Odopi: The Craziest D&D Monster I've Ever Seen

The odopi is one of the wildest Dungeons and Dragons monsters out there. It is (obviously) an aberration and it is from the prison plane of Carceri. Originally printed in Dungeons and Dragons 3.5 for the Monster Manual 3, I have converted it into 5E D&D and now present it to you for your viewing horror. As far as Dungeons and Dragons monster lore goes, the odopi might take the cake. This thing is awesome, terrifying, and truly memorable. Everything a D&D monster should be. It's basically the gloom hands from Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
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  • @poneal666
    @poneal6662 жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine two of these things communicating over a distance in the dark? Strange gurgling noises and mad hand clapping echoing off the hills and coming from the trees at night? Terrifying. And I can imagine them reproducing by two meeting up, grasping a few hands, and then TEARING THOSE ARMS OFF AS THEY FUSE TOGETHER TO CREATE A NEW ABERRANT HORROR! A flopping mass of limbs and eyes grasping at whatever is near to consume it as it first drags itself along, then begins hopping, and finally rolling as new arms, claws, and eyes sprout. GAH!

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is genuinely inspired 👏🏽

  • @worse9347

    @worse9347

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're a genius my friend, WTH is wrong with you

  • @thehillz726

    @thehillz726

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't them speaking also use like a super complex sign language

  • @topkek996

    @topkek996

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wait wait... Strange gurgling and clapping. It's the Americans, run!

  • @peterz7752

    @peterz7752

    2 жыл бұрын

    I admire your imagination

  • @1337174m1
    @1337174m12 жыл бұрын

    Mfw playing DnD for the first time ever as a Ranger in a homebrew, I get two small orange balls as pets from a magic shop, not knowing what they were exactly. Never figured out what they were either, but they constantly ate random animals, creatures, enemies and sometimes tried to attack my party. I felt an emotional attachment to them because they were only the size of a basketball at the time, and they listened to me. At one point in the story, I had to let them go due to circumstances beyond my control, and it was a sad goodbye. Fast forward to the final boss months into a campaign, and as a Lyndworm is trying to eat me. My character yells out. Then out of nowhere, two much bigger orange balls appear in the dungeon. Balls 1 & 2 (My names are all unoriginal) return to me, and trample and attack the Lyndworm! (they were now much bigger) and the thing fell into the chasm along with the Orange balls, ending the fight. My Orange balls came to save me, and died in the final fight (Or did they?). I was super grateful. I found out after the campaign, they were called Odopi.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is an amazing story. Your DM is a creative individual!

  • @phonetheory7056

    @phonetheory7056

    2 жыл бұрын

    That sounds like a fun deus ex machina.

  • @puttiplush

    @puttiplush

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awwwwdopi!

  • @Galactus78

    @Galactus78

    2 жыл бұрын

    What a cool idea

  • @Minicheche250

    @Minicheche250

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@phonetheory7056 a nice payoff you mean

  • @delix
    @delix2 жыл бұрын

    The fact that their language is through gurgles and claps just gives me an image of two of these things communicating by doing the most intense pattycake type game x100. Hilariously off putting.

  • @MyAramil

    @MyAramil

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or a game of charades.

  • @Zaprozhan

    @Zaprozhan

    2 жыл бұрын

    In a slightly comedic note, imagine this ball of crazy getting riled, and simultaneously cracking 50 pairs of knuckles, or giving you the finger.

  • @voidstrider801

    @voidstrider801

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Zaprozhan It can only be negotiated with through sign language, otherwise it's time to throw hands. Also it does a salt sprinkle thing with it's hands when it downs someone or just dabs, either should be sufficiently annoying ways to taunt players, maybe it just makes many L's with it's many hands. So many possibilities.

  • @lightninjohn5651

    @lightninjohn5651

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just the most intense amount of hamboning

  • @somejerk5662

    @somejerk5662

    2 жыл бұрын

    Arguments are just Star Platinum vs. The World punch duels

  • @MyAramil
    @MyAramil2 жыл бұрын

    Ok. im now convinced this thing was made by a DM who got tired of his parties shit. then created this thing. Teleport and true sight?

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    100% the vibe

  • @windhelmguard5295

    @windhelmguard5295

    2 жыл бұрын

    party member flies up to escape. odopi teleports near him, grapples him, smashes him to the ground from 500feet in the air, then falls ontop of him.

  • @lorekeeper685

    @lorekeeper685

    2 жыл бұрын

    this is 3.5e monster almost everthing around ıts cr have it or way to get it otherwise party walks next to them and it explodes

  • @astuteanansi4935

    @astuteanansi4935

    8 ай бұрын

    @@windhelmguard5295 does it emit a series of gurgles and hand claps that probably means something along the lines of "nothing personal, kid" immediately after teleporting?

