The Dance Off - NPC D&D - Episode 153

[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Show your moves! *Spoilers:* 0:31 Title Card 0:44 Hero Point or Not, final answer, please 1:17, 2:11 Re-Introducing to the stage, Greg the Garlic Cleric 1:50-2:30, 6:00-6:31, 9:58-10:30, 13:26-13:53, 14:39-15:29, 23:12-23:49 Let's see that again, *in character!* 2:57 Alan busts a move 3:22 Portal PTSD 3:53 SFX 4:07 Randy talking to Trinton 4:27 _Aid_ and *Inspiring Speech* 5:17 _Aid_ as an interpretive dance 5:39-5:59 Bodge- *mmf mmf mmf* -spiring *mmf mmf mmf* -ammer *mmf mmf mmf* -ine! 7:01-7:21 Brief pause as we figure out how to add Greg's extra HP 7:36 22 extra points of surviving pain 8:04 Greg being the Voice of Reason 8:46 Sub-Sub-Terran Club? 9:20 Gangsta Slide 9:40, 13:26, 15:13, 17:07, 19:48, 20:20, 21:42 AoA out of context 10:35 Allow us to introduce ourselves, we're Bad at Names 11:06 _Leomund's Tiny Hut(?)_ 11:33 Greg rolls Investigation to check for traps 12:16 Greg rolls Arcana to inspect the runes 12:23 -Guidance- 12:38 Rob finds his voice 13:03, 14:19 *Lantern of Revealing* 13:54 Trinton, we've come to talk about your....Vaeril 15:42 Bonecaller. Trinton! Baradun. Greg! Schmeg! 16:42 _Zone of Truth_ 18:06-18:23 Quick pause to find Greg's Spell Save DC 18:42 Everyone rolls Charisma save against Greg's _Zone of Truth_ 18:55 It's only been four years, Rob! You can't expect miracles! 19:17 Greg rolls Charisma save and fails against his own _Zone of Truth_ 19:36-26:17 Interrogation of Trinton 20:25 Baradun rolls Intimidation (disadvantage) to blackmail Trinton with anal information 21:09 Everyone rolls Insight for Trinton 22:22 Peace Talks break down 22:45 Baradun rolls -Intimidation- Wisdom save against _Hold Person_ 23:00 Quick Recap by Ben 23:50 Nat 20! 24:17 Baradun tries to calm the frothing Trinton down from screaming _Watchmen_ quotes in a public place 24:41 Randy's talking to someone, might be time to exit stage left.... 25:03 Bonecaller's in Darkwood, and he's Trinton's brother?! 26:17 _Misty Step_

[@nathanfreeman8250]

This dude is dedicated you can tell cause his account name

[@bahjallee2081]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@Vermouth_19]

Someone on the team PLEASE tell Alan he did a great job in this table session.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Alan is smashing it at the moment 😍

[@XDSDDLord]

He was absolutely the MVP

[@hydro9028]

He's not Greg the garlic farmer, he's uh smeg the garlic liker. He likes it

[@cea6770]

I thought Greg "The Garlic" Farmer was just his name and had no relation to his actual occupation

[@clc02f]

How many garlic farmers keep sheep?

[@ogurasyn2354]

​@@clc02fMaybe sheep help with garlic harvest?

[@General_Flores]

​@@clc02ffarmers tend to have more than one thing they farm. Easier for a farmer to keep sheep so he has wool

[@hoid9407]

​@@General_FloresAnd considering they're in NZ, I'm pretty sure everyone has at least a few sheep. IT specialists, baristas, politicians... everyone's sheep are running amok. So the Devs of Azerim may have based Honeyville on NZ.

[@Vermouth_19]

"Don't lie to me, bitch!" Love it, such a great name for the Zone of Truth spell 😂😂

[@DavidEdwards9801]

Kinda like the way "Dad" always said it "You Can't Lie to ME !!!"

[@High_Alpha]

And this is now canon.

[@Lewkis01]

"Probably could have just asked him that" - The solution to the vast majority of this campaign so far 🤣

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Yup… if only we did that

[@DavidEdwards9801]

@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD I love being the guy in the store that actually asks for directions 🥰

[@theq86]

Greg is being super helpful this episode. Making all the right moves. Baradun on the other hand... maybe he should have came in with a plan.

