Basically Limbo

[@kingzant99]

"Remember 40 years ago, back in march?" I hate how true this is

[@austinbowen4871]

more like 40 minutes

[@gideonmele1556]

Temporal perception is such a bitch lol

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

2020 be like

[@GundiMike]

"Hey you want to be a slaad?" "N-no?" "This is going to be unfortunate then."

[@AmigoRoberto]

"How can scary toads" is my entire reason for being here

[@gargoyles9999]

Does scary is toads?

[@dialog_box]

i laughed like a stupid idiot and probably woke up a few of my roommates

[@NStripleseven]

Seems like Limbo answers all "choose one" questions with "YES."

[@carpedm9846]

"Is this thing made out of metal, air, nitroglycerin, or a sword?" Limbo: Yes.

[@screwtapee]

Or just ”all of the above”

[@theodensuhrie7915]

@@carpedm9846 this thing is made out of a sword

[@carpedm9846]

@@theodensuhrie7915 it is the limbo. You can expect a person to be made out of A shoe, and they sneeze adhd meds.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

More like: "YES. Oh, but also no, because F*** it."

[@OwenOfElliott]

Ah yes, that place that makes more sense the less you understand about it.

[@greatstoryteller9459]

Yes, so it's my mind. Makes so much sense now.

[@LegalizeTax]

1:15 Florida Man can confirm this is true

[@JonathanMandrake]

The Quantum Physics of the Planes

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

AND IT'S GLORIOUS

[@destonlee2838]

Savage win call.

[@Kurai_69420]

For such chaotic creatures the Slaad sure do have a bunch of strict rules to their biology. Perhaps a holdover from the spawning stone.

[@gwest3644]

For a creature of pure chaos and unpredictability, what’s more chaotic and unpredictable than perfect order and predictability? It makes no sense, thus for Limbo it makes perfect sense.

[@coolgreenbug7551]

@@gwest3644 you can't break the rules when there are no rules to break

[@the_last_ballad]

​@@gwest3644 in other words, the most chaotic thing WoTC could think of is something that is 100% predictable and never goes outside its lane. Thats not clever, thats a rationalization to justify a bad implementation. These things are regarded as the planer archetype of chaos, and they fail miserably as that since they are as tightly structured as Modrons except with slightly opaque ways of operating. The best they have is a % chance of spawning two diffrent types of themselves upon stabbing a guy, and a randomized timer for another metamorphosis. Limbo incorperating the shard of order being part of its chaotic ways? Yes, love that, its a bit paradoxical but adaptability is chaos's perview(Modrons, beings of pure order, are incapable of adapting. Its the rules at all times). Slaads are not adaptable, unpredictable, or capable of anything other than murder. They themselves are not a bad idea, just as Limbo incorperated the spawning stone and was altered by it, the stone, which(as a rewrite) was supposed to spawn Modrons, was corrupted as well, creating orderly creatures with a tinge of randomness. The Slaads being a virus of order within Limbo is a better concept than the current one, where the embodiments of chaos are less varied and unpredictable than embodiments of order. But we need actual chaos elementals to balance the plane out, because currently its just the "lol Im so random" plane where you can predict what is coming out of it well in advance. Give me chaos elementals that change their resistances, damage, and vulnerabilities every turn(which reflects in their form, like a fire/lightning resistant, thunder/bludgining vulnerable could be depicted as fire that is as rigid as glass) forcing adaptability from foes. If Surviving on Mechanist requires following every law ridgidly and , otherwise swarms of modrons will decend to correct you, then surviving in Limbo should require just as much adaptability and spontaneity to interact with the ditizens there, by either you adapting to what they are doing, or you forcing them to adapt to your actions. There is an order to chaos, it cant break rules without rules to break, just as there is chaos in order as the modron march breeds chaos from its perfect order... but the Slaads aren't it. They are off-brand order cosplaying as being chaotic. And it pisses me off.