  • @Tasarran

    @Tasarran

    14 күн бұрын

    'We stay at range and shoot it with bows' Ok, it throws four boulders at you, teleports on top of you, and rolls

  • @ThomasBemak
    @ThomasBemak2 жыл бұрын

    That teleport would be a BRUTAL way to punish flying characters. "Yup, you're grappled, aaaaaaand now you're plummeting 100ft to the ground."

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s an amazing point. The odopi might take some fall damage too, but it’s health pool is so big it surely won’t mind

  • @MyAramil

    @MyAramil

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DungeonDad Just have it roll a check to half or negate the damage.

  • @margathapai4010

    @margathapai4010

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MyAramil Have it position the player below itself as a pillow so the player takes the majority of the damage.

  • @rafabuda0

    @rafabuda0

    2 жыл бұрын

    That player's face when the giant tumbleweed piledrives them from 100ft in the air

  • @smoothearllemon4176

    @smoothearllemon4176

    2 жыл бұрын

    Should be taking a higher damage Dice from the fall because of physics. .... and then the grappled crushed player should take a bunch of that damage too.

  • @bjarnivalur6330
    @bjarnivalur63302 жыл бұрын

    Carceri is where every lvl 17+ player characters go when they're done adventuring.

  • @chakatBombshell
    @chakatBombshell2 жыл бұрын

    We are missing the scariest part, the Odopi is intelligent and more then wise enough to figure out how to use uncomplex tools and has all the hands it will ever need to do so. Imagine you see a scene of dead Men all wearing armor crushed and stabbed but there are no shields or weapons except a single broken crossbow seemly destroyed in frustration instead of battle...your only clues to the horror to come.

  • @victorvaldez8869
    @victorvaldez88692 жыл бұрын

    I want to have an encounter where the party to run into an Odopi rap battle or poetry slam. Just hundreds of claps, snaps, & occasional gurgles, while the party hides and watches.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh hahaha, that would be *chef's kiss*

  • @billyjimbobjr
    @billyjimbobjr2 жыл бұрын

    I imagine these guys reproducing like succulents, snap off an arm and it'll first sprout little pins from the stump that eventually grow into full arms, and you better believe every evil wizard lab my party encounters is gonna have this in a jar from now on

  • @ConstantChaos1

    @ConstantChaos1

    10 ай бұрын

    I feel like small groups of hands more like budding of jellyfish

  • @margathapai4010
    @margathapai40102 жыл бұрын

    So if Caceri is a prison realm of the gods, maybe it just grew out of the wall as essentially a jailor. If you plop it in the material realm, it's just crushes/captures anything it sees since it sees them as escapees. Maybe a weird twist or possible seed of a solution is any town you come across that has been destroyed by the Odopi still has the occupants of the local jail or dungeon untouched.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s a very cool idea!

  • @mal35m

    @mal35m

    2 жыл бұрын

    I was thinking along the same lines, that the Odopi might be jailors. It might be chasing something from Caceri that is even nastier than it is. How about if a foolish warlock made a pact with a powerful nasty from Caceri and as a result was doing things that would lead to it's jailbreak. The Odopi might be sent to deal with the warlock and drag him to Caceri for punishment. The warlock might hire your players for protection or more likely as cannon fodder to delay the Odopi while he escapes.

  • @Fluffkitscripts

    @Fluffkitscripts

    2 жыл бұрын

    That makes sense. Panoptical vision and true sight would be very useful for spotting anyone who thinks they can pull a fast one, its teleportation and speed allow it to chase them down, and its many hands give it a phenomenal ability to restrain and grapple. The only wrinkle is that prisoners might not tend to survive being eaten, which makes their tendency to eat things a bit odd if this is the case.

  • @camobranson09

    @camobranson09

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Fluffkitscripts A dead prisoner is a prisoner that's not a problem anymore to the Odopi.

  • @deer8071

    @deer8071

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Fluffkitscripts granted these things are sentient, so I suppose they could just simply choose not to eat the prisoner if they want to take them back to Carceri.

  • @Lionlord1000
    @Lionlord10002 жыл бұрын

    I like the idea that the odopi are destroying stuff because they are just freaking out. To them the material realm must be a horror show full with wierd incomprehesible creatures. The horrible noises made by a rampaging monster might just be a desperate creature calling for help in a world it doesn't underdtand.

  • @Just_Another_Gravemind
    @Just_Another_Gravemind Жыл бұрын

    I love to imagine that in their home realm they're just like petty tiny spiders not really a threat

  • @ts25679
    @ts256798 ай бұрын

    After being surprised by this monster in Tears of the Kingdom I will attest to how terrifying they are.

