The Lowest Rated Homebrew MONSTERS on D&D Beyond

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  • @DefinitivNichtSascha
    @DefinitivNichtSascha ปีที่แล้ว +10407

    >barges into encounter at light speed
    >summons 1d20 goblins
    >refuses to elaborate further
    >leaves

    • @EgoJCs21
      @EgoJCs21 ปีที่แล้ว +297

      That is more or less how the Verdans came to be.

    • @bryansmith844
      @bryansmith844 ปีที่แล้ว +541

      Classic da hard wun behavior

    • @LasermanSteam
      @LasermanSteam ปีที่แล้ว +417

      >barges into encounter at light speed
      >"what, did you think this encounter would start just like that?"
      >"this encounter is sponsored by..."

    • @Merilirem
      @Merilirem ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Explains where all those random trash mobs come from.

    • @gormold4163
      @gormold4163 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      *10,227,270 miles per hour. A little over mach 13,329. Technically only about 1.5% the speed of light.

  • @jeroen92
    @jeroen92 ปีที่แล้ว +4704

    20 assassins on average will kill aphrodite in one turn

    • @usxldcom7543
      @usxldcom7543 ปีที่แล้ว +908

      Commoner sweep

    • @kirkkerman
      @kirkkerman ปีที่แล้ว +192

      They can't hit her AC though

    • @dascientist8443
      @dascientist8443 ปีที่แล้ว +1332

      @@kirkkerman They still hit if they crit, at which point she “suffers instant death”.

    • @blurb9319
      @blurb9319 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      @@kirkkerman Crit

    • @jeroen92
      @jeroen92 ปีที่แล้ว +261

      @@kirkkerman yes they can. Crits always hit.

  • @ChargeQM
    @ChargeQM ปีที่แล้ว +2351

    Comfort: Aphrodite pats your shoulder, but because she's got crazy broken stats, she accidentally turns you into a rapidly expanding mass of free atomic matter.

    • @tiacat11
      @tiacat11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +164

      Worst thing is, that's not far off from an actual Greek myth.

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +97

      @@tiacat11 Except you usually get turned into a flower
      Or an animal
      Or a monster

    • @tiacat11
      @tiacat11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

      @@hazeltree7738 Nah the one between Zeus and Semele really did end with Zeus turning into a god and her just blowing the fuck up.
      Kinda fucked up

    • @papervulture
      @papervulture 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      ​@@tiacat11if anything i feel the rapidly expanding mass of free atomic matter is rather chill by aphrodite's usual standards

    • @ericbishop8046
      @ericbishop8046 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@tiacat11 FRRRRRR, God, exists. Fav human, AGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH, God. "oh. oops."

  • @lucillefrancois150
    @lucillefrancois150 ปีที่แล้ว +702

    I bet the Aphrodite one was made specifically because some DM somewhere had a player that said something along the lines of “I bet my character could kill Aphrodite, she can’t be that strong” and that caused a nerd argument powerful enough to create that stat block out of spite

    • @PieletPi
      @PieletPi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      The player won so they had to rework it

  • @mcbadrobotvoice8155
    @mcbadrobotvoice8155 ปีที่แล้ว +5859

    Pov: you use Aaraau's destroy universe and wake up in a world with nothing but these monsters

    • @estelian5959
      @estelian5959 ปีที่แล้ว +513

      If you can finish casting the spell, all of them dies, except for the Da Hard Wun that managed to run away to a different universe during the cast time

    • @firemonke4463
      @firemonke4463 ปีที่แล้ว +214

      Should have double cast it in your last campaign to get it as a cantrip.

    • @tatzecom
      @tatzecom ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@firemonke4463 wait dont you become DM after casting it?
      Also, can i cast it as a ritual?

    • @CalifornianCuttlefish
      @CalifornianCuttlefish ปีที่แล้ว +15

      oh no

    • @Vassilinia
      @Vassilinia ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@estelian5959 I choked on my drinkfrom laughing too hard.

  • @HunterTracks
    @HunterTracks ปีที่แล้ว +3525

    Da hard wun is basically the DnD embodiment of that "The issue with being faster than light is that you always live in darkness" meme.

    • @EdKolis
      @EdKolis ปีที่แล้ว +189

      That and the spelling make me wonder if it's an eldritch horror from Warhammer...

    • @will3971
      @will3971 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      @@EdKolis Da Orkz had fun naming that one.

    • @Merilirem
      @Merilirem ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Sounds like it lives in water.

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Swimity Swim

    • @ohyea8486
      @ohyea8486 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Breaking causality by travelling faster than light only to summon goblins and be stinky, this is going in my campaign

  • @BlackOtter9
    @BlackOtter9 ปีที่แล้ว +1369

    In my head-canon, the da hard wun is an anomaly that spawns (or re-spawns) goblins in random dungeons. It constantly travels around the world like santa and essentially restocks abandoned dungeons for future adventurers.

    • @szysi3k
      @szysi3k ปีที่แล้ว +162

      I was always questioning all those flaming torches and fresh food in closed dungeons in Skyrim etc. Must have been a cousin of Da Hard Wun, with a different (re)spawn abilities.

    • @rynemcgriffin1752
      @rynemcgriffin1752 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      @@szysi3k Yeah it’s called “It Jus Werks”

    • @gabrielbarraza9929
      @gabrielbarraza9929 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@rynemcgriffin1752 Da Werkin Wun

    • @enigmabureau
      @enigmabureau ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@rynemcgriffin1752Todd Hardward

    • @morrigankasa570
      @morrigankasa570 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      ​@@szysi3kIt is semi-canonical that the Draugr themselves light the Torches and somewhat keep the crypts clean as part of their duties.

  • @xavierzaballero9667
    @xavierzaballero9667 ปีที่แล้ว +3821

    I like how the deathly dagger still does 1 damage to elementals, constructs, aberrations, oozes, plants, and undead.
    I'm just imagining this "Commoner Assassin" instantly killing god, but then struggling to kill a potted plant.

    • @Pravanul
      @Pravanul ปีที่แล้ว +326

      Just One Punch Man versus a mosquito

    • @XD-sc4ix
      @XD-sc4ix ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ​@@Pravanul or one punch man vs a cat

    • @tumage8592
      @tumage8592 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Mein kleiner Grüner Kaktus steht draußen am Balkon

    • @jocoder255
      @jocoder255 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      I'm imagining someone casting a con save cantrip and killing it instantly just like "huh. That wasn't so tough."

    • @yourbiggestfan395
      @yourbiggestfan395 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      I'm unsure why only this "commoner Assassin", something that's well documented apparently since there's a commonality in their appearance, would be the only enemy wielding the "Death Dagger" why wouldn't every bbeg and his minions all use it? Imagine some Lich fields an entire undead army with instant kill weapons.

  • @Hoyts_
    @Hoyts_ ปีที่แล้ว +4487

    Do NOT use the Atlas monster block! I used it last week at my session and I'm now wanted for several charges of murder!

    • @alphanoodle1877
      @alphanoodle1877 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You have a murderhobo party?
      Use the ATLAS
      The number one option for rude, uncaring, dickish players. Those that would see the end of your campaign to much for you? The ATLAS has got your back. Ready to commit first degree murder at your order. Death by your choice, laser or slams, death and destruction on those pesky murderhobo players.

    • @user-a5Bw9de
      @user-a5Bw9de ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It feels like you've also violated several Federal laws by hacking into and operating the classified military satellite ATLAS, which is equipped with lethal-grade laser cannon, through unknown means. If this somehow turns out to be true, you've also committed a crime against the International Law for Peaceful Usage of the Outer Space.
      Man, this monster is the definitive version of a double-edged sword.

    • @brib4911
      @brib4911 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      Oh the solution is simple. Use Atlas.

    • @quantummidget
      @quantummidget ปีที่แล้ว +92

      I demand a trial by... D&D

    • @zynthio
      @zynthio ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I didn't think this needed to be said

  • @lucasimieli3727
    @lucasimieli3727 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    “1 damage thats not very deadly” ominous last words before he succumbs to the suffering of the Commoner (Assassin’s) instant death

    • @Oxygen1004
      @Oxygen1004 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      "HA you only poked me with tha-"

    • @enigmabureau
      @enigmabureau ปีที่แล้ว +14

      “NEVER CHALLENGE A SICILIAN WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE!”

