Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Zuggtmoy

[@jeremygriffin620]

You'd think the love, passion and worship of beer amongst humans and dwarves alone would have risen her to the level of goddess long ago.

[@AJPickett]

and yet Yeasts make up only 1% if fungal species.

[@Angel-ey4mw]

Even Yeasts are chaotic evil, forces of chaos and destructions, not to mention those nasty edible mushrooms, those bastards are letting us do everything with them, but one day they will strike, and then we all doomed.

[@informedconsumer5293]

More like exploited, not grown for its own sake

[@alphaamino]

Yeast is the chaotic good mold fighting Zuggt's influence by creating its own disinfectant

[@ryanbelt1]

@@alphaamino or is it a chaotic element that opens the door for mortals to indulge in the evils of excess; alcoholism and gluttony 😐

[@Greenscyth22]

16:46 YESSSS. YESSSS The CRADLE!!!! This is why they need to look to D&D to make more horror movies. This is what makes D&D fun, I love the morbid rituals they preform. Thank you AJ for adding that part. Nothing more terrifying than the moaning bogs of fungal death to creep a player out.

[@jacobhutchison4204]

Was just talking with my wife about making a warlock with Zuggtmoy as their patron. Awesome timing!

[@danielnilsson2163]

AJ is the best Warlock patron. luring us in with knowledge and with promise of more power to come.

[@AJPickett]

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[@TheBigGuppy]

In the Gord the Rouge novels I kind of felt sorry for Iuz sometimes. Mother was Iggwilv father Grazzt, and girlfriend Zuggtmoy. Imagine having to deal with that crew.

[@mikemccoy5092]

No wonder he was an irritable bastard lol then rose Estes ruined his career lol

[@SageofCancer]

The best way to avoid having your fireball blow up in your face is to cast lightning bolt instead.

[@tonyh1718]

In older editions lightning doesnt do so well against demons 5e? Kids party favors are probably super effective against them. 5e is so dumb

[@KiwiLombax15]

Unpronounceable fantasy names: "I'm about to end this mans entire goddamn career"

[@rita6355]

I made a spores druid who had the blood of zuggtmoy running through her, the DM made zuggtmoy like a doting grandmother which I loved

[@abdielbanrey6061]

Im in the middle of running out of the abyss so this couldnt have come at a better time

[@robouteguilliman6662]

"Spores laden with gruel" Implies a much more horrible and nasty thing instead of "Gruel laden with spores"

[@scottryker4888]

I've never understood dnds naming system. Do they just come up with a character then bash the keyboard to come up with a name? Ggififtarlg, demon Lord of whatever the fuck.

[@AJPickett]

Truth!

[@gigatwin5298]

My running theory is they let a cat walk across the keyboard and call it a day

[@zacwhatevs2439]

Some are partially based off of mythical demons or creatures from across the world. For example, the Balor is named after the most dangerous demon in pre-Christian Irish mythology.

[@purplehaze2358]

Guess I know what I’m going to be watching for the next 40 minutes.

[@AJPickett]

*hands over a bucket of popcorn*

[@stormbravetale1656]

I regret watching this while eating a pizza with mushrooms on it.

[@AJPickett]

Thats just the mushrooms talking.... no seriously, roll a Con save.

[@nullvoid4063]

Thanks for the video AJ, she with be the main villain in my fantasy “The Last of Us” campaign along with the twig blights from your earlier video. Beware the fungus amongst us.

[@kylestark1800]

I really appreciate your use of older material, especially the Dragon mags...I so miss the quality that was produced from those days. It was when things started to shed most of the camp associated with published materials.

[@HumbleMemeFarmer]

Ah, Momshroom, the progenitor of many of the world's wierd fetishes.

[@ciarfah]

Vultiidsah The Memelord Please don't

[@zacharyhawley1693]

@@ciarfah Too late.

[@EdMcStinko]

Pretty hot considering really. I mean think about what would normally come to mind when you think "Fungus/Mold God"

[@joshuazane3210]

In the words of Ross Scott: "There's no excuse for being what you are! You're the reason we have napalm!"

