Dungeons and Dragons: Ormyrr

[@AJPickett]

Stay tuned at the end of the video for my impression of the Ormyrr language!

[@Giganfan2k1]

Yes please

[@Asura-fw6ei]

Dumb question but what do those common ormyrr words mean? If you know that is.

[@nitayrafowicz5934]

I really liked that one at the end. Got a chuckle outta me and I just woke up! (Around 5:30 am where I am at the moment)

[@demiurgusgodofform8589]

Dude, I was listening to this at 2:00am in the morning, half asleep with my phone face down in the dark. I legit thought some sort of demon or some shit was in the room with me.

[@alaskankare]

which book reference is it from? would love to find the stats on it.

[@dinkleberg684]

“Bring me Solo and the Bugbear”

[@AJPickett]

Yesssss!

[@josh-oo]

"Raza naba gowa wookie nipple pinchy."

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Well boba fett is a murder hobo….

[@VengefulJarl]

I did make a smuggler with a bugbear noc after ghosts of saltmarsh came out, but my group didn't pick up on the spelljammer themes. Sad.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

@@josh-oo youtube gave me the option to translate this to English. It didn't change anything.

[@maromania7]

I once ran a clan of these that kept a large group of kenku as in-betweens for interacting with villages. They knew the messages were being relayed properly, the kenku wouldn't get any ideas about betraying them, and they had a common goal of wanting desperately to fly. They essentially ran a protection racket up a large river, keeping the fishermen and traders safe from river predators (which they were going to kill anyway) and thieves in exchange for magical and alchemical goods once per season. One town didn't want to pony up another Candle of the Deep, saw the party was new to the area and told them that kenku and monsters were stealing cattle in the night. Didn't find out until a few fights in that they were chest-deep in a deal gone wrong.

[@gorillaguerillaDK]

Brilliant plot!

[@lysander9957]

D&D: "Psst, Star Wars, let me copy your homework." Star Wars: "Fine, just don't make it too obvious."

[@Menzobarrenza]

FYI: Ormyrr literally means "A Worm". Orm is Danish for worm, and some Scandinavian languages use the suffix "ir", "yr" or "ur" to denote a singular subject, such as "Ormur" in Faroese.

[@brettonalwood4173]

I will now start looking for this but of linguistics in my daily life. Finding the origins of words is a fascinating subject to me so thank you for this information.

[@Menzobarrenza]

@@brettonalwood4173 I absolutely agree. It's incredibly interesting. I'm glad I could help inspire you 😁

[@glorbojibbins2485]

"Teetering around on little sticks" Well... got me there, slug man.

[@edgewiseCL]

Don't even play DnD just love fantasy and monsters and stories and collect the books because of that but I really love AJ Pickett's videos!!! Gets my creative juices flowing!

[@Lightman0359]

My favorite encounter with the Ormyrr was in the 3e sequel to Pool of Radience, POR: Ruins of Myth Drannor. in the mid-game there was an Ormyrr merchant that served as a much needed shop

[@florenmage]

As a big fan of the Hutts in Star Wars I would like to thank you for this video. :D

[@AJPickett]

my pleasure

[@jasonrustmann7535]

Sliding around would make it easier to avoid tripping in a fight or running away, wich would probably make their horror movies pretty boring lol

[@lelduck6388]

There horror movies might take place under water tho

[@AJPickett]

@@lelduck6388 desert sands and loads of gravel.

[@lelduck6388]

@@AJPickett hahah! Think of all the wicked sea monsters tho.

[@KyleJordanGaming]

Ormyrr be liek “SON, I AM VERY DISAPPOINT.”

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

So 4 armed aquatic Hutts that aren’t lazy? It’s a little ridiculous but hey there are crazier things in Spell Jammer.

[@mr.eccentricthelich]

Awesome video and nice job bringing out your inner Hutt at the end AJ

[@AJPickett]

Mooko Buna mate

[@mr.eccentricthelich]

@@AJPickett 🤣Hahaha

[@coreyeaston6823]

I like a lot of the 3rd party space settings for 5E; fills in the gap nicely. These guys fill the space between the spaces just as nicely.

[@SeraphimKnight]

I heard a smugger that travels the crystal spheres owes one ormyrr a lot of money. His spelljammer can apparently travel incredibly fast across the phlogiston sea! I believe his name was... Hanus Solen? Something like that

[@almitrahopkins1873]

Smuggler.

