I love his little concerned "and how did that go?" After she said "well i had hopes and dreams once". Like he was actually concerned for her that it ended poorly
So many people try to get this kind of reaction with entire speeches and fall flat on their faces in the process. Keeping it brief and relatable is the way to go!
Speaking as both a player and GM, never, NEVER, interrupt your GM while monologuing. You will both A) make the monologue last longer, and B) incur the wrath of someone who obviously spends far too much time writing up long winded agony. This comes from experience in both situations.
Unless you interrupt the monologue in character, or as the hypothetical thing happened the monologue was a minute long and was used as cover to cast the spell. Of course it has to be appropriate for your character to do so, and not just because you thought the DM was being annoying, such as a stealthed character the NPC hasn't spotted taking an action such as stealing, placing trap(s) or simply attacking. But if you want to try to do stuff while an NPC is doing a monologue try to interrupt in the beginning or it will piss off your DM regardless because now he's reading the "awesome" monologue awkwardly from the middle of it or lost his train of thought and now he's going to munchkin against party into oblivion as retaliation.
@@ScarletFlames1 If you're gonna interrupt, do it OOC. Like I said, if he's got time to make a ten minute monologue he's got time to think of a punishment for interrupting it.
@@BucketCrust Nah, my subtle spell exists for this exact purpose. If my DM is going to have the enemy monologue at us I'm handing him a paper at the start of the fight showing how many times I've cast party buffs.
So, funny thing. You can actually hide a spell or command activation in a monologue, so it makes occasional sense to interrupt. Granted, I'm also aware of at least one homebrew spell from 3.5 that dealt 1d4 ,mental ability burn per interruption while said monologue was ongoing. As in, the one that interrupted you took 1d4 to all their mental ability scores that could not be healed with magic every time they tried butting in. That was a funny session, but pissed off so many people :D
@@mrosengren4130 You know, I've never actually tried 3.5e but if anything's convinced me to give it a go, it's a spell that forces players to listen to monologuing.
Sentinel would disregard the disengage, and if the opportunity attack was successful, it would also reduce the enemy movement speed to 0 until the end of their turn. Which makes this lockdown even more vicious.
@@topogigio7031 that's literally the game as it's designed, Sentinel says in its rules text "Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach."
If the sphere can push, then Polearm Master can opportunity attack when the enemy enters range. So if a character can disengage as a bonus action, they can dash across the enemy for an attack, get out of their range for free, punish if they approach, and/or punish if they try to run past.
@@LocalMaple opportunity attacks are only triggered when an enemy moves using its movement. action, bonus action, or reaction. An individual moved by an outside force does not trigger opportunity attacks. sentinel or otherwise.
@@nicolasdykema8959 they’ll have to make a successful grapple check. And those who cast fireballs aren’t known for good strength and athletics, while monks and rogues are known for good acrobatics and Dex.
The argument in the beginning wasn't scripted. That was an actual DND argument that was recorded and uploaded here. I say that with all confidence. xD Friggin brilliant stuff.
I have so much respect for Zee. Even his ads. He doesn't tell you the software can perform miracles, or do stuff it can't. He just tells you that he really likes it, and what he likes about it.
Odd that the un armed wrestler didnt grapple and use the opponent as a shield aganst the orb. I mean that's what the pro's would do, but WWE has dis-allowed magic spheres since the early 90's
@@S71xx up until, for nostalgia, they brought it back in the late 2000's only to suddenly quietly ban it again without ever acknowledging it again for some reason
I like how you showed the battle map as you're talking about the strategy, made it a lot easier to understand. That is a really good strategy for arsonists/spellcasters
I love how awkward and annoying the argument is xD Very natural with how uncoordinated the conversation is with two people sassing each other, I love it
Altruicious needs to not flee, but move into the group to fight. 1. That seems to be how he's gonna do damage anyways 2. It would require anyone melee fighting him to maneuver around the flaming spheres 3. If he grapples an opponent (likely, as he seems to have no melee weapons, and is a pro wrestler), he can hold them within the flaming spheres' range while still damaging them with his free hand
Nope. Here's the play-by-play assuming Altruishus only has melee attacks. - Altruishus(A) starts further than 30 ft away from the spellcasters (if the spellcasters are smart and stay back) - runs in, too far away to attack. Either he dashes or he goes for the opportunity attacker (O) - bad either way. Assuming he dashes, the spellcasters back all the way up, and keep moving the sphere. Return to step 1. - OR he tries to go for O, maybe gets a good hit, but the spellcasters are close enough to do heals if they need to, and now A is locked in combat with a Sentinel with a reach weapon. And he still gets bashed by fire damage. Return to step one. Lose-lose scenario.
