Basically the Ethereal Plane

[@matthewletexier]

"Stabbing litter instead of the people who put it there" this channel could devolve into only adds and i would still watch every one

[@aperson4976]

It is one giant add, for DnD

[@lawrencemorris2261]

That's backwards.

[@HellbirdIV]

Runesmith and BrutalMoose do the same kind of deal of turning each sponsorship into a quirky, off-beat comedy skit, and honestly that's the way to do it. Integrate the sponsorship message into something people want to watch instead of encouraging me to skip it because it's just you blandly reading a script provided for you by an advertising manager...

[@landphil7535]

eh, Salvia Erik is the best ad man on youtube.

[@fatalos6855]

"You changed your mind ? You son of a-"

[@christophermarcantel2759]

He stabs litter to make up for that one Cheetos bag he left in the river

[@Runesmith]

my origin story

[@javierdelacerda6246]

Wasn't it a bag of Takis?

[@bato2380]

Runesmith i did it i got me the reycons i feel my life becoming whole now... bye

[@krimsonkarma8412]

Redemption Paladin?

[@Deathkyun]

You best believe I yelled out "I'm going GHOST!" every time I used my Ethereal Step feature as a Horizon Walker.

[@bardssinisterstories2607]

I wish he talked about all the other weird monsters dwelling here from previous editions. I love the idea of being able to see into the Ethereal Plane and seeing these bizarre, alien horrors going about their business, maybe even taking a peek over your very shoulder, and you would never even know, until you could see all them.

[@sylph8005]

There was something kinda like that in The Adventure Zone

[@100dollartissues]

Yes! That was in CR too, when Molly and Beau ate those mushrooms...

[@CombatSportsNerd]

I completely agree! It sounds like the ethereal plane has a lot of interesting creatures worth being discussed on

[@adenowirus]

Kind of like From Beyond. I remember reading about Ethereal Marauder and Ethereal Filcher in 3.5e Monster Manual and thinking that there should be more weird ethereal creatures. At the time I came up with an idea for an "Ethereal Fisher". Basically a Xen Tree from half-life so a sedentary creature with a singular long arm ending in a hooked talon, except the talon is the only part that ever enters the material plane. It waits for you to get near, reaches into the material, stabs you and tries to pull you into the ethereal.

[@vutava8292]

Like ethergaunts. They're actually somewhat important in a setting of mine.

[@christophercurtin5081]

I would love a "Basically the Far Realm" since it's basically on the border of existence and reality. It's literally a mindfuck; your characters go mad just peering into it.

[@Soitisisit]

So D&D uses the Minecraft world generation engine?

[@burningbronze7555]

@@Soitisisit yes but way worse

[@VestedUTuber]

@@Soitisisit Specifically, the pre 1.8 Beta world generation engine. But way worse.

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

@@Fgway alright let's see what i can make... Ability score improvement: +2 Cha +1 Int or Wisdom Darkvision Walking speed: 30ft Otherworldly heritage: You are an aberration, not a humanoid, like how the centaurs are fey not humanoid Psychic resistance Induce insanity: Choose one creature that you can see within 30ft, that creature must make a wisdom saving throw or be turned insane for 1 minute. Use again after long rest

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

@@Fgway Should there be subraces? Aquatic horror: Amphibious Swimming speed 30ft Flying insanity: Flying speed 20ft Walking speed 0ft Flesh warper : Can transform your arm into a tentacle, dealing 1d6 bludgeoning or slashing damage, 10ft length Remove psychic resistance, replace It with poison

[@benthomason3307]

"the burning horse. he's evil." nightmares are female. that's part of the joke. NightMARES.

[@KiX-K4T13]

Nightstallion. (Cool band name, I guess.)

[@benthomason3307]

@@comet-fy6pd what about nightsteed?

[@kingdonut8272]

I doubt all nightmares are female.

[@Hazel-xl8in]

brobotbrobot do you also doubt that all nightstallions are male?

