House Dimir is a really nice guild. I told them that I had a problem with this coworker of mine and they said they can help me out. The next day I heard he quit the job and is working somewhere else. Thanks House Dimir!

@cibor07

5 жыл бұрын

Such humble and great guys, nothing but good Bois.

@KingDoopliss20

5 жыл бұрын

Oh was it bill from accounting? I heard he went upstate to live on a farm. And it's to far to visit.....

@QuanTrietLOL

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. I mean their symbol is a spider. Totally cool people

@andygoestohell

5 жыл бұрын

They're actually so nice, they helped cure my sister who was deathly ill and now she's very happy and lively again. She also developed this strange thirst for juice but I'm sure it's nothing serious...

@r.r815

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingDoopliss20 things tend to be far away when the entire planet is a city (seriously wtf why is this a thing?)

DND player: *Confused Screaming* MTG player: *Confused Screaming* People who play both: *also confused screaming* people who play neither: wait how is this weird?

@bolognaB0iii

5 жыл бұрын

I fall under the "both" category

@BunnyTheOverlord

5 жыл бұрын

@@bolognaB0iii I also fall under the "both" category and am concerned on how the Orhzov council is a measly 8 CR when it's said that if they were brought to a single goal they could level the plane?

@pedroscoponi4905

5 жыл бұрын

@@BunnyTheOverlord I assume the CR rating is specifically for each ghostdude, not counting their allies or their political influence

@yargolocus4853

5 жыл бұрын

@@pedroscoponi4905 yeah. individual leader is just a ghost but when they are the church, the bank and have solid foothold in law, you have too much power and wealth. The Orzhov are too backstabby and selfish to act as one though.

@GummyOSawrUs

5 жыл бұрын

@@BunnyTheOverlord I mean if you follow the current MTG lore, they do die.

Ok, I’m kind of miffed by this, but the book did it too so let me say this: the golgari are far from evil. They believe in taking in all the unwanted things of Ravnica, including the people. Orphans, elderly, sick people, all find a home in the golgari. And no, they don’t just get killed and zombified, the golgari are patient. Everything eventually dies. Even if they help make sure it lives. The golgari are loving survivors who share with those in need, and sure they have assassins and necromancy, but their necromancy is tied more to nature. They understand the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. plus in the lore the lich leader was recently usurped by Vraska, a planeswalking gorgon assassin with a surprisingly high amount of mercy for an assassin, who usurped him because her people were being treated as weapons. this has been my golgari rant, just remember, consensual necromancy is a beautiful thing.

@kyoken8691

5 жыл бұрын

They also feel oppressed and wish to take the city even though they practically rule the under city sewers.. None of the guilds are truly evil, they all have their nasty sides. For example the Azorius follows the exact letter and not the spirit of the Law and are too inflexible. The Izzet tend to destroy just as much as they create. The Simic's idea of species improvement is creating abominations like a sharktocrab. etc.

@benjaminehren7965

5 жыл бұрын

Jonas Sabareza true, but the guilds also have their upsides and the fact that the golgari were labeled evil irked me, since they do a lot of good, though many of them may do bad things instead.

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

Jonas Sabareza Dimir doesn’t have a nasty side

@susiron1449

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mythtic they have to have a good side first to have a bad side

@robertryan8462

4 жыл бұрын

Huzzah! I see you are moulded from a very fine culture as well!

I liked the Dimir one, they seem peacefull and not totally assassins and spies

@cheesushcrust4545

5 жыл бұрын

I mean they don't even have a guild headquarters, they aren't even really at guild at all

@zraven2931

5 жыл бұрын

To be honest, their non-existent headquarters have the definitly not coolest flavour-text ever written. cough duskmantle house of shadow cough Who is Dimir?

@cheesushcrust4545

5 жыл бұрын

@@zraven2931 I honestly think most of these conspiracy nuts who think they do have an HQ are just idiots. I mean seriously, the place most people think it might be is just a bunch of rocks and dirt and shit. There isn't any room for an underground HQ

@paulg8875

5 жыл бұрын

Henry K they have a guild headquarters it’s under a library

@williamcoberly3755

5 жыл бұрын

I think that there is bound to be a Boogeyman for Ravinca though, even one that is definitely non-existent

Simic: "What was noise?" "The sound of progress, my friend!" Izzet: "The only difference between random BS and science, is writing it down." Gruul: "Reject modern culture, return to rage. Or die, we don't care." Selesnya: "We're all friends! If you mess with one of us, we will kill you." Rakdos: "YAY! PARTY! LETS KILL THINGS AND GET LAID!" Azorius: "Appointments for booking appointments, for consultation about the intricate nature of you enquiring to book a lawyer - who may or may not be available - who you plan to use to fight a fine for building an unauthorized LEGO set in the living room of your friend's house, will cost $250. All appointments must be attended punctually, and missing a meeting - regardless of when it takes place - will result in a $500 fine for wasting time, and must be rescheduled. Appointments for rescheduling a missed meeting are..." Boros: "Peace on earth," (all load their rifles in perfect unison) "Goodwill toward men." Golgari: "We used to farm vegetables, but farming organs is far more entertaining." Orzhov: "For just 2 (times 50) easy payments of $150 (000, 000) gold (each year for 15 years), you can buy your ghost back from us. You should have thought about that before you died." Dimir: "If you need any help, don't call us, we'll call you." Glory to the Legion!

@warlock1080

2 жыл бұрын

under liked!

By the Firemind, you actually made some sense of the Izzet League's insane scientific practices! "We find out what we invent after we invent it" is the most succinct possible way of summarizing the League's otherwise bizarre creed. Remember, there's no such thing as a failed experiment! Just a successful experiment that proves a hypothesis you didn't know you had!

