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Player characters · first: UC E1

Ricky Matsui

Ricky Matsui is a Brooklyn firefighter in the FDNY who says "I believe in just doing the right thing, and I always wanted to be a firefighter" UC E1·00:52:16. He is five foot eight, strong, and calls working out "the cheapest therapy" UC E1·00:53:53. A holy light of civic responsibility comes from him, and his axe is "the questing blade" UC E1·00:53:19 UC E1·00:55:31. He was inducted into the Unsleeping City about eleven months earlier, and posed as Mr. March for the firemen's calendar UC E1·01:04:23 UC E1·00:58:19. His sister Emiko works at St. Owen's and tries to set him up UC E1·01:34:04.

Ricky is the party's paladin, played by Zac, and he casts Shield of Faith, Divine Smite and Lay on Hands for his friends UC E2·00:05:32 UC E7·00:03:16. He names the magic dalmatian Ox, and shouts "For the city!" UC E7·00:25:19 UC E7·00:22:42. He argues that keeping New York safe includes Pete UC E7·01:41:41.

He confesses his crush on Esther, who answers "No, we know", and Esther later kisses him when he calls her to the fight UC E13·00:14:09 UC E13·00:14:11 UC E16·00:41:40. He rips off Titania's crown rather than killing her and ends the play UC E12·01:42:00 UC E12·01:55:55. He kills a vampire and beheads Moses with a third-level smite, while Ox is torn apart UC E14·01:31:38 UC E14·02:21:53 UC E14·02:15:10.

Facing the Dream, he refuses its vision of Esther and a child, saying everyone should have the potential for a dream UC E17·00:16:48. He uses the questing blade's sacrifice power and falls, and at the Pearly Gates gives the blade to Dale UC E17·00:48:33 UC E17·00:51:12 UC E17·01:20:41. After being revived he has no blade UC E17·01:22:01. Zac's epilogue has him quit firefighting for a homeless outreach program honouring Kugrash, and Brennan says he and Esther are "very happily dating" UC E17·01:47:25 UC E17·01:48:00.

Character sheet — The Unsleeping City

The Unsleeping City sheet of Ricky Matsui (played by Zac Oyama). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.

Class
Paladin UC E1·00:53:59—
Subclass
Oath of Devotion UC E1·00:53:59—
AC
18 UC E2·00:07:51—
HP max
49 UC E4·00:50:43—
Spell save DC
14 UC E10·01:35:2513 UC E4·01:03:22—
STR
+5 UC E14·02:18:25—
CON
+2 UC E17·00:50:25—
CHA
+4 UC E16·00:23:01+3 UC E2·00:38:31—

Skills

Features

  • Lay on Hands — Zac: "I couldn't use Lay on Hands for five points?" (asking whether it cures a disease) UC E1·01:12:34
  • Divine Smite — Zac: "Just run up and Divine Smite him." UC E2·00:54:05
  • Divine Sense — Brennan: "You have Divine Sense." Ricky casts it at the fountain. UC E3·01:45:14
  • Sacred Weapon — Zac: "I'm gonna use Sacred Weapon now, just because it will be helpful." UC E4·00:29:41
  • Sentinel — Zac: "And none of them came into my Sentinel?" UC E4·01:16:58
  • Luck points — Zac: "Oh, can I use a lucky point?" (re-rolling a save) UC E5·00:17:10
  • Channel Divinity — Zac: "I'm gonna use my Channel Divinity to use Sacred Weapon." UC E6·00:12:14
  • Turn the Unholy — Zac: "Ricky's just gonna turn the unholy right here." UC E8·00:40:00
  • Aura of Protection — Zac: "because of my Aura of Protection do I also add charisma?" UC E8·00:55:58
  • Aura of Devotion — Zac: "Aura of Devotion." (UC_12, on being immune to charm) UC E12·00:50:45
  • Lay on Hands — Zac: "I have 50 points of Lay on Hands" (the pool) UC E15·00:06:39