[@MirZee]

Greg making all the right moves indeed... literally!

[@nandayane]

This is Greg’s chad episode

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Baradun IS the plan 😎

[@SzaraSzarancza]

@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD He is a self maintaining and auto operational walking doomsday device without any valid and coherent instructions implemented in it. The only error he can perceive in his doings is the one which proclaims: "Error_### : Error not found".

[@innocentbystander3317]

One would think a "Zone of Truth" in a secret magical nightclub for VIP's would cause a bit more general background havoc.. I would pay to see that, actually..

[@ronarion9646]

The reason they won the dance off is.. everyone just loved watching the Sirens and the flaming dryads and knew if they won.. they'd be gone, and as long as they do not win.. they'll be there all night!

[@atimidbirb]

...THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE

[@TheGoldenCoin492]

greg actually has some nice moves

[@lieslfrank1717]

Super impressed with Alan’s initiatives this episode He was super on the ball

[@johnpatrick1647]

@@lieslfrank1717 I think they meant the dance moves. They were actually pretty good.

[@TheGoldenCoin492]

@@johnpatrick1647 that is what I meant

[@maxismozark1124]

He did have sick moves. He killed it

[@axelhens7831]

We al agree it was a heroic dance

[@Garintoh]

I love how they basically gave Trinton noooooo chance to talk, even when he was trying to

[@RolfStones]

I love how these guys always go into a situation without having discussed a plan, to discover within the first 30 seconds, they should've discussed a plan. Every single time!

[@SzaraSzarancza]

The question is, did they have enough intel, clues and hints (provided by DM) before the meeting even started to have any sort of a plan? On the other hand, they did not conduct proper recon before the mission to obtain the necessary information, so yet again they ended up in typical "blind date with their destiny" kind of situation with only some basic hints about their target and a single trump card that they had on the hand which they completely wasted.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Yeah, for the expedience of the campaign they just go straight into things. No going around seeking intel or infiltrating places, they just go where the quest marker points them to.

[@Veritas.0]

Modern DMing. Adjust reality to fit what the players are doing, (The DM writes on the fly as the players change the situation) While old school is having it written out and if they push the wrong button or engage the wrong monster, tough break, you're dead. The modern way keeps the story going but there's no real story conflict, and works better for situations like this where the fact that it keeps going is more important than where it goes.

[@FinalBossWTMN]

Well they did come up with a multi step plan against the hag. It completely went wrong and blew up in their faces, so maybe they're scared of plans now? Lol

[@melmartinez7002]

To their credit, they did do a good job of sort-of-planning for the reverse-heist at the warehouse where they planted incriminating smuggling evidence. But other than that ... yeah.

[@Adz2]

Turns out the Flip Flap is actually a magical spell that causes a butterfly effect on the world of Azerim

[@Contemplation-h4z]

Fax

[@lambentlamprey]

Waitaminute, is this what triggered Greg's madness before NPC DnD?

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Flip Flap is the most popular dance in the world!

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

Flip Flap is the most popular dance not because it is good, but because it is in fact a spell that puts the viewers into a trance and makes the dancers more likable.

[@monfr0]

You can tell Allen is having more fun as a cleric. It's cool that he's starting to get into the new class.

[@namstel9225]

I just love the idea of the guys being inspired by Bodger because he sounds like he's freestyle rapping over the music and they love it. 😅

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

This is now my head canon too 😂

[@Dado_cz]

Alan busting out some nice moves. Not only dancing, but also D&Ding! :)

[@theq86]

I don't think it's said enough, but his dance moves were really impressive.

[@FaynarsSaiqo]

I love that rob's dancing along with them @5:52

[@Fizzbann]

I'm hoping Alan is enjoying the cleric build. He's doing a great job exploring what it can do.

[@DragonsAreHungry]

Gosh, I don´t know why "Zone of truth...I hope!" cracked me up so much, but I can´t stop replaying that one. HELP! 🤣

[@karategirl084]

"Ah! And the squirrels like to fly in the...What are you f***ing talking about?" I love Rob's pivot there. These guys throw so much silliness his way and he manages to anchor it together anyways.