@sanguiniusonvacation1803

5 жыл бұрын

Geoffrey Precht I love izzet as a guild and kinda wanna roll up a guild Mage now . Many a game has ended thanks to a single turn of multiplying lighting bolt

@crypticmrchimes

5 жыл бұрын

Izzet Guildmage: AHA! Your evil powers are nothing compared to SCIENCE! Simic Biomancer: But it IS science!! Izzet Guildmage: *WELL I'M SCIENCIER!!!!!!!*

@fin9658

5 жыл бұрын

Geoffrey Precht he spelt Izzet like izzit

@Lukos0036

5 жыл бұрын

They sound like the Asura from guildwars2. >_>

@mixmastermind

5 жыл бұрын

If Failure is the mother of invention, then catastrophe is the mother of Incredible Invention.

I'm new to this whole lore thing, So I have no idea whats going on or what he's talking about, I just like hearing him talk.

@Yingyanglord1

5 жыл бұрын

That's oddly nice/sweet

@RobinNashVideos

5 жыл бұрын

That's sweet. Also, he explains everything in the video, I don't see how you'd get lost. I'm fairly new aswell, but it all made sense to me. But if you haven't actually played DnD before, maybe that might make it confusing.

@Srksius2802

5 жыл бұрын

Friendly advice: Don't go too deep into Elder Scrolls lore. That shit's just downright insane.

@sephikong8323

5 жыл бұрын

@@Srksius2802 Meh, not so complicated Translated : I have wasted so much of my time reading all these books, reading websites and discussing the lore that the concept of becoming a god by realising that you are just living in a dream without creating a paradox that would completely negate the fact that you ever existed seems perfectly reasonable to me

@Bluecho4

5 жыл бұрын

Basically, a bunch of armies agreed to stop fighting, and work together to make a metropolitan zone so huge, no one really knows where the city ends. Each Guild shoulders a different civic responsibility (utilities, sanitation, municipal and police action, military defense, parks and rec, medicine, information, etc), to keep everything running smoothly. They've been doing this for 10 thousand years, and basically all hate each other. But the contract they signed is magic, so they literally cannot fight each other. Except now the contract is a dude that refuses to stay put.

Selesnya Conclave: We're all about hugs and unity. Also Selesnya Conclave: Developing trees that absorb enormous amounts of nutrients from the soil to starve the Gruul and get involved in "accidents" with wurms.

@indulgencerofindulgence5970

5 жыл бұрын

The same Grull that 'apparently' plan to ruin all non battle-focused groups?

@bookworm3696

4 жыл бұрын

@@indulgencerofindulgence5970 destroy the city which takes up too much space.

@bookworm3696

4 жыл бұрын

More demolishionists than warmongers.

@Ceracio

4 жыл бұрын

Also also Selesnya Conclave: have Impervious Greatwurms. In full plate armor.

@robertryan8462

4 жыл бұрын

Also also also Selesnya Conclave: We respect Nature and the Circle of Life. Also also also also Selesnya Conclave: Slap so much healing magic on their plants, animals and people so that literally none of them die, so they have to constantly leech unhealthy amounts of resources and magic from the surrounding area and even divine sources to promote unnaturally long lifespans for their followers and their pets. As such, their leadership and methods of thinking tend to stagnate, and they become extremely wasteful and self-righteous. This post was made by #GolgariGang

"The least suspicious guild", yeah I knew that. Right everyone. Everyone believes that and this is my own free thought.

@enchantedgamer9428

5 жыл бұрын

Coming from a Dimir Ag- Member, I can agree whole heartedly.

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

Same!, no-one should should investigate the Dimir at all. As they are all great librarians

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

Also don’t watch to the emd

@ironstorm1690

5 жыл бұрын

I thought the dimir didn't exist.

@johnbrewer7154

5 жыл бұрын

Well they are the ones that learned of the big bad elder dragon god was coming with his eternal zombie army with the best necromancer in the multiverse and to be far ral set up the lightning storm to show when a person plans walks to ravnica and or leaves and niv-mizzet comes back after been killed as a dragon avatar and a rep for all 10 guilds and the leader of the dimir have been a member of all 10 guilds

Boros are great. They're basically just a big gang of paladins who, when they encounter someone who's rules lawyering to evade the letter of the law, just shrug and stab the guy anyway.

@SteveAkaDarktimes

5 жыл бұрын

very militant, and don't think things through tho. every guild is evil, every guild has good points, thats what makes ravnica so great as a setting. yes, even Gruul.

@torysaccount5753

5 жыл бұрын

Technically, the Azorius Enforcers are the ones who act 100% by the law. Most of Boros is allied with them and also enforce the law, however a good number of Boros Soldiers have the goal to spread justice, even if it contridicts the law. This is the split in the Boros Legion. What is justice? The law? Ones own perception of it? Is vigilantism valid?

@naomisisk4663

4 жыл бұрын

Fun to play in game. They're about buffing little dudes super out of proportion

@cybersearcher1041

11 ай бұрын

I mean if they’re good aligned boros then it’s just a gang of well meaning himbos who’ll curb simp your bullies

Quick note on the Ghost council, even though the individual ghosts are CR 8, any of the individual members can call the other four, and they get much stronger when the others are around. Do not throw these guys in front of a level 6 party and expect anything less than a TPK. I do not want to have to deal with 5 ghosts who each take their own turn, have five different special abilities, an AC of 18, and three legendary actions.

@auroralee

5 жыл бұрын

Aren't there five including Uncle Karlov? And yeah they buff each other

@benpeterson4673

5 жыл бұрын

@@auroralee there are 5, and sorry if that wasn't clear, but I was saying that any one member can summon the other four, making five.

@aetherblackbolt1301

5 жыл бұрын

What makes it word is that it's never just them; they can summon indentured spirits at will when they're a group of 5. So you're always looking at maybe 20 spirits following them around? (4 per ghost as backup muscle). These spirits are CR 1, and with bounded accuracy they can still swarm you for decent damage. And if your party doesn't have magical weapons, they're doubly screwed. It's really up to the DM to decide when they'll get magic items so the DM will know how equipped they are for these. Finally, all of them have incorporeal movement to just camp inside the ground when it's not their turn, making it a pain to ready actions to hurt them.

@kyoken8691

5 жыл бұрын

in MtG lore theyre basically the most indolent guild leaders, preferring to bask in their power and riches and let their underlings handle their problems. But when all of them act as one they can basically kill everyone in a whole city block in an instant.

