From the Ashes | The Unexpectables | Episode 167 | D&D 5e

[@Mightymajin]

I love how the Oni's were all basically JRPG Boss tropes Air: The boss that has the cool and unique mechanic for the fight Water: The boss you find the strat to cheese the fight Earth: The frustrating boss with the annoying mechanic Fire: The final boss with two phases and a mid-fight cutscene

[@killerchansey4938]

Shit now that I think about it.

[@Bubbabob145]

My first thought when I heard that they had to fight an Oni from each plane was, "So they have to fight the Archfiends from Final Fantasy IV?"

[@simp_killa6068]

Metal Beak Rising: Remvengeance.

[@MegaPokefan97]

I don't think Monty intended to make Kosui with cheesing it in mind

[@tylerrush8349]

Seriously though, I’m so happy for you guys! The community needed something more organized like this.

[@ailynrenee1796]

Portals open and the Air, Earth, and Water planes pour their warriors onto the battlefield. Panic looks over his shoulder at them, smiles and says "We're in the endgame now."

[@Mightymajin]

I love how this epic episode starts with one big Bird Crime

[@killerchansey4938]

This boss fight was insane. You all were on fire both literally and metaphorically. Everything was on point. I don't want to stop watching.

[@raindropsandfeathers2245]

I absolutely lost it when Panic started humming the Avengers theme 🤣🤣🤣

[@Void_VSD]

Best scene ever. 2:29:12

[@adamhunter1223]

Big Avengers Endgame portal scene energy.

[@minukun]

Session starts 22:58

[@Plokman040]

Banana Slamma! Uh Diddy why does my fist burn?

[@SLARGG]

On that ENDGAME point, I could not stop crying. It was PERFECT

[@sharkrancher282]

What a heated battle! Time to take a phoenix down!!

[@DillyTheWillyWilliams]

omg everybody stopping time and fixing borky like a nascar team is hilarious.

[@mooshroom5297]

Break ends 2:08:21

[@FourthRulerEntity]

I must have missed when Task did his arc. What were his multi class options?

[@Garaman257]

Artificer and Draconic sorcerer

[@alphastronghold715]

@@Garaman257 ^

[@friendlyredneckneighbor4326]

So borkys arc wrapped up in the middle of tasks arc… well shit there went all my hype.

[@DillyTheWillyWilliams]

I mean it's kinda a good thing cause taka adhd off into the abyss and borky went npc mode

[@mauriliobocanegra0935]

1:24:40 I heard that, Connor & Taka. I heard that.

[@pirounded8192]