[@creyzi4j]

All hail Zuggtmoy! Lady of the Fungi. Dread ruler of Plane 222

[@almitrahopkins1873]

The reason for random hit points is that she can’t actually be killed. Demons just pop back into existence somewhere in their home plane if you kill them. Her hit points won’t be the exact same every time she reappears. Unless the PCs have the means to consume her soul, she’ll just come back again and again. It’s like the gods and their avatars in 2nd. Unless you can consume the soul of a demon prince or absorb the divine spark from a god, it’s probably going to come back to haunt you. Pray you didn’t piss it off enough to really want you dead. Think of it like a lich that doesn’t require a phylactery. The home plane just grows another body for demons.

[@Eisenwulf666]

There were several cultures that venerated fungi in various forms in the real world. Mushrooms were a legitimate source of nutrition in the cold forests of the North and North East, not to mention a source of wisdom (visions caused by hallucinogens in the mushrooms) and health ( long before the discovery of penicillin people used molds/shrooms to treat various diseases). It's very weird to me that Zuggtmoy isn't a goddess yet

[@blesseddrones9852]

Two words: Healing Magic.

[@Pluto137]

Amung why I enjoy plant sorts of deity/higher powers

[@alexanderlaplante5477]

That's my gluestick!mighty fine stuff old boy.

[@tatsusama3192]

16:15 This is like that crap they do in video games where you have to win to lose! I hate that😂 19:30 Jesus Christ. This reminds me of those Animal Planet specials that show the fungi that turn insects into zombies. These same fungi are what inspired The Last of Us series of games. Absolute nightmare fuel

[@NoNamesLeft0102]

Me updating an N/PC with circle of spores from human to drow, expanding the backstory. Haven't had this much rich content since seeing the connections between brass dragons and half elfs.

[@hollyrose9336]

This was a fun one! Fungus is cool. It’s a whole different type of thing that we don’t think about much. We only really think of plants and animals when we talk about creatures and environments in dnd most of the time, and when fungus is used, it’s so one note. This is a cool way to play with it. Thanks aj.

[@AJPickett]

You're welcome ☺️

[@kikiblair5132]

Black mold is rampant where I live. People talk about fungi all the time here.

[@gammagong9435]

Currently rolling a Plasmoid Circle of Spores Druid. An accidental 'offspring' of Juiblex and Zuggtmoy, both of whom attempt to exert control / give commands from time to time. This is going to be fun.

[@justicedemocrat9357]

What do you mean by accidental offspring? Did he not pull out?

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Need to research how to ssfely destroy fungus without getting poisoned or high. Flames? Probably flames. Somebody call a pyromancer.

[@AfroChef]

I can't help but be enthralled by descriptions of evil places like this. I can only imagine the type of charcaters you'd need to build to even attempt to stop someone like this on their home plane

[@Darknimbus3]

24:55 sounds like a great place to grow a cocoa (chocolate) tree. Though knowing that place, the cocoa tree would probably process YOU into “chocolate” (not to mention to Zuggtmoy’s delight, fermentation by fungus is necessary to produce chocolate).

[@matthewcourtney8239]

In Mad Mage there is a friendly Ettin named Jibber Jabber who is actually able to function because of how much fungus there is for him to eat. If the main foes on that floor died I could see an Ettin Cult to Zyggytmoy potentially popping up which would be interesting especially because one of the factions on that level is a relatively weak family of Drow for her giant cultists to sacrifice for even more fungus food to eat.

[@blackhawk3975]

In an underdark campaign I played in (the one where we killed the purple worm from the inside) we saved a town of myconids (sorry if I misspelled that) from her. She was set to marry their chief of chiefs and control all myconids. We fought our way out, (everyone but the cleric being either dead or severely wounded) the first time. We had to go back (since me and the ranger were hired to escort the cleric through the underdark) and save the town, so we snuck back in on the day of the wedding, and challenged her as they said their vows. During the fight, we somehow managed to stun lock her until she was banished back to the abyss. We had no idea how we stun locked her, but if we hadn't, we surely would have died.

