Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Hydra

[@chaddixon9764]

I love how someone thought up how to farm hydras

[@warpdkirby]

A hydra's heart would be special if it can keep up with all the extra heads it can grow. So did someone ever have a terribly suicidal idea of uplifting a Hydra? We deal with awakened beasts and pets many times in D&D, so coming across a Hydra that is smarter than the average Hydra might be a terrifying prospect.

[@stanleyhyde8529]

I would never say you're not reactive to your viewers. Youre one of the few youtubers that has ever replied to my comments and you've done it multiple times. Keep doin what you do. Respect

[@AJPickett]

Thanks Stanley :)

[@Dualbladedscorpion7737]

@@AJPickett Oh and while youre at it WOULD YOU QUIT SLICING THE HEADS!!

[@probablythedm1669]

Hydras are cool. They're such a versatile creature that can easily be customized to fit groups of varying size and power. I like them.

[@HumbleMemeFarmer]

You know what'd suck? A crossbreed of a hydra and a basilisk.

[@juggalox1000]

done it . .. I am not allowed to GM ever again

[@thedarkmaster4747]

yes... yes... oh yes...

[@AJPickett]

LOL

[@ejones5418]

last 3 videos: Worgs, Tarrasque and now Hydra :D best 3 videos in a row!

[@BennysGamingAttic]

I had my players go after a hydra once. They knew fire was the only way to kill it, but there was one little detail they missed (that I definitely told them)... The swamp the hydra was in was full of clouds of explosive gas. This little detail ended in a near TPK.

[@RockyRodent333]

AJ, love the video. This is perfect for the campaign i am running. I genuinely cannot thank you enough for giving me so many cruel and clever ideas to make my game more interesting and keep my players on their toes.

[@AJPickett]

When I start to get hate mail from your players...

[@RockyRodent333]

After a few turns of 1d6 poison health drain they might be tempted, but if they watch a few of your videos i am sure they'll be able to forgive you.

[@jasonreiyn9311]

Just a bit of trivia. The imagery that prompted the idea of the hydra is real. What the ancients witnessed was what is referred to as a mating ball. What it actually is, is a very, very large collection of male snakes that coil around a female snake in some fairly unique mating ritual. It's something that is still able to be found today, though humanity has gone to great lengths to diminish the snake populations everywhere we live (which is to say, planet Earth). In truth the ancients probably encountered this while perhaps digging a well, or in caverns or ravines and understandably freaked out, and thus the legend was born.

[@mercury199runner]

This was the first video of the series I watched, and I have to say I was immediately blown away by how well researched it was. I ran a hydra not long after this, it was for a party over very very over geared level 10's, 6 of them. (I know, unusually, I picked up for another DM who made some choices I wouldn't have.) Needless to say, I put the hydra in a bog with floating biomass and very murky water, and made it's reach 15ft, increased size category by one. It absolutely tore the party to shreds, they all made it out, but it was a rude awakening. They are all really excited to go back and fight it again. We'll be doing that this weekend. Thanks again, this content is awesome.

[@Hektols]

The Weapon and Equipment guide for 3.0-3.5 described how to train hydras, each head had to be trained one by one (keeping the other heads asleep, charmed or dominated), making it one of the hardest creatures to train. It is not mentioned often but mind affecting spells with single targets like Charm Monster or Dominate Monster only affect one head each time.

[@tomkerruish2982]

In mathematics, there's something called Goodstein sequences, which have been reimagined as the Hydra game. Essentially, not only does the body have multiple necks, but so do the heads themselves, with their own second-order heads, and so on (but only finitely far). Cutting off a head (usually) causes more heads (and necks!) to grow. It's a rather deep theorem that, no matter your head-cutting strategy, you are guaranteed eventual victory, although only after a very, very, VERY long time.

[@jeremygriffin620]

As usual, brother, you have a great way of keying in on a monster we've looked at dozens of times and putting a shine on it, and making it into a fantastic encounter. Love your lore work.

