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@pensador6953

Жыл бұрын

i think i noticed one flaw, if they see benefitting their god as a benefit to the community or to themselfs, won't that eliminate the benefit, paradoxically. See that is the thing about magical deals and contracts, like the covenant with a god, you have to be very anal about it, HAVE TO BE, *each* *word* will affect the world in a very tangible way, isn't it? So if you leave a loophole any loophole, it will be exploited, or make the contract fail or backfire. Hang on, how long they've being doing this? and that deity is nowhere NEAR awekening?

@BlueNEXUSGaming

Жыл бұрын

*THAT* Darkest *Secrets* ? Singular or Plural?

@Chris-6ul

Жыл бұрын

Anathemas sound like they are created not by Set But by dendar the night serpent

@nastube4052

Жыл бұрын

Bought all 3 books. Playing Bronze dragon in our campaign and seeing how long I can keep it a secret. DM giving inspirations the more successful I am at that. Also paid a local shop to print off these books in beautiful color so that I can show and share with others how to get their own copies. Keep up the great work. Love it all!

@BigChucka419

Жыл бұрын

Been watching their campaign for years now. Sebastian last name is pronounced like the bird..

Merrshaulk: *disappears* Yuan-ti: What should we do? Sseth: Hey hey, people. Sseth here.

@ornu01

Жыл бұрын

Best comment.

@InquisitorThomas

Жыл бұрын

Considering that Sseth's favorite games to review tend to be civilization/colony simulators where you can be the most amoral sociopath possible, this largely fits with the Yuan-Ti's general MO.

@almasyelesbayev736

Жыл бұрын

@@InquisitorThomas just because he enjoys an occasional genocide, doesn't make him a sociopath. He is just a very passionate person.

@YCA95

Жыл бұрын

Is that a reference to an anime? I think i heard it somewhere...

@almasyelesbayev736

Жыл бұрын

@@YCA95 It's a reference to a KZreadr SsethTzeentach. He starts all his videos with "Hey hey, people. Sseth here."

In my own setting, I mashed up yuan-ti and changelings, having them shed their skin whenever they change shape. So when my party goes to visit their favorite shopkeeper and finds the dried husk of his skin behind the counter in his empty shop, the look on the players' faces is gold

@nathanhingson7048

Жыл бұрын

That is a pretty good mechanic for shapechangers, excellent for a game.

@AuxCart

Жыл бұрын

How do you go about accounting for why the intelligent shapechanger wouldn't destroy or conceal the husk?

@kylehunter6968

Жыл бұрын

That is the coolest sounding thing I have ever heard!!

@AuxCart

Жыл бұрын

@@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085 Nice! The implication that it doesn't usually slip up like sounds good for ramping up the paranoia. :D

@boinkmcbingo8890

Жыл бұрын

@@AuxCart they could be cocky and believe they won't be found out anyway so it's not worth the time or they could be trying to make people fear that any person they seem could be a monster. Plus if you don't think your players would ask during the game it doesn't really need an answer.

Anathema: We're going to war! Pureblood: *Looks into camera sarcastically.*

@mikerodziewicz166

Жыл бұрын

lol

*hears about Merrshaulk’s worship being almost entirely evil scheming* Me: Wow that sounds right up Asmodeus’s wheelhouse… wait a minute

@kishinasura1989

Жыл бұрын

Funny how he keeps popping up ain't it

@Reddotzebra

Жыл бұрын

Isn't he supposed to be a giant serpent as well?

@stevenvargas6863

Жыл бұрын

Wait you might be on to something holy shit

@lightbearerslamp5870

11 ай бұрын

Worth noting that Asmodeus is a devil, lord of the hells, and Merrshaulk is a demon, stated to have a realm in the Abyss. Opposite sides of the Blood War, but the comparison is certainly interesting.

@caioaugusto3138

10 ай бұрын

​@@lightbearerslamp5870asmodeus is actually one of two primordial serpents. The lore is quite complicated, but i think Mr. Rhexx has a video on it

Their darkest secret by far is that they are responsible for every broadway musical in existence. H.M.S. Pinafore? The Yuan-Ti. Pirates of Penzance? Yuan-Ti. Cats? That's right, the Yuan-Ti. What's more, have you ever seen Barbara Streisand? Yep, Yuan-Ti.

@hexchad765

Жыл бұрын

Barbara and Bette Midler stomping kittens and sacrificing goats the gods of musicals is more likely than not, based on how f'ed up they are

@bluebird3281

Жыл бұрын

I am the very model of a modern major mamba man I've information of occult apocalyptic plans I know the kings of Faerun and corrupt them when I can From Thay down to Watersdeep are networks run throughout the land I know the ancient gods both blasphemous and heretical For me mercy and compassion are strictly theoretical I will sacrifice you on an altar in front of my writhing clan I am the very model of a modern major mamba man!

