Blue Baradun - NPC D&D - Episode 184

Baradun's wild surge goes too far, meanwhile, Greg grows suspicious.
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[@megamr4434]

I hear it comes in Baradun Blue!

[@megamr4434]

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[@turnerd20]

that is so on brand for bodger

[@F4ILS4FE_GAMING]

You guys should really use Talespire to depict your campaigns. I think it would be amazing. Combined with your clips and the Hero Forge miniatures, you could really give us a great camera view of the world. And it's one step closer to making a video game!! 😃😃😃😃

[@mk__cyanheron1154]

Baradun: Believe me I am the sorcerer Baradun!. People: Nah. as far as I remeber Baradun wasn't a blue-skinned goliath. That must be the imposter. Seize him.

[@mimumi3723]

That's exactly what I had thought. This is a big f-up because is gonna start to resamble the "fake Baradun" more and more.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

That was my thought, Baradun is going to come back taller and blue, imagine trying to convince people that you are the disappeared prime minister like that.

[@stephenmoore1541]

Oh my God. 🤦

[@michael_pilot]

And his sidekick has a tattoo that says he's a liar

[@ThalesWell]

People who knew Baradun must know this kind of thing must happen to him all the time, tho.

[@wilderwatz]

Since Baradun is terrible at keeping his identity secret, his wild surges are chipping in altering his appearance!

[@itsyaboy5426]

Ring of improved protection? Ring of Improved Protection... R.. I... P... Rob, what are you planning?

[@jdeno76]

Bodger sees Baradun turning blue "He's choking! Baradun is choking!" Proceeds to try the heimlich maneuver with giant strength....

[@rudilator2178]

Bodger is why the Heimlich manouver is now called the Abdominal thrust. Not quite, but the Heimlich family got tired of being sued by families of people who'd died. Trufax!

[@tskmaster3837]

"Violet, you're turning violet, Violet!" Our High Sorcerer is now a blueberry. Probably an improvement.

[@ThatOneRandomPerson299]

That rumor of Baradun being a doppelgänger is getting increasingly harder to deny now that he now that he looks like a seven foot tall Smurf

[@Gretchen_G]

In today's episode: Baradun turns blue and Bodger spends four days as a grad student. 😂

[@Reyna604706]

Greg after Baradun finally perfects his spell that he’s mysteriously working on and casts it: “Ah! Hello Adventurer!”

[@austinseph1]

'My sheep.have run amok!"

[@DragonsAreHungry]

So Baradun is basically an 8ft tall Smurf? Perfect.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Exactly! 😍

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

Smurfs = 3 apples high... conclusion: apples on Faerûn must be REALLY big! Edit: not Faerûn, I forget what this world is called.

[@Nameorsomethin]

@@ryadinstormblessed8308azerim

[@silenraven1017]

Baradun the high sorcerer becoming Blueradun the na'vy imposter was a nice touch for the begining of the session

[@Princess-of-Vodka]

It doesn't matter what color Baradun is, Laethil will love him either way 💕

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Cause they’re best friends!!!

[@mr.truffles9294]

Imagine a blue Djeoph

[@vincentbarwell5943]

Alan should have taken the war caster feat based on his concentration rolls in the last vid.

[@Dryhaar]

EXCELLENT idea using "Blinding heal" to transition between scenes. Kudos to your editor!

[@agiar2000]

So, just to be clear, Baradǔn now has: * itchy feet * extra height * blue skin

[@jaclynkurtz9808]

The itchy feet was cured by Zybylna

[@onecoolboy98]

Any more alterations, and Adam will be playing his character from their 1st DnD Logic skit.

[@agiar2000]

@@jaclynkurtz9808 Thanks! I forgot about that!

[@mrsamaritan6881]

Baradun just needs to gain the natural ability to produce cold and he'll be well on his way to becoming a frost giant!

[@MirZee]

An extraordinarily tall, blue-skinned man: "I'm Baradun!" Everyone else: On the bright side: Baradun can pretend to be master Padric and sort of win the election fair(ish) and square(ish), if all else fails.

[@michaellane5381]

He just needs the scales for that.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

​@@michaellane5381 I am sure there is a wild surge for that

[@e.s.5552]

Now the PvP episode makes a lot more sense

[@theq86]

Rob got real excited about the sheer power of the spell, but as we saw when put into practice his gravity rules makes it WAY over tuned. I wonder if he'll adjust the spell after seeing how it functions in PvP.