[@jarlsnake6023]

Out of the abyss is the campaign, I'm DMing this campaign, my players are reaching neverlight Grove next week

[@blackhawk3975]

@@jarlsnake6023 Ah, many thanks, couldn't remember the campaign's name for the life of me.

[@jarlsnake6023]

@@blackhawk3975 my players are probably fighting her when their characters get level 16 (I changed some things), you enjoyed this campaign?

[@blackhawk3975]

@@jarlsnake6023 Yep, ended up playing as what i dubbed the "road warrior paladin" because my character got infected with wereshark lycanthropy, turned once (which destroyed the plate armor i had) and got cured by the cleric. Never made enough gold to get a new set, so i just wore leather armor, which was constantly being ruined by shenanigans from the ranger.

[@vettethewarlock5448]

Awesome Video In my universe, Zuggtmoy spends most of her time fighting against Lorelai, the Drow Priestess who bested and imprisoned Orcus to becomes the new demon princess of the undead Zuggtmoy fears that this is a sign that Lolth is trying to replace the demon lords with beings loyal to her, a fear that is not entirely unfounded. She also already despises the undead as a fungus that she created (which is based off cordyceps) which infects and mind controls its host doesnt work on the undead, so now the armies of Lorelai and Zuggtmoy are often found fighting eachother in conflicts known as "The Wars of The Rot"

[@kyleshultz6920]

"Zargivesgoodhead" is what I heard every time you tried to pronounce his name. Lol

[@AJPickett]

I worry for you Kyle.

[@kyleshultz6920]

@@AJPickett me too actually, me too. Lol

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

You think mushrooms and oozes would go hand and hand since slime molds exist, but I guess zuggtmony doesn't like them very much

[@BoojumFed]

Two rival demon lords competing for the same rancid, purifying turf, really...

[@eros5420]

Im not certain that her domain is just Florida.

[@JanusKastin]

::Watching video on the Demon Queen of Fungus:: KZbin Ad Algorithm: Wanna control mildew? Buy Damp-Rid!

[@bobross2883]

I'm actually running a campaign with her as the big bad so it is nice to hear all about her before my players know they're dealing with the Lady of Rot and Fungus

[@iglusmulmus5171]

It‘s really disturbing that a comment like that is coming from Bob Ross

[@bobross2883]

Gotta make sure I beat the devil out of them.

[@iglusmulmus5171]

Bob Ross Don‘t you mean ... beat the DEMON out of them?^^

[@Elemessclr]

so a circle of spores druid and a fiend warlock could be the same thing

[@Isaac-hm6ih]

34:06 I think the reason for including hit dice on a unique creature is because they're occasionally used for things other than determining hit points, such as healing in a short rest.

[@TenositSergeich]

Also, maximum and minimum hit points! Kinda forgotten now, but it is an easy way to say that they have a lot more hit points or almost none. Good old AD&D days.

[@TERMINATOR3900]

Also there are some things which are dependant on the number of hit dice something has, like the Imprisonment spell.

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

YES thank you AJ i have been waiting for this one (:

[@Eisenwulf666]

In the north of Europe and parts of Asia mushrooms were an important source of food, especially during the colder months.Not to mention the hallucinogenic properties some of them have,that shamans and warriors used .Pretty sure there were some pagan gods that had fungi as part of their influence. So i think there's a huge niche there for Zuggtmoy in less civilised parts of Toril(or Oerth or whatever). She needs a better PR team though. I do think having her as a Demon Queen is more intetesting though. Less distant and more opportunities for engaging stories.EDIT : I just noticed i've made the same comment twice XD

[@johncloud3823]

🤔 I think to make things interesting I might make my next character a Spores Druid who worships Zuggtmoy for some reason or other. Not sure how far to lean onto the evil, but they would be sneaky about it.

[@MrPaparazziPizza]

I'm pretty sure my DM made her my warlock's patron..

[@GarrettMoffitt]

The dice to roll for hit points are there becasue some people like to roll the hit points instead of taking the median.

[@jakecrichton562]

Yet more fiendish ideas abound! Thanks for another one AJ.

