NPC Grudge Match - Part 2

The clash of the titans continues. Who will win??
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[@andrewclark1645]

Adam reminding Greg to roll concentration while simultaneously never rolling concentration is just peak

[@mlpowers1991]

Let's not forget Hold Monster + Draconic Spirit (from part 1) And also can't concentrate while raging. I don't really blame Adam for not knowing that one, it's not one of Baradun's normal class features

[@andrewclark1645]

@@mlpowers1991 that was one of my predictions on episode 1 lmao

[@charlesr7269]

He also keeps using magical guidance for saving throws but it's only for ability checks

[@Veelasiren]

Greg Scooby-Doo'ing through those doors is actually adorable

[@Exail01]

Would have been so good in green screen to Benny Hill music

[@winteronice]

It's very in character actually

[@davidredshaw6206]

I am actually rooting for him to win

[@e1123581321345589144]

Greg basically did a denial of service on those doors :)))

[@Veelasiren]

@@e1123581321345589144 I was so hoping someone would be knocked through those doors and get walloped by Greg's guardian!

[@Auris_Foxen]

alan is genius for putting the warrior in front of his door so he's the only one willing to use the doors

[@luisleongaming1776]

Yeah, that deterrent is so incredibly effective. The 1/3 chance for 20 dmg really just locked everyone out of those doors

[@1Lanavis1]

He's a strategist alright

[@viktorbryce951]

The 20 damage wouldn't be enough for me to consider not using the door. You've got break a few eggs to make some omelets. At some point you have to start making moves and the Guardian can only hit 3 times before it vanishes. 20 damage at there level isn't even all that much. It's everything else that Alan has at his disposal like Spiritual Weapon, Harm, etc that should have the players worried.

[@luisleongaming1776]

@@viktorbryce951 That is absolutely true, even more so for a raging barbarian that can halve that damage (I believe it is bludgeoning?). But they have decided it is too much of a risk, and thus stun locked themselves with no end in sight.

[@viktorbryce951]

@@luisleongaming1776 I know right, they view a moderately small amount of damage as otherwise lethal, though to be fair, if Alan either soaks the damage they inflict or it out right misses he has a great opportunity to make you suffer for it. For being the quote otherwise healer he does have some very powerful spells and abilities that can drop say Bob or Baradun, more so Bob as Baradun has ways to mitigate said damage as we saw. Rog is likely the one who's in the best spot to deal with this due to his overwhelmingly high pool of HP's. Like just use your Move-Action go through oh look there be Alan, I use a say Ranged Spell/Attack then go back through the door. Sure I took 20 dmg but you likely inflicted significantly more and even if you didn't you could cause his concentration to break. That or just take the damage and move away from the Guardians, it's stationary so it's a one and done unless you go back through the door. Or say force him to burn limited amount of Spell slots forcing him to heal. Then at same time it forces him to make a tough call to either A: Stay in said environment and risk taking compiling damage from said environment which can also break his concentration or B: Move into a new environment and risk a encounter with one or more individuals.. It quite literally puts him at a bigger risk than I would say the other players as they all have say Ranged Attacks whereas Alan doesn't short of Spells until he has extinguished them. At that stage provided it gets to that point it should be checkmate and match.

[@kevinstringer]

Its nice seeing Alan actually enjoying playing Greg as a cleric. He seems a lot more interested than when he was playing artificer.

[@Daphflrks]

Also Clerics are so fun! Versatile.. They let DM raise stakes and dangers in Campaign without making it miserable for the players. Finetune other party members. And it's easy Chaotic good vs Chaotic evil freebie plotline if they want to use it. :)

[@user-gj8tp5xb6x]

Yeah it truly is. At first I was kinda annoyed by "holy" greg, but actually its pretty sweet. Its great honestly.

[@barisone3]

Everyone forgetting about the bat cape giving advantage on stealth checks

[@daviddossantos8884]

Me after the 1st episode: Daaamn Baradun is really OP Me after the 2nd episode: Daaamn Greg is really OP

[@czerwonyelf]

Yeah, people often think clerics = heals/buffs exclusively, and underestimate their offensive abilities. At 5th level spell cleric gets Flame Strike and then the real fun begins. I hope Alan realizes what an unit he should be by now in the campaign.

