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  • @JustinChristensen6
    @JustinChristensen6 ปีที่แล้ว +14062

    By far the absolute best part about this video is Tom playing a frigging drumstick like a flute and selling it so well that you didn't notice until you read this comment

    • @rhiannablumberg4803
      @rhiannablumberg4803 ปีที่แล้ว +406

      100%

    • @X-SPONGED
      @X-SPONGED ปีที่แล้ว +1389

      Can't believe I failed my perception check without even realizing😔

    • @QuoracTheBard
      @QuoracTheBard ปีที่แล้ว +291

      Welp, you win the internet today.

    • @KevinOnEarth_
      @KevinOnEarth_ ปีที่แล้ว +228

      How dare you call me out like that.

    • @marymystery4427
      @marymystery4427 ปีที่แล้ว +158

      Holy shit-

  • @AnonymousAnonymous-kq5oc
    @AnonymousAnonymous-kq5oc ปีที่แล้ว +44382

    I laughed uncontrollably hard when his immediate response to a npc being short was “I cast vicious mockery”

    • @WolfbloodJakeWilliams
      @WolfbloodJakeWilliams ปีที่แล้ว +3641

      In the first session of my first campaign the players fought a dwarf who was poisoning people to sell them the cure, and the bard yelled 'my grandma can grow a better beard than you' and the dwarf was so insulted he had an aneurism and died immediately.

    • @kalimaude3532
      @kalimaude3532 ปีที่แล้ว +1495

      And this is what sets a bard apart. Anyone can attempt an intimidate check to lower their rolls. Haha, they're short.
      What sets this apart as truly Vicious Mockery is a brief and vivid trip into a world where a baby was born and everyone was like "where's the rest of it", and implying therefore the kid has a NORMAL SIZED HEAD. You can come to terms with being short, but if someone told you in verse that you were short but have a pumpkinlike cranial eminance, some real orange on a toothpick shit? Even if you pass your save, that's years of therapy.

    • @Naraku-no-Hana-WE
      @Naraku-no-Hana-WE ปีที่แล้ว +582

      @@kalimaude3532 tbf babies are all born with huge heads, and the bard eventually perceived he was short because he was a kid. He just managed to convince the poor kid that his completely normal birth was a sign of a physical defect.

    • @Notius
      @Notius ปีที่แล้ว +433

      ​@@kalimaude3532"some real orange on a toothpick shit" fuckin killed me dude

    • @BREAKMEKNEES
      @BREAKMEKNEES ปีที่แล้ว

      Just saying I think I've seen this vicious mockery cast on a child before . . . th-cam.com/video/IqycJpRdVaY/w-d-xo.html&pp=ygUgc28gaSBtYXJyaWVkIGFuIGF4ZSBtdXJkZXJlciBoZWQ%3D

  • @mitchellenderson7194
    @mitchellenderson7194 ปีที่แล้ว +7890

    “My boys are otherwise engaged” is the most relatable part for me, considering my parties are either a completely united front that cooperates flawlessly, or four raccoons with dice engaging in whatever shenanigans activated their single neuron first.

    • @erikengerdenglish
      @erikengerdenglish ปีที่แล้ว +252

      I'll tell you I have NEVER had a party where at a critical moment was NOT off on their own mcgyvering themselves into far deeper trouble

    • @epicslayerguy99
      @epicslayerguy99 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      saaame. When it comes to combat there are two parties: "we know what we're doing, we work together and start punching above our weight class"... or "the paladin is picking flowers, the monk is being more useless than (insert useless character here) by trying to punch out the heavy melee, the fighter split from the group, the ranger/rouge is actually helping (but got separated because everyone is dumb) and everyone else is halfway across the map"

    • @erikengerdenglish
      @erikengerdenglish ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@epicslayerguy99 yes, the last one is the group that would be much happier playing individual open world games on a PC

    • @killsode4760
      @killsode4760 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ​@@erikengerdenglish honestly, ive seen the same exact party do both in different encounters

    • @epicslayerguy99
      @epicslayerguy99 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@erikengerdenglish we somehow made it work (through one or two characters being willing to sacrifice *all* of their hp to either delay or kill strong guys while the fighter eventually learned to play a tank)

  • @GameStrider-z4u
    @GameStrider-z4u ปีที่แล้ว +10459

    -"Me and my boys are gonna mess you up!"
    -"I rolled a 1."
    -"I rolled a 1."
    -"FUCK."
    This had me in tears laughing so hard.

    • @Cal_The_Stainless
      @Cal_The_Stainless 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +147

      All I can imagine is someone just wide eyed with a massive grin shouting fuck at his dice 😭

    • @wolvie1618
      @wolvie1618 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

      I had a session like this once. We had a pretty big group but everyone was rolling bad and i think we lost a couple people

    • @angelaplays
      @angelaplays 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Fr

    • @ignisofficialgaming
      @ignisofficialgaming 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

      It’s funny because it’s an accurate reaction. In my D&D group 3 of us all got 1s on roles we made for a fight we were in and we collectively screamed “FUCK” when the third 1 in a row came up

    • @Jack-kb5nb
      @Jack-kb5nb 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

      I feel this implies the bard just straight up wasn’t paying attention until it was his turn to roll lol

  • @BenjiJediMaster
    @BenjiJediMaster ปีที่แล้ว +8173

    I totally accept TC being a DnD bard in real life

    • @XenoflareBahamut
      @XenoflareBahamut ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Isn't that like every musician ever?

    • @BenjiJediMaster
      @BenjiJediMaster ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@XenoflareBahamut nah, only TC is chaotic enough

    • @pistachioracle
      @pistachioracle ปีที่แล้ว +76

      It's pretty cool to think a cop has enough of a chill personality that he can unwind with a group of friends and a trusty D20 at the end of the day.

    • @BenjiJediMaster
      @BenjiJediMaster ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@pistachioracle pretty sure he’s not a cop, I could be wrong lmao

    • @abookofmatches
      @abookofmatches ปีที่แล้ว +19

      He plays the live music for the DnD show Dragonfriends (which eeryone should watch)

  • @KitchenOnTheLeft
    @KitchenOnTheLeft ปีที่แล้ว +3094

    I cannot begin to tell you how much the “*plays flute aggressively* SHORT!” part makes me cry-laugh every time I watch this

    • @ashensilverwolf
      @ashensilverwolf ปีที่แล้ว +48

      YES SOMEBODY ELSE GETS IT

    • @dragonmudd
      @dragonmudd ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I need a clip of just that part

    • @brianshocklee2021
      @brianshocklee2021 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      It's a *VICIOUS* mockery, gotta go extra hard.

    • @redacteddata
      @redacteddata ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@brianshocklee2021 the best DM's base creative stuff on how creative the player is; and whether it's that creative and vicious or that creative and nice... still amplifies it.
      This guy plays four instruments at once somehow; sings, makes it fit the narrative, and rhymes on queue. That's not only a conscious nat 20 on creativity, but I might give it inspiration automatically as well. Meaning you're basically double critting a child's mind.