[@SzaraSzarancza]

...nutz.

[@MrJustonb]

And it just gets better and better. Greg was putting in work this time around, dance off, aid, lantern, zone of truth all great plays. The look on Alan's face when he realized that Greg's the one who gave the Bonecaller quest though😂

[@JackWhite-xt1vc]

Baradun, the professional chaos blackmail negotiator. Hands down to Bob being so chill and drinking like a good adventurer should xD

[@renoobed-owl7590]

This is possibly my favourite episode so far... the fact that drunk Bob was the adult at the table 😂❤

[@axemurderer369]

"all of you for once" - in my opinion Rob's coldest commentary 😅

[@AlexandraRice]

Man, Alan is on fire 🔥

[@kuraivanguard]

Hot damn Greg tore that dance floor up😅

[@xyzabc4574]

Greg's relationship with the term 'bitch' is getting increasingly interesting. Like, he apologizes to his god for calling people a little bitch, but then it's the verbal portion of his spell. Such a complicated and flawed hero. I love it.

[@SzaraSzarancza]

He still hasn't called his personal deity a bitch. I wonder what might happen if he lets it slip out of his mouth one day?😉

[@cpufangobrr9212]

I honestly really appreciate Alan trying to D&D “more” this episode - incorporating the material component into the aid spell, investigating for traps too

[@ciaheadmechanic0809]

Did they get full points for Bodger’s speech because they couldn’t tell it was about his grandfather’s hammer, which is rightfully his?

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Exactly ;)

[@ipaul3000]

My God I got a hysterical laugh at the Baradun's speech. Just couldn't fckin stop crying. Thank you. Last time I laughed this hard was the time they murdered Frank

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

I was chuckling but when Bob/Ben started to resume it I started laughing so hard that I started coughing.

[@neowolf09]

The Watchmen reference was hilarious in green screen.

[@SarielAdvent]

Every time I see that new intro, I am so impressed. It feels so epic! Whoever came up with that, kudos. This episode was over far too quickly and I loved every second of it. I kind of feel sorry for Rob when it comes to Triton. I feel like - if given the chance - they could have had a very nice conversation with him that Rob probably prepared for. But now he hardly got a word out. Baradun finally lost it. Maybe the mask has something to do with it. Thanks for another hilarious episode. I look forward to next Thursday.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

For the intro: Shout out to Ben Williams our D&D director And Tom West our Director of Photography!

[@viva_la_nature]

I like how Trinton is the chill one

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Simulacrum.🤔

[@SilverfinS7]

Greg still proving to be my favourite character, fantastic job guys ❤

[@brandonheckman6004]

The escalation of this event is mind boggling. How do you fight the owner of a club unless you are john wick

[@andrewparkin4036]

Omg that dance off was awesome, Gregg (Alan) has got the moves...we need a full dance off

[@jdeno76]

Greg is coming to town and he knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake...

[@SzaraSzarancza]

A Garlic Santa... Well that's something quite oddly fresh to be reckoned with.

[@MirZee]

Every time Adam says they should have a plan, I have a glimmer of hope.... and every time it gets cruelly snubbed. 😂

[@rbrought]

Another great episode of chaos and mayhem run by a very patient DM. LOl, keep up the great work.

[@kentwatt5856]

Agreed, Rob obviously puts a ton of work into his role, good job!

[@Gretchen_G]

I love Ben's reactions whenever something absured happens. He's always the first to laugh! And boy, was there plenty to laugh at today: HEY TRINTON . . . 😅🤣

[@OrgangrinderYT]

Greg should take the shirt of mending, for his aid spell. Just rip off a piece :D

[@theq86]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@SzaraSzarancza]

The funny thing is that all of their clothes most of the time act like shirt of mending. They take the damage all the time but I can't recall for any of them havig damaged clothes and patching and sewing the holes in them.😜

[@Raylan.Hood16]

For flavor absolutely. RAW, he doesn't need it since he has a spellcasting focus

[@SamoVVVVV]

@@theq86 Bavlorna? You still alive to this present moment?

[@theq86]

@@SamoVVVVV I use my reaction to thumbs up you.