@@bendromeda1688 You're assuming that O succeeds on their attacks. If they don't, then he gets within *his* reach of them (the spear having a slight reach advantage), then he grapples them and now they have disadvantage on using their attacks and the casters, unless they have Spell Sniper or are using save-based spells, have disadvantage on their attacks. Granted, the sphere(s) would still be a problem with him, but if he's actually grappler focused and successfully grappling O, he could keep maneuvering himself and O relative to the spheres so she gets damaged at least as much as he does. Considering that he's presented as a boss, he probably has class levels, likely Barbarian or Monk, which provides him further resistance and potential ability to evade the spells. Then again, he still has the problem of being a solo melee fighter against another melee fighter and two spellcasters, so he's already at a pretty bad disadvantage.
I kinda liked the Dragonborn and Altruicious' bickering. Just the idea that she was annoyed by his monologuing and he was upset that she interrupted was funny.
0:03 Zee makes a hand gesture, and closes his eyes. 1:00 Zee's facial expression changes, and when the camera pulls out a moment later, he is grinning. One minute of concentration, more or less.
This is brilliant, I never realized how great this spell could be until now. As a note, alchemists fire also does not stop burning until you use your action to put it out. Throw one at them
Zee I regret to inform you you have overlooked an alternate way to avoid the sentinel feat. Grapple the sentinel and bring them with you. This also allows you to drag them through any hostile terrain that's created and potentially close on the casters. I assure you the most heartbroken look I've ever seen on a player's face is when the giant picked up the spear wielding sentinel, tucked him in his pocket, and then closed on the wizard.
Can also shove them prone before you grapple them so you're dragging them around and they have disadvantage to attack you and can't stand up because movement equals zero
That warning at the end had the cheerful guilt of a player who accidentally burned something down and argued "Well it wasn't fireball so I thought it would be fine."
Player: I attack the villain while he monologues DM: Fine. He is distracted and you easily kill him. End of the session. Remember, in some situations it's better to do something narratively appropriate than to pursue the most optimal outcome
@@SingeScorcher Sometimes you just need to hear someone describe something, and give ways to make it work, rather than just read the paragraph off DnD Beyond, amongst all the other choices. Possibly missing something because maybe you skimmed it.
one of the highest potentail damage for a 2nd level spell. 2d6 x2? x10 and 20 chances for enemy to catch fire. only problem is if they just move out of it range
I've heard it said somewhere that if your DM's villain is monologuing, let them. They're saying goodbye to that character before all the players murder them.
first of all yes, it is a way to communicate certain aspects of a character to the players before said character is gone forever. and as a second point, it is fun to do. the DM has by far the hardest and least rewarding job on the table, let him have his fun once in a while. players get to try and succeed at all the crazy shit while dms have to work hard to enable said tomfoolery. the woman in the clip was a complete asshole and egotistical beyond belief. "dm you are not playing the way i like! play the way i like you little piece of garbage or why do you think you are allowed here!"
@@XpVersusVista You're very right, but when it comes to her I'd say it depends on the relationship between that player and the DM. Some groups go all in on the friendly ribbing, but doing that to a stranger at a game elsewhere would be absolutely unacceptable.
A warlock with eldritch blast, repelling blast, and grasp of hadar can push/pull creatures in and out of a flaming sphere causing multiple instances of damage. I got targeted a lot by my dm and I don't blame him.
My wife played a wildfire druid in a oneshot I did and she upcast this and used some clever placement and coordination with our barbarian and her wildfire spirit to turn it into a poor man's fireball in terms of damage for my boss fight. Very proud husband moment
Sentinel ignores disengage. The only things that can actually get away are things that dont normally provoke opportunity attacks like teleporting, being pushed/forced out of your spot, and characters with mobile or swashbuckler rogues attacking the sentinel user before running.
