Schmargonrog Citadel - NPC D&D - Episode 176

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Baradun and the Dickheads discuss the next step in their plan.
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[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Who wants to see how long the guys could last in the Citadel if they actually went in?

[@pipzedog]

Depends if blink works

[@ewoksithlord286]

Hell yeah! I give them ten minutes at my most optimistic.

[@keyboardSmashed_]

But is Djeoph with them? 😆

[@abigailroderick2275]

Maybe after they get the upgraded gear from the giants. It might double the time from 2 combat rounds to 4 😂

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

​@@keyboardSmashed_Always!

[@keyboardSmashed_]

‘Unfortunately Djeoph is not a real boy … *YET.* ’ Oh no …

[@Lorqu1n]

Oh yes #EverybodyLovesDjeoph

[@suntanironman]

It's always been Wankershim! (I’m sure there is enough of a fan overlap where some here will get that reference.)

[@TheEstafista]

You do know that if he ever becomes a real boy it will end in Bob exploding him inside-out? Right? I'm all for it for this reason alone!

[@Bushade]

Oh NO... O_O

[@paulmcphillips7540]

@@TheEstafistaNot before Bodger steals his toe

[@tjrobards]

That Scrying delivery by Rob, top notch DMing right there.

[@DiscontentKiwi]

How is this campaign so childish yet so dramatically captivating at the same time? 😂❤️

[@niteshyadav-fc2ub]

Excellent DMing and unhinged characters

[@DiscontentKiwi]

@@niteshyadav-fc2ub Indeed. Rob and Viva must be a match made in heaven.

[@shrubshobobsleigh8987]

Came here to post the exact same comment.

[@boppreview4353]

The amount of wincing and cringing I suffer when they miss obvious responses to situations and pull some random nonsense.... Argh. I wanna punch them in the face, but I can't. Argh.

[@memoowo]

Viva is childish, Rob is dramatically captivating. It balances out.

[@haski-v-kaske191]

"apply some salve to that before you leave" as a little manifestation of Laethil's returned empathy

[@andrewclark1645]

I'm scared at the amount of times Rob said "yet"

[@Vermouth_19]

Don’t you love it when you accidentally trigger a massive lore dump. Things are moving quickly now!

[@Lorqu1n]

I do! Not only because I love lore but it's real easy to subtitle 😆

[@Vermouth_19]

@@Lorqu1nBahaha I’m happy for you Lor 😂😂 especially since the first half of the episode is a talkover hell!

[@DARKTHORNE1]

Baradun had an actual dump as well, dumps all round!

[@holyheretic3185]

Skip

[@matluoma9195]

triggerd more that just a lore dump

[@stranger83]

I love how Rob tried to tempt Alan with more things he could do as an artificer and it had the exact opposite effect 😅

[@onecoolboy98]

I guarentee that the “Thing in the Tube” is Yarris Goldhorn. He is using Ricky’s cloning device, and mentioned that he could “barely find a cubic inch of him” which is exactly what he needs for it to work.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Baradun has his own chunk of Yarris too! Yarris Goldhorn Clone Wars??

[@soloprimogeniture4678]

​@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnDI doubt it. When Baradun mentioned whether he can revive Yarris with the piece of Goldhorn he had, Rob was specific in saying no, but it is possible 'if it is better preserved, like if it's in a cold climaye"

[@duicic8541]

Good theory… though personally, I believe Laethil is creating some extra Laethils to serve as decoys. Maybe even telepathically connected to him so he can literally be in several places at once.

[@tellinitMYway]

@@soloprimogeniture4678 I think Rob does a lot of the replies on this channel

[@onecoolboy98]

@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD I would love that! To command each Yarris, they'd have to say "Yarris Goldhorn" and then the command.😂 "Yarris Goldhorn: Scan!"

[@majormoron605]

The plot thickens... Unlike the gang's stool

[@backonlazer791]

Must be mostly blood and mucus at this point. That ring has not been medically tested!

[@GamingwithStilez]

The Island with Bear Grylls.

[@dlek1804]

Rob hyping up for the scrying exposition Bodger: FLING! 💩

[@evalkafox]

I am so scared for the shit ring's potential in this series... the amount of times Rob will have to work a powerful NPC soiling themselves into whatever they're doing

[@scannerdarkly]

It seems kind of ridiculously overpowered, I mean even a disintegrate spell can be resisted with a saving throw. But not defecation, no!

