Those times when the players joke about the hypothetical worst case scenario, and then the DM reveals the actual monster and everyone is like "ya know, suddenly a beholder doesn't sound so bad". Those are fun times.
the drow learned that fighting the unexpectedness leads to one becoming worm chow in unexpected ways Next time we will rejoin the Mushroom Queen, VoiceKeeper, Troglodyte Sniper, and Mosquito Man as they explore more of this land that makes people want to go to Tricadia
I would honestly prefer Tricadia to the Underdark (at least there most of the lethal things have obvious weaknesses and you can just stay in the cities for at night)
Note; actual parchment is NOT paper. It's specially prepared and cured animal hide. It is different from parchment paper, which is paper treated to look like parchment. Vellum is specifically a fine parchment made from calfskin. The point is, even societies that live entirely underground would have some equivalent to parchment, not just stone tablets.
While fig wasps are what pollinates the figs and they do die in them that crunchy bit isnt dead waps its the seeds the figs have a special enzyme that actually break down the dead wasps for nutriants.
2:03:31 Fun fact, Rhinoceros beetles can lift 850 times their own weight. So that giant rhinoceros beetle could probably lift a Colossal creature. Don't know where it's going to get the leverage, but damn, that thing probably has a double digit strength modifier, or one heck of a bonus to Athletics checks.
Combats in the games I play are usually against a larger number of weak enemies. Monty seems to prefer a small number of very tough enemies. It's neat to see the different style.
I've always heard if you wanna fuck up your group you'll swarm them with a bunch of smaller guys, but if you want them to work together and feel badass you'll give them a larger enemy with a few mooks.
And if you want to be Monty, you give the party an explosive penguin, a sword that is also a giant, a pet blue dragon, sexually-flexible Improbabilities, and grandmother-issues.
Drow Poison is kinda shit, like most Sleep statuses a punch in the arm is enough to wake em up. So at best it knocks em out for a single turn, and either takes a single attack, presumably unarmed, or a full standard action away from the party.
Yes, but it's boss at taking out the ranged and sneaky types like Task and Grekles who tend to stay away from combat. Especially with that combo the drow pulled. If Monty didn't forget to give Clifford his disadvantage they probably would have lost Panic depending on the rolls. They got fucking lucky
Zito: You like Fig Newtons? CAUSE THEMS WASPS Me: Good I hate Wasps if i feed on enough of their corpses they'll either accept me as one of their own and leave me alone or se sense that I'm a major threat and leave me alone! Win win
A fun note about actual fungus wine, there's a kind of Chinese wine made from sorghum called Baiju that's fermented with fungus! One guy said it tastes like a wet dog, so I can guarantee that it's the kind of booze that'll put hair on your chest.
surprised that once they started thinking task was a troglodyte, that he smells way better than a trog, cuz troglodytes have a stench so nasty they have a whole mechanic devoted to it in their stat block, like a skunk would smell better than a troglodyte
Since the first time I heard undersun I kept thinking it's the core of the planet. Especially now that they are in the underdark and from what it sounds like the undersun is even . . . . deeper? Which would kinda make sense.
Bc here, the guys are like, level 7, so you “can” survive, but you gotta run and treat it like a soulsbourne game gunning for the boss and blowing past all the miscellaneous enemies
28:40 - Yeah, I never really understood _why_ so many people believe this. Yes, the Beast Master archetype is a mistake, but the Hunter archetype is just below the Paladin in terms of OPness. Does the Unearthed Arcana "fix" allow Favored Enemy damage to stack with Hunter's Mark? Because that would just be _egregious._ 58:58 - Borky is a Berserker, not a Totem Warrior. The 3rd-level Bear Totem is the one that halves all damage except Psychic. 1:57:14 - "There's worse things." Oh yes. Neothelids may be near the top of the Underdark food chain, but not _at_ the top by _any_ means. 1:58:45 - I'm going to guess that's the neothelid's digestive acid spray at work. It's _very_ unpleasant.