[@leviroch]

The real question is can I roll a myconid warlock patroned to zuggtmoy. . .

[@AJPickett]

Yes, yes you can.

[@mosshivenetwork117]

Ngl, would smash. In all seriousness though, it's a shame that Zuggtmoy is a demon lord, because I like mushrooms. They're cool organisms.

[@matthewbennett1972]

Stock up on Tinactin

[@mosshivenetwork117]

@@matthewbennett1972 Yea

[@Babbleplay]

Myconid art? I mean, yeah, they are fungal, but, theyre not her minions, as far as I'm aware; those mushdudes are pretty mellow.

[@johncaccioppo1142]

14:10 are some bad hombres... Tres Ah-Mi-Gos... 3Z-Tops?

[@Babbleplay]

@@johncaccioppo1142 Wrong game setting, but, still a good one. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51JuCxDD24L._SX322_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

[@spunkyspaz]

Zuggtmoy grows on you.... like a fungus.

[@AJPickett]

Talking of fungus, you are going to love my next upload on the Ascomoid.

[@federicocruz3026]

You had me gagging at the feast.. Absolutely horrifying..

[@zacharygadzinski3147]

Just imagine cursed mushrooms of unknown origin that mutates any humanoid, mostly humans, into monstrous humanoids all due to this demoness becoming a deity. These monstrous humanoids would vary from having two heads, four arms, and various other abnormalties. Not to mention the ability to manipulate fungi.

[@muninrob]

Thank you - you just gave my homebrew it's origin story for the myconid race.

[@boldcitylongsword9941]

I guess I’m just a Zuggtomy Boi! I’m in love.

[@briancorvello3620]

Ooh, been waiting for this one...

[@ResonantChemist]

You mention the minor demon lord "Yibieru" (spelling?) who is a servant/child/mother of Zuggtmoy, but I have never heard of this entity, nor can I find it on forgottenrealms wiki. Where can I find more into on this being? I'm running a modified Ghosts of Saltmarsh campaign and throwing in Zuggtmoy as an ultimate villain, and I'd love to throw out some of her minions.

[@MisterDTwenty]

Yes! Been waiting for this, great work ^^

[@TheBigGuppy]

Mrs. Iuz ,,, when they aren't at odds with each other.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I love using a fungus-based cult as the unseen force behind a horror-based AD&D mission. Tweak it enough and it can seem like some other kind of horror is the source in the beginning. 10/10 video AJ. I'm happy that AD&D didn't phase out fungus horror and even expanded upon it. I have several different home-brews on fungus-dominated Shambling Mounds as well as "pseudo-zombies" inspired by the Yellow Musk Zombie (I think that was what they were called, the zombie with the flower growing out of its head, not really an undead but a corpse animated by the fungal/plant organism infecting the brain). My "pseudo-zombies" are actually living fungal colonies animating a corpse, eventually eating it and being a form of fungal monster that looks like a full-flesh zombie. I digress... Zuggtmoy need not be around to be the source of some horror-based AD&D play.

[@victorvaldez8869]

Those sound kind of similar to the Golgari of Ravnica's Plant Zombies. They use a living plant feeding from the dead corpse to animate it, but I can EASILY see that being shifted to being a fungus instead of a plant, perhaps with a plant following from the fungus, and an insect animated zombie, thicket skeleton after that, in a disturbing "Circle Of Life" kind of thing. (Admit it "Circle Of Life" with the visual of a plant/infected skeleton is playing in your head right now.)

[@jurassician3725]

Have you heard about the cortyceps fungus before? Because thats a real fungus that creates zombie ants. Considering humanity, like ants, are also in a way a superorganism, only a matter of time(at least in the D&D universe) will a mutation occur that lets them spread to man.

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@victorvaldez8869 How horribly delicious! Yes, that song plays in my head each time I hear those 3 words together.

[@That80sGuy1972]

@@jurassician3725 I did hear of cordyceps fungus. I think 1st Ed AD&D writers might have used it as an inspiration for the Yellow Musk and their zombies.

[@theouterlimits7788]

Demones lady of funguy.