Step 1: Forget to check if any player has proficiency with Alchemist’s tools Step 2: Don’t debrief said player on their knowledge of the anarchist’s cookbook Step 3: Wait
I love how the quiet old druid is always doing really brutal things. Like he was on-board for cook-and-book with 0 convincing, and here he’s ready to kill on command
One if my favorites! Once cast this spell in an encounter against Trolls. The last one fled by diving down a well. My Flaming Sphere followed it. The Troll boiled to death.
I'm remembering a video where the players and DM forgot that this spell sets the environment on fire. While fighting in a treehouse. And then they retroactively realized that they needed to leave RIGHT NOW.
In our group, I play a tiefling, and I'm somehow the only one who doesn't constantly put everything on fire. The warlock, artificer, and especially the WATER GENASI DRUID use tons of fire magic. In the first session we fought some bandits, and she started a forest fire that threatened to hit a nearby farming community. We helped putting it out before it could do too much damage. The villagers thanked us for helping, and we quickly noped out of there.
It's just another level about how screwed his in in that case, the fact that even if he disengages he's going to be attacked again leaving him with. Sit and take his turn and be burned to a crisp, then attacked rinse and repeat or run blowing his actions, be attacked, then rinse and repeat. Basically it's just a lesson in why spell casters tend to beat melee characters once you get access to fun spells like flaming sphere.
not at all he's doing an intro unless he doesn't let them retort this is well in bounds meanwhile she's whining in a way wayy worse break from the point of the meeting
We once did a similar combo but it was a druid and a barbarian. The druid cast Wall of Thorns then the barbarian shoved the enemy to the wall as his first attack dealing 7d8 slashing damage, then he'd grapple him as his 2nd attack to keep him on the wall. At the start of the enemy's turn he takes another 7d8 slashing damage. The barbarian on his next turn would then drag him out of the wall, then drag him back in to repeat the cycle (all this time the rest of the party was taking potshots at him as well). All the enemy could do was either shove the barbarian away or break free of the grapple.
This is why a party of light clerics is utterly terrifying. Couple this with spiritual weapon and the entire party is can surround the enemy and beat them to a pulp in a matter of seconds. Takes a bit of setup time but my god is it absolutely worth it
DM: Okay, we'll end the session standing outside of the friendly wood elf camp. Druid: I won't be able to make next session. DM: No worries, it's probably going to be a roleplay session without anything important. *2 sessions later* Druid: Sorry about missing last session. What did I miss? DM: So, you find yourself standing in a burnt down forest, surrounded by the corpses of every wood elf in the camp, including the women and children.
Man that dragonborn at the beginning was so realistically written like a snobby/hypocritical conversationalist it made me anxious. Their sentinel feat also applies to their control of conversations apparently lol
Quick "Um, Actually" here, but the Sentinel feat allows you to make an attack of opportunity even if your opponent Disengages. Because why not. That means your opponent is EXTRA screwed in this situation because unless that Barbarian is using spells like Misty Step or is being tossed by Thunderwave or something like that, he's not getting out of there without being pinned by a spear. But yeah. Excellent animation as always, Zee. You've been on a roll lately.
You know I clicked this expecting some cheesy exploit, and instead I saw a pretty standard but efficient use of Flaming Sphere explained. What a pleasant surprise.
Weird detail my party and I discovered when it comes to Flaming Sphere. Technically, Darkness dispels it because the spell description for FS includes that it sheds light while the spell description for Darkness states that it dispels any spell of 2nd level or lower that creates an area of light.
This man is like the uncle Dane of dnd aka a man that gives advice in a fun way and is easy to understand with out to much being shoved down your throat
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"I had hopes and dreams."
"...and how did that go?"
Brutal.
Story of my life, oof.
It's what she deserve for interrupting. XD
in the end Both sides got burned almost as badly :P
"Fireball is never the absolute answer to any fight" *Ok then this is called.....Flaming Sphere*
Flaming sphere is just a fireball that sticks around a bit longer than normal :P
I love his little concerned "and how did that go?" After she said "well i had hopes and dreams once". Like he was actually concerned for her that it ended poorly
"Well I commit acts of violence for a living now so I think you can guess."
It’s best to let the villain monologue, there’s a better chance he’ll be distracted and you can get a sneak attack on him
Immediately attack for max annoyance!
No no, have your charismatic guy keep him talking so you got plenty of prep-time.