[@snowyshade0901]

Rob tapping into Rowan's mind and giving him additional upgrade is really great DMing

[@lol101ioi]

Rob giving everyone amazing gimmicks. But Greg... we just gonna raise his armor class to make him invincible

[@felixthecat0371]

​@@lol101ioiI feel like the ones he gave bodger weren't that good tho (except for how he modified the polymorph)

[@jenniferkeeler1940]

Bob runs around and all you hear is "Parkour!"

[@wolfmoon09able]

"Tie your shoes Bodge!" "I wear SANDALS, mate!"

[@youcefbouda6856]

I just love how Bodger casually stabs his comrades and offer their blood to his grandfather's hammer which is rightfully his

[@Veelasiren]

I wonder who's going to take more damage from that bloody hammer? Baradun spends most of his time blinked, so it will either be BoB because of his luck, or Greg when he's trying to concentrate on something

[@Ruler0fWorlds]

I honestly don't see it happening too much against allies saying its only on Nat 1s and when someone is in the trajectory of the hammer or near bodger.

[@Veelasiren]

@@Ruler0fWorlds hopefully it only happens a couple of times

[@averageviewer6286]

Thank you all for the most accurate representation of D&D available. Mirroring real life precisely - including character maintenance. 🎉

[@SirWreckingham]

Every time they mention the quick save scroll I think how useful it would have been if it was finished at the bean merchant.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

That would have bean wonderful if it was

[@SobriquetS]

Baradun missed his opportunity to sing "I'm blue da ba de da ba di"

[@IndigoIndustrial]

Did you mean Blue-adun?

[@iangametion]

7:50 Oh god the misfits "Did you see that?!" Is spreading to here 😂😂😂

[@BrilLeahnt]

29:28 Greg and Baradun die of “1d4 incorrect blood sacrifice” damage

[@sagexalcen4708]

Baradun's blue da ba dee da ba die.

[@mr.truffles9294]

Da ba dee daa 🎶

[@agirlnamedmichael1670]

Has Bodger forgotten to get his chunk o' fire giant for his Hammer?

[@donkeysunited]

3:18 Baradun teaching Bodger code words like: Bend over Bodger, I'm about do some MASSIVE damage!!

[@xyzabc4574]

Barabluen. And I figure over those 13 days that Wotsit has improved his performance to grand master level of proficiency.

[@lieslfrankpsychickinesiolo4906]

What did Greg choose for his level up??? My inner Leo is not coping with not knowing!!!

[@stephenmoore1541]

I think he just upped his wisdom. Clerics don't have to choose their spells when they level up like sorcerers, they have full access to their spell list. after every long test, he can choose what spells he wants for the day.

[@theq86]

@@stephenmoore1541 He didn't choose another feat he can forget? jk

[@stephenmoore1541]

@@theq86 maybe he did, idk, they just kinda skipped over that.

[@johnpatrick1647]

Baradun is slowly turning in to a Frost Giant. Maybe Bodger can use a piece of his body to supercharge his hammer???

[@stephenmoore1541]

Sadly, Bodger's hammer already got upgraded from a frost giant so another frost giant wouldn't do anything. But good luck convincing him of that 😉 Bodger takes one of Baradun's testicles 😂

[@piraterubberduck6056]

Being a foot taller and blue might hinder Baradun in convincing others that he is not an impostor. I wonder how that is going to play out.

[@beyondmaintenance]

He’s two feet taller, he got that same wild surge twice to increase height.

[@andyisabeast7782]

@@beyondmaintenance i think it was only 7' each time, but i could be wrong

[@ILOutdoors]

@@andyisabeast77826" each time. Not 7 feet :)

[@johannschiller2263]

Level 7 spells means now Baradun can now finally with Teleport

[@stephenmoore1541]

Only if he learned the spell when he leveled up 😂. I wonder if he remembered that.

[@jodelasarte1081]

That’s what I was thinking then they could teleport back to honeywood

[@terabiman]

So 13 days and Greg hasn't prayed for any favors? 😂 That feat could literally give him anything if it hits right?

[@ez_theta_z9317]

not a feat, it's a cleric class feature

[@carthagegaming5545]

Bodger's hammer has had a lot of character development over the years.