@@czerwonyelf well flame strike is just bad fireball... but the power of spirit guardians, guardian of faith and spiritual weapon is absolutely bonkers as you can have all 3 spells up at the same time for maximum battlefield domination

[@jonathansands3304]

Baradun is OP because of his ability to ignore rules to a point: ignoring Concentration being a big one (casting Hold Monster without losing his Draconic Spirit, not losing said Spirit when he wild surges into a Rage, casting Vitriolic Sphere while raging until Rob remembers and retcons it.)

[@MichaelDub]

Rob's response to hearing what Harm really does is the most real reaction I've ever seen him have

[@Yutah1981]

what it also SHOULD have done is finally break Baradun's concentration on the dragon that should have been long gone after casting Hold Monster. But no, he maintains even while raging...

[@catbert7]

@@Yutah1981 The dragon has evolved past his control. It exists on its own now and will eventually turn on its former master.

[@High-Tech-Geek]

Please consider subtitles for these episodes. Increase Lorquin's pay and give her some staff/support/training/permissions as well, so she can upload them herself to KZbin. She is so good, especially when you guys are all talking over each other, haha! Her work is a critical part of VLDL.

hear hear! We need them!

[@redcrow1752]

What I've learned from this is Greg is smart, he put up a guardian of faith at the door making everyone afraid to use them giving him full range of abusing the doors to his advantage...also harm is terrifying, I hope Greg wins or at least comes close

[@jborg0074]

Spending 3 rounds to buff himself and take advantage of non-concentration spells being on the field is brilliant tactics. Guardian of faith alone forces the rest of the players to not use hit-and-run tactics via the doors and spiritual weapon also bottlenecks players from the area it's in

[@brad7864]

Did Greg get screwed on his 2nd lucky point? They made his concentration check a constitution save so he had to reroll

[@ImperatorDwalin]

​@@brad7864Concentration checks are always Constitution saves, DC 10 or half the damage taken, whichever is higher.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

He has the best odds as of right now, the only one that can realistically beat him is Baradun and Baradun is being attacked from all sides. I would imagine that at some point Bodger is going to try and go for him, but there is almost zero chance of dealing enough damage to Greg without taking a lot of radiant damage in return.

[@redcrow1752]

@LuizAlexPhoenix personally I think baradune is going to try and keep his distance from Greg for a bit because of that harm spell, bodger might take advantage of baradune being at low health and take him out, Greg might be the reason why Bob gets out because Greg can use radiant damage and I believe Bob takes more damage to radiant (I'm probably wrong about that last part so please correct me if I'm wrong but that's my overall prediction of how it's going to go)

[@SamirAzazer]

I choose to imagine Gregs spells manifest as garlic. Like spiritual weapon as a flail with golden garlic heads.

[@jackzed2020]

IT'S CANON NOW

[@psudodrake]

Of all the times that Baradoon appeared just to flip Greg off... and... "HARM!" *Greg flips Baradoon off*

[@SevernSSO]

We need more PvP.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

This is what I’m gonna imagine happens in Honeywood from now on 😂

[@AdrianMott82]

42:34 can’t concentrate when raging!

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

We get into that next episode I believe 😅

[@georgechristian6852]

nor cast spells

[@backonlazer791]

@@georgechristian6852Yea, that's what I figured. Rage is actually pretty bad for a caster.

[@jonathanvanstensel6564]

16 is normally heal 5 points per turn on the wild surge table

[@aelsayed313]

It is a wonderful series but idk why it annoys me so much that Baradun gets away with blink / a lot of rules. I can see the disappointment in Bodger and Bob every time he blinks when they could just ready an action?

[@ChasmChaos]

Adam did not do a concentration save after he was hit with Harm. Plus, it looks like he's got Jedi mind trick in real life and he cast it on Rob 😅

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Yeah, that would explain how I keep missing so many things for him! Two con spells, no con save. Whoops. Hmm, how did this cash end up in my hand? Weird.

[@Suchanska]

@RobertHartleyGM HM WEIRD INDEED

[@daveetter4573]

Not to mention you can’t concentrate on spells while raging

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

@@RobertHartleyGM Hey, the Benjamins are very persuasive.

[@donkeysunited]

So what we're saying is that Rob needs a PA (backup lore/rules master).

