When the players don't pay attention in D&D - Big Reveal
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- Some players are just never paying attention when playing D&D. Even in the big reveals!
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“You took everything from me”
“I don’t even know who you are” 🤷🏽♂️
Ben probably skipping important dialogue again
"For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day in your life. But for me, it was Tuesday."
- Raul Julia - "Street Fighter"
skip... skip.. SKIP.. SKIPP... Ahhhhhh..... SKIP!
That line hits different in tabletop, for sure.
Cit. From Endgame
In this situation it's more like:
BBEG: "I took everything from you!"
Crunch: "I don't even know who I am,"
Roll initiative part was absolutely the best. No excess acting needed, just pure on-point comedy. :)
What’s that mean ? I don’t play D&D
@@hoangvietnguyen949 Players roll initiative to set the order of turns they take in combat just before each fight. So him saying, "Oh, forget it. Roll initiatives." he's basically saying, "Enough of this @#$%. Fight starts now."
Yes it was. Only bad part of the episode was the reminder that there is just one more episode. Come on Covid, go away so they can make more!
@@hoangvietnguyen949 It means talking is over and the fight is about to start. The Dungeon Master is pissed, so now it's time to punish them with the only thing players consistently respond to: turn based combat.
Rolling initiative is the first step to starting combat; it sets the order of who goes on which turn.
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RIP Crunch, he's going to roll initiative with a disadvantage for pissing off the DM.
Crunch has disadvantage because he is oblivious to everything
That would be fair "Well, since neither you nor your character is paying any..fucking...attention I guess this is a suprise round for you, huh?! You take 27 lightning damage!"
Ouch, ok.
"Roll what?"
- Crunch probably
disadvantage for „not paying attention“, obviously 😬
When DM "Roll initiative" with murder in his eyes, shit's about to go down 😂
Yeah, it means "i will whip the floor with your bodies" 😈
@@voilav2890 *wipe, although whipping the floor with them sounds appropriate too.
Know nothing about D&D, just here for laughs, mind filling me up on what usually happens after that?
@@black_m1n825 Combat begins with _"Roll Initiative"_ to determine the order players take their turns in combat.
@@quirk8841 Ah. Well they are fucked indeed.
I love that Rob is a PC in this series, and Alan is the DM, when, in the actual D&D campaign, Greg seems to hardly know what's happening half the time! lmao! But seriously, you guys are amazing, and it's great to see Alan finally show up in person and not just in voice overs! Long live VLDL!
And yet Alan is one of the players that actually pays attention.
@S O F I A k
Alan's the DM? I thought it was Rob which was why he was taking the lead and saying what was happening.
@@FenrirWolfganger Alan is playing the bad guy here, they're always played by the DM's
Half the replies to this comment are spam. Wtf has happened to TH-cam?
I see Rob's channeling his frustration as a DM in this skit LOL
Also, Alan!!
With the ball of chaos, that is the VLDL D&D group, he really shows a huge amount of patience and flexibility. Just Bodger alone would like drive 90% of DMs crazy within a handful of sessions. But that is also why it is so enjoyable and entertaining to watch.
@@jimclayson I think the boys did great in the last campaign, especially Adam and Ben. Can't fault Alan bc artificer is complicated and Rowan is Rowan lol. And Rob is indeed patient but he loves to play the game of consequences lol
The Frustration of the DM, is a primeval force too great for any mortal to withstand for long.
I'm surprised Ptargrim didn't die in this episode. If he had, I'm certain his identical brother Qiargrim would avenge him.
Keep up man, he died while riding the centaurs here.
That's his brother... Pptargrim.
The second P is silenter
Yup, I was convinced that 15% uncertainty would be the death of him.
They have to be careful. They are running out of alphabet!
@@BTheBlindRef it's ok, they're also running out of adventure.
@@alexbishop5004 Didn't he die when they were getting off the centaurs? I thought we were on Psargrim (also with a silent P).
As a DM of 40+ years experience, I can say that I felt every moment of Alan's pain.
As a player for significantly less years, I felt Adam's pain.
Wow, didn't know DnD exists since 19th century.
@@deadrussianliberal2897 20th Century. I started playing the original boxed set in 1979, and have almost exclusively been my numerous gaming groups DM. The only time I used to get to play as an actual player was gaming conventions.
@@FedralBI I'm joking. That's dope, tho.
Hey, snap !!!
Started playing at Trentham Army Camp in 1981 and have mainly been the DM ever since. I find 5e the best set of rules to work with, though I still keep finding things I'd never realised... like a recent discovery that Passive Perception is always on & always trumps your active Perception roll if higher... who knew ?
