DND The Unexpectables 119: A Daunting Task

[@hergie409]

Im dying laughing at the thought of borky getting ragdolled by a dragon and screaming "dammit gripples" the whole time

[@actionhero2328]

Man Grackles fight kicked serious ass! Very high octane close quarters combat with very equal rolls until he made an opening and finished it, all while going at a disadvantage with his fighting style. But it made for good spacial awareness making it easy to imagine.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Man, it’s NEVER good when a fragment of a god starts chuckling at you

[@mazubahtender]

In before Monty makes 2 undead Goliaths in black, long leather armor and names them Sir Ehxs and Nehm Esis

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

You mean her two husbands?

[@sleekgeek6716]

“Never say no to bacta.” I SEE THAT REPUBLIC COMMANDO REFERENCE

[@an8strengthkobold360]

Good to see other people have played that gem of a game.

[@oldgoat381]

@@an8strengthkobold360 I didn't get very far through it But so many great quotes

[@fizzymentos191]

Start Time 25:22 | Break Start 2:34:03 | Break End 2:40:43

[@DJ_LilPaycheck]

MVP's like you deserve pinned comments

[@danielloose6424]

How'd you get the time for the break already? It was only posted an hour before you made the comment? Awesome work as always Fizzy.

[@fizzymentos191]

@@danielloose6424 The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural. And thanks, im happy to be of use

[@soulzero22]

A familiar face in these trying times.

[@mrnatetastic8714]

Beat me to it XD

[@link12345214]

How many times are they gonna forget that damn shield Iggy is making

[@muttofanopossum5639]

The Panic and Helena stuff made me smile during this sad episode.

[@michaelconnell1010]

Couple things I hope they do when they defeat the Dragon Cult and get back to Alivast: 1) Get the names of the Council members who sold Task out so they’ll know which ones are likely to be enemies of theirs later. 2) Given the nature of the group’s departure the Council will probably be putting a bounty on at least Task, and a sizable one too. If the group can get back before word of the cult’s defeat they can have someone they trust bring them in and collect the bounty and after current info and Brorc bails them out they can split the money.

[@stephenflint3640]

The way it sounds, Brorc rode ahead of the councilmembers to give the unexpectedables an actual choice in going willingly or being 'sold'

[@rogaldorn4759]

The council. Must fall.

[@mattblankenbaker6456]

remember kids, stay 30 ft. away from each other and never in a straight line

[@Zerpderp0]

Social Distancing

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Dragon distancing

[@Zerpderp0]

@@hfar_in_the_sky Task to Monty: Don't revive them, don't revive them, I'm teaching them a lesson in spacing. If you get that reference then you're a Badger too.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Zerpderp0 “Guuuuys! We’re trying to win hearts and minds!” “There are hearts and minds. They’re just splattered against the walls-“ “NO!”

[@Zerpderp0]

@@hfar_in_the_sky Panic: Out of the way, real star coming through

[@Straven93]

Ok so she's a lvl 12 death cleric. I would have figured grave domain.

[@smpandlox]

I’ve never been more tense in my life with the whole deal with Panic.

[@765mkojin3]

You can say grackles flipped in three birds because there's two in the hands one in the middle

[@heathb2182]

a bird in the middle is worth two on the hands

[@weresquirrel]

So, what happens if they trick Darkus into wearing Lewistrog's helmet? >_>

[@cryw1092]

I'd say that would be their last resort.

[@bajkotamas1610]

Was actually thinking Borky's last resort would be putting the helmet on himself. But your idea is even better :D

[@apatheticAstronaut]

Then darkus becomes the graverobber who dug the helmet up, and the next person to put it on becomes darkus

[@davidmacko6309]

@@apatheticAstronaut thats not how the helmet works it forgets its past lives but remember the one before so he would forget about the civilization that was destroyed by i think gnash but would remember working at the sweet dragon

[@MRCrazyKorn]

Dragon cultists, Abishai, and a large multi headed dragon. Tiamat here we come!