@clericofchaos1

Жыл бұрын

@@bluebird3281 damn dude, that was pretty good. Did you just come up with that on the spot?

@bluebird3281

Жыл бұрын

@@clericofchaos1 Kinda on the spot, took about ten minutes.

@bluebird3281

Жыл бұрын

@@clericofchaos1 I think I should have used Malison instead of mamba man.

I like incorporating Yig as a alternative deity, often having Yig be the true ancestor but asleep as a cosmic entity, with Jormungdr, Apep, Quetzecoutl, and other snakeish gods being the first clutch and the primaries for the reptilian races.

@user-vm9xz4kv9z

Жыл бұрын

Don't Yuan-ti hate Quetzecoutl though?

@Kholan95

Жыл бұрын

I like this. Yig could be the more ambivalent alternative of Dendar the Night Serpent. In this way, he could be a more apathetic Elder Evil. I always thought that the Yuan-ti could use the softer touch of Yig.

@treyatkinson7564

Жыл бұрын

@@user-vm9xz4kv9z coatls are probably seen as traitors to reptilian races

@liondovegm

Жыл бұрын

@@user-vm9xz4kv9z they hate coutl in base D&D, and Naga or they live Naga. I see having Snake People as needing options for whom they identify with cosmologically so who they worship and act like is a choice rather than "well toppling civilization is only option I have because my creators made me this way." Ambivalent creator, multiple contrasting preservers, and a destroyer are good archetypes when filling out a niche or sphere of influence to keep shoe-horning. Coutl in d&d are angelic, nearly divine, and Naga are usually fiendish or spiritually fierce, having them both as like angels or ancient spirits that guide the race in service to their particular old serpent gives variety. Quetzecoutl in mythology is more capricious than we give credit, and Jormungdr isn't a Saint, but neither are as reviled as Apep, and even Apep is just doing what they're cosmologically supposed to. I see yuanti, and all other fantasy races, as having theologically complex doctrines, that don't fit the Good/evil/law/chaos dichotomy but instead fit specific dichotomies valued by that sphere and niche. A yuanti who's clan are all Dreamers of Jormungdr would still respect a wandering priestess of Apep, and could have deep conversation about Theology and cosmology and of the world.

@user-vm9xz4kv9z

Жыл бұрын

@@liondovegm the guardian Naga is usually lawful good though...

I thought the drow were bad but the yuan-ti give them a run for their money.

@jtjames79

Жыл бұрын

Polymorph self into lizard. Yuan-ti proof.

@fubar9629

Жыл бұрын

@@jtjames79 polymorph T-rex.

@jtjames79

Жыл бұрын

@@fubar9629 That works, but unless you are really into snake chicks, it works a little too well.

@hermitbeast6215

Жыл бұрын

@@jtjames79 so what happen if they meet a kobolt?

@simplestickland3367

29 күн бұрын

​@@hermitbeast6215Dragon are not cold blooded in D&D making them not reptiles, and Kobold are very close related to dragons.

Can confirm, monster classes are the bomb! My party's ghost had a hell of a time last session, snuffing all the torches in a wererat hive, frightening and cursing them left and right. Very very cool gameplay!

23:08 A plot-hook that occurs to me from this: some Yuan-Ti wanting adventurers to help eliminating an Anathema cult.

Also got to add I absolutely love the Monster Race Books, hope to see Chromatic Dragons and Harpies next!

@RustyShackleford_

Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure Rhexx already did videos for all of the dragons. They should be in the same Playlist as this.

@Voldrim359

Жыл бұрын

@@RustyShackleford_ he did for the chromatic and metallic except for the adamantine dragon he mentioned in another video. Also he talked about Tiamat but he just mentioned some of the cool things about Bahamut

@megamanx466

Жыл бұрын

Might be about time to update the dragons for all the dragons not originally covered... such as the Lunar Dragon. 🤔

@Voldrim359

Жыл бұрын

@@megamanx466 it's hard to tell since there is so many, i think he is covering the ones that live in Faerum, with the exception of the Astral Dragon

@RustyShackleford_

Жыл бұрын

@@Voldrim359 you're right, plus faerie dragons, pseudodragons, wyvern and dragon turtles

Yuan-Ti are the perfect villainous race. So easy to set up for low and mid level play, and create some really interesting and gruesome plots! Also, I love the description of the Black Broth. Its ingredients make it both fantastical and realistic. Nice stuff!

