0:34 Title Card 0:38 We should probably leave *proceeds to go further into encounter area* 1:16 Baradun takes a minute 1:38 Baradun rolls Investi-vate on mysterious oil originating from gravity-reversing glacier 2:07 Oh, right, Giant Skeleton 2:20 Rob? Rob? Why are you rolling dice and talking about what will hit? 3:03 Epic NPC Man Secret Technique: _Hide And Wait For It To Be Over_ 3:21, 5:49 Rob's voice jumps a couple octaves 3:36 I guess we're fighting? 4:07 On today's episode of _Behind the DM Screen,_ Rob Hartley discusses his plans to subtly maneuver the VLDL Gang into a dangerous position, only to watch them voluntarily put themselves there 4:28 *Roll for Initiative* 4:36 Rowan rolls a Nat 20! 4:46 Bob has a great dex (must be all that sleeping naked) 4:57 This is your *Weapon of Warning* Warning 5:36 Last Chance; this does *not* have to be combat 5:46-6:57 Greg's Plan: *Rope of Climbing* 7:13-7:47 Bodger's Plan: You Come Across a River. "I throw a javelin" 7:32 Graupel Garble 7:49 Anyone else getting Hill Giant Flashbacks? 8:05, 30:41 Gold Star for Rowan 8:20 Bodger used _Javy Toss (Disadvantage)!_ Rowan's attack missed! 9:07-9:43 Team Javy vs Team *Cursed Battleaxe* 9:51 Bodger rolls Dexterity for slogging through slush 10:00 *Not bad.* 10:26 "He's trying to attack you." "Let's hear him out." 10:50 Glacial Cavern Rave 11:04-11:27 Ha ha ha *Ben's Rave Dance* ha ha ha "That's a 21 to hit" ha ha ha "Maximum Damage" ha haaaa.... 11:36 Halfway up, Greg abandons his Rope Plan 11:53 *LIVE* "Liv? Liv Tyler?" *I'M A HUGE FAN. SHE'S VERY UNDERRATED.* 12:50 BatBob returns to Bob and *Hides* 13:12 Bob regrows his entire skeleton, also now he's naked (just the way God intended) 13:54 Dungeons & Dragons Deep Lore 14:16 "I can't believe those 13 year old boys have the same humor as us" 14:25, 15:35 _Toll the Dead_ 14:39 Giant Skeleton rolls a -1 on Wisdom save 15:18 Ben actually rolls high for necrotic damage! 15:27 Unfortunately, *Undead* Skeleton 16:06 Red Flag 16:24 Plan B: *Hide* 16:33 *Van Lier Dice Curse* 16:42 Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! 16:55-17:47 In your own words.... *Everyone except Ben proceeds to describe* 17:51 So, we are now 3/5 for "Hiding & Hoping the Giant Skeleton Doesn't See Me" 18:26 *Quickened* _Firebolt_ 18:38 Adam gets a Nat 20! 18:57 Adam rolls two 2s on 2d10s 19:39 Byeeeeeee _Blink_ 20:05 Our friend, Baradun 20:08 Portal Awaaaaay! 20:20 Grinn, there's a Giant Skeleton trying to break out of its prison to attack, most of your friends have deserted you, and it's your turn; what do you do? 21:05 If only I had a skylight.... 21:18 *IT PAYS TO BE IN GOOD WITH A STORM GOD* 21:53 _Call Lightning_ 22:14 "Who's going to be the Bob this fight?" 23:07 Brothers, lend me your d10s 23:20 Elmo would like to count with Mr. Domino! 23:50 Th-th-th-that's all folks! 24:14 *Grinn calls upon the Wrath of the Storm* 25:22 Poppy! *Bazooka Mode* 26:38 Timberrrrrr! 27:09 "Let's hear him out" 27:40 *Wand of Magic Missile* at 5th Level 28:09 When you deal more damage with 8d4s than the players with 4d10s 28:49 Everyone roll Perception 29:11 *Red Flag* 29:50 God, mate, I think this fantasy roleplaying campaign set in our video game world of swords & sorcery is starting to become unrealistic. *I hear your concerns. How do wolves sound?* 30:07 We just figured out Blue's Clues! 30:25, 31:50 *Mindless* _Frenzied_ *Reckless Rage,* ka-pow, HLHLHLHLHLHLHLHLHLHLHLHLHL! 31:26 Rowan's Dice rolls a Nat 1 and flies off the table 31:58 *Bloodied* 32:10 Bodger goes Annie Wilkes on Giant Skeleton 32:29 *LIVE RETURN NOT GONE* 32:41 Sir? Sir? You're not supposed to get better! 33:04 It was at that moment Bodger realized....