[@OgreBattleIsForeverMore]

The Temple of Elemental Evil RPG video game (Troika/Atari), once patched by the Circle of Eight updates, is a very good game featuring Zuggtmoy.

[@MultiMrPockets]

Is there a breakdown of power levels between archdevils and gods. What's the benefits of being one of the other?

[@AJPickett]

check out my Ecology of the Gods video (ignore the comments section)

[@dave-daveson]

Though I collected a ton of material about my fave demons, demon lords etc by myself (esp. loving the early D&D, AD&D 1st fluff), it's great getting it presented neatly here in your videos. I also highly recommend Gygax' "Gord The Rogue" novels mainly because they are blasting with abyssal settings, Zuggtmoy, Iggwilv, Graz'zt and other demon lords (even some little mentoining of Szhublox/Juiblex)

[@williamsmith1741]

Most people don't know that Dr. Abraham Van Helsing has an old schoolmate who is also a demon hunter, but one focused on the children of Zuggtmoy. His name is Dr. Lotrimin Scholl. That started as a joke, but I'll be damned if that actually isn't a super cool name.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

14:56 "But their true purpose is to honor their queens monsterous mouth!"........my Warlock Philosopher deity of death could do that 😉 hee hee hee! Dont think she'd like it much though!

[@MrChaosAdam]

>Me, a humble fan of mushrooms: yay >D&D: Shrooms are evul!

[@joshuagraham3854]

I think it's more like mushrooms are the lifeforms she specializes in corrupting to evil, rather than mushrooms being inherently evil themselves. Like how Baphomet is the demon prince of beasts -- that isn't saying beasts are evil, they're just what Baphomet in particular uses for evil ends.

[@Kholan95]

I love Zuggtmoy so much.

[@lyebatenkaitosofgluttony2452]

She's soooo cool

[@mosshivenetwork117]

Cool pfp

[@Kholan95]

@@mosshivenetwork117 Thanks 🖤

[@dennispingel5607]

I would think she has a connection to the faywild aswell

[@AJPickett]

You would, but no. No doubt there is another entity we are yet to meet.

[@MrDeejayjfx]

Praise the peeps who have played The Temple of Elemental Evil on the pc.

[@ThortackNezzerack]

So she's the Queen in yellow

[@RichardPhillips1066]

Fuck I can remember you uploading this and now it's 2 years ago

[@seamusfish7009]

Here wuz Seamus!

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Howdy Seamus!

[@seamusfish7009]

@@michaelkelligan7931 a fine goot evening to ya. How do you do?

[@michaelkelligan7931]

@@seamusfish7009 well, thank you

[@seamusfish7009]

@@michaelkelligan7931 glad to hear it! Find any new, old films? I tell ya, things are a bit hectic here. Considering the storm and all.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

@@seamusfish7009 yeah 2,check out "The Dungeon Master"...a fantasy/horror film from 1984 starring Richard Moll who played the character Bull Shannon on the hit T.V. sitcom Night Court and a weird movie about a pack of Ghouls led by a Ghast named Loach called "Curse of the Blue Lights" 2nd one is on youtube...free

[@LurkerDaBerzerker]

This was excellent AJ, I thoroughly enjoyed the over half an hour experience. (I can't say the same for all the poor folk who got *spored* at some point in the video......I'll just head for the door.) *Pops head back in* Though I do wonder how aberrations would do with the fungi and spores, are they as vulnerable as everyone else or is it dependant on the specific abberant?

[@FaeFemboi]

Idea: 1: Pick out all names with questionable pronunciation. 2: Come up with at least 2 or 3 ways they could be read. 3: Use every single different pronunciation during your reading (write it phonetically into the script) 4: The Comments Section will fight about which is right, which will give us data on who believes what. 5: Sell data for profit.

[@tonyh1718]

Sounds like something a demon lord would come up with WHO ARE YOU!!!!?

[@carloss3499]

You needed to delve deep for this one didn't you.

[@AnomalyINC]

"A vast network of Kevins" Pure undiluted nightmare-fuel, that.