    • @lills3879
      @lills3879 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      The constant breaks to play the flute is pure gold

  • @redfox4220
    @redfox4220 ปีที่แล้ว +13977

    “It’s always a kid” I love the idea that Tom has verbally attacks kids without second thought cause he thought they were just short people

    • @bruoche
      @bruoche ปีที่แล้ว +456

      To be fair I think I've never seen as many child get accidently murdered then in DnD campains

    • @ChihuahuainaTrenchcoat
      @ChihuahuainaTrenchcoat ปีที่แล้ว +195

      ​@@bruochetrue, someone in my cos party accidentally squished a child to death

    • @Crude.Critter
      @Crude.Critter ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Absolute menace

    • @Bowtiedhillbilly
      @Bowtiedhillbilly ปีที่แล้ว +76

      I literally used this technique when the players ran afoul of a rival group of adventurers trying to free a dark god. In one of the combats, they killed one of the rivals, who turned out to be a young boy. As the story goes on they discover this rival group is just a family trying to resurrect their dead daughter/sister.

    • @J.Valentine1031
      @J.Valentine1031 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      Overlooked is that the Barbarian and Rogue's default reaction was also to attack or ambush the hooded group with no diplomacy or negotiation check. Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on who you ask. They got nat 1s, the bard pulled off a string of Nat 20s. This is a party of Murder Hobos.

  • @kenningtonrund282
    @kenningtonrund282 ปีที่แล้ว +6795

    The concept of a player rolling a nat 20 perception check, but IRL being too impatient to perceive the result is a great setup.

    • @fr0stdr4ke95
      @fr0stdr4ke95 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +270

      So... ADHD Perception Check?

    • @steves.4848
      @steves.4848 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +76

      Literally every session with my kids.

    • @susanmclare
      @susanmclare 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +129

      😂 And “… it’s always a kid…” suggesting this has happened multiple times already 👏

    • @naiveideen1638
      @naiveideen1638 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      so what you're saying is, despite rolling a 20 on perception in game, in reality he rolled a 1 on his perception check

    • @thekrauserlols4611
      @thekrauserlols4611 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Perceived so hard it went straight over em

  • @chozobillf
    @chozobillf ปีที่แล้ว +5494

    I’ve watched this like 20 times. The line that gets me is when he’s like “me and my boys are gonna mess you up.” Immediately followed by “F***” it’s just perfect.

    • @jespertobiassen9668
      @jespertobiassen9668 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      It’s the immediate little toot after the Fuck! That gets me

    • @puloguffeltefush7745
      @puloguffeltefush7745 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      same, been watching it pretty much every day since it went out, it's personaly the "loot that motherfucka" that gets me (makes me remember too many akward rp moments)

    • @siriany
      @siriany ปีที่แล้ว

      @@puloguffeltefush7745 I'm happy to know that I'm not the only one listening it repeatedly. It's a shame it's not on his Spotify 😔

    • @n8_is_gr8
      @n8_is_gr8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@puloguffeltefush7745 "playin' the flute while I loot that dead kid's bod-aayyy". Absolutely kills me every time.

    • @comyuse9103
      @comyuse9103 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      i have to rewatch it every single time, it is just so good. everyone who has played utility gets it.

  • @OneBiasedOpinion
    @OneBiasedOpinion ปีที่แล้ว +5544

    The IMMEDIATE realization on the DM’s part as soon as he says “yes” is disturbingly relatable. You can pretty much sense the avarice and curiosity radiating off your players when they ask questions like this and it’s almost as if they’ve shed their human guises and revealed themselves to be a pack of goblins in a trenchcoat the entire time.

    • @enderhx
      @enderhx ปีที่แล้ว +51

      😂😂😂

    • @ansur1783
      @ansur1783 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      It happens more times than i want to admit.

    • @icetide9411
      @icetide9411 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      I can confirm all of my characters are actually just several goblins in armor pretending, this is why we must take deceit bonuses all the time

    • @marciocruz4758
      @marciocruz4758 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      also it's hilarious how both say "child" at the same time

    • @jonfehr6147
      @jonfehr6147 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I need to make this into a ring tone

  • @HJ-xw9yw
    @HJ-xw9yw ปีที่แล้ว +5592

    “There’s no escaping it, I can perceive you.” Has me cackling so hard every time

    • @Othras
      @Othras ปีที่แล้ว +118

      that and his little dance while singing "loot that body, loot that muthafucka-a-a" kill me

    • @COAx4nge1killa
      @COAx4nge1killa ปีที่แล้ว +37

      The "you're a short muthafucka and nobody likes you *flute intensifies* SHORT!" has got me fucked up

    • @tiggysuwu6773
      @tiggysuwu6773 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It sounded like he said so skibidi

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@COAx4nge1killa Legit

    • @charlieoldaker2875
      @charlieoldaker2875 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The hand motion he does when he says "I can perceive you" is what really makes that line for me

  • @lolglolblol
    @lolglolblol หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    1:03 the absolute viciousness in how he says "short"

  • @NoxLoch
    @NoxLoch ปีที่แล้ว +7688

    Every line in this is comedy gold.
    My personal favourites:
    “I can perceive you”
    “My boys are otherwise engaged”

    • @DVIs101
      @DVIs101 ปีที่แล้ว +247

      Mine is him shouting SHORT completely unhinged as a prequel to all the other nasty shit he's going to say about the cloaked figure. 😂

    • @Preaplanes
      @Preaplanes ปีที่แล้ว +99

      My favorite line is "Fuck."

    • @g-unithalstensgard5610
      @g-unithalstensgard5610 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      "SHORT!"

    • @Mystic_elf137
      @Mystic_elf137 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Me and my boys gonna mess you p! I rolled a one, i rolled a one. FUCK"

    • @stancal9249
      @stancal9249 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      I love the appreciation for "I can perceive you". He gets super pumped about a successful perception check, which is just the fact that he sees them.
      It's like "oh HELL YEAH, MAN! You aint goin **nOwHeRe**, baby! I CAN SEE YOU SO HARD RIGHT NOW!"

  • @GameOpus
    @GameOpus ปีที่แล้ว +5612

    The fact the Bard already anticipated the DM saying Child when they both said it at the same time is hilarious.

    • @havcola6983
      @havcola6983 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      Yeah, it's like "Riiight, fucking kids, I keep forgetting about those!"

    • @kyriltolbert
      @kyriltolbert ปีที่แล้ว

      @@havcola6983 John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

    • @capcom65
      @capcom65 ปีที่แล้ว +77

      I didnt notice that detail until this comment!

    • @zackmcclean7741
      @zackmcclean7741 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      "It's always a kid" implies that this isn't the first child he's murdered with Vicious Mockery.

    • @korsekil
      @korsekil ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@zackmcclean7741 Every time he goes for the short guy and it's always a kid.

  • @MyFaultyThinking
    @MyFaultyThinking ปีที่แล้ว +5572

    *"Please brave adventurers, help us! Our temples sacred macguffin is missing!"*
    Tom Bardy: "Have you checked your butthole?"

    • @stephanymckellip3078
      @stephanymckellip3078 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Omg that’s amazing😂

    • @CinnamonQuills
      @CinnamonQuills ปีที่แล้ว +124

      SKI-DAP, BA-DAP

    • @baronnexus8524
      @baronnexus8524 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@CinnamonQuillsBUTTHOLE

    • @thesunwillneverset
      @thesunwillneverset ปีที่แล้ว +129

      When the monk approaches me, clearly panicked, and asks if we've seen an artifact... I don't say it yet.
      When he elaborates on what the magical artifact looks like and emphasises its vital importance to their religion and god... I still don't say it yet.

