D&D MONSTER RANKINGS - GIANTS & BIG MONSTERS 

I really hate how WotC hide behind "giving the DM creative freedom" as an excuse to be lazy. Nothing was stopping us from homebrewing before. But now, we

"Here, have some prone condition" is actually a pretty funny taunt to say to someone you're about to knock down.

please never stop being mad about the new stupid corporate wording 👍

With this book, the war between Rock & Roll Fantasy and Cocomelon Fantasy rages on.

Some of these could have been beasts but they didn’t want Druids to wildshape into them because that would be to fun

When I hear people say "It's not too bad" I hear it as "It's just bad enough."

Ai generated fake art book.

I'm not gonna lie, if I found out a tick the size of a boar existed in our world, I think I would just end it right then and there because this would not be a world I want to live in.

i really hate the IA Images used in this manual, they are really dull and generic

I left 5e and I couldn't care less, but your videos are too good to be ignored so I'll watch it anyway!

Book: you has prone condition.

So a small note, while doing research for the book bigby was accidentally crushed and while there wasn’t a cleric with revivify around there was a Druid with reincarnation available that’s why he’s a gnome now. It’s not a retcon it’s a small advancement in a classic character’s story that makes some sense.

The Dinosures make my monky brain light up.

The wording change comes from OneDnD, where everything is worded this way. "Gains X condition" instead of "target is X". I suppose GotG is a transition-phase book for them, so they already switched. I expect more of this new terminology in all future releases. Same for the new planescape book.

Long time subscriber here. I LOVE your videos, Esper! They provided me a lot of entertainment and inspiration over the years. Listing to your monster rankings is truly a joy and a comfort. Hope you keep making videos, and your adventures are many!

My wife has been razzing me for years, saying that my “offense” taken from boring language was singular. Thank you for putting that pet in the episode.

A barrow is a burial hill or grave, so that is the hill giant connection to the name. Barrow wights not having more connection to their hills is the oddity, if anything.

When you started the frostmourn segment, my initial thought was that it would be an undead frost giant who died from despair, suicide, or some similar tragedy. That gave me a really cool idea for a unique undead creature, more of an NPC than a monster. It would be some form of spirit similar to a ghost, formed from the tormented soul of an intelligent creature who committed suicide while there were still mortals who cared for them. Cursed for the pain and torment it brought to the people who loved it in life, the spirit must endure until there are none left alive who mourn its death, trying desperately to comfort or console them while being barred from allowing them to know the dead creature's spirit endures. The same curse would force the undead to suffer the pain of the living creatures it is spiritually bonded to. It seems like it would be a very compelling NPC that is rich with possible adventure hooks and plot lines, from why it chose death to how the party can ease the suffering of those who are unwittingly keeping it bound to its semblance of life.

I actually have a player that is planing on making a Firbolge Eldritch Knight for the next campign, and he wants to focus much more on the fact that his people are Giant Kin. So yeah, this video came on a good time, and while I sense that this book has it's flaws, I can't help but love some of it's ideas. I mean we haven't even gotten to the mutated troll and that thing had me do a double take; it was already badass enough that we had the Dire Troll!

The one thing I was glad to see was the really high CR creatures, and it seems like they are finally understanding how massive enemies would have passive abilities and other obvious effects, however I really hate the no Legendary Actions