  • @darkminer14
    @darkminer142 жыл бұрын

    You could possibly use them as a warden of this super-max prison. A creature like that seems like they'd make great improv-cops to this super-max prison.

  • @MrUmakemelaff

    @MrUmakemelaff

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've a feeling that, in this prison, even the soap can kill and eat you. 🤔

  • @BenjaminRegen

    @BenjaminRegen

    Жыл бұрын

    Just slightly less violent than U.S. cops.

  • @zefirdude
    @zefirdude2 жыл бұрын

    Party peacefully wandering some safe looking path... And then rolling ball of death just teleports in front of them. I love it already.

  • @BaronSterling
    @BaronSterling2 жыл бұрын

    Given that they are _from_ Carceri, they're a giant ball of grappling hands, they're fast, and have a form of Dimension Door, I have a bit of speculation about their origin. Or perhaps it could be a bit of fun homebrew lore to add if you use these creatures. I think they are created/used for hunting down creatures that the various higher powers want imprisoned in Carceri, or for recapturing escapees from that dimension. I think it makes a lot of sense, they pop in, roll swiftly at their target, attempt to grapple and restrain their target with their uncountable arms, then teleport back to Carceri with their target in tow. It could create some fun situations, where instead of just being a big monster the party needs to fight, it is actively trying to capture an important NPC or a player, and the party has to prevent the Odopi from capturing its target. You could even have a small arc around this creature. Have it show up when the party is lower leveled, steamroll them, and then capture someone. The party then has to chase it down, go on a little adventure through Carceri, and then have a rematch with it as a mid-level boss to free their friend.

  • @LordM46
    @LordM462 жыл бұрын

    Now this one is odd, a alien tumbleweed of arms, eyes and claws.

  • @MerlinTheCommenter
    @MerlinTheCommenter2 жыл бұрын

    The worst part about the odopi is it makes you buy into it’s subscription plan so now you’re stuck with it.

  • @jordanroutledge777
    @jordanroutledge7772 жыл бұрын

    The hundreds of hands with eyes kind of makes me imagine a failed attempt at creating a celestial, or maybe a fallen/corrupted angel. In this flavouring of the creature, A party could hear about the creature from a celestial who it’s desperate to find a way to cleanse them and reclaim there fallen brethren!

  • @MySerpentine
    @MySerpentine2 жыл бұрын

    This seems like something that would fit well in the Far Realm. Maybe that could be where they came to Carceri from?

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    That would make a lot of sense to me!

  • @phalamy9180

    @phalamy9180

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ether that or a Beholder had a *REALLY* weird dream

  • @mr.cobalt1668

    @mr.cobalt1668

    2 жыл бұрын

    Desperate escape attempt gone horribly wrong

  • @KevinVideo
    @KevinVideo2 жыл бұрын

    I was at a friend's when this dropped, and had him watch this with me. He said that another way this thing could potentially reproduce is for it's limbs to slough off or if they're dismembered, could be the equivalent to pollen and grow into new ones.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is a very gross an cool idea. Extremely on brand for an aberration

  • @carlborneke8641

    @carlborneke8641

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s how some starfish reproduce as well. You can cut off one arm and both pieces will regenerate into 2 new individuals

  • @rafabuda0
    @rafabuda02 жыл бұрын

    For the reproduction, what came to my mind were either tumbleweeds or starfish, meaning either: A) at some point in it's life cycle, it passively releases spore-like eggs while rolling around. Or: B) have some of the arms it loses for one reason or another eventually grow into a new Odopi

  • @badideagenerator2315

    @badideagenerator2315

    Жыл бұрын

    mabye eyes fall out of the hands and hatch out into new baby odopi

  • @stingerjohnny9951

    @stingerjohnny9951

    Жыл бұрын

    @@badideagenerator2315 eye eggs 🫣

  • @ChasoGod
    @ChasoGod2 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps due to them being from THE Prison they are more like prison guards (or guard dogs) who are making sure inmates stay in their cells, but when they find themselves on the Material Plane they don't know who is a prisoner so they just go after anything not in restraints. If they see something running from them they go after it cause to them it's someone/something trying to escape.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like this idea a lot.

  • @mal35m

    @mal35m

    2 жыл бұрын

    Given what these things look like they may not be able to differentiate an Orc barbarian from a halfling librarian.

  • @Superbug-tf8zy

    @Superbug-tf8zy

    2 жыл бұрын

    Could be an interesting area, you need to sneak in open cells as it passes to stay alive

  • @ChasoGod

    @ChasoGod

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Superbug-tf8zy If caught you get dragged back to the starting cell and have to start all over again.

