Friendly Fire | Yard D&D ep. 42 (Early Access)

I’m late but isn’t Aidan reading his spell wrong, saying it takes 10 mins to channel when it lasts for 10 mins?

Ah yes friendly fire I get it now

the rewatch goes crazy

Ah yes the two seeming demons, they're my favourite sseeming demons seemingly (I see what you did there lord BDW and we praise the foreshadowing)

Stonebeard being so pathetic, begging for the demons to let him go is so crazy with what we know now 😭😭

Wait, why do they look like Githyanki? ... is this possible with what we know in ep 46?

I'm not a D&D knower, but on Aiden's turn when he hit the nat 20 shot on Abaddon, didn't he cast a spell to mark Abaddon for additional damage? Would that spell have increased the damage of the crit role even more? Like he did it 10 seconds ago and then forgot about it by the time he calculated the damage

This episode was an extremely rough watch.

genuinely had to pause the video to stop myself from crying laughing during the friendly fire scene

Aw man Até asking about what his kids name are going to be, knowing where sirious is, and then eluding to wanting to see Stonebeard’s face when something happens to her has me so worried…

Dave can only do so much. They need an assistant on either side of the table that knows all the rules and their stats to make sure everything’s correct. lol I don’t blame them, honestly. As a non-dnd player there’s no way I’d remember all that!

Guys I had a wet dream involving stonebeard. We were about to fuck a nasty gyal wearing no panties, when suddenly his axe was ratteling and she killed us first page of berserk style. In my culture we have a sex beast called a huldra, my mind pulled in all the sexual violence it could and chose stonebeard as my sexual protector

Wow this was really good and funny! thank you

Ace Ventura spear scene https://youtu.be/SZAsPG0zKcE?si=bfRBoa3JhR656ieT This is all I could picture in my mind when aiden rolled those 2 1's and im still crying laughing 😂

we almost got a regular yard ep with dave in the beginning

A week is too long man

It didn't really matter, but I think he's been saying episode something of the Yard without the DnD since like episode five. Anyway, banger episode as always, I'm both laughing uncontrollably and gripping my seat for what's about to happen. If this is episode 42, I've spent 41 consecutive weeks watching this show (since we are ahead here in the Patreon) and I recently even rewatched all episodes from 1 to 28 for a project, so it has really built up. I can't believe how good they all are and I'm genuinely invested. Please tell me Dave didn't make us find out it's twins, give us the opportunity to suggest names and have Stonebeard ponder fatherhood for us to return to Sirius and realise that something happened. Or see that Callun died. Or Shozi or GJ. Or Roan's stepmum. Or Senzei Waterlotus. Or Paloma. We have so much to lose now, we are so attached, the stakes have never been higher, we are in the endgame. And I can't wait to see it play out.

Yessss bring back the nipples from ep2

Sirris is at the nutrition menu at McNexus

Weird thought, Dave’s d20 might be unknowingly weighted *puts on tinfoil hat* he said it’s one of his first dice he got so he most likely has a special case for it since it has sentimental value. I would guess a person would take the time to store their dice nicely so maybe the 20 facing up. If that case were left in a hot car the plastic could slowly, imperceptibly melt and create a loaded die. This could explain why he gets so many nat 20s. But hey, that’s just a theory, a conspiracy theory.

I wonder if Dave accounts for the boys forgetting about half their kit when scaling these enemies

This podcast is genuinely one of the most entertaining pieces of content I’ve enjoyed in years, even beyond The Yard! The chemistry is insane, and Dave’s level of thought behind his storytelling decisions to tailor events to each of their characters is awesome.

Differing Opinion from the rest of the comments: I view the D&D episodes like they're a Shakespearean tradgedy. Everything can and will go wrong and I *expect* it to. If they were always playing optimally it wouldn't be so fun to watch. Like a train wreck. A fun train wreck! Also, it's Stonebeard literal personality that he is always doing some dumb shit, he's a himbo character. He's the loose cannon.... If it's genuinely frustrating you it's okay to take a break from watching, but don't take it as a personal offense that they are missing things on the character sheet. Remember what it was like in your first campaign, and then think about it being broadcast to thousands of people. Try to not take it so by-the-book and enjoy the disaster that it is.

