best pet in the game. somehow snuggly and silky at the same time, acts as a nightwatch..thing, and leaves dead boars at your feet as gifts, doesnt get much better.

@clarkkent163000

3 жыл бұрын

@Meme Core My d&d character is an Aarakocra werebear. My hybrid form basically looks like a winged owlbear.

(Gary Gygax holds up a 10¢ toy) "I just think it's neat"

@glorbojibbins2485

4 жыл бұрын

That's good people

@crakkbone

4 жыл бұрын

Avery Nelson why you make me cry?

@MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD

4 жыл бұрын

@@crakkbone??

@tomkerruish2982

4 жыл бұрын

It's also where he got the bulette and the rust monster.

@crakkbone

3 жыл бұрын

M D I just really miss Gary, is all. He was such a sweet man.

An Owlbear killed my first character. A level one dwarf fighter. Way back in 1980. Love these guys.

@klaiken989

11 ай бұрын

I wasn't even born yet, let alone a sperm in my fathers ballsack😅

And just like with real bears and real owls, my reaction goes as follows: Lizard Brain: "Get away from it, dangerous animal that will shred you to pieces." Monkey Brain: "But I want to pat it's fluffy head and scratch it's tummy, it looks so cute." Seriously, the picture at 4:17 almost melted my heart with how adorable they look, especially the cubs.

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

Warning: Do not play in Uncanny Valley

@Eric_The_Cleric

4 жыл бұрын

The cubs are adorable and the mother looks like an angry bean. I'm not sure how I feel...

I love these just because they're predators. No lore, no ultimate goal. Just an animal that needs to eat and thus hunts. It's just an amazing sight in these SCP or D&D videos

Human: Where the fffff--- where did this come from? Fairies: Oh are you just getting these? Wow. We had them forever

I hear they come after people who miss their language lessons.

@dennisfigueroa7700

4 жыл бұрын

Oh no I hear one

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

Your joking me, write?

@dennisfigueroa7700

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but I haven't done my lessons in a while

@Eric_The_Cleric

4 жыл бұрын

@@LetsTalkAboutPrepping I see what you did there.

@Zenden1ST

4 жыл бұрын

beg for your life in spanish

I remember back when my group first started our campaign. We were on the hunt for a Manticore that was terrorizing a nearby village. A tavernkeep gave us information to find the monstrosity. He didn't give us much, but it was enough. We head out and found some tracks. None of us were proficient in Survival (yet), so we all rolled relatively low to tell what the tracks came from. So we assumed it was the tracks of the Manticore and followed them. We entered into a damp dark cave, where our wizard and barbarian were completely blind, but my tiefling brother and I (also a tiefling) could see just as well. As we went deeper into the cave, we saw a lump of fur. I poked it, just to see if it was still alive. As any intelligent person would, I rolled stealth afterwards just incase. Nat 20 for that. As the creature woke up, we discover it is not a Manticore, but actually an Owlbear. After about 3 minutes of my group's shit getting pushed in by a "random" Owlbear attack (winkwink), we realize that Manticore's don't even live in caves. We also come to find they live in mountains, which of were miles away from us. It was a very upsetting day.

This would fit perfectly within the world of ATLA.

@lordcypher5889

4 жыл бұрын

Won Shit Ton... Edit: Whoops...

@michaelandreipalon359

4 жыл бұрын

The creatures could also fit in The Owl House.

At this point, ancient wizards have basically created everything.

@DracoMagnius

4 жыл бұрын

Correct, most things are either created by Gods, a bored ancient wizard or some aberration dreamed it up or used psychic energy and flesh molding to craft it.

@Monster-em1lm

4 жыл бұрын

Why can't we have some ancient wizards come to our world and give everyone anime waifus

@declanedmison5442

4 жыл бұрын

Zoomerangs Ieeping them all for thrmselves

@skollrum

4 жыл бұрын

What is God, but an ancient wizard

@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149

4 жыл бұрын

"A wizard did it."