  • @jasoncrowell8863

    @jasoncrowell8863

    2 жыл бұрын

    I like that. If it sees someone shackled or in a locked cell, it will not attack them immediately. And it will also obsessively lock doors and restraints as it passes by, if there are people/creatures in them...so if you're wearing shackles that aren't locked to try and fool it...you just played yourself, but it won't start attacking now.

  • @jaaprooijmans1767
    @jaaprooijmans17672 жыл бұрын

    It would be terrifying to encounter this thing in a cave system where it could just roll back and forth over your entire party

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Woof, that would be straight up devastating

  • @InflamedCorgi

    @InflamedCorgi

    2 жыл бұрын

    They actually had a monster in the same book that did exactly that

  • @rafabuda0

    @rafabuda0

    2 жыл бұрын

    Skeleton ball from Dark Souls 3

  • @smarke9
    @smarke92 жыл бұрын

    Oh man! Huge inspiration here. I put a Cambium (from Tome of Foes) in my Out of the Abyss game. They just banished it, and I'm thinking Odopi would be a perfect unleashed form. "This is what happens when the addict made of hands doesn't get its fix."

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes! That’s an amazing idea

  • @KevinVideo

    @KevinVideo

    2 жыл бұрын

    Did you mean Tome of Beasts from Kobold Press?

  • @smarke9

    @smarke9

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KevinVideo Yep that's the one!

  • @LoarvicLoarvic

    @LoarvicLoarvic

    12 күн бұрын

    I wondered how a Cambion (from MTF) could be related to those creatures. Then i looked up what the Cambium is and...yes...

  • @alitaher003
    @alitaher0032 жыл бұрын

    Ok, but what if you give it like a hundred greatswords? It’s huge, so it could probably hold them in one hand, and just become fifty times more dangerous.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now we’re talking

  • @Hephaestus_God

    @Hephaestus_God

    2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe if it had mostly swords in all hands you can remove the true sight ability. Hard to see correctly when almost all your eyes are shoved into the hilt of a sword

  • @cameronhumphreys2309

    @cameronhumphreys2309

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact, that exists! It’s called the hecatoncheires, it’s a CR57 aberration created by the gods to fight off the strongest titan should he ever escape the mental prison where he is killing every single god and is quickly running out. Edit: fixed spelling on the name

  • @null7493

    @null7493

    2 жыл бұрын

    this is some dark souls shit

  • @the_last_ballad

    @the_last_ballad

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's a little weird that giving something 100 swords would make it 50x more dangerous. That suggests that each sword is only worth a .5x dangerpoint each.

  • @aformofmatter8913
    @aformofmatter89132 жыл бұрын

    I like to imagine these things reproduce in a manner reminiscent of nuclear fission 2 big odopi roll into each other, causing them to split into 3-5 smaller odopi

  • @gildedbear5355
    @gildedbear5355 Жыл бұрын

    I choose to believe that the Odoopi's mouth and stomach are also lined with arms, but smaller ones due to limited space. In general their arms work like shark teeth. They start small and grow larger as they migrate out onto the outer surface.

  • @corvistein9016
    @corvistein90162 жыл бұрын

    Can confirm that I thought that was awesome that they commun by clapping and gurgling, cause I feel watching two of these things clapping at each other would just be horrific and probably sound like a bunch explosions happening in quick succession

  • @elricengquist9989
    @elricengquist99892 жыл бұрын

    Myself I love the idea of using a alchemist that has been driven crazy by a elder lovecraftian deity. Kind of a Homunculus that was defective, or that failed being crafted as a perfected being.

  • @Alernategem
    @Alernategem Жыл бұрын

    For some reason I get the feeling that they’re almost like a young child in personality and intelligence

  • @yakirchernin6015
    @yakirchernin60152 жыл бұрын

    I am going to take this cutie home- I run a fallout-ish d&d campigan with both tech and magic, and plan a bio computer brain as a dungeon. I think the Odopi (with a significant nerf) will feel home there

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely something I’d expect to see in a post apocalyptic wasteland!

  • @BenjaminRegen

    @BenjaminRegen

    Жыл бұрын

    The reason the setting is a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

  • @BootyCrusader
    @BootyCrusader2 жыл бұрын

    Oh. My party and I fought one of those. Was fun! It was a gladiatorial battle :D

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    When you’re expecting a lion or something to come out of the cage and you get THIS

  • @BootyCrusader

    @BootyCrusader

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DungeonDad lol YEAH, it was fun though, I was playing an Oni barbarian and I got the last attack in so I just started furiously ripping its eyestalks out

  • @RailfoxStudios
    @RailfoxStudios2 жыл бұрын

    I laughed like a goddamn lunatic when I saw the two “communicating”. I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. Great shit as always, lol

  • @dm_nimbus
    @dm_nimbus9 ай бұрын

    As DM, I would describe its teleport as "A spectral sphere like an eye surrounds the creature, shutting like a blinking eye, leaving nothing behind. The eye opens again over the wizard, followed by a mess of hands, claws, and pain."