[@AJPickett]

Luscan sea port, home of the Arcane Brotherhood... you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy

[@CptnLukky]

@@AJPickett these are not the warforged you are looking for

[@Giganfan2k1]

I really want to see Ormyrr herald, or a Ormyrr in a barbershop quartet.

[@AJPickett]

Town Crier... holy moly, that would get everyone's attention!

[@Giganfan2k1]

@@AJPickett At least everyone would be well informed.

[@Asura-fw6ei]

YES I COMPLETELY FORGOT WHAT THEY WERE CALLED! THANK YOU! I've been trying to find them for months.

[@hubbablahloo1843]

The statue at the beginning reminds me of "the old ones" from Warhammer/Warhammer 40k lore

[@antwan1357]

For some reason this thing when described reminds me of how people describe dwarves.

[@That80sGuy1972]

Elf: There's a difference? These are big 4-armed dwarves. Dwarf: **jumps up and smacks elf**

[@AJPickett]

@@That80sGuy1972 that made me laugh.

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@AJPickett My work is done here. :)

[@rootsnootthnute8598]

Big lads! One of the first D&D monsters I ever came across, before I was ever familiar with the game.

[@sephiose]

An interesting race indeed. May have one of them as a wealthy merchant npc that will pay top dollar for any magical items or send the party on a quest to find something that can grant him the ability to fly. Could even give him a Kenku assistant(s) that share in his desire to fly.

[@TheTechnatron]

I'm thinking a Aboleth showing a Ormyrr tribe the ways of a monk, and finding ways too grant boons and other things for them could make a mighty powerful group. Always fun to see what Ki toting worms could do in the world. Even doing things with psionic type powers would be fun as well.

[@arichaast8585]

I love it when you introduce monsters from 1st and 2nd edition

[@guuspot923]

Hmm. No frog legs? Well, then I'll make do with the tasty glue stick. :9

[@krofgninut5984]

I remember these, from when I played an old DnD video game. He gave me a wand of cold. And was keeping a tribe of terrified orcs locked up for food.

[@berserkape1014]

Pool of Radiance.

[@NotMyRealName6]

I mean, there is one Hutt in the EU who's absolutely jacked. I think he's the one who was a Jedi for a while before, well, the inevitable happened because Hutts are too self-interested to be Jedi.

[@agsilverradio2225]

So, they may look like Huts, but they arn't mafia bosses. They just want to be left alone.

[@yourseatatthetable]

Nah, they're Huts. Play 'em as such.

[@AJPickett]

@@yourseatatthetable Yeah, we all know they should be D&D Hutts, lets not kid ourselves.

[@sporf_sporf]

Wurmlings are D&D Hutts.

[@docbaker3333]

You are godsend when it comes to these obscure DnD monsters by the way do you plan to Cover the Moigno's because they are so lovingly weird.

[@AJPickett]

adding them to my request list.

[@rpgden4553]

THANK YOU for this one. I found that Ral Partha mini in a clearance bin 20 years ago, and that Ormyrr has been in every one of my campaigns ever since. Very cool monster that gets overlooked.

[@sporf_sporf]

I still have that mini as well. I really should paint him.

[@frankyflowers]

giants put those on their fish hooks.

[@jakabokbotch420]

Yes

[@asaenvolk]

Yeah, the Ormyrr, there is a name I have not heard in a long time.

[@AJPickett]

I felt a disturbance in the lake....

[@purplehaze2358]

I think a small critique I have on their designs is they're a bit less alien than they could and should be. Even though D&D really doesn't operate on the same rules of nature as the real world, them having only four arms makes their bodies feel like something that can, albeit with staggeringly low likelihood, develop on earth due to a sort of rule relating to invariable tetrapodism in vertebrates. I could absolutely see an animal relying on their tail for locomotion, and thus lacking need of their legs for motion, repurposing them into a set of four arms. I think giving them just one more pair of arms would perfect that "Creature from another world" vibe they got going on.

[@goatsuckervonsasquatch644]

New allies against the Yuan-ti!

[@flibbernodgets7018]

9:21 ohhhhh, those things! I've seen their entry before but I didn't pay much attention. I like the art you showed at the beginning a lot more than the one at the time stamp, but that was all I had seen until now.

[@philurbaniak1811]

11:35 Old heavy metal record playing backwards/ alternative meaning to "so long and thanks for all the fish" 😁👍

[@firesuppressionequipment]

the impression is the best part!

[@DungeonDad]

Love these little guys

[@rjjone2853]

Love the videos. Thank you for the great content and cool lore

[@ooooldaccount]

I was just researching these dudesfor a city of glass campaign I am going to run (2e setting in the book The Vortex of Madness and other planer perils) Thanks for putting together a video.

