Monster Melee: 3 Commoners vs 6 Cats

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Esper the Bard

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@AgentJohn2
@AgentJohn2 3 ай бұрын
The whiplash in power levels between these episodes is hilarious and I’m totally here for it.
@esperthebard
@esperthebard 3 ай бұрын
Oh just wait, I've got some more whiplashing cooking up ...
@GmoneyManPants
@GmoneyManPants 3 ай бұрын
I expect two CR30 monstets next episode.
@TKDB13
@TKDB13 3 ай бұрын
It's a time-honored D&D tradition for feral cats to pose a mortal threat to the average commoner. Glad to say 5e has stayed true to form!
@a-blivvy-yus
@a-blivvy-yus 3 ай бұрын
"mortal threat to the average commoner" - or a level 1 wizard...
@tgres287
@tgres287 3 ай бұрын
its a meme that came up in original DnD which wasn't well thought out in details given that the guys who made were diving into a relatively new genre of gaming. When dnd reached its peak with 3rd edition and PF1, those have it right because they account for the cat's lack of strength so the cat's attack round is : 2 claws +4 melee (1d2-4) and bite -1 melee (1d3-4). Its claws can't do 1 point of damage even on a crit and it has to get real lucky to crit with the the bite. It came up in dnd 5 again because it shows the horrible design of this specific edition.
@TKDB13
@TKDB13 3 ай бұрын
@@tgres287 Maybe Pathfinder changed it, but cats are actually *super* deadly to commoners in 3.5. Sure, they have -4 Str penalty to damage, but attacks in 3.5 always deal a minimum of 1 damage, even if a penalty would reduce it to 0 or below. So effectively, each of the cat's attacks consistently deals 1 damage on a hit. (And if that weren't the case, crits wouldn't help the bite either, since in 3.5 crits work almost the opposite of in 5e: Crits in 5e multiply the dice but leave modifiers untouched, whereas in 3.5 crits multiply the flat modifiers and base damage dice, but never multiply any additional dice added to damage, like from sneak attack.) With the cat getting 3 attacks in a full attack action, as well as significantly higher AC and initiative, a cat out for blood is very much a deadly threat to an average commoner in 3.5!
@tgres287
@tgres287 3 ай бұрын
@@TKDB13 huh, I didn't know about that min 1 dmg rule. Just looked it up and you are right. Our dm ignored it so we were never in danger from cats and little things. Thanks for clarifying - i guess I have to take back my comment about 5e.
@a-blivvy-yus
@a-blivvy-yus 3 ай бұрын
@@tgres287 Yeah, and 3.5 was definitely not "original" D&D anyway. The first edition with an official stat block for a cat was AD&D, and in that, domestic cats got up to 3 attacks per turn (the third only if the first 2 both hit), only one of which is capped at 1 damage (the other two are 1-2 damage), and were very definitely an existential threat to peasants and low-level players. It was entirely *NORMAL* for a cat to defeat a peasant or a first level wizard in a single combat round if it landed all 3 of its attacks.
@HoosierHerpvertebrate
@HoosierHerpvertebrate 3 ай бұрын
Commoners have it rough, cats, rats, birds, even some bugs or enough paper cuts. Everyone jokes about wizards dying of 1d4 damage, but commoners literally die of it.
@DanielLCarrier
@DanielLCarrier 3 ай бұрын
They can't defend themselves from rats and birds, so they raise cats to fight for them.
@calebchristensen900
@calebchristensen900 3 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the feral cat Population in Australia is regularly producing very large specimens, regularly in the 20-25 lb range.(keep in mind the avg house cat is about 10 lbs less, my own semi chunky girl is about 12-13lbs) Imagine some alternate campaign start where a group of urchins meet a colony of well fed ferals that are starting to show signs of higher intelligence, pack hunting and are actively hunting things like goats, chickens, and even small children?
@GreenBlueWalkthrough
@GreenBlueWalkthrough 3 ай бұрын
I can see that espcly in a fanstay land type setting where gaint rats are danger but a commor can deal with them is needed.
@digieykid6096
@digieykid6096 3 ай бұрын
More wholesome idea. The street urchins and super cats team up to survive in the city together. Imagine the kids distracting any bothersome humans while the cats hunt, or the kids using their thumbs to get at things the cats can’t.