[@scottanderson691]

What this mini series has proven is that Bob actually is a bad guy. Think about it. He's an utter failure in fighting any enemy in the regular campaign and frequently serves to derail their plans during non-combat gaming. But when fighting the rest of the team, he's quite competent. He has a shady backstory. His contacts and family are all bad/evil. He's also posessed by Kelethak and readily accepting his evil powers. Bob is the BBEG!

[@FaultAndDakranon]

Poor BOB. He just wanted to find his own path in life, and now he is at the mercy of powers he doesn't understand.

[@PalleRasmussen]

Were you ever in doubt? The exploding through people sort of gave a clue...

[@masonharris9166]

I'm going to have to disagree. Bob is not evil. If anything, he is the only party member who has shown any level of non-shelfish compassion. That being said, being the good guy inherently puts him in a antagonistic position to the party.

[@IneffableChild]

I feel like the Van Lier curse has spread throughout the dickheads at this point. If ever Bob becomes the BBEG, I feel like Ben's going to be rolling high af to all his attack rolls 😂

[@IneffableChild]

​@@masonharris9166and being a good guy doesn't really stop him from being mind-controlled/possessed. He may not become the BBEG, but it can still be a kind of Boss battle for the dickheads lol

[@DoctorWeather]

Really like some of the camera work here, like cutting to the minis whilst Rowan searches for dice - keeps the flow of things moving. I don't really have the technical understanding to properly describe it but I suddenly noticed it this episode.

[@michaelgarcia3380]

You are correct who ever does the editing and the CC works at great quality, and humor

[@tevildo9383]

I loved the little zoom and pop back on Ben at 3:35.

[@MrSparky4101]

I 100% expect baradun to, right before dying, quick save scroll this. Lol

[@MrJarryd1988]

Man Greg is poppin off this game. That harm turn was great. Also, what a cliffhanger to retcon Baraduns whole turn hahaha.

[@PoochMG]

Rowan: "I must confess, sir, my rage ended while I was paralyzed." Adam: "Hackzzz brooooo... mwhahahahaaaa!"

[@brotherfromanothermother4383]

Adam keeps using magical guidance for saving throws but it's only for ability checks xD

[@DOneClub]

And tides of chaos gives you advantage before roll, not reroll of failed roll

[@caesarmedina8489]

Tripple Meta for the WIN!!

[@jaclynkurtz9808]

Only Adam could have the rare triple-meta ability

[@ihcfn]

I was neutral at the start but, now c'mon Greg!

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Hope this is turning out in a fun and unexpected way! How many of your predictions have come true? How many did you get way off the mark on? How many are yet to be seen?

[@ChasmChaos]

Baradun raging completely changes everything! 😂 I predicted that Bob would roll terribly and was proven wrong. It's anyone's match at this point. My next bet is that the Dickheads call a temporary truce and decide to focus fire on Baradun on one of the turns he doesn't blink since that guarantees a win against someone with high damage ranged AOE attacks.

[@TheShamansQuestion]

It's been so fun and unexpected. I only had a soft prediction of Bodger winning because I prefer him to Baradun and he seemed the strongest. BOB is my favourite and I'd love him to win but Greg has been the MVP honestly, using the environment to his advantage with Guardian at the doors, and using Harm on Baradun. Hope he wins now. Alan deserves it but will have to see.

[@alexj1989]

Still betting on Greg, clerics rock in PvP if they use their spells well.

[@MrJoban5]

Seems like it’s rigged for Baradune with all the passes on extra concentration spells and no checks after taking extreme damage to keep concentration other than that I’m loving it

[@AlrinA43]

Alan is still my bet. He really uses his spells cleverly and I want to see Alan win. The others all got several heroic fight moments in the main campaign and he didn't get the one he could have...