@quanariin1290

5 жыл бұрын

@@kyoken8691 cough cough merciless eviction

House Dimir would like to remind you that all conversations, thoughts and subconscious notions are on record.

@KingBobXVI

5 жыл бұрын

They're just _really_ good librarians.

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

What do you mean we want to remind them, we're meant to make them forget that

@redemption101caleb

5 жыл бұрын

Mythtic B we will. After they’re made aware

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

redemption101caleb ahh ok

@SomeFreakingCactus

5 жыл бұрын

With the Dimir, nothing's on the record.

So, I kind of wanted to run through each of the guilds and go over the things you missed, or that may have just been excluded from the book altogether: Simic: Honestly, pretty spot on. The only thing not really covered is that there are two 'sub-factions' in the guild, one that cares about preserving and understanding the natural world, and one that just shouts 'fuck it, I'VE GOT SQUID ARMS NOW!' Izzet: Again, basically all correct. With the exception that the Izzet guild-master is a bit of an asshole.... ok, he's a big one, and that the guild also really enjoys lightning... like more than explosions a lot of the time. Gruul: The Gruul is the first one I think you kind of misrepresented. While feral and chaotic, the Gruul want more than to just 'level the city.' They want to reclaim the natural from the city, I mean, they literally started out as forest-rangers that just got really fed up with people building on the sites they were trying to protect. Selesnya: For the most part, you are correct. But, the big things are that the Selesnya are arguably worse at nature than the Gruul, because they don't let nature be natural, they create intricate designs using the natural, but at the cost of the natural growth and spread. Next up, the Selesnya are sometimes tied with more 'illegal' stuff...mostly drugs.... I mean, half of their farms are probably cannabis, so it isn't much of a stretch to see how they got there. Finally, the guild is really anti-individuality, like to the point that someone lower down making their own decision is not a good thing. Rakdos: About half and half on this one. You nailed the face of the Rakdos, but there is a lot more going on behind the scenes. For instance, the Rakdos make up the majority of workers, in other words, the murder cultists all have day jobs. Also, the guild is in charge of the catering and entertainment industries. With that in mind, the Rakdos philosophy extends from 'enjoy today' to 'live a life you enjoy living,' with a great example of this being from a story in Ravnica Allegiance where a Demon writes and reads poetry, no, I'm not joking; that demon's whole stick is poetry and a ton of people in the guild love it, to the point that Rakdos himself got annoyed that a good chunk of people were paying more attention to the poetry show than to his... he then promptly killed half the audience. Another big thing is that leader Rakdos gets really jealous really easily and spends like half the year asleep. Azorius: Yep... just... yep. Apart from the fact that the guild wasn't founded by Isperia, it was founded by another Sphinx named Azor. Boros: Yeah... the Boros are hard to pin down. The best analogy I've heard is that they're the army and private security groups smushed together. Golgari: The Golgari are kind of given a bad rap in a lot of things, but for the most part they are actually a guild more focused on nature than the Selesnya. The best way to look at it is that the Selesnya took the beautiful and live portions of nature, but the Golgari took it all, life and death, growth and decay, beauty and horror. The Golgari are also in charge of farming for a good chunk of crops, so keep that in mind when your character eats at a restaurant. Also, the Golgari are not intrinsically bad or evil, they just prefer to stick to themselves and dabble into truths other guilds see as unnatural and evil. Also, they aren't trying to bring Ravnica down, they just know that everything ends, and one day, Ravnica will meet its final sunset, and they're waiting for them to join them. In other words, they know death is inevitable but also understands that every end is just another beginning. Orzhov: A+. Completely correct as far as I know. Dimir: I hate to say this, but you're completely wr- what was that? What, who? WHO ARE YO-............ You are correct. The Dimir are just the mailmen of Ravnica. Sincerely, A nerd with way too much time on their hands who loves the worldbuilding of Ravnica. (Of course, I'm not an expert at all, but someone can correct me if I got anything wrong.)

*Dimir are run by a shapeshifter now. Not a vampire.

@PlaneswalkerTARDIS

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe Lazov was mimicking a vamp when he recorded this.

@cuttingscizor

5 жыл бұрын

And doesn't Domri lead Gruul now?

@dg_yorick6814

5 жыл бұрын

@@cuttingscizor well... I guess you haven't seen the spoilers for the next set yet lol

@cuttingscizor

5 жыл бұрын

@@dg_yorick6814 I have, but do we know the aftermath from that yet? I mean the most recent leader we know of was Domri, no? I usually don't really count the new set's story as happening until its release anyway honestly...

@XavierKaziTheZombie

5 жыл бұрын

@@cuttingscizor The Guildmaster's Guild is set before any of the Bolas plot. Niv-Mizzet is still in control of Izzet, not Ral. BorBor is in charge of Gruul, not Domri, And Krenko isnt in prison yet, among other things.

The contract didn’t become a guy, a guy became the contract.

@draxthemsklonst

4 жыл бұрын

Cause mindmelding.

@iainnbreedt4831

4 жыл бұрын

And then it became a dragon.

@naomisisk4663

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I noticed that too but wanted to make sure nobody already said it. Good job fellow MTG nerd.

@buddha3209

3 жыл бұрын

Its a joke. You know.... haha funny.

@rodrigonoffs1369

3 жыл бұрын

No then a dragon became the contract after the first one got destroyed due to an interplanar bridge caused explosion

Some clarification from an MTG player: Lazav, the guildmaster of the Dimir, is a shapeshifter, not a vampire. Actually, he's technically a dragon. At one point, Niv-Mizzet (somehow) pulled a plane-wide genocide of all other sapient dragons, forcing Lazav, a sapient dragon at the time, to go underground and basically Polymorph himself all the time. Nobody knows that, though. Lazav probably doesn't know himself. There's a lot of mind manipulation in the Dimir. Isperia did not found the Azorius. Azor, another giant blue-white sphinx, founded the Azorius and introduced lawmagic to the plane. After a while he was like "alright looks like you guys got the hang of this" and left, leaving Isperia in-charge. Speaking of Jace, he was not created from the Guildpact. He was a perfectly magical dude before becoming the Guildpact. The Rakdos aren't just a shit-ton of juggalos. They've also got some pretty fucking metal shit going on in some areas. It can look like a satanic butcher's shop in those shows. The map shown was not the entirety of Ravnica. There are ten districts of Ravnica; The Tenth District is just the important one. Finally, not everyone belongs to a guild. Some people just sorta live it up in the city. Storeowners, traders, gangsters, beggars, musicians - there are all sorts of people living outside of the guilds. Granted, if you aren't part of a guild, you don't have as many legal rights or as much protection, but that's okay with some folks.