[@Haldrie]

Thanks to Gaijin I recently found out about this campaign after having been watching Lanipator's Role With Me series. Hopefully I will catch up so maybe I can finally watch one of your streams and not be spoiled and/or totally lost as to what is going on at this point. I just finished episode 11 and I can't help but roll over laughing at least once during every session so far.

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

I’m so glad my TV fell on the floor and broke like 5 minutes ago because it made me check my phone and see a new Unexpectables Episode.

[@cryw1092]

Silver linings!

[@spokeydokey5237]

Fucking what?!

[@onixrobot2031]

118 episodes. The peeps still don’t seem to fully grasp rogues. By this, I mean with how their sneak attack works on surprise attacks.

[@ItsmeInternetStranger]

Think you're gonna need to bring in the big guns for this one, guys. Hey Panic? Orb of Sending. The Silver King. See how much an Ancient Silver Dragon on your side evens the odds.

[@joshlee7449]

I mean... they have several ancient dragons on their side plus whatever the fuck thay hydra dragon is. Also no spoilers please i havent watched it all.

[@diablohablo5988]

Also he already used it to communicate with log. Remember log left with the book the same day the dragon cultists attacked.

[@cryw1092]

I'm pretty sure the Silver King knows about this incident. He's probably also extremely angry about it, if I were to guess.

[@lowrider993]

My favorite character arc so far, almost feels like its the end game

[@davidmacko6309]

They still need to do a greckles and a borky arc

[@DownWithLogic]

25:08 Taka, you're predicting the future again.

[@Jman15008]

I may have clicked at the speed of light, but I can't watch until later. Hello fellow earlybirds!

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

Technically speaking in 5e Greckles can use a Longsword as rogue so he could but it'd be in affective since his DEX is better unless for some reason it had the finesse property

[@danielloose6424]

In Flame War or the episode immediately following it, Greckles made a prayer to Orin for guidance. Greckles then had a vision, after which Monty declared that for Greckles, the Sunblade was a finesse weapon.

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

@@danielloose6424 well the sunblade has that option as a magic item already

[@athroughzdude]

I really hope they have time to stop by the Mountain of Repetition (I forgot the name but you know what I mean) so they can grab the extra firepower before taking on the cult.

[@jackmack4181]

I want to go full French Revolution on the council now

[@Buchasaurus]

I feel like it's worth mentioning that the boys have broken initiative. Greckles had a +1 to his initiative as a rogue. That is not okay, and it ain't even Monty's fault or anything, it's Roll20's shitty UI.

[@summeraidan5815]

?what plus 1?

[@Buchasaurus]

@@summeraidan5815 Plus 1 total instead of +4 or +5 or whatever his DEX is. I had the same problem where initiative was just totally broken.

[@wesleybradshaw2609]

Something tells me they’re ready for the Task at hand or was it Task is ready to throw hands?

[@onixrobot2031]

Give my boy Borky MFing bracers of unarmored defense. He needs them gains.

[@nathanwilson7929]

Popo: "HE DED!"

[@Lastofthesigilites]

Changing my wizards spells to: Chromatic Orb is now Spell Magic Missile is now Fist Summon Shadowspawn is now Summon Ketimine Ape.

[@tres7351]

Borky needs to make a ram out of that dragon's horn

[@Straven93]

Let's be honest hes gonna make it into a drinking horn

[@tres7351]

@@Straven93 Shit that's good

[@tres7351]

@@Straven93 Shit that's good

[@ChristianNeihart]

Last episode had me tenterhooks.

[@davidmacko6309]

Damm greckles being mvp frist at the wedding with 2 nat 20s and now 1on1 vs a general of the horde damm

[@stoybenxi7395]

Taka and Zito are in my head lol. The exact minute gripples failed I did the “very good/I’m sorry” from dark souls, laughed at my own dumb joke, and they literally made the same joke 10 sec later. I love them unconditionally Also can I say that my headcanon for Lila is that she’s more or less sister friede from dark souls 3

[@Starlitsoul0359]

Agreed. She’s just au sister friede and I’m all about it.

