Fae: "May I have your attention?" Mute Monk: *nods at Fae* Fae: "I said. May I have your attention?" MM: *nods again* F: "Are you listening? May I have your attention?" MM: *nods twice*
Fae; someone has your voice don't they? Monk; nods again. Fae; god damnit, that one is actually one of the few things we're not meant to take as it creates situations where the guest is being polite but we try and punish them thinking they're rude, looks like we're going to have to both go and deal with that. (Monk and fae are now a party)
@@shadowsnake5133 thank you. I enjoy it when people expand on the lore. I hadn't even thought of this. He was just gonna be born mute or a Monk that took a vow of silence. This is way better.
With the troll one, the stomach acid would actually prevent the troll from regenerating. Remember, it's both Fire AND Acid. it's why Trolls don't like fighting things bigger than them.
Fae: "May I have your attention?" Me: "Ok." Fae: "Muahahahahahaha. Your attention is mine now. You will never be able to pay attention again." *runs off laughing* Me: "Huh. Wonder how long it will take him to realize?" *reads every book. Learns all the lore. Rewrites history to be accurate.* Fae: *returns* "Please. I haven't been able to pay attention for months. I can't take anything if I'm not paying attention when they agree. Please take your short attention span back." Me: *eats an apple (if you know, you know)* " No." *walks away eating two apples* Fae: "Noooooooooooooo..... Huh. What was I doing again? Oh well." *wanders off*
I'll say for the last one there are definitely ways to have monologs and not have players attack the speaker during it. There's Wall of Force (or the one where there's a completely impenetrable barrier of force if I'm getting the name wrong), the speaker could be an illusory projection/hologram of the actual bbeg, it could be done via dream sequence, or they could have the party surrounded by minions and have the minions threaten them while the boss talks. Plus there are so many more I can't list them all
The real question is if the players, or a player, are murderhobos, or worse case scenario, a toxic player, and if the person/thing giving the monolog has information the players want to hear. Is this boss tied to a mystery the players are trying to solve and there are still missing pieces, is it someone who has info about a players loved one or even the loved one of the player and they need to know, "why." Sometimes though, monologs should not happen and trying to work them in is the worst idea possible. Everyone knows Vecna, everyone knows what kind of god Vecna will be. Vox Machina barley talked to Vecna in their first meeting, and IF they could have taken the Litch out without ever seeing it's face by taking out the tower, they would have. And in fight 2, no pause, only initiative rolls. On the other hand, right up until the end Lucien had unknown powers, and/or 9 big ass psychic bombs plus info that the Mighty Nein needed/wanted to know. And also, Lucien was holding Mollymauk hostage in a way. So remember GM's if you want your players to listen to a monolog, have them hold a dead man switch to a nuke or hold the players favorite NPC hostage!
Wizard: casts fireball BBEG, whose false skin burns away to reveal long, black horns and angry red skin, smoldering leather wings stretch out from their confinement of flesh: as I was saying......
@@fenixmeaney6170 "As I was saying..." Fireball and a sneak attack arrow, burns away horns, red skin and leather wings to reveal a howling void with eyes. "You might want to quit while your ahead..." Disintegrate fallowed by Sunbeam. Howling void condenses into a singularity that expands into a Tarrasque... GM: I can keep this up all night Jane. You want to listen or do you want a TPK?
Assuming your players aren't just muderhobos, it depends entirely on how you present your bbeg. If the're a psychopath or the players otherwise feel like killing them is by far the best option, then of course the're going to take their shot the moment they have a chance! The 'let the villain monologue' trope doesn't actually work in practice, no one is going to listen to them present their case when the're within fireball distance! The ones players are going to listen to are the morally grey villains, the compelling ones, the ones that players need to listen to as the're still deciding if murdering this guy is the best option. Thats not to say you can't still do the pure evil villains, but if you present a scenario where the demon lord who eats babies is wide open any smart player is gonna take it!
The troll pie thing works perfectly because the oven deals fire damage and the stomachs deal acid damage. The regeneration is stalled stopped by fire and acid damage. That plan works if people eat quick enough.
Honestly, the drama of a BBEG fight is generally set up well in advance. If the players know their enemy's full plans, there you can do away with the monologue. Which is basically how you described it. Another option is that the players DON't know why the BBEG is doing what they're doing. With proper foreshadowing the players will be begging their enemy to monologue.
@@VanNessy97 Hmm, Invoke Duplicity, Major Illusion, Mislead, or Silent Image+Magic Mouth could get you a BBEG monologue WHILE the BBEG is getting in a surprise attack. The silent image/magic mouth combo is probably my favourite, because it'd lead to a battle where the monologue is just going on unstoppably in the background... And it only costs 10 minutes preparation and one 1st level spell slot, leaving most resources open for the fight. You could actually have the monologue prerecorded IRL and play it during the first few rounds of combat.
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Fae: "May I have your attention?"
Mute Monk: *nods at Fae*
Fae: "I said. May I have your attention?"
MM: *nods again*
F: "Are you listening? May I have your attention?"
MM: *nods twice*
Fae; someone has your voice don't they?
Monk; nods again.
Fae; god damnit, that one is actually one of the few things we're not meant to take as it creates situations where the guest is being polite but we try and punish them thinking they're rude, looks like we're going to have to both go and deal with that.
(Monk and fae are now a party)
@@shadowsnake5133 thank you. I enjoy it when people expand on the lore. I hadn't even thought of this. He was just gonna be born mute or a Monk that took a vow of silence. This is way better.
The werewolf eating grapes is the best short I've ever seen, I'm still laughing!
yup
No matter how many times i've seen it in these videos it is always a laugh
Are grapes actually that bad for canines?