Also the DM is less likely to get pissed at you
Just make the spheres and then make sure he can’t move without running into either a person or
A sphere
I'm not sure he was the villain
“It was a while back and I had hopes and dreams”
Oof. Too relatable.
So many people try to get this kind of reaction with entire speeches and fall flat on their faces in the process. Keeping it brief and relatable is the way to go!
Speaking as both a player and GM, never, NEVER, interrupt your GM while monologuing. You will both A) make the monologue last longer, and B) incur the wrath of someone who obviously spends far too much time writing up long winded agony. This comes from experience in both situations.
Unless you interrupt the monologue in character, or as the hypothetical thing happened the monologue was a minute long and was used as cover to cast the spell.
Of course it has to be appropriate for your character to do so, and not just because you thought the DM was being annoying, such as a stealthed character the NPC hasn't spotted taking an action such as stealing, placing trap(s) or simply attacking.
But if you want to try to do stuff while an NPC is doing a monologue try to interrupt in the beginning or it will piss off your DM regardless because now he's reading the "awesome" monologue awkwardly from the middle of it or lost his train of thought and now he's going to munchkin against party into oblivion as retaliation.
@@ScarletFlames1 If you're gonna interrupt, do it OOC. Like I said, if he's got time to make a ten minute monologue he's got time to think of a punishment for interrupting it.
@@BucketCrust Nah, my subtle spell exists for this exact purpose. If my DM is going to have the enemy monologue at us I'm handing him a paper at the start of the fight showing how many times I've cast party buffs.
So, funny thing. You can actually hide a spell or command activation in a monologue, so it makes occasional sense to interrupt. Granted, I'm also aware of at least one homebrew spell from 3.5 that dealt 1d4 ,mental ability burn per interruption while said monologue was ongoing. As in, the one that interrupted you took 1d4 to all their mental ability scores that could not be healed with magic every time they tried butting in.
That was a funny session, but pissed off so many people :D
@@mrosengren4130 You know, I've never actually tried 3.5e but if anything's convinced me to give it a go, it's a spell that forces players to listen to monologuing.
“Oh also it can burn stuff down.”
*silence*
**smiles**
Holy Heck, the argument at the beginning is too real.
I don't think I have ever seen a more realistic example of the type of things actually said at a dnd table than that first minute
Sentinel would disregard the disengage, and if the opportunity attack was successful, it would also reduce the enemy movement speed to 0 until the end of their turn. Which makes this lockdown even more vicious.
Don't listen to Crawford, dude literally contradicts himself in the same sentence. Play it how the game is designed, not that "lele meme gotcha" shit
@@topogigio7031 that's literally the game as it's designed, Sentinel says in its rules text "Creatures provoke opportunity attacks from you even if they take the Disengage action before leaving your reach."
@@topogigio7031 that isn't JC its the feat itself stating the attack triggers even if disengage occurs.
If the sphere can push, then Polearm Master can opportunity attack when the enemy enters range.
So if a character can disengage as a bonus action, they can dash across the enemy for an attack, get out of their range for free, punish if they approach, and/or punish if they try to run past.
@@LocalMaple opportunity attacks are only triggered when an enemy moves using its movement. action, bonus action, or reaction. An individual moved by an outside force does not trigger opportunity attacks. sentinel or otherwise.
"That is a monologue, in society that is rude"
Bad guy: "but.....but I though I was the bad guy....."
JoCat: "Cast fireball and only fireball"
Zee: "You cant solve everything with fireball. Flamming Sphere is much more efficent and fun to use."
You don't have to waste time with a piddling little Flaming Sphere if you have a BIG ENOUGH FIREBALL.
That is a daring thing to say person in fireball range... ..
@@silverthorngoodtree5533 7th level rogues and monks: “whatcha gunna do?”
@@Grygus_Triss strangulate probably
@@nicolasdykema8959 they’ll have to make a successful grapple check. And those who cast fireballs aren’t known for good strength and athletics, while monks and rogues are known for good acrobatics and Dex.
"Oh yeah and it can burn things down."
*smiles*
fucking love your characters
The argument in the beginning wasn't scripted. That was an actual DND argument that was recorded and uploaded here. I say that with all confidence. xD Friggin brilliant stuff.
Nah, way to good audio quality
"What do you know?!"
"A lot actually, I took a class."
Chowder! What have you done! Now the animators have to draw all this fire!