  • @LoarvicLoarvic

    @LoarvicLoarvic

    12 күн бұрын

    Other cool way for it to teleport would be it literally tearing a hole in the fabric of reality with it's multiple arms.

  • @creditsunknown7974
    @creditsunknown7974 Жыл бұрын

    Odoopi on a opera trying to figure out why the audience is calling upon a snake to send a magic missile to the actors: 👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️

  • @hezekiahxangel
    @hezekiahxangel2 жыл бұрын

    Bard: “i like to seduce the odopi” Dm: *facepalm*

  • @eddiemaiden4192

    @eddiemaiden4192

    2 жыл бұрын

    Odopi: numerous facepalms

  • @mechsikaner

    @mechsikaner

    2 жыл бұрын

    yeah lets start with a hug...or many many hugs

  • @itscznben8728

    @itscznben8728

    11 ай бұрын

    what kind of hybrid abomination would that make

  • @andreaandolina7199

    @andreaandolina7199

    9 ай бұрын

    Just here to say at at the moment of writing there are 69 likes. So consider this comment as a sign of support because I don't want to ruin the coincidence

  • @theticknarthur
    @theticknarthur2 жыл бұрын

    I see the Odopi life cycle including an intermediate stage when an arm is severed and lands in the remains of fallen foes, the open shoulder joint will animate the gore as an ooze type flesh pool until it consumes enough flesh to fully form a new Odopi.

  • @JohnnyFerno
    @JohnnyFerno2 жыл бұрын

    I run pathfinder so I'd have to change some things, but this seems like the biggest WTF monster to throw at the party.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Luckily 3.5 to pathfinder isn’t too much of a jump. Plus it’ll make it even less likely your party knows what to expect!

  • @mrurl42

    @mrurl42

    7 ай бұрын

    @@DungeonDad PF1 is basically DnD3.75 so Yeah, very little jump there. Have you thought about converting these to 5e AND PF2 stat blocks so they would be more accessible as more and more people are looking into converting to PF2 lately?

  • @elKinesis
    @elKinesis2 жыл бұрын

    This thing is an Elden Ring/ Bloodbourne/ Dark Souls boss

  • @elfbait3774
    @elfbait37742 жыл бұрын

    Monster straight out of Jim Hensen's creature shop

  • @EnergyBurst2
    @EnergyBurst22 жыл бұрын

    I imagine hearing 2 of these Odopi communicating with one another would sound akin to a crowd's applause, with some gurgling to boot, which would definitely be a sight to see and hear.

  • @Mekcstriker
    @Mekcstriker2 жыл бұрын

    I've decided I'm going to make an Odobi Hive where it's basically just a gargantuan mass of Odobis holding hands

  • @vectoraz1435

    @vectoraz1435

    11 ай бұрын

    The author's barely disguised fetish

  • @DungeonDad
    @DungeonDad2 жыл бұрын

    Sorry the upload was a few hours late. Enjoy guys!

  • @KS-PNW

    @KS-PNW

    2 жыл бұрын

    No worries, rendering is a PAIN

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@KS-PNW it really, really is

  • @Michael-ft5bm
    @Michael-ft5bm2 жыл бұрын

    Wait…ANOTHER channel about monster ecology similar to MrRhexx, but with stat builds for 5E? I’m in love.

  • @Babbleplay
    @Babbleplay2 жыл бұрын

    Almost thought it was a reverse bluff at first. Citing a friendly creature in the opening, then presenting us with this; started to suspect this claw horror was actually good and helpful, despite its abominable appearance. Which, is an interesting thought; a helpful, beneficial and benevolant monster that just looks, smells and sounds abhorrent.

  • @NoConsequenc3

    @NoConsequenc3

    Жыл бұрын

    a hammer flying at your face is terrible, but a hammer in your hand can build a future this is just a tool with a specific purpose is all, all tools only need the right care

  • @THEPELADOMASTER

    @THEPELADOMASTER

    Жыл бұрын

    Now I'm tempted to put this thing in my campaign as a good creature. Maybe it has a construction company. "Oh this? This is Jeff. Well actually it's name is *makes several claps and hand gestures* but we call it Jeff. Yeah, he builds our houses and shit. Pretty cool dude!"

  • @Babbleplay

    @Babbleplay

    Жыл бұрын

    @@THEPELADOMASTER I like the idea, but, in my mind's eye, even the good ones are still scary, like, what is normal talking for them, to humans is multiple hands clapping and snapping an inch from your nose. All up in your face. It would take some getting used to.