DM: "And for his first attack of the fight, you get hit for 6 points of damage."
Crunch: "..."
DM: "Crunch!"
Crunch: "What? Sorry? What was that?"
DM: ".... I said you just failed your third death save."
Crunch: "Huh? Oh. Damn."
“Oh no! My identical twin brother, Crunch, dead as I live and breathe!… I… Brunch… vow to avenge you!”
@@Patmccalk sorry, what brother?
the gnome/dwarf character keeps dying and is replaced by several identical twin brothers who only difference is a slight change of the name, a joke that the player who created him just wants to continue to play the same guy despite dying a shit ton
The cow man doesnt have a brother, the commentor was just referncing the gnome dude
@@MadGameBoy Should have went with Drunch, father of Erunch...
FINALLY ALAN FINALLY SHOWED UP IN THE D&D SKITS!!!
Alan? Do we know him? Have we met before?
OK BUT WHY ARE YOU YELLING
What do you mean by D&D skits?
He's the DM, I think
Wait a minute, I thought Alan was the blue orc with the axe?
I now want to make a wizard with dementia who will periodically forget what he’s doing during combat and just wander off
Haha. Him leveling up isn't actually him getting stronger but rather just him remembering a bit about his old life "Wait....Oh right! I remember the spell for fireball now guys!" *Says the VERY unpredictable wizard to his now exstremely terrified friends*
I WAS going for the low hanging fruit and say "Ain't that just a normal wizard?"
But this concept actually sounds pretty interesting to play
Fizban anyone?
@@frednakor6617 actually he wasnt really feeble minded, he was just god having fun.
Had one of those in my old campaign. He was amazing. :)
DM: "Are you kidding? we went over this for like 45 minutes before we started!"
Boger: "I dont much care for your tone, and I am feeling a bit confused. Frenzied rage"
"AH forget it, roll initiative" I have said that exact sentence as a DM before. There's times where the only way your players will learn is through anguish. So be it 😈
suddenly the bad guy doubled in hp, why could that possibly be...
There are other methods besides anguish?
@@BKPrice , sure, one of them is replacing players who refuse to pay attention...
If someone hasn't said that at least once while DMing then they are lucky lol
@@Sten43211 no need to do that. I keep backup statblocks depending on how much players have done in the campaign. Villains in my campaigns basically have phases they can beat down through by doing other side quests (destroy his army, restore the lands of the good king, etc.) and it drops their abilities and resistances and stats. It makes their captains and lieutenants drop as well.
If players don't explore the world, use the lore, and defeat present and real threats in time, they lose their chances to weaken the villains.
I love how they break out of the character's voice/accent to signify the player is talking OOC. Alan did a great job going in and out of character to show the DM's struggle.
OMG.. literally every time I have something massive to drop on players that incorporates something they wrote into their backstory... this is the situation. They don't even remember that chapter while I've lovingly recreated it for them in glorious detail, lol. Oh man... well done guys, as always.
"Forget it! Roll initiative!"
Rob and Bodger basically
"Who are you and what have you done with the children?"
"I am Greg and give children for a fishinglesson to Baelin. So! Welcome to the Dungeon of Honeywood."
I actually read that in his voice...
My sheep have run amok
"ah fuck it roll initiative" is such a dm mood.
Those bots are really getting crazy in the past few days huh
The day we filmed this one, I arrived home, turned on TH-cam and saw a new video from Deerstalker Pictures... with a very similar joke! Haha. Typical.
Anyway, If you want to see us play D&D for real, come over to this other channel here.
Surprised this isn't pinned 👀
This is their video. See for yourself how similar it is! th-cam.com/video/kDaNUpnuMBQ/w-d-xo.html
Collaborate if possible! That would be epic!!!
@today was a good day STFU bot
@@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD it's not that similar. Deerstalker actors were acting like they didn't care about game while in yours Ben was acting like Rowan
Dude, i've being dungeon master for over 12 years by now, this series represents all my feelings and frustrations HAHAHAHAHA
Also amazing how despite all your efforts to the contrary, you always end up picking the exact WRONG person to make part of your plot hook.
Or, you try and make something inclusive for your player who has less inclusion and then painfully realize why they have less inclusion.
@@talyn3932yup, first time DMing and I gave powerful starting abilities to my players but with drawbacks they have to discover when using the abilities.