[@Aevum13th]

Above all the types of Slaad mentioned, there are the Slaad Lords. When the Spawning Stone was just created, the first few abominations to come out of it were the Slaad Lords, who altered the stone to avoid creating god-like entities willynilly. In contrast to expectations, the Slaad Lords don't have to take the appearance of other Slaads, though some do. To give an example, Ygorl (the only one statted out in 5e) is a large black skeleton with bat wings and horns, wielding a giant scythe with the word "death" written on it. He is frequently found riding his Brass Dragon. In comparison of other Slaads, he seeks to dominate things, and is really the only one who intentionally sets up armies. The others are a bit more lax, though they screw up things in their own way.

[@benthomason3307]

you forgot to mention how ygorl experiences time backwards.

[@--CHARLIE--]

Each slaad lord also represents a different aspect of chaos. Ygorl is the only one I know much about, and he is the personification of entropy. Some also say that he was created from or during the death of all existence and experiences time backwards, finally dying at the birth if all realities. Which doesn't make sense with him being a slaad lord and all but forgotten realms lore is weird like that. There's also a slaad lord who usually appears as a golden slaad but whose true form is actually a golden ooze with a brain in its center. He has a golden palace in limbo which is only accessible when it randomly materializes on the horizon mimicking a sunrise, just with chaos instead of light. If I remember correctly he represents either madness or insanity, one if the two. Ive only heard him described once and it was years ago so I may have misremembered something. I also forget his name. Fairly certain he was the first slaad lord, with ygorl being either second or third but im pretty sure ygorl was second. That or ygorl was 1st and this guy was second. As I said I don't remember.

[@stefanb8727]

Can I ask in what book does he get stats in 5e? I might have missed him.

[@stefanb8727]

@@--CHARLIE-- Ssendam was the first slaad indeed (or atleast according to rumours).

[@Aevum13th]

@@stefanb8727 Modrenkainen's Fiendish Folio vol 1, which is found on DnDBeyond and DMsguild.

[@paperbullet1945]

Here's some advice I got once about how to characterize slaadi that might help you, my fellow D&D DMs: 1) play up the disease-like aspect of how they spread. When demons arrive on the material plane it's an incursion; when slaad do it, it's an epidemic 2) 'chaos' in d&d is approximately 'anarchist' or 'anti-authoritarian'. Slaad are inherently affronted by control: they may be anti-slavery, the smarter ones will work to bring down governments just for the sake of it. 3) slaad are varied. They have different motivations, likes and desires. Some will want to reproduce much. Some will create things randomly, indulging in 'art' that perhaps pushes the boundaries of the term. They are likely to be curious, although given their size and small intellect this can cause problems for the subjects of their curiosity. For my world I introduced myriad alternative colours and forms of slaad to make them seem more variable 4) they are not evil. They don't do lol randumbz things that are particularly spiteful or harmful; to put one's own purposes above another like that is evil. But equally they are not good; they don't spontaneously give away their possessions or decide to help people on a whim. 5) slaad have little control over their lives. They don't plan much, relying on spontaneity and a confidence in their ability to find a path whatever happens. They might wander whimsically, uncaring of where the world might take them. Alternatively, they might seem like a constant edge-of-seat white-knuckle-ride action junkie. 6) for green and upwards slaad, their progression through different colours is a defining feature of their life. It might be an ambition, or something to be avoided, or just another future thing not to be worried about just yet. But every such slaad is aware that this can happen, and will be conscious of it day to day. 7) slaad lives are varied enough that a long-lived slaad will have tried many things over the years. They're likely to be a polyglot and polymath, similar to a less intelligent elf. Consider having them use the jack of all trades bard feature. If they're a recurring NPC, consider having them do wildly different crafts or skills each time they meet the party - crafting statuettes one day, robbing a bank the next, practicing the piano another time, training with their greatsword afterwards, etc .

[@benthomason3307]

I just make them color-coded deadpools.