The large problem with 5e ranger is that their main abilities (favored terrain & favored enemy) aren’t useful (this is the first time it’s even come up for Task). Compare those to say, paladins smite, rogues sneak attack, or fighters action surge. Ranger is better than people say, but only because of their spells and subclass abilities.
I personally have found Favored Enemy and Favored Terrain to be _very_ useful, as long as one is actually in said terrain and fighting said enemy. They're utility abilities, the kind of thing you don't always need but are happy to have when you do, and not flashy damage-dealing combat abilities, and min-maxers generally overlook anything that doesn't increase theoretical numbers. As an aside: I always suggest to players interested in playing Rangers to not choose their Favored Enemy and Terrain until they know more about the campaign so they don't end up making a poor choice (choosing Forest in a desert-based campaign, or choosing Giants in a campaign where they'll be dealing mostly with Fiends and Elementals, etc.), unless they have a specific character idea or backstory in mind (like Task being from the Underdark and hunting a specific dragon), because the Ranger will most likely be from the area the campaign takes place in and will know the terrain and monsters in it. And when all else fails, take Beasts or Monstrosities, since both categories cover a huge number of common monsters the party will face. But of course the most important thing is to make the character that you want, because (unless you're in a meatgrinder campaign, like Curse of Strahd, Rappan Athuk, or Tomb of Annihilation) a suboptimal but fun and interesting character that you enjoy playing is always, _always_ better than some generic min-maxed cookie-cutter template character (unless you enjoy those, you do you).
episodes stream wednesday night then get posted to youtube sundays or mondays usually so they rarely go an episode ahead at most the last weeks episode gets posted the same day they stream so it can get to one episode behind
It’s always easy to tell they don’t read their abilities or understand combat half the time. It draws things out or results in situations that shouldn’t really come up. Example: Borky had advantage against the concentration spell web.
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"Go to the Underdark" they said.
"It can't be any worse than Tracadia." They said.
"What could go wrong," THEY SAID.
"Then we could Leave!" They said!
I don't know, this still doesn't seem as bad as their trip to Tracadia so far.
"What's the worst that could happen?" - the said
Still feels better than Tracadia.
(Player 3 has entered the game)
Drow: wtf was that?
Party: idk, can you enlighten us eldritch abomination?
Neothelid: idk, I’m scared
Those times when the players joke about the hypothetical worst case scenario, and then the DM reveals the actual monster and everyone is like "ya know, suddenly a beholder doesn't sound so bad". Those are fun times.
the drow learned that fighting the unexpectedness leads to one becoming worm chow in unexpected ways
Next time we will rejoin the Mushroom Queen, VoiceKeeper, Troglodyte Sniper, and Mosquito Man as they explore more of this land that makes people want to go to Tricadia
So is borky the mushroom queen or what
I would honestly prefer Tricadia to the Underdark (at least there most of the lethal things have obvious weaknesses and you can just stay in the cities for at night)
Task has magic vines coming out of his hands... Hermit Purple!
I believe it's pronounced, Hurmito-Pupul
Break ends: 1:57:33
That king got saved hard. Orby would have wrekt his life in a duel
Note; actual parchment is NOT paper. It's specially prepared and cured animal hide. It is different from parchment paper, which is paper treated to look like parchment. Vellum is specifically a fine parchment made from calfskin. The point is, even societies that live entirely underground would have some equivalent to parchment, not just stone tablets.
that makes me wonder why societies like the ancient Mesopotamians used stone tablets.
@@cobraglatiator Maybe stone was less expensive than calves?
@@circecitrus97 i guess? sounds plausible.
@@cobraglatiator stone lasts longer. For all we know, they did have some form of parchment and paper, and none of it survived to the modern Era.
@@aichmalotizo9873 true. actually.
Starts at 15:27 guys, let's do this!
Thank you
Thank you! 💕
He’s calling an orc a fungus the most warhammer dnd quote
I can imagine task saying “On your feet soldier, WE ARE LEAVING!”