Most players used their abilities often, but the two who ACTUALLY had some abilities (or even just normal skills they started with) to solve the situation they were in never tried to use them nor participate in the discussions on how to deal with the situation...
I had to almost force them to reveal their ability so others take that into account (luckily these abilities have clauses when they can activate without the player's consent under some conditions).
@@talyn3932 oh, yes, and it happenda every time hahaha last time i'd try to plothook with the tiefling wizard and he still didn't get it.
Finally been waiting for alan's debut in this series. Ominous yet hilarious as always😂😂
Greg, finally!
That just reminded me so much of Bodger. "What are we doing here? Who's this? What's this for?" And then forgets his backstory
I feel the pain on this one. I've deviated from the module to write a whole arc with someone's backstory (that they wrote) but they don't even remember their own backstory or pay attention to what's happening in the story. All they want to do is have combat encounters. Very frustrating.
I fucking love it when the DM incorporates a decent backstory into the game narrative. That moment of 'Oh... shit.' But only if they do it well, I've also had a couple of DMs simply shoehorn bits that are incredibly out of place.
I feel you. All hard work us DM's put into making their characters backstory have an epic conclusion and they just do not care and act nonchalant about our work. A DM's work is many times unappreciated by some players
@@acidvash at least they're trying to put in backstory. Even if it is poorly implemented, at least they acknowledged your character exists in the world as more than just a dungeon crawler.
Granted, some of us who do screw up putting in a character's backstory aren't do good at running but we're trying our best because no one else will run.
This is actually why I don't name any of the NPCs/towns in my backstory. Sure I have a sister and a home town, I'm not going to remember in 10 sessions though. This way the DM usually prefaces any backstory with telling you how you know them. Unless it's part of the campaign premise, of course
@@lilisharkbait740 To clarify: There's trying and doing it poorly, which is fine because effort is put in - I appreciate that still. Or there is simply lazily shoehorning something in almost as an afterthought, that is completely out of place. I'd rather that didn't happen.
That "Ah!" at 2:07 makes my brain sorts through every single Epic NPC man episodes that I've watched
Ah! Welcome adventurer to the fight of your lives!
I really like this one. The commenters shall rejoice, for Alan is here. And that church is amazing!
Goddamn bots will you leave me alone!
@@janzy58 The bots just want love
@@josephcorry6443 too bad there isn't an "Annoying everyone " option in the report options.
@@michaelmcfarland1716
Fax
Ben needs to film an episode of Souls Logic in here! Like a Boss fight!
Honestly that could be me:
"Ohh we had backstory? Good to know"
"You fucking wrote it?!" "Well, yeah but I haven't read it... *shrug* "
Love Alan in this, played his role so well
NOOOO ONE MORE EPISODE :-( Hope there is a season 2!!!! This series is funny.
I'm also hoping for a season 2. Maybe they could alternate between seasons of D&D Logic and seasons of Souls Logic.
you know your day's gonna be 10x better when viva la dirt league uploads a video. you guys are the best.
DM: "your greatest influence when you grew up was your mentor..."
Player: "skip"
DM: "you and your party finally manage to make peace with the band of centa..."
Player: "skip"
DM: "you ride to your next destination on your new companions, the cent..."
Player: "skip"
DM: "the man from your past, who you least expected greats you as the BBEG"
Player: "who? This game is terrible at story telling. 1/5 stars."
about right
as a family member of *insert name* The Great, the Just, and so on. Its realy sad that the last brother will just follow a path of corpses of his brothers.
LOVED that Alan made an appearance.
Ben's character is such a depart from his other characters. Great to see actors showing off variety.
* writes names for back story and forgets *
BBEG "It is me Ryon, your father."
player "I have a father? cool... what's his name?"
This is what Rob has to endure against Bodger on the early episode when talking about the Barb skills
... early episodes... yeah.
@@RobertHartleyGM I'm sure it'll get better at some point, right? I mean ... right?
I don't think it is just the early episodes....
@@lynk_1240 I mean the custome character skill card from one of the fan did help
"sorry, I was browsing on the phone. just fill me in ok?"
Hey GM remind me of what's his name that NPC from the place. No? I should have taken notes. That sucks, my character would totally know that.
Alan as the DM/BBEG of course! "Forget it roll initiative!" The only solution lol
Alan
That's ironic.
@@RobertHartleyGM Crap you’re right it’s Alan, Adam is playing the Cleric. ALAN, the guy who plays Greg the Garlic Farmer and occasionally a psych. Idk why I said Adam haha
This was like watching an episode of South Park where Kenny doesn't die.... Something's missing!