Some years ago I watched your Skyrim vids but for a couple of weeks now I have been watching your D&D stuff even though I don't play the game. The lore is interesting and you narrate it well so keep up the good work

Here's a quest hook idea: a group of Yuan-ti are orchestrating trouble in such a way to get a party of adventurers in conflict with an Anathema without directly sending one towards the other. This way the adventures can get rid of the Anathema without the Yuan-ti being directly involved in this heresy.

All I’ve realised from these videos is that the Yuan-Ti were heavily inspired by Dune’s Shai-Hulud and the God-Emperor Leto.

@bayoubilly5176

Жыл бұрын

As a huge dune and DnD fan. Not seeing any similarities.

@elliotlacinai3041

Жыл бұрын

I'd like your explanation. In what ways are they similar?

@Gothic_Analogue

Жыл бұрын

@@bayoubilly5176 perhaps my use of the word “heavily” is far too hyperbolic. But the similarities are in the process of humans wanting to reach the form of the Shai-Hulud, the use of narcotics made to further such transformations (Spice), and that the Yuan-Ti abominations are most likely to be leaders in the society similar to Leto and I think the spice-melange did something with pre-borns (could be misremembering). The Fremen also started worshipping the Shai-Hulud like Yuan-Ti humanoids worshipped their serpentine gods. I’m seeing a lot of parallels, and Frank Herbert wrote Dune in 65, Messiah in 69, Children of in 76, and God Emperor in 81. Kind of predates the conception of the Yuan-Ti, so I’m seeing some flavouring of the Shai-Hulud and Fremen society in the Yuan-Ti.

@labibsaud8064

Жыл бұрын

What about Conans snake people ?

@Gothic_Analogue

Жыл бұрын

@@labibsaud8064 from King Kull? Huh, yeah.

I started following you around a Week ago , You gave me back the passion of DnD . Starting to work on a campaign for my son and his friends as we speak . Thank you

These videos are perfectly timed. I am running the dungeon from Tomb of Annihilation as a temple to the Cold Sun in my Eberron game (replacing all the tomb dwarves and Withers with yuan-it), and I’m grateful for every detail that can help me flesh these yuan-ti out.

Currently playing a yuan ti and really wish I knew some of this. This would've made my backstory for him so much better :(

I noticed you haven't mentioned the 3.5 edition lore book,Serpent Kingdoms. That source book goes into great detail about the poisons Yuan ti produce.

I love using the serpent men as the manipulators behind a main bad guy. Currently I got a game going where they are making a new serpent god of time called Orroboros and they are plotting to conquer all races by controlling time

@alipennington3764

8 ай бұрын

That’s actually such a cool idea dude!!!! I may have to steal it.

17:48 I remember reading about that in an old fantasy book in a library when I was 5 but it was a small dragon instead art depicted it chasing after someone on a bike with its hoop maneuver XD

I have a Yuan-ti character on a game i'm currently playing, princess called "Neshtiria Mamibaam Acanthophis" that is a child of two abominations, but she was born as a pure blood, and despite making any sort of ritual and ingesting any type of potion and venom and asking all gods for help never could change her appearance, so she was chased away by force when her sister tried to take away the right of control of the city and now she is travelling with a adventure group plotting how she'll go back to take back what she lost, while hating the snake gods for abandoning her. She is my favourite character and with each video you make the depth on her lore grows more and more and i thank you so much for that.

Your content is always so solid. Thank you for taking the time to do this.

Also, THANK YOU MrRhexx for the World of Greyhawk shout-out. I realize that world might not be your jam, but as an older player I got my start in D&D in that world and I truly have a soft spot for it. It's worth taking a second look at.

So excited for this series

Orochimaru would fit in nicely. Except harming snakes part.

Been counting the days for this to come out!!!! thanks again Rhexx

Great video as always! I love this series on Yuan-Ti which are one of my favorite races in D&D.

In the setting I run all we have are purebloods right now. The black broth is a finite substance made from a long dead gods blood, and the yuan-ti are used as slaves by a faction of wizards. Abominatios and more are on the way in the coming years. What was neat about the stuff though was it effected other races than humans. Out in the badlands there was a clan of orcs that got wiped out by the other clans, and while the players don't exactly know why there where hints that they where using the broth in warrior rituals, and producing snake orc monstrosities to conquer the badlands. So the other clans banded together to bring the hammer down on that problem before it got out of hand, and that's what wound up forming the dark tides empire, in the badlands. Yuan-ti are a nice spice to toss into any setting. The Conanic feel of them is loads of fun.