That finale killed me
"Oh also it can burn stuff down"
I have so much respect for Zee. Even his ads. He doesn't tell you the software can perform miracles, or do stuff it can't. He just tells you that he really likes it, and what he likes about it.
I LOST it at “also, you can burn things down.”
Odd that the un armed wrestler didnt grapple and use the opponent as a shield aganst the orb.
I mean that's what the pro's would do, but WWE has dis-allowed magic spheres since the early 90's
Yeah it's a shame, but after that circle of death incident it was only a matter of time before they'd ban magic in professional wrestling.
@@S71xx up until, for nostalgia, they brought it back in the late 2000's only to suddenly quietly ban it again without ever acknowledging it again for some reason
I like how you showed the battle map as you're talking about the strategy, made it a lot easier to understand. That is a really good strategy for arsonists/spellcasters
I love how awkward and annoying the argument is xD Very natural with how uncoordinated the conversation is with two people sassing each other, I love it
Btw I miss Gabriella, when is she coming back ;u;
The dragon lady has not awakened anything new in me, but now she does a place in my heart.
Love how after the "we're not having a dialogue" the two break into a very awkward dialogue about crushed hopes and dreams.
"Back when I had hopes and dreams"
"So... how did that go?"
*SHUT UP*
He got in that damage.
"No, but seriously, I was curious..."
"How did that go?" What a way to instantly tip the argument XD
Altruicious needs to not flee, but move into the group to fight.
1. That seems to be how he's gonna do damage anyways
2. It would require anyone melee fighting him to maneuver around the flaming spheres
3. If he grapples an opponent (likely, as he seems to have no melee weapons, and is a pro wrestler), he can hold them within the flaming spheres' range while still damaging them with his free hand
Nope. Here's the play-by-play assuming Altruishus only has melee attacks.
- Altruishus(A) starts further than 30 ft away from the spellcasters (if the spellcasters are smart and stay back)
- runs in, too far away to attack. Either he dashes or he goes for the opportunity attacker (O)
- bad either way. Assuming he dashes, the spellcasters back all the way up, and keep moving the sphere. Return to step 1.
- OR he tries to go for O, maybe gets a good hit, but the spellcasters are close enough to do heals if they need to, and now A is locked in combat with a Sentinel with a reach weapon. And he still gets bashed by fire damage. Return to step one.
Lose-lose scenario.
@@bendromeda1688 You're assuming that O succeeds on their attacks. If they don't, then he gets within *his* reach of them (the spear having a slight reach advantage), then he grapples them and now they have disadvantage on using their attacks and the casters, unless they have Spell Sniper or are using save-based spells, have disadvantage on their attacks. Granted, the sphere(s) would still be a problem with him, but if he's actually grappler focused and successfully grappling O, he could keep maneuvering himself and O relative to the spheres so she gets damaged at least as much as he does. Considering that he's presented as a boss, he probably has class levels, likely Barbarian or Monk, which provides him further resistance and potential ability to evade the spells.
Then again, he still has the problem of being a solo melee fighter against another melee fighter and two spellcasters, so he's already at a pretty bad disadvantage.
I liked this video from the beginning but “Also, it can burn stuff down” - pan out to a raging forest fire - was really what sold me
This is fine.
Bleh, that’s still blood
"It was awhile back and I had hopes and dreams."
This has no right to hit as hard as it did.
oh you poor children
i had hopes and dreams as well
but you turned out to be a disapointment :(
As a guy with two theater degrees he has never used for adult employment, "it was a while back and I had hopes and dreams" hits a little close to home
“Druids hate him!”
Circle of wild fire druids love him.
So does the guard of the probably wooden city construction of most human cities.
It is a druid spell...
@@shapeinexplicavel6508 oh, i guess they’re just masochists
That shit-eating grin at the end absolutely killed me
I love the awkward exchange between DB fighter and Altruicius. Just… neither of them came out of that on top in that conversation.
I kinda liked the Dragonborn and Altruicious' bickering.
Just the idea that she was annoyed by his monologuing and he was upset that she interrupted was funny.
Yeah, the people in the comments who are taking sides are missing the point. The joke is how their personalities interact.
Sorry, the worst burn in the whole thing was, "And how did that go?"
0:03 Zee makes a hand gesture, and closes his eyes.