[@Adz2]

Surprised Bodger hasn't tried to make the Dragon shit itself yet

[@suntanironman]

Rob could roll an ‘excrement check’ and say: “It appears (boss name) fortuitously used the lavatory immediately before this fight. (Boss name) is currently incapable of soiling their trousers with fecal matter.“

[@trianime]

We're so back, it's been a long time since i watched this. I wait to binge after Greg is taken by the dragon and the three have to walk

[@Ian-ie3hy]

​@@scannerdarklybut ... resisting a spell means half damage...so... resisting the shit ring means you take half a shit? 😂

[@Raylan.Hood16]

Calling Paedrick "the skink" is a new level of disrespect! 😂😂 Well done Rob!

[@Seelenschmiede]

Ah dang, NOW it makes sense! 🙈

[@memoowo]

I actually didn't know what a skink is, looked it up and cracked up

[@bhaveshjain6950]

Timestamp please (I must've missed it)

@@bhaveshjain6950 towards the end, when scrying happens

[@alexwiles9732]

I love the image of baradun getting all this important exposition and in the background bodger is just violently shitting his pants.

[@ralhamami]

Not ONLY "Unfortunately Djeoph is not a real boy...yet", but ALSO Rob's signature, menacing direct look at the camera. That always means something juicy is brewing. Also, Bored, Epic NPC Man, D&D, wouldn't be the same without Adam's signature screams of terror. Hahaha.

[@Bennie58able]

I wonder if Bodger will ever make someone shit themselves and he goes "That shit's dingo"

[@slandebande]

Just find a Dingo and do it to!

[@Jermanaut]

They're going to have Dingo berries.

[@GamingwithStilez]

Change the shirt to That Dingo Shits.

[@boppreview4353]

If only he had it when they were in Straya....

[@TheUnsubScribe]

Methinks Rob has at last cracked it- how we can get the lads to actually USE their magic items… 😂

[@Aristeides]

I can't wait for the guys to stumble into the Orc war by sheer bumbling around.

[@Name.Random]

That lore after the wild surge made my day. Need to rewatch Misfits now

[@onecoolboy98]

Layathal telling Terrance to "rub some salt on that" (I assume his new wound) before he leaves was just evil!😂

[@JustLilyTbh]

@@onecoolboy98 Salve* I think he told him to rub some salve on it?

[@GamingwithStilez]

Heard it as salve, too. Was wondering what kind of magic salve they are having that grows back half your body. And wondering why he wasn't outright dead in the first.

[@GamingwithStilez]

But it would be my kind of sarcasm to say salt

[@callumhogan2428]

​@JustLilyTbh I heard salve too and someone else pointed out that it could be to show his empathy returned because the hag that took it is dead now

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

"I'VE GONE BLIND" "Baradun nobody cares" Might be Greg's best moment in the campaign so far 😂

[@MakCurrel]

It's crazy how often that Ben is the outside observer in VLDL

[@holyheretic3185]

I always forget he's not one of three founders and it's always kinda threw me he isn't included with the VLDL name yet.

[@Veelasiren]

@@holyheretic3185 I believe they asked him to become a core member but he didn't want to be bogged down in all the business details. He likes where he is currently.

[@holyheretic3185]

@@Veelasiren I 1000000% see ben doing that lol. But maybe they should outsource the dang map to him!

[@magikarpmann]

The scrying bit was phenomenally atmospheric

[@Kisarice]

I'm so impressed with how Rob can just grab some piece he planned for later and fill in a wild surge like that.

[@yodawgzgaming4416]

Bodger licking and eating everything off the ground can be summarized simply as "I act like EVERY dog" 😂

[@InMotoVita]

It's amazing how a random dragon that two mobs came across and got scorched by suddenly got an entire backstory. So lovely to see the lore of Azerim being written

[@windcallerctk]

The little hints, the boys seemingly not noticing them (but I kinda suspect Adam hearing it anyway and putting it on his mind for later), the silence when Rob is story-telling the scrying ... And me, sitting on the edge of my chair, desperatly trying to remember everything, but with my jaw on the keyboard because it is just soooooo wonderfully told. I can do without the poop/shit jokes, but in the end, this is an awesome episode and I can not wait till next week! (read: I do not WANT to wait a week! LoL ) Thank you VLDL for all the suspence and adventuring!

[@Respectable_Username]

28:50 Heck, Rob, I've got chills! Amazing writing and acting right there. I am desperately intrigued and needing to know more!