[@thecrb1579]

in my massive catchup i've finally gotten to the point where the pandemic started. ironically the thing that caused me to start watching you guys all the way back in april/may 2020. 9 months of catchup and counting boys

[@stoybenxi7395]

That’s me rn, see you at the top

[@MMDelta9]

*Reads title* Ah... saw what you did there.

[@PapaCthulhu]

I can't scroll down and read the wonderful comments this time

[@Yaboyazrael]

Rest in peace Luistrog. o7

[@charchufirestorm7696]

Wait, they have luistrog's helmet. Could they potentially place that on Darkus's head?

[@diablohablo5988]

Great minds think alike...

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

It would be poetic justice if they turned him into their employee, and if i remember correctly when you put on the helmet and fail your save your soul is destroyed as well?

[@auxFACTOR]

It is dormant when it is not being worn, but when a humanoid puts it on it displays parasitic behavior, ejecting the soul of its victim and taking control over their body. The helmet has control over the body for 100 years or until its host dies, at which point the helmet becomes dormant again.

[@Trinithium]

Though if Darkus is an Abishai and not a dragonborn, then the helmet wouldn't work if it only works on humanoids

[@cryw1092]

@@Trinithium Oh... shit, I didn't think of that... then again, it may still work. Who knows?

[@rockhardgaming120]

I DO NOT approve of the passive aggressive remarks against Austin powers

[@Deo-]

Yo thanks, I was starting to have withdrawals.

[@Wristan]

Yeah, on the Dragon Breath that required a Con Save and not a Dex save Greckles couldn't use Evasion and take half damage. It stats, "When you are subjected to an effect that allows you to make a Dexterity saving throw to take only half damage, you instead take no damage if you succeed on the saving throw, and only half damage if you fail." So Greckles would've taken the full breath weapon attack. Not trying to see anyone die, but just a mistake that happens a lot with evasion that people think it can be called upon for any type of save, but it's only for Dex. Edit: ^ Ignore all of the above.

[@bjh2o]

He was using his Uncanny Dodge rather than Evasion.

[@Wristan]

@@bjh2o Ah, my error. I thought I heard, "Evasion", but what was said, "Matrix Dodge", which meant Greckles was using, "Uncanny Dodge." D&D or any TTRPG, trying to keep tabs on everything that is happening you can miss hear information.

[@davidmacko6309]

I mean he can either use uncany doge or evasion so hes safe either way

[@digunder14]

Zito dose realize that there is already a class that uses their willpower instead of relying on a god, it is the paladin in 5e, they literally get their magic and power from their raw conviction, their will and dedication

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

But yet they use their hotness to power their spells, cuz of course they need more Charisma based casters

[@digunder14]

@@tyberiuscarter5011 charisma is force of will in dnd, especially in 5e, not hotness or sexyness, hence why intimidation is tied to charisma

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

@@digunder14 im aware just making a bad attempt at a joke. And there is a variant rule for 5e that lets you use strength for intimidation which for monsters like orcs that makes sense especially their whole intimidation comes from their sheer strength

[@bryanmerel]

oath breaker paladin?

[@Nitro89]

2:42:57 *I SHIP IT SO MUCH YOU GUYS*

[@fluxgoodra9034]

Caught this on twitch archive, holy fuck that’s a good title for this one.

[@CrazyTasteyPi]

I have to give props to Bosco for the "Nick at Night" joke. If only because I know there will be only a handful of people that get it. X3

[@demonzero677]

Ya know what I'm surprised of? Why hasn't Panic taken the Magic Initiate Feat? He's found himself numerous times lacking a means of attack because either Allies are too close to the enemies, or he's out of attack spells, or what na. Seriously take Warlock Magic Initiate and grab Edlerage Blast for at least some way of blasting things consistantly.

[@Codeninja676]

He also had the option since the discord realm the ability to take a level on Sorcerer,Cleric or Warlock of I remember correctly and nothing has come from that.