This might be the most chud turns of the show.

does aiden have any other move than the two fucking arrows?

Instead of pulling a knife in CS2 instead he rolled double 1s and made Stonebread have pussy burger legs.

Am I stupid or didn’t Nick role for stone beard in the second shot? Or did they just go with the bit to absolutely destroy him? Either way howled like a god damn hyena this ep

That double 1 from Leonis made me laugh so hard thank you for introducing us to this wonderful game Dave

I didn't realize that you guys actually read these, so I don't feel like I'm speaking into the void as much when I say that this is my favorite podcast every single week. I am a D&D podcast veteran and have listened to many others for years, and the yard used to be my favorite non D&D podcast, but the yard D&D is not only my favorite D&D podcast but also my favorite podcast I'd say of all time now. I said it in the discord a while back but it's really special watching the boys get to flex their improv skills in a more focused way. The boys and D&D were a match made in heaven and what you guys are doing is something really special. Thank you for being a light in the dark that is our current world, I haven't had the best past few months, but this pod has been a really good reason to keep going in the face of the lows.

or perhaps a vegan restaurant

since it's somewhere stonebeard refuses to look it's definitely a gym of some kind

I take back everything I said about Aiden rolling good recently.

is this the first time rone uses bardic inspiration

She's definitely in ustu

:45 holy shit stonebread is looking massive for us

I feel like the one place they refuse to look is with the Tera Din. Maybe Siris is with San Kofa or glasses, someone who’s kept sending them places so they stop asking questions?

I'm gonna cry man they could've honestly won if they kept fighting

25:46 For anyone playing along at home, the odds are 0.25%

I know it’s for story reasons that everyone is missing but couldn’t leonas just ask petricore where thimble is

Not today

Please don’t forget to add your modifiers to checks and saves 😭😭

Considering that this is a comedy pod at the end of the day, I'm definitely in the boat that I don't think it's the biggest deal when the guys forget something about the story or gameplay. So while I think that sometimes in these comment sections or in the discord the complaining about it can get blown a bit out of proportion, I do think there's merit to those critiques. IMO this far into the show it is a little disappointing when they repeatedly fall into the same pit traps of forgetting modifiers, not using many spells, etc. But I think that's only because the guys have repeatedly shown that they're more than capable of approaching gameplay in an entertaining way while still being capable of performing well in gameplay and progressing the story cleanly. I think the fight against Morcant in the queen's camp is a great example of that balance. Granted, the back and forth of playing like that and then doing something completely dumb has always been part of the show, even with the example I gave, I think literally the very next episode they all got high and got their asses beat by Orion. That was also super entertaining in it's own right, but I think in some of the more recent episodes that it has been more common than it was before for the gameplay to turn that way. But in all fairness to the guys, I think that's because of both Dave naturally upping the stakes as the story approaches a more climactic point, and the factor that (if I'm remembering correctly from one of the after shows) there was like a month long hiatus between recording episodes 37 and 38 that the guys are probably still just a little rusty from. So considering that, I think given another episode or two that the guys will be back into the motions again and can approach the game in a way that better compliments them as entertainers. Just wanted to share my two cents on that because I feel that it's becoming a more common talking point.

They need thimble and fernello so bad bro he’d have revived Selenia by now

Dave's characters calling leonas by his first and last name, knowing things about their friendship... and no one thought to ask "how do they know that?" Dave wanted them to ask so bad. And none of them picked up on it lol

GEORG YOU HAVE AN AWESOME AURA MAN

i could count on one hand the amount of times these guys used their buffs on each other or tried to synch up in the TEAM fights. i always think back to fernelo (idk the spelling) using guiding bolt to help george (also dk the spelling) hit his smite in the pitch black tent.