@formdoggie5
@formdoggie5 3 ай бұрын
Giant rats would naturally lead to giant cats.
@calebchristensen900
@calebchristensen900 3 ай бұрын
@@formdoggie5 giant rats have already been tested on and given human level intelligence, it’s only fair, and the best way to get rid of them, would be to give their natural predator human level intelligence and an equal size increase as well
@themalcontent100
@themalcontent100 3 ай бұрын
We have dire cats
@Rascal77s
@Rascal77s 3 ай бұрын
More realistic scenario- first commoner gets attacked and the other 2 commoners run like hell leaving the first guy screaming in a cat blender.
@RoninCatholic
@RoninCatholic 3 ай бұрын
More realistic scenario: The first cat gets splattered and all the other cats turn and flee Cats should have a Morale of like 2, maybe 3.
@Lavery760
@Lavery760 3 ай бұрын
@@RoninCatholic I'd say that would depend on how hungry they are. Desperate animals do desperate things.
@GoldenDaemonas
@GoldenDaemonas 3 ай бұрын
​@@Lavery760 what about hungry commoners?
@Lorekeeper_GGuy
@Lorekeeper_GGuy 3 ай бұрын
Counterpoint, the commoners are drunk
@lobsterminion693
@lobsterminion693 3 ай бұрын
@@Lorekeeper_GGuy Counter-counterpoint: the cats are high on schooma.
@JeremyNoblitt
@JeremyNoblitt 3 ай бұрын
This reminds me when my party of a fighter, cleric, paladin, and a wizard all were nearly killed by a single magic broom. We were rolling so bad and it hit with every roll. The DM was laughing so hard because he wasn't fudging.
@adventurer3288
@adventurer3288 3 ай бұрын
Curse of strahd? :D
@goncalocarneiro3043
@goncalocarneiro3043 3 ай бұрын
The accursed comic relief cartoon fight in which a broom completely whoops the ass (or sweeps) an adventuring party.
@catfoodbob1
@catfoodbob1 3 ай бұрын
Really swept the floor with you guys didn't it.
@jasonbertram4960
@jasonbertram4960 2 ай бұрын
I was playing lost mine of phandelver with my siblings and my sisters husband. Me, my brother, and her husband were nearly tpked by a swarm of stirges. None of us could hit them and they did tons of damage
@Bluecho4
@Bluecho4 3 ай бұрын
This once again demonstrates the power of the Action Economy. Simply having more actions, even dealing minimal damage, can be a deciding factor in a fight.
@Amy_the_Lizard
@Amy_the_Lizard 3 ай бұрын
Yeah. Found that out when my party of 9 (2 players who I mistakenly told could recruit as many DMPCs as they wanted at the king's party in session - frankly it's a miracle they recruited that many, considering Charisma was both of them's second lowest stat) fought 11 bandits, 4 thugs, and 2 bandit captains. Everyone was level 4 or higher, so I thought they'd be fine, but the Monk-Cleric and Wizard-Sorcerer nearly died even though the Ranger (a Fairy who can fly) was paradropping Goodberries on the injured...
@DanielLCarrier
@DanielLCarrier 3 ай бұрын
You can approximate it by damage per attack * number of attacks * hp each * number. I don't understand why people always fixate on number of attacks. It's not any more important than any of the others, but you don't hear people talking about defense economy.
@tillburr6799
@tillburr6799 2 ай бұрын
@@DanielLCarrier in practice damage spread out over many characters usually ends up being more of a threat.
@murdercrows21
@murdercrows21 3 ай бұрын
LMAO, I want the set up to this epic encounter. Three drunken commoners defiled a statue of bast, cursed to be targeted by alley cats every night, first night out.
@josephpaulson9495
@josephpaulson9495 3 ай бұрын
Berserk if it was just about some random drunk homeless man
@LivelyGhost42
@LivelyGhost42 3 ай бұрын
This is amazing, I’m marking a new random encounter where the party runs into the commoners getting overwhelmed by viscous alley cats. A test for the animal lovers.
@Soren015
@Soren015 3 ай бұрын
I'm truly sorry that I am failing to contain my "Um, actually..." but viscous means "having a consistency between liquid and solid." Like a gelatinous cube. A cat is usually "vicious" -- mind you, in the context of D&D a viscous cat has a lot of potential for a monster encounter.