  • @frankly_earnest
    @frankly_earnest2 жыл бұрын

    Eldritch katamari damacy? Sign me up, Josiah! I think I'd make these more like starfish: have the central "body" regurgitate the stomach and digest prey externally. For bonus points, have the hands pull its stomach out instead and toss it at people. You could even take cues from the crazy array of ways starfish can reproduce: hermaphroditic, protoandrous, etc. Also, make those eyes secrete acidic tears. That gets at some weird existential dread tied to sticky hand toys, and has ecological implications: odopi transform the terrain they roll on into a surface that makes it easier for them to roll.

  • @MyAramil

    @MyAramil

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well to add to this, maybe the creature has a symbiotic relationship with an ooz for a stomach, it itself cannot digest solid material so it needs an ooze to digest things. so the ooze would seperate itself so it could be thrown, keeping a small portion to either regrow or to reform back together, so while the party is then battling it, dodging rocks, it opens its maw, pulls out what looks like a giant fucking booger and yeets the thing at a party member, where the ooze coats and begins to digest the adventurerer. then the odopi rolls over the party member and brings it into the maw.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is a beautiful comment

  • @frankly_earnest

    @frankly_earnest

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MyAramil I like this a lot!

  • @snowboundwhale6860
    @snowboundwhale68602 жыл бұрын

    This looks like something a Beholder would dream into existence if they had a nightmare about crowds of people swarming & grabbing at them. It does however make an incredible amount of sense that they're simply natives of what's basically the Australia of the Multiverse. The fact they actually have a mouth, along with the idea of it being a "prison warden" for Carceri that some other comments have mentioned makes me feel like it should have an ability similar to the Astral Dreadnought where their stomach itself is a type of prison dimension, or in this case that anything they swallow appears in Carceri.

  • @amadeusgamer7000
    @amadeusgamer70002 жыл бұрын

    I'm afraind of using this monster for my 5th level 5player party and them choosing to straight up fight it

  • @nicolaezenoaga9756
    @nicolaezenoaga97562 жыл бұрын

    And people still keep saying that the artificier, monk and pshyonics don't belong to dnd's so called medieval fantasy feel. Well then why aren't they also complaining about the monsters being to ridiculous. Hypocrites! Absolute hypocrotes!

  • @Aikolon

    @Aikolon

    2 жыл бұрын

    True. There is no reason in complaining about stuff that is in D&D. Everything in this game is optional. A person who likes or dislikes one part, but likes other parts of the game is always able to just put the parts they like into there game and leave all the parts they dislike out. And even for a person who dislikes DMing there will always be like minded people somewhere. It was never so easy to find people to play with (reddit, discords and what ever).

  • @frankly_earnest

    @frankly_earnest

    2 жыл бұрын

    Big agree! Let's not even get into the whole "fanatasy vs. sci-fi" debate. It's DnD; RP, fight, and enjoy it however you'd like!

  • @voidstrider801

    @voidstrider801

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Aikolon Meanwhile Final Fantasy has had both technology and magic existing in it side by side for a long time and is definitely a fantasy series. Guts from berserk has a prosthetic arm with a cannon in it and that series is definitely dark fantasy. In Warhammer Fantasy the empire had guns and cannons, the skaven made nukes out of warp stone, ogres had literal hand cannons. Technology does not equal ruining a fantasy setting or making it sci fi, that is just objectively wrong. I would say keep the technology from surpassing late 1800's where telegraphs, trains, revolvers, repeaters, dynamite, nitro glycerine and crank operated machine guns are the most advanced thing around to maintain maximum fantasy vibes without getting too technological, you likely would not need much technological development with magic being a thing anyway.

  • @colbyboucher6391

    @colbyboucher6391

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@voidstrider801 It's 100% preference. Weird as hell creatures sometimes != magitech. Yes, you *can* do stuff like that. But no one *needs* to.

  • @badideagenerator2315

    @badideagenerator2315

    Жыл бұрын

    @@voidstrider801 or go into the distant future in a post post apocalyptic setting like adventure time, so there's small amounts of modern tech kicking around, but it's actively rarer than magic.

  • @AV524
    @AV5248 ай бұрын

    I get the feeling that the Gloom Hands in Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom took some inspiration from this creature.