@@jordanhunter3375 yes grapes can kill dogs at least
With the troll one, the stomach acid would actually prevent the troll from regenerating. Remember, it's both Fire AND Acid. it's why Trolls don't like fighting things bigger than them.
Fae: "May I have your attention?"
Me: "Ok."
Fae: "Muahahahahahaha. Your attention is mine now. You will never be able to pay attention again." *runs off laughing*
Me: "Huh. Wonder how long it will take him to realize?" *reads every book. Learns all the lore. Rewrites history to be accurate.*
Fae: *returns* "Please. I haven't been able to pay attention for months. I can't take anything if I'm not paying attention when they agree. Please take your short attention span back."
Me: *eats an apple (if you know, you know)* " No." *walks away eating two apples*
Fae: "Noooooooooooooo..... Huh. What was I doing again? Oh well." *wanders off*
Yes
How powerful is Quincy to make a item that powerful
All the powerful
20th level artificer. Maybe even higher with 2CG’s epic legacy add on for 5e
Everyone knows Quincy is a Beyond God-entity, who only seeks to help others.
Level 15 at least
I'll say for the last one there are definitely ways to have monologs and not have players attack the speaker during it. There's Wall of Force (or the one where there's a completely impenetrable barrier of force if I'm getting the name wrong), the speaker could be an illusory projection/hologram of the actual bbeg, it could be done via dream sequence, or they could have the party surrounded by minions and have the minions threaten them while the boss talks. Plus there are so many more I can't list them all
The real question is if the players, or a player, are murderhobos, or worse case scenario, a toxic player, and if the person/thing giving the monolog has information the players want to hear. Is this boss tied to a mystery the players are trying to solve and there are still missing pieces, is it someone who has info about a players loved one or even the loved one of the player and they need to know, "why."
Sometimes though, monologs should not happen and trying to work them in is the worst idea possible. Everyone knows Vecna, everyone knows what kind of god Vecna will be. Vox Machina barley talked to Vecna in their first meeting, and IF they could have taken the Litch out without ever seeing it's face by taking out the tower, they would have. And in fight 2, no pause, only initiative rolls.
On the other hand, right up until the end Lucien had unknown powers, and/or 9 big ass psychic bombs plus info that the Mighty Nein needed/wanted to know. And also, Lucien was holding Mollymauk hostage in a way.
So remember GM's if you want your players to listen to a monolog, have them hold a dead man switch to a nuke or hold the players favorite NPC hostage!
Wizard: casts fireball
BBEG, whose false skin burns away to reveal long, black horns and angry red skin, smoldering leather wings stretch out from their confinement of flesh: as I was saying......
@@fenixmeaney6170 "As I was saying..." Fireball and a sneak attack arrow, burns away horns, red skin and leather wings to reveal a howling void with eyes. "You might want to quit while your ahead..." Disintegrate fallowed by Sunbeam. Howling void condenses into a singularity that expands into a Tarrasque...
GM: I can keep this up all night Jane. You want to listen or do you want a TPK?
Assuming your players aren't just muderhobos, it depends entirely on how you present your bbeg. If the're a psychopath or the players otherwise feel like killing them is by far the best option, then of course the're going to take their shot the moment they have a chance! The 'let the villain monologue' trope doesn't actually work in practice, no one is going to listen to them present their case when the're within fireball distance!
The ones players are going to listen to are the morally grey villains, the compelling ones, the ones that players need to listen to as the're still deciding if murdering this guy is the best option. Thats not to say you can't still do the pure evil villains, but if you present a scenario where the demon lord who eats babies is wide open any smart player is gonna take it!
At 4:00 me and my party can relate, we're all wanted in this one town and half of us are wanted somewhere else.
The troll pie thing works perfectly because the oven deals fire damage and the stomachs deal acid damage. The regeneration is stalled stopped by fire and acid damage. That plan works if people eat quick enough.
Thank you Rumi!
BBEG monologue? A cabal of minions using Hold Person.
Haven't even watched it yet and already liked it.
The best way to set up a BBEG monologue is not to speak as them, but to describe what they look like and say "Roll initiative."
Honestly, the drama of a BBEG fight is generally set up well in advance.
If the players know their enemy's full plans, there you can do away with the monologue. Which is basically how you described it.
Another option is that the players DON't know why the BBEG is doing what they're doing. With proper foreshadowing the players will be begging their enemy to monologue.
@@9Johnny8 I'm suddenly inspired to make a BBEG who can skip over his own monologue
@@VanNessy97 Hmm, Invoke Duplicity, Major Illusion, Mislead, or Silent Image+Magic Mouth could get you a BBEG monologue WHILE the BBEG is getting in a surprise attack.
The silent image/magic mouth combo is probably my favourite, because it'd lead to a battle where the monologue is just going on unstoppably in the background...
And it only costs 10 minutes preparation and one 1st level spell slot, leaving most resources open for the fight.
You could actually have the monologue prerecorded IRL and play it during the first few rounds of combat.
2:41
"For the last time, I'm a warforged. We don't need to do that."
2:32 I'll drink to that
Troll one would work fine, trolls stop regenerating with the application of fire, so meat pies and such would be perfect.
once again, only the best from spooky
The troll regeneration thing could work if you get them into people fast enough. Acid damage stops the regeneration.
DM
Save the town
Beat the bad guy
Level up
PC
Beat them up
Save the bad guy
Level the town
Did..... did he just invent that one pre-written adventure (most mine are homebrewed so I don't remember what they're called)????
First
Edit: Thank you for the amazing video! 😆🧙♂️
Anyone know what the music at 8:00 is?
Helllo
Hellllllo
The Waffle house has found its new host