And here i thought there are things that haven't been done before D&D: *OWLBEAR*

@declanedmison5442

4 жыл бұрын

Owlbear.

@kingzanyhero5750

4 жыл бұрын

Owlbear

Awakening Owlbears is highly frowned upon in most druid circles.

@Speed001

3 жыл бұрын

y?

@juancarlosquejada9612

3 жыл бұрын

@speed Waking someone up from a nap is just very rude.

Last time i was this early There were still origami dragons

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

Why you gotta hurt me like that?! I came here to be happy 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Here there be tears

@DredFulProductions

4 жыл бұрын

Too soon..

@howardhavardramberg7160

4 жыл бұрын

😢😢😢😢😢

@strawhatshinigami9190

4 жыл бұрын

Gotdammit ,the pain never leaves ...

@Speed001

3 жыл бұрын

DELETE!

Real owls and bears can easily scale trees almost instantly, however their crossbreed cannot at all for some reason

Finally we have found the Duolingos species

@gman5147

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@grimreaper5762

4 жыл бұрын

You just found em? I've been walking with there souls to the afterlife for Eons

@gamman5736

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

Oh yeah, those are real We bigfoots have encountered them in the deep woods a few times

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

Is that really you? Please abduct me, i don't want this human world no more

@car0ndelet

4 жыл бұрын

Damn, I hope they’re chill with you and your cousin Just Some Sasquatch With Internet Access.

@Dragon151

4 жыл бұрын

Yep totally real. Me and my dragon friends pick one off every once in a while. They do put up quite the fight.

@the_void996

3 жыл бұрын

Yo what class are you playing Bigfoot?

@strawhatshinigami9190

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmm......The fucking Yeren ....enemies of The Fae and Mankind ......

Owlbears have always been my favorite D&D creature. I want a Snowy Owlbear named Snowball. :)

@ralphlitabia1484

Жыл бұрын

"Fraust" (frost in ol norse)

@aliceofspades

Жыл бұрын

@@ralphlitabia1484 I like it! 👍

That’s fucking terrifying, normal bears can swat your head off and owls are specialized in picking up small sounds an incredible distance away. Truly a beast

I’m gonna start watching these dungeon and dragon videos of yours, you can make anything interesting tbh :)

@glorbojibbins2485

4 жыл бұрын

Check out "AJ pickett" channel if you like this stuff

I can't help but laugh at the first picture lmao he's like "wat she doin?"

Love these D&D vids. Keep them coming. You're giving my bard ideas that my DM is going to dread.

"Only you can give a hoot about forest pollution... fires." Needs work

4:45 I would risk my life for one of these baby owlbears i swear

Been a minute since I've stopped by the exploring series but every time I jump back in I remember why I subscribed. Your stuff is top notch man, keep it up!

Odd coincidence that when Mr.Rhexx does a video on one of these creatures, you seem to release an eerily similar video a few days later.

@tife9068

4 жыл бұрын

Right? The same thing happened when Rhexx released the Mimic video. Let's wait the a third time to be sure.

@Eric_The_Cleric

4 жыл бұрын

Is it that big of a deal? I don't watch Mr. Rhexx, so I'm one of those who just gets this. I mean, unless it's straight plagiarism, in which case yeah that's a problem.

@NoESanity

4 жыл бұрын

@@Eric_The_Cleric it's more that it's funny. I watch a few "things you didn't know" style channels and its very common for people to drop videos that are on the same subject around the same time. So mr.rexx did his owlbears a few days ago, so unless hes working around the clock its unlikely exploring had enough time to plagiarize it.