  • @ZorotheGallade
    @ZorotheGallade ปีที่แล้ว +2881

    DM: "A.T.L.A.S. charges his devastating laser beam, dealing 20 damage to all of you."
    Player: "That's not too bad."
    DM: "Not to your characters, to you"
    Player: "What?"
    (The A.T.L.A.S. miniature turns towards the player side of the table and starts glowing menacingly)

    • @eldritch-rage
      @eldritch-rage ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Brilliant

    • @novagears3604
      @novagears3604 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Atlas can also have 40 hit points

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      That's why they never have maps in D&D

    • @theman6422
      @theman6422 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      This is zathura now. You must fight the robot now

    • @thefriendlystegosaurus7472
      @thefriendlystegosaurus7472 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      To clarify hit points in real life are how many hits a SHIP can take before it sinks.
      Everyone has 1 hit point, by that rule.
      soooooooo

  • @alanduhamel2885
    @alanduhamel2885 ปีที่แล้ว +1124

    I love how Ains is a 15th level spellcaster that appears to know two first-level spells and two second-level spells. Also, with only 99 HP it instantly dies to Garlic Bread domain Cleric.

    • @dragonheart1236
      @dragonheart1236 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      I sense an unfinished stat block

    • @TheGoron3000
      @TheGoron3000 ปีที่แล้ว +202

      Also totally not an Overlord reference

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko ปีที่แล้ว +106

      Considering how low its spell save dc and to hit are for a 15th level spellcaster it also feels like someone didn't quite understand dnd spellcasting.

    • @leonardhollsten8145
      @leonardhollsten8145 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@FFKonoko I feel that is the case with nearly all of the DnDbeyond Homebrew. They don't understand HP, AC, to hit, damage and a wide variety of other thing. All they understand is if they put big number (1000 in most cases) and does a bajillion damage and they autohit they have created a good monster.
      Its why there are nearly more 30 CR monsters in DnDbeyond than between 20-29 CR.

    • @Rutherford_Inchworm_III
      @Rutherford_Inchworm_III 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      None can stand before the power of Garlic Bread. I'm hungry just thinking of it.

  • @elresponsibleadult2100
    @elresponsibleadult2100 ปีที่แล้ว +2454

    I like how the assassin commoner can insta kill everything except elementals and abberations

    • @ItsmeInternetStranger
      @ItsmeInternetStranger ปีที่แล้ว +419

      Or Oooze or Plants. Ancient Dragon? Dead in one hit! The Ficus? Too strong for me.

    • @chaosjimthevoidlord3762
      @chaosjimthevoidlord3762 ปีที่แล้ว +217

      constructs, and undead are safe too

    • @overworkedwarlock94
      @overworkedwarlock94 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Don't forget oozes. A gelatinous cube would wreck shop on it.

    • @Pickled_Poet
      @Pickled_Poet ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It looks like only creature types that can be traditionally poisoned, or would have "blood" are included

    • @dmeep
      @dmeep ปีที่แล้ว +36

      also constructs like warforged and mechagnomes

  • @dragoknight589
    @dragoknight589 ปีที่แล้ว +2565

    The best thing about Da Hard Wun is that it’s a Tiny swarm of Medium beasts.
    It’s multiple creatures, but when they’re together they take up far less space than if they were separate.

    • @ludiloigranje9921
      @ludiloigranje9921 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      Honestly, hilarious.

    • @EdKolis
      @EdKolis ปีที่แล้ว +263

      It's a miniature neutron star. Breaks physics already...

    • @zhoufang996
      @zhoufang996 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      I'm now wondering if it's some kind of joke about quantum mechanics

    • @memyself229
      @memyself229 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      You're ignoring the fact it can travel 3/4 the world's circumference in one turn

    • @SimoLInk1698
      @SimoLInk1698 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      This thing just defies all laws of physics without a care in the world

  • @blightmare639
    @blightmare639 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    The Aphrodite one get's even better when you scroll down and read "Aphrodite is the lover of Shade The Shadow Stalker, God of Darkness, Fear and Vengance, but despite their immense love they rarely meet, existing in two opposite planes." and realize the uploader is named TheShadowStalker
    And also the 115 DC wisdom save to resist being charmed.
    And that if... IF... Aphrodite manages to die, the effects wear off over 1d10 months. Until she comes back.

    • @WarmLusamine
      @WarmLusamine 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      OC self-fellatio, gotcha.

    • @_Hamler
      @_Hamler 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

      LMAO

    • @sushimartyr6311
      @sushimartyr6311 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

      I can’t tell if that’s sweet or somewhat sad or both.

    • @mealone2234
      @mealone2234 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      ​@sushimartyr6311 its sad, its just sad. Im a romantic at heart and a very empathetic person. Thats just sad.

    • @EarthPhantomTS
      @EarthPhantomTS 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Something tells me She's not into him, though.

  • @madeking4
    @madeking4 ปีที่แล้ว +963

    The problem with the Da hard Wun is if he stubs his toe while travelling at 90,000,000 speed and takes, say, 1 damage. His legendary action will trigger and deal 10 damage to him for hurting himself, which will trigger his legendary action for hurting himself and deal 100 damage, which will trigger the 3rd use of his legendary action for 1000 damage and he's dead.

    • @Pihsrosnec
      @Pihsrosnec ปีที่แล้ว +186

      there is no way stubbing your toe at that speed only deals 1 damage

    • @mariothane8754
      @mariothane8754 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      I imagine in one campaign, the goal is to defeat the entirely legendary beast that nobody has ever faced and survived, and the players learn that this is the only way to defeat it.

    • @1Peasant
      @1Peasant 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      If it has toes that's bleed, we can kill it

    • @teathesilkwing7616
      @teathesilkwing7616 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      Not necessarily. In that case, you could say that the thing he stubs his toe on is the attacker. He stubs his toe on a table, taking one damage and breaking the table

    • @Elyseon
      @Elyseon 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      "Stop hitting yourself!"

  • @PaigeDyerASMR
    @PaigeDyerASMR ปีที่แล้ว +1576

    I'm not sure if Jacob knew this or not but for anyone wondering, Ainz Ooal Gown is a character from an anime. So somebody was trying to make a stat block for an anime character and probably got annoyed at DNDBeyond's monster creation process

    • @Vassilinia
      @Vassilinia ปีที่แล้ว +245

      A weeb definitely made that sheet lmaoooo

    • @PaigeDyerASMR
      @PaigeDyerASMR ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@Vassilinia 100%

    • @christophercrafte
      @christophercrafte ปีที่แล้ว +298

      They also completed nerfed it making him useless instead of the powerful lich he is.

    • @Doncroft1
      @Doncroft1 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Overlord

    • @HunterTracks
      @HunterTracks ปีที่แล้ว +106

      @@christophercrafte They probably wanted to make him a boss for a lvl 1 oneshot, if I had to guess.

  • @magnuswright5572
    @magnuswright5572 ปีที่แล้ว +733

    Da Hard Wun doesn't just break the sound barrier. He's moving at 4.5 million meters per second, that's 1.5% the speed of light. The air fuses with the front of his body as he runs, creating massive explosions whenever he moves

    • @shepgustafson8131
      @shepgustafson8131 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Yes, it would be going over 10000 times the speed of sound

    • @Tletna
      @Tletna ปีที่แล้ว +57

      But that's it's max speed, if it ever chose to move at it, everyone would die and then no one would be left over to give it the sweet sweet release of death. So, it *can* move that fast, but generally does not.

    • @banaman7746
      @banaman7746 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      speed of light is approximately 300 million meters per second (299,792,458 m/s) and the speed of 90 million would be over 6 seconds, not one... broken down that's still 15 million meters per second which is about 5% the speed of light though, so... ya. based on a certain xkcd article, I'm gonna say you are probably still correct.
      turns out, the only thing da hard wun needed to do... is go at full speed.