While fig wasps are what pollinates the figs and they do die in them that crunchy bit isnt dead waps its the seeds the figs have a special enzyme that actually break down the dead wasps for nutriants.
2:03:31 Fun fact, Rhinoceros beetles can lift 850 times their own weight. So that giant rhinoceros beetle could probably lift a Colossal creature. Don't know where it's going to get the leverage, but damn, that thing probably has a double digit strength modifier, or one heck of a bonus to Athletics checks.
Strength modifier would doubled imo if it uses it's full turn to lift the object
Gnome wasn't built in a day
Ah damn, I thought my title suggestion would make it. I really liked “Solly wanted to go here” oh well, can’t win them all
That’s pretty good though 😂
Thats so good though 👏
For real, though! Image if they had actually gone the first time she asked!
@@nijandrak93 and this is why greckles wanted to NOT do that, because the underdark is scary as all fuck.
That ended up being the name of the arc so it got what it deserved.
44:57 i got a coors backwood ad when gajin said the fog dissapates and thought the waterfall was the sound of the fog instantly turning into water
2:26:51 oh god it’s Deep Gnome Prince Charming
Combats in the games I play are usually against a larger number of weak enemies. Monty seems to prefer a small number of very tough enemies. It's neat to see the different style.
I usually alterate a bit between the 2. Keeps my group on their toes
I've always heard if you wanna fuck up your group you'll swarm them with a bunch of smaller guys, but if you want them to work together and feel badass you'll give them a larger enemy with a few mooks.
And if you want to be Monty, you give the party an explosive penguin, a sword that is also a giant, a pet blue dragon, sexually-flexible Improbabilities, and grandmother-issues.
When Monty describes the 3 legged Creature it reminded me of the original Battlefront 2 Mecidcal Droids.And Monty would love Hollow Knight
I love that the king sounds like king candy from Wreck it Ralph.
I love how neatly the music lined up with player 3's arrival.
22:18 Only if you're in Gen1. Gen2 and onward, you can cure Confusion with Full Heals, Full Restores, and Heal Powders.
Just another in a long list of how gen1 sucks. Granted they at least fixed things onward.
Happy belated birthday to Zito! Also, this might be my favourite Underdark episode yet!
Drow Poison is kinda shit, like most Sleep statuses a punch in the arm is enough to wake em up. So at best it knocks em out for a single turn, and either takes a single attack, presumably unarmed, or a full standard action away from the party.
Yes, but it's boss at taking out the ranged and sneaky types like Task and Grekles who tend to stay away from combat. Especially with that combo the drow pulled. If Monty didn't forget to give Clifford his disadvantage they probably would have lost Panic depending on the rolls. They got fucking lucky
Enjoying it despite my lack of sleep.
Zito: You like Fig Newtons? CAUSE THEMS WASPS
Me: Good I hate Wasps if i feed on enough of their corpses they'll either accept me as one of their own and leave me alone or se sense that I'm a major threat and leave me alone!
Win win
A fun note about actual fungus wine, there's a kind of Chinese wine made from sorghum called Baiju that's fermented with fungus! One guy said it tastes like a wet dog, so I can guarantee that it's the kind of booze that'll put hair on your chest.
Took me my entire summer break, and know we are here
I'm mildly disappointed the remark "Queen Borky, All hail Queen Borky" was kinda ignored.
How about borky talking about getting some sip? For note taka does voice alucard in abridged.
When Clifford gets left behind
Sorrow and Sadness plays
Also Greckles knows Auran, so he can understand Terran
I don't think that's how it works. Auran and Terran are two different languages I think
@@AB-xj9tz Aquan, Terran, Auran, and Ignan are all Primordial. Basically different accents of one language.
Each is the primordial language of a different element. Each element has it's own plane, so the language is gonna be unique for each one.
@@stitchesbunny8496 read the PHB, they all count as one language. They can all understand each other
not sure it works the same in the Alivast campaign.