[@KiX-K4T13]

Night Ponies are a gender spectrum. Embrace the wild spirit of NIGHT PONIES. 🤙😈👻☻👿🤘🐎

[@CharlesBalester]

I have a ghost encounter coming up in two days, so this is actually incredibly relevant. Also, I recommend anyone who doesn't pay attention to those stat blocks to check out the Ghost stat block. It is really, really Interesting

[@mr_girr3488]

especially the possession mechanic, great for screwing over enemy plans. the ability to age people is interesting but doesn't have many uses in 5e, i know in older editions people could die at old ages but its not as useful now.

[@evannibbe9375]

Mr_Girr Possession is more powerful than a 9th level cast of Geas (the only way to have a permanent Enchantment spell) as its basically a permanent Dominate Person. Thus, a 14th level Necromancy Wizard using its Command Undead class feature on a ghost is more powerful in basically every way than enchantment wizards.

[@apexkonchu2234]

@@evannibbe9375 Does Command Undead work on ghosts? I'd class ghosts as more "dead" than "undead". A ghost is someone who has died but not yet made their way to the afterlife, whereas undead are just reanimated corpses.

[@CharlesBalester]

@@apexkonchu2234 While I understand your reasoning behind it, Ghosts are undead creatures, so it does work on them RaW. It does get advantage on the saving throw, due to it's intelligence of 10, and it also has a +3 in charisma, so a ghost has a pretty good chance of success on the saving throw. Additionally, if it goes through the border ethereal plane to the ethereal plane, the effect would immediately end (Etherealness feature). A smart wizard would command them not to do so, but the ghost seems to retain some free will, in that the feature makes the undead friendly to you and obey your commands, but it doesn't say it cannot do something outside of what you command it to do. This does put some points in the favour of the ghost.

[@apexkonchu2234]

@@CharlesBalester Fair enough. It's still not particularly easy to use it on a Ghost in the first place, since the feature requires you to be able to see the target.

[@lagoom15]

I mustve rolled a high initiative to get here this quickly

[@yacobvlogs1238]

I got a nat 1 :(

[@ronaldyang2295]

Yacob Vlogs123 Are you a halfling?

[@emmlenius4167]

12

[@chebusmcgebus2486]

+5 dex and alert

[@TbonetheBone]

Lmao same

[@CL30]

Reality glue? I know where our next reality TV show is coming from. "This week on Glue or Gtfu: is Gehenna really worth keeping around?"

[@Drekromancer]

this but unironically

[@Drekromancer]

imagine cutting shitty settings in order to actually flesh out the cool ones. like the Feywild, the Shadowfell, the Higher Planes inhabited by Celestials. that would be a dream come true

[@juliabarrow-hemmings6624]

One of my current DnD characters is called Gehenna and for a moment there I was incredibly confused until I remembered what I named her after. I am smort.

[@Sara3346]

The answer is yes but the abyss is not .

[@Gauldame]

"I can stab trash not the people who littered" Cool story...you made a video solely as an alibi... admit it. We're watching you.

[@Chandanweb]

Yes

[@justamuffin6688]

God damnit. You’re right! 😂

[@jacobfromohio5347]

Ethereal: a gasoline like substance made from ectoplasm?

[@Lordsofplural]

I end up in the ethereal plane every math class...

[@calasurien]

Yeah I know, they are too easy that they are boring

[@alpacasuitcase4629]

Do u too know each other?

[@calasurien]

@@alpacasuitcase4629 Nope, don't think we are even in the same country.

[@alpacasuitcase4629]

MmeMmoCcaNn procan fair enough. I’m uk you

[@Lordsofplural]

@@calasurien yeah im a murica' man and im not proud to be one.

[@D.A.R.C.I.]

noticing how all warlock subclasses signify what plane their patrons come from, i wonder what a Deep Ethereal patron would be like.

[@evannibbe9375]

Probably a number of extra casts of Misty Step equal to warlock level and being able to Misty Step into the Ethereal Plane starting at level 6, and having the ability to just not have ghosts act against you starting at level 10 (sort of like a more specialized version of the permanent Protection from Evil and Good that Paladins have).