    • @alphastronghold715
      @alphastronghold715 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Except that he can only use that speed in the water, which would do substantially more damage as the water is more dense and thus has more material for fusion.

    • @KairoStark
      @KairoStark ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You see, Da Hard Wun are one with the Speed Force

  • @Leet-iz2fz
    @Leet-iz2fz ปีที่แล้ว +517

    Da Hard Wun being a tiny swarm of medium beasts implies it's just a tiny, hyper-dense ball of the compacted flesh and bone of several animals. No wonder it yearns for death.

  • @petersmythe6462
    @petersmythe6462 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    Out there somewhere, someone has an extremely careful balanced homebrew monster manual where 460 AC is a very meaningful amount and making it 470 would utterly break their entire thing.

    • @Soitisisit
      @Soitisisit 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Well I didn't, but now I'm tempted to make that my morning.

    • @thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong
      @thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      @@Soitisisit one of my friends runs a campaign where the players are basically jrpg characters. Think every number boosted to a baseline of 1000

    • @Soitisisit
      @Soitisisit 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@thisgoddamusernamestoodamnlong Nice. Sounds fun, but also isn't for me. For me, the more zeroes that trail after the number, the less I actually feel connected to the number. I'd rather a hit of 13 be a kill than a hit of 130. If, for some reason, I was ever in a system where I needed the precision that having a hit multiplied by 10 would need, I'd rather use decimals. The math isn't any more difficult, but it's mentally easier for me to calculate percentages and how much I should worry when I get hit for 12.6 out of 16 hp rather than 126 out of 160. It's a subjective thing, but that's how it is for me. For me, if I am getting big numbers involved, it's gotta scale proportionately. i.e. 100 damage should be worth ten times 10 damage rather than be effectively the same but scaled by 10 for big numbers. It's one of the things that makes me prefer the original Final Fantasy NES games to the remakes besides the aesthetics and nostalgia. It's very much a "to each their own" and I wouldn't have a problem playing in a system like that if that's what my friend group wanted to play. But no, when I hear "AC of 460" or something dumb like that, I absolutely intend for the player to just dip their hands in a bucket full of d20s and drop them on the table. Otherwise, I don't see much point unless you're in a really wacky system where you do something like roll a d20 and then roll a d100 for your multiplier. Which could work, but would also probably frustrate me as a player until I was used to it. Whereas just dumping a bunch of dice on the table is funny and gives a perk for owning that many math rocks. The key would be to not do it too often lest counting the dice take up half the session and get on everyone's nerves. I'm interested to hear a bit more about the system that your friends run though.

  • @coolboy9979
    @coolboy9979 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    I just like to imagine a level 20 party defeeating a the BBEG who is the most powerful lich, but before that lich dies he hires his far far cousin billy who is a peasent slave and just oneshots the PCs

    • @yuvalgabay1023
      @yuvalgabay1023 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      The party: haaa thats kinda sad .hed just a commoner whit a knife what can he *tf2 crit noise*

    • @Wampao
      @Wampao ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@yuvalgabay1023 Oh my god, it's Spy TF2

    • @Merilirem
      @Merilirem ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They tried to run from Billy but kept getting distracted by random goblins which seemed to appear out of nowhere.

    • @senritsujumpsuit6021
      @senritsujumpsuit6021 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Wampao surprised theirs no brew of him that is just no stats besides bear perfect stealth guaranteed crit when bending down

  • @BiggestGal
    @BiggestGal ปีที่แล้ว +1038

    I love how underpowered Ainz's statblock is in comparison to the character it's based on.

    • @martinnielsen2470
      @martinnielsen2470 ปีที่แล้ว +256

      Exactly.
      Relative to own universe he's a borderline deity, summoning lovecraftian horrors because he wants someone's land and commanding an army of essentially demi-gods.
      Ainz in Dnd?
      I can cast a couple spells... they probably won't hit, but they're kind of neat.

    • @PhoenixIsTrash
      @PhoenixIsTrash ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Ah, it's an Anime homebrew. That.... explains a lot.

    • @ballsucker28
      @ballsucker28 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      My dm actually had a character that reduces you to 1 hp with grasp heart

    • @BioYuGi
      @BioYuGi ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Ainz has won fights against the most powerful people in the realm just by going Time Stop. Grasp Heart/Instant Death and it's not failed him once. In a world where most humans can get to like, 'level 30' he would be showing up as 'Level ?!?!?!?'

    • @Tate_THG
      @Tate_THG ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@PhoenixIsTrash but it’s a anime sorta based off dnd, the author wrote the serious when his friends became to busy to play games or do dnd with him

  • @SpaceLemon.
    @SpaceLemon. ปีที่แล้ว +389

    I can't get over how Atlas walks faster than he can run.

    • @Belphegorite
      @Belphegorite ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Really long strides when walking, but it runs like it's dancing in an 80's music video.

    • @Pihsrosnec
      @Pihsrosnec 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      it's like it's underwater ig

    • @user-qi6pv9jh7o
      @user-qi6pv9jh7o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Running is, like, jumping on one leg, then another one, and again
      Must be hard if he's heavy
      Or it's just that walk is so menacing that everything else gets slower

  • @areoants9453
    @areoants9453 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    Assuming the Commoner (Assassin) managed to get at least one sneak attack on Aphrodite, if crit successes are allowed, then it's possible her insane stats wouldn't mean anything if she suffers instant death.

    • @kikixchannel
      @kikixchannel ปีที่แล้ว +35

      What's even the point of training men to become knights if that demotes them, right? Why make ones fighting forces less lethal...Enslave them all, I say! Enslave and turn into one-hit-kill monsters with insane dexterity!
      Yeah...

    • @sarahmellinger3335
      @sarahmellinger3335 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@kikixchannel undead

    • @AverageEggmonEnthusiast
      @AverageEggmonEnthusiast 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I can just imagine 2 7yo duking it out.

  • @videoapollo4044
    @videoapollo4044 ปีที่แล้ว +822

    I find it funnier imagining Aphrodite being prone and still chasing after you on all fours like some kind of horror movie villain xd

    • @starwarsnerd100
      @starwarsnerd100 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Or that part of Revenge of the Sith where Greivous scuttles around on the ground like a crab.

    • @NinjaSushi2
      @NinjaSushi2 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      She's the goddess of love so of course she's prone.

    • @arthropodqueen
      @arthropodqueen ปีที่แล้ว

      she's also gargantuan

    • @EdKolis
      @EdKolis ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@starwarsnerd100 Crabs walk sideways and lobsters walk straight... But please do go and take her for your mate!

    • @AllyOJustice
      @AllyOJustice ปีที่แล้ว

      Reminds me of the bad guy from Bob’s Burgers.

  • @ImmortalLemon
    @ImmortalLemon ปีที่แล้ว +1516

    Ugh this brings me back to the dumbest homebrew I made for fun. I made a live goose as a weapon that does 2d4 damage on a hit but if you miss with the goose then it gets an attack of opportunity on you

    • @gurmyigoll3535
      @gurmyigoll3535 ปีที่แล้ว +213

      Sounds great as a gag weapon made by gnomes to troll people. Any other funny ideas?