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Got me, this is one ive never heard of, cheers for that!😁 deeply nerdy indeed.

[@trajanfidelis]

Love me some aliens. Thanks AJ!

[@shakescan]

Regarding them wanting to fly; What if a group of 5 or so of them sat at the top of a very steep "Calvin and Hobbs" type hill (for the wagon or sled) and they'd be playing cards or dice or something but taking turns in some kind of sled basket built for (one at a time) of them that speeds them down a run and launches them high in the air but then they fall *but because of a spell they teleport back to the start before they hit the ground! Then they all laugh and say "do me! do me!" It could be hysterical they have ambition to fly but can't easily. Perhaps levitation or feather fall could help them with ridiculous attempts at flying with parasol umbrella like failed hang gliders etcetera☂️ 🌂 they want to fly but they just don't get it lol. Cheers AJ! Jabba the Hutt photo bombing lol. Fun video 😂

[@nitayrafowicz5934]

I think I found my next encounter for my group! Thx AJ

[@AJPickett]

my pleasure

[@debreczeniarpad9956]

So, multi-armed-armed slugfolk collecting magic items? Im sold

[@rickeymariu1]

I don't remember seeing them in Pool of Raidence, at least, in the DOS game.

[@mattnerdy7236]

Hey AJ, WOW great video, Love these guys 😍! Stick legs? My legs go all the way up and make an ass out of themselves. Definitely going to use these Hutt business men in my next campaign. Watched Beowulf today forgot how good that movie was. Hope everything is okay in New Zealand, we got those same tsunami warning you got from that volcano erupting underground. Nobody got hurt here which is really surprising, plenty of sea rescues though. Thanks AJ you have a wonderful day!

[@HBHaga]

Definitely looking at forwarding this to my GM. How would these guys look as a Spelljamming race?

[@AJPickett]

Owner operators of great big cargo ships and barges, space junkers, that sort of thing.

[@irishbatman2917]

I imagine their language sounding like Mongolian throat singing

[@tatsusama3192]

Haha, I forgot his name, but there actually is one Hutt, that isn't a fat slug, that follows the old ways of their species and has a six pack and ripped arms😂

[@Christopher_Pug]

Grakkus!

[@tatsusama3192]

@@Christopher_Pug That's him!😀

[@marcuspearson87]

I loved these in Pool of Radiance

[@mercaius]

Ah yes, the weird creatures on the back of the bad Myth Drannor game.

[@AJPickett]

Oof... I feel there will be strong feelings one way or the other from lots of folks about that.

[@glmako9230]

I totally thought you said hot aliens and was lile uhhhh AJ...bro? Oh, he said Hutt. 😂

[@Thomas.Wright]

TWILEK!

[@joshuazane3210]

A 10 ft tall, muscle-bound hutt with four arms is a fairly unnerving prospect.

[@lorenburnham821]

Thank you I needed this

[@jacobislucas]

They don’t seem like bad “people”? I feel like you could probably have a good relationship with them. Maybe have a port town that has them integrated with them and their tribe where they both benefit and actively respect one another. Could make for a nice story :)

[@KS-PNW]

Never heard of these guys before but very cool! Thank AJ 👍

[@couchcommandoiv5528]

14th lvl artificier retirement plan, seek out a tribe and offer to stay with them, teaching magicraft that even non casters can use, making the occasional flying carpet for the chieftains

[@AJPickett]

I hope that character can breathe water for extended periods of time.

[@couchcommandoiv5528]

@@AJPickett I think they could manage a necklace of water breathing. With so many sturdy, devout apprentices, staggering amounts of items could be realized

[@lydiaives733]

I can imagine how impressed if a puny freakish looking wizard to them imbued the species with magic and wings. Id think they may even worship the puny wizard with reverence

[@epiccthulu]

Fellow followers of Mystra!? Now that’s awesome given their lack of innate magic. I assume they can make wicked paladins, smiting none stop lol

[@jasonrustmann7535]

So that's what you get when you cross jaba with goro

[@johngleeman8347]

I'm always keen on very odd-looking, culturally-rich sapients that are proud and accomplished yet can still be interacted with peaceably (some of the time). I'm trying to think of what races the Ormyrr would ally with. Can't think of anything. Would they hate or respect aarakocra? They have the freakish "stick-legs" but can fly just like the slug-men always aspire to. Have they been given stats in 5e? It figures 3rd edition makes them look completely different from every other edition. XD

[@AJPickett]

I think they would dislike the bird folks.