Welcome to Pi's Nit-Picks where for personal reasons I go through new episodes of The Unexpectables and nit-pick it of any instance where how they play and RAW don't line up in a cinemasins-esque manner. Spoiler alert: because of how this works, I might have to go into spoiler territory but I'll try to be subtle about it. Disclaimer: I am not telling anyone how to play dungeons & dragons. It's their game, not mine. These are not criticisms, these are nit-picks. I’m not trying to antagonize anyone, I’m a fan just like you. Nit-Picks: 43:13 : Because ammunition doesn’t have a damage die, the attack would use Seika’s monk die, a d6. 44:28 : Please keep in mind that Monty’s homebrewing these chase rules and that they don’t represent the chase rules found in the Dungeon Master’s Guide on page 252. 47:33 : Monty contradicts her own ruling by allowing Task to use his extra attack class feature. 51:22 : The Hobgoblins couldn’t’ve made opportunity attacks against them anyways, as a blind creature cannot make opportunity attacks. “You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.” 1:23:28 : When you cast a spell with a casting time of one bonus action you can't cast another spell during the same turn, except for a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action. Slow is not a cantrip with a casting time of 1 action so he cannot cast it in the same turn as Hunter’s Mark. 1:32:47 : “The first time it enters a creature’s space on a turn, that creature takes 5 (1d10) fire damage.” Because it specifies the first time on a turn, only Seika would’ve been affected. 1:39:14 : You cannot make an “offhand attack” with radiant sunbolt. 1:50:05, 3:12:55 : He should’ve had disadvantage on his attack roll as he’s attacking a target beyond his weapon’s normal range. 1:51:09 : Longbows and other ranged weapons must use your dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls. 1:53:00 : The spell save DC for spell scrolls is determined entirely on its level, so a level 6 spell would have a save DC of 17. 1:55:24 : A creature doesn’t take damage from touching the wall after it has appeared. 1:56:38 : The wall would’ve actually taken 96 damage from the phoenix, as it has the Siege Monster trait. 1:56:41 : The majority of the wall would still be up, as the phoenix only destroyed a 10-foot section of it. 1:57:23 : While a creature can replace one of the attacks from the attack action to make a grapple attempt, Multiattack, while it allows the creature to make several attacks, is not the attack action and therefore cannot replace one of the attacks with a grapple attempt. Although it does make sense to treat a monster on a case by case basis to determine if they could reasonably make a grapple attempt while attacking. 1:57:37 : Mirror image could’ve blocked the phoenix’s grapple attempt as a grapple is “a special melee attack” and therefore, an attack. 1:57:37 : When in a contest that ties, The Unexpectables use the rule of thumb “aggressor wins” to resolve them while RAW states that “If [a] contest results in a tie, the situation remains the same as it was before the contest.” This rule would benefit a non-aggressor more so than an aggressor. 2:08:39 : According to Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, a falling creature descends at a rate of 500 feet per round, beginning immediately after the creature starts falling. 2:17:11 : Just because the phoenix can enter another creature’s space, it doesn’t mean that another creature can enter its space. 2:18:10 : Because Greckles has the mobile feat, his flying speed should be 70 feet. 2:26:25 : Like I said last week, multiple instances of resistance or vulnerability that affect the same damage type count as only one instance. So Task wouldn’t have double resistance to fire. 2:27:19 : Remy did not roll a concentration check for Protection from Evil and Good. 2:39:35 : Hi Chris Zito, PiRounded from KZbin here, I do. 2:53:24 : Borky would have advantage on this saving throw, as Danger Sense gives him advantage on all dexterity saving throws against effects that he can see, not just against traps. 3:00:10 : A creature does not have to be dead before Hunter’s Mark can be passed to a new creature, it just has to be at 0 hit points, and the phoenix is actually dead. 3:14:55 : You cannot cast spells while raging. 3:17:23 : Borky’s attack should’ve dealt an extra 1d6 fire damage as he had cast absorb elements just before. Does it not matter because the Oni is certainly immune to fire damage? Yes. Does it matter to me anyway? Also yes. 3:25:40 : He shouldn’t have both that and Telekinesis up at the same time as both require concentration. 3:26:55 : Seika cannot use Flurry of Blows as he had already used his bonus action to drink a potion. Also, I had to buy the phoenix stat block on DnD Beyond in order to complete these Nit-Picks, so I hope y’all are happy.

[@alphastronghold715]

1:23:28. Rangers can’t learn slow anyways. Since the closest thing Epoch could be to RAW is an epic boon, it effectively has its own rules. However, they have frequently changed the rules on how it works, typically he’s able to use it as a free action once a day since technically AOS is the one casting it.

[@sparki420]

1:57:23 this has been my biggest peev. Borky has been hard nerfed by her ruling of grapples this whole campaign... yet immediately ignores her own ruling for her monsters. It's no big deal but borky should be given the most credit of everyone as he's using the worst subclass for Barbarian and still gets nerfed by her rulings.

[@MegaPokefan97]

@@sparki420 I'd argue Battlerager is far worse than Berserker

[@AmusinglySaunters]

I like to read these nitpick during the intro not for the rules but because of the out of context spoilers that I love reading (I enjoy spoiling myself because I have no self control)

[@pirounded8192]

@@AmusinglySaunters I'm ... Honoured?

[@jackdavid8518]

404 views nice

[@Nodigity98]

1:10:45 *begins looking up what a Goristro* *looks at stat block* 😳….oh