    • @ImmortalLemon
      @ImmortalLemon ปีที่แล้ว +230

      @@gurmyigoll3535 one friend of mine had an idea for a sentient magic item that was an incredibly powerful bow that does damage similar to a 9th level spell. The only catch is that you have to pass a DC 30+ persuasion check otherwise she refuses to fire correctly. And then she will ignore you for the rest of the week

    • @ther.w.d.channel1501
      @ther.w.d.channel1501 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm using this now😂

    • @pafnutiytheartist
      @pafnutiytheartist ปีที่แล้ว +36

      This actually sounds like fun. The stuff in the video is too op to be fun

    • @ImmortalLemon
      @ImmortalLemon ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@pafnutiytheartist I usually try to keep things balanced but dumb

  • @penguinpaladin5617
    @penguinpaladin5617 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +318

    Ironically, Ains Oowl Goon should have a stat block that looks more like Aphrodite according to his canon

    • @Michael-bc3es
      @Michael-bc3es 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      Needs An ainz sausaga ability where every mistake he makes is really just perceived as his 10k year plan

    • @kippeen8195
      @kippeen8195 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The states make sense if you watch the show. Dude literally killing whole country's army like its nothing. 😮

    • @groovyhoovy2606
      @groovyhoovy2606 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Since Yggdrasil from overlord is based on DND Ainz is supposed to be as strong as a level 20 elder litch more or less

    • @EskChan19
      @EskChan19 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@kippeen8195 The Aphrodite stats would make sense. The stats for Ainz don't make any sense at all, his stats SUCK. He's not very strong, he knows a few cantrips and a second level spell, he's CR 5 at most in this version. He's definitely not a 30

    • @kokirij0167
      @kokirij0167 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I know this comment is 4 moths old but what I find even worse is that he straight up doesn't have anything akin to The Goal of All Life is Death. THAT'S HIS SIGNATURE SPELL, HOW DID YOU FORGET THAT????

  • @rogermwilcox
    @rogermwilcox ปีที่แล้ว +175

    13:35 : But don't forget, when Da Hard Wun moves within 5 feet of an enemy, and then tries to run away -- even though he can run millions of feet per round -- the enemy can get an opportunity attack against it.

    • @cewla3348
      @cewla3348 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      even though it moves faster than light, you can still hit the opportunity attack

    • @hypertoaster9961
      @hypertoaster9961 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      And then there is that one random fighter with sentinel like "nah uh, son!"

    • @PikaPenny17
      @PikaPenny17 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also you can prepare an action to attack it.

  • @LinearAztec
    @LinearAztec ปีที่แล้ว +956

    The weirdest part is that Aphrodite has like, functional crosslinks and an edit history, which implies that a sincere amount of work went in to 600d8 on all attacks

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios ปีที่แล้ว +103

      feels to me like either a final boss, a deus ex machina, or a god the players aren't supposed to anger. For some actually well calculated homebrew setting.

    • @Master26Productions
      @Master26Productions ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@HappyBeezerStudios This is what I came here to say. We just finished our campaign and after everything was wrapped up our DM gave us a monster to just go wild on and use all of our skills and characters before our next campaign and characters. Could be for something like that.

    • @Tinil0
      @Tinil0 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Master26Productions But I cannot possibly imagine legitimate characters that even max level in a party of 8 or whatever could call that an encounter. It's over the top when there is no reason whatsoever to be over the top. And when you made it over the top originally you didn't need to FURTHER EMPOWER IT. That's just some idiot mentally jerking off.

    • @Master26Productions
      @Master26Productions ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Tinil0 Oh absolutely. Even in our high power campaign this thing is FAR beyond us. We would get wiped instantly. Just a theory for how this monstrosity was somehow created.

    • @Master26Productions
      @Master26Productions ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Tinil0 And yeah, like you said they just overdid it. It's AC and other numbers could be half of what they are and it'd still be absolutely bonkers.

  • @FairyRat
    @FairyRat ปีที่แล้ว +815

    Every goblin you've ever encountered was summoned just for you on the spot by the da hard wun. It all makes sense now.

    • @Kikoberserk
      @Kikoberserk ปีที่แล้ว +32

      that's the goblin god on my every campaign from now on

    • @Gladuos1
      @Gladuos1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Kikoberserk the stat block reads like it was written by a goblin too lmao

    • @Lil.Grandpa
      @Lil.Grandpa ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Deepest lore.

  • @dripthanos5595
    @dripthanos5595 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    some people say that when you roll a nat20, you always hit regardless of the target's AC, so if deathly dagger rolls a nat20, it will instant kill Aphrodite because they are a celestial

    • @patrickholzer6415
      @patrickholzer6415 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      Nah, it won't insta kill her, it will make her *suffer* insta kill, huge difference XD

    • @FallenFromGlory
      @FallenFromGlory 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      that's the rules yeah

    • @alimcknight
      @alimcknight หลายเดือนก่อน

      when you roll a nat20 you do always hit

  • @MakeVarahHappen
    @MakeVarahHappen 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    My favorite part about these videos is when Jacob laughs about how a word definitely doesn't exist just to find out that it was skipped over in his education.

  • @HailTheRegent
    @HailTheRegent ปีที่แล้ว +486

    That Ainz Ooal Gown build is drastically underpowered compared to the character its based on. Dude's got over 700 spells including Meteor Swarm, Power Word Kill, and Time Stop. Frankly it'd be easier naming which D&D spell he _can't_ cast.

    • @lordgod9958
      @lordgod9958 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Also his stash of world items

    • @chrismanuel9768
      @chrismanuel9768 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      I almost feel like it was a joke. They made a ridiculous OP anime super villain whose entire concept is they're an unkillable badass... and they made him have 13AC and like three spells

    • @camerapasteurize7215
      @camerapasteurize7215 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Ikr
      13 AC? 99 HP? Four Spells???!?!?!

    • @chongwillson972
      @chongwillson972 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@chrismanuel9768
      overlord fan here and well ainz is not really unkillable in the series , their are foes that could kill if he was not careful.

    • @justingovas415
      @justingovas415 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@chrismanuel9768 nothing is ever unkillable.

  • @Parelf
    @Parelf ปีที่แล้ว +2636

    De hard one killed me.
    I couldn't stop laughing at the implications of there being an enemy, that at any point in time, can just teleport to the party, summon goblins, then teleport away. AT. ANY. TIME.
    Trading with a trader? Goblins.
    Talking to the king? Goblins.
    Drinking at the bar? Gobilns.
    This enemy would be the most Troll enemy the DM could add just to laugh and make the players really mad.

    • @Przemko27Z
      @Przemko27Z ปีที่แล้ว +199

      Actually, it would be the most Goblins enemy the DM could add.

    • @pizzaparker6986
      @pizzaparker6986 ปีที่แล้ว +145

      Da Hard Wun is no longer on D&D beyond :(

    • @andrefelipe7865
      @andrefelipe7865 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      Its basically those mods in Skyrim where if you do the wrong thing, 5 trillion bears spawn out of nowhere

    • @sssargon8569
      @sssargon8569 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      @@pizzaparker6986 It actually still is, you just have to scroll a bit more cause a few ppl upvoted it

    • @jesseskoubo855
      @jesseskoubo855 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Although if DaHardWun passes through the threatened space of someone with sentinel....

  • @NickC_222
    @NickC_222 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    The figures we see on the Aphrodite character makes me think it has to be some kind of NPC that a DM (probably a new DM, but thats okay,) made to counter a party who cannot restrain themselves from visciously attacking and murdering every NPC the DM puts in front of the party lol. That has to be it. She can tank anything with 460 armor and in case that doesn't work she can literally fly away like a supersonic jet, and if she somehow does get hit "10/day[,] if Aphrodite fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead." Lmao.

    • @Beepers559
      @Beepers559 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      And then she gets backstabbed by commoner (assassin) and suffers instant death

  • @luhvhue4591
    @luhvhue4591 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    Da Hard Wun is actually pretty cool as like a high concept entity that roams the planet. Just make it so it can't heal so that eventually with enough time, it can be released from this mortal coil.

  • @aster7654
    @aster7654 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    I'm gonna have nightmares about Aphrodite briskly walking at an alarming speed in my general direction

    • @DonPatch
      @DonPatch ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nightmares? Oh- right, nightmares of Aphrodite, right!

    • @definitelyacabbagefarmer5996
      @definitelyacabbagefarmer5996 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      * Wide Putin theme plays*

    • @aster7654
      @aster7654 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@DonPatch can't you have nightmares about Aphrodite?