@xKingLx
@xKingLx 3 ай бұрын
*taking notes* Yes... Yes... I like this.
@thosebloodybadgers8499
@thosebloodybadgers8499 2 ай бұрын
@@Soren015 A viscous cat does indeed sound very terrifying though, mind you. A regular cat is already plenty capable of fitting into even seemingly tiny openings, imagine the horror of thinking you're safe behind a bolted door with nary a gap in construction, breathing heavily with relief only to feel a drop of something cold and wet upon your breast. You look up, trembling and petrified from the realization, to the vicious, viscous visage of an angry feline about to pounce on your face. End scene.
@JonathanVucic
@JonathanVucic 3 ай бұрын
Im bringing this into my game like "you come around the corner and find townsfolk engaged in mortal combat with alley cats". I do minis and terrain, I'm going to need more cat minis. Bravo, this beats mind flayer vs. drow for me.
@marcduhamel-guitar1985
@marcduhamel-guitar1985 3 ай бұрын
Fun fact- my 7 lb cat intimidated the vet and 2 technicians when they tried to take a blood sample from her without me in the room. I told them that I would calm her, and they took the blood sample without a need to roll d20s as I spoke calmly to my little beast. Cheers !
@tokyobear
@tokyobear 3 ай бұрын
4 zombie cows did a total party kill in a campaign I ran. It was meant as a kind of fun encounter as they chased down a mid-level necromancer. But I was stunned. The PCs rolled bad on the dice, but don't underestimate those cows, especially if they're undead.
@McHappyface
@McHappyface 3 ай бұрын
Growing up in the 90s one of my favorite shows was Celebrity Deathmatch. Though the show has faded into the annals of time, I have Esper the Bard here giving me 3 commoners fighting 6 cats, a worthy substitute! Keep them coming :D
@it_buddy
@it_buddy 3 ай бұрын
I remember that show!
@DapperProf
@DapperProf 3 ай бұрын
Would love to see that show come back, the world needs the claymation Musk/Zuckerberg deathmatch
@TwoKnowingRavens
@TwoKnowingRavens 3 ай бұрын
These "Monster Melee" episodes are great! They actually reveal a lot of the weakness in the roll-based mechanics of D&D and how you lack granularity of power at lower levels and really at all levels to be fair. We need some Werewolf vs. Vampire, Devil vs Demon and Giant vs Dragon type episodes.
@purplehaze2358
@purplehaze2358 3 ай бұрын
I think this video concept is unintentionally the funniest thing in the world.
@dungeonessentials4961
@dungeonessentials4961 3 ай бұрын
“Fell the feline”
@chazzle3459
@chazzle3459 3 ай бұрын
I'm just imagining the scene from monty python with the killer rabbit of caerbannog but instead of 1 rabbit it's 6 cats.
@Drillbit_Kahn
@Drillbit_Kahn 3 ай бұрын
drow mage vs mind flayer: watch later dragon vs beholder: watch later cats vs hobos : subscribed
@RachDarastrix2
@RachDarastrix2 3 ай бұрын
Then again I've seen 2 cats attack a man walking his dog completely unprovoked once so this isn't impossible now that you explained 40 seconds in.
@tylerbarnick8750
@tylerbarnick8750 3 ай бұрын
My god, its so stupid and wonderful all at once! 3 chums attacked by the cats from The Warriors! Lets get this fight going!
@purplehaze2358
@purplehaze2358 3 ай бұрын
A full-on free-for-all between every chromatic and every metallic dragon could be a fun watch.
@josepeyote
@josepeyote 3 ай бұрын
It was always a joke in 2nd edition that a cat had a 50% chance of killing your 1st level wizard...
@TYBERIUS777
@TYBERIUS777 3 ай бұрын
Man these are hilarious. I think you’ve struck gold with this concept. Excited to see it continue.
@TheRauzKindred
@TheRauzKindred 3 ай бұрын
Horrors of level 1 jokes aside, cats are fully capable of taking down targets larger than themselves, especially if they're practiced hunters, and they can do an ALARMING amount of damage to a human being, without hitting vital areas. Cats have on video chased off bears which are more durable than an average human, so this still makes sense, a bunch of rabid cats who are mentally unhinged could indeed result in fatal injuries to a human.