[@rafsanrahmanraayan3368]

Baradun was such a rollercoaster! Loved the interaction this session and interested for next week

[@unusualbydefault]

love how rob couldn't resist to mouth "flipflap" as well lol 8:22

[@Mixxie67]

Ben arising in bat form made me actually, for real, laugh out loud.

[@EightMinotaur56]

Greg didn't even need the hero point with that display

[@Veelasiren]

Alan was the real MVP this episode, and Baradun shoved those memories so far up his butt they addled his brain Aid, inspiring speech, Lantern of revealing, zone of truth, intimidation, the literal memories from inside Trinton's head, and they STILL failed so unbelievably hard! At least Ben was having a great time

[@Respectable_Username]

I'M SO PROUD OF ALAN DOING ALL THE MAGIC STUFF 😄❤💙

[@FreshLeafyVegetables]

Rob, you are an absolute paragon. This episode was almost too chaotic for me to finish. That was a lot of characters talking over the DM. The countdown for the comedy retract was perfectly placed. Good job staying patient, man.

[@stephenyeoman7755]

Look at Greg running the table! Go garlic!

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Look at Baradun ruining the table! Go magic!

[@bermudabarracuda1902]

I feel like "to have a memory up someone's butt" absolutely needs to be added to the dictionary as an idiomatic expression 😂

[@SzaraSzarancza]

Someone should come up with butt plugs that double as portable data drives. I think it would be very practical solution gladly adobted by many people in the modern society. But who would patent this and introduce it to general distribution? Apple perhaps?

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Please add this to Urban Dictionary 😂

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

From someone that is very good at dancing... Greg's real moves on the green screen were pretty good. Good job Alan.

[@KillerKoala87c]

Rob is hinting so hard that they should be more concerned. “Probably a little lost traumatic stress inducing of the time FIB sent you to the dead frost”. Greg needs a lantern of revealing to reveal that they are ignoring the very real danger they are getting into 😂

[@gohan2304]

Top notch entertainment as always. Loved watching Alan get into his character abilities more. "Don't lie to me, bitch!" 😂

[@SzaraSzarancza]

I'm surprised that Greg isn't a cleric worshiping Umberlee, that would make much more sense. XD

[@Pronchonche]

ADHDnD version of Adam trying to have a plan 😂

[@davyw.2571]

This episode was so funny, coming in with all that intimidation haha. And Alan did so well too, really prepping the team for what's waiting in the dark!

[@dangerbuoy]

Greg’s dance, it’s… it’s beautiful

[@CULLROY]

That was hands down hilarious...I haven't laughed out loud so much watching a vid on KZbin in a long time! the dance...the crazy levels of intimidation, Baradun and the memories up his butt! Plus Greg just being super awesome with the spells....Comedy gold! 🤣

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

Damn, Alan looks so cool while dancing!

[@JetEyeMonkey]

Bob actually using his flying ability in the dance, him rising up killed me 😂

[@atimidbirb]

I knew this danceoff was going to be a heroic moment for Greg. I felt it in my bones. I felt it in the air. I felt it in the water-

[@dangerbuoy]

But, really guys, this was one of the best episodes to date. Fingers crossed we can expect more like this to come with the tavern completed!

[@Veritas.0]

Nobody feels even a slight pang of guilt for the truly talented and prepared dance groups that worked their asses off, only to be beaten by a whim? LOL, nah.

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Naaaah instead a bumbling group of adventurers win instead

[@Giofear]

I have to say, the intro has been there for a while but it's really epic. Someone did a very good job :)

[@matluoma9195]

The fact that Sub-Terran has a couple of go-go dancers in the top left cave of the shot - nice. One could be Byron and the other ???

[@Tancred85]

I love that the guy whose evening they ruined, threw random accusations at and attempted to intimidate…calmly turns around and says ‘I don’t have to put up with this’ and Misty Steps away XD Thank you BG3 for completing my stealth archer build in ways I never imagined were possible!

[@MakCurrel]

I'm surprised none of them made a blacklight joke, about strange residues being shown by the lantern of revealing.😅

[@dclark142002]

This episode is EXACTLY why I love this series. Baradun just going full on rambo solo mode...with immense 'overconfidence'?

[@aarondonnelly2344]

This episode had me rolling, omg! Hilarious. And Alan did absolutely kill it, finally using all his tricks. I loved the idea of a dance off to get into the lower area, great choice for comedic effect.