@Eric_The_Cleric

4 жыл бұрын

@@NoESanity I mean, I have edited videos like the ones Exploring does, and he's been doing this for long enough that this video shouldn't take more than a few hours of honest work to make. Since Owlbears are such a popular thing in D&D, there is a ton of art. Rip that from the internet, slap the images into the video editing software, *maybe* add some transitions, and then do your voiceover and boom. You got a TES video. Scripting and research probably will take the most time, but not more than a day's worth of work and certainly not more. That's probably the part that would be plagiarized anyways, and if it is then the video takes even less time to compile. No shade to TES, honestly. I quite enjoy his stuff and watch it in the background while I do other tasks, which is what I find his videos are good for. It's just that the reality is that anyone with any sort of editing experience knows that his videos shouldn't take very long to make, which is why I brought up the idea of plagiarism. Maybe these two channels do actually work together, maybe one copies the other. If TES does, that's scummy, but honestly it's all publically available information about a public game that's been around for 40+ years. Maybe he gets video ideas from Mr. Rhexx and just tries his hand at the subject. As I said before, though, I don't watch Mr. Rhexx so I can't be 100% sure if any part of his videos scripts are ripped or not. I guess it is funny, though. There just seems to be some shade thrown at TES for something that could be completely honest (even if not completely coincidental) video themes.

@adammiller7236

4 жыл бұрын

These videos have the advantage of not being voiced by a nasally guy doing his best game theory impression

Perfect timing as I couldn't sleep

@spook448

4 жыл бұрын

insomnia go brrrr

@chandlerpearce6213

4 жыл бұрын

I just finished work and was thinking the same thing

Never knew about Winged Owlbears, thanks for that juicy combat encounter idea

I really hope you're going to do a video on DnD Far Realm. That's the place where Shoggoth-like aberrations, Illithids and Aboleths come from. It's really tough to get any good info on it since 95% of spells, monsters and lore is written in obscure magazines and compendiums scattered throughout all editions.

Getting Dauntless vibes from the owlbear and I love it!

It's cool that owlbears made it into other series/games too, including Dauntless, a rather recent game. Only difference between D&D owlbears and the Dauntless owlbears (Shrike and Skraev), is that the Dauntless ones usually feed off of Aether, throw aetheric projectiles, and can fly inherently, like the Winged Owlbears. The Shrike relies on brutish force, while the Skraev will freeze opponents before attacking usually. I'm not sure of any other games I might of heard of that do Owlbears (i'm sure that ages old game that has smart gem goblins has them too)

ah yes, Shrike

@itol2201

4 жыл бұрын

I scrolled way too far for this.

@jordangrant3022

4 жыл бұрын

I been like "I know DND did it first but I can't believe there hasnt been a single shrike reference

found a young owlbear shot with arrows in the forest (parent was dead down the road). party wanted to leave it, but i wanted to help. perfect rolled medic and animal handling skills despite being a mage... DM said fuck it and gave it to me as a pet later. luv u owly.

The Owlbear with wings looks almost like a Griffin. Dont know if they are related or not

@sirgideonofnir6840

4 жыл бұрын

Lore wise no one knows, the winged owl bear is the equivalent to real world unicorn. More myth than reality. But it doesn't stop dungeon masters from adding them for a cool encounter.

I've gotten into dnd, and youtube is recommending you again. Gosh i love your channel.

Good news there's no longer a giant rats problem in the sewers, bad news there's now a large owlbear Den on the outskirts of the city

Fascinating, thorough, and very entertaining. Great video.

2:35 Why is it looking at me so ... saucily?

More D&D videos please! These are really good and I thoroughly enjoy them.

im glad you gave owlbears a fair shot. most dnd/dnd lore enthusiasts dismiss it outright but i think it serves well as the big low-level baddy of the woods

First campaign ever, and on the 4th session we investigated a kidnapping by hobgoblins in a large cave in the forest. Ran into an owlbear which nearly killed us until we finally felled the great beast. I walked over to the creature's horde and dug around looking for anything of interest. Lo and behold, a single egg remained. I cared for it as my own, egg slung in leather across my chest (I was a bare-chested dwarf barbarian) until finally, he hatched. On one adventure with the baby, we encountered and freed a sealed being of great power who chose to help him grow into a young adult, and thus be rideable. Only he didn't mention that now the owlbear had an Int of 7 and could telepathically speak. Thus was born the legacy of Peliax the Mighty, and his rider Durlag Ironmaster. Our conquests were fearsome indeed. Best. Companion. Ever!