    • @MeriqulimStudios
      @MeriqulimStudios ปีที่แล้ว +85

      @@thesunwillneverset And then he asks me, "Have you seen the artifact." I look at him in his face, and I say....

  • @Aries-ku8uk
    @Aries-ku8uk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +676

    As a flute player I fully appreciate the chaotic energy this has.
    As a side note, the fake playing is /really/ good.

    • @bannassrint8216
      @bannassrint8216 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      I was realizing he is blowing a F'in drum rod in like my 10th time listening to this

    • @NerrawGnap
      @NerrawGnap 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@bannassrint8216 hey, apparently it took another person 3 times that to realize it.

    • @ZoidbergForPresident
      @ZoidbergForPresident 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bannassrint8216 Well... f*ck XP

    • @nyxborne1786
      @nyxborne1786 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      makes sense, he does state in the desc that he played music for ages. I would assume at that point it's muscle memory from him actually making the beat for it lol. I just love the blank stares and lack of emotion when he does it.

    • @doomgod314
      @doomgod314 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I've watched this over a hundred times and can't believe I didn't notice the drum stick. Especially since I've been trying to figure out what flute that was. I really wasn't looking at the flute itself 😅
      Any idea what things of flute that is? I wanna practice this song but all I got is a tin whistle in D

  • @artyomartamonov3752
    @artyomartamonov3752 ปีที่แล้ว +2998

    "I rolled a 1; I rolled a 1; FUCK!" perfectly describes my Baldur's Gate 3 experience 😂

    • @Anon12762
      @Anon12762 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ANSBBDBDJDN THIS IS THE REALEST COMMENT

    • @aud7593
      @aud7593 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      every time the whole crew fails a perception check while exploring in bdg3 😭

    • @AlbertoRam
      @AlbertoRam ปีที่แล้ว +5

      F8

    • @cooldude999e99
      @cooldude999e99 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s my luck with everything

    • @deandelvin9924
      @deandelvin9924 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This but Disco Elysium

  • @thesnakeinurboot
    @thesnakeinurboot ปีที่แล้ว +3255

    The split second look of realization on the GM's face before he says "Don't" cracks me up every time lmaoo

    • @b_dT-T
      @b_dT-T ปีที่แล้ว +5

      how do you not have any replies with 1.9k likes 🤔

    • @x_DarlingNikki_x
      @x_DarlingNikki_x ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I like this part also, the wait what are you thinking face changes to, omg don't do it, but its done.

    • @sweetcinnamonpnchkin
      @sweetcinnamonpnchkin 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why miss an opportunity? Besides we can try to revive later.
      We can put the body in our inventory right?

  • @puff222001
    @puff222001 ปีที่แล้ว +4856

    Tom looks the absolutely happiest when he's gonna "loot that body" and his smile is contagious.

    • @lanyakronberger6275
      @lanyakronberger6275 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      "Loot that body" HAS ME ROLLIN 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @karen175
      @karen175 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@lanyakronberger6275That’s a natural 20.

    • @OrbitalSheep
      @OrbitalSheep ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I'm seeing nobody else point this out: he only got the child, the bard just insulted the kid to death then looted his body while the other 3 watched him.

    • @allanlomas5133
      @allanlomas5133 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Loot-tha-mothafackaaAAAAH!

  • @poguesmahone
    @poguesmahone ปีที่แล้ว +358

    The line "it's always a kid" always gets me. As if this isn't the first time the bard has killed a kid.

  • @droganovic6879
    @droganovic6879 ปีที่แล้ว +2480

    It's the fact that he *aggressively* plays the flute and yells "SHORT!" while looking like he's having an aneurysm 🤣

    • @shadowscp1391
      @shadowscp1391 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      SAME!

    • @Jon3sy1990
      @Jon3sy1990 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      You mean he aggressively plays the drumstick 😂

    • @droganovic6879
      @droganovic6879 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ​@@Jon3sy1990 lmao i didn't even pay attention to that
      Yes, i meant "he aggressively plays the *drumstick"* 😅

    • @Jon3sy1990
      @Jon3sy1990 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@droganovic6879 hahaha it makes it even funnier doesn’t it haha 😂

    • @Beanboi420
      @Beanboi420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The thumbs down to the child right into this was incredible

  • @bandiddums
    @bandiddums ปีที่แล้ว +3400

    I didn't notice it the first few times watching it but I realized that the Dungeon Master looks a bit excited and he leaned in a bit when he was about to reveal the first perception check. I think that he was hoping the team would realize that it was the child they're looking for and had something special planned for the encounter before the bard ruined everything lol

    • @Awsome2464
      @Awsome2464 ปีที่แล้ว +444

      You can definitely tell in his delivery of the "the child you've been looking for the past 15 days" line that he was incredibly annoyed, and I love it

    • @lenaboyer6981
      @lenaboyer6981 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Poor guy was so excited about the big reveal 😂😂

    • @tortillachips3911
      @tortillachips3911 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      He was so hyped 😂❤

    • @justaperson4656
      @justaperson4656 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Kinda his fault for having a plan as a DM /j

    • @eldantass5576
      @eldantass5576 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      nice pfp

  • @tobeyg44
    @tobeyg44 ปีที่แล้ว +5253

    The amount of storytelling this guy can do in 99 seconds is something else EDIT: I can't count

  • @Nikias
    @Nikias 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    8 months later, still cracks me the fuck up.
    That "Yes...DON'T." and the expression along with it is fucking Oscar worthy.

    • @MichelleLM88
      @MichelleLM88 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I don't know that epic chorus of "loot that body " is pretty good too 😂

  • @gullskjeggsoundwizardry
    @gullskjeggsoundwizardry ปีที่แล้ว +4323

    As someone who worked on Baldur's Gate 3 (I did the flute version of the bard) and kept sending Tom vids to co-workers throughout the production of BG3, this is pretty amazing and made my day.

    • @queenofdaggerstarot3060
      @queenofdaggerstarot3060 ปีที่แล้ว +248

      Thank you for your work! Flute is the only instrument I use with my bards, it's so beautiful. Letting me live out my flute playing dreams.
      Especially bard durge. That was the best run I've had!

    • @BigVorst
      @BigVorst ปีที่แล้ว +84

      You've done some amazing work for the game, thank you. :D

    • @ginstranger
      @ginstranger ปีที่แล้ว +68

      ​@@queenofdaggerstarot3060I literally just started a Bard Drow Durge playthrough yesterday. Haha my headcannon is that she's a heavy metal bard. Lol

    • @julilla1
      @julilla1 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Great job! Thanks so much for lending your talent to my current bard play through!

    • @GamerNationKing
      @GamerNationKing ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Can I just ask, who is the weasel who had the idea to let players SEDUCE THE DAMN BEAR!?

  • @graymalkin7645
    @graymalkin7645 ปีที่แล้ว +3499

    The timing in this is everything. I love how in the same breath he goes from "I'll be better" to "so the body's just lying there, right?" Which is kind of the opposite of the foregone promise.

    • @xCorvus7x
      @xCorvus7x ปีที่แล้ว +63

      That question initially almost sounds concerned.