@erikgilson1687
@erikgilson1687 3 ай бұрын
I guess it's technically a possibility but I don't think there has ever been a single confirmed human fatality in history due to a cat attack
@zonbichaos5844
@zonbichaos5844 3 ай бұрын
​@erikgilson1687 Cat scratch infections have actually killed people, if that counts.
@erikgilson1687
@erikgilson1687 3 ай бұрын
@@zonbichaos5844 eh not really, I mean people die from letting their dogs lick them in the mouth too but I don't consider that a dog fatality it's more of a side effect. I'm thinking more direct injury wise
@floofzykitty5072
@floofzykitty5072 3 ай бұрын
And if they have rabies, the commoners would not survive
@zotaninoron3548
@zotaninoron3548 3 ай бұрын
@@erikgilson1687 I mean, that's like saying no one has died to a poisonous snake because it was the poison that got them. Cat, like a monitor lizard, often have extremely infectious bites that incorporates into their hunting success.
@o-sosa7910
@o-sosa7910 3 ай бұрын
The moment I saw it was orange cats I knew the commoners were in trouble
@bluebird3281
@bluebird3281 3 ай бұрын
I think a cat evading a grapple does an automatic one scratch damage to the grappler.
@salgarellius7434
@salgarellius7434 3 ай бұрын
Action economy is so op lol
@chadnorris8257
@chadnorris8257 3 ай бұрын
It plays a big part. In one session my group fought a singular tough enemy in one battle, and several weaker enemies in another. The weaker ones gave us more trouble, just because there were more attacks flying. Meanwhile one really good crit on the single tough enemy swung the battle firmly in our favor, and it fell not long after.
@badideagenerator2315
@badideagenerator2315 3 ай бұрын
Also doesn't help that commoners only have double a cat's hit points
@Uganivar
@Uganivar 3 ай бұрын
​@@badideagenerator2315 yeah kind of bs
@GrimHeaperThe
@GrimHeaperThe 3 ай бұрын
Without the silly grappling for two turns the commoners would have probably won. Same if they took rocks and went up the stairs with one dodging in the front.
@banaman7746
@banaman7746 3 ай бұрын
@@badideagenerator2315 realistically, commoners should've won. what really did them in was 1 of the commoners wasting a turn disengaging, and the cats hitting 70% of the time whereas the commoners only hit 50%, and failed both opposed's in a row. the disengage could've been fine had he continued running after throwing the stone, forcing the cats to dash a second time giving him an extra attack... but once it got down to 1 hp commoner with 4 cats left, ya it was pretty much over. that damage roll of 1 also hurt really badly because for all intents and purposes, it may as well have been a miss since 3 out of 4 it was a one shot.
@Thyme2GreenHorn
@Thyme2GreenHorn 3 ай бұрын
Before video: the commoners are going to totally curb stomp this! After video: How do commoners actually survive in the incredibly dangerous world of D&D? Also shouldn't there be unique stat blocks to represent: child, old man, woman etc.
@georgeclinton4524
@georgeclinton4524 3 ай бұрын
This is like the one I always threaten my players with, which is lvl 1 character vs 8 crabs. You can be known as the man who ran away from crabs for the entire campaign, or you can toe to toe them and face potentially 36 attacks before you vanquish them lol
@rogerswil97
@rogerswil97 3 ай бұрын
We completed an Out of the Abyss campaign last year and one of the near-end sessions was the players taking on each of the surviving demon lords in a battle such as this! It was amazing!
@MazarRackham
@MazarRackham 3 ай бұрын
I'm so glad that someone is finally doing this kind of monster fighting on KZbin! I've been wanting to see this kind of thing for years!
@Ozzy3000
@Ozzy3000 3 ай бұрын
Picking random fights with feral alley cats? Common... they got the be some kind of chaotic!
@MawsParasite2
@MawsParasite2 3 ай бұрын
Those twolegs were too used to only meeting weak hearted kittypets.
@primeemperor9196
@primeemperor9196 3 ай бұрын
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
@vileluca
@vileluca 3 ай бұрын
I understood that reference
@adamwelch4336
@adamwelch4336 2 ай бұрын
This video makes me think theres a Arch druid collecting cats for a nature uprising! 😂 🐈
@PuppyLuvU2
@PuppyLuvU2 3 ай бұрын
Me: Brain...brain no... Brain: A gang of awakened cats that are all bards and just go around using vicious mockery to insult humans to death.