[@Koto_Owns]

i love the corrections for things they miss bob shouldn't of taken damage with evasion baradun is concentrating on 2 spells bodger is resistant to cold baradun skipped like 3 con saves baradun is casting spells while raging baradun is concentrating while raging using console commands

[@Taurickk]

Bodger's been missing his danger sense for advantage on dex saves. Baradun getting very lucky with missed rulings, should have lost his dragon last video when he cast hold monster, again when he inflicted rage on himself. Glad Rob caught it at the end there and rolled back the acid damage. Excellent episode! Can't wait for the next one :) Sorry for the backseat autism

[@nicolalanti449]

Dun worry man, a bit of backseating is normal, especially if you really have a neurodivergent brain ;) I for example am very annoyed at the fact no one remembers to ready actions... Baradun's blink would be a trap if Bob or Bodger would remember XD

[@Taurickk]

@@nicolalanti449 haha for sure, it's like having an itch you can't scratch

[@nicolalanti449]

@@Taurickk In my case is more like something that blurts out with almost no control 🤣😂

[@Werewolf_dr]

Tend to find that people forget as much good stuff as bad stuff in the heat of the moment during gameplay, such that it balances out in the end. 😊

[@claudelauguste1420]

Yoh dude I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought the same thing

[@whycantthiswork100]

There was a moment at 44:46 right after Alan makes a concentration savings throw where Adam looks up makes a face when he realizes he hasn't had to make one ever, and says NOTHING.

[@callumhogan2428]

Made a similar face in the last episode when he had to make a concentration check for the dragon a little while after using hold monster on Bodger

[@whycantthiswork100]

😂

[@SevernSSO]

He knows. Its bit bullshit. As if the blink ring isnt enough.

[@MolexGamePlay]

Yeah, he is such a cheeky bitch sometimes.

[@whycantthiswork100]

Baradun metagaming and low key breaking rules is kind of in character though so he might get a pass.

[@SeanClaudeVanQuam]

Ahem... not only can Baradun not cast while he is raging, he can't concentrate either. His dragon should be gone.

[@anthonycruz223]

So satisfying to see my man Greg pull out the big guns on Baradun! Greg for high sorcerer 😁🤣

[@WelvereinYT]

I see that Bob is getting better at looking for sneak attack. But holy molly, i didn't remember that Harm waas such a nasty spell: reducing maximum hit point would be massive in this battle royale set up

[@Grdiang3l]

The sound effect for Baradun's rage was 👨‍🍳💋

[@Auris_Foxen]

kudos the players for their honesty this episode. alan reminding rob that it was his second turn in the lava, rowan reminding rob that his rage had dropped, etc (I think there were a few other examples)

[@willhicks7027]

Except Adam double concentrated

[@Auris_Foxen]

@@willhicks7027 true true but I don't think that adam caught it and I doubt he'd have done it if he'd realised

[@Tayden]

The Dragon should have been gone 3 separate time lmao

[@seantandy3700]

Adam just refuses to consentration check 😂😂

[@infern0711]

That dragon was gone halfway through part 1. But that’s what happens sometimes.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

I am going to assume that consent-tration is on purpose, because that's a beautiful pun.

[@christianbechhenriksen898]

It is right - but to be fair he’s got a +9 to con saves - so highly unlikely it would have changed things

[@ZiegVandriel]

​@@christianbechhenriksen898the moment he cast Hold Person on Bodger last episode, the dragon should have immediately disappeared. You can't concentrate on two spells at the same time.

[@Ravencore_]

That's the secret power of the High Sorcerer of Kalabor

[@markkNL]

The dragon should've disappeared when Baradun Wild Surged, since you cannot cast spells or concentrate on them while raging.

[@Minecarftable]

Yeah I noticed this too

[@lck723]

I love how tickled Rob gets by Ben’s jokes.

[@FaultAndDakranon]

To be fair, Ben's jokes are replies to Rob's exposition. Ben actually likes to make the people he's talking to laugh with his jokes.

[@mikeglasswell-gameplay]

Miss Dabilities joins the battle

[@RobertHartleyGM]

And her man, Mister Bilities.

[@MSN_63]

😂

[@astrobotnautics5291]

"luckily it's midnight next turn" 😂😂😂 cannot wait to see it

[@sarahgorman6423]

Poor Rob with his VERY real and clear frustration about thunder vs lightning damage

[@devilmikey00]

I still feel like no one truly appreciates how deadly greg is here. They quite honestly all should team up with Baradun and focus fire him to burn him down. If Baradun dies, Bob and Bodger stand almost no chance vs his dmg output, high AC and ability to heal. I mean he can just casually heal himself to 50% with his channel divinity twice so he effectively has almost double his base health on top of being very hard to hit for anyone but Baradun.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

No joke, Baradun is the only one that can cause enough damage to Greg. Bodger and Bob could team up and still not be able to reach him. Greg already set up his guardian of faith and holy weapon, so he controls two areas and is going through doors with impunity. He also has higher AC and temporary HP, so they cannot even hit him nor deal enough damage without him retaliating in full force.