[@--CHARLIE--]

I wish slaadi were this interesting as characters. I love slaad biology, their backstory is cool, and the slaad lord ygorl is metal as all hell. But slaad are not really like this and are much more one note. They exist to make more of themselves. They are usually destructive as they are bullied into servitude by greater slaad much like demons. Their ultimate leaders in such a structure are the death slaad, who are chaotic evil. Plus although alignment is up to interpretation, it is generally agreed upon that law and chaos does not refer to literal laws. Infact as far as im aware the original meaning if the lawful alignment was much more accurately described with the term principaled and chaotic as unprincipaled. Good just mean't selfless and evil just mean't selfless. So a chaotic neutral creature us as you say, neither selfish or selfless or are alternating between the two. However they may still benefit or harm those around them as a result if their actions, and they do not obey any sort of creed. I think alignment in general is outdated as a system and shouldn't be used to determine how a creature acts. I do agree that there should be more variants. Even counting the mud slaad and the white and black slaad as well as the slaad lords. You as a dm are free to change things in your own settings. I am just going off the original intent of the alignment system as far as I've been informed it was described in the original books (for everything starting from "plus although alignment is up to interpretation" to "i think alignment on general is outdated) ad well as how slaad are described in the lore for everything before that point. This is in no way mean't to harm, and I actually prefer your version. I just get sensitive about how information is presented if it is misleading or incorrect. My anxiety is acting up all of a sudden so now I can't say you're wrong, but I was about too. Once sgain, I do like your version better.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

You say Slaad don't give away possessions but they give away their "condition" in droves! Checkmate atheists!

[@randomcustomer4295]

That sounds fun

[@luxaks5623]

@@--CHARLIE-- yes but then again, dnd is all about creation and imagination. and since slaadi are inherently so imprevisible, do whatever you like with them, paperbullet's advice is incredibly good though so you might consider using it anyway

[@gwest3644]

I usually just call them “Salads” for my own amusement.

[@iv9753]

Same bro

[@chagen316]

Legend has it the first mage to summon a slaad had a lisp and did it unintentionally

[@Msoulwing]

Ah yes... the mighty Death Salad.

[@sl33pyr3d5]

We were fighting one in one of my campaigns and we called him ceaser salad

[@idontno6d105]

and I call Salads Slaads on occasion

[@MysteriumArcanum]

"Limbo is a state" *shows Florida* Me a Floridian: "Sounds about right"

[@MysteriumArcanum]

@Basement Bohab Fuck it, why not both? 😆

[@itwasidio1736]

Now I want to play a D&D game set in Florida.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

"Imagine an atom that is both neutral and ionized at the same time." I would've gone with quantum mechanics quarks, not only do they not make up their minds on where they are, but they can spontaneously change flavors.

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

Love the Slaad artwork from 2e. They’re still giant frogs but they have the face of a man. Shit's cursed. I also love how back in 4e they had a "Slaad Reaction Table" in the Secrets of the Plane Below splatbook, where trying to talk to a slaad could result in it suddenly becoming convinced the party doesn't exist, bursting into croaking laughter, attacking them in a mad frenzy, or its head exploding violently before the rest of it nonchalantly wanders off. It really brings out their nature of being "chaos incarnate".

[@statick160]

"i'm proud of myself for once." didn't even need to watch the video any further, that's a like right there to promote healthy thinking

[@Kaladryn2781]

Limbo Exists: Primus: I'm gonna do what's called a Pro Gamer Move. Orcus: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@librarianseth5572]

The second best deity named Primus that I know of.... hence the worst.... I only know about this guy and the Transformers one. Transformers in D&D is now in my head.... SOMEBODY WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@dragonmanfirebane5078]

@@librarianseth5572 why make a siege weapon when you can BE the siege weapon, right?

[@librarianseth5572]

@@dragonmanfirebane5078 THIS guy..... ..... THIS guy GETS it!

[@0_Body]

@@librarianseth5572 What do you think happens when you allow Warforged + Artificer

[@librarianseth5572]

@@0_Body I expect a subrace that picks from a table what type of siege engine they turn into. Giant cart-mounted gatling ballista turns into a large humanoid made of wood and hinges

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

"Becaus Chaos" is effectively all this plane is. In my setting, Limbo was a Chaos God that decided his body was too orderly to properly represent him, and so he turned partly into an eldritch beings and the rest into Limbo as we know it today.

