Baelin's Route | Epic NPC Man Movie Reaction
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Baelin's Route follows the computer-character Baelin and his scripted loop around the fantasy world of Azerim. However on this particular journey Baelin bumps into a nasty Adventurer in the middle of an escort mission, overseeing a young NPC girl named Willow. After deciding he’s sick of the quest, the Adventurer turns on Willow to intentionally fail his quest, however Baelin intervenes and saves Willow. It’s now up to Baelin to escort Willow through the harsh world of Azerim back home to her family.
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He couldn't fast travel because Greg wasn't there to knock him out with chloroform! XD
Legend has it, Baelin was the first NPC in the game, exiting before Azerim was even a thought in the designers' minds, present at the first dawn in Honeywood. He is VLDL's Tom Bombadil.
You read that fanfiction?
Before this movie aired, there was an Epic NPC Man episode where Baelin beat up a couple of asshole adventurers. Anyone who has seen that episode first shouldn't be surprised that Baelin can kick ass.
I'm pretty sure Baelin is coded as a lethal joke character. A nice, one line NPC that will utterly wreck the shit of any player that thinks attacking and tormenting friendly NPCs is fun. As this movie shows, that has unintended side effects with newer game content and functions like recruiting NPC minions, and the Princess escort quest line.
I always love seeing someone discover Baelin's Route for the first time!
They did have a kickstarter for it, and it garnered something like $600,000. That allowed them to really amp up the production values. They used the Howick Historical Village in Auckland for Honeywood, as always, but they took the whole crew to the South Island to film the actual "Route", hence the strong resemblance to LOTR - it's the same places.
Willow is, canonically, 14 years old, but the actress who plays her (Phoenix Cross) was 23 at the time of filming. She also plays the Honeywood maiden in the Death Knight skits, and Lavinia, a Halfling Rogue in the DnD Logic series. She also played Rowan's Niece in the Bored episode of the same name.
VLDL had another kickstarter campaign last year for getting their own studio, which raised 2.5 million US Dollars. That was recently completed, and has a new Bored store set, a brand new Honeywood Tavern set, and the largest permanent green screen in Auckland. The sets are modular, and can be rearranged, and re-dressed, to allow them to film many different series.
Now that's awesome!!! They've really grown as a group brand through the years. I'm glad to be watching their content more often now.
Baelin is very good at blocking. Not only did he block everything, but he did so without his fishingline being cut. Now that is a deep level of skill!
and he didn't get his line tangled even once! now that's a skill!
@@cassolmedia Facts. If you see someone doing that, just run. They are obviously a diety of some kind and you might already be dead.
It's actually really hard to cut a fishing line by chopping on the rod.
@@dark3031 It really is not. If you are chopping like that, that line goes bye-bye real quick.
All the time, Baelin's speech meant something else. But the last thing at the end he said, was genuinely "Morning. Nice day for fishing."
He is a Master fisherman so his rod is Legendary.
That "yeah, whatever, skip" got me, too.
"'I can't fast travel because of this quest' ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?" I've felt that pain.
There are NPCs in games like Skyrim that will put it on you if you decide to pick a fight, so this seems to tap into that aspect. I've ... discovered that the hard way sometimes.
Lol!! I do feel like we've all been there with an annoying NPC we're stuck with for a while.
So glad you watched this one considering its length! They did have a Kickstarter to move into a new studio (which they opened just the other day) so quality will probably skyrocket in future videos. Love the reaction as always, such a positive vibe and contagious laugh ❤
"Morning, nice day for fishing." This was a fun watch
Definitely a fun one from VLDL!
He is one of those NPC's that you can down but not actually kill by any means, so basically he is a badass NPC.
Not only that, there's an Epic NPC Man episode made before this movie where Baelin beats up a couple of asshole players. Baelin is clearly coded to punish bad behavior on the part of any players who pick on him. Anyone who saw that episode wouldn't be surprised as to how well Baelin does in combat in this movie.
I remember what he does to the mean players. Does he have another scenario like that in another episode?
I don't think so, he'll just be a recurring character. Rowan's Guard character powns some noobs though. And there will be more Bodger.
The Groot analogy was perfect. So happy you watched this! This is one of the best movieshorts I ever watched. For the past 2 years, my buddy and I have greeted each other with "Morning, nice for fishing ain't it? Huh'hah." It's just a great piece of fun.
Alan needs to make that crying sound public domain, imo that could become the next Wilhelm Scream.
Straight up, lol! You're so right!
Just fyi, that's not Alan - Alan is Greg The Garlic Farmer. The character of Eugene, with that awesomely consistent cry, is played by Adam (who is also High Sorcerer Baradun). The trio of Alan, Adam, and Rowan (who plays Baelin and Bodger) is the original core of VLDL... though Ben (here the nasty adventurer, also Charles the Mugger) seems to now be joining that inner creative circle, and I'm betting that Britt (who really hates that bikini armour) might also be heading in that direction. Imho, they're all fantastic, so the more, the merrier! ^_^
Watching with you was the 6th time I've seen Baelin's Route.
It never gets old and I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who got dust in my eyes during certain scenes.
Thank you. It definitely deserves a follow and like 👍
I think the Princess remains on her path the entire time.