    • @AndrewTheUltraBoss99
      @AndrewTheUltraBoss99 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@aster7654 I call those wet dreams

    • @aster7654
      @aster7654 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AndrewTheUltraBoss99 Ooh... Yeah no, Aphrodite would definitely be nightmare fuel for me

  • @early2000skid
    @early2000skid ปีที่แล้ว +668

    Things I love about A.T.L.A.S's "if you are unconscious, paralyzed, charmed, ect., make one other player unconscious, paralyzed, charmed, etc." effect at 10:52:
    - It says roll "a dice" - plural
    - It does not specify a DC, so the dice roll is pointless
    - It says the affect applies to *players*, not player characters
    - The implication is that the DM picks up a "dice", rolls it for no reason, and then if one of the players has fallen asleep waiting for their turn, another player does too.

    • @aionicthunder
      @aionicthunder ปีที่แล้ว +51

      - "All knows all knows due to him knowing all things"

    • @5eater551
      @5eater551 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Actually “dice” can be used as a singular or plural and it is still grammatically correct.

    • @EdKolis
      @EdKolis ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@5eater551 I learned that by playing Dicey Dungeons!

    • @matthewbibby8921
      @matthewbibby8921 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      The alternative implication is that "rolling dice" actually means yeeting them at your still-conscious friend so hard they join the unconscious one on the floor.

    • @EdKolis
      @EdKolis ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@matthewbibby8921 I learned that by playing Dicey Dungeons, too! Specifically as the witch character...

  • @rampagingsasquatch5847
    @rampagingsasquatch5847 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    "There are two wolves inside you. One is Commoner Assassin, the other is- THE NEW SWIFFER POWER MOP!"
    -A perfectly-timed ad

  • @UtterlyTangential
    @UtterlyTangential ปีที่แล้ว +23

    9:40
    You're right, that could make a cool feat.
    Sheer Determination:
    - Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
    - After you take damage from a weapon attack or a spell, you may use your reaction to roll 1d6 and add the number rolled to your AC for 1 minute. You may use this feature a number of times equal to your Constitution modifier, regaining expended uses after a long rest.
    Or something like that.

  • @NoodleGoblin
    @NoodleGoblin ปีที่แล้ว +342

    I love the irony of Ainz Ool Gown, being an over the top OP anime character, being dwarfed by commoner (assassin) and Aphrodite 🤣🤣🤣

  • @michaelramon2411
    @michaelramon2411 ปีที่แล้ว +635

    For the record, the word "villain" (as in "a doer of evil") is an evolution of "villein" (a serf). In-between was a period where "villain" was used as a general insult ("you are poor/icky, but not necessarily evil"). If you read Shakespeare, you'll see character casually call servants and stuff "villain" because the word meant "low class" but did not yet mean "evil" in his day.

    • @TheThirdPrice
      @TheThirdPrice ปีที่แล้ว +30

      That's very interesting! Thanks for sharing, I love etymology :)

    • @pierrecahier4716
      @pierrecahier4716 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Interesting how languages and cultures that are close together tend to follow close evolutions in meaning, as do words that look somewhat close to each other. We got pretty much the exact same thing in french, any word derived from latin "vilis" (cheap) like "vil" (vile) got from there to downright "ugly, poor-value" and on to "moraly wrong, repulsive". Which is not very different from the way the meaning of villain evolved in both english and french, even if current french "villain" is closer to "nasty" than to current english "villain". And all this despite the fact "villain" evolved from a completely different latin word originaly : "villa" (farmhouse).
      In parallel, "vaurien" (lit. worth nothing) for a worthless person, is actually a term that carries more favorable meaning today than it did back-then, though it's use has gotten pretty rare. Now I wonder if the same happened to some similar english designation like maybe rascal ?

    • @michaelramon2411
      @michaelramon2411 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@pierrecahier4716 For a related word, "vulgar" derives from the Latin word for "common" or "ordinary." The main Latin Bible translation is known as the "Vulgate" because it was in the common language so that normal Romans could read it. But over time, vulgar shifted to mean "dirty", "profane" or "gross/bad but not exactly evil", and is nowadays mostly associated with swearing.
      I can't think of a word that has gone from bad to good off the top of my head, other than that "bad" itself sometimes gets used as a positive in slang. Its normal use of, well, "bad", is still much more common.

    • @agilemind6241
      @agilemind6241 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@pierrecahier4716 For recent examples in english "fat"/"Phat" and "sick" are now have positive uses depending on the context, "awesome" also used to means intimidating / terrifying and is now pretty universally good. "ghetto" is in the process of shifting from bad / terrible / discusting to a specific style / subculture that isn't necessarily good or bad.

    • @enigmabureau
      @enigmabureau ปีที่แล้ว +16

      “So class, what have we learned?”
      “Poor people are evil!”
      *”NO!”*

  • @Drakonaut
    @Drakonaut ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Super late to mention this, but Ainz Ool Gown is from an anime, which is why stuff like "plate or robe" doesn't make sense, because he actually changes class in the show thus changes armor type [and yet keeps same AC cause anime].

    • @Pihsrosnec
      @Pihsrosnec 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      pretty sure in the show the AC is different but doesn't matter because both are obscenely OP... like 500 AC vs 700 AC
      Honestly that show was really boring and disappointing. I thought that because the world was clearly not a threat by itself the conflict would be between his faction or something, trying to balance the evil persona he created for a video game with no real consequences with his actual morality without letting his minions realise something was up and betray him.
      Instead it's just the anime equivalent of a hydraulic press video where a variety of things are completely decimated with no real chance of winning.

    • @mt__freezeice9891
      @mt__freezeice9891 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He changes his class so that he can equip higher level melee weapons

    • @jimshotfirst4887
      @jimshotfirst4887 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Pihsrosnec”anime equivalent of a hydraulic press video” has me cracking up, I’m gonna steal that

    • @Pihsrosnec
      @Pihsrosnec 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jimshotfirst4887 glad to be of service!

    • @assassin_5656
      @assassin_5656 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@PihsrosnecI'd recommend reading the light novels. They delve far more into Ainz's personality as well as the NPC's personalities. The anime is a mid quality remake of the novels that tries but fails to be good😂. The whole story is basically about how you cannot escape everything, that includes Ainz as he slowly falls into despair and loneliness

  • @somegoof2445
    @somegoof2445 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I like the sound of bbeg Da Hard Wun. The player characters are all brought together by a strange dream. A swarm of bees or something making up the shape of a face, that emotes perfectly. Like Andross in Star Fox 64. As they all leave their group therapy session, the face appears, spawns goblins, giggles to itself, and leaves. They must kill the face, or be haunted by it forever

  • @SmugCoffeeMan
    @SmugCoffeeMan ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The best part of this video was quite literally him not knowing what a serf was despite running a channel centered on a medieval fantasy ttrpg.

  • @joelhaggis5054
    @joelhaggis5054 ปีที่แล้ว +826

    I like that a single Da Hard Wun is medium, but a swarm of them is tiny.

    • @timetraveler2012
      @timetraveler2012 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      if enough Da Hard Wuns come together then they form a black hole

    • @ulrichbrodowsky5016
      @ulrichbrodowsky5016 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@timetraveler2012 So true!

    • @Orlando_Furioso
      @Orlando_Furioso ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Get the weather man to kill Da Hard One

    • @FFKonoko
      @FFKonoko ปีที่แล้ว +24

      They move so fast that the act of coming together into a swarm causes them to clip into each other and then project most of their mass into another plane.

    • @irinore
      @irinore ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Don't let this distract you from the fact that we still don't know the whereabouts of a large size Da Hard Wun

  • @dizzydial8081
    @dizzydial8081 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I really love these overpowered monsters because it reminds me of playing with my brother and how insane our toys' powers and abilities would become to 1-up each other.

    • @MAML_
      @MAML_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      forcefeild that blocks all swords when i use sword that breaks all forcefields that block all swords

  • @bookies24k8
    @bookies24k8 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I like how Aphrodite is basically completely impervious, has immunity to almost every damage type, but still doesn't have resistance to force damage.
    so the only way to kill her would be a crit roll repelling blast near an infinitely steep cliff

  • @RonaldMcJuicy
    @RonaldMcJuicy ปีที่แล้ว +326

    honestly, making walking faster than running would be a really cool thematic thing for some sort of eldritch or otherworldy incomprehensible spooky thing or something. sounds creepy as heck

    • @boldCactuslad
      @boldCactuslad ปีที่แล้ว +71

      the entity, being unused to this plane, trips, stumbles, and teleports with great speed and unpredictability as it attempts to walk cautiously. when weakened, scared etc, it becomes predictable as it loses touch with reality. if its concentration is broken or if it attempts to run, it may appear in stasis or suddenly fall prone.

