The Storm Giants - NPC D&D - Episode 215
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Baradun finds a slipstream, and the Storm Giants make themselves known.
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Gotta respect the amount of thought and planning that's been going into the campaign since the very beginning. Great stuff!
Even more than that, I love his ability to give out little tidbits here and there and not just do a big lore dump in one episode. That kinda restraint in such an interesting and intricate story is commendable
Yeah def a lot but it’s not that hard (besides coming up with an original story)
Lots of love for Lorquin and the subtitles ❤ also lol for spelling the names differently each time 😂 I'm sure at least one spelling was correct at some point
My favorite part of the episode 😅
Ironically, I managed to spell neither Daan nor Diederik correctly! Despite having more than 10 variations of each 😆
@@Lorqu1n I know its probably been said to you before but i discovered your subtitles a really long time ago to the point that in the earlier days if the subtitles were autogenerated i wouldn't watch the episode till your subtitles came out. You are as much a part of the adventure as the chaos crew!
@@Cerytes Couldn't agree more with this guy. Subtitles saved me a lot of chaos dis-entanglement... if you know what I mean.
My toes are literally curling from how hard I am laughing at the Bring it On, Rapid fire spellings. 100% Lorquin will become the fed up with their Bs, BBEG.
I’m so excited to see how bodger manages to con a giant into giving him a body part this time 😂
Persuasion roll? And GUIDANCE!
Is ,"hit them in the face until they give me what I want" really a "con"?
Perhaps this time he'll ask for a nipple
By establishing divine right of his grandpa's hammer lol.
He literally talks their ears off.
The entire segment about the storm giant names (17:18 - 18:30) is 100x more funny with subtitles. That subtitle guy did such a good job catching all the back and forth mumbling and adding his own comedic spin on it. 10/10 subtitle performance 🤣
Girl but yeah Lorquin is the boss
To start with...gold star ⭐ to Lorquin for the captions of the Storm Giants names and for matching Ben with his variations of them too, the guy rocks.
This has been an amazing campaign fellas with nothing left out amd even if it is im sure Rob can shoehorn it into the girls campaign somewhere...(Rob quietly puts down a stack of A4 paper that has 1/4 of a side story for Greg where he's reunited with Poppy but doesn't get to use it and instead makes it so Daffodil finds Poppy abandoned on their quest instead) Rob just smiles while cursing under his breath.. loving it all, Happy Christmas to everyone there at VLDL.
I like your thinking 🧐
Lorquin is the true hero of the campaign. Has VLDL hired them yet?
Lorquin could also be the BBEG, we just don't know.
@@Longwing70 Interesting theory. Can you step into this dark and empty alleyway for a moment...?
@@Lorqu1n (*somewhere in a dark and shadowy alleyway whispers overheard *) ".... just scares me to death thinking that at any moment RH could turn to the camera to smile sweetly and whisper his usual kind and encouraging words but we all see the truth in the subtext, his truly demonic and twisted thoughts...."
I am Dutch and I was about to ask of the giant names are bases of Dutch names, but then Rob said it himself. Love it😂
And maybe Ben could know Dutch pronunciation, I guess his surname sounds Dutch.
And, of course, the Dutch accent is German for the non Dutch people
@@MrLordi27that’s what we are to most people, swamp Germans🤷♂️
I still love the shoutout to my country though, it’s always fun to see a reference to the Netherlands in the wild.
If you want to hear dutch speaking crappy English. Just look up Mark Rutte. Speaking English. We would call it. Steenkolen Engels (stonecole English)
I am sure Rob uses Dutch-ish for the giants because the Dutch are actually the tallest people in the world.
...and they are tallest in the world, because... they used to get flooded all the time. The short ones didn't make it.
Rowan trying to catch up on an entire campaign with no note-taking is killing me 🤣🤣
7:20 The difference between the girls' campaign and the guys' campaign right here.
Girls: "Don't worry, Arrow, we won't let you drown. We got you."
Guys: "Head first! Head first! Head first!" Classic Bob.
🤣
The storm giants could have an australian accent, because they live "down under" the water.
Well I instantly had flashbacks to Djeoff and I imagine that's exactly how that would have gone XD
@@Argotha91 It would've been funny if that meant the only one who could communicate with the giants was Djeoff.
'Powering Up the Dark Lord' is my new favorite euphemism.
Bodger: *rolls 20 lower than anyone else on insight*
Me: checks out.
Bodger: *defuses a confrontation*
Me: *spits tea everywhere*
I still can't get enough of the Laptop stand. It's been a joy to watch Rob hold it for so many years )
Huge credit to Lorquin-I think Beatrix was spelled differently every time? 🤣
My partner suffers from back pain and has been noticing all of Rowan's discomfort with sitting for long times. We hope he doesn't suffer like she does
All I really care about is the doll in Bodger’s arm.
Greg’s quick doggy paddle to show his accelerated swim speed is an accurate representation at depth, I feel no need to fact check.
I am absolutely mind blown that Rob has counted Baradun's wild charges this whole time. Bravo!!😮
I'm loving how Lorquin is spelling the names differently every time
17:20 DM vs the captioner, place your bets now!
