Man, the nilbog got *robbed* due to that matchup, it would've gotten way further if it wasn't up against something immune to most of it's bullshit xD

2 nat 20s on disadvantage is actually insane, what a rollercoaster finish

The party nightmare challenge is: 4 giant toads being ridden by 4 scarecrows accompanied by 4 spector possessed animated armors. Good luck not dying. 😂😊

specter casually getting as meny nat 20s as fights

Can’t wait for Cr 30 tournament where a tarrasque fights Tiamat

Just finished the copper dragon vs animated armor fight, been rooting for the animated armor so hope to see them win

Maw demon should have used discharge against scarecrow to avoid resistance

Didn't expect to get so invested in this, and ending up chanting specter whenever they enter the arena, ready to mop the floor with their opponent. Can't wait to see the specter return as a wraith in the CR 5 tournament.

This is actually, really 🆒. Can't wait to see more!

The scarecrow is even more powerful, says frightened is also paralyzed, so no lion attacks.

I don't even play DnD but this is so satisfying to watch. Great work my guy

FINNALLY IT HAS COME! PRAISE THE DND GODS! Bro I've been so bored waiting for my group to play so this holds me over.

27/32 points! Wasnt expecting the Duergar to get 1 tapped, also thought the Maw Demon would perform better against the scarecrow and the Wrymling would perform better against the Animated Armor. That ending was insane, but the Specter made the epic comeback

I really want to see CR 24 so that we can get the Warforged Colossus in there.

This isn't fair, clearly the specter has plot armor

Finally! Been waiting for this to be posted!

LOVE this; EXPECTING THE NEXT CR RUN!

Awesome, I’ve been hyped for this video! Definitely gonna watch it with a couple friends and bet on the winners. I’m Giant Toad gang all the way. Hope he makes it to the end.

I got out at 28 points. I got the half ogre, the fire wyrm, the choaker, and the lion wrong.

Lol, all 4's absolutely cursed.

Interesting. I remember once seeing an online tool where you could simulate D&D combat between 2 groups. I'm sure running each battle at least 10 times would be a better way of doing it so one side doesn't just win by lucky rolls. 🤔

30 points on the bracket, almost a clean sweep/perfect score for me, only one I missed was the animated armor vs the copper wyrmling, copper wyrmling got hosed by the dice, should have been a win for him.

Very cool as always, but just a couple of notes: The Choker cannot use the tentacle ON ANOTHER TARGET. So they can still keep choking the same creature with the first tentacle. Also, it has a kind of action surge ability 1/short rest. If you used it correctly, it would have destroyed the toad. Still, choker vs specter had no chance (immune to grapple + resistant to damage), so it doesn't really matter lol

These are fun! Do you have any thoughts about random (rolled) terrain influence for each battle in the form of a re-roll inspiration? For example, "cliff side" terrain could give inspo to all creatures with flying speed, "underdark cave" could give the inspo to all creatures with darkvision, "dark forest" to all creatures with a stealth skill or invisibility, "urban streets" could give inspo to shapechangers and charmers, etc etc. This could give potential extra chances for creatures that have their power distributed to more "utility" features. Obviously this would complicate the format a tad, but I'm curious to hear your thoughts about it! :)

lets hire this guy to rebalance the CR for future editions

I can't believe you gimped my love child the maw demon, why didn't you let it use its disgorge.. I'm cryin

How do you determine the seedings?

SPECTER W I HAD HIM FROM ROUND 1 I KNEW HE WAS GONNA TAKE IT HOME

Damn... I was rooting for specter, after round one I predicted that specter and scarecrow will be in finals, and it will be a close call.... I need to stop watching these lol

Scarecrow should have crit when it hit the paralyzed toad

29 points

SPECTER WINS! LETS GOOOOOOOOO!

Ptetty sure svarcrow wins most times but yhis waa entertaining

I got all the guesses right :D

Cool videos and entertaining but kinda big shame how the monsters are just run as sacks of hp, ac and attacks. No other features are being used. No tactics or strategy only base attacks. Examples: Gazer flight wasn't used against an enemy without ranged abilities, kobold sorcerer didn't levitate out of reach and pelt with bolts, dragon didn't use flight and breaths to dominate, climbing and environmental tricks and other such features have not been used. The high damage and high durability monsters have too much of an advantage here. Adding more complicated strategies would of course make things more interesting but slso hard/longer/more complicated to run. Have fun eith the series 👍