Spells

  • Create Water — Zac: "I Create Water on the burning beam." (in secret, to put out the fire) UC E1·00:55:20
  • Shield of Faith — Zac casts it as a bonus action on Sofia (concentration, +2 AC) UC E2·00:04:10 UC E2·00:04:39
  • Cure Wounds — Zac: "I have a Cure Wounds, and I have Lay On Hands." UC E2·00:36:36
  • Suggestion — Zac: "I'm gonna cast Suggestion on just another pigeon." UC E3·01:13:38
  • Command — Zac: "Command." (at the Rat King; the DC is 13) UC E4·01:03:21
  • Find Steed — Zac: "Can I use Find Steed too"; the steed that answers is a dalmatian. UC E7·00:14:47 UC E7·00:15:39
  • Protection from Evil and Good — Zac: "Cast Protection from Evil and Good." UC E12·00:41:54
  • Sanctuary — Zac: "As a bonus action I'll use Sanctuary." UC E12·01:11:58
  • Zone of Truth — Zac: "cast Zone of Truth on him." UC E13·00:51:11
  • Remove Curse — Zac: "I'm going to touch Liz and cast Remove Curse on her." UC E13·02:08:46
  • Branding Smite — Zac: "I'm going to cast Branding Smite as a bonus action." UC E14·00:28:17

Items

  • Questing Blade — Brennan: "Your fireman's ax, the questing blade, at your side glows bright" UC E1·00:55:31
  • Questing Blade — The axe speaks: "This is a wicked place. Ricky—" UC E9·01:08:23
  • Red Maserati — Brennan: "a fire engine red Maserati" with a bow on top, Ox in the passenger seat (a belated gift) UC E13·01:20:31
  • Questing Blade — Zac reads its power: "You can add 10d10 radiant damage to a single attack" (sacrifice: the user takes the whole attack's damage; DC 15 Con save or die) UC E17·00:48:48
  • Questing Blade — lost: Zac: "Can I try to give him my axe?" and hands it to Dale UC E17·01:20:41 UC E17·01:22:01

By episode

UC E1: Start Spreading the News

  • Brooklyn firefighter, FDNY: "I believe in just doing the right thing, and I always wanted to be a firefighter." — 00:52:16
  • Five foot eight, strong; calls working out "the cheapest therapy" — 00:53:53
  • Holy light: "a holy light made out of just civic responsibility and a love of safety emanates from Ricky Matsui" — 00:53:19
  • Axe is "the questing blade" — 00:55:31; inducted about eleven months ago into the Unsleeping City — 01:04:23
  • Hides magic from a child by casting Create Water on a burning beam — 00:55:20; the girl nonetheless says "You're a wizard." — 00:59:39
  • Posed as "Mr. March" for the firemen's calendar — 00:58:19
  • On the TV crew's camera: "What kind of camera is this?" — 00:57:54
  • Fast and acrobatic: "bounding over the rooftops of New York" — 01:00:52
  • Sister Emiko works at St. Owen's; tries to set him up — 01:34:04. Ricky: "I'm just kind of focusing on my career right now." — 01:34:10
  • Read Pete's name from the bracelet while running — 02:04:00

UC E2: Mutant Santa Melee

  • Asks Sofie to be careful as he casts Shield of Faith on her: "Just… promise me you'll be careful 'cause you seem like you won't!" — 00:05:32
  • Hit points: 23 after the first claw — 00:08:09; 4 after the peppermint breath — 00:23:30; 2 after the giant's tinsel — 00:40:32; back to 10 after Santa's snow — 00:43:52; 7 at 00:57:21.
  • Smite: "Just run up and Divine Smite him." — 00:54:05. Shouts "Hey, just hang on Santa. I'm coming to get you! You're the opposite of Santa." — 00:54:22
  • Tells Santa: "I've always believed in you. It would be crazy if you weren't real because you're such a good person." — 01:14:10