[@jamesmayberry78]

Ah, the Death Salad. A perfect side dish to really give your party that “crunch” factor. And you can’t tell me I’m wrong because Limbo

[@djsalad5752]

Was rewatching Evangelion when this dropped, limbo is where I am tbh

[@Sparrow_Bloodhunter]

it all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down.

[@piedpiper1185]

'Limbo is a state.' Shows Florida 'Represents fundamental Chaos' I mean... You're not wrong.

[@whistlerdan7718]

I'm just disappointed that Slaad Tadpoles aren't called Slaadpoles

[@TheMrkevik]

Mini story time: The character im playing now is a Lizardfolk Ranger that has Slaads as a favored enemy because in his background they attacked his tribe. After a bunch of stuff and in a seemingly random encounter in the Feywild, he managed to capture a Slaad and enslave it with its mind gem. It was some sort of poetic justice, but just in last session an army of Slaads attacked the Elven city in which we are staying and while my character is generally happy about the opportunity of capturing the death slaad that is commanding the army, i can't shake the feeling it's retaliation for slaving the first Slaad i encountered instead of just killing it.

[@soapy228]

Oh dang

[@shandaniel2999]

Limbo is like a less intelligent version of the internet.

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

Are you sure it's not the other way around?

[@Sporrik]

So, just the internet?

[@chasebalcziunas4289]

It’s less and more intelligent.

[@realdragon]

And the rock is government trying to do something

[@demi-femme4821]

The internet is already a presence with a negative IQ, as in it destroys intellect to try and achieve equilibrium.

[@NekogamiKun127]

Control gem? I think you mean "Chaos Emerald".

[@mgb360]

Chaos Control Gemerald

[@qwertyasdf9290]

Chaos Control Emreald Splash

[@Dethneko]

If you collect a gem from seven different colored Slaadi, do you go super Sayan?

[@kaironst2969]

@@Dethneko you make a yellow super slaad

[@davidclout6286]

Y’all, just wanted to throw this out there. I convinced my theatre teacher to let us play DND for a whole unit. I’m a first time DM running Lost Mine of Phandelver for like 12 people. Update: First Two sessions have gone swimmingly. Roleplay has been clean and most people want to engage, I’d say 9 out of the twelve have interesting and worth while input in every situation. The only real difficulty has been rolling dice and combat but with some help their slowly catching on. Will continue to update as the campaign goes on. Update 2: We’ve made it to the Cragmaw cave and things are going pretty well. The party tends to over think somethings which cuts down our 1 hour time block by a bit but mostly we are progressing at a decent pace. Will update further after thanksgiving break!

[@christianmunz2103]

Bruh, that's gonna suck with so many people.

[@gamingman2720]

Dude that’s awesome 👏 although it is a lot of work to run for that many people. Any ways, good luck!

[@kevingriffith6011]

You might consider splitting that into two groups, 12 is a lot and having two groups of 6 seems much more managable. Or three groups of four!

[@paperbullet1945]

You should kill off some of the characters by siccing slaad on them

[@VimyGlide]

You are already dead.

[@soundsofstabbing3627]

Dude one time I just looked through the entire monster manual, took a look at the toads and said "yeah I can make fantasy alien with this." Like I just saw that the babies chest burst people or something and then the idea just came from the heavens

[@Daktangle]

Infinite roiling chaos having a region that obeys laws makes sense, when you accept that infinite rolling chassis would contain all possibe states including order.

[@pinchman2946]

It'd be a gas to play a character who was just actually just a green slaad the whole time.

[@happynews5749]

Campaign idea: The peace between order and chaos has broken, the creatures of limbo are now free to wander the material plane. These new creatures have overrun the town of [insert generic town name here] as a new group of bandits calling themselves the Gods of the Slaad have found a way to control the ancient beasts. Can you bring back order or will chaos rain supreme?