    • @Klespyrian
      @Klespyrian ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's like a horror movie villain

    • @bart7114
      @bart7114 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@boldCactuslad This thing about needing constant concentration seems like a cool system for a gimmick boss. Some eldritch abomination basically immune to every dmg type, but with low Will save and receives ton of dmg every time it's concentration gets broken due to accidentally phase-shifting part of itself out of mortal plane. Obviously players will miss all the clues about that weakness but whatever....

  • @tylerjaafari
    @tylerjaafari ปีที่แล้ว +2864

    I now want two things.
    A combat session where one person controls Aphrodite and everyone gets a monster from the rest of this video and tries to defeat her.
    An SCP Foundation campaign with these as anomalies.

    • @greenscreencarcrash
      @greenscreencarcrash ปีที่แล้ว +292

      I feel like Da Hard Wun could beat Aphrodite

    • @rotothedragonlord7198
      @rotothedragonlord7198 ปีที่แล้ว +260

      @@greenscreencarcrash All he needs is enough goblins

    • @starwarsgeek944
      @starwarsgeek944 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      And all of this is a fun little game conjured up by the Crimson King. Perfect idea for a one-shot.

    • @ricorex6705
      @ricorex6705 ปีที่แล้ว

      All you need is the commoner assail and hope for a crit and cause them to suffer instant death

    • @AreaCode000
      @AreaCode000 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Bro let's DO THIS!

  • @jackshadowbrowse
    @jackshadowbrowse 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "comfort" is the name of aphrodite's laser-guided railgun

  • @g4man41
    @g4man41 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    That 60ft speed, and 100ft walk must be mind melting to experience.

  • @BennettRDavis
    @BennettRDavis ปีที่แล้ว +94

    I love how, this is 2 times in a row, the most low rated one is just a slightly strong thing that isn’t really that bad, and then the one after that is just a dnd hate crime.

    • @astuteanansi4935
      @astuteanansi4935 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I feel like Commoner Assassin is executed worse than Aphrodite. At least she makes sense as a concept. She is a goddess with the stats of a goddess.
      Commoner Assassin can casually murder a level 20, but has a 1/8th challenge rating, implying that someone thought "yeah, throwing like 8 of these at my level 1 party seems like a fair fight"

    • @BennettRDavis
      @BennettRDavis ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yeah, I see your point, but it’s still like, the first one is kind of an actual idea and the other one is just “Big numbers funny”

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@astuteanansi4935 Also if they’re intended to the DM’s Finger of God for dealing with a murderhobo going full cyberpsycho they aren’t that reliable either. A +10 to initiative is really good, but there’s still a chance a PC can beat their initiative if the assassins roll below a 10, and if you can strike first they have a really mediocre AC and pretty low health.

    • @astuteanansi4935
      @astuteanansi4935 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@InquisitorThomas that's where you pull out Aphrodite and have her... comfort them

    • @ayandragon2727
      @ayandragon2727 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BennettRDavis I mean I've ran obscenely high power campaigns where god stats became relevent. (Though never this extreme.) Statting a god is a legitimate concept, even if the resulting stat block is probably of little use.

  • @pistaalkohol
    @pistaalkohol ปีที่แล้ว +236

    I like the idea behind the Da Hard Wun. It is a swarm of medium beasts, but the swarm itself is only tiny. Those wolves are compressed into diamonds, no wonder they are hard.

  • @Przemko27Z
    @Przemko27Z ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Aphrodite kinda feels like someone made a whole creature concept without knowing the actual scaling of the game.

    • @mrsidorax8623
      @mrsidorax8623 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Must've been an anime watcher. XD

    • @MikeKnight009
      @MikeKnight009 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@mrsidorax8623that was the Ainz one

    • @hypertoaster9961
      @hypertoaster9961 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Welcome to dnd - the JRPG xD

  • @theimperviousfirecracker7934
    @theimperviousfirecracker7934 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    World building Idea:
    The reason the world is full of so many goblins is because Da hard wun keeps summoning them and zooming away.

  • @moofal8215
    @moofal8215 ปีที่แล้ว +567

    Ainz Own Gown is the main character from the anime Overlord. Overlord was originaly a web-novel and the creator (kugane maruyama) is an avid fan and player of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons and Dungeons and Dragons 3.0-3.5 .
    Overlord takes a lot of inspiration from early editions of d&d and the main character would normaly be the BBEG.

    • @ws04
      @ws04 ปีที่แล้ว

      ^^^

    • @CharlieSmith-ts1eg
      @CharlieSmith-ts1eg ปีที่แล้ว +11

      i watch the anime

    • @Wertical93
      @Wertical93 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      Overlord is a great anime, but that statblock doesnt't make sense :D

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@Wertical93 He do have 13 AC plate or robe

    • @christophercrafte
      @christophercrafte ปีที่แล้ว +43

      I read your comment before it showed up in the video and assumed he was gonna be understandably op but nah they nerfed him into the ground. I think the person who made it wanted to make Ains but wasn't exactly qualified to make dnd homebrew.

  • @kingofroses302
    @kingofroses302 ปีที่แล้ว +467

    I actually kinda like some of the concepts in Da Hard Wun.
    - Encourages the players to kill it, but any damage done is reflected onto the players. Maybe this effect can be negated by obtaining some sort of mcguffin item, or as stated only lasts for a few attacks.
    - Only takes damage while in direct light, meaning the players will have to coordinate and use the environment to their advantage.
    - Is a shapeshifter, so it might trick people into accidentally damaging it, thus dealing damage to themselves. Its like The Thing, but you are actively not trying to hurt it.

    • @Telhias
      @Telhias ปีที่แล้ว +52

      The reflection effect is already balanced. It works only 3 times a day. You have to bait it out with some low damage attacks on someone with a lot of hp.

    • @canadiangopnik7007
      @canadiangopnik7007 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@Telhias though hypothetically it can just leave, disengage action, then just zoom to the other side of the planet

    • @idontno6d105
      @idontno6d105 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I also like the idea of something being instantly able to escape once it touches water, albeit it would have to move pretty slow otherwise but that would also force the players to be aware of their surroundings

    • @meteorsmash7876
      @meteorsmash7876 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      If it takes fall damage does it just like blow up the earth?

    • @Nirrith
      @Nirrith ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@meteorsmash7876 yeah, that's what happened to the dinosaurs. Fall damage was not the solution

  • @andrewsad1
    @andrewsad1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    9:42 I'm glad you said that's actually super cool right when I was thinking that. I've had that idea for a while, an opponent whose AC changes based on the last attack roll; so like, wizard punches him, rolls a 7 total, and the bad guy's AC becomes 7 until someone attacks again. Of course this works best as a puzzle, it'll stop being interesting shortly after the players figure out the gimmick unless you make it more interesting than I just did

  • @Medaumplay3
    @Medaumplay3 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I kinda like that the tiny insects with more HP than tiamat just summons some goblins

  • @simonfitzgerald7104
    @simonfitzgerald7104 ปีที่แล้ว +400

    Da Hard Wun actually seems like a cool concept. He’s like this sort of meme lord god that just appears, makes it stinky, and simmonds goblins for your player to fight. This is a great crutch for the DM if he didn’t plan anything

    • @murrmakesstuff9269
      @murrmakesstuff9269 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      simmonds

    • @rynemcgriffin1752
      @rynemcgriffin1752 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@murrmakesstuff9269 Fuck it that’s what he does. Just simmons a bunch of Giblunes

  • @shadeshrike4205
    @shadeshrike4205 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I always worry about my homebrew being too strong or too weak, then I see this and think "nah, I can balance"

  • @Spy_4360
    @Spy_4360 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    10:22 A.T.L.A.S. Walks faster because of the phonk music

  • @DeathsPit00
    @DeathsPit00 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jacob I'm seriously surprised that you've never watched the Overlord anime. It would literally explain everything you're reading for the Ainz Ooal Gown character. Doesn't mean that it would fix it by any means though. Especially when it's based on an OP MMORPG based character.