UC E3: Pigeon Plus Ones

  • "My name's Ricky, too." to the dumpling man — 00:07:52. Regains 5 HP from a dumpling — 00:08:05.
  • Lays hands on a twin: "the disease, the virus, being arrested in her body" (Brennan) — 00:20:27
  • Esther: "I also heard that you decapitated the big guy, right?" — 00:21:29
  • Lives in "a studio apartment in Brooklyn" — 00:39:11; "I guess I'm on fireman time" — 00:39:45; parents text "saw you on the news, love our boy" — 00:41:13; his reply: "No days off, love you, Mom and Dad." — 00:41:34
  • Crumbs: "I take off my shirt and I put some crumbs on my chest." — 01:11:58. Charisma advantage "so I had a 20" — 01:12:10
  • Casts Suggestion on a pigeon — 01:13:38.
  • Raises The Godfather: "The Don has to do favors for people on the day of his daughter's wedding?" — 01:33:29
  • Texts Esther he is going to a wedding with a pigeon; reply "Why would I need to know this?" — 01:23:29–01:23:41
  • Divine Sense at the fountain: no celestial or infernal, "the faintest little whiff of undead" — 01:45:14

UC E4: Scramble in the Sewers

  • Divine Sense, 60 feet: no celestial presence within range — 00:10:21.
  • Opportunity attack arrests an alligator's movement (20 to hit, 15 damage) — 00:31:51; "wonk, it's whole head disappears under the water with glowing ax blade in the meat of its shoulder" — 00:32:03.
  • Fire-fighter bits: Misty: "you can really rock a fireman's outfit." — 00:05:14; Kugrash: "he's a good kid, a good fireman." — 00:32:17. Kugrash climbs on his back: "Wow, you got big lats, kid." — 00:37:57; Ricky: "No days off, man." — 00:38:01.
  • Lifts Misty and Kugrash, "you're carrying them both, no sweat" — 00:49:14; bitten for 17, restrained, one leg in the alligator's mouth — 00:49:51. Hit points stated: "Oh, really, 49. I'm at 32." — 00:50:43; later "I'm back at 49." — 01:18:23.
  • Command to the Rat King: "Reverse" — 01:03:54. Readies an attack and hits a sphere-burned alligator for 10 — 01:17:15. Warns: "It's not safe to be down here in an enclosed space with burning rats." — 01:25:03.

UC E5: A New York Wedding

  • Wisdom save "4." — 00:16:54 (die or total not said), then a lucky point re-roll: "Okay, great. Nat 1." — 00:17:12. Brennan: "Nat 1. We'll go with the eight!" — 00:17:17. So the final result is 8 (Brennan's figure); the nat 1 re-roll is discarded.
  • Dances with a pigeon on his chest: "I'm dancing with my date. She's just sort of on my chest." — 00:40:19. Brennan's reaction: "This buff, hot firefighter with a pigeon on his chest?" — 00:40:28.
  • Divine Sense at Kingston's: finds "a very strong undead presence on the top of the refrigerator" (Brennan) — 00:53:47.
  • Admits: "I wasn't always a firefighter." — 00:58:14; "And then firefighter. And community college for a year and a half." — 00:58:30.
  • Texts Esther; at the Chantry opens a big book at random (Arcana 3; Persuasion 18) and Esther explains the imperial axiom; asked about the glowing map says "So that's, traffic's really bad right now." — 01:18:23. Takes off his shirt: Insight 8; Esther: "Have a good night, Rick!" — 01:21:43.
  • Shows Esther the wedding photo: "do you guys recognize this guy?" — 01:11:08.