[@Triumph263]

Some humanoid who went in there searching for power but got lost and only has limited control of these powers and is trying to get someone (the warlock) to let them out in exchange for power.

[@lozm4835]

Perhaps lean into the whole 'human energy fields' thing and mix it with that bit of lore that says that a person's own faith can channel Divine magic, god or no god, if it's strong enough. The Deep Etheral has some faint wisp of consciousness, from the sheer force of conscious beings being aware of their own exist, and believing that what they see is indeed reality. If a being reaches the right form of enlightenment, or the right kind of madness, they can truly believe the idea that reality is shaped by subjective experience. That in turn alters the Deep Etheral, and in turn, reality itself.

[@blackfang0815]

I was really expecting that, "What god of the multiverse can pop in and out of the ethereal plane effortlessly?" joke to be about Horizon Walker Rangers. They can basically cast that 7th level spell at level 7 for a turn once on a long rest.

[@MsQuikly]

In my table we use the ethereal plane as the plane of emotion and subjectivity. The ether (Half-real Half-ideal dust that comes from the plane) is the source of magic, worlds without magic don't have a ethereal plane and since magic is imprinting your will on reality that's where emotion, understanding and channeling magic come from. Ghost are the emotional imprint left by a person that really didn't wanted to die and necromancy is done by creating and artificial mind on the ether to replace a soul in the physical body. That way souls are strictly astral.

[@ilaydaakmehmet7707]

That is awesome

[@culturalrebel]

Yyyyeah, don't mess around too much in the Deep Ethereal. There's a demiplane in there whose masters you *don't* want to attract the attention of, and who have a rather distorted sense of either humor or judgment, depending. (Ravenloft is still canon to me, dammit.)

[@aleksandarmarkovic7190]

Shame the 5e lore removed most of Ravenloft, including the Veil of Sleep.

[@evannibbe9375]

Aleksandar Marković It’s better in the Shadowfell rather than in 4D space.

[@draghettis6524]

Didn't 5e move Ravenloft to the Shadowfell ? But there's still something of note in the Deep Ethereal. A second, pocket-sized and artificial Material Plane. Home to the setting of Eberron, and all its cosmology. The only caveat with it being that its creators did everything to ensure it can't be reached by the outside.

[@culturalrebel]

@@draghettis6524 True...but I made this comment in 2020, a year before the 5e Ravenloft book was released. (I'm neutral on them breaking up the Core, and only mildly annoyed about some of the retcons, but would it have killed them to turn the Mourning Rail into a full writeup?)

[@dew-it8744]

I’m afraid of spiders, especially phase ones

[@dew-it8744]

@starshipeleven yeah you are right. Even with those legs that are crooked and weird with those misplaced eyes and creepy fangs, why was i afread of them.

[@eliburry-schnepp6012]

At least they dont have people faces like in Pathfinder?

[@dew-it8744]

@@eliburry-schnepp6012 surprisingly I would be less scared

[@priyankadey2620]

Same here and they keep coming at night

[@zyxaqc]

Runesmith then: drops a Takis bag in a river Runesmith later: apologizes for dropping a Takis bag in a river while cleaning up his own mess Runesmith now: owns a sharp stick for cleaning up litter. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what we call Character Development.

[@isaaceshleman2833]

While I was trying to click this notification, another notification showed up in the time of my thumb moving. Gus Johnson is a monster.

[@bapu8459]

But Josh did make a good point tbh

[@isaaceshleman2833]

Xi Jinping Got to agree with what Josh said there, yeah.

[@ChaosReacon137]

My last session my group fought some Phase Spiders. Cool creatures, though sadly one of our party members didn't realize they could hold an action (important with range unless you anticipate to be hit) to deal with them

[@eddgreen5048]

my favourite way to get there is by petrifying myself and having someone zoop me there in leomund's secret chest

[@Sil3ntLynx]

Lol that Murloc sound when the Kua Toa showed up

[@djsalad5752]

Imagine going on an acid trip and literally perceiving AT Fields

[@pupp3tStudios]

"Bruh... can I like... slice your field with this pencil?" -no pls.