I just want to take some time to thank the person who writes the subtitles and manages to write down what everyone is saying even when they all talk at the same time.

Me: "wow, Bob actually managed to hit something, maybe the curse is broken?" Rob: "the necrotic damage doesn't do anything because he's an undead skeleton" Me: "of course"

Rob was bringing fed up Maths teacher energy when he gets the guys to add the numbers up for him. 'You will all learn simple addition, and you're gonna like it.'

Appreciation comment: yay for longer episodes!

Ben witnessing the birth of his child: Is it a boy or a girl? Doctor: Its a ONE O_o

Ahh, my weekly dose of Robert's Frustration has arrived. Thanks.

After the giant stood back up: "It was then that Bodger knew, he had fucked up" 🤣🤣🤣

Hamish's self high-five is totally relatable.

14:10 Lol Adam accidentally rubbed his mic and silently apologized

Fuck yeah, new NPCDND! The worst part of these episodes is waiting an entire week for the next one

54 Episodes, still waiting for some random adventurer to run up to Greg and try to sell him all their junk.

I had a dream last night that I was scrolling through Robs Instagram story and I saw that you guys were filming a sketch in my garden. I look out the window and lo and behold, you guys and a film crew are in my garden, shooting the next NPC Man skit. I get uber nervous. I want to say hi, but don't want to be weird about it (even though you guys have clearly broken into my property to film). I decided the best way to interact was to organise a round of teas and coffees as you work hard. You all accept, but come out with the most lavish, rare orders of hot drinks I've ever heard in my life. I distinctly remember Alan asking for salt, not sugar in his tea. I didn't have all the ingredients to hand, but awkwardly agreed. I ran to the shops, spent 30 minutes buying the ingredients, made the teas and brought them out. Because they were late and some of the orders were wrong, you guys got really hostile, the atmosphere was awkward and I trundled back home to let you guys finish filming IN MY PROPERTY!!! Most random, hilarious dream of my life and when I saw the video I have a sudden impulse to share.

Somehow when Rob says "I'll allow it" during the fight, you know that you are in deep and without a paddle ;)

im honestly disappointed when they mentioned the Magic LED's and someone said a rave the camera didnt pan to them raving in the cave with a giant undead skeleton.

When a singular boss is already bloodied after only one round of fighting, its time to get worried over how the DM is gonna f*** you up.

Hamish/Grin: "Wow, I am actually kinda cool" XD that was the funniest for me

Barely into the Episode and im already dying from the subtitles. "Thinking hard (or hardly thinking)"😂😂 Thank you VLDL!

Bob could have flown into the giant's nose and then de-polymorph.

“I’ll just wait for my rope to climb up” *points out why it’s a bad idea* “Yea, imma commit to it anyway” 😂

The subtitles are such an underrated actress

Hamish: “I can’t believe those 13 year old boys have the same humour as us” Everyone: *guilty giggles* ... just epically captures vldl dnd perfectly ;)

ill be honest poppy is one hell of an mvp when he is out never fails to doo something good

Was I the only one screaming "he's said OILY WATER like 15 times already!!!! Someone hit the bloody oil with fire!!!"

The moment bob actually hit and got high damage rolls just felt wrong. And yet it provided and excellent twist.