@MegaPokefan97
@MegaPokefan97 3 ай бұрын
I wanna see Goblins vs. Kobolds. Toss in some Hobgoblins and Bugbears with the goblins and some higher end Kobolds like the Scale Sorcerer
@esperthebard
@esperthebard 3 ай бұрын
Great idea
@vileluca
@vileluca 3 ай бұрын
Give the kobolds a half-dragon as a chieftain lol
@horaciogonzalez4284
@horaciogonzalez4284 3 ай бұрын
Imagine if these cats had actual hunting tactics. Using stealth at the start, attacking with a prepared action, starting off attacking someone who was straggling from the group. Reminds me of test encounters I’ve tried with lvl 1 adventures and a pack of jackals.
@Magicwillnz
@Magicwillnz 3 ай бұрын
One of the very few encounters my players ran from without fighting was a group of cats. Drop a cat encounter in your next dnd game players will assume they are evil magic cats
@navarrjenkinz
@navarrjenkinz 2 ай бұрын
100 commoners vs 1 tarrasque. It’s closure then you think.
@joshuakirkham9593
@joshuakirkham9593 3 ай бұрын
The cat sounds are great. 😊
@ScythianGryphon
@ScythianGryphon 3 ай бұрын
This is better than the Olympics 😂
@adamxei9073
@adamxei9073 3 ай бұрын
I cannot stress how amazing you are a different voices and animal sounds bravo, sir! 🥹👏
@johnoglesby-vw7ck
@johnoglesby-vw7ck 3 ай бұрын
I also admire the sx!
@garhent
@garhent 3 ай бұрын
Even with a lower CR but with a larger number of monsters will beat an equal CR mob at low levels. Its different at higher levels with higher AC. for instance, take 1 Empyrean versus cats with equal CR rating. You can figure out the mathematics of crits versus what the AC. And with the higher CR abilities like the Empyrean opening up a fissure would kill off those hundreds of cats fairly quick before their crits would come into play to kill him.
@MegaPokefan97
@MegaPokefan97 3 ай бұрын
Like, who would win? A hundred rats, or a 5th Cleric?
@taragnor
@taragnor 3 ай бұрын
@@MegaPokefan97 Really depends on the cleric's spell list. If he's got spirit guardians it's a pretty easy cleric win. If he doesn't the rats almost surely surround him and take the win.
@crunkers_
@crunkers_ 3 ай бұрын
I don't really understand what you are saying. An Empyrean isn't "at low levels". Also what do you mean by "equal CR rating" How do cats have an equal CR to an Empyrean? Like total? Because cats have a CR of 0 and the Empyrean has a CR of like 23, so an equal number of cats to CR would be like 50. I think it could easily solo those cats. The average damage for 50 cats wouldnt be great with the cats +0 and the Empyrean armor class of 22 only every natural 20 would hit for 2 damage, reduced to 0 due to immunity. In fact an Empyrean could take on 1 billion cats and not take a single point of damage. Even taking away the resistance and adding like 200 cats, I still think the math is just awful. With 250 cats, thats exactly an average of 25 damage a round. But if they cast firestorm or earthquake it's over.
@avigdormoon
@avigdormoon 3 ай бұрын
I was one of the first susbscribers to your channel before I moved to Japan over a decade ago. In fact, some of your earlier videos helped push me to make the move to Japan. Now that I'm back in the states it's wild to see the channel so huge.
@esperthebard
@esperthebard 3 ай бұрын
That's incredible! Thanks for watching for so many years!
@Spiceodog
@Spiceodog 3 ай бұрын
I love how this fight is taking place in an epic corridor
@davidthebarbarian6851
@davidthebarbarian6851 3 ай бұрын
My great auntie's face was eaten by her two cats after she died
@MrAjmay1
@MrAjmay1 3 ай бұрын
I was invested to an embarrassing degree…. Bravo, brother. :)
@gromusodus1949
@gromusodus1949 3 ай бұрын
This series is a great idea! If possible, I would recommend trying having some clay golems vs a tarrasque. I'm curious how long it would take for them to either be swallowed by the tarrasque for the tarrasque to actually die.