[@STUV101]

3:08 - 3:15 True seeing. All you need is true seeing in order to look into beings in the ethereal plane near you. Also spells like Wall of Force, Forcecage, and Forbiddance can block ethereal travel.

[@laegu5430]

One day I'll make a realm that's just a devastated land with only one being in it that destroyed everything

[@justahattrynachill8748]

Bob Ross.

[@MrNisse5]

Fastest I ever clicked a Runesmith video: 14 seconds!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

You do know a mouse only needs a momentary contact to be made, unless you are then going to drag a panel. 14 seconds is a long time to hold down a button...

[@brucemaximus3797]

If you've a benevolent (or at least a 'LOL, it's fun, why not') GM, the Horizon Walker Ranger can get in and out relatively easily. The Horizon Walker is also the only subclass I've found that can consistently get out of Carceri, with the descriptions of both the plane and temporary portals as written in the books.

[@joshuajames2031]

I am rather mad that he didn't mention that THARIZDUN IS LOCKED UP IN HERE!!! He's sealed in a "crystalline cyst" roughly 1 mile wide, stuck in a matrix-like dream where his plans to destroy the multiverse and rebuild it in his image succeeded.

[@corbinbarron8772]

I love this man. Platonically. Unless...

[@MrJavier1223]

Damn, only 12 theosophists left huh, can't wait to meet another.

[@skenjamin7683]

Hi rune! Thanks for making the Kuo-Toa video, I appreciate it!

[@nolanasd6092]

Last time I was this early, Tharizdun was still a lad that every one liked.

[@joshuajames2031]

I am rather mad that he didn't mention that THARIZDUN IS LOCKED UP IN HERE!!! He's sealed in a "crystalline cyst" roughly 1 mile wide, stuck in a matrix-like dream where his plans to destroy the multiverse and rebuild it in his image succeeded.

[@TheStrangeAlchemist]

I love that he actually takes time to make a dedicated sponsr message each time, makes it at least a little interesting. Plus it helps that I haven't heard about them from about every, single, other, youtuber.

[@Sanguimaru]

Never been this early for a Runesmith video. I recently started actually learning how 5e works, so getting more information/interpretation about the way that the planes are represented is good.

[@delphynenull2136]

Concept: a third-level spell that plane-shifts you but only into or out of the Ethereal plane. Call it like... Step Adjacent or something.

[@supersmily5811]

You missed Gate. The 9th-level spell that serves as the only *perfect teleport to any plane spell in the game. You have no chance of missing your target like other teleporting spells, but the spell fails if a deity with dominion in the location decides you can't go there. But the neutral planes, such as the Astral Plane, Material Plane, Elemental Planes, Shadowfell, and Ethereal Plane are usually free game with it.

[@jasonbrose6743]

glad the basically dnd series is still going. Keep up the good work! Seriously, you could do stand-up.

[@mollystewart740]

I thought it was pronounced "ether-reel" for the longest time and then my friend laughed at me

[@yaldabaoth2]

Another lesser known resident of the Ethereal Plane is the Ether Eel that gave the plane its name.

[@jackmcfadden-finlayson372]

Ahh yes the spider dimension. Nothing but phase spiders for miles.

[@NekogamiKun127]

I mean, if you got there fast enough, you could definitely stab the people who put the litter there.

[@ryanebrecht5651]

You're the only person who can get me to sit through the ad at the begining of their videos. Clever stuff.

[@jadak100]

Hey runsmith, thanks for yet another great video, could you do one about the tieflings? Thanks and keep being awesome.

[@jgr7487]

Kua-Toa are the key to D&D!

[@godsamongmen8003]

With the Ethereal Plane I can give my campaign a thin veneer of ghostly flavour.

[@LJL85]

Man... MTG truly has great art!