[@devilmikey00]

@@LuizAlexPhoenix Yeah, it'll just be bob's eldritch blast over and over until greg kills them ;p

[@TheGoldwingh]

Love these hour long sessions. Great work rob, as always, on making an engrossing, immersive story and world. 👌

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Thanks! PvP is tough to make interesting in DnD

[@mdansbyjr]

All hail our Lord God of DMs, Rob!

[@itsprobablyonyoutube]

This has to be the best response you could give for the fans hoping for longer format videos. Thanks Viva La Dirt.

[@colterjohnson1525]

Baradun had 2 concentration spells going in first episode so the dragon should've disappeared then but then when he raged he shouldn't have been able to concentrate either and should've lost the dragon again... he's getting away with a lot of stuff

[@masonharris9166]

Rob commented else where that he realizes this next episode

[@syncdom]

​@@masonharris9166maybe but if you recall in the Goldhorn fight Baradun/Adam was literally using 3 different concentration spells at the same time so I'm thinking Rob doesn't put limitations on how many of them that can be used simultaneously. Though I'll be honest in my games while I don't put a limit on concentration spells myself I do however make it so you got to roll with disadvantage for each additional concentration spell and a fail counts towards all of them. Simply put the more concentration spells you got going on the more likely it can fail.

[@neodigremo]

@@syncdom I like this as a rule. May steal it. (I don’t do PvP so I don’t mind players making busted combat builds. So long as they can’t break the story I don’t care if they breeze fights)

[@MoHax01]

And dragon wasn't take damage when start in same biome

[@BrilLeahnt]

31:39 Greg’s door move was excellent strategy

[@Garintoh]

It's quite awesome seeing rowan so engaged, using terrain, strategizing, remembering every effect from the terrain... He is more of a pvper than an pveer! 😅

[@windcallerctk]

Wow, this went by to fast ... I mean, a full hour of the VLDL guys D&D-ing, me trying to follow it all, numbers flying everywhere ... This feels more and more pro to me, and I am LOVING it!

[@kota78798]

What I find so funny, is that everyone wanted to gang up on Baradun. Yet, no one thought to ready an action for when he came out of blink to attack him. Lol

[@sparkselm173]

Sitting here watching NO ONE prepare an attack against Baradun for the moment he reappears from Blink... Lost opportunities.

[@GumJump13Dave]

Ikr, on Bodger's turn I was screaming prepare/hold action against Baradun for when he re-appears and captain america him. But also hitting the dragon to keep rage was good too

[@UnknownGamer0140]

Greg using harm makes me think of Juggernaut in Deadpool 2. "I'm gonna rip you in half now." "Ok."

[@laurensummers4946]

Loving Greg's strategising here, locking off the doors, hit and run, good stuff. I'm cheering for him!

[@TheKibbleDen]

Im so glad rob picked up on in rage you cant cast spells, i hope he remembers that you also cant concentrate on spells. So his dragon would disappear.

[@IndigoIndustrial]

Triple-meta-game-inception. Good catch on the no spells while raging.

[@DragonsAreHungry]

The fact that you don´t have any merch shirts in the office/studio, so if like here somebody (looking at you, Adam) forgets about the memo, they can go and change, is outrageous and you should immediatelly stock on at least one shirt per your used sizes. 😂

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Haha we do actually have TONNES in the office. I definitely should have gone to change

[@DragonsAreHungry]

@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD *insert Rowan with the shame bell gif 😂

[@atomiczam4066]

Love how red Adam turns during his rage. But rage drops all concentration, because y'know, the rage. Bye bye dragon. It's why Byrim's warlock/barbarian was such a terrible idea.