  • @Forsakei
    @Forsakei ปีที่แล้ว +62

    That Ainz Ooal Gown one tells me that they just saw two very isolated scenes and was like "Yeah, this sounds right."

  • @SuperCaitball
    @SuperCaitball ปีที่แล้ว +96

    11:37 So what actually happens is you shine a harmless laser pointer at each of your friends, then hurl two 20-sided dice at their faces, because humans in real life do not "take 2d20 damage".

    • @generatoralignmentdevalue
      @generatoralignmentdevalue ปีที่แล้ว +12

      What if I hurled 2d20 at someone's character? Like some good, solid, metal dice with the hard edges. Would they take, say, 2d4 2d20 damage?

    • @Vitenoxi
      @Vitenoxi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@generatoralignmentdevalue Thank you for the free homebrew idea, I'll be permanently borrowing that

    • @Anty_Praza
      @Anty_Praza 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And you(DM controling A.T.L.A.S.) roll a d20, and if you roll a nat 20 then you point laser at the player's eye.

  • @JVarley9001
    @JVarley9001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Da Hard Wun having huge stat bonuses but a +0 acrobatics is so good to me

  • @ItZoTom
    @ItZoTom ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Da hard one fucked me up, I couldn’t stop laughing.
    Just picturing some random, stinky swarm appearing, plopping a shit load of goblins out, then disappearing again was taking me out.

  • @elkraft1046
    @elkraft1046 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    4:52 The dm casually rolls 300 dice and makes a note each time, not telling the players anything. I would be terrified

    • @durema9720
      @durema9720 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Honestly I remember first time a party was fighting a dragon and then after our turn ended he just throws 10 d10 and then repeats it without explaining but even before he did we already were like "on no"

    • @foxsecret
      @foxsecret 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@durema9720what happened after the 10 dice were rolled?

    • @durema9720
      @durema9720 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@foxsecret It's a dragon take a guess 😆.

  • @MODGAMINYT
    @MODGAMINYT ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Maybe the point of Aphrodite being unbeatable is because in their campaign she's a literal god and some players try to kill the gods thinking they're soo slick and min max to the high heathens or maybe she's meant to be in a battle with another God who can hurt her and the players have to complete some sort of puzzle or gather some magical trinkets in order to help seal it away? Thats just hopeful thinking on my part

    • @CelynBrum
      @CelynBrum ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Probably, but as the saying goes: "if it has stats, we can kill it". Trying to stat an unkillable god is a mistake at the conceptual level.

    • @MODGAMINYT
      @MODGAMINYT ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@CelynBrum i know im just trying to guess why the might possibly have done this

    • @EpicGhostRider
      @EpicGhostRider ปีที่แล้ว +40

      My initial thought was that it could be from some Final Fantasy-type campaign where the players all have so many bonuses that this is reasonable there

    • @nickchivers9029
      @nickchivers9029 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@EpicGhostRider 3.5

    • @robertwyatt3912
      @robertwyatt3912 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@EpicGhostRider ah yes. The DBZ campaign

  • @bilbobaggins2532
    @bilbobaggins2532 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I usually snort or chuckle or go "haha funy" at most yt videos I watch.
    I had tears. TEARS of laughter watching this.
    Thanks Jacob, I needed this distraction from finals :D

  • @josiebianchi3481
    @josiebianchi3481 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Aphrodite may have like 21000 hit points, but 5% of the time the Deathly Dagger still gets her

    • @a-s-greig
      @a-s-greig ปีที่แล้ว +4

      _so you're saying there's a chance_

    • @robertagren9360
      @robertagren9360 ปีที่แล้ว

      And faster than a bullet

  • @da_nong8152
    @da_nong8152 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    “The only problem about being faster than light is that you only live in the darkness”
    - da hard wun

  • @brucemartin1420
    @brucemartin1420 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The demon bow really got me laughing the prime position is ten feet away nowhere else 😂

  • @nivirydthebluedragon6622
    @nivirydthebluedragon6622 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    In the goblin town campaign I was in, I now know why the goblin breeding was far faster than what should have been physocally possible, the GM was just using "da hard wun" all over the map in areas we weren't.
    And he wanted to call me edgy....>_>

  • @hughjanes4883
    @hughjanes4883 ปีที่แล้ว +681

    Hey DM I got an idea for a player race that uses a monster stat block, I've used it in some other games and it seems pretty balanced.
    *pulls out Aphrodite sheet*

    • @jojogacha974
      @jojogacha974 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Dm: yea that’s seems gud aight it’s in

    • @atsukana1704
      @atsukana1704 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      @@jojogacha974proceeds to roll 300 d20s just to kill a random gerblin

    • @sephikong8323
      @sephikong8323 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Character just casually goes to the Nine Hells to solo the ENTIRE PLANE

    • @KairoStark
      @KairoStark ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sephikong8323 damn one of my characters did that, although I'm not sure if he managed to solo everything, maybe 80%

    • @adamtaurus5380
      @adamtaurus5380 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How I imagine 5e will be played after WotC releases another book or two.

  • @SGWeber
    @SGWeber ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Damn, Jacob just put more heart and soul into a shitpost about the Da Hard Wun than most of the people who made these homebrews

  • @cocojambo6270
    @cocojambo6270 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    that "vary loyal" had me dead 💀

  • @brad1426
    @brad1426 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Aphrodite rockets in, causing apocalyptic damage in the wake of her simple stroll. She stops to to successfully give the party the comfort of eternal obliteration.

  • @jeremiahwarden5959
    @jeremiahwarden5959 ปีที่แล้ว +350

    I love how the literal goddess Aphrodite has only 30 charisma.

    • @humanoidshrek5524
      @humanoidshrek5524 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      aphrodite, the CEO of sex, only has 30 charisma

    • @papervulture
      @papervulture ปีที่แล้ว +35

      aphrodite has 30 charisma and is NEUTRAL GOOD? NEUTRAL?

    • @talleywa5772
      @talleywa5772 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@papervulture right? That bitch is chaotic as fuck on the best days

    • @Ishlacorrin
      @Ishlacorrin ปีที่แล้ว +11

      By the 'new' D&D 5E rules, nothing can go above 30 for any reason... yeah, it's that stupid.

    • @Voldrim359
      @Voldrim359 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@papervulture I don't know why she isn't CG or CN

  • @ez-code5448
    @ez-code5448 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    Ainz Ooal Gown is the main character of a light novel called Overlord where the dude gets isekaid into his OP MMO lich character, with plenty of DnD references. I'm almost certain the author wrote a character sheet better than in the video hah

    • @Ishlacorrin
      @Ishlacorrin ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Oh he did, in the Manga the characters from Overlord can level up to level 100, so this version does not even come close to what he would really be.

    • @Voldrim359
      @Voldrim359 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Ishlacorrin of course not, characters on DnD can level up to 20 at max and only if the campaign goes that high level. Overlord is different because it comes from a MMO, so leves goes to a max of 100...
      Still, i think i find the author of Overlord petty...

    • @Ishlacorrin
      @Ishlacorrin ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Voldrim359 I find the system used in Overlord rather interesting myself. I'd love to see it put to a full ruleset at some point, just to explore possible character builds.

    • @filipaleksiekczuk3712
      @filipaleksiekczuk3712 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Whatever was in the video seems like someone's first try to make a sheet for their favorite anime character.
      Wholesome and cringe at the same time

    • @nonexclusive6667
      @nonexclusive6667 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ty omg hfs omeglul some one knows. Take my like

  • @lilthreegame7991
    @lilthreegame7991 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I remember making a monster for my players with that idea of each time it gets hit the ac bumps and it was really cool!
    The way I described it was when this monster that was rotting would get hit, it'd knock off chunks of flesh leaving just bone and organs underneath. Really disgusting but a really fun encounter. The next time they encountered them, they were in groups of other enemies.
    They started focusing their biggest hits on those specifically to get as much damage out on it before it's AC rose. And when the enemy's AC got too high, they started getting creative with the ways to eliminate them. Hitting them with things that bypass AC, pushing them off of ledges so fall damage could finish the job, etc.
    Inadvertently made my players more creative in combat encounters and really made the game more fun!