UC E6: The War of Bugs and Rats

  • Uses Channel Divinity for Sacred Weapon: "I'm gonna use my Channel Divinity to use Sacred Weapon." — 00:12:14. Climbs with Athletics 24 — 00:12:40.
  • Attack roll against the vent panel (AC 16, 12 hit points): 14 damage — 00:35:18; "I smell smoke" — 00:35:44.
  • Casts Shield of Faith on Kugrash — 00:38:27. Concentration check DC 10: "Okay, 19." — 01:01:29.
  • Turned into a dog (Pete's sorcery point changed the outcome, 01:10:18) (a brindled gray and black Akita): "Who's Ricky? I'm Ricky?" — 01:11:35; Kugrash: "You're a firefighter." — 01:11:37.
  • After Misty's Dispel Magic: "What happened?" — 01:24:21; "Oh, did I miss anything? I'm assuming not." — 01:25:13.
  • Sentinel attack of opportunity on a roach that would have rolled a natural 20 on Kugrash — 01:29:43.
  • Create Water on the burning bits of the bodega: "I Create Water on the small burning parts of it." — 01:50:36. Locate Object: "Can I cast Locate Object?" — 01:51:55.

UC E7: We Need to Talk About Pete

  • Heals Sofia: "I Lay on Hands you for 15." — 00:03:16.
  • Tells Esther about the key: "Someone took the key to the city." — 00:14:02. Investigate 18 (00:15:01); casts Find Steed in the form of a call to dog spirits: "calling out to the dogs of the world, <…> Howl." — 00:15:22.
  • Runs with the dalmatian: "For the city!" — 00:22:42; names the dog: "Oh, I've decided the dog's name is Ox." — 00:25:19.
  • Ox cowers at the Financial District: "Something's off here." — 00:28:50; sends a selfie to Esther: "Smells like death." — 00:29:01. Fire chief Kevin texts, "Hey, Rick, just making sure you're coming in today." — 00:30:46.
  • Becomes an online sensation ("March in December", 00:48:03); at the firehouse tells the Johns about his texts with Esther (01:27:42–01:29:42).
  • At the evening meeting: "I'm all for keeping New York safe. But that includes Pete in my mind." — 01:41:41.

UC E8: Subway Skirmish

  • Reads the badge: "I think Ricky notices something's going on with the badge." — 00:15:19.
  • Divine Smite crit on Epona, 38 damage (00:17:23); says "I know I do." — 00:18:00 to Epona's challenge.
  • Shield of Faith on Pete (00:18:45); Turn the Unholy (00:40:00); to the cops: "You're a disgrace." — 00:41:05.
  • Hit for 27 (max HP reduced by 16 after the temp HP is gone, 00:39:50), then for 22 with max HP reduced by 13 (00:56:40–00:57:05); Misty's reaction saves him from a further hit (01:10:00).
  • On the train: Suggestion to a cop: "Hey, they want you at the station." — 01:35:43; the cop does not move.
  • To Nod's world: "Come on guys, it's all right, it's okay." — 01:45:53.
  • Jokes about secrets: "I gave you my one secret. That I went to high school and then became a firefighter." — 01:50:30. About his crush: "Well, I just haven't said it out in that way, with you guys." — 01:51:34.

UC E9: Borough of Dreams

  • To Wally: "I'm a firefighter, I'm here if you have any questions." — 00:03:59.
  • Eats some talking cherry tomatoes — 00:19:19; Wally: "I got the Fireman's Calendar 'cause I love heroism." — 00:19:35. Ricky: "Oh yeah, definitely, I'm Mr. March in that." — 00:19:41.
  • Befriends Wally: "Awesome, you're my best friend." — 00:19:53.
  • Guesses Don Confetti when talking to the mobster — 00:21:13. Hopes for a clue: "I feel like eventually I'm gonna figure a thing out." — 00:21:26. He gets one: "Hell's Kitchen?" — 00:58:15 ("Got a clue." — 00:58:19).
  • Takes a mint — 00:23:43 — and keeps it (Ronaldo): "[nods, puts it in his pocket] Thank you." — 00:24:35.
  • Suggests Robert wants a fourth space: "Like Heaven, Hell, Faerie, American Dream." — 00:43:31.
  • In Hell's Kitchen rolls Perception 20 "not nat" — 01:07:58. His axe speaks to him for the first time — 01:08:23.
  • At the Statue: "I'm not here for the guided tour, I wanted to talk to you about the Golden Door and also your torch." — 01:10:55. Casts Divine Sense, which reveals a force of undeath tied into the money — 01:15:27. Investigate 14 — 01:14:26.
  • At the end: "I think I'm just gonna drink this 1000 hour energy right now." — 01:50:23.
  • At the art show he checks the building: "This place is not up to code!" — 01:58:34; "Fire! Everyone!" — 02:00:02.