    • @alexanderbrady5486
      @alexanderbrady5486 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      “It’s always a child” like this isn’t the first time.

    • @renatocorvaro6924
      @renatocorvaro6924 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      Looting the bodies of the dead in D&D isn't a moral issue, it's a pragmatic one. Dead bodies don't always stay dead; you don't want them getting back up with their stuff.

    • @FiLtheThriL
      @FiLtheThriL ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Great takes guys

    • @kyleken8383
      @kyleken8383 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah you've heard of irony right.

  • @SuperZez
    @SuperZez ปีที่แล้ว +2399

    The most underrated moment for me is that split-second bit of visual acting where the DM realizes the bard is about to loot the child's corpse, and there's a flash of realization/horror followed immediately by bracing/resignation.

    • @zavodila9279
      @zavodila9279 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Bro went through all 5 stages of grief in that moment lol

    • @Satherian
      @Satherian ปีที่แล้ว +121

      The confusion as the DM is trying to figure out what the hell the bard is up to was great.
      "I know you're asking for a terrible reason, but I don't know why yet."

    • @IrisGlowingBlue
      @IrisGlowingBlue ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zavodila9279 ++

    • @ElRinconDeLaPapa
      @ElRinconDeLaPapa ปีที่แล้ว +20

      as a DM I can confirm
      all of this

    • @greatzez
      @greatzez 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Tom being a Pro-Loot Goblin, I love it.

  • @iamjohnlocked2532
    @iamjohnlocked2532 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +101

    I love how from the first Nat 20 the DM already knows this isn’t going to end well

  • @FreudsHotDad
    @FreudsHotDad ปีที่แล้ว +1192

    genuinely hope this song gets the "mixed messages" treatment and Tom chooses to bless us with a new entire verse to the song about something entirely incongruous with the original topic

    • @msthecommentator2863
      @msthecommentator2863 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Maybe another verse where the DM had a backup plan in case Tom's bard did exactly what he did (feels he does this kind of shit every campaign with the way the DM reacts to all of his rolls) but Tom is an unstoppable force that can't be reasoned with and doesn't take 'no' for an answer

    • @jatoarkanen4435
      @jatoarkanen4435 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like punching that child's dad in the d*ck

  • @spazzymcgee3466
    @spazzymcgee3466 ปีที่แล้ว +551

    “You’re a short muthafucka and nobody likes you” *toots and flutily flutes* “SHORT!” Had me DYING on the floor

  • @ChemistryTasty8751
    @ChemistryTasty8751 ปีที่แล้ว +711

    "that is the child you've been looking for the past 5 actual days of our lives"
    this line, is too relatable to comprehend

    • @kristophergreen1903
      @kristophergreen1903 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂

    • @dowfreak7
      @dowfreak7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Shit reminds me of an online campaign I watched AGES ago, where a group of 4 dudes had trudged through one story over multiple campaigns, with huge breaks inbetween. Literal years go by.
      Then they find out some kid they met in the first few minutes of the very first adventure is kinda part of the mastermind's cronies and they just exchange 3 sentences, leave and never see that kid again.
      The most anticlimactic, wtf moment ever.

  • @Phoebe5448
    @Phoebe5448 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    The fact that Tom Cardy not only plays D&D but is also a Bard, is peak to me.

  • @matthewcampbell3146
    @matthewcampbell3146 ปีที่แล้ว +8924

    I love this detail.
    Viscious mockery is a crap spell, dealing at most 4 damage.
    A child in DnD has 4 hit points.

    • @sambradley9091
      @sambradley9091 ปีที่แล้ว +1220

      yes, but he rolled a 20 which is a crit which deals double damage, so as long as he rolled a 2 that child is fucking dead

    • @nxtm4n
      @nxtm4n ปีที่แล้ว +893

      Vicious Mockery isn't actually a spell with an attack roll. Also, the spell upgrades in damage as you go up in level - it could do as much as 4d4 damage, meaning a MINIMUM of 4 damage.

    • @hitsugatatsuro9978
      @hitsugatatsuro9978 ปีที่แล้ว +303

      ​@@sambradley9091Technically, RAW is an extra dice for critting. I do believe the double damage rule is Matt Mercer's house rule for critting.

    • @CottonyAlmonds
      @CottonyAlmonds ปีที่แล้ว

      ​​@hitsugatatsuro9978 it's actually a real common house rule, but Mercer did massively popularise it. Mathematically, it increases the chances of extreme rolls in either direction quite a bit. Good for hype moments, but does actually lower the average advantage of critting in the first place overall

    • @Sinnamonsters
      @Sinnamonsters ปีที่แล้ว +444

      "crap spell"
      you really underestimate that disadvantage on attack rolls, huh?

  • @SkorgeSlaps
    @SkorgeSlaps ปีที่แล้ว +1385

    My favorite part is how confidently the DM says "You notice one is a little 'shorter'" heavily implying it's the child they've been looking for the whole time but it goes right over his head lol

    • @brunopagnoncelli975
      @brunopagnoncelli975 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      for real, DM was expecting a normal response XD

    • @outsidelookinginprod
      @outsidelookinginprod 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

      Yes! I caught this too except I would go one step further: he seemed excited. As he would be, right? 15 days in the game and five days of their life and the child they were searching for is finally there. So it seems he is building up the anticipation, enthusiastically, and then Tom immediately squashes that by casting vicious mockery. It's great acting on Tom Cardy's part.
      Side note: I also like how the DM angrily asks Tom to cast "perception check" after the vicious mockery lands. He's like "so you destroyed this person, now ask me who you just destroyed!" Then Tom saying in unison with the DM "child" is so funny!

    • @j.ackermann9110
      @j.ackermann9110 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      For a Nat20 the DM probably would have told him that it was the child they were looking for anyway but the bard was faster

    • @DragonKnightJin
      @DragonKnightJin 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@outsidelookinginprod Small issue I've got though, probably a nitpick: Vicious Mockery is a *saving throw* by the target, and has a range of 60ft.
      AKA: The Bard's "nat 20" on Vicious Mockery does *jack shit* and it'd only be useful at a range where they'd be plenty able to spot that it's the kid they spent the last 2 weeks of their life looking for *WITHOUT* a perception check needing to be made.
      I know, the point of the video is to be a silly joke about someone not caring about what they do, but I *HATE* when videos get something so fundamentally wrong about spells or abilities. Because I *KNOW* new players are subconsciously going to pick up on it and perpetuate those bullshit mistakes in their own games.

  • @emperorkiron3470
    @emperorkiron3470 ปีที่แล้ว +1324

    The “loot that body” bit hits especially hard for me as a DM, I have a player who upon entering any new room or killing any enemy immediately tries to loot the room/corpse. They consistently roll low, so It always ends up being “you get four copper pieces and a twine of string” or something along those lines.

    • @cptobvius
      @cptobvius ปีที่แล้ว +65

      The joke turned much less morbid than I thought it would considering we had a bard asking something that was about to disappoint the DM while casting a sly glance. I'm saying its nice he wasn't trying to fuck the dead kid.

    • @Droopsnooot
      @Droopsnooot ปีที่แล้ว +9

      time to ring tone that shit

    • @gabrielgroenendaal3007
      @gabrielgroenendaal3007 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Why do you make them roll each time though?
      If there's no time constraint, and the corpses weren't trying to hide anything in hidden shoe compartments or whatever, shouldn't the players just find whatever there is to find?