@torysaccount5753

5 жыл бұрын

The 10 districts is the area where the city was when the guild pact was written, the 10th disctict is the center of it. Back in the days the city didn't span the whole plane. Nowadays there are countless other districts, the 10 original ones are “downtown“. Roughly every second person is not aligned with any guild. Also, not all guilds have the same number of members, Selesnya have the most, Dimir the least.

@migukmoonpark4312

5 жыл бұрын

I think he was talking about Szadek, the guildmaster before Lazav. That guy was a vampire.

@izzydd5075

4 жыл бұрын

@@migukmoonpark4312 i think it was mirko vosk tbh

@memevarg2530

4 жыл бұрын

@@izzydd5075 Mirko vosk was never the guild master. Szadek was. They both were vampires.

@izzydd5075

4 жыл бұрын

@@memevarg2530 no i mean i think he was talking about mirko vosk.

Ravnica is a bit complex at a glance but once you get into it, it's a really, really fun setting that basically ensures that your character will be a part of the story and not just an avatar for you to control while playing through it. Speaking from experience. Hope this video convinces more people to check it out!

@tonydanatop4912

5 жыл бұрын

I'm on the fence i know I wanna do an artificer but I can't decide between bioshock guild and batshet crazy mechanics guild Which one has the smarter leader ?😙

@garn3590

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonydanatop4912 niv mizzet is borderline omniscent, zegana it's not dumb either, it's just not a fair comparison, so go for the izzets

@tonydanatop4912

5 жыл бұрын

@@garn3590 In which case...think imma a warcraft style goblin (leaning more toward explosions than greed) thx man ☺ P.s FOR SCIENCE!!!!!

@dustroier7310

5 жыл бұрын

@@tonydanatop4912 Creating magical artifacts is more Izzet's job. They're the artificers and inventors of this plane. Simic is more focused around creating organisms and are the biologists of this world, they are not focused on artifacts and other contraptions but rather the creation of organisms of mass destruction.

*hears bioshock* "Is not a man entitled to the sweat of his brow.." * melancholic background music *

"What Izzit?" -most common phrase in the League

*"I mean, technically all characters are rideable-"* Smooth, *real smooth*

The ghost council is CR:8 x5, after encounter multipliers, that comes out as ~CR:23, standard final boss material.

@timjones5953

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, presumably you can lure some away, or with just CR 8 you could throw down some aoe and knock them out real quick if they stay together. A bunch of weak enemies is much easier than a big strong one.

@byronsmothers8064

5 жыл бұрын

@@timjones5953 as far as I can decipher the stat block, if you're lucky enough to encounter 1 alone, wipe him out fast, because he can summon the other 4 as a bonus action. Don't have the book on me at the time of writing this

@aetherblackbolt1301

5 жыл бұрын

Tim Jones each one can use an action to summon the rest of them at the start of their next turn. So they almost consistently stay together. They don't need to be so close as to be susceptible to an AoE, but close enough to be in the same encounter. They can also summon minions as legendary actions when they're all together, so you're actually looking at 1d6 CR 1 spirits being summoned every turn to help. Honestly since it's an at will thing they have, it seems like all of them would always have these spirits following them around just in case, so 4 with just one and maybe 16 when travelling as a group. Finally, they can move through solid objects like ghosts, so really they're just going to camp everyone by hiding in the ground at the end of their turn. This means everyone has to keep readying actions to even hit them, which will nerf those with Extra Attack and casters that concentrate (since readying a spell requires concentration). If things are going bad for them, they can just gtfo through the walls and ceilings. With an 18 INT, 20 WIS, and being the leaders of a guild, you'll want to play these very tactically and paranoid to up the difficulty of playing against them.

@vicca4671

5 жыл бұрын

@@aetherblackbolt1301 Seems like monks could be a good match against them. Is it possible to spend ki points on flurry of blows during the reaction?

@aetherblackbolt1301

5 жыл бұрын

Little Tivor no. Bonus actions can only be done your turn. Another reason that PCs will get nerfed when fighting incorporeal enemies; no use of bonus actions that target the enemy. So spiritual weapon can't be used nor Shield Master shove or anything similar. However the Stunning Strike might still come in really handy to stop them, so that everyone can actually get a proper turn in.

The Cult of Rakdos have an actual purpose, though. They exist to keep Rakdos himself distracted so that he won't party in town all the time. I mean, he still does organize parties on the streets, but it's not as frequent as it could be.

@SomeFreakingCactus

5 жыл бұрын

The Cult of Rakdos also serves as a good outlet for people. Throw a little spice in their lives.

I love you're description Of Niv-Mizzet. A well-read Tarrasque...I laughed really hard at that because it's accurate.

@knightofsteel2783

4 жыл бұрын

It's terrifying right

@marcusc9931

2 жыл бұрын

He's the dude that can hold two concentration spells at once?

Do you ever remember House Dimir entangled in any conflict? I don't think so. Not a single ravnican could even tell you where our hq is, that's how unimportant we are.

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

Sheikzer0 yeah

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

Some people were thinking otherwise, but I fixed that

@qwormuli77

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, try to find your Duskmantle yourself.

@cmelton6796

4 жыл бұрын

Note to self: Always return library books promptly and in good condition. OR ELSE. It'd be a shame to lose my library card.

1:02 I love how you got the least lovey-dovey, least-likely-to-be-friendly-with-other guilds in one photo and acted like they would be friendly with each other. Edit: House Dimir's symbol: Dangerous to recognize, deadly not to.