UC E10: Panic at the Art Show

  • Smells fire; municipal authority orders the crowd out (Persuasion 19 plus 3, advantage) — 00:18:32–00:18:58.
  • Burned to 30 HP from 72 by one devil — 00:14:58; AC reaches 22 with Shield of Faith and Haste — 00:41:11.
  • His axe speaks: "Fear, fear is necessary for acts of bravery." — 00:46:37.
  • Turns the Unholy at the end: three devils flee — 01:35:48–01:36:30.
  • Ox is incinerated and "disbands into light" — 01:09:14–01:09:30; Ricky later: "Does anyone drive a Subaru?" — 02:09:59.
  • Cries when the rats call him one of New York's bravest — 02:03:04.

UC E11: Home for the Holidays

  • Protein breakfast and a jog; smells smoke across the harbor (Perception 21), swims across New York harbor — 00:29:57–00:30:25. Reporter: "swimming from Manhattan to Staten Island in a record-breaking two and a half minutes" — 00:32:41.
  • Ox returns as a being of light: "You can never kill hope. Hope never dies." — 00:30:51.
  • Saves Sofia's house from collapse (Athletics 23); Investigation 17 finds packed closets and many missing photos — 00:31:47–00:34:07.
  • Cheat day at Grand Central: "Today's gonna be my cheat day." — 01:06:17. Tells Sofia burning the house "feels really reckless" — 01:30:52. First play ever — 02:01:01.
  • At the firehouse the Johns give him "The Four Agreements" for the third year — 01:46:01.
  • Esther asks him for company; he gives her a calendar as a present — 01:49:37. Patricia's spell to reveal his heart's darkness finds none: "Something's wrong with you. Honestly, that's your darkness" — 01:54:15.

UC E12: Broadway Brawl

  • Realises the play is real; strips naked, casts Protection from Evil and Good (disadvantage on attacks on Misty, no charm/fright/possession) — 00:41:54–00:42:11. Aura of Devotion keeps friends within 10 feet uncharmed — 00:50:54. Aura of Protection +3 to saves — 00:39:02.
  • Sanctuary as a bonus action — 01:11:58. Divine Smite and Sentinel against the Seelie — 01:03:12, 01:10:22.
  • Does not kill the stunned Titania; instead rips off her crown and throws it: "To the true queen, Titania!" — 01:42:00. Performance 26 — 01:42:24.
  • Ends the play: "The play's over!" — 01:55:55. Puts on satyr pants after — 02:03:24.