    • @greenredblue
      @greenredblue ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Aw c'mon, low rolls are golden opportunities.
      "You find three prophylactics and a sponge. Used."
      "While groping in the dark corners you feel a small sting. Please add one syringe to your inventory."
      "You find a parchment scrawled with a desperate plea for help. It promises epic adventure and rewards beyond counting. But before you can read too far your foot slips and land in mud. Please add 'ball of wet paper' to your inventory."

    • @SiffrinISAT
      @SiffrinISAT ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gabrielgroenendaal3007 Roll for loot. AKA the loot is taken from a loot table, decided by what they roll. It's not a performance check of any kind, it's just "hey, roll for a number so i can tell you what spawned in the body" bc for most default enemies you're not going to build an inventory, thing you usually just do for important npcs

  • @adamska118
    @adamska118 ปีที่แล้ว +639

    How many perception rolls did it take you to realise he's playing the flute on a drum stick!? 😂

    • @andreww.3757
      @andreww.3757 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      More than I would like to admit.

    • @basbarbeque6718
      @basbarbeque6718 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

      Which just makes it that much funnier imo.
      This guy has all these instruments, and the knowhow to play them, but for some reason either lacks an actual flute to play, or probably has one but just didn't WANT to.

    • @lore_shards
      @lore_shards 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      😂😂 FUCK.
      well now I see it

    • @audereestfacere983
      @audereestfacere983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha, within first view...nat 20...lets go bitches 😂😂😂

    • @Jixxyyy
      @Jixxyyy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      The amount of nat 1s for me...

  • @jacksfacts20
    @jacksfacts20 ปีที่แล้ว +730

    I don’t know why but the “lets fucking go” after the first Nat 20 is the most realistic reaction to a Nat 20

    • @3takoyakis
      @3takoyakis ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He got nat 20 THRICE

    • @generalagondray
      @generalagondray 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@3takoyakis Trice nat 20 is better when its like a single action like an attack, you end up one hitting anything your attacking. You end up going from sure hit, to critical hit, to coup. Did that to a giant i shouldn't have been able to 1 hit.
      Paladin among the orcs and ogers running through attacking the town you see hill giants in the distance attacking the city walls.
      I move into Position for the giant who broke his club to return. He returns wielding a tree for a new club.
      I roll nat 20 (you hit roll again)
      Nat 20 double (roll again)
      Nat 20 (the giant has now dropped his club is desperation of trying to hold his guts, btw you are now covered in giant guts as he sees you emerge from them before his eyes roll back into his skull and he falls back)

  • @masteryoda5931
    @masteryoda5931 ปีที่แล้ว +1550

    Didn’t think I’d hear a song about a bard soloing an entire enemy encounter by mocking their height, but here we are. Amazing, Tom, as always

    • @christianlavagne6838
      @christianlavagne6838 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Imagine a team up with the bard who killed a dragon with Vicious Mockery from XP To Level 3^^

    • @gauthierchabanne
      @gauthierchabanne ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They were not even ennemies probably 😂

    • @Priestofgoddess
      @Priestofgoddess ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Did he solo them? He just killed the child they were looking for. They never adressed the other cloaked figures :)

  • @Senriam
    @Senriam ปีที่แล้ว +1909

    You’re not just a bard. You obviously made a deal with an infernal patron to be capable of producing a bardic inspiration video so powerful as this.

    • @tomcardy1
      @tomcardy1  ปีที่แล้ว +695

      Bard warlock love it

    • @Gnorkadork
      @Gnorkadork ปีที่แล้ว +109

      @@tomcardy1 Bardlock

    • @Senriam
      @Senriam ปีที่แล้ว +73

      @@Gnorkadork “Ayy c’mere girl, lemme show you my eldritch blast”

    • @icetide9411
      @icetide9411 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I mean, Warlocks do have high charisma

    • @KitOfTheWeirdWoods
      @KitOfTheWeirdWoods ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tom Bardy@@tomcardy1

  • @theweirdoproject3172
    @theweirdoproject3172 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    1:05 SHORT 😂😂😂 the look of intensity on his face kills me

  • @CACTINER
    @CACTINER ปีที่แล้ว +758

    The fact that the bard comes to the realization that it was a child at same time of the reveal like it’s a constant occurrence is simply icing on the punchline

    • @ExpletoryPenguin
      @ExpletoryPenguin ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I didn't notice that until I saw this comment, and that is positively hilarious. He nods to himself and mouths 'child' the same time as the DM 🤣

    • @RandomEntry13013
      @RandomEntry13013 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That cracks me up too, it's definetly not the first time this has happened. 😂

    • @toastyeeter
      @toastyeeter 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He goes "it's always a kid", he's definitely done this sort of thing before 😂

  • @JaakuSan
    @JaakuSan ปีที่แล้ว +546

    I just keep hitting play again and laughing. The fact that the other party members had to reiterate that they Crit Failed their rounds because he wasn't paying attention is too accurate.

    • @msthecommentator2863
      @msthecommentator2863 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      Barbarian: **great hammer stuck in a tree after she flung it too hard over her shoulder**
      Rogue: **tripped and ate shit attempting to hide behind a tree**
      Tom's bard: "We got em by the ass, fellas!"

    • @jcudejko
      @jcudejko ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I love that
      "I rolled a one I rolled a one"
      F

    • @leovk5779
      @leovk5779 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I don't keep hitting play. I simply put "play on repeat" immediately, while I lurk in the comment section.

    • @Secret65548
      @Secret65548 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I took it as they rolled another one when rolling for action. The bard is soaking up all the luck 😂.

  • @DecoyZ
    @DecoyZ ปีที่แล้ว +908

    I just realised the DM never says they actually wanna harm them. The bard simply said it and everyone took it as fact, meaning this never had to happen in the first place

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      To be fair, the Barbarian player also assumes hostility, and chose violence.

    • @Skunkanoid
      @Skunkanoid ปีที่แล้ว +15

      yes but they both rolled a critial fail so that cant have been what killed the child.@@Bluecho4

    • @part-e7344
      @part-e7344 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      ​@@SkunkanoidThe critical fails could've done damage to the child since they were the party's goal. 🤷‍♂️

    • @Skunkanoid
      @Skunkanoid ปีที่แล้ว

      but they rolled individually? only the bard was successful in his goal, even though they all had the same goal.@@part-e7344

    • @DragonNexus
      @DragonNexus ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Bluecho4 well yeah, cos he's the barbarian character =p

  • @AllanaRace
    @AllanaRace 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +538

    I died a couple times during this, but specifically the:
    "Me and my boys are gonna mess you up"
    "I rolled a one"
    "I rolled a one"
    "FUCK"
    and
    "Specifically the child you and your party have been looking for for the past 15 days game time and five days of our actual lives"
    I felt the anger in that line. and the faces of the other party members.