[@DuskyPredator]

Been interested in Hydra since the Disney movie, and into an interest into mythology. The general idea that fire stopped the head growing was Heracles sealed up the wound after cutting the head. I think the Hydra would most be open for DM description to explain the process, and possibly reward creativity if player attempts something of similar effect, or punish if say they wanted to focus the fire on something specific that would not effect the lost head wound.

[@rizuopal8153]

I asked a hydra what he wanted to eat he had several ideas

[@axepoison255]

You have gained the seal of approval.

[@zakaialfred9543]

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[@kevinquincy4638]

@Zakai Alfred yea, I have been using InstaFlixxer for months myself :D

[@zakaimakai1367]

@Zakai Alfred definitely, have been using InstaFlixxer for years myself =)

[@kingmasterlord]

that original depiction of a Hydra looks like maybe some sort of leech or hagfish relative, or maybe even a squid. *if* you look at it with eyes that are focused to see the oarfish in a sea serpent tapestry or the rhinoceros in a unicorn.

[@JimmyCheng]

All I can say is, keep the series going and we will root for you

[@danielrowan4716]

There are variations such as the Pyrohydra and Cryohydra too. I borrow from Jason and the Argonauts that the teeth of the hydra can be used to summon skeletons by an evil spell caster.

[@michealcline7354]

You should do a video on a false hydra

[@That80sGuy1972]

He did one. I know your comment is 5 months old but I'm not sure if you know yet.

[@TheSilversepiroth]

Additionally, if you want to take the Jason and the Argonauts route, hydra teeth may be used to spawn skeleton warriors by those who buried them in the earth

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Added to that you get to say "hIYI-dra!" like the character who first does this. great scene.

[@ryderma1]

I remember dlipping through my newly acquired D&D Blue expert book. When I came across the Hydra, I thought I had found Tiamat from the D&D cartoon. Hey, I was only 8 or 9 at the time lol

[@gwyndolin1536]

I want a pet Hydra! I remember one for the books said you would have to train each head individually and charm the rest while you where.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Ah yes. The reason my wizard researched vile magic. Fun fact, Vile damage can't be fixed by regeneration and is very close to permanent.

[@MRDicristofaro]

one could say its vile

[@GoODanDEVIL666333]

My gnome barbarian had a belt of dwarven kind and bought ring of poison resistance a few sessions earlier for facing a green dragon. Came in handy.

[@rookieweeabo8575]

Love the Greek Hydra! Really cool that it was added for the world’s greatest roleplaying game! I can see this creature inhabiting the maze of a Yuan-ti Temple as a short of guard dog. :)

[@dragonballtalk8527]

RookieWeeabo this is a good channel check out jorphdan channel too

[@kyliepoe6231]

Awesome video as always, loved the inclusion of the Earth lore and the post-mortem uses for one. Lots of DM fodder in there.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

When facing one, use fire and lots of it, having a pyromaniac mage, wizard or sorcerer, the latter I recommend huge amounts of caution, especially if facing said creature in a swampy environment with lots of decay from dead rotting carcasses and natural gasses bubbling out from the mud, or alternatively torches, crossbows & longbows with greek fire in the tips of incendiary bolts & arrow, greek fire grenades & explosive flasks & likewise for javelins, again caution first. Good things, scales are waterproof, worth good money perhaps even more then manticore in certain cases, especially in a big one, venom glands hard to rip out needs a good axe but worth up to 50-80 gold coins a pair.

[@Ocelot812010]

This reminds me of the hydra I created called "Gydia", a hydra that I added the "Monster of Legend" template to so many years ago. Of course, then the poison damage was directed towards the strength score instead of hit points at a DC 25, -1d6 strength. Proud of my players whenever they realized that Gydia's role wasn't as a monster to be destroyed but rather the secret weapon needed to destroy the true threat, an evil green dragon and her yaun-ti cultist they had no hope of defeating on their own. Needless to say, even a mighty green dragon didn't stand the chance against a beast that had 12 bites that inflicted strength damage... 12 bites, twelve potential failures, to a max of 12d6 strength damage. Just nasty. Almosts felt... Right that the proud intelligent evil beast fell to what was basically an animal.