  • @holistichomebrew
    @holistichomebrew ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love how you instantly broke down when you read "Instant Death"!

  • @yaminoryuu9558
    @yaminoryuu9558 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I really love how the last one is a swarm of MEDIUM CREATURES.... but the actual swarm size is TINY...

  • @shennkotoba
    @shennkotoba ปีที่แล้ว +225

    That last one reminds me of the XKCD Relativistic ball problem. Da Hard Wan shows up at lightspeed, causing a nuclear blast, deposits some goblins, then leaves, immediately causing another nuke to go off.

    • @Nitosa
      @Nitosa ปีที่แล้ว +15

      The last thing you will see before being obliterated are goblins, idk thats sounds funny to me.

    • @RoflcopterLamo
      @RoflcopterLamo ปีที่แล้ว +19

      That fact it’s actually compressed matter since it’s smaller when in a swarm then by itself probably causes gravity like the moon ripping up ground and moving waves

  • @mi.Dalton
    @mi.Dalton ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Okay, I have a friend who is fanatical about creating homebrew stories and monsters etc....the monsters and stories are honestly really good. The only issue....he is dissatisfied with normal stats, often giving monsters insane stats and then creating insane items for players to use to deal with the monsters...it's infuriating.

  • @daigozidashi4376
    @daigozidashi4376 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Love the dramatic and emotional lore he made for Da Hard Wun😂

  • @SillySyrup
    @SillySyrup ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The thing is, not dying to the deathly dagger would be an actually good reason to play the ooze race from spelljammer.

  • @Vitaire
    @Vitaire ปีที่แล้ว +563

    Da Hard Wun does seem to have an obvious exploit though: somehow manage to make it damage itself. Because of its "I wish any harm done to me" action it will get stuck in a feedback loop, where it will progressively hit itself ten times harder with each cycle until finally the sweet release of death frees it.

    • @ViktorTheMusician
      @ViktorTheMusician ปีที่แล้ว +77

      Have it trip or fall 10 feet or misfire an item or something and it'd be dead in 3 cycles
      1 damage x 10 = 10
      X10 = 100
      X10 = 1000

    • @Tuxfanturnip
      @Tuxfanturnip ปีที่แล้ว +38

      isn't that a legendary action though? 3/day

    • @wititorac
      @wititorac ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cloud rune I think could work?

    • @cattiston374
      @cattiston374 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      As Poweful as this being is….
      Has mostly ALL condition immunities including Unconscious except….
      Restrained.
      Cast Telekinesis, that +10 to STR seems powerful but you can combat it several ways (Jack of All Trades, Magical Guidance, Enhance Ability) raise it up 10 feet, drop concentration and let this being explode on itself lol

    • @DrNoxVess
      @DrNoxVess ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Or, if you knew it was gonna be somewhere, you do some prep. You need a wizard to cast a glyph of warding with the spell Cloudkill, the a second wizard to ready their action to cast forcecage (choosing the solid option), then the first wizard readies their action to cast Invulnerability. Then you need a fighter with Polearm Master and Sentinal. Then the fighter needs to stand in the way of the Da hard wun, as it enters the fighter’s space they use their reaction to AoO and, assuming they hit, the Da hard wun’s speed drops to zero, then the forcecage goes up so the Da hard one can’t leave, the cloudkill activates and the wizard who set up the cloudkill casts their Invulnerability so they take no damage. Then just let it die.

  • @joobis_del_boobis
    @joobis_del_boobis ปีที่แล้ว +2

    in this episode jacob discovers the secret classist history behind the word villain

  • @CherriBomb06
    @CherriBomb06 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the “da hard wun”’s legendary ability is a lego ninjago reference lmao

  • @x0Vinny0x
    @x0Vinny0x ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Can you please run a one shot with your crew involving all the worst things on D&D beyond? Monsters, NPCs, quests, etc. I think that would be hilarious!

    • @generatoralignmentdevalue
      @generatoralignmentdevalue ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That would be beautiful. Maybe as a capstone once he's seen the worst-rated homebrew in each category.

  • @apparentlysomeone2103
    @apparentlysomeone2103 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    I feel like Aphrodite was in response to a group of murder hobos, like here is her stats and she protects the world. They were like "you just threw that together" so the dm gave her everything she would need to be an actual god with no chance at excuses. Instead of saying " because she's a god!" for the millionth time.

    • @fluidthought42
      @fluidthought42 ปีที่แล้ว

      Still don't stat her. Lady of Pain don't need no stats, because if you fuck with her your ass is grass no matter who or what you are. A lack of stats guarantees functional immortality more than the most ridiculous stat block ever.

  • @lucasisofdarkness5423
    @lucasisofdarkness5423 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jacob not understanding the overlord reference is just... im dying XD

  • @Keeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    @Keeeeeeeeeeeeeee ปีที่แล้ว +223

    The whole monologue you presented for “Da Hard One” is a pretty amazing concept for a PC.
    A possibility undead character who only wishes for death but is never granted it, and even when looking for assistance in finding an escape from this world they end up killing without even meaning to.

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      A tragic character made out to be a villain from reports that he lures victims in with false pleas to be freed from the prison of undeath, only to mercilessly slaughter them while laughing maniacally. The truth is his undeath keeps him from going anywhere with much light, and in darkness he has heavy resistance to everything, so no one can do much to him and any who try just get debilitating wounds for their efforts. As for the maniacal laugh, it's actually hysterical crying without the ability to cry and with a skeletal face.

    • @andrewgreenwood9068
      @andrewgreenwood9068 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This sounds like the underking in dagerfall.

    • @rynemcgriffin1752
      @rynemcgriffin1752 ปีที่แล้ว

      And it just has hundreds of goblins in its pockets that it throws at any creature it wants

  • @pietran5832
    @pietran5832 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    the fun thing about having 10000 AC and an hp in Scientific notation is that two crits with the magic trident Wave still kills you

  • @DavyMcWavy
    @DavyMcWavy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Haven't seen your channel until today. That fireball shirt is so dope.

  • @delta4135
    @delta4135 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    2:52 At Least Undead are safe.

  • @kirkkerman
    @kirkkerman ปีที่แล้ว +114

    Given that Da Hard Wun's movement speed is enough to put it on a pretty substantial suborbital trajectory, it could try and kill itself with re-entry heating and fall damage...

    • @gerbilpanda1703
      @gerbilpanda1703 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      But see, then it has to deal 7,000 damage to the planets crust/atmosphere and causes a mass extinction.

    • @aldar8240
      @aldar8240 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      it has unlimited movement in water, so all it really needs to do is jump into a river and then fling itself into the far reaches of space, blowing up some distant star from damage reflection but dying in the process

    • @kirkkerman
      @kirkkerman ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually, I was a couple orders of magnitude off, its base speed is probably about 200 times as much as it would need to escape the solar system

    • @EdKolis
      @EdKolis ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@gerbilpanda1703 I'm sure a planet can easily tank 7000 damage.

    • @gerbilpanda1703
      @gerbilpanda1703 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EdKolis Mass extinctions aren't planet destroyingg. Yes, the planet would be fine, but the ecosystem he hits will die instantly

  • @declanblair2954
    @declanblair2954 ปีที่แล้ว +320

    Love how Jacob didn’t know what a serf was despite being one of the largest content creators for a medieval fantasy game 😂

    • @jedh3721
      @jedh3721 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Yeah. That is a very bizarre knowledge gap for most people, let alone a medieval fantasy enthusiast.

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Has he never played The Settlers? I know it's not as big of a thing in the US, but still.

    • @RoflcopterLamo
      @RoflcopterLamo ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TheSmart-CasualGamer Doesn’t really matter there should’ve been multiple mentions of the word serf in school or online when talking about peasents in medieval setting