    • @eragonawesome
      @eragonawesome 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      That one *Fuck* is just so perfectly executed

  • @birdsforbrains2
    @birdsforbrains2 ปีที่แล้ว +670

    the most accurate part is the DM's long delay to say "yes" before immediately squeezing his eyes shut in pure disappointment 🤣

  • @tomcardy1
    @tomcardy1  ปีที่แล้ว +10560

    Did you know I’m part of an actual D&D funny podcast "dragon friends"? It’s on streaming or wherever, I played music for a bunch of season and in the last few started playing characters. Check it out it’s very funny, especially the first bunch of seasons before I was there!

    • @colinkerosky3520
      @colinkerosky3520 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Hell yeah

    • @carolyn888
      @carolyn888 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      Tom!!! Where's the link or name of the podcast so we can follow? 🫠

    • @carolyn888
      @carolyn888 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Is it called dragon friends?

    • @andrewjerome8729
      @andrewjerome8729 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@carolyn888yes

    • @whysomy
      @whysomy ปีที่แล้ว +47

      dragon friends? no way! i’m planning on running the dragon friends one shot “gribbits detective agency” with my family! haven’t listened to the podcast but definitely have to now!

  • @cc-ms5ud
    @cc-ms5ud ปีที่แล้ว +695

    the way he sings "my boys are otherwise engaged" singlehandedly absolutely shattered my mind. nobody move. this is a masterpiece

    • @Alpostpone
      @Alpostpone ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Natural 20 on Perform

    • @AndyMcKeeFanForLife
      @AndyMcKeeFanForLife ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The timing and delivery of that line was just perfection.

  • @ithaspockets4391
    @ithaspockets4391 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    This is such a master class in comedic timing. Amazing. It's been stuck in my head for two months nonstop. Cannot say enough nice things about this song and video (and subsequent animation).

    • @ithaspockets4391
      @ithaspockets4391 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think my favorite tiny detail is the very slowly dawning realization that the short cloaked figure who just died is a kid and it hits him at the exact same moment the DM is explaining it because this always happens. Tom is doing four performances in this song and they're all top tier.

  • @Geothesponge111
    @Geothesponge111 ปีที่แล้ว +670

    I love that the Bard says "child" with the DM at 1:25, just figuring it out at that exact moment.

    • @thomasfleming8131
      @thomasfleming8131 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      The follow up of "it's always a kid" raises worrying questions.

    • @FreudsHotDad
      @FreudsHotDad ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@thomasfleming8131 What, you've never thought to spice up your stories with a dead kid?

    • @OneBiasedOpinion
      @OneBiasedOpinion ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You are a gift to society.

    • @adambailey7932
      @adambailey7932 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And how it is clearly not the first time this has happened.

  • @DestructivelyPhased
    @DestructivelyPhased ปีที่แล้ว +1189

    DM: this person is slightly shorter than the others.
    Bard: I brand you the shortest person who has ever existed.

  • @sputnikdx
    @sputnikdx ปีที่แล้ว +3770

    The one person brave enough to point out vicious mockery prompts a saving throw and doesn't use an attack roll.

    • @maxpower8549
      @maxpower8549 ปีที่แล้ว +295

      Thank god i scrolled through the comments, i was kinda distracted by that, you are a hero

    • @raservesthedinner7620
      @raservesthedinner7620 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      Nerds getting baited

    • @FelixFFern
      @FelixFFern ปีที่แล้ว +86

      Children are very sensitive.

    • @rockleefanlj
      @rockleefanlj ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I was literally just about to post this exact thing 😂

    • @tomcardy1
      @tomcardy1  ปีที่แล้ว +2563

      Haha I know! I thought I was gonna get grilled last week by space people for Pluto inaccuracies, little did I know I’d be doing a song for the D&D community! My answer to this inaccuracy is: you try and make a song based on the motif “Nat 20 let’s go” and then find the space to change it to “they fail their wisdom saving throw and have disadvantage on their next attack roll”

  • @OriginalSasquatch
    @OriginalSasquatch 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    After wathcing this 10 times while laughing just as hard each time, i realized...
    The bard is playing on a drum stick.
    Not a flute..
    Best video ever.

    • @shaden489
      @shaden489 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow I even missed that then again I think it as too distracted by them rolling for vicious mockery for some reason

  • @RosileeJe
    @RosileeJe ปีที่แล้ว +1096

    I keep coming back to listen to this and I think my favorite part of the video is how excited the dm looks as he's like "Okay so one traveler is a bit *SHORT* like a certain someone you've been ~searching~ for and-" only for it to immediately be ruined. This poor man had so much hope, someone help him lmao

    • @gax9898
      @gax9898 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      The smile of a DM who likes actually doing the job. Hurts to see it ignored haha.

    • @json_bourne3812
      @json_bourne3812 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Hahaha he doesn't even get that far into the sentence! 😂 I love it so much

    • @leovk5779
      @leovk5779 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      "I cast vicious mockery!"

    • @McLoveskey
      @McLoveskey ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I found the forever DM lol

  • @ObeyCamp
    @ObeyCamp ปีที่แล้ว +265

    "His body's just lying there, right? Right?"
    "Yes... Don'-"
    "LOOT THAT BODY!"
    These are my people. Never change, man.

    • @lenaboyer6981
      @lenaboyer6981 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The DM’s suspicious glare as he’s trying to figure out why the bard asked that question is amazing

    • @Crackheadcentral2188
      @Crackheadcentral2188 ปีที่แล้ว

      “LOOT THAT BODY!”

  • @freshteeth5805
    @freshteeth5805 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Your brain doesn’t COMPREHEND how FAST i clicked that notification.

  • @dialest
    @dialest ปีที่แล้ว +93

    What I can't stop thinking about is that there's no pause between saying he'll be better and him asking about the body.
    He didn't apologize and then notice; he was already thinking about it.

  • @conradleviston
    @conradleviston ปีที่แล้ว +188

    And from now on every D&D campaign is going to have at least one bar of "Loot that body" sung at some point in it for the next 20 years.

    • @Feenixfire90GamingTFG
      @Feenixfire90GamingTFG ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This and Bethesda games. Loot that body is always an option in those games.

    • @msthecommentator2863
      @msthecommentator2863 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I've been replaying through Stick of Truth and the amount of times I sing, "Playing my flute when I loot that dead kid's body" is astronomical 😂

  • @TheNessening
    @TheNessening ปีที่แล้ว +366

    "A child"
    "It's always a kid"
    He's done this before 😂

  • @thegreatsaxtonian
    @thegreatsaxtonian ปีที่แล้ว +368

    I hope to god this gets a full version for the next album, I want to hear the extended adventures of Tom Bardy

    • @Fluffyudders
      @Fluffyudders ปีที่แล้ว +7

      All of my this. Annoying I can only like the comment once.

  • @Pudding404
    @Pudding404 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What did we learn?
    Gods fall and empires crumble to the power of NAT 20 "emotional damage" Vicious Mockery.

  • @spiritedaway0tutu
    @spiritedaway0tutu ปีที่แล้ว +489

    The fact that this song still isn’t on Spotify is a *crime.* It lives rent free in my brain.

    • @snjert8406
      @snjert8406 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YES
      I get it into my head at least once per day

    • @liz6702
      @liz6702 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I agree, I need it on Spotify so I can play it on repeat!