My players once stole a group of owlbear cubs from multiple dens, used Ghost Sound to copy their distressed calls, and then used these sounds to lure the various owlbears to a village. The village was not there for much longer. The reason behind this all? The village stole their horses.

@GipsyDangerfan

Жыл бұрын

Nice.

I can imagine an isolated island or continent allowing owls to take the big predator niche

The simic combine is really starting to get out of hand.

@Eric_The_Cleric

4 жыл бұрын

The Gruul will not stand this attack on owlbears! They are a natural force and were on this plane before the time of the Great City! The Simic... abominations... must be put down while this beautiful, natural creature must be held in the highest regard! The Simic will burn and so will their attempts to control and mutilate nature!

It is both cool & ridiculous at the same time. A neat trick.

First MrRhexx uploads "What they don't tell you about Owlbears" and now this.

I mean, depending on how thick the fur/skin/hide is on the underside, also provided you have a sharp enough weapon, you could probably easily-to-have-to-really-try to disembowel it. Provided you could get underneath it, of course.

Adventurers when the trees go *Hoot* and the forest Stinks of Vodkas.

0:32 - 0:39 upon re-watching this video, I feel like this should have been immediately followed by "... Roll initiative"

Ah yes, an exploring video to help me sleep. Well it'll actually keep me awake in excitement but that's not important ;) Thanks! I love your videos!

@LetsTalkAboutPrepping

4 жыл бұрын

Its like counting sheep. Just put it on playlist and somewhere around video 4 you start to doze

@martinsmith5520

4 жыл бұрын

His voice is very soothing but he's also very interesting

Yep, I had those toys. They were just a jumble "dinosaurs" and WTF critters. When I started playing ad&d I immediately put 2+2 together.

Many years ago... D&D: Here's an owlbear Avatar the Last Airbender creators: Interesting.

So it's a bear, that gives a Hoot

ngl these creatures kinda cute tho

@howardhavardramberg7160

4 жыл бұрын

4:17 😭

What should we expect next? The dreaded bunnywolf? The ferocious penguinlion? Perhaps the terrible ducksnake?

I remember DMing for my friends and rolling 3 Owlbear random encounters in one night. The party decided "fuck this" and gathered camp and just kept going, fatigued or not.

@sd5371

4 жыл бұрын

DM: y'all dont wanna sleep? *plays a KZread clip of screeching under the table* Players: ... we'll get coffee in the next village

I just begrudgingly adopted a little baby Owlbear named Nemain. She has quickly become my baby girl.

This would fit right into a Monster Hunter game. Name: Ursinowl, Feathered Beast Wyvern Type: Fanged Wyvern Fire: ⭐️ Water: ⭐️ ⭐️ Ice: ⭐️ Thunder: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Dragon: ⭐️

"...Where it's just as likely to maul it's handler as it is to finish the race." I hope my DM throws Owlbear races into a campaign setting. Also they actually look how their name suggests, unlike some creatures (Looking at you Bugbears...).

The owlbear combines "give a hoot, don't pollute" with "only you can prevent forest fires". Respect the forests, people...or else....

ive never even heard of DnD but your vids got me interested

@sethwilkins132

4 жыл бұрын

Troll

@Eric_The_Cleric

4 жыл бұрын

It's a fun game, you should try it sometime.

I wonder if these guys have any relation to the dreaded “Platypus-Bear”....

Great video. When I was younger I thought owlbears were like the joke of d&d... They have grown on me now.

I cast Animal Friendship! *Owlbear becomes docile* DM: Listen, no one is more pissed off than me.