1:18:42 the best D&D creature arrives.( I just want to hug it)
I don't think hugging a Mind Flayer is a good idea.
It would be nice if roll20 also calculated half damage if there is a save that does half on save
surprised that once they started thinking task was a troglodyte, that he smells way better than a trog, cuz troglodytes have a stench so nasty they have a whole mechanic devoted to it in their stat block, like a skunk would smell better than a troglodyte
Since the first time I heard undersun I kept thinking it's the core of the planet. Especially now that they are in the underdark and from what it sounds like the undersun is even . . . . deeper? Which would kinda make sense.
Then what are the crystals? The crystals are pieces of the undersun
Lys is just the other eye
"They Mushrooms are getting more sophisticated."
Wrong type of Ork, than again Borky could fit in with those guys... Hmm...
Real Start Time 15:30
Yes!!! I was hoping I didn't have to wait long for this episode to come!!!
Best episode in a long time. Great job from everyone.
Ah Yus, time to ignore my body’s plea for sleep
I know I was just about to go to bed and seen this... I was like Yeeeessss...
Oh look it's midnight. I should sleep.
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Everything that been said here is so true.
The deep gnomes must have watched the Insectaurs cartoon from the 80s.
The king talks like an invader Zim character and I fucking love it
2:05:47 No matter how high up they went if theyre still underground the atmosphere would be easy to breath
Qui gon jinn approves of this episode
Adding a purple worm to the fight halfway into combat?! Monty, you’re evil... I love it!
The great eyed one is a beholder calling it now 3:50:00
Start time 15:30
IVE NEVER SEEN A NEOLITHID IN A CAMPAIGN. IVE BEEN WAITING YEEEAAAARRRSSS
So what I'm learning so far from the Underdark arc. The Underdark's minimum lvl requirement is 15, and even then your odds of survival is low.
Typically It also depends how low you go.
Bc here, the guys are like, level 7, so you “can” survive, but you gotta run and treat it like a soulsbourne game gunning for the boss and blowing past all the miscellaneous enemies
I haven't slept in 3 day's I've been waiting on this
Spoilers:
Ah, Neothelids. Literally fantasy Thresher Maws from Mass Effect. Challenge rating: 13. In short, *meep!*
When did Pip get here?
@@danielloose6424 when he fell into the black hole
This episode should have been called "When in Gnome"
There’s always a bigger fish
I realize I'm late to this particular party but. Daaaaaaamn.
Saddened Borkey didn't do a N I G E R U N D A Y O ! S M O K E Y !
Happy belated birthday zito
3 way war of utter chaos. YEEEEEEESSSSS!!!!!!!!
A rock type gyrados/onix hybrid appears
Ha ha ha... no it’s poison psychic not rock water.
28:40 - Yeah, I never really understood _why_ so many people believe this. Yes, the Beast Master archetype is a mistake, but the Hunter archetype is just below the Paladin in terms of OPness. Does the Unearthed Arcana "fix" allow Favored Enemy damage to stack with Hunter's Mark? Because that would just be _egregious._
58:58 - Borky is a Berserker, not a Totem Warrior. The 3rd-level Bear Totem is the one that halves all damage except Psychic.
1:57:14 - "There's worse things." Oh yes. Neothelids may be near the top of the Underdark food chain, but not _at_ the top by _any_ means.
1:58:45 - I'm going to guess that's the neothelid's digestive acid spray at work. It's _very_ unpleasant.
The large problem with 5e ranger is that their main abilities (favored terrain & favored enemy) aren’t useful (this is the first time it’s even come up for Task). Compare those to say, paladins smite, rogues sneak attack, or fighters action surge. Ranger is better than people say, but only because of their spells and subclass abilities.
I personally have found Favored Enemy and Favored Terrain to be _very_ useful, as long as one is actually in said terrain and fighting said enemy. They're utility abilities, the kind of thing you don't always need but are happy to have when you do, and not flashy damage-dealing combat abilities, and min-maxers generally overlook anything that doesn't increase theoretical numbers.