[@Ithirid]

10:10 Who's a cute little snake monstrosity? You are, yes, you are!

[@NANA-zz8hb]

I like letting the weapon that deals the killing blow hydras become basically a dagger of venom(slightly weaker) like how Hercules did the whole arrow soaking thing

[@AdventuresHobbies]

yes the hydra is a great monster

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Hydra fat is great for candles and used as lub, very useful for bows and crossbows, with wood in general, hide is waterproof, good for boots and clothing or perhaps furniture, hydra blood & venom sells as a chemical component like crazy, very sought after by either potion & poison maker or vineyard masters, mixed the blood into the wine gives it a unique flavor, Cormmyr 9 head wine is worth 20 gold pieces, A BOTTLE!

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@Regular Slime Noooo, hydra lube is used to help keep bows from rotting or getting soaked,

[@jakecrichton562]

Hi Aj thanks a lot for another great video. I discovered your channel a short time ago, and have learned a great deal. I'm running the second session of my first game on Saturday. I have found your video's a fantastic resource. It's a little scary running a game after avoiding it for seventeen years or so, but I've gotten some great ideas from your video's and want to thank you. Big Jake from Canada.

[@AJPickett]

My pleasure Big Jake, thanks for letting me know and congrats on taking that leap into the DM's seat.

[@PaulSmith-hr5rn]

... i cast slow on the hydra, 1 attack per turn, no reactions, half speed... EAT THAT MR DM!!

[@probablythedm1669]

The hydra cries... slowly. Because crying is a free action. :P

[@AJPickett]

LOL!

[@seanwarren9357]

You absolute madman, you did it! XD Thanks for the content!

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

So kill it with fire? I figured being a water faring creature it would also be weak to lightening magic. Also you could just turn it to stone or freeze it solid and then smash it with war hammers and maces.

[@Hektols]

Hydra's CR is below the level where you get access to those spells.

[@volijay1019]

I absolutely love your videos. While I've never played table top DND I do love its lore. Even more so when its explained with someone with a passion for it. Loved your Demogorgon one. I have to do more research there myself but I'd love to hear more about the beings he comes into contact with near or stronger than himself in power.

[@AJPickett]

I'm about to post a vid on the Dawn War tomorrow (my time) Demogorgon gets some mentions.

[@volijay1019]

AJ Pickett Dawn of War?! Do say!? I'm glad I've subscribed.

[@TraniXz]

For DMS! Hydras are dangerous if your party has a lack of damage, and should be a strategic battle. It is not a beastie that you throw at them if it's a gushy-damage battle you want. You should consider running away as a viable strategy, make it a hydra-chase-scene (very exciting!) as AJ says, remember their heads are very dangerous, doing tons of damage and of course should do some poison damage! And I can tell you from personal experience, do not, underestimate their REACH! Sorry for two comments, but they're not that relevant to each other.

[@unitedweasels]

What about a hydra basilisk hybrid? Make the petrifying sight recharge like dragon’s breath though

[@williethenerfherder2193]

Half black dragon hydra that is immune to acid, is amphibious, can cast 7th level spells due to 14 int, can fly, and has the ability to shoot acid out of 3 heads at any time doing 5d12 damage each. Watch your players flee in fear as their allies get melted by fireballs or acid breath.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Can it be teleported to.plane of fire to.be their problem

[@H3xx99]

If it's going to rain and turn freezing, then the Hydra toung will stop flapping in the wind....

[@Horusbonrea]

But what about a beholder hydra that each head has a randomized eye effect.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Magic missle magic missle magic missle

[@AJPickett]

pew pew pew!

[@ironkeepgaming1936]

I want to make a Venus fly trap/Hydra hybrid that spits acid, hopefully it works well. I will call it Venohydra.