1:00 Zee's facial expression changes, and when the camera pulls out a moment later, he is grinning.
One minute of concentration, more or less.
Right?! I figured the Dragonborn was stalling on purpose, a lot of the comments are ragging on her though
@@JeweledRoseStudios i dont get what was wrong with it lol
@@finnianquail8881 nothing, but youtube comments don't have to be based on reality to justify their dislike of things
@@dontuserachelslurs Well a female was involved in a D&D video so comments can only go so many ways.
"I had dreams once." Largest burn in this video: self.
3:01 The awkwardly long silence after this line is just. Beautiful.
2:59
Altruicious didnt deserve this, he was just a punch clock villain doing his job
Justice for Altruicious!
I don't know what it is about Zee's brand of interruption humour that tickles me so, but I'm always here for it
"It was awhile back and I had hopes and dreams."
Me looking back on writing for anything besides my DMing
This is brilliant, I never realized how great this spell could be until now.
As a note, alchemists fire also does not stop burning until you use your action to put it out. Throw one at them
The smile after he said "oh and you can burn stuff down" was perfection
Zee I regret to inform you you have overlooked an alternate way to avoid the sentinel feat. Grapple the sentinel and bring them with you. This also allows you to drag them through any hostile terrain that's created and potentially close on the casters. I assure you the most heartbroken look I've ever seen on a player's face is when the giant picked up the spear wielding sentinel, tucked him in his pocket, and then closed on the wizard.
Pocket sentinels do sound handy
Can also shove them prone before you grapple them so you're dragging them around and they have disadvantage to attack you and can't stand up because movement equals zero
It is hard to "break D&D" from a pocket.
That warning at the end had the cheerful guilt of a player who accidentally burned something down and argued "Well it wasn't fireball so I thought it would be fine."
That smile when the forest was burning around him made me laugh.
didnt know how much I needed a Thicc Dragonborn Lady in my life until now
"Oh, also it can burn stuff down..."
SMILES AMID FLAMES
Ah, that's our Zee, passively standing by in this meeting of the minds, only snapping out of it when it's time to burn things to the ground!
That part of the game when the married couple really start fighting ...
Player: I attack the villain while he monologues
DM: Fine. He is distracted and you easily kill him. End of the session.
Remember, in some situations it's better to do something narratively appropriate than to pursue the most optimal outcome
The fun way is also somehow injuring and muting them while he continues
standard operating procedure.
If the melee attacker had sentinel, disengage is ignored for opportunity attacks
I thought the 3 words were “I cast fireball” and I’m glad I was wrong.
That understated cussing when the spells come out is probably the GMs reaction
Oh god Zee, what have you done. The thirsty furries....or scalies I guess technically...will be frothing at the mouth for more thicc Dragonborn lady
People who don't love the thicc dragonborn lady don't deserve to have their opinions heard. :|
@@beoweasel I mean I cant deny the Jiggle Physics that were used here were ...excellent
Furries draw waaaay better dragon ladies with boobs, sorry
@@beoweasel Gotta say, wasn't a fan of the "I'm something of a scientist myself" attitude. What, you don't think we care about a female's personality?
"It was a while back, and I had hopes and dreams."
She's a mood...
I didn't think flaming orb sounded very impressive on paper, but seeing this makes me rethink that.
It works very well in practice but it can be a little tricky to use well in tighter spaces if your worried about friendly fire.
@@Draconianite I'm sure.
Seems like so many spells are that way. There's quite a few I've decided to reconsider after Zee's vids on them.
@@SingeScorcher Sometimes you just need to hear someone describe something, and give ways to make it work, rather than just read the paragraph off DnD Beyond, amongst all the other choices. Possibly missing something because maybe you skimmed it.
one of the highest potentail damage for a 2nd level spell. 2d6 x2? x10 and 20 chances for enemy to catch fire. only problem is if they just move out of it range
I've heard it said somewhere that if your DM's villain is monologuing, let them. They're saying goodbye to that character before all the players murder them.
That, or he's buying time for the minions that you snuck past in the barracks to dash here. 😁
@@leyrua It can be both!
first of all yes, it is a way to communicate certain aspects of a character to the players before said character is gone forever.
and as a second point, it is fun to do. the DM has by far the hardest and least rewarding job on the table, let him have his fun once in a while. players get to try and succeed at all the crazy shit while dms have to work hard to enable said tomfoolery. the woman in the clip was a complete asshole and egotistical beyond belief. "dm you are not playing the way i like! play the way i like you little piece of garbage or why do you think you are allowed here!"
