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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Lol Bernard the Pit Fiend leaving angerly was a classy touch

Bernard was displeased. A strict training regimen with a very final chance may be on the cards!

@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG let's not forget the future tournaments where he'll be like "fine, I'll do it myself"

May need to find a battle-stand nemesis for him so we can arrange a CR 20 one shot 😂

@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG don't worry, I'll be sure to look if someone BIG is watching from the stands, someone he knows, personally.

Yeah, I factored that into the combat while running it. I thought that the devil may panic a bit upon missing so many spines and would decide not to waste them as pot shots because of that, also factoring in its supposed advantage against magical attacks. The RNG just shine upon it this time!

Anything is possible in the arena! Very insightful breakdown as always. RNG really had a hand in this one… on both sides!

A CR 2 brute stat wise, no doubt.

Hadn’t even thought about that, guess the Nothic is pretty spiky too!

You’re hearing right, and yeah, it’s an odd one, but that what the official Nothic stat block states for the claw attack! Could have been a balancing thing maybe? (Or an official error of course 😂)

@DungeonBoy-TTRPG it just feels "wrong" (not the video, it is great) like I'm used to the attack and damage being similar to the player characters, modifier + proficiency, this feels weird.

Yeah, it kinda feels almost ‘dirty’ from a RAW perspective 😂 But then, the Nothic is intentionally written as being ‘weird’ so maybe this was WotC attempt at an Easter egg / joke.

I personally thing it was a mistake, as WOTC has made many of those.

It’s certainly possible.

Their lore is great too. Wizards cursed for trespassing into the realms of forbidden knowledge that their minds simply weren’t prepared to comprehend!

In this scenario they are in the arena and have essentially been told to attack each other, something the Ettercap was more than happy to do. Any other, non-forced combat environment though and I’d agree with you.

A worthy contender for sure!

​@DungeonBoy-TTRPG you should do an all dinosaurs arena battle at some point lol like monsters type battles

Now there’s an idea! Prehistoric Punch-Out series would be crazy 🥊 Themed battles such as Celestials vs Fiends would be awesome as well! Need some more suggestions now, haha

Could also do group battles. Or like story based. Create a group of soldiers on watch that get swarmed by Zombies and have to defend a guard tower or the city gate. Lol that might take a minute to do but still

I’ve got plans for a few of those too. The old Animated Armour vs Giant Rats video was a popular one 😂

Flavour it up, give a breath weapon, and hey presto!

The maths really shows the balance on this one, a tough one with a lot of RNG required to give the Ettercap a shot! I feel like the most accurate reaction a creature would make upon getting webbed would be to struggle briefly before coming to the rational conclusion that two dagger strikes are probably more beneficial! Only a creature expecting to be webbed would ready up for that eventually I reckon, and the MM may not have had previous Ettercap experience! But yeah, subsequent webbings after breaking from the first, would have been dealt with the good old knife method. A fun one to run, and now we get to see what happens when the Intellect Devourer takes on the Mind Master!

@ Yeah that fight is one I’ve been expecting and I’m excited for it!!!

Yup, the MM has some really strong abilities, another CR 2 monster that could be worthy of a higher rating based on its kit. The Ettercap relies a lot of the poison bite too, with the MMs resistance really coming in to bat!

It certainly did, lots of twists turns in this one!

It’s time will come… if it can defeat the Nothic and its eye beam of death!

​@@DungeonBoy-TTRPGIT BETTER! -Bernard the Pit Fiend

My bad if that’s the case. I think the new rules are kinda confusing (not that they weren’t already…) From my understanding, and invisible creature isn’t hidden until it hides. So the hide action is necessary to provide the stealth check which initiates the hidden condition. Invisible just means you can’t target something if you have no means of seeing it. In the new rules, if you fail the perception DC to combat the stealth DC, you cannot detect the creature at all. Thats also why I had the Mind Master stay slightly out of range of the Ettercap to avoid any random flailing claws / bite. I could be wrong here, but that’s the bonus you get from hiding while invisible, otherwise yeah, what’s the point!

@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG In the new rules, it seems like invisibility IS the benefit you get from hiding. There's nothing about hidden creatures being impossible to attack. I don't think it makes much sense, but that's what it seems to say.

Which is wild. I did some extra research into the functionality while making this battle, and the gen break consensus was that invisible hides you from sight and targeting in general from creatures that can’t see you, while the hide action covers the base of allowing for the stealth check which means things can’t perceive you, hence the DC 15 Dex (Stealth) check. That check then forces a creature to make a DC X perception check where X is the roll made the creature to stay hidden. Either way, it’s a confusing system in my option, especially if you’re right, and hide effectively makes invisible redundant…

​@@DungeonBoy-TTRPGthis is one of those moments where the written rules are better ignored if it doesn't make sense. The creature it's invisible while in a very chaotic and loud environment? Difficult to pin point its location, Perception Check needed, but it's still hard to attack an invisible creature. The creature it's invisible while in a 1v1 where the opponent is solely focused on it and has enough environment elements to "follow" it? The Perception Check to pin point the creature MIGHT not be needed (or at least maybe just as a free action), so the invisible creature may need a Stealth Check to become "lost" by beating the Passive Perception of the opponent. This could be interpreted in very different ways depending on the situation, DM's choice.

Oh 100%. DM fiat out rules the rule book in most cases. I think the conclusion reached worked well for this combat.

Damn, gotta love those insane 1e spells 😂 I like that they flavoured up the hellfire orb with both fire and necrotic damage for 5e, deffo feels like launching a nuke when you cast it!