[@doughboyink5152]

24:05 DAMN! The music and editing during this monologue has literally made it one of my favourite moments in the whole series

[@slade2860]

Love when rob plays as a kid in the green screen

[@InMotoVita]

Rob: *telling the story of orks and clans and blood and some pact that gone awry* Me: *having Warcraft flashbacks*

[@GamingwithStilez]

I was so thinking that the storyline sounds the same! Somewhere, there is a fight between the demon that gave them his blood and.... in warcraft 3, right? Warcraft 3 the dungeon, we had a hack where you can put in any character in the game. I once cleared that dungeon with said demon.

[@GamingwithStilez]

Gona go google that fight scene now! It was faweksome!

[@NerdWytch]

Absolutely love it when Rob uses his Actor feat

[@callumogilvie5628]

2:12 Don't worry Greg, i could never forget you, unlike how you forgot your wife...

[@lewischasen]

Or his daughter. It's such a sad skit. I hope they put them back in

[@nathanfreeman8250]

That needs to either be a sequel or a campaign

[@GamingwithStilez]

Or a new Mod. Add on. DLC. You can uninstall her every time you want a vacation.

[@GamingwithStilez]

18:16 Rowan's question seems so perfectly timed here. Baradun wild surges and Bodger is like: how far away can i get with dimension door?

[@youcefbouda6856]

I'm pretty sure Rob in the final fight will have Laethil equipped with the breeches of no shitting just for Bodger's ring

[@CantoraMask]

21:56 my partner and I laughed for a full minute at this interaction between Rowan and Ben. We missed everything Rob said for the next 3 minutes and had to rewind

[@richtylka465]

The plain truth is that it is Rob’s storytelling and acting that make this channel superb!

[@GamingwithStilez]

In greg's case 5:45, the closer the danger, the closer he is to casting Harm.

[@Ilamarea]

An incogni ad right after murdering a child in a nuclear explosion is brilliant... "Stay incognito for all your child-killing needs!" xD

[@atimidbirb]

I have never heard Rob´s cheeky goblin laugh before and I LOVE IT

[@newnamesameperson397]

Robs acting out the parts got me immersed in the moment. Bravo dude

[@user-ex7go3kj1s]

please VLDL and Rob, don't ever stop the series, it's the best DND campaign ever. Pretty sure even if you guys meet difficulties the community would be willing to help out

[@icey_john]

wait.. Greg can just cast Aura of purity and spam Blinding Heal?

[@schubert1700]

I guess... 😂

[@heathersheppard9443]

Rowan shifting his bum about in his seat at 25ish mins while Rob gave his excellent scrying exposition makes me wonder if the ROSY worked so well that it shattered the fourth wall.

[@swanseaaxeman]

I wonder how many times Bodger is going to use the 'ring of lucky pooping' today?

[@boppreview4353]

I think I got hit at least twice.

[@ronarion9646]

"There are a bunch of watchtowers" ... I guess they'll never forget what time it is!

[@GamingwithStilez]

Croation watch towers. Oh, look at all the Crotches.

[@GamingwithStilez]

Definition of a watch tower: a tower that one watches.

[@hamarbiljungskile8953]

I hate you from the bottom of my heart, and myself for laughing at your comment.

[@metzdupcounselor]

I was hoping Bodger would break into the Sound of Music alt theme song "Climb All Volcanoes" while searching for the fire giants

[@SilverfinS7]

Same! Climb every volcano... ford every lava stream... 😂

[@jaclynkurtz9808]

Follow every magma chamber! Til you find your dream!

[@apeters8]

Thanks for linking the mugger episode! I know youre afraid of losing viewers when you link elsewhere, but thank you!

[@DB-ft4cp]

Robs transitions from playfull to serious and the banter of BatD is an amazing synergy.

[@CorranOsgor]

Thanks I spilled my drink laughing because of the leerroy Jenkins 😅😂

[@HCXWinchester]

Didn't finish episode but Rob is such a nerd he referenced Star Trek TOS without adding anything and got nothing out of these 4 but WE APPRECIATE IT our nerdy representative

[@stefandjakovic4796]

The Misfits: having some fun and goofs but trying to play their characters and learn the ropes BATD: hehe, poo-poo pee-pee Never change.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

😍

[@PrimalJacob]

Man i love Thursdays seeing NPC DnD makes me smile

[@snake698]

"despite what some wisdom says, the closer you are to danger the closer you are to harm" The barbarian, whos job is to get close to danger in order to end the threat: *stares into distance, contemplating and pondering*

[@redbeardie]

So funny - it turns out that I like your episodes best when there is childish humour involved 😂

[@dampfwasi]

So D&D in general. And never forget, the DM may set your party up for an heist, but the party chooses if the background music is "Mission Impossible" or "Benny Hill" ;)

[@neowolf09]

"stop breaking it bodger" 😂

[@HrothgarTheSaxon]

5:56 so the party only noticed the forest to their left because Baradun had a 17... 😂

[@GamingwithStilez]

Can see far up the mountain.... make out moving orcs.... but wtf is this green schitt on our left?