[@worthasandwich]

We had a Grey Slaad in our party for a bit, we managed to gain it's control gem. Then our wild magic sorcerer used the gem to create a potion of absolute chaos, he added in some crystals that cause wild magic surges but restore spell slots, the Control Gem, a Bag of Beans, a Rod of Wonder, a good bit of his blood, and a few other things I cannot remember. It went about as well as it could have.

[@fake-king3837]

I was just thinking about Slaad today, and how nobody touches the alien frog with Covid. I love them, and have been dying for some help with designing an encounter for them.

[@AnilSaulnier]

Consider: Party gets stuck in limbo because shenanigans and the Githzerai are kind enough to offer them shelter in their temple from a chaos magic storm. However, several members of the Gith are already infected with slaad nasties. The party must root out the infestation before the Slaads kill enough Gith to destabilize the temple and let the chaos magic storm kill everyone.

[@Dyundu]

Party is in a far off, remote research lab away from civilization. Gnome wizard experiments with a Wand of Wonder and accidentally detonates it, killing him and temporarily opens a gate to Limbo in the explosion. A single Red Slaad gets through. Run it like a horror survival game, with the Slaad acting like the Xenomorph, as mentioned in the video.

[@francisweller839]

Have the party meet a helpful mage who is forgiving of their shenanigans and generous with his gifts. Maybe he accompanies them on a few side quests. He asks the party to retrieve strange objects, Macguffins, or plants and rewards them with whatever they wish (appropriate to their level): scrolls, magic items, platinum, and the like. He's friendly, accepting, wise, and maybe a little funny. After they retrieve his third (or some other number to reduce suspicion) macguffin, people in the local area begin to raise hysteria about animal attacks. Vague descriptions of frog-like monsters lead the party to slaads, which the party kills. But the slaads keep coming in greater numbers and power. Eventually, the party seeks the help of their magical NPC ally, who proposes investigating an area. Party gets ambushed there, almost die. They return to the mage, relate what they saw. He acts very concerned, suggesting they attempt a high level divination ritual in the basement. Partway through the ritual, slaads attack. First round of combat, mage casts a spell, no visible effect. Make a face as if the slaads resisted it and move on quickly, maybe describe falling sparks that cause a few slaads to shake their heads but nothing else. Second round, he transforms, revealing himself to be a green/gray/death slaad all along. The spell he cast before secretly buffed the slaads, and the party's greatest ally was secretly their worst enemy. This could be good for just one awesome encounter or, if you leave retreat as a viable option, a long term campaign villain

[@noukan42]

I think it is the same reason no one touch Inevitables despite them being a logical inclusion in the ubiquitus "became a god" plotlines. Because they are D&D originals that are not employed too much by the main lore, so people are likely to just forget about them and use some folkloristic creature instead.

[@aiseanaivalu2143]

"like Yin attacking Yang, this is what we call a Fundamentally Stupid Move." -Runesmith 2020

[@dank_smirk2ndchannel200]

One thing I noticed about the Slaad is that they’re Aberrations. That's interesting because Aberrations usually originate from the Far Realm, yet the Slaad are supposedly Planar beings from Limbo so them being Aberrations don’t really make that much sense. I have a theory about this. Basically the Spawning Stone didn’t actually truly spawn them but instead transported them to Limbo from somewhere in the Far Realm and infused them with the energies of Limbo to help keep them bound there, allowing them to keep a permanent station there and not be banished. They also reproduce eerily similar to how Illithids reproduce, and they’re from the Far Realm.

[@Charlie-js8rj]

Fire doesn't stop it regenerating. Nothing does. Meanwhile, my necromancer is slapping the ever living hell out of a Slaad with the Chill Touch cantrip, which stops it from regaining hitpoints.

[@lucanebula]

“I promise this isn’t another food video” My disappointment is immeasurable

[@omikun17]

"How can scary toads?" It's Limbo. it's chaos you don't have to explain. Though I did understand your atom explanation.