It’s not a yes or a no as of right now… the Dracolich is awesome though, would definitely like to make a longer video on them given the chance. The Death Battle only scratches the surface of what they are capable of, especially as I only used the base adult dragon variant. So much more to talk about when it comes to the misdeeds performed by the ancients of their ilk!

Very true… it’s definitely in there for a reason!

Glad you enjoyed 😄 You’re absolutely right, the Dracolich featured is far from its final form, and there are so many variants to choose from! Blue is definitely up there as one of the tougher CR 17 versions, so a white or even green dracolich may have proved less challenging for our death knight challenger! That being said, I’m pleased with how the balance worked out on this one, and after all, I’m sure the DK will be back, as it is ‘invincible’ 😅

Yeah, another reason I wasn’t too worried about that one. Without the legendary resistance though, things would have come to a conclusion a lot faster!

Sigma energy up until the last blow.

Glad you enjoyed it! I was pleasantly surprised with how even the battle was. Glad I gave the DK the legendary abilities too, made things much more interesting if you ask me!

😂 I think that battle season would take my pc 3 years to render.

He’s a cool, calculated, brain stealing machine!

Very confused as to why this is happening. The exported video has audio in both channels when I play it back… I’ll look into it again.

A legendary combo

Ouch… the odds really were stacked one way in this one.

Apparently so. When I playback the exported video I have audio in both channels, so it sure if it’s the upload which is being weird? I’ll look into it.

It seems so. The exported video has audio in both channels, so I’m not sure what is going on with the upload. I double checked before I uploaded and it sounded fine to me. Out of interest, are you listening on headphones?

@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG Heads phones as well. Right ear only.

Thanks, I’ll try and see if there’s something weird going on in my editing software.

@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG Yep yep. I had to take the right one out because it was driving me crazy only hearing from the left 😂

Sorry about that…😕 I’m looking into fixing it!

It really is! 🧠

I, for one, welcome our new Intellect Devourer overlords.

Sometimes that’s the way it goes in the arena! I figure that the Cult Fanatic would have gone for Command over anything else in an attempt to escape more than anything else. While these fights are about the damage output, it’s also worth considering how the creatures would respond to the circumstance. I think the CF has enough intelligence to realise that staying in Ogre range is a terrible idea, but maybe not quite enough to push through its fear with logic to realise that an all out assault is its best bet to achieve victory. As always though, the numbers don’t lie!

Can’t hurt something words if it doesn’t understand them!

That is an absolutely brutal rule! In 5e, as far as attacks go, going prone only imposes disadvantage on a prone creatures attacks, and gives the attacker of said prone creature advantage on attacks against it. I can see why people say AD&D was brutal, x5 times damage for any reason is absolutely nuts 😂 I’d quite like to play it at some point to experience the madness!

​@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG I like it because it gives my players other build options that do something else besides throwing out as much damage as possible. It also makes monsters that can cause paralysis, sleep or the restrained condition a lot more dangerous. So you might want to remind them that the x5 goes both ways if you decide to use it in the future. I also use another auto kill rule that's completely home brew. Score a critical hit, you roll the D20 again. Score a second critical hit (Death hit), roll the D20 a third time to beat armor. If roll 3 is a success, the target is dead unless its huge or bigger. The target is dead if its below half health, otherwise deal x5 for huge or x4 for gargantuan.

@@TheManWithOneSock you're wrong in the first and last part, hold person would not work as it functions only against humanoids, the ogre is a giant.

@@The_mekboy_you_deserve Fair point. I overlooked that. Regardless grovel was the worst command option to use in this scenario. Flee would have made much more sense.

@@TheManWithOneSock I suppose we find in agreement with the fleeing option being the better one, given that the cultist probably wants distance when paired with an ogre, would've been great also to see the spiritual weapon in action, but he used all his actions trying command or doing nothing (last round), regardless I think it wouldn't have changed much the result, the cultist hadn't much in the way of offense or defense, more like cc.

This one was a toughie, especially as the Ogre got the initiative. Unfortunately hold person does not work against the ogre as it isn’t a humanoid, but a giant. The plan with using the command word grovel was to allow the cult fanatic to escape, hopefully avoiding the ogres attack at disadvantage, which would then force the ogre to use half movement to stand which would only allow it to move within 20ft of the fanatic. Had that have worked, the CF would then have dropped spiritual weapon and sacred flame, potentially setting up for an inflict wounds should it have survived the ogres onslaught the turn after. In an ideal world, the CF would have succeeded on the first command, which would have allowed for an inflict wounds at advantage if grovel forced the ogre prone. When I run these, I also try to factor in intelligence levels, and from my outlook, the CF was set on grovel to begin with, and witnessing a giant barrel of angry muscle charging it down would likely not give it much room to think of other words outside that which it prepared tactically. That being said, flee would have been a viable option, although the Ogre could the move back into range, throw its javelin, and go from there. This was a very difficult fight for the CF which relies mostly on CC options. I would have liked that first command to have hit though… the 2nd level inflict wounds could have changed things up.

All about those shock outcomes.

I’m sure the cult fanatics fan base are preparing another for a future appearance.

@@DungeonBoy-TTRPG he got his ass handed to him haha

😂

Some great prediction skills. Need to get your outlook on the quarter finals!

Just as the gods intended.

yeah it was, it changed at around 5:15

Interesting, I’ll have to look into that. First time it’s happened?

A heavy handed repeat it would seem!

I think it’s fair to say the Allosaurus has a lot of fans at this point. 🪭

Old video made to help people with no prior knowledge out with some options. Still never heard of Aurora, will have to check it out, video could do with an update anyway.

Both are excellent monster, though I do need to find an excuse to run more dinosaurs! The pounce is a fun ability mostly because it potentially doubles up the combat capabilities, allowing for an extra attack, and one big one at advantage!