14:10 the guilt in Adam's face when he notices he was scratching over the mic LOL

The way your players voluntarily trapped themselves in a cave with a giant reminds me of the time I thought I was going to haev to do some finagling to get my players to jump down a super deep pit, and then they just all willingly leapt down the moment they saw it.

The moment that there was surprise that it was starting to look damaged, instantly knew there was gonna be a "stage 2".. and the look of realisation to that fact at the end there was great 😂

My favourite part of the week is seeing all of these amazing people yelling at one another... Aaaah what a good life

Joy. Now he's undead, undead, magic, frost, possessed, Giant. Should be a walk in the park for Bob. You got this...

I don't get to play D&D with anyone at an actual table. So this is great fun to watch you guys have fun and joke around.

Cant believe this has been going for over a year! And still never a boring episode

Bob: 'Oh God a disc' lols I love these, you guys make me laugh so much!

"YoU CaN StILl LeAve" "I DeSignED THis tO TrAp YoU" .... PARTY DECIDES TO STAY

Poor BOB! He actually done worse than rolling 1s this time, he causes ineffective damage! 😂

Who would've thought that the thing i look forward to most on a Thursday morning isn't my coffee, but watching a group of dudes playing D&D

Baradun using quicken to test the giants immunities with firebolt really proves how martial the sorcerer can be. Adam has great attention to the mechanics of combat.

"If only I had a bush I could light on fire!"

The best part of my week is playing DnD. The second best part of my week is watching VLDL play DnD.

Hi just wanted to say had my first dnd session last weekend and it went well all things considered. So thank you for inspiring me to do this. Keep up the great work.

God the Liv Tyler bit actually tickled me xD

14:10 Adam hits his lapel mic and looks at the sound guys like "sorry guyyys" :D

Oh lets have our weekly dose of Rob trying to controll them....sweet

Bob's reason for screwing up the stealth check was perfect

The day before the session Rob: u know u have spell, right, Ben? Ben: I have spells? Oh, I’m so going to be use them and be awesome. I’m Batman! Rob: Yeah, you ready do(n’t) need ur bow and arrows to be a rogue. Ben: yeah who needs 19 extra arrows when I have infinite number usage of cantips.I’m Batman!

Hahaha I love this series. What's even better is seeing everyone's knowledge of the game and RP skills increase. This fight really showed me how far along they've come because everyone is acting uniquely to their characters in this fight.

There he is! 31:50 Finally get to see that again :D

Great episode, loved the rule of cool set up to spring the trap. and now My Painted Frost Giant Miniature has arrived.

Absolutely the best part of my week😃

Rob: "where did I put the Bob mini? Oh that's Britt" Does this mean Britt will appear in an episode soon?!?!?

Baradun seems to be the only one realizing how to play, and actually has probably studied outside of sessions.

Ah, Rob’s face when they realized they can force ballista the boss into the water, then lightning him. Priceless: “Ah f-“ 😂

I don't think I've ever been so hooked to anything ever before, i got so sad when i realized i now have to wait for the next episode haha. Keep it up! I love you guys, amazing. Shout out to Rob for the patience as well haha.

Been waiting all week for a new episode!! I need more Bat Ben and his inner Demon Voice.

Bodger: I'm just going to whack it

*Thinking hard or HARDLY thinking The subtitles are the best 🤣

God I can't wait another week. This battle is getting good.

Love how they keep on making fun of Rowan for forgetting what his abilities do, but he is in fact the only one who actively and consistently uses all of his abilities and even reminding the DM whether or not they have effect. Bob forgets he has spells, Baradun forgets other uses of his metamagic, Grinn doesn't know most of his abilities, reminiscent of a young Bodger (which is fine because Hamish didn't join very recently) and don't get me started on Greg xD So good on you Rowan! Playing like a true D&Der, even though you have retrograde amnesia

Gotta say, a generous DM in moderation provides for great storytelling. I loved the call on allowing the skylight to appear during the fight.