@@XpVersusVista You're very right, but when it comes to her I'd say it depends on the relationship between that player and the DM. Some groups go all in on the friendly ribbing, but doing that to a stranger at a game elsewhere would be absolutely unacceptable.
A warlock with eldritch blast, repelling blast, and grasp of hadar can push/pull creatures in and out of a flaming sphere causing multiple instances of damage. I got targeted a lot by my dm and I don't blame him.
My wife played a wildfire druid in a oneshot I did and she upcast this and used some clever placement and coordination with our barbarian and her wildfire spirit to turn it into a poor man's fireball in terms of damage for my boss fight. Very proud husband moment
Sentinel ignores disengage. The only things that can actually get away are things that dont normally provoke opportunity attacks like teleporting, being pushed/forced out of your spot, and characters with mobile or swashbuckler rogues attacking the sentinel user before running.
Step 1: Forget to check if any player has proficiency with Alchemist’s tools
Step 2: Don’t debrief said player on their knowledge of the anarchist’s cookbook
Step 3: Wait
I love how the quiet old druid is always doing really brutal things. Like he was on-board for cook-and-book with 0 convincing, and here he’s ready to kill on command
Druids exist to remind everyone that Mother Nature is a merciless bitch.
This vid really put the Jiggle-o-meter through its paces
I love that your wife voices some of the characters.
Wait is it? She sounds different in the dice training video. Haha fun.
@@Cyrribrae Acting!
“Oh and it can burn stuff down”
Cue Me laughing hysterically.
Oh man, that beginning scene was hilarious. "It was a long time ago, and I had hopes and dreams." I feel that, Dragonborn.
oof
One if my favorites! Once cast this spell in an encounter against Trolls. The last one fled by diving down a well. My Flaming Sphere followed it.
The Troll boiled to death.
Soup's done, boys.
I'm remembering a video where the players and DM forgot that this spell sets the environment on fire. While fighting in a treehouse. And then they retroactively realized that they needed to leave RIGHT NOW.
"I didn't ask what the building was made of, I said 'I CAST FLAMING HELLSCAPE'!"
In our group, I play a tiefling, and I'm somehow the only one who doesn't constantly put everything on fire. The warlock, artificer, and especially the WATER GENASI DRUID use tons of fire magic. In the first session we fought some bandits, and she started a forest fire that threatened to hit a nearby farming community. We helped putting it out before it could do too much damage. The villagers thanked us for helping, and we quickly noped out of there.
fire is a very common element. and tends to have good damage values cause its so common that people get resistance too
"You're being rude"
HES LITERALLY THE BAD GUY! WHAT DO YOU WANT HIM TO DO, FLUFF YOUR PILLOW? lol
Seems like she's the rude one for interrupting his monolog.
@@Halvos12 exactly, I'm sure he worked really hard on it too. SMH, villains and Showmen get no respect or consideration these days.
Well she's an obnoxious, self-righteous bitch. What do you expect?
@@Halvos12 A villain is obligated to monologue. He signed the contract.
"Oh, also it can burns stuff down" *smiles gleefully*
You can never go wrong with a sassy bbw dragonborn
Combine this with metamagic transmute spell and create an ice sphere or a thunder sphere to avoid burning down the town.
I think RAW it still would. That's... weird.
What you just made was a video on how to bully your DM and I am here for it.
They will still take an opportunity attack from the sentinel because the sentinel feat allows you to make one even if they disengage.
It's just another level about how screwed his in in that case, the fact that even if he disengages he's going to be attacked again leaving him with. Sit and take his turn and be burned to a crisp, then attacked rinse and repeat or run blowing his actions, be attacked, then rinse and repeat. Basically it's just a lesson in why spell casters tend to beat melee characters once you get access to fun spells like flaming sphere.
Is it wrong that I feel like the Pro wrestler Villain was somehow more polite than the Dragonborn despite all the self hype
Yeah he was just trying to say his bit .. She didn't have to clip his wings like that XD
not at all he's doing an intro unless he doesn't let them retort this is well in bounds meanwhile she's whining in a way wayy worse break from the point of the meeting
I feel like she was purposefully giving him shit to throw him off and catch him off guard.