Hey! Appreciate ya!!
There was a kickstarter and they did pretty well. They did Kickstarter specific sketches as well which were really funny. The same with their second one, using their various series to promote the project.
As for Baelin, my own headcannon is that he was the first designed character and was meant to be the player's avatar when Skycraft, the name of the game in which Epic NPCman is set, was supposed to play as before they switched it to a MMORPG. As the intended 'hero' he would be incredibly powerful but when the genre shifted they used the asset and overlaid the fisherman NPC over it. This could have been done by a developer who wanted to give the indended hero the happy ending the player was supposed to experience upon completing the game; a world of peace in which the weary hero could retire, and fish, in peace.
His fishing pole has to be magically enchanted to not break against swords and it’s able to block magic
I was literally thinking the same thing.
SkyCraft's durability mechanic doesn't run on NPCs.
Man the scenery was epic too, what a well done story. So fun. Gets ya pretty emotionally involved. good fer Baelin.
There's an episode where Baelin breaks role and briefly becomes in game maintenance to fix Greg's shack. So he's not your average NPC
Baelin wielded that fishing pole like Darth Maul haha
The way it says "Baelin's Route" makes it sound like a character in a dating sim since people talk about different routes in those games XD
It’s amazing to watch what truly talented people who care about their project can create.
I love their short form stuff to death, but this was simply amazing.
The first time I saw one of these on your channel I was like WTH?? I'm now invested and love them😂 definitely enjoying these videos!!
When the girl got a little older she joined them in their “D&D Logic” series.
cant belive they made a whole mini movie about a dude who just says "Mornin' nice day for fishin ain't it? "goofy laugh"". I would go fishing with baelin tbh
This lil'movie is really well made and put together. Viva La Dirt League are some talented filmmakers.
Oh, sweet! You found it. No doubt it was because of my glowing recommendation. lol
Baelin is like a Monk.
😀🙌
Note the Balin never seems to be injured (likele invulnerable) and any attack either one-shots a foe or in the case of the boss advances the fight to the next phase...
I feel as if I need a dictionary/Translator/ and or subtitles to understand every "Mornin'! Nice day for fishin', ain't it?" he says in this whole thing!
All of them meant something else, except the last sentence, when he looks at the lake and genuinely says "Morning. Nice day for fishing."
Mornin' nice day for fishin' ain't it huh huh
Glad you're getting into Viva. It's got some of the best web series out there.
The fishing rod must be a legendary weapon🎉🎉
That's the only explanation of its strength against swords, lol
They've also done great spoofs of The Witcher, the one where Geralt, Rowan aka Baelin aka Bodger, is fighting in the barn is epic. When the female lead, Britt, is switching between seductive and basically trying to kill Geralt and he tries to hit on her when she's in seduce mode...
Several NPC's in honeywood are steadily becoming aware. But my bet is that Baelin 's class has to be monk and he's a master tier NPC like so unkillable and capable of soloing anything
They did a fantastic job with that. Funny as always, but also with a lot of heart. And the production values! It felt like when Star Trek: The Next Generation went theatrical with Generations: everything is still kinda the same but feels a lot grander! BTW: I feel like OwnedByPandas at 10:30 every time the Marines in Aliens: Dark Descent say "It's quiet ... too quiet ..." 😄
I find myself swapping between route (rout) and route (root) as well; a path for me is a route (rout) and being on that path to something is being, "en route." (on root)
❤❤😊That was awesome great video I enjoyed watching friend really nice ❤❤❤
This is gorgeous ❤ a simple beautiful story.
Would this make Baelin "Groute"?
I mean think of the money it would take to get the whole crew out to these locations....hundreds of dollars in gas at least.
Yea let’s gooooooo finally
OMG this is so good!! the actor great job with his inflections. I could usually tell what emotion he was trying to convey.
this sort of reminded me of the book NPC's. If you're an audiobook person, it's a great listen!
The level of game-awareness NPCs demontrate in this series can vary quite a bit between episodes
Baradun and the Gravediggers know exactly what's going on, demonstrate knowledge of the real world, and choose to play along for their own reasons
Greg and the Honeywood NPCs vaguely know they're in a game in some episodes but still see their world and themselves as "real" and carry on with their routines, obliviously
Tinfoil hat man knows they're in a game and what that means but can't find a way of escaping
I’ve always taken it as Greg is not aware he is in a game but is very self-aware about his world. Talk about the outside world and settings confuses him, but he is rarely surprised about stuff he sees in the world.
I thought Baradun was similar, but I saw some episodes lately and I was like, oh my, he knows this is a game, he just doesn’t care, and moreover he sometimes uses the knowledge to dick with players on purpose for fun. I found myself liking Baradun a lot more after that.
@davidromig2453 Oh, yeah, Baradun was directly stated in the NPC man D&D series to be fully aware of the game and how it works.
I feel like after he tried to explain it to the woodcutter, he realized that the other NPCs just fall back on their programming when confronted with reality and just kind of screws with everyone now
Balen is a simp
Escort missions are the worst
A great series, but it's surprising seeing someone review it. You called it right off comparing Baelon with Groot
It was literally my first thought when watching this. It played different here than in the Epic NPC videos.