Damn it's half an hour and still hurt when the ends rolls because it felt like 5mn and you have to wait a week. And also the Bob was still Bob... Even when the dices help him

24:15 "Holy hell, a hole! A big ol' hole I can stick my lightning through!" Gets me everytime :D

When Alan says "I wish we had the budget to recreate this properly..." hahahaha. That moment was just a throwaway at the time, how little were they aware what the future held.

Personal highlight of the episode was grinn self-fiving himself...

Man that other worldly voice has to be that wizard who disappeared projecting his will or whatnot

I’m living for the face Rob makes as dear Ben so excitedly and confidently rolls his necrotic damage attack on the undead skeleton. 😂 Poor Ben. He can’t win for losing.

Congratulations on the 200k subs. Way to go guys. Deserves more as this series is amazing.

Sorry guys but the episodes need to be longer I get into one and boom it’s finished 😭😭😭 longer episodes guys 😂 love your work!

It's good to see Greg being able to contribute with a nice combo of eldritch cannon + magic missiles attack... even though it is against the rules as building the cannon eats his action. Unless I missed something here.

Easily the best 30 minutes of my day.

So that was definitely hysterical laughter of the "we're all gonna die" variety when the Frost Giant Skeleton popped out and smacked Bodger there. Yup. All gonna die. Heeheehee ha oops.

I love how Grin (Hamish) High Fives himself

And grin is about to realize the awesomeness that is call lightning. :)

So, As expected Only one did no Damage in the entire episode is Bob. As expected :) Also Greg Adam and Hamish are the new heavy hitters.

I love how there are 3 mini's for Bob

I still need Alan's Dagger of Warning to be just as effective as Puffin Forest's Sword of Warning "I Waaarrrned You!" Love these episodes guys.

Take some close shots from the table when this super cool miniatures appears!

Baradun : Its oil! Me : SSSSSSHHHUSHHH AMERICA MIGHT HEAR YOU

Very cool concept for the location and the fight, love it :)

Glad Grinn found a big old hole to stick his lightening through.

Adam had me cracking up with the mic scratching then sorry gesture for doing it. And he followed that up with “Who’s gonna be the Bob this time?” after Bob already failed at hiding...as a rogue....lol

As one of those old people who played d&d in 1976. The transformation with clothing and armor intact was more for the convenience as apposed to modisty lol. Women played the game too. 😁

Just love how looking back at this, it is so thought through… amazing job Rob!

Omg the captions are SO helpful! I'd miss so much of the excellent banter and joking without them!

I feel like Rowan is in character when out of character as well lol

Ohmygod these cliffhangers are getting more and more suspenseful!!!

I got a theory: What if Domino's dream about the huge blue vase that he *has to protect* from the four violent children around him is actually this giant? So Domino turns against them and they kill him? Like in his dream...

Meanwhile, among our NPC D&D lads STILL only Bodger has learned to recognize when they’re cornered and need to come out blasting and fighting. You’ve got him in a crossfire. Unleash hell!!!!!

7:14 - Sorry, Bodger, but the giant got the first hit upon Baradun.

Bless him, bat cloak gives him advantage on stealth checks

"I am a great sorcerer.... it's oil." I mean... could be worse. "It's a type of liquid."

They will be doing DND LOGIC!!

i love this series. Hope it keeps going!

2:03 Ben coming in clutch with the Beverly Hillbillies reference!

I'm jealous of them: Adam/Baradun is wearing a jacket. In July, in Spain, we're at 42ºC. Traffic cones are MELTING IN THE ROAD. And somehow, I think it's Bob's fault. Because HE'S THE BOB.

When bob said wow a giant disc i lost it, such a right moment lol

When Bob used his necrotic, if this have been Warcraft 3, the gigant skeleton would have healed. I' d really like to see his face

18 pluusss........ 5= 23! Ben did the impossible maths!

bloody terrific ep fellas, keep up the epic work as usual :)

Can I say... I watch *all* of my videos with captions on and I'm pretty sure you guys have gone and uploaded your own captions. And I greatly... greatly appreciate it. :'D :'D :'D

love watching you guys! thankyou for another amazing episode ❤❤