@goober1454
@goober1454 3 ай бұрын
Joe is gonna have a great story to tell at the bar
@DathanDroid
@DathanDroid 3 ай бұрын
Scratch=4 flying claws,1 bite and 1 peel out on your tunic.
@jamescampbell2353
@jamescampbell2353 3 ай бұрын
Hilarious. Can't wait to see what you do next!
@RachDarastrix2
@RachDarastrix2 3 ай бұрын
How could you do this Esper? The cat the dog and the horse are man's best friend and you pin them against each other. What evil have you wrought?
@joshuakirkham9593
@joshuakirkham9593 3 ай бұрын
Fun evil.
@adamxei9073
@adamxei9073 3 ай бұрын
Ahhh yes. A tell as old as time.
@edwardbirdsall6580
@edwardbirdsall6580 3 ай бұрын
I would like to suggest a battle between a night hag or ghost and an appropriate adventure group. The flickering back and forth across the border ethereal makes it a challenging encounter.
@bencarter1646
@bencarter1646 3 ай бұрын
Esper I think you may have a new hit series. Love this, more please. How about a 4 Element(al)s Battle Royale?
@jackrogers5712
@jackrogers5712 3 ай бұрын
When you and the boys get jumped in an alley by cats and lose
@frostbit17
@frostbit17 3 ай бұрын
How can you see this as anything other than a massive upset. The commoners have a dominant edge in both Strength and Intelligence. You have to credit the heart of those cats. They could’ve easily lost their nerve when the first one went down in one hit but they stayed strong and pulled out a well earned victory against those damn commoners
@lordsolaire6202
@lordsolaire6202 3 ай бұрын
3 commoners : « Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary ! »
@gabrielmunozbezerra9632
@gabrielmunozbezerra9632 2 ай бұрын
Harry, Barry and Larry were just coming back home after their usual visit to their favourite tavern after work to relax and have a good cup of mead, they just didn't know that a group of rabid cats were out for blood.... At first they thought they could take them on..... -I mean those are just some street cats and we are full on grown adults, we can take them! And after that we will have a interesting story for our kids, when we have them... Poor fool.... They went to the attack, throught the battle Larry had the stupid idea to try and catch a cat and throw it into a hole, it didn't work, shortly after that Harry got overwelmed by the cats and got KO.... Larry after seeing this he thougt Harry died, and screamed: - You know what? Screw you Barry! I know you are the one taking my food on the job -What!?! Shortly after leaving him, Barry also got overwelmed, in his last moments, before loosing conciousnes the last thing he heard was this: -This is what happens to the ones that steal my food, SCREW YOU BARRY!! but if the poor fool had thought more throughly, he would have known that he was next, and with that the three friends had to sleep on the alley way for the night. In the morning the three drunkiards barely remembered what happend, but after seeing their batle marks, thought that they fought some drunken Tabaxi, with a nice story on their belt, they went on about their day
@timparks9833
@timparks9833 3 ай бұрын
These D&D cats were almost as big of a-holes as actual cats.
@HammerspaceCreature
@HammerspaceCreature 3 ай бұрын
I don't know what it is with gaming and wildly overestimating the strength of small animals. Reminds me of Kenshi where it's not uncommon to see gangs of men with metal pipes getting beaten up by baby goats.
@Miggy19779
@Miggy19779 3 ай бұрын
Do not mess with the cats!
@dizzykincade7831
@dizzykincade7831 3 ай бұрын
I had a feral kitten once get into my weld shop and that thing ran 1000 mph into a stack of I beams. It got pretty messed up for a few seconds. Then it got angry. I had to wear welding gloves over work gloves to handle that bastard.
@Jason-96
@Jason-96 3 ай бұрын
These Monsters Melees are great for showing possible monster tactics...
@purplehaze2358
@purplehaze2358 3 ай бұрын
"Unaligned. I know, not chaotic evil" Based Esper??
@raytheerudite5252
@raytheerudite5252 3 ай бұрын
I was surprisingly excited to see this match up.
@RoninCatholic
@RoninCatholic 3 ай бұрын
Numbers are a huge advantage that are often overlooked.
@JLDenelsbeck
@JLDenelsbeck 3 ай бұрын
I’m really enjoying these vids. The whimsy of this one was a fun surprise. Also, can’t wait for Monstrous Heroes, Trials, and Eldritch Castle.
@esperthebard
@esperthebard 3 ай бұрын
Coming very very soon!