[@MrTrilbe]

@@Codeninja676 He chose to stay pure Bard, there's abilities later on he want's that multi-classing to a worth while level would stop him getting

[@darkvizardking69]

@@MrTrilbe that's fair, though their are feats like magic initiate and spell slinger that would give him spells like eldritch blast for more damage potential, plus it would stack since cantrips stack to player level, not class level.

[@AndrewTraver]

Suffocating in a wall? All i can think of is when sand falls on you in minecraft XD

[@novadselir1068]

Wow way to go Greckles for that assassination, and shout out for everyone make full grown dragons retreat.

[@KimKimeraKimes]

I honestly doubt that they were full grown dragons. They were in body but, together with monty's comment that there is a reason these guys do not have legendary actions, I believe these dragons are actually young dragons forcibly made older. See how two of the dragons left CRYING it makes sense.

[@novadselir1068]

@@KimKimeraKimes interesting theory I thought it was just because they were all under Darkus' influence.

[@samjones7424]

25:22 start everyone!

[@davidmacko6309]

what did monty mean when she said task wasnt attacking anything ?? And Damm i knew alivast was corrupted but oh boy if they arent stupid the same amount they are willing to sell a hero that done so much good for the city away in a instant to save their asses

[@demonzero677]

Also, If/When Task manages to return to Alivast from this, I SO fucking want him to confront that dragonborn twat who shit on Broric about the Racial Inclusion Program, stare her dead in the eyes in front of the counsel, and ask her why She, and the rest of the 'higher' races cowered under their beds and threw him to the slaughter to appease a DRAGONBORN who laid SIEGE on the city, and that he, a 'lower' race has to burden SAVING the city because of their weakness." and just lay into her high and mighty ass about her bigotry.

[@SmilingJester2]

I adore lady aila lol 1:34:29

[@Starlitsoul0359]

This shit’s on fire yo

[@Callum_Draws_]

Oh man. 1:25:00 watching zito get confused knowing what we know now lol

[@natural1sonly827]

So we all know curt was on TTS as Santodes, but I wanted to know if Connor had also made an appearance?

[@weresquirrel]

Connor was the Lockwarden, my Dude.

[@kuntmunt5453]

@@weresquirrel 😎

[@judgecurran7289]

Shits on fire yo

[@MrSHADOWANGEL999]

at the end of this, panic should commemorate this arc with a song, a song of ice and fire

[@ScamMan93]

And acid, and poison, and lightning.

[@longforgotten4823]

MrSHADOWANGEL999 it’s raining dragons! Hallelujah it’s raining dragons.

[@krodmandoon3479]

He already brought the house down.

[@chriscrookham3340]

Funny how everyone is 4 v 1ing their fights but greckles is alone 1 v 2

[@summeraidan5815]

panic's fucking dead lmao

[@MrTrilbe]

Also Borky got nurfed 2 arc's ago... oh how that pre-nurf could be useful right now, it's almost as if the Game designers balanced the classes to have a level range where they are strongest, a range where they are weaker and a range where all the classes are about the same... who would have thought the game designers knew what they were doing

[@NivMizzet89]

@@MrTrilbe That 'nerf' wasn't about characters being overpowered against in-game enemies. Something like that could be easily solved by just sending stronger enemies against the party. The problem is that while the classes themselves are balanced, rolled character stats can still lead be imbalances between party members. While the average Barbarian should be quite balanced vs an average Rogue, a Barbarian with (highly) above average stats (due to lucky stat rolls) will be stronger than a Rogue with below average stat rolls. And when those characters are in the same party it becomes quite hard to create interesting enemies for that party to fight, as anything that is intended as challenging to an Overstatted PC is likely too lethal for understatted ones (and vice versa, things meant as challenging for the understatted PCs are likely too easy for the overstatted ones). (Which can still be fine for a short campaign or one-shot, but in a long campaign it's quite annoying if someone's stuck in the 'weakling' role forever). The rebalancing wasn't about randomly taking stats away, it was about leveling the playing field (presumably by switching to point-buy system, giving everyone the same amount of stats to work with).