@CJ-1413

4 жыл бұрын

Classic Merilwen

@MinniMaster

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, I was looking for an Oxventure reference

@patrickglover7506

4 жыл бұрын

@@MinniMaster thought you would appreciate the comment. Keep it real oxventure fan.

Me, and my Owlbear cloak can attest to their ferocity.

Please do one on SCP-2470 "the void singularity".

If I was going to make a Owl creature I'd just make a regular Owl but massive. lol

My first tpk as a DM was caused by an owlbear my players woke up on purpose because they wanted to see if they could tame it with treats.

@GipsyDangerfan

Жыл бұрын

2-3 years late, but if you remember it, how well, if well at all, did it end?

Tonight on “Man vs. Wild”, we’ll see if Bear Grylls can survive an actual Owlbear attack.

I know that there is a monster in Dauntless similar to this. However it can use its forelegs as wings.

🎶have you hugged an owlbear today? Have a owlbear hugged you? Have you felt it's beak and furr feathered arms rip your body in two?🎶 -the owlbear song by Dan the bard

After almost a week without power or internet, need me some TES.

Following mr rhexx and TES at the same time is such a weird experience

funny how you and mrrhexx seems to be telepathically connected

My character has a pet baby owl bear and its SO CUTE. Its also possessed by Tharizdun.

In Warcraft, we call these "Wildkins".

Another day, another banger

Okay now i wanna see a Bear Owl, with a head of a bear in a body of an owl.

I’m loving the dnd content. Keep up the good work

MrRexx just did this same one earlier this week. Still love tour videos, but thought you should know. 🙂

Damn it's the shrike from dauntless 😱

The Naaru have not forgotten us.

Jhunal has gone wild

My first few sessions, I caught a baby owlbear after we had a fight with it's mother

I had a lvl 12 barbarian decapatize an owl with a coup de Gracie....it was sleeping...massive XP bump...I eventually multi classes him into cleric and got him to 20.....4th edition setting so he had to become a god and we used epic rules for a bit.

Hmm. Here I always thought the bears were going after the bee larva for their protein, not the honey. Still not sure if I believe that is what is going on tho...so I will have to read about it now! Just makes a lot more sense that they would want those sweet, fat & juicy baby larva. I know they look for grubs ov other insects & bugs or what have you. I have watched one dig for moths and beetles in a large gravel run where an old river bed had dried up some time ago. He ate the bugs for hours too and never seemed to mind us watching.

I came to this video sad. I left less sad. 10/10 Exploring Series makes my life better and tolerable

I would like to pet this creature.

both MrRhexx and The Exploring Series drop an owlbear video in the same week... I guess great minds think alike

Congrats! You've just ensured that my players are going to encounter a gigantic 15ft owlbear in their near future~

Lets see some love for duergar or derro next.

"Your death will be grizzly."

@chris_bigchillen_1996

3 жыл бұрын

ZZ

I see why the Wildkins of Warcraft 3 had "Owlbears" as their internal names in the game files.

You should make a video on the Cadaver Collector

I can hardly wait for "Exploring Dungeons and Dragons: Gazebos"!

3:27 The shapely elven woman's swords have something inscribed on them in tengwar. Anyone up for translating it?

if we were to apply real-world logic to the Owlbear, its origins would have it likely be a descendant of an owl species that reverted back to it's Mesozoic-era features, like how whales went from water-faring fish to land-faring quadrupeds then back again to a water-faring mammal, this creature would be an ancient terrestrial lizard evolving to modern owls then reclaiming the land as this beast. (also the winged variant could never fly; it'd need enormous wings to lift its body and it could never consume enough calories fast enough to offset what that size and effort would cost)

This man would be the perfect game master in DnD

it be really cool if you did an q&a

Those weren’t berry bushes, they were bear-y bushes

Fuuuuuu- Dauntless just popped in my head. Damn bearowl.