5 platinums on Lorquin
Lorquin won and it's no contest.
Rob is tough, but Lorquin's a mod. I agree with mrtruffles; Lorquin would win.
it feels so nice to be caught up and to be able to watch this 2 hours after release =)
Ayy this is definitely going to go incredibly smooth and diplomatic with no complications!
This standing ovation is for the subtitler. You rule. \m/
Holy crap. Your Subtitler is the real MVP!
Hardly, I only work with what I'm given. The ones improv'ing on the spot are the MVPs, that is skills.
@@Lorqu1n Let's meet on the middle and agree on both ;)
8:33 Lorquin put Hot Water emotes in the caption 😂 \_/
I think when they are done with the campaign they should do a giveaway of the written notes signed by the cast THAT WOULD BE AWESOME
Or a trip to Baradun Mart(a new video bit where they get to be an extra and/or buy limited merch made as props).
@michaellane5381 i would buy a snorkel away shirt
Alan and Rowan's brief notes will be peppered with insults aimed towards each other and tiny hands flipping the bird.
Oh, I like where Rob seems to be taking this. Empowering the Dark Lord by everything, and placing Baradun... Good times.
Currently drinking hot peach tea, cheers Adam 🍵🍵🍵🍵🍵
love the Dutch touch 😀. Thanks for using our language in a positive way 😛. If you ever want something translated to dutch(like a player handout or something) let me know 😀🤜.
In a digital VR game, Ben's dice are still going to suck. 🤣😅
I'M rewatching from Episode 1 and tallying their rolls.
By Ep12, they are all within 11+ average, with Greg having the highest (12.58), but also the fewest rolls. Bob is 11.78 on 51 rolls (and two deaths)
As for 1s and 20s - Bob also have most (3 each)
31:28 Baradun Has forgotten his bestie proving once and for all, they are not besties.
Baraduun becomes BOB while stepping into the stream.😂
I haven't watched the captions before, but I absolutely had to for the name section, and it didn't disappoint!
☕ Wow, Kelothac is basically Avatar! And oh but I wanna Baradun to be High Sorcerer... And his best friend as The Other High Sorcerer!
Also I'm really proud of Bodger, he is so diplomatic here - such a long way from the beginning where he just said all things that weren't needed!💝
28:58 HOLY SHIT! Rob you sneaky SOB! Rob was the one that suggested that wild-surge would become more likely each time
One of the protagonists subclass alone is empowering the BBEG. Beautiful.
Maat being the ancient egyptian concept of justice, truth, balance and order (and more as it cannot be translated as only one) being picked up here as the Giant Concept of abiding by their culture and nature is a very cool implementation - love it! :D
It’s also a Dutch variant for friend.
Freaking Lorquin is Golden!! 😂😂😂
This christmas sale is definately gonna give me some Steam damage
Alright can we please have a standing applause for the poor man making the subtitles? I thought Rob was bad but the damn champ even did the names for Bobs made up ones.
Lorquin is female, but yes, she's also the GOAT.
when I DM'ed in my discord, my nephew would have his screen shared for our audio to play (often on loop) while we were playing. I'd share my screen of Macromedia Flash, for the maps and characters/board and the immersion was amazing. there's so many tracks to use. from wilderness, beach, open waters, taverns to anything misc and in between. With that said, I wish Viva would have a sound guy for that. That way the players could hear and get a better feel. Immersion!!!
As someone who speaks Standard Chinese, it was so cute when Rob called the characters ‘Mandarin Symbols’. ❤
Just to help, they are called Chinese Characters, and can be used for all forms of Chinese. Mandarin just refers to a collection of spoken forms of Chinese used from across the southwest to the Northeast of China, the most commonly known of which is called Standard Chinese in English. :)
So technically you could write English in it? Each symbol is a meaning, rather than a sound.
@ That is a bit more complex to answer.
On the first part, many forms of Chinese do have romanised scripts based on the Latin alphabet. For standard Chinese, the most widely used of these is called pinyin which roughly translates as ‘to spell with sounds’. But these are mostly used for teaching pronunciation and computer inputting as opposed to actual communication.
On the second bit, the short answer is they can include both meaning and pronunciation, but they may not. The reason for this is that each individual character can be made up of up to three components, each of which provides a different piece of information. The first indicates meaning; the second indicates pronunciation; and the final one does not indicate anything specifically, but may help differentiate a character from other similar characters. However, first, individual characters may not include all three components, and secondly, many individual characters are used in compound words which may change their meaning or pronunciation.
I have been promoted from a binge watcher of this series to a weekly watcher. I had finally caught up.
So because we are giants in the real world you based us on giants?.... Approved!
🇳🇱 gang
He based giants on you, not the other way around, but yes.
Lol Bob. I'm so backed up😂
16:54 lols ikr, that kiwi accent… lolol 😂
Rowan moves around a lot in his play session XD
Maat is the good one!!!!!! Yeay! 28:05
Beertits is my new favorite character after frank and dudelia
I can’t believe the giants didn’t comment on Baradun’s feather-beard when they brought up the wild surges. Missed opportunity!!