[@crake9510]

I thought this was a guide o how to limbo

[@crake9510]

@Herald of dissonance caca Bruh

[@RobertGuilman]

"Basically" series from runeSmith and "things you didn't know about" series from MrRhexx is my favorite series in KZbin DND community

[@All4Tanuki]

"The cleric ran off with a bunch of monsters with ‘Death’ in their name. And the other half of their name was ‘Slaad’!"

[@vesperlord4342]

Last campaign I played in, our party took a Death Slaad's control gem and had it guard our ship captain friend Billy Joel... Only for the bad guy whose ass we kept kicking killed it offscreen and resurrected it as an undead monster. My response as the resident paladin was, naturally, to smite.

[@BigDaddyGAO]

As a PC my goal is to become the BBEG as they get to do cool stuff like poking out Slaad brain gems.

[@aescblaidd7107]

Runesmith: I promise this isn't going to be another food video Me: Well, now I'm just disappointed.

[@Mel_Kosha]

Runesmith, are you gonna be reviewing Tasha's cauldron of Everything's subclasses?

[@Dumledaj]

"How can scary toads" is the best sentence ever recorded on youtube. I love this video and Runesmiths humor.

[@kmoustakas]

Slaad are the best. No mention of their masters though, who were randomly formed from chaos before gaining control of the spawning stone and FORCING all the slaad to adhere to this order, stopping all mutations by killing them.

[@brettonalwood4173]

This is totally another food video advertising all of the various frog legs found in Limbo. Our insight is higher than your deception.

[@catpuddle5669]

Me watching all of his videos every days and crying

[@AProudDad]

"How can scary toads" is one of my favorite science lectures on astrophysics.

[@jchampagne2]

0:38 "Mom! Can I have a Bulbasaur?" "No, we have Bulbasaur at home." *Bulbasaur at home*

[@scrapdog2113]

He shows crazy diamond, but plays Jotaro's Voice line about removing the fles bud from Kakyoin... RuneSmith, I love you so much

[@TheLovelyVocal]

Unfortunately 5e doesnt talk about the rare, powerful White Slaad. Or the even rarer, even more powerful Black Slaad. Just imagine how many times the Slaad would say "this isnt even my final form"

[@wizardlizard4496]

You forget to mention that blue slaad and red slaad tend to beaggressive to each other and since they arent immune to the reproducing shaningans, blue slaads basically create more red slaads by killing them, and vice versa.

[@Millstone1985]

In 5e, which these videos appear to be mostly about, they are immune. Only humanoids can be implanted with a tadpole, or infected with the transforming phage, and slaadi do not count as humanoids.

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

In Limbo: Space constantly bends, Time constantly twists and Reality constantly warps.

[@Toolgirl64209]

In icewind there's a secret where that Slaad thing can happen. If it does, a blue slaad pops out, and scratches another player, making a green slaad, which turns into a grey slaad. Conclusion: If certain things happen, you will have a Slaad party member just hanging around on a kiddie leash.

[@jamesbiggs8397]

It's worth noting Slaad born without Control Gems can be forced to have one if they interact with the Spawning Stone; at least the M.M. says so. You can always ignore that if you want.

[@OliverCovfefe]

I wasn't super invested in your companion book, but I'm really glad it's worked out well for you.

[@pinaerpowac4130]

Me and my party killed a bunch of slad's but it took necrotic damage pulverizing them to paste, sticking them in a jar, and then chucking said jars into the feywild.

[@Tanglangfa]

This might be my new favorite D&D video. I’ve never seen planar sarcasm.

[@francisweller839]

Slaad, the monster that's only ever as scary as it realistically should be in a party of DPS players with no supports. These guys are like vampires and lycanthropes, you need to create elaborate, secretive plots to use them effectively, and your players will usually metagame the hell out of an encounter with them to avoid the transformations.... can't say I blame them

[@adrienne4399]

It’s awesome to hear you say you’re proud of something! The book sounds amazing and I’m so glad it came out so wonderfully. Thanks for all the great content!