[@codybuscher9272]

The zoom snap edit when Ben was going uuuuhhhhhhh. Was top notch. Well done all round 👏

[@haiclips3358]

WHY IS BARADUN CONCENTRATING ON DRACONIC SPIRIT WHILE RAGING

[@samusamu5342]

YES!! ANOYING

[@matluoma9195]

10 minutes in and I'm thinking "Couldn't Greg have cast Dispel magic on the dragon?"... not that he's ever done that.

[@claudelauguste1420]

You know something funny. When he casted hold monster, which is a concentration, it should have ended the spirit dragon, which is also concentration.

[@blakepattee7023]

Baradun's Rage with metal playing in the background was amazing! Keep it up guys, you make my day!

[@midnitepagan9118]

Greg has finally found his calling as a real battle-cleric :)

[@Me-th3gj]

I'm absolutely LOVING this! Robert, you're an absolute mastermind, brother. The planning of this coming out to kick-start my weekend, is the best possible timing. My weekend is going to be GREAT because of you guys. I'm SO entertained. I freaking love you guys! Thank you so much! I'm going to pray to God, that you guys have the most amazingest of weekends. You deserve to feel the love!

[@Me-th3gj]

PS: With thunder, you get the clap. With lightning, you get the slap.

[@haiclips3358]

Its incredible how quickly these players have learnt mechanics when it becomes a matter of competition

[@aaronhutchinson8911]

I'm actually considering making PvP part of session zero for my next game. (I usually start players at level 3 so they can have some of their class features/ abilities) I only hope that will help my players learn their characters as fast as these guys seem to be learning there's.

[@Daphflrks]

Its ridiculous & awesome. :)

[@bmatt7895]

If bob/ben really wanted to get devil sight back as one of his eldritch Invocations he would be able to replace one of his current ones if he gained another warlock level.

[@thenuad]

Baradun took a hefty damage from Greg (-28), which brought him down to 27 HP (since the potion (+30) took him to 57 HP). Thus, Greg's attack caused more than 50% damage. So, why there wasn't a Confusion (or whatever the GM pulled on Horatio) roll?

[@HCXWinchester]

Isn't it %50 or more of "full hp" not current?

[@realname4401]

I looked it up, they call it massive damage. It only occurs past the damage threshold of 50 points.

[@DerLaCroix1]

Also, wasn't his max hp lowered for an hour, too?

[@realname4401]

@@HCXWinchester It is current health, which is why the threshold comes into play I guess. They didn't want someone one with 20 health keeling over a 10 damage attack.

[@realname4401]

@@DerLaCroix1 Rob said only if he failed the save. Why am I the one answering these questions lol, I've never played the game.

[@semichargedclock4005]

Bob: I'm hidden. Bob: That's lightening damage? Rob: No it's different things. Bob: And then sparks of electricity? Rob: Recon - Everyone can see bob for the next 3 turns and hidden is disabled.

[@ZiegVandriel]

Greg can win this easily if he keeps playing smart. Clerics represent!

[@decklyn5529]

Barbarian rage prevents the casting spells and concentration of spells.

[@IneffableChild]

That was EXACTLY how I expected Baradun's rage to be like 😂 though rage is such a pain in the ass to have if all you want to do is cast spells 😂 man I can't wait for the next ep, I feel like someone's gonna go down 💪

[@gokulauri]

Baradun using the dragon angers me so much 😂 all his plans would fail if he lost it like he should've

[@lukeari9890]

I'm okay with it only because Rob killed the Hold Monster before Baradun could even do anything with it

[@dtfe3]

​@@lukeari9890 Im not really okay with it myself. Not only do I think Baradun would not use hold monster if he knew he would lose his dragon, but hold monster on Bodger forced him to get a point of exhaustion which gives him disadvantage on all ability checks for the rest of the fight. Also he's been avoiding concentration checks for the entire game it feels and during that harm thing, when he rerolled with a sorcery point, that was also against the rules. Magical Guidance specifies ability checks, which saving throws are not. So Baradun would've failed the saving throw and been forced to either take the entire brunt of the harm spell or use his hero token. While I like Adam I find it hard to believe that after all this time he still struggles to remember concentration despite how often he has used it.