I just love the inconsistent spelling of Beatrix in the subtitles XD
I feel like Baradun Wild Surges as often as a teenage boy... well never mind. My condolences to Rob for keeping track of them since the beginning.
Randomly woke up and this was uploaded, hell yeah!
"This is exactly what my problem is" hahhahhha
Maat being bro in Dutch makes this amazing.
I really just love this campaign and can't believe it is going to be over next year. So exitedd for what you'll do next
Hell yeah! This is the quest that we needed! Hello from Texas!
Beatrix Adenyanya. Casually using our former queens name there Rob, lol: Beatrix van Oranje.
♨♨♨♨♨♨ Hot water
☕ For Baradun
Absolutely stealing the "pour hot water all over yourself for advantage" DM tech lol
Ben desperately trying for someone to get the Hoobastank reference 😅
I am still waiting for "MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY!"
Ahh man… great episode guys! One criticism though.. We’re definitely going to need more Djeoph and Uwu Dragons. That’s really what the people are here for.
15:24 Asking for a body part without first telling them about your grandfather's hammer? Rude
Love how Bodger just randomly took a toe kind of as a joke in the beginning and spiraled him into a sort of niche foot fetish
Loved Greg’s little doggy paddle. Or is it a sheep paddle? Do sheep swim?
Interesting point about 'maat', and the inspiration for the giants accent being Dutch, is that "maat" is the dutch word for "mate"; so there's a small crossover in positive connotation.
Nice touch, especially if it was intentional.
(vriend / vrienden = friend / friends; the distinction between friend and mate is identical to how it is in English).
This is what helps me sleep at night!
Now I gotta delay sleep a little longer! Haha
I really love you guys and your videos, you always make my days a lot better :)
Great figures. Good story. Bob did well with he's dice. 👍
Poor cleric Greg who doesn't know what adults are talking about... 😇
Remember folks! Every time you are powering up the Dark Lord, Leko’thec kills a kitten.
Loving that look at 5:12 ! 😈 And now watching ep216, it all makes sense😱
Very cool Rob for the Idea that giant names are mostly Dutch! I am Dutch but I have no idea what that would sound like…
GREG FOR THE LOVE OF GOD USE YOUR DIVINE INTERVENTION
Sherlock Holmes randomly on my head: Discombobulate
"Who does he want revenge against?"
Oh I don't know maybe the guy who threw him in the fucking dark dimension!
I strongly suggest if you're not using subtitles, you turn them on for the part where he refuses to spell the names....some shade thrown!
Love from the Netherlands here!
Love the Subtitles correcting Rob about the "Fire Damage" and it just said Heat Damage in subtitles every time hahah that was funny to me
Lorquin is the best!
Appreciation for Lorquin for the subtitles 🫂🎀
the bubbe in the beginning would have been enough force to kill the characters, bubbles can be lethal like that.
1:35 Rob, I'm surprised at you! You know that water under extreme pressure would have squished them like bugs! Back to studying the properties of water at depths...
But, a teleport displacing matter should also cause something bigger than a pop of air. If that doesn't happen, then the physics of pressures in this world (canonically a video game world), are not our own...
However because they are using a spell which grants water breathing the internal and extetnal pressures are equalised.
@soddof7972 Their lungs emptied of water because ithey were put into an air bubble, allowing them to talk normally. But even ignoring their breathing, every 100m water/volume increases its weight by x10. At the surface it's ~64 lbs/ft^3 (1025 kg/m^3). Multiply that by 10 per 100m. I don't remember how deep they were, but the bubble collapsing even at 100m would be...very unpleasant, possibly fatal, and definitely crush their tender bits.
I think they would have needed to slowly pressurize the bubble (with water even because they need to get rid of the air in their lungs) to avoid being physically crushed.
Week three of reminding Bob that he has Whatsit...
Steam damage - also known as Winter Sale 😂
Wait a minute...
I wonder if the acts of revenge in The Misfits campaign power up Lacothac? 🤔
Uh oh.
Bodger only needs a part of giant? Isn't.. hair a part? Finger nail clippings even? Maybe a tooth?
Man the sound effects are so good.
Happy Holiday indeed!
Beatrix reminds me of german far right politician Beatrix von Storch.
Daan, Beatrix, Diederik, and Gerrit 😂
Hot water bros! Its so underrated!
We used to call when wiping out in heavy seas "Doing the Tumble dryer"
Surely the "Washing machine" makes more sense 😂?
@@storytellerplays washing machine agitates. Tumble dryer makes u do 360s 😁
18:25 Giant names are based on dutch language, conbined with some keyboard mashing...
As a native dutch speaker, i feel sorry for your keyboard. Dear lord how much mashing did you do??!?!😅
4:00, "the dc is 10 so you can't fail that." I say ha, you haven't played one of my campaigns...
Is it just me or have they forgotten they each have a ring with a spell slotted in them?
why isn't this channel called "Viva La DnD League"
PROPS to the fucking subtitler dude, well done with that naming part xD
Oh yeah... 💁♨️