[@Thepiller]

Every time you think they are getting the hang of DND an episode like this comes along 😂

[@overthinker8706]

I absolutely love Greg/Alan's jokes. 😆

[@michaellinden3623]

The Episode where the most famous High Sorcerer in Azerim decided to become Tony Montana.

[@psudodrake]

"Wow man, he looks pissed!" American Translation: "Wow, he looks really angry" Everywhere else Translation: "Wow... he's really drunk"

[@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD]

Why not both?!

[@TehBakerye]

"whenever you want to be righteous, you must always use your hammer" words to live by right there

[@SzaraSzarancza]

But if thou art the left hander then thou shall smite the wicked by thine spells.

[@olatodnem]

this is by FAR the best DnD episode iv seen EVER

[@jess-a-men]

Alan did great this episode. Cleric really seems to work for him.

[@Urik187]

Can we all just have an appreciation round of applause for Rob. For 4 FREACKING years he was standing for what was probably an 8 to 10 hour day. I salute you Rob! Not to mention the myriad of characters that he voices.

[@chloed.boudreault2600]

" I think you need to calm down" 😂 after Baradoun intimidated him is so funny !

[@Lycan_phoenix]

I spent the last 7 days watching the entire campaign from start to finish. Worth it

[@swanseaaxeman]

Oo, the dance off finisher is here, virtual popcorn at the ready, we gonna have some fun!

[@kitkat12326]

Greg's gonna take that lantern to the women's bathroom and bust all the pervs

[@vaulthunterfromterra4053]

So that explains why Greg tried to use a fake name. He was in charge of the quest to kill BoneCaller and was giving out Quest Completion items even though he was still alive/undead.

[@IcyLucario]

Damn that dance was way better than anything I anticipated.

[@craigw6557]

I want Greg's dance in Honeyeood as the next DLC dance, but as if Greg was teaching the dance to adventurers. Like a QTE reward.

[@Rathkryn]

I love it when a plan comes together.

[@MrDavidMoyer]

OMG this was worth it just for that dance number at 2:00 🤣

[@Raylan.Hood16]

Well done Greg the Garlic cleric! And fantastic dance moves! Too bad we didnt press Trenton on the REDRUM he did

[@dastherfaux7540]

After finding this and catching up to all the episodes, I find myself waiting for this more than any TV show or movie. This shit's Dingo!

[@demowoo]

omg yes, the best part of the week finally here :DDD

[@moistnugget4147]

Oh my God, I did not know Alan could get down like that in real life

[@worldbuilder9971]

Ah yes, Greg doing something good for the party and being shamed for it, classic. I'm sure we wont see that spell ever used again! xD All i can imagine going through his head is, "YOU WANTED A HEALER NOW YOU GOT ONE!"

[@mr.truffles9294]

15:53 love the reference here That did left me hanging as to what happened to bonecaller after the quest

[@xxxParanoid13]

So proud of Greg

[@Zurrech]

Bodger made that Inspiring speech so loud so the whole dancefloor got inspiration

[@ryfisch8763]

You're in this sweet tavern and Rob is drinking water from a lame normal glass.

[@thetreatment498]

Just woke up and this is the perfect way to start my day!

[@Rapt0rHunter]

Ben being the voice of reason in this episode is outrageous.

[@KiryuZer0]

It's a wonder those guys are still alive someone always finds a way to make things complicated XD Alan is the MVP of the day for me and looking at the preview next week, it will be an even better ride.

[@michael_pilot]

Adam can add two strings to his bow: strategist and pyromaniac firefighter 24:17

[@GeneralSic66]

I only wish each episode was longer! Love this so much

[@komo5641]

Baradun being Vaas Montenegro for 10 minutes is golden

[@BetterThenIncredible]

WAIT. THIS SERIES PICKS UP AFTER THE LAST!! IM HERE FOR THAT!!

[@viva_la_nature]

They went in there and got nothing 😂

[@SzaraSzarancza]

That's not true, Bob gained a hangover on the next day.

[@joshuaanderson4090]

​@@SzaraSzaranczaand bodger probably gonna hook up with Sandra again. It wasn't a total loss