[@biteso2333]

Zuggtmoy is indeed cool!

[@tatsusama3192]

You should put difficult names up on screen when you say them. Let us struggle with you 😂 Ps. What's with magically inclined people not liking vowels?

[@AJPickett]

I really should, perhaps someone will make a compilation video of me mashing those stupid words with my face hole.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

22:40 "left a sour taste in her mouth!" And they were lovers.....hahahaha thats sounds funny AJ!

[@felixrivera895]

Ooh. I'm playing in a custom disk world setting with it's own fey lord of fungi, but I'm happy for this. I'm playing a Spore Druid Water Genasi. This will be interesting.

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Zuggtmoy really should take a page from Mal. If you want to build a cult, you need to look good for it. That and get a better profile.

[@SeraphimKnight]

I love Zuggtmoy, I always wanted to play a myconid that worships her; warlock, cleric or paladin. I love the idea of a myconid paladin for some reason.

[@kendrickrochelanzot2053]

Can she control myconid as well, or only fungi?

[@vizerandevir6422]

She can outright control them but it's my understanding that she prefers them as willing worshipers considering she is hitting on all the myconid political talking points: 1.) Less regulation on mycelium networks 2.) Dissolution of "not even once" stance on psychotropics 3.) Mandatory melding with non-myconids

[@BoojumFed]

Myconid are fungal, so yeah. Unless the GM has interpreted them as free-willed enough to have a choice in the matter.

[@muninrob]

@@BoojumFed I always house ruled "Chr save at difficulty of Zuggy's HD minus the inteligent fungi's HD" of course my house ruled myconids are also immortal eventually growing into the underdark's mushroom houses after growing to large to move and too old to produce spores for communication.

[@gargoyle7800]

Hey AJ, I wanted to ask this for a long time. If I would make the wish:'' I wish to fully possess the body and mind of this Red Dragon and absorb his soul''. would I becobe a dragon and if so what would be the consequences?

[@AJPickett]

As the DM, I would just transform you into a young red dragon, you would lose your class levels temporarily as you have to adapt to the totally different body and you would have to take racial feats as you slowly level up, so you can unlock your breath weapon and dragon fear.

[@gargoyle7800]

@@AJPickett That's reasonable, Thank you for the quick response :)

[@enxman7697]

Looking forward for Juiblex now

[@InvinciblKillerQueen]

Yesssssss I've wanted this video for a while! Praise be to the Mushroom queen!

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

This was one of the best videos but I am a little surprised you didn't mention the real world fungus in jungles that 'takes over the minds' of insects. Its not really an outlandish idea that a fungus could force a brain into new actions that are detrimental to itself but I'm not sure if it only works on insects because their brains are not as complex as ours, or what. I have never researched that part of it.

[@darkmystic7764]

Zuggtmoy was a boring demon but I feel you did your best with it. Love.

[@Z0nK89]

i am the only one that gets sad when aj says he trys to stay below 40 min?

[@AJPickett]

My vocal cords are giving you shade. 😄

[@Z0nK89]

@@AJPickett dont over do it i rely love your work

[@carlborneke8641]

That poem in the beginning was really good 👍

[@codilindstrom7208]

That is messed up need some blue mushroom and then ill fallow her

[@jenniferphipps2012]

Graz'zt, Orcus, Juiblex, Zuggtmoy, Tharizdun

[@robertfahlesson5339]

What is the relationship between Zuggtmoy and Talona? Cuz o e is a Demon lord and the other a "God" but there domains overlap a litle bit.

[@AJPickett]

They would conflict in the domain of poison for sure.

[@robertfahlesson5339]

@@AJPickett i have created a new elf race called glom-elfs, who ones were normal elfs. But when the world was treathend by a unworldly power they swore loyalty to Talona. and she protected them, but in return thay hade to become her "children" so she gave them a part of her devinety. That made Zuggtmoy jealous so shes trying to sway them to her side. Cuz all she have is fanatic cultists XD I havent introduce the Glom-elvs yet (im currently writing the lore) So this video helpt me ALOT! You are the best🤘

[@ArchArturo]

Nurgle likes this.