[@squirrellordsgaming2772]

Just got a miniature of a Red Cap I want to use in my next game, would you be willing to do a video of the Red Cap soon? Great Hydra video. I appreciate how you look up the folklore history, and not just go off of D&D sources....

[@H3xx99]

Dustin Wade Red Caps are great fun. And devious little bastards too.

[@DmDungeonMastery]

The story about the fish all dying from a single arrow that killed another creature and diluted in its blood steam that was then diluted into a river is epic levels of scary.

[@triplebackspace3623]

I would also like to point out that in the 5e cannon , the Hydra's origin stems from the blood scattered across the multiverse when Tiamat fought and slew a mysterious unnamed rival dragon god , during or at the very beginning of the Dawn War.

[@AJPickett]

Quite right!

[@chrisesquivel25]

@@AJPickett can you drop a link on this info?

[@chrisesquivel25]

@tiplebackspace can you drop a link for this info?

[@triplebackspace3623]

Sorry can't . Were talking some deep undeveloped 5e lore here. The only reason I can call this cannon at all is because of one line in the monster manual under the Hydra entry. So no link. Good jumping off point for making something original and new for your campaign though.

[@chrisesquivel25]

@@triplebackspace3623 thank you I was looking lastnight and found that line and her name! Undeveloped for sure! Thanks!

[@dracorex426]

Imagine a Hydra intentionally decapitating itself.

[@hanifarjo5434]

No i don't imagine that. Why would it do it to itsself?? It makes no sense!!

[@nilsgentemann4407]

​@@hanifarjo5434 more heads.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I add poison to the Hydra bites. For those who CAN be poisoned, they drop the maximum hit points by the same damage as its bite damage plus a save vs. poison to do a tiny bit more damage if that fails (1d6). So, the poison is not very strong but it has a severe effect even if you SAVE against the poison... the lowered maximum HPs. That stays until the poison is cured. I do the poison blood thing too but it loses its toxic nature after an hour unless applied as a weapon coating and left to dry. It rehydrates in the blood of a target for one super-poison effect and the coating is neutralized after that (like wounding a target, blood wetting it). The toxic nature of hydra blood can only be long-term stored if you find a way to dry it quickly and it becomes a one-use toxin once rehydrated. Yes, I went epic level NERD on hydras in my campaigns. I also had a table for how each one is made unique with some tweaks to their appendages or fringe abilities/disadvantages. People who read the original sources hate me at times. I "cube the sphere" in my campaigns just to make people who do that sometimes have their fore-knowledge backfire.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Lol i remember playing Deep Earth out of the original wilderness survival guide and came across an adult hydra that had fallen into a sinkhole and was slowly starving to death having nothing more to eat than the occasional stray Goblin,Kobold or Cave Fisher that happened to wander by its area....so in classic peasant wizard fashion I used spells to reduce its size to a more manageable workload....popped it into my vest pocket and floated back up and released it back into the wilds. Little bastard shit in my vest and you can imagine the glee on my DMs face when the multiple reduction spells wore off of the dung I unknowingly carried with me....damn near drowned in it when it popped up to original size....💩💩💩😒🙁😝😡😠 Talk about being shitfaced!

[@levimorne]

Hail Hydra! I love these videos got me through six hours of work with druid, wizard, and warlock! You crazy Kiwi AJ you kick it man.

[@davidfletcher6703]

So, hydra hide wouldn't make good armor?

[@wickedbrat69]

A shadow demon hydra/tarrasque with some levels in magic might be a effective big bad.

[@Scarletraven87]

It's a BBE on it's own since good campaigns stop around level 16

[@TengrioftheCrimsonSky]

Hmn not sure if I just missed it but you could always make it a coastal encounter where the heads drag the players into the water for combat.