    • @lovelyzombie9828
      @lovelyzombie9828 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There is a podcast of it:)

    • @NarItaKon
      @NarItaKon ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Day 7 and it's not relenting, I need this on Spotify

    • @JustALazyPerson
      @JustALazyPerson ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s on Spotify as an episode thing

  • @Akalim
    @Akalim ปีที่แล้ว +370

    Tom playing dnd and being a bard is so perfect
    Im sending this to my party

  • @odysyr
    @odysyr ปีที่แล้ว +368

    I've watched this around 20 times, how did it take me this long to realise Tom's "playing" a drumstick!?

    • @awaredeshmukh3202
      @awaredeshmukh3202 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      I've been playing this on repeat for days and I didn't notice at all XD

    • @cagallikushina
      @cagallikushina ปีที่แล้ว +7

      OMG it is!! Been watching this on repeat but never realised it's not a flute 😂😂😂

    • @Jmoth792
      @Jmoth792 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Rookie numbers lol

    • @snapeinvader
      @snapeinvader ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Your brain is a master of filling in the details.

    • @msthecommentator2863
      @msthecommentator2863 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My wife pointed this out on our tenth or so watch and my mind was blown

  • @blu5907
    @blu5907 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    Hear me out. Tom Cardy and Brennan Lee Mulligan in a movie as a bard and rogue going on an adventure.

    • @ramblingrabbit4980
      @ramblingrabbit4980 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Live action Road To El Dorado, let's GO!

    • @alyssahanna1139
      @alyssahanna1139 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

  • @SonicKing84
    @SonicKing84 ปีที่แล้ว +610

    Tom finally realizing that his antics are accurate to a typical Bard PC is the greatest thing I have witnessed all week.

  • @norelle28
    @norelle28 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    The beat dropping back in to "loot that body" gets me every time.
    It's just perfect.

  • @zTom_
    @zTom_ ปีที่แล้ว +145

    "My boys are otherwise engaged" is a wonderful turn of phrase. 😂

  • @billreed2750
    @billreed2750 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This one song went on to create three separate memes based on the Nat 1 Roll Teammates, Casting Vicious Mockery, and Looting Bodies. Truly impressive.

  • @Max-ui6ii
    @Max-ui6ii ปีที่แล้ว +795

    I watched this a hundred times, the delivery is sublime
    - natural 20...
    - *calmly* let's fucking go.
    masterpiece

    • @trtx84
      @trtx84 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      The non-chalant twirling of the flute is what I love about that whole exchange.

  • @redbeardsteelskin6723
    @redbeardsteelskin6723 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    The idea of the bard player actually playing their instrument during the game is so fantastic. That's another song for the playlist :D

  • @FrankMcFuzz1
    @FrankMcFuzz1 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    The DM knew this wasn't a dangerous encounter, and yet he still winced in pain when Tom got a nat 20 on perceiving the group, because he knew how Tom would carry on when given that much power.

    • @msthecommentator2863
      @msthecommentator2863 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The fact that Tom straight up forgot that the DM typically fields the results of perception checks for this very reason is hilarious 😂

  • @Avenger-kg5qc
    @Avenger-kg5qc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    “It’s always a kid” which implies that this wasn’t the first time this happened

    • @sarahtonin6367
      @sarahtonin6367 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      First time I heard that line I thought "...how many times has this happened to you, Tom?"

  • @Imperor
    @Imperor ปีที่แล้ว +363

    I feel the question of "His body is just lying there, right?" in my gosh darn SOUL. You just KNOW they're up to something when they ask these seemingly innocent questions... Great song!

    • @callmetravesty8762
      @callmetravesty8762 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I would argue that is not a seemingly innocent question at all 😂

    • @Bucket_with_a_hat
      @Bucket_with_a_hat ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If a cleric asks this then they are probably trying to get the plot back on track
      If a necromancer asks this, the party is getting a new pack mule for the next 2 encounters
      Rogues WILL try to loot the body and I am scared to think about a bard

    • @Imperor
      @Imperor ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@callmetravesty8762 Found the player! I am but a naive little DM not privy to the depraved depth of the minds of my players. Though, I really should know better by now and agree that you're quite right.

    • @CrizzyEyes
      @CrizzyEyes ปีที่แล้ว

      Honestly, I thought he was gonna cast Speak with Dead so they could keep the plot rolling.

  • @neoshinesama
    @neoshinesama ปีที่แล้ว +156

    The look of horror on the DM when he realizes what's coming with the Don't. Felt that.

  • @tabatalarenas9163
    @tabatalarenas9163 ปีที่แล้ว +753

    I’m sorry, but the “loot that body” part is my favorite thing of 2023… he is so happy, so excited… the “Im gonna loot that madafakaaaah” part is just unhinged…
    I love everything about this 😂

    • @Toimu13
      @Toimu13 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I've watched this video a few times over the past 3 months. Had the song stuck in my head, so during my break at work I listened to the song again. I forgot about "loot that body!" it is one of the best parts!

  • @izzylys
    @izzylys 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i've watched this video approximately 742 times over the past five months, but today i watched it at my desk with my nice headphones for the first time and now have a whole other level of appreciation for it. thank you tom

  • @thewavygravy6420
    @thewavygravy6420 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    I feel the pain of this DM. Literally had the same thing happen. "You guys find a child in the house." "We kill the child!"

  • @Blueborne-music
    @Blueborne-music ปีที่แล้ว +180

    As someone who has dm’d, I can confirm that there’s always one player who wants to obliterate the npc’s

    • @isabellasantopolo2487
      @isabellasantopolo2487 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Can confirm. My party was doing a simple errand for a wizard, immediately after getting paid the bard goes "I convince the wizard there's a horde of zombie boars in the forest and steal all his money while he's out looking for help".

    • @dextokuyasu
      @dextokuyasu ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@isabellasantopolo2487I was in a party years ago where I was CG Ranger and another was a LE Rogue. While I was away on a business trip they had a session without me.
      I got back and everyone looked at me and said “you’re not allowed to leave!”
      I said “why?!”
      The response was that they’d visited a farm and after interrogating the family the Rogue decided to kill everyone.
      Apparently I was the only one keeping him in check (considering he kept trying to pickpocket the party, so my bow was always knocked and ready in his direction).

    • @say2135
      @say2135 ปีที่แล้ว

      can't relate. My players all seem to want to bone them

  • @samuelmedina6101
    @samuelmedina6101 ปีที่แล้ว +490

    Because of this song, the urge (heh) to play BG3 with a Dark Urge Human Bard named Thom Kardi is incredibly overpowering.

    • @Underground_Valentine
      @Underground_Valentine ปีที่แล้ว +46

      you're onto something here

    • @Kenocka
      @Kenocka ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Well now. I may have to steal this.

    • @master-ofmanga2792
      @master-ofmanga2792 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Let him cook.

    • @Greco4915
      @Greco4915 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Karlach rolls a 1
      Astarion rolls a 1
      Gale rolls a 1

    • @MeAnINFP
      @MeAnINFP 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The funny thing I’m already playing a dark urge bard 😂😂😂 this song is perfect

  • @Grievousish
    @Grievousish 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Tom Cardy being the MC for a Crit Role live show is divine fate!

  • @msthecommentator2863
    @msthecommentator2863 ปีที่แล้ว +307

    0:43 the masterful pacing on the lyrics as the party lands multiple crit fails is both fantastic as well as incredibly ironic

    • @ALottaBees
      @ALottaBees ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Absolutely iconic bit, agreed!