[@harley8047]

Hell yeah! The Xenomorphic Slaad! Canno wait to watch this! Edit: The back thing got me since me and my bud have bad backs and can never limbo again. Love the Jotaro speaking in front of Golden Experience. Slaad are my favorite concept for an enemy. Thank you for making this video, it gave me some new information I hadn't learned before.

[@Jadenyoung1]

Chaos? That sound really HERETICAL!

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

Jaden, I understood the warhammer reference... That's it, there's no explanation coming from me about what chaos mean in dnd

[@arcticdino1650]

Blue Slaads (mostly) make red Slaads, who (mostly) make Blue Slaads, who make red, who make blue, on and on for eternity

[@Leivve]

Limbo, also known as the best place for a wizard to put their reliquary.

[@doomfallmustang9904]

This just feels like a less bloody version of the Warp from Warhammer actually

[@opsecmedic]

Oh wow I have discord notifications turned off and I didn't get youtube push until just now, 11 hours later. Discord announcement is why I normally see these right when they come out.

[@johnh7593]

Congrats on the book, just started following you and Xp last month, it's inspiring to see a young author succeed.

[@eave01]

Big rock of creation and chaos... Now the spawning stone of slaads Red slaad grows inside you...blue slaad...evil chaos toad...grey slaad...death slaad. Magical gem.

[@lore5068]

Order? Chaos? Machine Gods? Frog men whos names start with Slaa? I'm getting some serious Warhammer vibes

[@Jarulf4477]

That physical chemistry you just described sounds terrifying. (I'm only a Forestry student, but i know just about it that i know not enough to truly comprehend.) Sounds scary nonetheless.

[@wesleyt.4581]

Congrats on the book Logan! I’ll definitely be ordering!

[@griffguy]

You SHOULD be proud! Lots of people i know who are into DND have told me that your videos are the very things that made dnd feel accessible to them. :) thank you!

[@Arsenicsquirrel]

What book is this from I'd like to incorporate some part of this into my game

[@Arsenicsquirrel]

@Spencer Neucks (student) thanks mate much appreciated

[@jtjames79]

Planescape campaign setting. And they're sort of a level in limbo if you play Planescape Torment.

[@Arsenicsquirrel]

@@jtjames79 thank you thank you good sir *tips fedora*

[@ralof261]

If you like slaad, you should go watch Mr Rhexx’s video.

[@an8strengthkobold360]

I belive every major plane is in the dmg

[@aegisScale]

So what you're saying is Limbo is the planar equivalent of the improv concept if "Yes-And" "I make a castle from the swirling nothing" "Yes, and it is attacked by infectious mutant ninja toads."

[@MegaNightmare4]

I've been looking forward to your codex of companions way more than the new Tasha's book. I know what book I will be buying today.

[@chrishubbard64]

I was wondering, have you considered making a video based on what makes for a good player character backstory? Im talking covering what you feel are the important things, like, how much detail to go into, what common pitfalls to avoid, what details are important and why? It would be really useful to have a guideline out there that covers the basics. Something like, 1) A good name is important, if you call yourself edgey mcedgerton, nobody will like you. 2) Why is your character going on an adventure? 3) What type of personality does he/she/it have? 4) Potential backstory plot hooks the dm can use if they so desire 5) Keep it between 500-1500 words in length. less might as well be an atari character, more is mary sue over complicated or crammed full of useless info. Include a few examples of each general rule and you have a solid "Basically Backstories" video. I know you did one for npcs, so I figured this would be a logical next step. And im curious to see what your opinion is on this stuff.

[@andy19il]

Thank god you finished Stibbles Codex of Companions when my birthday is right around the corner! Because I finally ordered!

[@tyrongkojy]

4e also had the void slaad. Basically a sladd corrupted by the abyss. Can't breed, but are worse than death slaads.