[@Dracossaint]

My favorite monty piece, is STAIRRRSSSS

[@digunder14]

part of me is hoping that Task is the dragon god of the same name from forgotten realms, the dragon god of greed and he just has amnesia or something XD

[@KageRyuu6]

Guys remember Windows 7? Yeah, good times. Also a 5ft tall cellar is pretty fuckin low, most rooms have 9ft tall ceilings for a reason. 1:34:00 DMing 101, don't put a character into a situation if you the DM are unwilling to accept their potential failure.

[@davidmacko6309]

Yeah she screwes herself on parol right there

[@Boar_snow]

half dragon call his dragon, mounted his dragon, dragon moves 40 feet and then half dragon attack twice..?

[@TheBaldParakeet]

Dat plot armor. Highest AC in the game....

[@tyberiuscarter5011]

Thats why he is the tank

[@carolynprice2539]

Ghost of a man who has two of them to go with the same thing and he said that the good people will be doing it to him to be good for a good job and he is a good

[@Raziel_Hijikata]

I can't wait to finish this episode its gonna be great

[@loveless4595]

The heroes have returned!!

[@Troommate]

Big Guy Scene hit me hard...

[@JustSomeNerd99]

I'm not sure if I fully understood, so is their plan to go straight for Darkus or check the mountain Log went to?

[@tahiramarcano6206]

I broke my mouse by clicking the notification too fast. It was worth it.

[@Cloud_Seeker]

First I read that you said "I broke my house by...". I was like. God damn. How did you manage?

[@tahiramarcano6206]

@@Cloud_Seeker Yeah, that would've been very unexpected.

[@thunderheadedanno3434]

I fucking cried due to this episode.

[@justinreyling6281]

I know know when I started watching this series. Apparently to get to this point in the series it took me 4 months.

[@FullMetalMaster]

Never have i been so mad that montey neafed borky to no end.

[@AndrewTraver]

Did Taka say Q'est que the fuck? XD I took French 1 and 2 in highschool waaay long ago, so i have to make sure that's what he actually said XD

[@patrickgarner1028]

YYYYYESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!!!

[@MadSpectro7]

Taka, did you just discover the wonder of bone hurting juice?

[@SolrSurfr3]

Spoilers! - - - - - This was such a good episode!! I really want to know what the deal was with all those rolls Task was making - knowing Monty it's going to be an awesome reveal. I'm half expecting Tarusk to follow them to the dragon cult, it'd add a whole other level of drama to this arc.

[@chriscrookham3340]

Surprised no one wanted to contact meril to see if she's good

[@dejaypage1575]

Kinda chaos!

[@davidmacko6309]

She lives outside the city

[@DrMDHyde]

Well this is gonna be fun!

[@legendarywolfgeneral5572]

We need more dakka

[@natural1sonly827]

We always need more dakka

[@Cloud_Seeker]

Dakka? Is that the Daka from Berserk?

[@Joonas6]

1000Ml is 1L 100Ml is 1DL Taka.

[@Blizz3112]

You ALWAYS gain advantage on targets who are unaware of your presence...

[@davidmacko6309]

Look If you had One shot Or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted In one moment Would you capture it Or just let it slip? Tasks palms are sweaty knees weak arms are heavy there is vomit on his armour already tais spaghetti hes nervous but on the surface he looks calm and ready to shoot arrows

[@AndrewTraver]

Seven O' Ten? You mean 19:10? (That is not a timestamp, more of a 'clock time' in response to gaijin XD)

[@DarkGameingGuy]

Mild spoilers . . . . . . . . . I'm imagine them slamming the helmet on Darkes to end it.

[@BithraxX]

That would not appease Task. Task wants Darkus dead dead, not slave dead. Task wants Darkus dead at his hand.

[@DarkGameingGuy]

@@BithraxX true that, I could see it as a Borky think to do.