It's that Pptargrim didn't die.
Strange and ominous... what could it mean
“Ugh.. fuck it, roll initiative.” This series is actually so fucking good 👌
Favorite one yet! Alan's look off frustration and resignation were hilarious.
You missed a chance to kill __ grimm with some kind of final trap that required a sacrifice
that would have killed the joke imho
This is more high Quality than the other shorts its like an actual Movie clip.
VLDL Quality is absolutely professional at this point. With Baelin's route they really took it up a notch, and it just keeps going.
This episode is the epitome of how to tell you are a DM without saying you are a DM (to the VLDL). XD
Alan's acting was amazing. Now I wanna see this played out seriously, that reveal was awesome!
I can be quite spacey sometimes myself, but I don't want to let the rest of the party down, so sometimes I have to work extra-hard to pay attention and keep up.
Yeah, I just made the character have low intelligence, so I could justify the zoning out and the "huh?"s 😅
Edit. Reading that, it sounds like I don't care. I do, but I also made it roleplayable
Honestly I have trouble focusing but I don’t make it known, I just go along with everything and try to jog my memory when I can
Roll for initiatives!
Crunch: So I should roll on the ground?
No talks about how awesome that lighning bolt looked when it spawned in Alan's hand. Props to the special effect team
I guess Rowan never woke up from that 1d4 hour "nap"
Critical success or failure depends on who you ask.
BTW: Crunch is BEN. You can tell from the way he Moves and Talks
@@wossle73 I think they were talking about the fact that Rowan's character isn't there. If you pause it at 1:37, you notice he's not in that group shot
You guys should really consider making a movie, idc if it takes months it'll be so worth watching in the end
I love that Crunch (the character) is exactly Rowan (the player) in ENPCM D&D
I think Crunch would have remembered if, at the big moment of the name reveal of Gredulo the wise, there would have been an icy wind going through the cathedral, or a bolt of lightning outside the windows. Could have done with a flashback, too. You have to keep with the traditions, you know.
No, that only happens when you are an Igor in Überwald... with a nice clap of thunder. But I think you are right anyway.
"Forget it! Roll initiative!" I think we've all been there! hahahaha.
This happened to me when I DM'd lol. It let me know which players I could rely on to help drive a narrative and which players liked to be lead by the nose
Remember DMs: focus the plot on the players that actually pay attention. The ones not paying attention won't mind it either.
It's so funny how one "Ah!" from Alan brings waves of ENPCM joy for me
Ben is brilliant - hardly recognize him compared to his usual characters.
It's just the hallmark of a good actor. =)
@@jamesanthony8438 Great Actor.
I dunno... the snout piece + ears combo was definitely reminding of his very well-earned rabbit ears + nose from Epic NPC Man "Vanity Stats" episode! 😂
His death knight character is really good too. He's not afraid to wear heavy makeup and be unrecognizable.
Well, Greg has dramatically evolved. C'mon, garlic power!
I want to give Crunch the Deck of Many Things - with all the good cards taken out.
I cant believe Alan has taken the Actor feat in real life. What a legend.
There is nothing more frustrating to me as a DM then when I take the time to incorporate things in the game into a players backstory, and they dont even notice!
1:48 Pthagrim is the best thing I have ever seen
2:56 LAST EPISODE??? NOOOO I'm gonna miss this
Love it when the DM breaks character and forth walls it before getting upset and going straight into combat...love the way the player finds a way to say skip without saying skip...
This whole series is so good 😂😂😂
The music when the lights turned on was fantastic!
Hahahahahah, this was pure Perfection, from camera work to the acting and the gasp.
Have a great weekend and Halloween 🎃
with that nose tapped I an conly think: Outwageous
I know nothing about D&D but this was funny.
Same
The mechanics can be very confusing but the basic concept is easy to understand. Guy (dungeon master) makes a story and you (the player) say what you want your character to do, guy makes the next part of the story based on your characters actions.
Crush needs to stop partaking of the happy flower of stoneness.
Honestly, it seemed to fit the character quite well.
- What have you done with the children?
- I gave them a massive paycut.
- Wait, what?
- The White Shirt, baby.
10/10 Quality
10/10 Acting
10/10 Fun
10/10 Video
Fantastic job guys, its worth watching every second !
Crunch sounds like a bit of a stoner.
Crunch the stoner. The harbinger of nothing. The forgetful one.