[@clockworkpanda8]

Careful if a cop sees you with a pointy stick it could end badly the way they are trained.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

1) He's skinny and goofy looking, he'll probably just get a 48-hour psychiatric hold. 2) Isn't he Canadian? He seems Canadian. In Canada the worst he would get (except in Quebec, because he speaks English) is a stern apology. - Note: none of the above is known to be factual, and is not intended as legal advice.

[@apexkonchu2234]

@@MonkeyJedi99 Pretty sure he's American.

[@CollyFlower192]

Idk how you properly and concisely condensed such a deep subject into like 6 mins, but you mad sonovabich, you did it.

[@johnstarinieri7360]

Phase Spiders could make interesting minions for Mind Flayers who move in and out of the Ethereal Plane

[@fishtheperson]

Your videos are super entertaining! Thank you for a distraction from school work!

[@clericofchaos1]

AND HERE COMES THE GIANT FIST!

[@sydneycastelfan]

those burning horses can be a real nightmare

[@mr_girr3488]

It feels like the ethereal plane is the less useful version of the astral sea, I understood it as the astral sea connects the outer plans whilst the ethereal connects the inner, but if you could reach the inner planes through the sea, i suppose its less noteworthy. Although, not having to deal with astral dreadnoughts, avoiding the gith, and being hidden whilst simultaneously spying on the prime material seems like a decent trade-off

[@TheMariosack]

I screech in joy when I see your videos in my notifications

[@matthewlink4707]

I hope you keep making these Basically videos. There some of my favorite stuff.

[@bentstraw827]

I love the little bits at the end so much:)

[@abiggs4828]

fun fact. Nightmares ethereal step only works between Material plane and Ethereal Plane. DM made my paladin mount manifest as one in our Decent into Avernus campaign. Super cool mount. Super useless ability in hell it turns out

[@madmachanicest9955]

Ethereal thief is one of my favorite characters think phase spider pick puchet

[@xPumaFangx]

So like the flaming horse guy who is evil can travel there at will. But yet packs of spiders who bark at you. Can also do it?

[@Kore99X]

I can't wait for the day that 'there would be a Basically Warhammer 40k, it may never happen, but I can dream damnit.

[@denizs.9619]

As a horizon walker main I was legitimately pissed when he said "a horse" after showing an ethereal ranger but stamping the Nightmare on screen

[@supercasualgamer513]

You and Longbeach Griffey have the best Raycon ads lol

[@michaelroy1631]

the only channel where people come for the content but stay for the commercials.

[@alpacasuitcase4629]

I love the fire horses and I mean that in the most homoerotic way possible

[@Drekromancer]

this comment made my day

[@alpacasuitcase4629]

Glad to hear it, shame there’s only 25 mins of the day left

[@imme1384]

You should call your patrons the "funding fellowship of the rune"

[@Dijeouni]

Thought for sure you were describing Kingdom Hearts when you went on to describe the Deep Ethereal.

[@isileeamaryllis]

What about Phase Spiders? They are my favorite monsters ever!

[@numberbndl3763]

There’s this one homebrew sorcerer subclass that can use an ethereal jaunt whenever they cast a first level spell or higher, and using this, I made a character who was basically an inter dimensional post man

[@isaacgraff8288]

getting a set of raycons because of you Runesmith, I hope you're happy

[@MusicoftheDamned]

I am a bit surprised that KZbin didn't complain about the manji even if it only showed up in passing. Beyond that, not much else to say except that I always wondered where the concept came from, so thanks. Well, I guess I have also always where Phase Spiders originally came from given it's not like they predate on ghosts--the only way to make them more horrifying. I'll just continue to blame wizards since that's usually the case.

[@imaginaryant9804]

"Does having Ethereal sight lets you see invisible creatures or hidden traps/doors?" I shall forever be grateful with a reply.

[@e1357]

This is why I subscribed. Good humor plus cool D&D stuff? Sign me right up!

[@joaopedromorais4711]

I'm having so much difficulty trying to grasp how the border ethereal and deep ethereal are like visually xd

[@TooMuchThought]

I love this series so much!