[@lukeari9890]

@@dtfe3 I caught the magical guidance thing, since my current character is a sorcerer. It's a decently easy mistake to make, but he has been playing a good while now. And the concentration checks being missed are pretty ridiculous. I don't blame Rob, since there is a lot of stuff going on; but Adam needs to get better at self-policing. He does seem to only remember the rules when the DM does. But I dunno, maybe he would have still gone with Hold Monster since the effect was incredibly powerful. Arguably more powerful than the dragon has been so far, since knocking out Bodger early would be massively helpful. Bodger is easily the biggest direct threat to him.

[@Tayden]

​@@lukeari9890Adam is blatantly cheating at this point. If he wasn't calling out other people for forgetting stuff (even when they remember) I would believe he was honestly forgetting. Although it is 100% within his character's personality to use any "glitch" he can find within the game.

[@decklyn5529]

lmao I loved the Ahhhhhhhh(slowly zooms in) *click* so good!

[@PyroGam3s]

i'm surprised no one around the table had any comment to make when Baradun blinked into existence and literally at the last second stole Bodger's loot chest... "AYE! I was here first you little gremlin!"

[@zacharydavis8600]

The realization of the rage effect on baradun 😂. I was wondering if he’d retcon it.

[@leopomon7091]

43:21; Barbaric rage forces a caster to drop concentration on concentration spells and can no longer cast concentration spells. Baridun shouldn't be allowed to keep the draconic spirit since it's a concentration spell.

[@suntanironman]

Well… he already shouldn’t be allowed to keep it (because he cast ‘Hold Monster’ in Part 1). This is just the second (maybe third) time he shouldn’t be allowed to keep it, lol. 😂

[@Damzyboi]

Greg anime deflecting Bob's Eldritch Blasts with his hands :D

[@Dominus4776]

Go Bob! Also I'd love to see Bodger and Greg team up. The Honeywood boys

[@alexnonya183]

Baradun gets away with so much stuff in this show though x,D 1. Magical Guidance as a Sorcerer ability can only be used on Ability Checks, not on Saving Throws like he did =P 2. It also says that he MUST use that new roll after using that ability, so even if he was able use it, he couldn't then use Tides of Chaos, I believe? 3. Entering a Barbarian Rage requires that you cannot concentrate on any spells nor cast any while raging =P OH! Rob caught the casting no spells thing =D Hurray

[@liberalideas8224]

TLDR Raise a glass to the real hero: the DM. Here's to Rob. You know, there are a lot of reasons martial s tend to struggle in these kind of pvp matches such as the base line disparity between martial s and spell casters, but this episode highlights just how much more difficult spell casters are to referee as well. While the DM already has a ton on their plate, calling out a barbarian who didn't take damage for losing their rage is up front, start of the turn stuff. So while it is still easy to miss, it is much easier to think about than mentally tracking everyone's concentrations as they are not nearly as transparent. I can't speak for the boss, but the little bit I tried DMing was very stressful, with about 70% of my brain thinking about story/combat flow, NPCs, ect, and about 25% dealing with any rulings that needed to happen on the spot, 3% secretly (?) thinking everyone is hating every second of this even if they aren't, I only had 2% left for trying to track what everyone was supposed to be tracking: themselves. That said, even players make mistakes, and they only have one sheet to worry about.

[@chissie123]

Damn shame they didn't do green screens for this series, would have been so funny seeing Alan pop through the door, harm Alan and leave again.

[@aaronhutchinson8911]

I would love a green screen episode that shows the highlights from this PvP match.

[@roderickhuizing4651]

Out of curiosity, could you ready an attack / spell against someone blinking?

[@RobertHartleyGM]

Absolutely yes. If it was beneficial to do that

[@roderickhuizing4651]

@@RobertHartleyGM thanks for the answer. I can imagine it's a way around Baradun blinking out of harms way the whole time. Though of course the characters would have to know roughly where he will reappear.

[@mateusz_dasal]

Yeah Bodger should wait with hammer attack rather then attack dragon and that might end really bad for Baradun ;)

[@mrdoomgamer8629]

​@@RobertHartleyGM i was screaming at my screen for them to remember the ready action, they should really give the player handbook a look 😅

[@thehypermentalsquad1816]

Ah yes the ending plot twist we all wanted to see “baradun you can’t cast spells again!!!”

[@robinkhn2547]

I love that these are 1 hour long videos, wish the the campaign videos would be also 1 hour long. 30 minutes just feels too short always. But damn, this channel is on fire rn. 3 videos per week, love it!