[@TravisBringsIt]

Bodger did the "Rowan was in Avatar" meme! Aaah!

[@ezequielali9400]

Im the few last episodes... Have you noticed how ben is REMEMBERING just bad things for his friends??? "Arent you concentrated on something" "does it have atack of oportinity " "did you wild surge?" 28:33 .... BEN IS IN CAHOOTS WITH VEERDORI.

[@lieslfrankpsychickinesiolo4906]

Ohhhh that could be a great plot twist He's going to white-ant them while in combat

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

I recently just levelled up with Rob as my DM, i really like the down time for level up. great time for roleplay moments, and have the world progress and the campaigns feel like several months and/or years in game

[@chriseichenberg6879]

Greg being a "good friend" should get Baradun a nice present to console him with his blue skin n all . . . i dunno . . . maybe a white phrygian-type cap and matching threws? He'll be quite sporting, may I say even smurfly 😊

[@lieslfrankpsychickinesiolo4906]

😂😂😂😂

[@WeddingSingerCB]

Baradun’s gotta be careful. He’s blue now, but if he turns green, he could die.

[@catvamp100]

Why people think he's an orc?

[@alderoth01]

Nice, nice, 😂.

[@KnightsRealm98]

He could also beat up a guy

[@Ruler0fWorlds]

@@catvamp100 Its the "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" by Eiffel 65 song reference

[@onecoolboy98]

Baradune, the Musical High Sorceror, has always been an 8ft tall Blue Humaniod ever since the beginging. I don’t know why people find it so odd.🤔

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Exactly!!! What’s different?

[@shivam7156]

7

[@onecoolboy98]

@@shivam7156 I swear he's 8ft. Didn't he wild surge grow 5 inches, 7 inches, and then 12 inches again.

[@zacherycounts6087]

I really appreciate and enjoy hearing Rob explain how Reverse Gravity can be OP. Really makes me respect his knowledge of DnD. Great content guys!

[@Vermouth_19]

Reverse Gravity is a cool spell, and its use in PvP was a clever play by Adam. He listened to what Rob said here and took full advantage of it.

[@Ejpon]

That being said, the damage was unfair due to homebrew fall damage.

[@Vermouth_19]

@@Ejpon yes, and Rob had noticed and planned to fix it in future uses. That doesn’t mean Adam’s win was a fluke nor was he cheating like many rudely accused him.

[@MoxJet629]

@@Vermouth_19 I don't know if he did it on purpose but he was pulling all sorts of shenanigans. Like two concentration spells at once and not rolling for concentration when he took damage among other things.

[@Vermouth_19]

@@MoxJet629 he didn’t do it on purpose. Adam forgot, so did Rob.

[@josephlong6779]

Ben should be really happy about that Ring of Feather Fall about now.

[@Veritas.0]

My VLDL lore has just included that Alan has a favorite Tech Town mug, and that's not just a random merch mug that was in the studio.

[@jonvanderwoude4682]

Group enters a tavern, "WE ARE BARADUN AND THE DICKHEADS!" Crowd: "Uh huh, Baradun isn't 8ft tall, he isn't blue. If your really the Dickheads then Djeff, greatest hero of the land, would be traveling with you."

[@metzdupcounselor]

Bodger's book on how to be strong... Step one: don't be a weakling. THE END I'd buy it. 📖 💪

[@TheArdor]

So much downtime, none used asking for Divine Intervention.

[@saml193]

It's cool seeing them get the abilities that we saw in the PvP

[@beastingify]

I feel like greg and bob need help or deeper understanding to catch up in sheer madness and power of bodger and blueadun.

[@Keller5327LV]

6:11 Alan voicing the group's attitude toward DnD homework YEARS & YEARS into this. 😆

[@Sophie-and-Ken]

They all come off as arrogant pricks. None of them do any “homework” and it shows in their play. Ben taking 20 minutes to figure out what or do in his turn, Adam constantly forgetting how his damage works, Alan not knowing his spells and Rowan has no clue how his hammer damage works even with a spreadsheet. Honestly if it wasn’t for the comedy the girls campaign is much better to watch.

[@MarwanAziz-cs1vt]

@@Sophie-and-Kennah

[@shadowknight1509]

@@Sophie-and-Ken They play DnD once every like 3-4 months, they are video gamers not table top gamers, they constantly have to be on because they are recording so it is very easy for them to forget simple things when they essentially have to be actors while playing a game. How does that make arrogant? Because they don't know DnD as well you?

