 to hit with eldritch blast... ROOOOOOBBBBB XD
(long comment, no spoilers)
See, this is why i dont assume anything. I was curious IF rob was gonna pop the weapon but i figured he wouldn't once he asked for the spell description.
I wondered if the giant would have had a smaller attack modifier without the mask due to lack of depth perception. Probably not, since he's already missing true sight, counter spell, and more.
Rob counting d8s is PEAK dnd. Love watching the players freak out. The cutaway after was so funny lmao
Rowans face after hearing the damage is so good. You're a tank buddy, not a nuke xD
Good guy rob making in itemized list for the boys for LOOT. So, who thinks theres a cursed item in there somewhere? Also i LOVE "weapons and armor that grow with you" like bodgers weapon.
You guys joke but i legitimately bet larian studios would sponsor an episode with you guys.
Episode end!
(I dont think tides of chaos should've worked for blink since blink isn't some you can get advantage on buuuuut small details. ;) )
I did enjoy the mess they were in when they were looting at Yarris' place.
Baradun got the lanturn meant for Greg. So Greg decided to steal it.
Bob got the blink ring meant for Baradun ( I think) but got scammed by Baradun and gave it to him.
Im sure the prop department also loves "weapons and armor that grow with you"
@@EjponLOL i didnt even think about that! I bet they do
Congrats on 400k. Let’s go!!!! 🎲🎲🎲
How is only 400k should be 10 times more
That's for the support!
These guys need to consider going to a longer form episode. We’ve been in this fight for like 4 episodes and probably only took like a hour in real life
Feels like I'm getting a perfect amount of vldl DnD content weekly now.
I love how the last episode was left on a cliffhanger that was actually just a DM mistake. 😁
18:29 the self-injected promos KILL ME 😂 - literally love them.
16:35 epic. Bravo Greg bravo
I like how the tablet Alan has also has Phoenix's name on it because they sit in the same spoot
14:45 Literally laughed out loud at that "pop" 😂
Headcanon for greg's hero point: greg takes 2 flaming slashes and as he is about to get hit by the 3rd his blood glows brightly and quickly turns into a blood armour that blocks the third strike. (Think soul eater Crona's black blood but on the outside and with a holy glow)
Greg has gotten so much more useful! Thanks for going through the grind!!
Greg should start poking holes in Bodgers hammer, make it permanently holy. Ha! See what I did there? Or Bodger can just boil the hell out of it...
20:14 Poor Greg, it’s never the cleric who gets to do this and he STILL wasn’t allowed 😢
This is peak D&D right here. From Greg having that lightbulb moment to shine, to Bodger stealing the kill to people realizing that they can do something in BG3 but it's different from TTRPG. Best episode yet!