[@efraim3364]

use Hydras as siege weps in Warhammer

[@cheeselord8153]

Try to fight a hydra with vampiric beholder heads

[@TraniXz]

You mentioned that Hydras in your opinion that both fire and acid should make it so the Hydra can't regenerate two heads. Though I understand that some Hydras acid might be powerful, swampy-poisonous-riddled Hydras should in my opinion have some resistance to acid. (Not immunity, there's a difference) As such perhaps a better way might be like this: if the acid damage is high enough, then it'll stop it from spawning two heads. Perhaps 15ish. Just an opinion, as always AJ you have a fantastic way of researching and delivering these videos. : ]

[@MisterTutor2010]

Hail HYDRA! :)

[@terryhonea6052]

Love your videos!

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Only 12 heads? ruins the fun if you ask me... say your fighting one on a cliff edge, and you deliberately cut more and more heads off of it, using it's own top heavy weight to get it over the edge. as someone else poster here, the whole skeletal warriors thing is pretty cool. so combining that with unlimited head growth and yelling the word hIYI-dra!!! at the top of your lungs in sentence, makes for some randomly epic times... in an inn, having a bar fight? lossing, is there a dirt floor? hIYI-dra!!! and climb on the roof laughing as skeletal warriors do your bidding.

[@corvifred]

Loving your videos man, I shaped my Hobgoblin Oathbreaker off of the video on Hobgoblins. Truly great stuff. Any plans on doing a video on Jotunheim if you dont mind me asking?

[@darrylviljoen6227]

Awakened, winged, lernean pyrohydra? Edit: with a pair of claws and wyvern style tail stinger.

[@gerbill13]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. he even yelled at me.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Do a video on living constructs

[@LAJackson123]

Right around 0:40 seconds. I wanna hear that story . . . of the legendary 12 labia. . . >_>

[@AJPickett]

lol... that is just plain funny.

[@DCdabest]

a very different kind of legend that one

[@Exile_N7]

Thank you AJ

[@kevinbarber2795]

Hurray! My favorite creature from myth! Is the nukelavee a D&D monster? I’ve read a lot about it’s myth and I think there’s some great opportunities for its use crafting a good story in game.

[@AJPickett]

Wow, the mythology of the Orkney islands! I think it is a suitably terrifying beastie.

[@kevinbarber2795]

AJ Pickett Yea; it was blamed for causing droughts, famine and disease that could cover multiple islands. An unknown form in the water and , well I think you know what it looks like on land. It is indeed a terrifying beastie.

[@maromania7]

Not a D&D monster, though it was a CR 9 creature in Pathfinder Bestiary 3

[@walterbunn280]

I've only used hydra twice in my 18 year DMing experience. My Player characters weren't/aren't generally fond of fighting anything that can be mistaken for a dragon by a random npc. That said, rather than just upping the head count I have some suggestions for making Hydra encounters harder. The base hydra is the highly regenerative, extremely poisonous, semi-aquatic creature described in the video, but a slightly different take on the Hydra is that may fit into a game is a blending of the Cryo and Pyro Hydra to form an elementally resistant hydra. So if you opt for this version, the hydra can have heads that take on an elemental "charge". Generally speaking, either fire or ice keep to the lore already in the game, but any elemental damage type could work. "Necrotic", "Holy" etc are exotic variants, but not outside of the possible scope of elemental damage types in 5th edition. If the hydra has at least a single head with a "Charge", elemental damage of that type does not harm the Hydra, but instead heals it. This removes the use of one such elemental damage type on the hydra until the offending head is cut off. If you want to nudge it a little more towards the high difficulty, you could have the elemental damage charge the breath weapon. If you want the difficulty toned down, cap the elemental damage that can be absorbed each round and limit the breath weapon usage (obviously....), but remember that if you have an elementally aligned hydra, you're going to want to include lore for that in the surroundings. Was this a purposeful augmentation by a dragon or wizard that had access to elemental spells or was this naturally occurring? If it's natural, the environment is going to impact oppositely aligned elemental effects (so like... maybe the party's spell caster takes a hit to caster level while casting opposite polarity spells). If the hydra absorbs enough damage to restore a head, the 'restored' head is a charged head instead; obviously the elemental hydra can't exceed it's hit point total, but, by cutting off a head and pumping it with the right elemental damage, you could convert a normal hydra into a fully elemental version of it's self. I do not think you should give the hydra multiple charged heads, as that quickly makes them immune to elemental damage that's needed to halt their regeneration. I have used one cryohydra this way. The party was not amused, but the twitchy fireball sorcerer helped see the party through.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