@@freazyknight Also known as _He who doesn't get it,_ the _Voidcrowned,_ and _The Forgotten_ (not the forgotten one, just the one who forgot)
Ben looks the part as crunch.
That fits, as every stoner I've ever met (and I live in Colorado, so...yeah) has that same vacant stare, slow speech, and soggy brain.
Hey it's 3:39 a.m. in Montana and I'm watching viva la dirt league.
Love you guys.🥲
yup, I have those players in a couple of my games and usually after the 2nd session of them acting like that the party usually votes them out of the group.
"Forget it, roll initiative." - The most DM phrase ever uttered.
Rowan, lol. He always seems lost in D&D. I feel bad for Rob and the others sometime for having to repeat whats going on to him. But he has gotten a lot better at it. thx for the vid viva
Crunch is played by Ben, not Rowan.
And that, children, is why a good DM should always know whom in the party he can rely on to carry the story, and who's just there for the free Doritos.
I'm into the whole thing when the enemy calls out for an initiative roll. It's oddly respectful and direct.
I imagine that is how many developers/writers of cRPG games feel also.
- "And so it began when..." [SKIP]
- "Happy to see you accept this dangerous duty..." [SKIP]
- "Well then, go meet Jarhim in the city of..." [SKIP]
- Round 1 of combat.
NPC D&D spoilers:
“Kalothac, well he’s um... well, don’t cha know.”
We literally have this player in our group. Or maybe even two...
Oh no next episode is the last one for season 1 I hope they make more. I love their d&d series and I am loving this logic.
Must say Ben has a range, I didn't even realize he was crunch until the very end.
EXACTLY! It's Definitely NOT Rowan, Like so many other's think. :)
Can confirm, VLDL D&D channel is awesome!
This is why you write everything down, especially names. Then you have to search through your stack of papers to find the small clue that you wrote down ages ago only to realize you lost that spesific paper and now your screwed.
SO TRUE!! I HATE how true this is... I've tried EVERYTHING!! Keep it all in one spot, make a specific folder/binder/box for EVERYthing and put it all in special places, all the hints/special info in THIS pocket/spot, all the "maybe needed" in That one-- and DAMMIT!! As Soon as I need it- "... wait, I had it right here..hang on a minute/hour/day/Holy SH1T Where Is It?!?..." yeah. Wind up totally embarrassed and waiting for someone to just smash my character to pieces... @$$#!!
@@ashezheartless9099 Try having different types of paper. That way you can recognize them eaiser if you misplaced them, numbering them should help if you lose them and need to retrace in which sesh you wrote it down.
@@337dux oh, I didn't want to bore you with all the different things I've tried; different paper, special tabs, white-board, highlighters, different "trapper keepers", different markers, different inks/paints, - even all at the same time! I'm a "high functioning autistic ADHD"(according to some docs that don't care and just slap labels on everything- but hey, I guess it's an excuse, right?) So I'm guessing that's the largest hurdle, and it seems like it's always that *O N E* special piece of paper... that's the one that goes missing.. HA! I've learned to just deal, and do my best. But here's hoping it Never happens to you again! And that it's a fabulous weekend for you!
@@ashezheartless9099 To you too.
I just wanna say that the production of this series and specially of this episode has been A-MA-ZING. You guys outdid yourselves. The music is so good, the makeup, the scenery, the costumes. You guys are awesome and the best channel in TH-cam
When the players don’t take notes…. :(
Haha "Who are you and what are you doing here?" Is my favourite line to use when meeting someone suspicious for the first time
Yeah, Alan is back. Whoop.
1:48 best frame, best frame 10/10
Also it's a joy to have Alan back on the screen!
Or very well played with a very low wisdom score.
@Sora Maler a 5 int on a wizard rough game, that's your main stat. 🤣
These videos are so good, I don't even know anything about D &D but like these videos, music is so good too
As a DM that one hit close to home.
Player just skipped entire session for the big reveal involving her character, her husband was just puppeting her character that session. The rest of group was “ohhh, that would have been cool” especially when her character chased the villain down solo in the fight and caught him in the last moment with an arrow. In the back
6 months of work. Aaaarrgh!
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Crunch is so completely oblivious, it's hilarious.
Not gonna lie. it happened to me way too many times when sessions were going too late and i was a little bit dozy xD
i love having watched their quality go up over the years balens quest omg i feel i should have bought a ticket for that one
Worse yet, if you plan to involve characters in your story and the players quit the group right before the events. :(
The fleeting sound boom at 1.49 LOL
FINALLY! ADAM!
Alan
Laughed too hard at this xD