Yuan Ti have always been my favorite race since discovering them

Yaun-ti:ruin entire civilizations Mean while Drukhari :looks like they mimic a faction of owr power.

imagine trying to take a nap but the snake species you created keeps trying to shove food down your throat

Please keep up the good work with your video content! Your videos are so helpful for DMs and for Players to dive into the lore, develop new ideas, and enjoy fun adventures

Love this, love this, love this. This and the previous one. I have already planned an area with Yuan-ti somewhere around the Evermoors, an outpost, using an old relic teleportation circle, and these two videos are on spot to make the encounters much more vivid and filled with lore. Thank you @MrRhexx!!

Also, really appreciate all the research you could these videos man! I love that you keep finding new topics to dig into!! You made me as big a fan of DnD lore as I am of just playing the game

The Anathema lore was really cool to hear. That was really interesting to hear how they basically shake up the area both for the Kingdoms around, AND the Yuan-ti society.

Keep it up rhexx! Running a 3.5 homebrew as a first time player/ dm and your videos have helped so much in world building and monster creation.

Great stuff! really looking forward to the next video in this series as I am currently running ToA.

My first character was a Yuan-Ti so I'm really excited you started going over them. Keep up the good work

Thank you for your effort Rhexx ❤ i do study lots of lore but your videos are a perfect revision for me! I tend to rewatch them until i have proper mastery of a species 😊

Awesome info since I am currently planning a Yuan-ti temple adventure. Cheers!

I'm playing a Yuan-ti is CoS right now, I'm loving this guy

@joec9693

Жыл бұрын

Are you using the Yuan-ti from Volo's Guide or Monsters of the Multiverse? What do you think of the changes they made?

@danielamaro4656

Жыл бұрын

@@joec9693 volos, multiverse wasn't out yet when we started. I think the changes were unnecessary, but that's just my opinion

hallo MrRhexx, i like your videos very much so i wanted to say thank you for you efforts ! it really helps alot to understand the world of dnd! also, may i ask for a video about the arch-devils and the nine hells ? :)

This video is awesome. I'm glad to see that the books had some good info, but everything you told us will go straight towards my games and world building, and the games of many others.

You always have impeccable timing I just started using yuan ti in my game. I love your videos thx MrRhexx!

I think a green dragon disguising itself as one of the yuan-ti gods and mating with an anathema would be cool. The only thing the anathema is missing to be the peak of scary is big scaly wings.

Epic vid, I never knew the yuan-ti were so cool that's why I love your vids! Half dragons next?

Yuan-ti drug lords.... Interesting, I think I have a new criminal syndicate. In my campaign I have mostly used them as doomsday missionaries so far.

Thank you for those really insightfull videos ! I'm currently playing a yuan-ti in one of my campaigns, the other players are only starting to question if I'm really a human. My DM asked me to put more details into my backstory, and those soon-to-be three videos gave me a lot of inspiration. The snaky boys have such an interesting lore, and trying to make one work in a party of mostly heroes is a lot of fun ! So thank you for your work, and I'm eager to watch the next episode.

Thanks, I am amazing! Bravo, Excellent Video! I love that Yuan-Ti Anathema Miniature Featured Towards The End!

I appreciate the expansion into other settings. It helps give a great understanding, and more tools for me to use.

Thank you for your videos, the knowledge, time, and effort you put into them. I truly do appreciate it, and it's one of the rare channels I love listening to.

I can't believe I never looked closer at this race. Probably due to their power level in 1st, always seemed a bit beyond my lower-level games. Even when I moved on, they were still something I didn't look too much. Now I can see dozens of stories already, thank you for these presentations MrRhexx!

I knew I recognized that double S from somewhere. And here I always thought that SsethTzeentach was an African warlord, turns out he's a snake god.

Yian Ti are among the coolest to explore

Snakes are my favorite animal, so the yuan ti are one of my favorite races.

@TheHornedKing

Жыл бұрын

Same. What's your favorite snake? Mine is the king cobra, though in terms of looks I like the emerald boa.

Love your channel dude thanks for all fun info!!! It has served me well in world building as well as npc and character creation.

This is one of the coolest series you've done

love how it connects to your newer vids about the norse mythology link in dnd

I'm loving this Yuan-Ti video, they play an important factor in my current hombrew campaign and all this lore is amazing. Thank you!

Love your content. The steel dragon video I probably have watched 10 times. I was inspired by your steel dragon video to have a secret society based around an order of steel dragons.

I’m now imagining a yuan-ti settlement banishing an anathema and resettling a large tribe of orcs or other warlike race nearby to ‘keep the anathema busy until the time is right.’

Definitely going to use some of this info for my current campaign. Thanks for a great and informative video as always.