[@slimchelmi6940]

I love lady ayla

[@WaffleTrap3]

Here we go again boys!!!!

[@TheLoraxshadenough]

Bruh

[@karsenconley3125]

No veiws and seven likes perfect .

[@Luigi_Mario_1997]

3:04:00

[@Danmarinja]

I can't

[@ashtonnorthrip6164]

woo plot armor

[@summeraidan5815]

I mean, in theory it makes sense for, if lady aila, an aasimar of the harvest man and cleric of hoketh passes by, they could conceivably sense a dying man

[@ashtonnorthrip6164]

@@summeraidan5815 true i didnt think of that

[@wor1dconquerer170]

@@summeraidan5815 Panic was buried under a house there is no way they found him in the middle of a dragon attack. Not only that but it would have taken too long to waste time unearthing him from under the house while still being assualted by a dragon army.

[@davidmacko6309]

@@wor1dconquerer170 you forget panic is a hero of the city and lady aila can see dead people

[@Chromeberd]

@@davidmacko6309 And she immediately employed him to help them. She made a calculated decision that the time spent saving him would help them more than leaving him to die.

[@wor1dconquerer170]

it doesn't make sense for Remmy to be able to just leave the city with the unexpectables. He might be their friend, but he's supposed to be the head of the griffon riders.

[@thiswaguu5560]

1.The council were going to give them to Darkus 2. Remmy's a friend to the unexpectables of course, he would follow them to help Task 3. Darkus nearly destroyed Alivast, so he probably wants payback 4. Why would Remmy stay because he's the head of the Griffin riders? In character, he would help Task to kill Darkus. After what he did to Task's family and Alivast. So, it makes sense for Remmy to come, not stay.

[@davidmacko6309]

Remember when silver dragon attacked yeah he wasnt suppose to leave either

[@wor1dconquerer170]

how do you do vocal component when your restrained and holding your breath/ suffocating?

[@wor1dconquerer170]

i hate how Monty had panic take force dmg because he tried to dimension door to an occupied space, but in an earlier episode she let bot Panic and Borky dimension door onto the Yugoloth

[@thiswaguu5560]

@@wor1dconquerer170 keyword "onto the Yugolth" Panic doesn't know the spaces between him and the basement so he teleports into an occupied space which is probably the earth. While Panic sees the Yugolth and knows where to teleport to get on him.

[@RoyalGhost-27]

I hate how all you do is bitch and moan on all the videos

[@wor1dconquerer170]

did Monty forget that dragons have blindsight

[@dejaypage1575]

Depends if the Alivastverse’s dragons have it. Remember Gnoll here are civilized for the most part. So it’s not 100% one-to-one with lore

[@Strykerclass242]

@@dejaypage1575 I have a feeling that’s only for high level dragons, ancients and such

[@wor1dconquerer170]

If Monty bullshits one more character back to life I quit.

[@BithraxX]

So like if you're not that into shit and you wanna constantly bitch about how Monty DM's in her world she made, why are you still watching? You've made at least 10 comments I've seen where you're just bitching about how she runs shit. Get over yourself.

[@bashhammer6172]

@@BithraxX The dude's a jackass, he bitches so much.

[@RoyalGhost-27]

I really hope you quit so I don't have to keep seeing your fuckheaded comments

[@wor1dconquerer170]

Panic was buried under a house there is no way they found him in the middle of a dragon attack

[@wor1dconquerer170]

not only that but it would have taken too long to waste time unearthing him from under the house while still being assualted by a dragon army.

[@wor1dconquerer170]

panic had 1 hp, its a good thing the dragon didnt re finish him off again

[@doctorrussia]

@@wor1dconquerer170 lady (not even going to try to spell her name) can tell when people are dying because of her god since it was her god panic saw before she found him. It's the only reason she could find him

[@wor1dconquerer170]

@@doctorrussia there is a DRAGON ARMY attacking there are a lot of people dieing.

[@doctorrussia]

@@wor1dconquerer170 yes but panic is special one cause he's a main character and two cause canon reasons like his interactions with her