[@couchcommandoiv5528]

A lot of their dealings would be near water, so aquatic merfolk, bullywugs and plenty of humanoid run coastal communities

[@KyleJordanGaming]

How many Bothans died to bring us this information?

[@mobbofmobs8937]

Many did die, however that was unrelated. Something about an evil wizard trying to wake up a evil Undead god/moon because something something dark side.

[@AJPickett]

as many as I could find.

[@KyleJordanGaming]

@@AJPickett Even the younglings?!

[@AJPickett]

@@KyleJordanGaming Pups, they are called Pups.

[@KyleJordanGaming]

@@AJPickett As long as they died. #Priorities

[@reifuTD]

I had to laugh at the cow milk comment, because I have this fantasy setting where goblins are animals basically little humanoid monkeys, One time some of them got into a guys house, went into his fridge and found a gallon of milk and got very confused by the milk because, a gallon of milk is a lot of milk and they where trying to imagine how he squeezed that much milk out of one creature's breast. Yeah it's very fun imagining how creatures that have no context of human society would view things like that.

[@easterbunny3850]

I remember them from Pool of Radiance CRPG

[@nickh3205]

Fantasy Hutts you say

[@randallbaumgardt3424]

I have been playing this game from the start and have never heard of or seen this critter before. What a wonderful surprise. What supplement did they first appear in?

[@AJPickett]

The Ruins of Myth Drannor.

[@Neazriel]

they fit perfectly as a tribe of swampdwellers near a derelict alien ship the yuanti tribes dont approach in my setting

[@mke3053]

I used the Ormyrr about 10 years ago. So cool!

[@hallerd]

thank you for removing the music it helps us focus on the information

[@graveyardshift2100]

Oh these guys were in an art/lore kids book at one point.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

I wonder what they would keep as pets? Marine and Amphibian drakes? Gigantic sea otters the size of rhinos and hippos?

[@AJPickett]

Beavers would be like their pets and power tools.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

@@AJPickett*angry older sister noises* ''Hey, you fool! Your brat's mud-eater* bite my little brother's fingers again!'' mud eater - an insult usually meant for beavers

[@couchcommandoiv5528]

Resistance to poison would open up options. Their idea of something as a "pet" instead of food would likely have utility value, or be considered cute or sacred like a flying 🐟

[@ETBass-zx3mw]

@@couchcommandoiv5528 What about platipae? A odd pet for an odd being.

[@AJPickett]

@@ETBass-zx3mw They are very small, the Beaver is a fairly robust critter than can handle being carted around by a massive worm with four arms.

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

I gotta say this episode was a lot of fun to watch

[@sporf_sporf]

These aren't the only Hutt like creatures in D&D, the Red Steel campaign (part of the Known world/ Mystara setting) had Wurmlings which were specifically Hutt like. As they tended to be crime lords.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I love how these creatures are basically Hutts and you even added some of Jabba's imagery in this. And, these creatures would easily kill a Hutt... they are far more mobile.

[@deepsea5266]

That was great! Already found a place for them in my campaign.

[@O4C209]

You said "Hutt Alien", but I heard "hot alien". 🧐

[@thehillz726]

I remember getting a book that these were in, they really focused on there mercenary work and obsession with magic items they mostly don't understand

[@MoonMoverGaming]

Big, amphibious slugs wielding poisons? I wonder if these guys inspired the Sload from *The Elder Scrolls*. Hopefully they don't slaughter their own children for soap, though.

[@AJPickett]

I don't think they do.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

It looks like someone saw the concept drawings of Jaba the Hutt.

[@mooping9398]

The legend AJ Pickett

[@moonringXD]

What kind of race do you think would fit their closest allies? Also a excellent video usual!

[@AJPickett]

Why, Ixitxachtl of course! No they probably associate with Bullywugs.

[@LockStockand2Barrels]

Not sure if this is the place to ask, but can you do a video on the Abishai? I was thumbing through mordenkainens and saw that some of them were super high CR and I would love to learn more about them

[@LockStockand2Barrels]

Just wanted to say too that your monster lore videos are probably my single biggest source of inspiration for my games. I listen to your videos on repeat, I appreciate how deeply researched they are and how they provide a never ending pool of behaviors, relations, and lore to pull from. Thank you so much for doing what you do. Excited to see more content in the future. I wear my TMG shirt with pride!