These videos are the reason I got into DND and I'm constantly re-listening to them

loving the yuan ti lore...hope i get a group willing to use monster classes soon, gotta try that dragon xD

Love this breakdown! Thanks Rhexx

Thanks for making Yuan Ti content!

loving these yuan-ti videos

I've been hoping for some yuan-ti lore and boy is this awesome

I have to say, I had already included somewhat Yuan-ti in my current campaign, and these videos are exactly what I need to deepen the lore and their actions in the world

There is also a stat block for the amphisbaena in the Mythic Odysseys of Theros Book.

This is so much help to prepare for Tomb of Annihilation!! Thank you so much.

Good stuff as always, Rhexx!

Lovely work on this piece

Yuan-ti are so interesting to me. Usually, your videos make me want to draft a write-up for how these creatures work in my setting, but I'm not even sure if yuan-ti are going to be in it. But even then, these videos are fascinating to me- especially the Anathema. I don't know why, I just love those dudes.

Great video! Love your vids! Could you make a video about warlocks and their varieties? Maybe which races have the most warlocks? Or even who are the most common or most rare or powerful patrons?

Always cool to see you uploaded a new video!

You're videos always make me happy. I don't play DnD, but they make me want to

Great info! Excited to use them when I decide to DM

I've been thinking about playing a Yuan Ti for a while but have always wondered how best to play a character who's race usually aligns along the evil spectrum, this is giving me some good ideas on how to best pull it off so thanks rhexx

Love your work man i stay coming back for all your lore

Love your videos and they have added a lot of depth to my games

Thanks as always. Sooo helpful and added flavor to my current campaign.

@thebatestbat2278

Жыл бұрын

The recipe was a great addition that will be featured in the campaign so thanks again

Good video MrRhexx helped a lot

I love your videos. I never knew more than have the stuff you said but it changed the way I run my games forever. Your books are also a fun addition to throw in. I play as a homebrewed Tannaruk race myself but I’d to see how you would spin or other “hybrid” races like em.

Absolutely incredible. Looking forward to the next one.

I've always enjoy your storytelling and research

Awesome! I'm running some kids through a sandbox horror campaign and yuan-ti shaking things up is a great opportunity to get the party into a creepy dungeon

Great vid. Love having background for playing NPCs.

Great stuff, keep up the good work!

can't wait for the last yuan-ti video!!!

Yuan-Ti have long been a favorite of mine. I developed a whole campaign around them, that started with a humble encounter with a few lowly Lizard-Folk when the party were fledgling adventurers. It is one of my favorites (and the players had fun too! 😁)

Mostly commenting just to help MrRhexx with the algorithm, but I’ve got a bit of relevant lore from my homebrew setting to share: Tsahkmalid is a deity native to the realm of Tzihornya, and one of the most powerful therein, they are a reptilian god, whose domains include both that of all reptilian life, snakes especially, but also the sun, heat, light, and life energy, with some multiversal travelers theorizing them to be the mutated Tzihornyan manifestation of Palor. Being a lawful deity, whose creeds and doctrines range from good, to neutral, with the destruction of evil being highest among all their tenets, but one who also holds to a veneration of reptilian life, it is said that Tsahkmalid changed not only the societies of sapient reptilian life on Tzihornya through their practices and teachings, but also their very biology through their divine magics, having physically altered their psychology, allowing them to more easily experience human-like emotions, in order for them to better serve as bringers and messengers of Tsahkmalid’s will, the Yuan-Ti in particular acting as their favored servants. While the many changes brought about by Tsahkmalid have allowed Yuan-Ti to largely co-exist with other sapient races, as well reclaim much of their former glory, the other races still largely view the Yuan-Ti with suspicion and mistrust, as, while most have sworn their lives to Tsahkmalid, some still secretly venerate the old serpent gods of the Yuan-Ti, and while both such worship, and the blood-sacrificing of sapient lives, have been outlawed by the modern Yuan-Ti’s Tsahkmalidian society, the production of White-Resin has not, and while most would still view it as an abhorrent act, some even amongst those loyal to Tsahkmalid still cling to the creation of broodguard by the force-feeding of Black-Broth to other sapient beings, seeing it as a way to bolster the ranks of Tsahkmalid’s armies in order to better combat the forces of evil, failing or refusing to see the evil in doing so, or considering it to be a necessary sacrifice for the greater good.

Some of the most lore for a race in all of D&D, and they gave it to the snake people. That’s incredible.

another great and thorough insight thanks!

Great video, sticks to the lore

thanks for the nice message at the end XD

been enjoying your videos for a while now

Man your videos are always so high quality great every time

Thanks for the black broth recipe. I have a campaign where I have already introduced my players to amphisbaena.