3 ай бұрын
If any of those commoners had a shovel, game over. lol I am Routing for the cats! Suddenly Bast shows up and seeks revenge for her worshipers LoL :)
@davidlewis8814
@davidlewis8814 3 ай бұрын
Outstanding. After watching three of these, I have decided to subscribe. I am a lifelong cat person, and I’m not at all sure I would have hit that button had the cats lost, but the dice have spoken! This is really fun stuff, thanks!!
@mrtheman4566
@mrtheman4566 3 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite current dnd series
@annaragnagunnarsdottir4420
@annaragnagunnarsdottir4420 3 ай бұрын
the cats and the commoners should have had names. In my headcannon this is a battle between snuffles, cuddles, snowball, garfield, ebeneezer and darling versus John Hathmann, Gregory "duck" Williamson and Jack Dick.
@JamesFromKC
@JamesFromKC 3 ай бұрын
now this is a hilarious deathmatch
@jarrodjanuary5486
@jarrodjanuary5486 3 ай бұрын
These are some of your best videos. Definitely nothing else out there like it.
@ParaNoid816
@ParaNoid816 3 ай бұрын
I was holding my cat when I was a kid, and something scared it... It jumped off my chest and ripped me open with claws. I had to go to the hospital for that one. A surprisingly severe injury for a housecat.
@TheGuidermichael
@TheGuidermichael 3 ай бұрын
This is probably the best thing I've seen on YT in a while! Thank you!
@stevenisonline
@stevenisonline 3 ай бұрын
I love this video concept! Haven't had your videos in my feed for a while... Happy to see it!
@jeremykrawczyk6723
@jeremykrawczyk6723 3 ай бұрын
These videos are an amazing part of your already great channel, please keep making them!
@EaterOfBeholders
@EaterOfBeholders 3 ай бұрын
You should do Lich vs Pit Fiend for the next one. I’m sure that’d be pretty fun to watch!! Anyhow, love your new series, keep up the good work dude 👍
@primeemperor9196
@primeemperor9196 3 ай бұрын
Counter-offer: Lich vs Solar. An agent of the gods has been sent to handle a lich who is growing in power.
@EaterOfBeholders
@EaterOfBeholders 3 ай бұрын
@@primeemperor9196 Awww hell yeah!!! That sounds absolutely hype!!
@adamxei9073
@adamxei9073 3 ай бұрын
If I can make one suggestion for a fight, I would love to see one of the NPC‘s from a module that has character levels, I know that’s possible I wanna see how big of a difference it makes in a melee.
@rogerwilco2
@rogerwilco2 3 ай бұрын
You would still need to apply a Race to the Commoner. That is what (any race) means. For the Commoner that could make quite a bit of difference.
@esperthebard
@esperthebard 3 ай бұрын
You don't *need* apply racial traits to NPCs. It's an option at the GM's discretion. In this case, a +1 to each ability score wouldn't make a difference (11s instead of 10s, still a +0 modifier).
@LoarvicLoarvic
@LoarvicLoarvic 3 ай бұрын
Half-Orc commoners would totally annihilate those cats.
@sagenod440
@sagenod440 3 ай бұрын
I really hope 6 housecats beat 3 fully grown adult males
@fungeneer
@fungeneer 3 ай бұрын
I love the "of course 3 adults could take on some cats", like really? Somebody's house cat, Fluffy the lap cat, is one belly scratch away from going jungle-mode on your arm. A half feral alley cat's resting mode already is fighting for its life. If it's cornered, or worse, WANTS to kill you, it's like stepping into a tornado filled with fishhooks. You remember that needle pit from Saw II? Imagine that pit chasing you. I'd rather fight one medium sized dog than 2 cats.
@deepspaghett6446
@deepspaghett6446 3 ай бұрын
Loving this series. Would love to see more battles. Maybe something like a battle between a Minotaur and a Knight or a Veteran, a real Theseus and the Labyrinth style of match where the hero has to either kill the monster or escape the labyrinth. That or maybe a brawl between zombies and skeletons, to see if the zombies ability to survive lethal blows can contend with the skeletons ability to wield weapons. Either way I’m excited to see more.
@AbstractTraitorHero
@AbstractTraitorHero 3 ай бұрын
I actually love the idea of knight vs minotaur.