@SharkaOfSea

5 жыл бұрын

House Dimir is the only guild, which gets along with all the others! Without the others knowing it.

@RegiArt7

2 ай бұрын

There is no house dimir in Ravnica.

The House Dimir is a wonderful place. The ending of this video is not worth watching. Leave the video no later than 8:42

@Kitten_Cacophony

5 жыл бұрын

Damn, I actually paused at 8:42 because I thought the video was over. Then I read your comment and had to figure out if I had passed that timestamp. You lead me astray.

@torysaccount5753

5 жыл бұрын

@@Kitten_Cacophony No, he didn't. The Dimir are fine, you can end at 8:42

@QuixoteBadger

5 жыл бұрын

You've got a nice deck there. I'd be a shame if something were to happen to it. ;)

The fact that Dimir was mentioned at all...

I mean... each INDIVIDUAL ghost of the council is CR 8, and they'll most likely be in a group... OF FIVE.

@uglybastard7940

5 жыл бұрын

Unless you can kill a cr 8 ghost in one turn then you have to fight them all and they each can summon a bunch of ghosts. Cr 8 is really misleading when they can easily zerg your ass to oblivion. Zegana is the weakest.

@mixmastermind

5 жыл бұрын

Even if you find one alone you best hope to shit you kill him in one hit because they can summon the entire council in one action

@altromonte15

5 жыл бұрын

and more importantly, they can just pay people to defend them.

@xekon14

5 жыл бұрын

Arthur Mello Didn’t they get killed by the Ghost Assassin from Fiora? (Or whatever the plane is called)

@susiron1449

5 жыл бұрын

@@xekon14 Yup. Kaya

The correct way to explain Gruul ; NOT GRUUL? THEN DIE. And yes they have to talk in caps and never stop yelling.

@DoABarrelRol1l

5 жыл бұрын

My party all got mtg Guild packs that come with cards, a cool ass pin of the guild, and a flavorful welcome letter to the guild. Grull's: 'RUN SMASH KILL FIGHT!' in giant font that takes up the entire page.

@emiledlund9559

4 жыл бұрын

Yet somehow they are neutral

@user-pp5oh9ee1k

4 жыл бұрын

Emil Edlund yeah, because “NOT GRUUL” can be good, and it can also be bad

@dilophosaurussk4333

3 жыл бұрын

No, not really, they are still a guild, and though they may not LIKE it, they still have emissaries and diplomats.

@JacksonOwex

3 жыл бұрын

RAGE AND ANGER!!! SMAAAAAAASH!!!!! lol

We don't talk about the Dimir Guild. The last time someone did the guild started murdering each other again.

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

That's not something I'm allowed to let you remember, sorry

@torysaccount5753

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mythtic What remember?

*ehem* Um ACTUALLY Azorius wasn't founded by the Sphinx Espara. Espara is currently running the guild of Azorius. Azorius was founded by Azor, a great Sphinx of law that made the first guild pact. He's currently alive on a different plane of existance dealing with Pirates, dinosaurs, Merfolk Aztecs, and Vampire Conquestadors.

@stasisarbiter8710

5 жыл бұрын

@Danny BRITZMAN Well in the time that Guildmaster's Guide takes place Isperia is currently the Grand Arbiter, if you're talking about current story, Dovin isn't even the leader anymore

@aduffyguy

5 жыл бұрын

@@stasisarbiter8710 SHHH SPOILERS!

@SwingRipper

5 жыл бұрын

@@aduffyguy the I suppose I should not mention Chandra's Triumph or anything like that then...

@c.jhamblin5759

5 жыл бұрын

UHmmmNNN Actually, arzorius has two paruns, the other being grand arbiter agustin

@crypticmrchimes

5 жыл бұрын

Well, he WAS alive in Ixilan. Now he's golden.

LMAO "dimir are just mailmen, nothing special"

nice description on the Dimir, keep like that and they'll let you live

@kfcu

5 жыл бұрын

Too late

@GWalmott

5 жыл бұрын

@@kfcu no more larry videos :(

@crypticmrchimes

5 жыл бұрын

What House Dimir?

@GWalmott

5 жыл бұрын

@@crypticmrchimes house what? never heard of

@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos

5 жыл бұрын

@@GWalmott Oh, that spider thing on all the old guildpact-era stuff? Yeah, what's the deal with that?

“A lich named Jared” is one of the best canon things i this set tbh

Actually, azorius was founded by a different Sphinx, that being Azor, the Lawbringer. Isperia just runs it now because Azor ran off to another plane.

@SmashPortal

5 жыл бұрын

Although as of Guilds of Ravnica, Isperia is dead.

My favorite description of the Selesnya Conclave is "a murderous cult poorly disguised as Greenpeace".

@torysaccount5753

5 жыл бұрын

Rather obtrusively expanding than murderous

@iliketurtles2531

5 жыл бұрын

So it's greenpeace, jehovah's witness and NRA all conbined.

@rejvaik00

4 жыл бұрын

So it's just normal Greenpeace then

@Rockzilla1122

3 жыл бұрын

You could've just said Greenpeace and saved yourself some time

@Ace2014Ace

2 жыл бұрын

Funny thing. Out of the original members of Greenpeace, only 1 was a science student, the others were law students. The scientist left because nothing they did was backed by actual science.

I think the Selesnya are the ones that scare me the most. "Do not be afraid, we can make all of your problems go away. You will be happy as one of us. One of us. One of us."

2:35 "dude's like a well-read tarrasque" understatement, he's almost as strong as a tarrasque, a 20th-level wizard, can use his legendary actions to regain spell slots for free, can concentrate on two spells at the same time, has a *+18 to hit with his spells,*

"He got killed, but he's a lytch so he got... better"

@DuoSanguis

5 жыл бұрын

Wait, I thought the Golgari guildmaster was that Gorgon Planeswalker, Vraska...

@matheusrudzevicius6448

5 жыл бұрын

@@DuoSanguis i mean she is, jarad is still alive anyway, as a realy smart head

Before watching: Woot MTG player getting into DnD with this book, loving it.

I'm a frequent MTG Player and I swear I've never heard of this Dimir guild. Is this a late April Fools joke or something?