A bard should make a song called I shit my drawers from hydra

[@trajanfidelis]

Hydra dominatus

[@HowtoRPG]

Thank you AJ.

[@thomasbailey7159]

Psionic hydra maybe ?

[@luizenidog5016]

Totally awesome man

[@treymoir5516]

Hydra + Axe-Poison = One long night.

[@SimplyRaara]

How do you fight a fire hydra if they're already firey??😂

[@AJPickett]

Acid.

[@ThufirHarrison]

0:42 12 labias lol

[@AJPickett]

Coming up next on The Mighty Gluestick: Nights!

[@WhyYouMadBoi]

Maybe do one on Grillions?

[@ironkeepgaming1936]

I will put one of these in the Shadowfell for my campaign called the Iron Keep. 😆, I want to see my player’s reactions. Don’t worry, it won’t be that tough. 😉. I love the Hydra in dark Souls as well.

[@redfaux74]

Good video and great artwork.

[@TheCasper025]

Is it bad that I really want a hydra as my mount... now any suggestions as to how to convince my dm that my bronze dragonborn othe of vengeance paladin needs this? What I'm thinking is that we come across a hydra and slay it only to see it was just protecting its nest. As a paladin I feel responsible for raising the creature whose mother I just killed. Thoughts?

[@TaylorWeston]

You're going to need some kneepads +1 and a lot of chapstick.

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks for the vid sir.

[@gerbill13]

123 HAIL HYDRA

[@lordmoldybutt6361]

So I'll take it only seasoned players will make it out alive to tell the tale of the hydra.

[@triplebackspace3623]

I am never going to play a game of D&D if your game mastering and have a hydra figure anywhere near you.

[@muninrob]

Funny thing is, he's actually nice with them, here's a hydra encounter my party ran into a pontoon bridge out to a hut in the putrid gurgleing swamp (lesser baddy's lair) turns out to be flanked by a hydra or 2 on either side, concealed in the mire - but wait!! there's more!! Turns out the bad guy in question has a vorpal sword and has been lopping off hydra heads every time the larder gets empty!!!!

[@MRDicristofaro]

i want to make a prismatic hydra but not to sure what set its stats, DC and its over all CR yet, most of my players dont like fighting hydras either lol

[@adamholcomb200]

I’m ready for video on Malcanthet Queen of the Succubi😇😈💯👍🏼

[@thedarkmaster4747]

i second this... *aj pickett proceeds to make the video in the time it takes me to post this comment*

[@AJPickett]

She's on the list.

[@marcopohl3236]

What happens if you attack something other than the heads?

[@AJPickett]

You assign each head a percentage of the total hit points

[@marcopohl3236]

@Regular Slime i was actually thinking, that you usually kill a Hydra by cutting off the head, and the tricky part is that it grows two new ones, but couldn't you just work around this by not cutting off the head?

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

@@marcopohl3236 well it was never established. Likely the original hydra was just heads and necks that didn’t have a tail of other organs but the legend says the hydra has an immortal head that can’t be killed unless every head is chopped off. So a hydra can’t be killed without decapitation. Or maybe they just bite their own heads off

[@jacobmendonca8571]

hail hydra!

[@AJPickett]

*stallone appears* I knew you'd say that.

[@gerbill13]

HAIL HYDRA

[@trajanfidelis]

Are there any spells/magic items that can awaken a hydra?

[@ronalynmonzales6453]

Why didn't you add ghidorah!?he's the coolest hydra ever..