[@psudodrake]

Oh, and a note for Bodger: Blacksmithing in the field - Get a HOT and I mean HOT-HOT-HOT camp fire. You can even assemble a rocket stove using rocks in the wild and get it to literal blast furnace temps. Or Schmargenrog lava! It's a dang volcano. And then using his "Grandfather's hammer that is mine" (Weird name for a magical weapon, but there you are) you can use one end of it as a striking surface / anvil for his smithing tools, which I assume he has in his inventory from the start of this campaign, he CAN smith things.

[@ostegonation]

Their back! The custom CCs are back! @15:52 I'm so freakin' happy :D

[@Adz2]

Bodger to use his animal handling on the dragon, rides it to the final battle and makes all the enemies s**t themselves from the air and throwing his hammer

[@boppreview4353]

Use the ring on the dragon for bombing runs.

[@KnightsRealm98]

Dragons are sentient. They aren't animals, so animal handling would have zero effect on them.

[@neowolf09]

13:00 😂😂 love it, and the explosion clip too, awesome editing there ❤

[@lordwoods8631]

His acting as a small orcish child was so convincing, I believe he was once a small child about to be blasted by multiple spells.

[@willpearce5338]

I have literally binge watched this entire dnd series almost nonstop starting several weeks ago. So entertaining and I absolutely love it! It has inspired me seek out my own dnd session and will be starting one soon. Thanks Viva La Dirt League! Also, I leave for New Zealand next week. Looking forward to my trip and perhaps I’ll be able to see their new studio from afar!

[@Vermouth_19]

Btw congratulations for getting a steady stream of sponsors these days. Get those coins!!

[@madsseverinsen7608]

Dont know if it was intended but love the fact that the story about the Orcs aggression is very similar to the way things happened in Warcraft 3/World of warcraft, with Gromash Hellscream and the Fel Orcs.

[@jborg0074]

I know that WoW was a source of inspiration for the Epic NPC Man World so it wouldn't surprise me if this does have some similarities

[@GamingwithStilez]

There's the name! Gona go rewatch the fight scenes

[@nrthmnwnd]

I had shivers throughout my body during the scrying scene. Man that was intense

[@GamingwithStilez]

21:56 when wild surge throws the DM's plans....

[@mdansbyjr]

18:08: ROB! IDEA: When casting into the Ring of Spell Storing, if Baradun Wild Surges, you should put the Wild Surge INTO the Ring, rolling for the surge and its potential effect so the characters don't know until they cast the Ring's spell if it will wild surge or not or what it will do!

[@AllShakhov]

The spell and tha wild surge

[@GamingwithStilez]

5 years later, all party members are various sized giants with half their bodies burned and exploded. While playing with several talking unihorns.

[@arthurdent1045]

11:56 YET......

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

So many yets…

[@neowolf09]

Loved the world building side track, I appreciate the editor keeping it in 😊

[@4everGemma]

Some love to whoever edits these for the explosion to sponsor cut away

[@danielh766]

Bodger is such Tasmanian devil vibes 😂

[@timnewton1073]

subtle nod with the orcs to warcraft

[@MrPsych77]

It sounds like laethil inventions and ideas aren't as impressive as they once were. Perhaps he's 66% less effective due to the hags untimely demise?

[@Razielts1]

breaking the 4th wall giving us a quest to watch an episode, very good indeed

[@chrischant]

It's so funny when it's another episode of Bodger rolling with his new ring, but when they list what he's attuned to they totally forget about it

[@MessePl]

not all magical items require attunement to use tho. That mechanic is about limiting characters power to not get out of hand, but if it applied to everything it would also limit the creativity and fun of using minor situational or fun magic items. Ring of shit myself/yourself is a perfect example of a gag item that shouldn't take up an attunement slot, Rob already stated that it might just not work at all if Bodger uses it on certain characters, so instead of using the attunement system to balance it he's just gonna decide on the fly if he allows its effect to happen or if it would be too game ruining in that specific situation

[@karategirl084]

Rob is better than a word a day calendar. Just added the term "tonal whiplash" to my vocabulary.