@KingBobXVI

5 жыл бұрын

As the name implies, they're just an old house, or family, that used to be very influential way back when the guildpact was created. They've since lost prominence and aren't really a guild anymore. Neat history, but not really worth looking into anymore.

@imsentret

5 жыл бұрын

@@KingBobXVI I'd direct you to a wonderful subreddit known as r/woosh, but I'd rather assume that you're joking.

@TheDoctor423

5 жыл бұрын

They are totally not the spy guild, and they totally won't burn down your house for talking about them. Incidentally, can I sell you on this fire insurance premium... for no reason?

@Damien-oi4vv

5 жыл бұрын

The Doctor and of course they will definitely not wipe your memories if you hear things you shouldn’t

@berserkerciaran

4 жыл бұрын

Aren't they from the last Un- set?

I had no idea that ravnica was part of MTG until about to weeks ago. Thank you.

@The_Evening_Sun

5 жыл бұрын

I guess you haven't played MTG recently?

@ms.aelanwyr.ilaicos

5 жыл бұрын

@@The_Evening_Sun Or ever

@Glace1221

5 жыл бұрын

So it's a MTG and D&D crossover?

@matthewmullinax6026

5 жыл бұрын

@@Glace1221 Isn't the first time they've done this with their owned products. That's sort of the idea of the entire Planeshift series.

@Adam-cq2yo

5 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmullinax6026 To be fair, Planeshifts are PDFs of, like, a handful of pages. GGR is like if Planeshift got buff and took steroids.

Yeah boi, actually about to play my first game in Ravnica! Thanks for this, made this kind-of-confusing world

@crypticmrchimes

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Ravnica! i hope you like going down wonderous rabbit holes of intrigue and madness!

@auroralee

5 жыл бұрын

There's kind of a giant freaking planetwide invasion of zombies and shit going on in the story of Magic right now, but guilds are still trying to murder each other, mostly.

@benpeterson4673

5 жыл бұрын

Just...keep clear of any lightning storms. Those are only kind of on purpose.

@threetea7816

5 жыл бұрын

Just remember if you run into rakdos it's going to be a showstopper.

@axazilharper5571

5 жыл бұрын

Okay... I think I got all that. Lightning storms=bad, Rakdos is a showstopper, everything’s mad and... oh yeah: casual zombie invasion... Nah this isn’t worrying, not worrying at all (knowing my DM I’ll die in a lightning storm whilst being attacked by zombies)

Its krasis not krasis

@Ceracio

4 жыл бұрын

I hate the fact that I read "krasis" and "krasis" differently. Btw lorewise the term Krasis comes from Experiment Kraj, a huge legendary ooze (think phat gelatinous cube with the abilities of all members of the Simic combine) that almost took down Rakdos (a 50ft tall badass Guildmaster Demonlord Balrog-guy) singlehandedly. After the Kraj "incident" the Simic started referring to all non-humanoids that were a fusion of two creatures or more as Krasis. Eg- Sharktocrab.

@berserkerciaran

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ceracio wait, the Kraj duked it out with Rakdos?

@comradecameron3726

4 жыл бұрын

BerserkerCiaran yeah. Kraj tried to eat Rakdos but somehow that fucking killed him.

@phonetheory7056

3 жыл бұрын

Help I don't get the joke

Technically ONE orzhova ghost has challenge 8. They summon 4 other ghosts like immediately.

@SomeFreakingCactus

5 жыл бұрын

That said, one of the other 4 ghosts might take an... opportunistic... approach to the situation.

Love magic. Also love those dimir that are so nice and never plot anything

Has anyone else noticed that the Armoured Squirrel is in every single video he posts? Like, all of them. That is one legendary Squirrel Paladin

"In a space where there is no room, in a structure that was never built, meets the guild that doesn't exist." House Dimir is so fucking cool

Let a Magic player try to better explain the guilds to dnd players Azorious: y'know that guy who adds so many house rules to the point where his lvl 1 fighter is somehow dealing more magical dmg than all casters but at the same time is healing better than the cleric and is still dealing way more damage than the monk and barbarian? Yep, that's azorious Dimir: y'know that one dude who knows all the dnd rules and every single monster, and has watched every single piece of dnd media and figured out what the DM is planning just by saying "you meet up in a cavern" and already figured out that the major of texas was the one who killed jesus. That's dimir Rakdos: y'know that one dude who plays a very confusing character who insist on not telling you the plan, but only that his monk with no defense should be up front and take the damage for the next 5 rounds just to pull off that single awesome combo that came out of no where? That's rakdos Gruul: y'know that barbarian who only ever went into the most basic of things but somehow maxed his strength at lvl 4 amd doesn't know what else to do, so does nothing else? That's gruul Selesnya: y'know that one druid who has so many npcs and summons that it takes a20 minutes for an entire round? That's selesnya Orzhov: y'know that dude who has a single combo that goes off every single action, even though you question how legal it is but you have no eay to prove it is illegal? That's orzhov Izzet: y'know that one newb who talks about being a wizard all the way up to session 0, then to figure out he got to choose his spells, picked the first few that he thought would go well together, then actually realized they didn't but as the game progressed he somehow were able to pull of some bs and defeat the BBEG? That's izzet Golgari: y'know that one dude who's playing a cleric but never heals you, and only waits for you to die to use your corpse? That's golgari Boros: y'know that person who roleplays paladin a little too well to the point that you heard them start telling off some kids litering in shakespearian? That's boros Simic: y'know that person who tried to tame and somehow use (or even fuse) every encounter? That's simic

I will laugh at you with not my $12,000 deck but with my $980 deck that I built for $21 before its value went up. Sorry had to. XD

@SomeFreakingCactus

5 жыл бұрын

What deck? UR Delver?

Dimir isn’t run by a vampire anymore. Now we have a totaly norma,l not-shapeshifter human guildleader.

@anthonybianzano4133

5 жыл бұрын

You mean elf right?

Also, the entire orzhov syndicate can be aptly described in their newest card's name; Charity extractor And you forgot the fact they enslave debtors ghosts.