[@IndigoIndustrial]

@@Sophie-and-Ken I think part of it might be to keep it accessible to casual gamers.

[@HunterS2013]

​@Sophie-and-Ken don't be that person no one likes that person just be cool

[@tjrobards]

That Bodger green screen has me dying laughing :D

[@ryadinstormblessed8308]

18:05 "a horizontal motion-stabilization plateau." Huh, I'd have guessed that to be a description of a bed!

[@JhokiOK]

Rob, you should not limit the Bogers blood sacrifice to 3 but continue with the Fibonacci style: +4 -13 damage, +5 - 21 damage etc.

[@chaotikclover7157]

But then he could sacrifice 16 HP to deal insane 4181 damage.

[@JhokiOK]

​@@chaotikclover7157 nope, vice versa, and it is not for extra damage but for better chance to hit

[@ez_theta_z9317]

@@chaotikclover7157 he could sacrifice 4181 damage to get a +16 to hit he's definitely hitting that but he's also definitely going to be a puddle

[@thomasharper9087]

nobody will recognise baradun/the high sorcerer now XD

[@dew-it8744]

Can we call him Blueadun now?

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Yes please!

[@jeremyrodgers7286]

Im happy we've addressed the polymorphing hammer.

[@lukeahead6055]

Lol Bodger should have rolled twice on the last day cause he had disadvantage on all checks from the second point of exhaustion. 😂😂😂

[@user-xe3qq1cn4i]

how does Adam shift from insecure to egomaniac so smoothly😂

[@mr.truffles9294]

Because he leveled up twice. He is slowly reverting back to his former self.

[@steelmongoose4956]

Because it’s the same thing.

[@peterjvarga]

Bodger forgot to ask for a bodypart, right? I guess it can be retconned that let's assume it has happened during that long time.

[@jcbuckley7095]

I think in an earlier episode Rob mentioned that Rowan just had to defeat the giant, you don't have to take a body part, but I could be misremembering.

[@jaclynkurtz9808]

​@@jcbuckley7095I think he does need the body part, he just only needs to defeat the giant, not kill them

[@jcbuckley7095]

@@jaclynkurtz9808 Okay cool, thanks for clearing that up dude

[@jaclynkurtz9808]

@@jcbuckley7095 Sure thing!

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

….. uh oh…. Definitely needs the body part

[@Dogo.R]

Wait... rob knew that reverse gravity was insanely buffed with his rules. Making it vastly more powerful than other things. I guess he was just ok with it since its once a day. And he ended up just not realizing how impactful that could be in the pvp session... not realizing its use would lead to a 100-0 when used against PCs... and a 100-0 based on a random dex save at that.

[@DokJae]

Greg really needs to remember to spend his downtime praying lmao

[@weirdchick257]

That thumpnail looks like someone straight out of Might & Magic.😂❤

[@DARKTHORNE1]

If he was green, hed look exactly like a poisoned Might and Magic character

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

23:45 the "30+ groan" subtitle was genius 😂

[@impy2d843]

Baradun: "I'm blue Da ba dee"

[@christiansorensen7567]

Baradun is the real Grand Admiral Thrawn. Charisma pheramones incoming! (Pst, Alan- get yourself a magical shield now too, to min-max that armor class!)

[@jeromykeloway]

Baradun did NOT take Teleportation on 7th level! OUTRAGEOUS! (I understand, Reverse gravity is way more useful in the upcoming battles:))

[@Alucardd-tt8eb]

It’s so funny that Greg is just fearfully screaming in the intro with his lantern

[@khromyakvsevolod3664]

"What is wrong with you... Why are you BLUE?!"

[@williamworden6164]

So bodger read for 12 hours then slept for 12 hours every day so why would sleeping for 12 hours not remove the Exhaustion as he goes

[@Eliphas_]

It makes me sad when there are no subtitles :(

[@Chilliconkanye]

There'll probably be subtitles tomorrow. You're just here before them

[@mr.truffles9294]

Too early for the subtitles

[@BrilLeahnt]

Oh no I’m gonna have to watch it again…. what a pity(!) ❤

[@Chilliconkanye]

@@BrilLeahnt I rewatch their longer eps with the subs on 😊

[@BrilLeahnt]

Subtitles are mandatory, but I’ll take any excuse to rewatch

[@katherineholmes8726]

I binge watch the entire series up to this point and now I'm caught up and having to wait a whole freaking week I even watched all the other ones

[@jonoliver5053]

Aw man, I was super hoping Greg would try to cast Wish every day so we could see what he was going for.