UC E13: Faeries and Feces

UC E14: Showdown at the Stock Exchange

  • Ox's natural 20 attack: 2d4 doubled to 4d4 radiant, total 15 — 00:27:02, 00:27:41
  • Branding Smite plus Divine Smite on the first vampire; attacks 26 and 20 hit; "26" damage total for the second blow — 00:28:26, 00:30:04
  • Suggestion on a vampire ("throw me at Robert") fails — 01:03:10, 01:03:40
  • Luck point on an attack roll: "A 1 and a 2?" then 17 hits; Divine Smite second level: 8, 16, 24 -> "33 plus 8" ; total 41 — 01:30:08, 01:30:21, 01:30:53
  • Kills the vampire: "One down!" — 01:31:38
  • Second attack 28 hits, first level Divine Smite 16 — 01:31:14, 01:31:27
  • Shoves a vampire into the ritual circle; Ox attacks Moses and Moses burns Shield; Divine Smite first level plus Branding Smite: 30 plus 8 = 38 — 01:52:21, 01:53:15, 01:55:44
  • Moses on the suit: "That's a $12,000 suit, asshole." — 01:56:29; Ricky: "That's too expensive for a suit." — 01:56:37
  • Constitution save 20 versus paralysis — 01:59:04
  • Perception 21 on Moses's condition; luck point on a shove; Pete's Bend Luck (two sorcery points, reaction) makes the climb succeed — 02:20:17; no further detail — 02:18:45, 02:18:01, 02:20:15
  • Final blow: third-level Divine Smite 6d8 plus 8, 30 points; beheads Moses — 02:21:53, 02:22:17
  • Sees "I'm still crying" as Ox is destroyed — 02:15:15

UC E15: Hall of Heroes

  • Went to Yankee Stadium on a flash seen while trying to remove the curse from Liz: "I just saw a flash of Yankee Stadium" — 00:31:06
  • Persuasion with Esther: 6 — 00:31:50; admits driving a Maserati bought by Pete is "tearing me apart" — 00:32:09
  • Claims the blessing in the Hall of Heroes: "I shall claim it." — 01:16:09
  • Esther goes through his phone: "You text your friends, John, John, and John, your mom, your sister, and me." — 01:03:43

UC E16: Times Squaremageddon

  • Sees an immigrant's journey: "coming to the United States and having the drive to make a better life for themselves" — 00:04:35
  • Detects a celestial with Divine Sense; Brennan: "Doesn't necessarily mean that it's good." — 00:41:00, 00:41:06
  • Casts Sacred Weapon and says "Esther"; she arrives and kisses him — 00:41:16–00:41:40
    • "I didn't want to call you here, 'cause it's really dangerous, but I don't know what else to do." — 00:42:16
  • Calls Don Confetti, who calls him a "dirty backstabber"; Ricky: "Everything's going to end if we don't kill this thing." — 01:16:01, 01:16:03
  • His Aura of Protection adds +4 to nearby allies' saves — 00:23:01, 01:11:26
  • Athletics 13 to catch Pete (DC 15) — fails — 01:19:09; speaks of his dog: "He's made of light. Still makes me so sad." — 01:20:43
  • Asks his axe whether to use its hidden power; the questing blade answers "I would only use that power, master, in the most dire of circumstances." — 01:56:51
  • Natural 20 Athletics with advantage to reach the Dream (Haste, Freedom of Movement, La Gran Gata's help); Divine Smite for 30; grapples it (26 vs 24) — 01:56:05, 01:59:27, 02:01:12
  • Tells Kingston and Pete: "Maybe you guys should do something together, I don't know." — 02:01:33

UC E17: Times Squaremageddon Pt. 2

  • Private scene: the Dream shows Esther holding a child and a home gym; Ricky refuses — 00:15:34, 00:16:16, 00:17:04
    • "But everyone else should be able to, there should be the potential for everyone to have a dream." — 00:16:48
  • Is grappling the Dream at the start; reaction hit 17, plus Bless 1 = 18, a miss — 00:10:55–00:11:19
  • Three attacks, first and last "19 plus 3", all three hit, Divine Smite, then the questing blade's sacrifice power: +10d10 radiant (48 radiant said) — 00:45:30–00:48:33; destroys the body — 00:49:38
  • Fails the DC 15 Constitution save (total 11) and falls — 00:50:59, 00:51:12
  • At the Pearly Gates meets Dale; Ricky gives him the questing blade — 01:16:21, 01:20:41
  • Revived; has no questing blade — 01:22:01
  • Epilogue (Zac's account): quits firefighting and starts a homeless outreach program in honour of Kugrash; Brennan: Ricky and Esther "very happily dating" — 01:47:25, 01:48:00