Magic: the Gathering, but every time you cast a blue spell, the game takes twice as long Wait

@xekon14

5 жыл бұрын

Nathan Chaffee Deja-Vu?

@nateskinner97

5 жыл бұрын

I guess I shouldn't be surprised you're a fan too.

@ironstorm1690

5 жыл бұрын

Don't blue spells already do that?

@valfrozz

5 жыл бұрын

@@ironstorm1690 that's the joke, ya dingus

@ironstorm1690

5 жыл бұрын

@@valfrozz Sorry. Sarcasm doesn't translate well on the internet.

Idk if it's worth mentioning, but 4:10 names Sova, Jelenn, and Lyev are of slavic origin, meaning Owl, Deer and Lion.

@zoranr5226

3 жыл бұрын

Ravnica means plane as opposed to hilly ground

@Alche_mist

7 ай бұрын

The author of the MtG Ravnica setting likes Slavic languages and history. Especially Czech (I'm Czech). There are far more Czech-based words and realia in the Ravnica, sprinkled throughout: The Azorius Senate seat is called Prahv, pretty close to Praha (literally Prague, Czech capital). The basic level of Boros Legion member is a wojek (voják = soldier). In the stories, this one wojek naked Kos (=blackbird, poetically "Canny Guy") uses a blasting wand called Pendrek (literally "baton") and the command word for using all its energy at once to make a biiiig blast is "Vrazi" (literally "Murderers"). I leave the meaning of Devkarin elves to the reader. And in the MtG card images, you can even see several Prague sights (yes, real buildings).

Man, I know this really isn’t part of the video, but I love how he included the office in here

"The thing the guilds fear most is infiltration of their own ranks. I should know, I'm a part if all of them!" ~Lazzave, shapeshifting guildmaster of Dimir

@ironstorm1690

5 жыл бұрын

This is false and very not true. The dimir do not exist and even if they did, they would be nice people who are totally not up to anything.

@Mythtic

5 жыл бұрын

Iron Storm yes this is true

This became my favourite d&d content, since it shows how easy it is to seize the means of production. Thank you, comrade!

"Have you played that MOBA!" "No which game?" "Guess :3" "...Izzit League?" "... yes."

As a magic player listening to you explain it in terms for none magic players was fun. Good job

BY THE DECREE OF THE AZORIUS SENATE, THE FOLLOWING CORRECTION HAS BEEN ISSUED: THE AZORIUS SENATE WAS FOUNDED BY THE GREAT AZOR WHO ALSO WROTE THE GUILDPACT.

@sixela6

4 жыл бұрын

I play a blue white deck

So Ravnica is basically Coruscant?

@susiron1449

4 жыл бұрын

Bingo. With the exception of factions on the brink of war with each other

@freakyzoid3565

4 жыл бұрын

So the entire Clone Wars but on Coruscant?

@comradecameron3726

4 жыл бұрын

The Freak who freaked his last freaky Freak yes but cooler.

@defensivekobra3873

4 жыл бұрын

@@freakyzoid3565 i mean the clone wars Only had a small handful of factions and neutral worlds, clone wars but imagine if everyone was as diverse and different as the umbarans and geonisiabs

@qdaniele97

4 жыл бұрын

@@freakyzoid3565 More like Coruscant during the Old Republic then

Me and the Golgari boys harvesting corpses. I'm in a campaign of all Golgari

I have that book and Runesmith nailed it. There is no word, I would change or add.

Oh man, I came here for a Ravnica lore video to share with my players. What I found was that AND you're funny. I shall now watch all your videos 👍

I love these videos. As a newbie to DnD they help a lot. The lore is like a big brick wall.

@Adam-cq2yo

5 жыл бұрын

D&D doesn't have a unified lore. The lore can be whatever you want. It completely depends on what world you're in. The most popular world is the Forgotten Realms. Other popular worlds include Eberron, Greyhawk, and more. This particular world is actually from another game that Wizards of the Coast make: Magic the Gathering. A popular option is to make your own, homebrew world. The DM is the god of the world(s) you play in.

I could really relate to this video. Especially those Garbagari guys, or whatever. Seriously.. DnD and Ravnica was all I needed in life. Or so I thought. This video was fantastic. Needed it

@justinjacobs1501

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Golgari are a pretty interesting group. They also provide a lot of food for lower class and destitute citizens so even though they are necromancers and cultivate gardens of horrors... They aren't necessarily bad guys.

@ashenwuss1651

5 жыл бұрын

@@justinjacobs1501 That's the funny and aspring thing about philosophy and morale. The Golgari are selfish at their core, but they dont discriminate

"Freedom vs. Safety" My favorite thing you've done yet, and I like them all. Thank you.

I may have started playing Magic when Ravnica first came out and knew it already, but I really needed to hear how you worded it. I was not disappointed.

Creepy Spider Eye Symbol: Aight,nothing wrong there. For sure. Definitly. *help*

Character who I MUST play at some point: disgraced loxodon drunken monk.

Great video! I am absolutely done with explaining all guilds every single time.

Deserves way more subs man...jeez hilarious and informative.

Ok, I had to give you a thumbs up for the dimir description.

I was so hyped for this book whn i came out due to my love of the Ravnica world in MTG. It sucks that like 99% of the Ravnica lore it intorduces is out of date due to the most recent MTG set. Like most of the people you talked about in this video are wildly different or just straight up dead now, lol. Oh well, great vid btw!!

@KingDoopliss20

5 жыл бұрын

I actually like that this book is set pre the most recent set(s). I think it leaves it more open for custom campaigns, and i wouldn't be surprised if thye release more magic books in the future maybe even another rav book...although i want inistrad.

Just found this channel and this video was hilarious. Great content and more Ravnica please, the setting is great for politics and intrigue that is sometimes missed in other D&D settings. Subscribing!

I mean... I am long time mtg player, but I keep returning to this video every few months as it is only stuff I know, but explained in pretty entertaining way and I love it!

I already knew all of it but still, thank you Logan, very cool!

4:46 Wait, you mean Jesus, Obi-wan kenobi, or both?