@pirwzy
@pirwzy 3 ай бұрын
Having owned cats, I would say that a cat in this fight would more likely grapple the commoners' legs, digging in with their claws so that they can bite rapidly. Such combat would look quote different from shown here. But I loved the video, please keep making more :]
@ethankly12
@ethankly12 3 ай бұрын
I'm loving this new series Esper. I would love to see the Sword Wraith Commander (CR 8) square off against something, it's one of my favorite statblocks because summoning is so unique and rare; really throws CR for a loop. You might be hard pressed to find an equal CR creature that can take it down after it summons a bunch of CR 3 creatures. Maybe a hydra would just be able to brute force it, that could be an interesting match up. Another monster I'd love to see for a similar reason is the Treant, it's summoning is also a lot less swingy and random. Pitting a treant up against a bone devil or some other terrifying aggressive enemy with a lot of hard hitting attacks could be cool.
@yellingintothewind
@yellingintothewind 8 күн бұрын
"Best" part is you can clad the commoners head-to-toe in steel plate and they _still_ are likely to die to a pack of wild cats. It does change the numbers needed a bit, since the cats need an average of 26 attacks to drop a commoner in full plate, but 8 cats vs 1 commoner will do that on average within 4 rounds, even if the commoner kills one cat per round.
@happy911
@happy911 3 ай бұрын
just shows how powerful action economy is. The cats were inpurrfect, but at the end, they came out feline...
@danielgoertz8962
@danielgoertz8962 2 ай бұрын
This is the first video I've seen from this channel. How could any other videos POSSIBLY get better than this? Seven cats?
@BunkinBranding
@BunkinBranding 3 ай бұрын
The thing no one realized they needed so desperately
@DmDungeonMastery
@DmDungeonMastery 3 ай бұрын
I love it 🤣I still vote for the Fomorian vs something of equal power level!
@sancoribero
@sancoribero 3 ай бұрын
I like the idea of batteling two of your top 10s at a given level, or the 1st place CR 1 vs an average CR 3 type encounter
@ConnorSinclairCavin
@ConnorSinclairCavin 3 ай бұрын
Cats when hunting as a group (and they do that when feral) actually take out the weakest member first, taking out enemies one at a time, generally doing guerrilla tactics and hiding in between ambushes, there is footage of feral cats taking down a small herd of deer, and others of them taking out a pack of coyotes that were “poaching” “their turf”
@BeatchBall
@BeatchBall 3 ай бұрын
Monstrous Heros! Give us a fight between classes from Monstrous Heros. 😮
@esperthebard
@esperthebard 3 ай бұрын
Great idea!
@BeatchBall
@BeatchBall 3 ай бұрын
@@esperthebard 😁
@joshmyer3906
@joshmyer3906 3 ай бұрын
did he have to make all the commoners look like ron weasly? thanks now i have nightmares.
@LuxuriaU
@LuxuriaU 3 ай бұрын
I mostly watch these for you these days, as I quit 5e for 3.5 about a year ago. I asked before, and your stance on older edition content was clear, but nonetheless, if you ever consider it for these videos, I'd love to see a Skull Lord vs a Lich (of comparable-ish HD of course). Regardless, this was pretty fun for laundry folding time.
@galling2052
@galling2052 2 ай бұрын
Ambient bar commoner 1: "What happened to billy, bob and brad?" Ambient bar commoner 2: "cats ate their face, but the barkeep can tell you more about it" Barkeep: "cats ate ther face"
@coneylove9600
@coneylove9600 3 ай бұрын
These are great! Please do more of them, thank you!
@johngleeman8347
@johngleeman8347 3 ай бұрын
Farmer Bob: Hey Joe, did you hear the news? Jethro's dead. Farmer Joe: A real tragedy that is. What did him in? Farmer Bob: He was mauled to death by cats while coming home from the pub. Farmer Joe: Rest in peace Jethro. You were an alright Sod. Morning Lord as my witness.
@alexrobinet7576
@alexrobinet7576 3 ай бұрын
My first vid ive seen of you is this. Keep up the good work.
@alexrobinet7576
@alexrobinet7576 3 ай бұрын
Team cat btw lets see if I am correct...
@o-sosa7910
@o-sosa7910 3 ай бұрын
There has to be a D&D equivalent to Rock. Vs Paper vs Scissors!!!
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