  • @Talic518
    @Talic51811 ай бұрын

    Watching this after playing Tears of the Kingdom, I couldnt help but scream "Gloom Hands!!" out of terrified recollection

  • @oneoftheboyz1538
    @oneoftheboyz1538 Жыл бұрын

    I'm planning a semi-final boss fight this Odopi being the biggest threat in an encounter with other bunch of fiends and aberrations, then teleport ING away when reaching low hp. The party, if not TPKd by the previous encounter, enters the BBEG room and starts a last battle, have the Odopi enter after 1d12 rounds with half the HP and DPR, bursting through a wall with red eyes, looking at both the sides and join whoever is winning. If the party is winning they'll be having another "helping hand" to quicken the fight, if the BBEG is winning... Well another threat joins the battle. How to determine which side is winning? Not total sum of hp, cause it can vary A LOT, maybe a damage threshold on the BBEG, like if he reaches tot HP before the odopi enters the ring the odopi says fuck him and fuck my life, after the fight he leaves waving bye bye with his hands to the party. I would love if a party member tries to adopt him or whatever, they're CUTE handy balls that just want to smash stuff, imagine making one of these things learn sign language, other than their clasping and gurgling.

  • @Somerandomjingleberry
    @Somerandomjingleberry8 ай бұрын

    I could totally see some big talking point about the nature of Carceri and these Odopi being a big reveal of “these things aren’t the prisoners! They’re the wardens! They aren’t meant to be here and they know it!”

  • @killerisdead3775
    @killerisdead37752 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like a fun warlock patron to align with

  • @crazydeadperson
    @crazydeadperson2 жыл бұрын

    The odopis eyeballs are the eggs Thatd be terrifying

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    I hate/love that. You're hired.

  • @ethosarris4064
    @ethosarris4064 Жыл бұрын

    I'm 100% using this in my TotK based campaign, as its basically the gloom hands from that game!

  • @THEFINALHAZARD
    @THEFINALHAZARD9 ай бұрын

    Between the appearance, and how terrifying it is? I think I see the inspiration for the Gloom Hands of Tears of the Kingdom

  • @krisredmond1840
    @krisredmond18402 жыл бұрын

    Three minutes in you already got my Like and Subscribe.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the channel!

  • @Caernunnos
    @Caernunnos2 жыл бұрын

    Funny thing : I'm running a campaign where the villain is a necromancer obsessed with hands. So he used a lot of Crawling claws and one of the bosses was a amalgamation of a lot of hands. I had no idea this the Adoopi existed

  • @ryle4h
    @ryle4h8 ай бұрын

    Monsters native to Carceri running loose in your dimension is bad news for more reasons than just those specific monsters. These things being as distinctive as they are make for excellent plot hooks. Also, now I've got the Katamari Damacy theme stuck in my head.

  • @coffey521
    @coffey52110 ай бұрын

    this is probably the inspiration for the gloom hands in TOTK

  • @carver1045
    @carver10452 жыл бұрын

    God imagine if you could make it a familiar. All the touch spells.

  • @thebigmuskychickenmike106
    @thebigmuskychickenmike106 Жыл бұрын

    the lack of ecology in the new monster manuals Just kills so much of the creative energy for me

  • @GRAGH57
    @GRAGH572 жыл бұрын

    I’m just imagining it rolling into a village steal the local children and just teleport back to its lair in one or two turns

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. If it built its lair underneath the city too, it could pretty much always be within 500 feet.

  • @GRAGH57

    @GRAGH57

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DungeonDad omg yes I’m just imagining the acne from deck it Ralph where all the viruses are underground laying eggs

  • @Shadowcthuhlu
    @Shadowcthuhlu2 жыл бұрын

    I would love to hear you do a tour of the planes!

  • @rareram
    @rareram Жыл бұрын

    Honestly, I'm happy this guy exists... I have used old monsters all the time. Because then the "pros" can't meta game it. You know, accidentally choosing the right type of damage. Etc

  • @mdjans35
    @mdjans352 жыл бұрын

    I remember facing off against one of these things. The encounter only lasted a few rounds because out mage managed to cast finger of death on it and it critically failed its save.

  • @DeerBonesBaby
    @DeerBonesBaby2 жыл бұрын

    Not running a D&D campaign but a spacefairing Offworlders one. And I'm totally using these as an alien bio-weapon

  • @thehillz726
    @thehillz7262 жыл бұрын

    I imagine they have multiple reproduction methods. Like ripping of limbs makes them generate new bodies and if two meat they run into each other and firtilized each other's eggs that are layed in a crack somewhere. Also imagine an elder Carseri dragon or a deity from there using improved versions of these as gaurds

  • @WildArmACF
    @WildArmACF2 жыл бұрын

    This monster is a nightmare. I kinda like it

  • @Torqable
    @Torqable8 ай бұрын

    odopi joins a band and plays "hambone"

  • @Awe391
    @Awe3912 жыл бұрын

    This is the first video I’ve seen of yours and I’m absolutely loving your presentation and personality

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    That means a lot man! Thanks for checking out the channel!

  • @dmcv99
    @dmcv992 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel and, as a new DM, this is super helpful! Definitely going to binge through your vids!