@masterrbg

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@--CHARLIE--

3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean? Those are the same thing.

I never thought of gruul as mad max till you said it, and now i can't stop thinking about it.

Thanks for making D&D understandable for new players I show your vids to new players before we play.

So first time playing in Ravnica my friend caught Rakdos in a pokeball

Where's my fellow Izzet bois? I liked this video. All of the guilds are great but... glory to the Firemind.

Friend of mine is getting ready to DM our group's next campaign, which is set in Ravnica. This helped out a lot. Thanks!

Love your style. You did fail to mention the best thing about the book. The backgrounds provide spell choices!!!!!!!

0:15 What you lookin at

@VeniVidiVeni89

3 жыл бұрын

Myself.

Okay can Tarkir get a book next? I want those cool dragon designs in my game.

@harrisonsmith875

5 жыл бұрын

Ixalan might be cool too...

@dreddbolt

5 жыл бұрын

...and Lorwyn.

@KingDoopliss20

5 жыл бұрын

If they do another magic book i'd guess they'd do inistrad next as it's the only plane that competes with rav for most popular plane.

@John-bm3lq

5 жыл бұрын

Tarkir would be an amazing setting for another book. Ixalan and amonkhet are also nice settings but they already did a plane shift for those worlds (they’re still great and they’re free)

@LibrarianOfLeng

5 жыл бұрын

I think Otaria can be cool

as a magic player whos favorite guild is dimir, hearing his description of the dimir was my favorite part of this video

@bigoldpp9542

3 жыл бұрын

oh my god i wrote this before seeing the end and i love it

Best video I have seen describing the guilds and setting

Consider this. There is only one guild that if it collapsed would lead to mass death and the decay of the city as a whole. without this guild, Ravnica would be doomed without any external threat. That guild is Golgari. Now here me out. In terms of governing, or innovation, the Golgari aren't that influential. However, they keep diseases, famine and filth from overtaking the world. Without them disposal would be impossible. Decay would be in the streets and cultivation of food would fall squarely to Selesnia which is ill equipped to handle the demands of not just the 10 guilds but the guildless. Selesnia's, Gruul and even Simic land would become unusable as some become dust bowls while the pollution ruins the simic combine. Don't know how you can use it. But could be interesting for a campaign if the Azorious over regulates the Golgari cause them to ineffectively do their jobs. Golgari is legitimately the largest guild too.

@jamesloder8652

5 жыл бұрын

Good luck "over-regulating" a guild which predominantly inhabits the undercity and doesn't give a flying fig about your laws.

How are the Boros hard to figure out? (Other than the description apparently being poorly written) They're basically a crusading army led by angels that goes around smiting anybody that does things they don't like (which is most people, barring the Azorius and Selesnya) Their overall military prowess and power are unmatched by any of the other guilds (not that they can't lose individual battles or campaigns) but they're basically all-in on full-on outright battle. Charged with being the 'kinetic' end of lawkeeping in Ravnica they ate motivated more by the principle of justice, rather than the letter of the law. So they tend to ignore laws they don't like and enforce their own unofficial rules. Remember 80s buddy-cop movies? The Boros is the "loose cannon who plays by their own rules." ----and the description of Dimir was gold.

@torysaccount5753

5 жыл бұрын

Every guild in Ravnica is split into two conflicting ideas. The split in the Boros Legion is the concept of justice. One part says, justice is what the Azorius write down as law. They work very closely with Azorius Enforcers, because when everyone obeys the law, there is no problem. What would be the point in having laws if they didn't matter? On the other hand we have the Boros who say that just because it is the law, it isn't necessarily fair. Justice can't be written down and discussed in theoretical cases. The Boros should be allowed to execute actions that contradict the law if it causes justice among the citizens.

@iliketurtles2531

4 жыл бұрын

Torys Account That's some deep question coming from an army of lawful stupid no brainers.

Man I was checking out demons, devils, celestials and all those weird dudes and your vids have been a blessing.

1:20 Simic Combine 2:05 Izzit League 2:38 Gruul Clans 2:58 Selesnya Conglave 3:22 Cult of Rakdos 3:47 Azorius Senate 4:25 Boros Legion 5:01 Golgaru Swarm 5:37 Orzhov Syndicate 6:20 House Dimir

@DoABarrelRol1l

Жыл бұрын

nice sonic

I did not know this. I have the book but only for the races....shame it didn't introduce an undead race so you could join the garbage lich, that sounds cool.

@dg_yorick6814

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, undead aren't really a race. They're one of the other races turned zombie sorta?

@tigert2092

5 жыл бұрын

Fungus people should be added so you could also be a servant of Jubilex in other worlds

@clericofchaos1

5 жыл бұрын

@@dg_yorick6814 no, undead are a type. Just like humanoid, fey, etc. there were undead races in 3.5, i'm sure they'll make it to 5e eventually.

@17Envy17

5 жыл бұрын

I mean Golgari don't have many undead. They're more made up of Gorgons, Elves and Insects

@clericofchaos1

5 жыл бұрын

@@17Envy17 insects would also be a cool player race. the thri-kreen would be easy enough to convert.

Okay, clearly the Izzit League are the best choice here...

@qwormuli77

5 жыл бұрын

You spelled Simic wrong.

thoroughly enjoyed this, thanks for posting. I bought 6 of the guild kit decks and now am looking to build my own 10 Pauper guild kit decks, Golgari for instance would be a Tortured Existence deck, Azorius would be a familiars deck. I am inspired to post a video all on this subject soon, just gotta put them all together.

Dimir is so cool, I always love how efficient they are at their job as postal workers! Whenever I have a secret missive they get it to where it needs to go! :)

The boros enforce law by casting punch because that is good. Deus Vult

I think I might run a war of the spark dnd campaign

@GammaAkutobi

4 жыл бұрын

My DM is doing this now and so far it is fantastic because I'm the only one that knows the lore besides him and the only one he told what we were heading into.

Just got my hands on this book and was watching magic videos when this showed up great find loved it

I don't even play MTG anymore, and almost never cared about the lore, but this seems really cool! Thanks Logan for making it simple and easy to understand!