@@Grab_001 Of course she was ..
Absolutely… she accuses him of monologuing, then proceeds to monologue herself
"It was a while back and I had Hope's n dreams" hitting close to home there
We once did a similar combo but it was a druid and a barbarian. The druid cast Wall of Thorns then the barbarian shoved the enemy to the wall as his first attack dealing 7d8 slashing damage, then he'd grapple him as his 2nd attack to keep him on the wall. At the start of the enemy's turn he takes another 7d8 slashing damage. The barbarian on his next turn would then drag him out of the wall, then drag him back in to repeat the cycle (all this time the rest of the party was taking potshots at him as well). All the enemy could do was either shove the barbarian away or break free of the grapple.
you can TECHNICALLY move through the sphere. the damage only comes from ramming and ending your turn next to it
This is why a party of light clerics is utterly terrifying. Couple this with spiritual weapon and the entire party is can surround the enemy and beat them to a pulp in a matter of seconds. Takes a bit of setup time but my god is it absolutely worth it
"How did you catch him?"
"We burned the forest down."
Lovely reference...!
"It can burn stuff down"
>flashbacks of Puffin's boat horror story
Here's how to deal with this situation as the bad guy, grapple one of the mages (or both) and ram them against their own flaming spheres
And he even claims he's a wrestler in his monologue.
Bro I wouldn't think about that. But it would totally work they're definitely going to die before you or at least lose concentration
I just fuckin love how natural the dialogue sounded!
DM: Okay, we'll end the session standing outside of the friendly wood elf camp.
Druid: I won't be able to make next session.
DM: No worries, it's probably going to be a roleplay session without anything important.
*2 sessions later*
Druid: Sorry about missing last session. What did I miss?
DM: So, you find yourself standing in a burnt down forest, surrounded by the corpses of every wood elf in the camp, including the women and children.
"It was a while ago and I had hopes and dreams." I have never related to something so much.
That dragonborn wants to see your DM's manager
she's never shopping here AGAIN!
And its more efficient than 'Just Fireball'.
**sneers in JoCat**
FIREBALL USERS *HATE* HIM!
@@saber1epee0 JoCat isn’t the de-facto person for wizardry, though.
Man that dragonborn at the beginning was so realistically written like a snobby/hypocritical conversationalist it made me anxious. Their sentinel feat also applies to their control of conversations apparently lol
Quick "Um, Actually" here, but the Sentinel feat allows you to make an attack of opportunity even if your opponent Disengages. Because why not. That means your opponent is EXTRA screwed in this situation because unless that Barbarian is using spells like Misty Step or is being tossed by Thunderwave or something like that, he's not getting out of there without being pinned by a spear.
But yeah. Excellent animation as always, Zee. You've been on a roll lately.
This sounds like a queue for the DM to say "Oops all demons/ infernals"
Unless you’re a sorcerer… and can transmute spells! Who’s the GOD now!
@@SithBy11 Asmodeus has some fierce competition
You know I clicked this expecting some cheesy exploit, and instead I saw a pretty standard but efficient use of Flaming Sphere explained. What a pleasant surprise.
Weird detail my party and I discovered when it comes to Flaming Sphere. Technically, Darkness dispels it because the spell description for FS includes that it sheds light while the spell description for Darkness states that it dispels any spell of 2nd level or lower that creates an area of light.
Neat, didn't know that!!!
Darkness snuffs out Moonbeam and Faerie Fire too.
I was wondering what the accent was of the dragonborn and then I realized when I heard "oh issit now?" South African through and through
... oh really? I guess a Cali-boy like me is suddenly South African now. Huh... neat.
This man is like the uncle Dane of dnd aka a man that gives advice in a fun way and is easy to understand with out to much being shoved down your throat
"it was a while back and I had hopes and dreams." will be part of my character backstory. xD
I'm afraid that is most people's backstory.
@@derekstein6193 Usually from what I've seen, they have revenge back stories. Whether it's their parents, friends, or land getting burned down, ect.
"Also, it can burn stuff down." *Jocat furiously takes notes*
At first I didn’t realize he was the bad guy because they were almost arguing like an old couple
Oh, that ending is just adorable. Like D&D players AREN'T going to burn the forest regardless, lol.