    • @GDonor
      @GDonor ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My absolute favorite part of this banger

    • @existenceispain_geekthesiren
      @existenceispain_geekthesiren ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "I rolled a one" "I rolled a one"
      *....Fuck*

    • @Roriquez
      @Roriquez ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If a had a nickel for everything I saw a transgender meme on TikTok using this sound, I would have 2 nickels, which isn’t much, but it’s weird that it happened twice.

  • @micktorious8450
    @micktorious8450 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    I love how Tom is just so casually annoyed he hit a nat 20 on the active perception check, like he knew it would happen and now is just waiting for it to proceed

    • @spiritedaway0tutu
      @spiritedaway0tutu ปีที่แล้ว +24

      You’d be surprised how often the character you *really* don’t want to roll a 20 ends up rolling a 20 and vice versa. Also, a lot of bards have some variation of Lucky, giving them a higher chance of getting a 20 when you need them not to lol

    • @kyriltolbert
      @kyriltolbert ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spiritedaway0tutu John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

  • @chrisfrederick5615
    @chrisfrederick5615 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    The acting and way Tom yells "short" at 1:04 absolutely kills me. He's so committed to it. Man needs to get on the horn with the Hemsworth's and make a comedy because the acting skill is there.

    • @NigelTonberry
      @NigelTonberry ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Power Word: SHORT

    • @brauliob
      @brauliob ปีที่แล้ว +2

      MOLE!

    • @ethangunther6672
      @ethangunther6672 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the redness of his face has to be the best part.

  • @JimRuel
    @JimRuel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Doesn't matter how many times I watch this - still hilarious and makes my day.

  • @KingOFtheGamezz
    @KingOFtheGamezz ปีที่แล้ว +191

    It just feels too right that Tom is both playing dnd, and is a chaotic bard.

  • @abaddonarts1129
    @abaddonarts1129 ปีที่แล้ว +269

    The fact that he specifies 15 days in game and 5 irl days makes me assume they've been playing daily with 3 in game days per game just searching for this child. It's unbelievably funnier once I picture them FINALLY finding the kid and whoopsie he's dead

    • @MrSpazbomb
      @MrSpazbomb ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Party trying to long rest three times per session. Yup that sounds about right.

    • @fehoobar
      @fehoobar ปีที่แล้ว

      Loot that body.

    • @adamtennant4936
      @adamtennant4936 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This happened to me in a LARP game one time. We spent two IRL days searching for, and rescuing, a merchant. Then one of our party murdered him because he wouldn't answer his questions. We were unimpressed to say the least... 😆

  • @bigtomcasual
    @bigtomcasual ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I love the weight and foreboding with which the dm says "that's a natural 20" on the first active perception check. He's knows .... "HERE WE GO"

  • @cybercrepidarian
    @cybercrepidarian ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "But then the Doctor said" has no business going as hard as it does.

    • @TheDMG45
      @TheDMG45 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And then the
      WAIT

  • @RandomEntry13013
    @RandomEntry13013 ปีที่แล้ว +998

    The very first toot from the bard just kills me every time. How you managed to translate "I'm about rain absolute chaos because I'm unbearably bored" into one rbf and a single recorder note is beyond me, but it's comedy gold.

    • @danijonesdanijones
      @danijonesdanijones ปีที่แล้ว +44

      If the bard looks bored, we in for some shenanigans. That's just how it works, I don't make the rules 😂

    • @kyleken8383
      @kyleken8383 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yeah that one toot is "chaos" in a secret language

  • @bleachs4660
    @bleachs4660 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    You can see the joy in his eyes when he sings "loot that kids body"

  • @vincenttavani6380
    @vincenttavani6380 ปีที่แล้ว +2237

    Fun fact: because the chance of this progression of rolls happening is 1 in 3,200,000, we know divine providence intervened to inspire this song.

    • @switters8679
      @switters8679 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      Fun Fact: The chance of LITERALLY ANY progression of rolls happening over the same amount of rolls (on a D20) is 1 in 3,200,000. You know what the chances of the barb rolling a 4, the rogue rolling a 9, then the bard rolling a 15, 16, then an 8? The same thing. It isn't the math that is the problem, it is the interpretation and application of the results. Trying to apply incomplete results with an incomplete understanding is always going to make you seem like an idiot. Good luck with that.

    • @quille1606
      @quille1606 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@switters8679🤓

    • @syressx9098
      @syressx9098 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know right? People love to pretend what they understand chances xD@@switters8679

    • @Clouded-Logic
      @Clouded-Logic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +295

      @@switters8679 bro over here typing viscous mockery.

    • @SupaDanteX
      @SupaDanteX 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Am I counting wrong or were 7 d20s rolled? 1, 1, 20, 1, 1, 20, 20?
      Because I hate to be that guy
      But I think that makes this 1 in 1,280,000,000

  • @headcheese3
    @headcheese3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love how the part accompanying the kid is just chill with the bard looting the dead kid's body

  • @neonpelt
    @neonpelt ปีที่แล้ว +451

    as a bard myself, i’d just like to say this is beautiful and i’m going to show all my friends this

    • @BarbaraBarbaraBarbaraB
      @BarbaraBarbaraBarbaraB ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As a bard myself, I'd just like to say "hello there!" 😀

    • @roystanton11
      @roystanton11 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bard/Paladin, here, and this song is my JAM.

    • @broefkip
      @broefkip ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I sent it to my bard friend as his inspiration die

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i love how this song is accurate to all bards (speaking as a fellow bard)

    • @sun_daes
      @sun_daes ปีที่แล้ว +2

      also a bard and i’ve never seen something so beautiful in my life

  • @kitsuwu645
    @kitsuwu645 ปีที่แล้ว +180

    Tom Cardy: Gives us H. S., showing us how even the smallest of dwarf planets can be the absolute greates on the inside if they just believe in themselves.
    *Also Tom Cardy:*

  • @juniorthelichch.
    @juniorthelichch. ปีที่แล้ว +178

    I think I've listened to this 100 times in the last two days. It's like...comfort food. I especially love the "We rolled ones." "Fuck, looks like i'm on my own"

  • @rachelkulisek2238
    @rachelkulisek2238 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I woke up feeling like crap this morning and my teenage daughter played this for me... suddenly I felt ready for anything. Bonus action, bardic inspiration

  • @PapaBPoppin
    @PapaBPoppin ปีที่แล้ว +293

    This man is single-handedly revolutionizing the entire Flight Of The ConCore genre

    • @kateflanagan9355
      @kateflanagan9355 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂 OMG I was thinking the same

    • @broblerone413
      @broblerone413 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i always think the same thing whenever i hear one of his songs 😂

  • @WhyWeGame
    @WhyWeGame ปีที่แล้ว +199

    After watching this nearly 30 time, I just realized that Tom's Bard says "Child" the same time that the DM does and that is absolutely my favorite part now

  • @coonyman10
    @coonyman10 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    1:09 the subtle vocode lifts this line into the heavens

    • @SoggyStargazer
      @SoggyStargazer ปีที่แล้ว +5

      For real. So many details in this mix that I keep hearing new things.

  • @kelpklepto
    @kelpklepto 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I listen to this once every couple of days. It recharges me.