[@IneffableChild]

Maybe Jack Hooper is the other one? I want to bet the glass tube baby is either another Yarris or another Baradun (because maybe a high sorcerer can say he wants to abdicate the position to another member of the order of the weave, it can be a shortcut to 'ascension'). Gosh that one wild surge just made the campaign more interesting, I can't wait to see how all this resolves!!!!

[@MurMurYoutube_Astra]

Theory about Baradun in a glass tube is actually good enough

[@JakkBanditGaming]

This lore dump was one of your best. Impressive

[@duicic8541]

Will the 🎶DRAGON OF SCHMARGONROOOOOOG🎶 ascend to be the new anti-metagaming dragon? That would raise the threat to an entirely new level…

[@matthewhaddock6458]

Fucking great. See a new video is up and think "oh this will be a nice way to settle in before bed". 2 seconds in and I'm reminded of the ring of shitting yourself. Thanks Rowan.

[@garryfromwallmart4263]

Bob doing the beat-breakdown with "deang deang deang... deang deang..." absoluteliy killed it!

[@MurMurYoutube_Astra]

There is a theory became popular in the comments that Laethil growing a clone of Yarris Goldhorn to bring him back to life. It’s actually a good theory, but here’s another one: what if Laethil is growing a clone of himself to be immortal? Sounds weird but I can explain. In D&D there is an eighth-level spell Clone (Ricky’s clone spell in this campaign). As we all know it helps to grow a clone of person using a piece of their flesh in 120 days and when that person dies, their soul transfers to the clone with no change except for the loss of their personal effects. It could be useful for Laethil, as he made a deal with Endelyn, hag of future and has no chance of redemption, so he probably knows he either will kill Baradun or be killed by him. Since Laethil doesn’t want to die he decided to create a clone of himself to get back to life in case he would be killed. It’s kinda like immortality. I know it’s not the best theory, but it actually makes sense!

[@LaerenMisha]

Ya know, I think it's the chair that Ben sits in that's the problem. Britt sits there, and she rolls badly usually too.

[@zalocinek5734]

😂 love Rob's giggle at 20:32.. "heehee cos he ate one.."

[@zaccreatives]

Baradun could make an investigation on the rings to know which spells have every ring? Or that was not possible.

[@Spherex]

VLDL > CR Shitting on yourselves makes the difference!

[@Poppy_is_my_dog]

Missed opportunity for a green screen moment of them singing cliiiiiimb every volcano, perhaps with habits on

[@robertpka7228]

I've binge watched this whole series over the past couple months and I'm finally caught up!

[@alexp6712]

Hah! Three horse race with Padric. Called it.

[@Awesomebotics]

The eerie music along with that lore dump was fantastic! Again, hats off to whomever edited this video. I love seeing how far you guys have come as a studio!

[@thebest466]

It took forever, but i finally watched all 176 episodes, and I got to say every episode made me laugh. like Bodger going locket to dirk ( r.i.p ), wositits dance, and the (uwu) dragon. And Djeoph

[@FreshLeafyVegetables]

Rob saying "mommy" is now my text tone. Thank you.

[@user-xq5og9lt8p]

Has noone noticed how Baradoun actually did something unironycally useful for the guys with them rings?

[@Veelasiren]

He did for Bodger and Greg, anyway. Baradun just couldn't resist trolling Bob instead of giving him protection or a spell that couldn't miss even rolling a 1. Such a Baradun thing to do, and I love it!

[@memoowo]

Laethil not getting any innovations because they killed the hags :3

[@ziziphora]

He also acts out of character because they didn't kill the last hag

[@EarawayFirefruit]

@@ziziphora I’m very glad that I’m not the only one who thinks he’s completely out of character. This is simply Baradun number two in terms of rash actions. Additionally, Rob said that Laethil is suffering because of what he did after remembering his mother's death. That he has a terrible feeling of guilt. And what did he do now? Outrageous OOC.

[@parzivalalchema5870]

"unfortunately djeoph isn't a real boy... Yet" Why does it sounds so ominous

[@chiudrelel5062]

oooh, so is Djeoph's new body in that glass slide then??!!! It all makes so much sense now

[@HeavyArmS23211]

bob giving up major image and not thinking about the free sneak attack ggs

[@dbfletcher9481]

"Go off and watch that then come back" *Laughs in memorising VLDL videos*

[@Lanesullivan1984]

I feel like an NPC movie based on these session should be in the works if they aren’t already.

[@OdinsHarem]

That smash entrance clip had a bit of a Wu-Tang vibe 😎