[@Sophie-and-Ken]

Greg is by far the worst of them all. He had no idea how to use his character and he refuses to do the homework because being a moron is better content.

[@JetEyeMonkey]

What a James Cameron moment from the podcast. So good

[@MikeLego89]

I think Ben needs to have a better upgrade

[@Cathie2209]

Agreed. Especially as he hardly ever uses his swords.

[@SnowyOwl369]

Oh so this is what adam meant when he said he was also in avatar

[@josephmatla1743]

Ahhh so the pvp session happened after this ..... dam reverse gravity pinching Greg's win 😅

[@xaphok2173]

So Baradun was blue the whole time during the PvP

[@user-cg2zv5bk3d]

now I want an epic series of NPCs Man where Baradun will have blue skin

[@michaellane5381]

My headcanon is that this will end with Skycraft getting the OW2 treatment and the game will have the same NPC'S with all the upgrades from their travels but just assume they were poorly remade.

[@famousflyingpickle7396]

For reverse gravity spell give bodger a immovable rod that he can activate as a reaction and then make him make the spells dc save to hold on

[@ordermind]

How is he going to carry it around if it is immovable?

[@famousflyingpickle7396]

@@ordermind it only immovable when active

[@ez_theta_z9317]

@@ordermind it's an item in base dnd. you toggle it by hitting a button. when toggled on, it stays still, and can only be moved by a dc 30 strength check or by having more than like 5000 pounds of force on it

[@Kaelygon]

Bodger slowly multi-classing to a blood hunter just that he doesn't miss

[@katherineholmes8726]

Best recommendation I can give is going back and watching the early episodes again there was so much I missed the first time watching it for example the fact that Vanessa was the wolf that Bob saw at the very beginning

[@Nurichiri]

Watching what wild surge can do I'm suddenly really glad the sorcerer I'm playing is a Divine Soul and doesn't have to worry about that.

[@rmgibson88]

24:51 me preparing for university exams 😂

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

*everyone felt that*

[@personc6122]

Bodger is never gonna get that firegiant part for his hammer now

[@matthew-yc4px]

They might come back

[@Razielts1]

Exactly, I thought of that too, and wondered if he could ask for a hair or nail to complete the hammer lol

[@soddof7972]

I would imagine that Yurg upgraded it to do the same thing adding a fire giant part would have done.

[@matthew-yc4px]

@@Razielts1 don’t forget he has to win it he could easily rig it so much it’s called is your name bodger if yes congrats you win

[@personc6122]

@@soddof7972 I don't think Rob holds their hands as much anymore

[@freelance8399]

Greg will have to use zone of Truth on Barablue 😂

[@steelmongoose4956]

Bodger’s hammer is completing its Stormbringer arc.

[@stars559]

The closed captions for when bodger sat down to read was quite the deep cut 😂

[@Leviazel]

I can't believe baradun didn't take crown of stars for a potential 7×4d12 radiant damage.

[@sheherazahde5611]

Rob is such a great DM!!! I love the way he works with the players! All DMs should learn from him!!

[@bradyjhoff93]

I really hope you guys make a full blown movie outta this campaign some day like a full blown baelins route 🥰

[@Joe_for_real]

I would love to have Adam at our table. He is well aware of the rules, very creative, and is looking ahead to where he is taking his character.

[@TheAvidian]

15:28 that look Rob gives Rowan, the internal screaming “I’VE EXPLAINED IT 5 FUCKING TIMES ROWAN!”

[@ktaragorn]

No comments for "Fool of a took!" :D caught me off guard!

[@danielbrown7214]

Is now Barrablue

[@martiansoon9092]

@15:30 Splash dmg should do half dmg to enemies in reach too, not just allies...

[@martiansoon9092]

This would also be more fair to hammer user, because now hammer has overall negative effect to the party.

[@Supremax67]

Did no one notice Bodger can now Polymorph himself? 😂

[@ambidextrousarchery]

OMG the Bodger reading sequence! 😂