[@stormreach1234]

Now I want to play a character that gets attacked by a blue Slaad and secretly becomes a green Slaad, proceeding to become an evil dude right under the party's noses (Assuming the DM would let me and also let me make evil plans)

[@mushroomwizard1175]

Can we get a basically humanoids please?

[@2MeterLP]

We have basically lizardpeople. Those are technically humanoids.

[@mushroomwizard1175]

@@2MeterLP yes but actually no. I meant all the humanoids in general not one specific race.

[@cavareenvius7886]

@@mushroomwizard1175 there is not much to say besides that they walk up straight on their hind legs. They don't even share basic needs.

[@tiazoh]

He probably will do a basically elves and dwarves, along with others. I think he would be more likely to do basically firbolg first, since elves and dwarves have a lot of lore to sift through. For all we know he is slowly working on one of these.

[@mushroomwizard1175]

@@tiazoh didn’t he kind of do firblogs in the basically giants video? Maybe it was a different creator, idk I listen to that particular video late at night and wasn’t exactly paying attention.

[@ChestersonJack]

And because I like to make things harder on myself, I’m going to write a connection between limbo and the elemental chaos in my setting.

[@SDRevill]

This will be my next campaign, and this video is both incredible and exactly what I needed.

[@EvilBakaCat]

I HAAAATTEEEE that the final form of the Slaad is evil instead of chaotic.

[@randombrazilian4534]

Dude, ngl, the plushies and physical stuff looks amazing

[@theviewerofart]

Those control gems are the catalyst for some excellent warcrimes.

[@yamahadrag69]

Dude that's awesome! Congrats on Stibbles' Codex!

[@lichlordmerg6714]

I got the PDF, now I’m just waiting on my book, minis, and the cards!

[@sanguinumlacrimisofangeli3076]

You should be proud dude, thank you for adding your own personal piece to the community and thanks to the other creators that also made it possible

[@miggypeso909]

Wow Slaad are actually pretty cool. I wonder if they ever found themselves in the 9 Layers or the Abyss would they be a big problem for the local inhabitants? A new faction in the Blood War? Interesting...

[@hughjanos3992]

you should feel proud of yourself, you did a good job logan. stibbles is on the same level as volos guide in terms of quality in my opinion.

[@sytritewarum5720]

Yeah... Ever since I found them while going through the 3.5 monster manual as a kid, I have both loved and hated the Slaadi...

[@TheEpicSpire]

Congrats on finishing you book my dude. i know that had to be stressful getting it exactly the way you wanted it and you worked hard to still entertain us while busting hump on that. you are truly an inspiration!!!

[@sadlobster1]

The way Limbo is described here makes me think that it's sounds exactly like the Spirit Realm...or at least, some versions of it. An example of what I mean can be seen on Kung Fu Panda 3; where the Spirit Realm has floating masses of rocks, water that doesn't feel like water and has all manner of other-worldly creatures in it

[@TheLRRPS]

Damn that soup looks good. Also I hope you take some time to kick back, relax, and let the money flow in my man. You earned it.

[@artificerprime4154]

Being fair to clerics, they're not the only ones with Lesser Restoration. Druids, bards, artificers, paladins, and rangers can also cast it.

[@karkic5556]

My dnd character got the chaos disease recently had to kill himself in order to be revived where someone knows to cure it. It's a zealot barbarian so the cost to revive is 0.

[@eryvac0074]

Runesmith's videos are like brain cocaine. I always get plenty, but always crave more. You're too good!

[@6Albert6Wesker6]

just wanted to say that i am already working Stibbles codex into my game my players love it so far

[@greatstoryteller9459]

You know, this sounds like what goes on in Jacobs brain. Let's take a look and see if there's any differences. Nope. All chaos and failed dreams of making that one game. And 50 death saladi.

[@lrioje1]

FUNDAMENTAL chaos, cause fundamental is a word that means something

[@giulianotomarchio6662]

You putting text that is the same of what you're saying cured my dementia.

[@tylercoon1791]

Thank you Mr. Rune. You have answered my most unanswered question ‘how can scary toads’. I know have an answer