Dude georg is being held back, when he unlocks his potential itl be over for them light supremacists

"the one place you refuse to look" I say it's in space, like the god Asphodel surely has a portal to his original planet or something

There is no shot that Sirius isn’t in Ustu as the whole episode they were avoiding it and shit talking it

I’d like the God’s honest truth about how the sausage is made

I think Sirius could be stuck in the past somehow, I like the guess that she is a traitor but I do genuinely think that it's a test of faith for stonebeard to have everybody doubt her, I very very much think that Sirius is committed against her demon bretherin at this point.

Sirius is inside stonebeer's foreskin

I can’t be the only one that genuinely despises how Ludwig plays the game. Every DnD group has a guy that does a bit of trolling here and there, but every single session is just sooooo dumb. Can we just get a single episode of them playing the game without an anchor of a handicap? Just look at how well the centaur arc ended and I genuinely believe it’s because Lud wasn’t there to absolutely shaft the group.

Just to say... Nick saying "you can heal out of death saves??"... how did we glance over that? lmao this would've made so many fights easier if he knew that looll

this entire episode felt like the boys were being pranked with weighted die seriously just shit roll after shit roll LMFAO

i just looked up protect evil and good, and its duration is 10 minutes, not cast time

i REALLY hope someone animates that double 1 scene

As soon as I saw the title, I wondered (who did leonis hurt 🤦‍♂️)

the cleric learning in episode 42 that you can get someone out of death saves by healing makes me want to put my head through a brick wall. I love this show

ya know, for all the times they have fought, you would think they have had some battle formation or plan drawn up. though even if they did, the likelihood of it all going out the window when a fight starts is so strong, especially if a cannon is nearby

Friendly Fire? Could name every Yard D&D episode that

How you gonna pick General names and not take General Mills?

Two nat 1s in a row is a 1/400 chance btw, but I'm pretty sure stonebeard SHOULD'VE been raging, considering compelled duel was an action, he should've had a free time to rage in the pre-combat situation.

I stg I have never seen anyone roll as poorly as Aiden in any tabletop. It feels like he’s been rolling with a D10 the entire campaign

A couple hours of baldurs gate would’ve helped them so immensely in understanding the game.

these fools really needed to review all of their powers and actions before playing each time 💀💀

maybe the WOAT performance from the boys in a fight overall until georg drops off that tortle penis. however them being the terradin council is the funniest shit ever

"Can you heal in death saves" - The Death Cleric of the group

Um achsually... Stonebeard can't cast spells while raging 🤓

I need the intro with stone beard trying to mog after having 27 points of damage to be animated. Seriously would be one of the funniest things I've ever seen

It’s Ustu right? They keep refusing to help so, it’s the place they refuse to look

"when georg gets mad and attacks shit it's a 1v1 okay he doesn't drag the group in" i feel like there's a centaur-sized elephant in the room but idk

She's in Ustu

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so fucking hard to watch this one

dave's been saying the yard episode xx forever

funniest first 30 mins to any episode so far

This has to be the first time they actually asked a character their name instead of learning it passively or not at all

Lowkey Stonebeard deserved the friendly fire cuz of all the times he damaged Leonas in the past

It’s like an episode of jackass

Best part of my Tuesdays!

My god, does Aimen uses loaded dice for critical fails only?! XD

SLIME YOUR AURA OF PROTECTION SLIMEEEEEEE YOURE A PALADIN TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR AURA REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE

I like when they start just a normal podcast for like the first 3 minutes

the double 1 is so beautiful

Isn’t the apothecary imprisoned in ustu? Surely if they’ve failed to send anyone there twice that’s how they escape. I think a return could be upon us

I love Dave so much, BLMisDead was the right idea

wahoo!

right before i have to take out teeth, thanks.

The yard episode 42, is ludwig finally gonna admit to cheating in among us?

🔥

Yippeeeeee

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