[@samsamsamsamsamanilla5281]

Haven't heard of these guys in a while! A little cross platform observation, they kinda look like the Lizardmen Leaders in Warhammer Total War if you truncated the tail

[@braith6533]

Would love to see a video with the history of more mounts and pets. Obviously not a 20 min video on end Mastiffs as that would be hard to make but maybe a longer video with a few of them or a short video for a couple here and there. Like Panthers Mastiffs or whatnot. I haven't really played b4 so idk if there is actually lore on these or more just simple animals. Cool to see a vid on the Griffin (riders/knights) I heard about in a previous vid too

[@MoonMoverGaming]

Mastiff is pretty narrow subject for a video, but the dogs of D&D would be a good one. Canthus is a good boy.

[@dantegreen9801]

These guys are neat. Might use them for a campaign 🤔

[@twistedexistence3603]

9:00 "Pool of Radiance". The best thing that had ever happened to me. I was a Navy brat, that gravitated towards Dungeons and Dragons. At the very same time, The Commodore 64, came out. I mowed yards for a year, to buy the 64. My Aunt matched it. I learned how to program on my own. Basic. I also learned how to break the copyright, and got banned from Toy'sR Us. Then I turned 15...

[@twistedexistence3603]

The moral. I loved being a Dungeon Master, so much, but I also wanted to play. To date, I've never played Dungeons and Dragons. There is a lot of knowledge involved, and it scares most humans.

[@twistedexistence3603]

Also... The END is Nigh. Tribulations, baby!

[@almitrahopkins1873]

I’m a navy brat too. I hate DMing, but I hand off some wonderfully well-developed worlds to others to use. My characters tend to be the “fish out of water” type.

[@KyleJordanGaming]

Living the dream. 😎

[@AvromCrovax]

Torle bard sings of flight n offers a deal instant best friends 🤘

[@kingmasterlord]

Dire Hutt, like the new Predators

[@Duncan275]

Not a juvenile tarrasque, a Grey Render! Its inspiration was clearly the rancor

[@flibbernodgets7018]

2:19 lol!

[@Emil-Tiger02]

Yay!

[@Judge_Dredd_]

If I translate your comment to English, your comment says "summer" ? 😅🤣😂

[@AdamTehranchiYT]

Neat little bit of DnD history 👌🏻 BTW any guess as to their views on lillendi?

[@AJPickett]

Their ideals of beauty are very different from ours, so, they would see them as winged devils.

[@AdamTehranchiYT]

@@AJPickett I guess it's the whole sacrifice two of your arms (and pretty face) for flight thing 🤣 Might take a while to convince them that devils are their own thing. Thanks!

[@LowellLucasJr.]

Man, some of these suckers look like distant cousins to the Great Goblins/Orcs from Rankin Bass' The Hobbit/ Return of the King!

[@moonringXD]

Why do you think they have no skill in magic? Also do do you think they would see the flying cities of netheril as holy?

[@AJPickett]

Because that is what the monster listings tell us, I dunno, perhaps they were cursed by the gods? And yeah, they probably would see the flying cities as super amazing.

[@ddrew1973]

I would have thought the Rankor more like a Grey Render.

[@Duncan275]

The grey render was a direct port. Its behavior matched the Rankor

[@KyleJordanGaming]

“They have resting Thug Face.” 😂 #ThingsTheMonsterManualDoesntTellYou

[@shawnhowe7311]

Lolol Nice pronunciation at the end You have the accent perfect Lmfao Bleu

[@zacharyweaver276]

Is there a reason these guys hate harpies and yuanti?

[@AJPickett]

Very likely yes. I would guess it has to do with specific encounters on Toril.. plus they may just hate harpies because they can fly.

[@jakabokbotch420]

Or because being worm-like they would fear birds

[@zacharyweaver276]

@@AJPickett I was just wondering cause usually it involves deities or demon lords like with gnolls and minotaurs

[@zacharyweaver276]

@@jakabokbotch420 they're more snake than worm and a bit too large to be easy prey for harpies especially if they can throw boulders

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

Better question: is there a reason *not* to hate harpies and yuan-ti?

[@moonringXD]

Do you think that they could live in humanoid societies year-round or cities?

[@AJPickett]

No, they do seem to require hibernation for months at a time, in water or mud. (I mean, maybe they could do that in well protected vaults of water/mud?)

[@rocketraccoon1976]

The claws in that second illustration wouldn't be able to properly grip any weapon. They should have stuck with DiTerlizzi's design in the first illustration.

[@AJPickett]

100% agreed