As an aside: I always suggest to players interested in playing Rangers to not choose their Favored Enemy and Terrain until they know more about the campaign so they don't end up making a poor choice (choosing Forest in a desert-based campaign, or choosing Giants in a campaign where they'll be dealing mostly with Fiends and Elementals, etc.), unless they have a specific character idea or backstory in mind (like Task being from the Underdark and hunting a specific dragon), because the Ranger will most likely be from the area the campaign takes place in and will know the terrain and monsters in it. And when all else fails, take Beasts or Monstrosities, since both categories cover a huge number of common monsters the party will face. But of course the most important thing is to make the character that you want, because (unless you're in a meatgrinder campaign, like Curse of Strahd, Rappan Athuk, or Tomb of Annihilation) a suboptimal but fun and interesting character that you enjoy playing is always, _always_ better than some generic min-maxed cookie-cutter template character (unless you enjoy those, you do you).
Wait so what is at the top of the food chain if not a giant worm???
@@doctorrussia an even larger worm!
@@Pyrotic_Napalm really?
yay looks like i'm not the only one who decided screw sleep want unexpectables more
Great eyed one= beholder?
The web spell is concentration.
yes and i still love it anyway.
@@freakyskull516 yes, like it to but not what I meant. Monty said it wasn't concentration.
when borky starting singing that I WAS FUCKING SENT IM CRY LAUGHING!!
Draegoloth was the name of one of my friends bands
1:09:50
Monty told task that this would happened
conner thought he could get away with that stan bush reference huh? not today sir.
15:30 somthing tells me..... This isn't going to be fun.
Dayum! Drow poison is fricking nasty to low con. characters!
Zombie ghost? How does that work.. Kinda of scary to think about.
“I’d rather fight a lich”
Cries in Tomb of annihilation
THE FORESHADOWING!!
I'm curious when the next shadow war ep taka will put on his page think its been out for awhilei think??
Yes, this, please.
Yass
taka mentioned a while back that hes having trouble getting it off twitch but he will eventually post it
@@Reaper2869 Ahh thank you i didnt know that
Dress the grey tender up as... fudge I cant remember what the big grey guy from that one game monty loves
He needs a trench coat and a fedora
I believe Mr.X is the name you're looking for
And have Panic do a rendition of "X Gon' give it to ya."
3:03:00 omg they're smoking crystal meth....i mean, why else are they moving "non-stop"
The King returns!
Surprise Chop Suey right off the bat.
Calling the ork a mushroom i get that
Happy belated birthday Zito
also beware the Neothelid's acid breath
Orby bros.... that is all o^o
Great eyed one...is it beholder for any chance...
Eeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhh, kinda
Will this be on the podcast app?
This is the fastest I've clicked yet
Their is not much that makes me laugh more than jokes made at Gajins expense or taka interrupting him lol. He just gets so bothered by it.
I mean being interrupted all the time does get really annoying speaking from experience
Anyone else wondering what the fuck is massive enough to give that mushroom enoungh nutrients to be the size of a literal mountain
Morrowind under dark.
Happy birthday early zito your a half year older than me
How many episodes apart are the Twitch stream vs YT & podcast formats?
episodes stream wednesday night then get posted to youtube sundays or mondays usually so they rarely go an episode ahead at most the last weeks episode gets posted the same day they stream so it can get to one episode behind
Robert Mercer ah gotcha, I just couldn’t tell since episode names seem to change from Twitch to YT? Or maybe I just am looking at it wrong.
Thank you!
Earliest I've ever been, let's goooo
It’s always easy to tell they don’t read their abilities or understand combat half the time. It draws things out or results in situations that shouldn’t really come up.
Example: Borky had advantage against the concentration spell web.
If it works out in the end, does it really truly matter? The eternal question of D&D.
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"now give me something in bee-miner!"
me:*doing a puzzle in pain from period cramps*.....BEE miner...BEE MINER!*throws the box*