[@shellknight1323]

*Great, just great! Now I feel like writhing a Danny Phantom Campaign!*

[@xanderbradfield7569]

I’m glad there is a Mr. Ed reference in a dnd vid in 2020

[@NoahofWill]

Hearing that description of the Deep Ethereal just makes me want to... make something to be put there. Like, a huge city where the maze of streets are obscured by deep fog and every face you pass will never be seen again because the fog makes time and reality like a constantly overlapping series of revolving doors, or maybe a fortress inhabited only by the giant corpse of a dead, forgotten god, and all the mist comes from his still-somehow breathing lungs. Or, oh! Maybe a forest of trees made of solid fog and leaves made of semi-transparent mist, with branches that extend between trees and mysterious lights that pass between them at semi-regular intervals, acting like a sort of neural network. Or hell lol, combine all the ideas!

[@genesisreach4442]

This honestly looks like a good way to do a lotr themed campaign. Get a ring that is somehow enchanted with plane shift.

[@hishamaziz764]

good job runeman

[@darienb1127]

okay, so we have the Material Plane, the Feywild and Shadowfell as alternate realms, 2 verisons of hell with The Abyss and the 9 Hells, like, 9 different versions of Heaven, 4 Planes of elements, and the Ethereal, Deep Ethereal, and Astral Planes acting as sort of this bridge between them. i think we have enough Planes of Existence. OH, i almost forgot Limbo too!

[@Kaiyanwang82]

There are Ethereal Dragons and Devourers in the plane. Also you forgot the horrible Ethergaunts.

[@thetuerk]

You have a knack for setting up interresting facts, and then dead-panning a joke to ruin the immersion.

[@lawrencemorris2261]

Woo colorful and fire horses. I like the look of the thumbnail

[@joshpwnsnoobs]

"half heaven, half highway" what a wonderful way to describe the ethereal plane.

[@anhdinhlamduc5700]

Those fish dudes are awsome.

[@Sadhow6]

Thanks for TF2-Analogy. Gonna make a Saxton Hale-Barbarian now

[@MrPC-ql9sn]

+5 initiative has pulled off baby!!

[@aztralsea]

Who wants to go there? It full of f***ing annoying spiders! Good video.

[@StevetheWizard2591]

One thing you missed: If a creature has Truesight, it can, by the definition laid out in the Monster Manual for Truesight, see into the Ethereal Plane to its Truesight distance. So, there are actually a lot of things that can see you if you're hiding in the Ethereal Plane.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Reality glue? No wonder the horse can go there whenever they want.

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

Runesmith: "A base as deep as my voice" Me: We must go deeper

[@andrewlentner]

Logans sponsor bits are amazing

[@pulchritudinoushog]

3:55 It has been confirmed by Adrian Carmack (the one who created the word "gib") that it is pronounced "jib" as in "giblet"

[@ashb712]

Probably the vaguest and least fleshed out plane in d&d...

[@mimictear6788]

You forgot about Leomund's Secret Chest. It's a 4th level spell that allows you to send a chest with internal dimensions of 2 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet and it's contents to and from the Ethereal Plane as an action reliably for 30 days.

[@nejohnsonbooks]

"Did anyone else think it was eth-er-al?" I knew a guy who pronounced it Urethral; as in, and i quote, "I love Enya's music, it's so urethral."

[@crazypistachios]

Last time i checked, ethereal island was a place where weird ass monsters sang the best song in the game 👌 (Shoutout to everyone who got the reference)

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

Can we have "Basically chimeras" episode? plus with mix breeds like gormiera, mantimera & thessalmera aroud, can you think of some chimera hybrids your own?

[@westernsiren2328]

I don't know why but that kuota comment just got me

[@Keyce0013]

Imagine that's the entire reason they act strangely - their eyes are attuned to the ethereal plane but their bodies are not.

[@lykonic1763]

Funny thing is I found this while contemplating the Upside Down from Stranger Things which I've finally started watching (on S2E5)