[@fistimusmaximus6576]

should have used the creature from willow though they call it a dragon

[@pastorTracy911]

He’s not really a Hydra. They just call him that cuz he grows his head back. He’s actually more of a Zmei.

[@PyroMortis77]

its not as simple as cutting off the hydras head. In the myth after cutting of one of the hydras heads, Hercules had to cauterize/ burn the wound so 2 heads wouldn't grow from the exposed neck. love your vids but hate it when people don't get mythology right, yes there's different interpretations but,they are that different.

[@tomkerruish2982]

6:55 He mentioned it.

[@PyroMortis77]

Tom Kerruish, your are correct on the point that he mentions that the hydra is killed with the cauterizing off the exposed neck, but he doesn’t mention it when he’s telling the myth about Hercules killing the hydra. Thank for checking though friend, I hope you have an awesome day.

[@thirdplanet4471]

Hail hydra

[@juggalox1000]

damn it I was going to day that.....GG

[@blackhawk3975]

I picture a hydra out there somewhere with 20 heads..... terrifying.

[@dragonballtalk8527]

If it gets fifty heads does it split or change form

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

I love the hydra my favorite it the Hercules legend

[@Ed_man_talking9]

I like to think the concept of the mythological creature was born when a writer of old stared at a frayed rope a little too long.

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

Nah the topic is actually the indomitable spirit of the heart, you keep on trying after your lies are defrauded and you keep making up more and more lies to keep your mistakes from stop being defrauded and then in the end you say I give up you win, then the other guy says oh my God I screwed up.politics man

[@Ed_man_talking9]

yeah, but you got to admit, a classic hydra looks like a rope frayed at one end.

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

No I don't think so.

[@jackiesantos2121]

There's a dungeon dragon version of the Japanese Fox spirit that Kitsune I'm just curious. Monster prom Asian mythology

[@cavareenvius7886]

Beware the Kappas. By the gods, beware the Kappas.....

[@Dualbladedscorpion7737]

Also known as hentai

[@kainepeterson6638]

So could one theoretically hold this monster under the water for over an hour and drown it?

[@Reptrilian]

Theoretically yes, but you would a large size being at least to do so.

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

Ya I could see a picture of Hercules in wizard robes. Ya he was half God and almost impossible to kill so he became a magic user lol

[@KS-PNW]

To be fair long-term he'd be a lot scarier that way....

[@TheTomahawkRepublic]

Whats down that gravel road and swamp at night # turkey blood

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Hercules the legendary journeys

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Here before Alpharius...or am I ?

[@ghoulkinggruul7345]

Or is it Omegus?

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Joseph Tate nope. Just Sanginius

[@nickjohnson6150]

Hey can anyone help me out! I’m working with my dm on turning my very happy helpful barley harmful Druid into an evil killing machine The idea so far is Adric (my Druid) get captured by an unknown evil villain (probably close to endgame boss) and is somehow changed psychologically having his personality change But my problem is how would one (staying as close to spells and things that a pc could use at some point) go about doing this? So far the only thing I could think of is wish but maybe there are a few combinations of spells that can change someone in this way. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️ help is highly appreciate and encouraged!!! hahaha

[@gerbill13]

deck of meany items. one of the cards has a personality switch. ( Lawfull good to chaotic evil. )

[@nickjohnson6150]

Gerbil13 True although what magic should that be from? How would someone channel that?

[@gerbill13]

hmm. can make it a " coff " random " coff" draw. or make a potion with a similar chaotic effect. in the game i am in we had 8 chaos potions with a 1d100 effect. can make a cursed item.

[@nickjohnson6150]

Gerbil13 Nice hahaha we have a game show type of thing where you throw an axe at the actor (it’s all magic illusions or something) and the better a shot the better chance of a good reward but still mostly random if you hit

[@TheSteelGuy]

A curse of some sort? Demonic possession? Tortured till his mind snaps? Brainwashing? Oooo, so many possibilities.