When Greg took potion of healing, I had sudden flashback to that PUBG video, where Greg in his underwear is standing in middle of blue circle, eating all the healing potions while Rowan is shooting and growing grenades on him :DDD

[@lindhe]

I cannot believe that _these_ guys played an entire game with a "sit on the throne" mechanism without making a single 💩 joke!

[@hojo_sosec]

Baradun's 'rage' can't be a one-shot. It was just too good. I hope there's some way it makes it into the regular campaign :D :D :D

[@TheCooPeer]

37:25 I would usually agree with Adam here but as he put it himself, Baradun knows Bob. That would mean he does not know Bob is good at hiding because he's so miserable at it in the campaign :D

[@happymonkey2013]

Loving badass Greg, the character change was a fantastic move for his RP

[@tobiasware]

This Battle Royale format is a fantastic way to get players & DM together to know each other. I'm loving this series. More of this please, perhaps with the Misfits!

[@rhyspayne5582]

The zoom in on Ben and then click out when he clicked his tongue made me spit take 😂

[@Annieoftheskies]

Petition to give Greg a Vorpal Trowel

[@kjhai4517]

Wotsit can go invisible, change shape and has poison claws, he has a few abilities that could prove useful if Ben ever remembers 😂 but i genuinely want either Bob or Greg to win this..Bob because he just has the worst luck in general and it would be a huge win for him but also Greg because of how undervalued he has been through their whole campaign and i feel like he needs this😂

[@aaronhutchinson8911]

I think Bob is worried that if Whatzit gets killed he will lose him for the rest of the battle.

[@Shattered_Entertainment]

Baradune would lose concentration as soon as he raged cause you can't cast or concentrate while raging

[@soloprimogeniture4678]

Man IDK why but I am rooting for Greg

[@AarPlays]

Ngl, i believe this is fantastic for them to start remembering things. They'll actually eventually learn more about each other's skills than their own. But hey, at least one of them will remember

[@soddof7972]

The honesty of the players always makes a DMs job easier, its great seeing people stsrting to remember their rules as they play more often.

[@obi-kenkenobi4346]

Not done with the episode yet, but the strategy from Alan is great. Control the battlefield. Hang back at the doors with protection/traps/escape routes at every corner, and the rest of them are forced to directly challenge him outnumbered or expose themselves in the middle and take their chances.

[@CrashCraftLabs]

i really hope yall do animate this fight eventually lol this would be hilarious to watch as a skit

[@theferalpaladin4350]

Ben Mouth popping and Adam editing video to zoom out in unison with the pop. Love it. True art.

[@snowyshade0901]

ah daily dose of epic npc man im so spoiled i cant live without it

[@TheTrueBobDole]

I'M ROOTING FOR YA GREG!!! YA DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY BEAT THE OTHERS, JUST OUT LAST THEM.👍👍👍

[@nyx0211]

Ben's gleeful grin at 33:19 is hilarious 😂

[@lieslfrank1717]

This is so fantastic Thanks so much for doing this

[@Ta2edGamer]

Rob i praise you for walkin them through so much in the campain. Best dungeons master every. We appreciate you.

[@ripwolfram]

baradun wasted such a good chance to finish bodger off in the last part, when he was paralyzed, and now bodger has recovered to the maximum hp. also adam forgets about counterspell

[@neodigremo]

Would he be able to? Harm is a level 6 spell and to counter it he would need a level 6 spell slot. I think he only had 1 and has used it up on the dragon.

[@ripwolfram]

@@neodigremo really? he used it with a lvl 6 slot? summon draconic spirit is a lvl 5 spell. anyway, he could still use counterspell using a normal lvl 3 slot (charisma check dc 16).

[@hildebos1653]

@@neodigremo You can counterspell a level 6 spell with a level 3, 4 or 5 (or above 6) spell slot. You just have to roll to see if it works

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Alan and I also have 1 level 7 spell slot now too (and yeah the Dragon is a level 5 spell)

[@neodigremo]

@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Ah my bad, I thought the Spirit was a higher level spell. Simple mistake. Thanks for the clarifications.

[@ramarajuKannaa]

Happy that these are one hour long. I wish other sessions were also longer than around half an hour.