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Welcome to the channel!

  • @lexsamreeth8724
    @lexsamreeth87242 жыл бұрын

    Thinking of these guys being a mode of transport in our universes Chaos plane of Pandemonium. Call an Uber, and suddenly this guy rolls over, scoops you up, and starts heading wherever you want to go.

  • @Kemerence
    @Kemerence2 жыл бұрын

    OMG. I don't know if you will read this but thank you so much. This is the first video i have seen. Me and my DM have been looking for something different for my character story which is a homebrew Fleshwarper (wizard subclass) this is a perfect type of creature that could fit in amazingly.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad! Thanks for watching!

  • @iltdenat7175
    @iltdenat7175 Жыл бұрын

    If a party kills it, they have to fight Phantom Ganon

  • @Peptuck
    @Peptuck8 ай бұрын

    When the monster is so insane that it knocks you out of your greenscreen through sheer what-the-fuck.

  • @jeffreyseamons5514
    @jeffreyseamons55142 жыл бұрын

    This guy looks like the far realm dodgeball champion.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    3024 years strong!

  • @stalesock4
    @stalesock4 Жыл бұрын

    After totk, dms can play the creepy gloom hands music to accompany an odopi encounters to really set the mood and trigger any memories of fighting it in game

  • @GrimsFedora
    @GrimsFedora2 жыл бұрын

    This is a criminally under viewed series.

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

  • @MrIluvbutts
    @MrIluvbutts2 жыл бұрын

    I love your content, binging it this week. Thanks for the stuff.

  • @logannicolay5830
    @logannicolay58302 жыл бұрын

    So, I've been watching your videos for awhile now, they've always been great. But I just want to say you are killing it with this new presentation in the most recent videos! Also, thanks for making a great arguement for putting one of these in my game. I originally saw the artwork and bounced off it, but you've convinced me! Keep crushing it dude!

  • @metarmored
    @metarmored2 жыл бұрын

    I crave this type of content so much, I can't believe it took me this long to find your channel. thanks for the grrat video!!

  • @whee2390
    @whee23902 жыл бұрын

    I like the editing in this one a lot! Also the hand puns.

  • @philldeschene
    @philldeschene Жыл бұрын

    I think an amazing way to both have them reproduce and to introduce them before the party needs to fight it is to have them be kinda like a starfish. Where when too many arms grow or there's too much mass it tears itself a part with each of these parts being able to move around and grow on their own.

  • @ifreshwater
    @ifreshwater2 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I really enjoyed it. First of yours I've seen and looking forward to checking out more

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thanks for watching 😁

  • @dead_head_man5490
    @dead_head_man549011 ай бұрын

    Great video as always, cool monster

  • @emperordubas666
    @emperordubas6662 жыл бұрын

    I'd love for an adventure party to witness this and get caught on a side quest to capture/ make favor with a monster that can petrify with eye contact to turn the hand ball into stone.

  • @exodus9001
    @exodus90019 ай бұрын

    Lord, communicating one would have to involve your character engaging in an intense hambone session.

  • @scottburns4458
    @scottburns44582 жыл бұрын

    This was pretty cool

  • @mpeterll
    @mpeterll2 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel, subbed and am currently binge-watching. Thanks for posting.

  • @lewispekrul4037
    @lewispekrul40372 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video, man!

  • @hawkticus_history_corner
    @hawkticus_history_corner10 ай бұрын

    I love 3.5 creature design. It never aaked if they should, only if they could. And its 3.5, so the answer is *YES*

  • @DarkDeamonFox
    @DarkDeamonFox2 жыл бұрын

    I just happened to this channel and I love it, thanks :)

  • @ekkovaan2261
    @ekkovaan22612 жыл бұрын

    9:18 this is definetly the in character way of saying "well, we made this thing, but its so fucking op we can't just make it a random monster so we put it in the dimentional equveleant of the 'big box of do not touch' and thats where it shall remain 'till one day your dm decides they have had enough of your bullshit"

  • @superaguilar
    @superaguilar2 жыл бұрын

    i'm thinking of using this beast as a war machine. like a wizard manages to tame hire or otherwise let it become indebted to him and uses it to help the war effort for his country cuz the invading forze is using a terrasque

  • @eduardodiaz6004
    @eduardodiaz60042 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are really well made , awesome

  • @DungeonDad

    @DungeonDad

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much 😀

  • @kennyhamilton9556
    @kennyhamilton9556 Жыл бұрын

    I have taken almost every monster you have converted to 5e and they will be in my new campaign starting soon. So thank you very much for all the work and effort.

  • @a_random_person2230
    @a_random_person2230 Жыл бұрын

    This hits different after tears of the kingdom