[@theHedgex1]

im stump and need help. i'm looking for a land and area maps to make for my first campain. all poison areas with a lich final boss.

[@Necromancist]

Here's an idea: a lizardman temple in a swamp that has since become a lair for the aforementioned lich (not their main lair, just a place where they perform various research, store magical artifacts or somesuch), raising the previous lizardman occupants as their undead servants and turning the surrounding swamp foul and necrotic with the outpouring of negative energy from the lich's activities. Undead creatures (both servants of the lich and wild creatures reanimated by the ambient negative energy), environmental poison hazards, and disease abound. Food and water brought from outside will spoil quickly, and finding anything that's safe for consumption within the swamp itself will be very difficult. You could even have some involvement from Zuggtmoy, if it strikes your fancy. Perhaps a cult of hers have set up a camp in the area, drawn to the abundance of decay from which their fungal gardens may sprout. And should hostilities be avoided, they may even be willing to aid the adventurers in clearing the lich's minions out of the temple... assuming that the adventurers in question are content with the evil stronghold simply changing hands, rather than being cleansed.

[@AJPickett]

I would heartily recommend Heroic Maps on DrivethruRPG for encounter location maps, for regional maps, just browse Pinterest, there are all sorts of amazing maps on there.

[@anthonyromasco3528]

Here's a thought. Inca/aztec setting. Tropical rainforests teeming with toxic plants/animals. Bullywugs would be a good introductory baddie. Then add lizard men and maybe even yuan-ti as high ranking servants. You could make the lich a dragonborn to tie it all up with a pretty bow.. Inca/aztec culture is also good for mummies and vampires due to a culture of blood-sacrifice to their "gods/overlords". Spitball idea for Archbaddie: Drex Malefaxus. Spitball idea for title: The Lost City of Viperine. The lich could modify some of tye lizard men and bullywugs to give them venomous/toxic traits/abilities. I hope it helps

[@anthonyromasco3528]

Imagine vampire/mummy bullywugs, lizard men, and yuan-ti!!! That will keep them on their toes!!!

[@theHedgex1]

i'll have to look up some of these monsters since i haven't played even one game yet as far as i got is a high ranking spell caster is getting help from 3 hags to become a lich. the lizardmen can be hostages for the rituals end to become the first of the new zombies in service. the goal is to stop the lich before it leaves the area and if can and will pick up new zombies from defeated foes along the way out of the area.

[@ЕвгенГурсов]

She is a BEAST!

[@CPK-iz5dd]

Could she be worshiped by WarHammer 40k Orks stuck in this side of the Multiverse?..

[@williethenerfherder2193]

It makes sense based on the fact they are psychic fungi.

[@RichardPhillips1066]

No totally different worlds and lore , nurgle is close , lord of decay etc

[@AJPickett]

Sure.

[@17Scumdog]

I have some sort of fungal infection on my feet. Nothing thw doctor has tried is able to get rid of it. I need a cleric to cast remove curse 😅

[@AJPickett]

Good old vinegar, soak them feet in vinegar, for a while, regularly, and don't wear shoes so much.

[@17Scumdog]

@@AJPickett I'll try that! Do you dilute the vinegar with water at all?

[@AJPickett]

@@17Scumdog Trial and error man, if it hurts your skin, dilute it.

[@17Scumdog]

@@AJPickett just soaked for an hour in a gallon of white vinegar. It only stings on the affected\ Infected areas. It's actually kind of nice. After the soak the horrible oozing lesions have dried out to flaking skin. Thank you Sage 😄

[@AJPickett]

@@17Scumdog It's a wise man who consults a dire hobbit on foot husbandry.

[@PureVikingPowers]

I'm listening to The Temple of Elemental Evil audiobook right before this

[@thehillz726]

Link? Pls

[@jacobwilson8579]

I am a amateur writer, player and a couple times dm who hates eating mushrooms though I find fungus fascinating this is giving me some fungal covered ideas

[@malcolmt7883]

if making compost is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

[@chriscalvin5083]

Good video AJ