“I hate my necromancer dad because he never respected my career choices” is the best warlock backstory
@eoincampbell15844 жыл бұрын
To make it full youthful rebellion your patron should also be your boyfriend and should ride a motorcycle.
@minaly224 жыл бұрын
3:10 "What about me?" "You can't even ANIMATE DEAD! wArLoCk TrAsH."
@IrGregular7774 жыл бұрын
thats legit my bard's backstory.
@zEr-ne5ri4 жыл бұрын
you know warlocks can cast animate dead because of ua just saying just saying.
@Pumpkin-man4 жыл бұрын
I know my next character.
@charliecharlie95004 жыл бұрын
The Twice King will come again when his people need him most.
@lewissmith57594 жыл бұрын
twice king?
@The3glishminer1824 жыл бұрын
Double king?
@JamieDNGN4 жыл бұрын
they mean Trevor
@maxwelljohnson61854 жыл бұрын
@@JamieDNGN Ghost pig will probably come too.
@galilea7234 жыл бұрын
I miss Trevor. HE SHALL BE AVENGE!
@limyuxuan12724 жыл бұрын
"You can't even Animate Dead! Warlock trash..." Bold words for someone within the range of .
@androgenius_alisa4 жыл бұрын
But everything is in range of Eldritch blast
@rolay77304 жыл бұрын
@@androgenius_alisa No you get it.
@jonathangrey21834 жыл бұрын
Bold words for someone within fireball range 🤨
@mikeoxlong13954 жыл бұрын
But, but... Danse Macabre is a thing.
@singularity11304 жыл бұрын
Hurl through Hell for a real Mr. Bones Wild Ride
@ninjaslicertheguardian64334 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why but the line: “To do..... your chores” is so funny to me.
@peterlane71284 жыл бұрын
Somebody's daughter was ornery this week
@Thobeian4 жыл бұрын
Perfect passive-aggressive parent voice.
@LoudAngryJerk4 жыл бұрын
It's the pause... ... that makes it art
@robertcollins95064 жыл бұрын
Maybe cause it's a joke.
@DrWho2008t1014 жыл бұрын
Maybe cuz it's really funny
@stentor19804 жыл бұрын
"You ever feel like maybe we're a little, I don't know, *cartoonishly* evil?" That's meta.
@Dewani903 жыл бұрын
"Not as fun if you aren't cartoonish" - Flare Evilwizardine the Wizard/Necromancer/Healer (you know your cleric is terrible when you have to double as a healer being DPS)
@feliciavale42792 жыл бұрын
They killed all those poor people
@user-go2ld4ti6r2 жыл бұрын
@@feliciavale4279 come on, they are smiling after all, so it is ok.
@marley7868 Жыл бұрын
@@feliciavale4279 most of them were elves so it's cool
@BLOODKINGbro Жыл бұрын
@feliciavale4279 Thier worries are over. I would worry more about immediate perils.
@pooyataleb25144 жыл бұрын
The animation and humor is getting better by the episode
@Ardith_Prime4 жыл бұрын
Agreed on the animation, Honestly the "fireball in the tavern, showing peoples faces melting off" crossed a line for me, and made me pretty uncomfortable. But the info was excellent as always.
@flying-sheep4 жыл бұрын
@@Ardith_Prime I’m always rather graphic in my descriptions of the consequences of my players’ actions. They’re playing heroes. Heroes should feel compassion even to their enemies. In the first session a little boy they rescued watched them closely while they slit an unconscious orc’s throat. Now there’s one more boy who’ll grow up seeing ruthlessness as a valid path to results. Maybe I’ll let them meet him again.
@AaronRotenberg4 жыл бұрын
@@flying-sheep D&D is a game originally designed around roleplaying killing lots of sentient creatures because they are intrinsically Evil with a capital E. The more you think about this, the less morally justifiable it becomes. This is not exclusive to D&D. Large parts of fiction in general rely on the audience being willing to judge the Other as subhuman, which is the sort of mindset that has historically led to genocide. So let's go slaughter some orcs!
@sealguy27044 жыл бұрын
TL;DR Murder everything that is Evil in the most messed up way possible.
@gagecowart71574 жыл бұрын
@@Ardith_Prime not entirely sure if you will care or not, but in a previous video he said he is having to make some of the newer ones more graphic to lessen the chance of them getting flagged as made for children. So basically in KZbin's attempt to make their platform better for advertisers, they made it worse for advertisers.
@kylethomas91304 жыл бұрын
Warlock: My dad is such a jerk! Patron: What does he cherish? Warlock: This stupid skeleton abomination. Patron: I think I have an idea...
@devilsadvocate63814 жыл бұрын
Patron: Try using the spell you use to solve all your problems. Warlock: I don't follo- Patron: ELDRITCH BLAST, I was clearly talking about Eldritch blast. Warlock: oh, right. Patron:... Warlock trash
@matthhiasbrownanonionchopp34714 жыл бұрын
@@devilsadvocate6381 🤣🤣🤣
@Mad3bunny4 жыл бұрын
Warlock: But Dad can just recreate it again. Patron: But Elderitch blast is a cantrip. His spells are short-rest.. Warlock: So I get to torment him endlessly.. sweet
@fraidnaught90674 жыл бұрын
@@devilsadvocate6381 The warlock in my group is Pact of the Fiend and level 5 or over, so the actual answer to that is Fireball.
@MazzaAzi4 жыл бұрын
-Patron- Cool Uncle
@user-sq5mr8ut1o4 жыл бұрын
The one moment of a nerd being told "yes you were right" by another higher level nerd. I feel this is going to be the peak joy in terms of dnd
@Sir_Bucket4 жыл бұрын
Only higher level support nerds can do it. Once they use their action to confirm the veracity of another nerd's sayings, the said nerd gain the "overly confident" status. A nerd touched by "overly confident" cannot be frighten, scared, or intimidated for 24 hours. It will also give a bonus of 50% to all XPs the nerd recover during those 24 hours. To balance this, the nerd also loose 4 points in Charisma, as he is temporarly really annoying.
@Oh-hi-their-have-a-cookie4 жыл бұрын
I'm a nerd who a higher level by using the fraken Stein method
@Oh-hi-their-have-a-cookie4 жыл бұрын
Attach more arms to your undead Multi attacks monster of a undead
@Magicuser9754 жыл бұрын
*I MADE THIS 1K!!!!!!!!!!!!!1*
@haikuheroism64954 жыл бұрын
“Higher level nerd” why is that so funny to me?
@vaporhtrail43503 жыл бұрын
S: Skeletons M: Make A: Amazing R: Reanimated T: Teammates
@JuMiKu2 жыл бұрын
...Yea. I kinda did that to flee with my recently deceased teammates as a good character. Don't ask. They got better. They had a blast roleplaying their zombie-selves, until I could ressurect them.
@serotonin.scavenger2 жыл бұрын
But do they still do emotional damage?
@dionysispuns42622 жыл бұрын
Playing a campaign in Pathfinder 1e with my buddy After a few sceletons which got shafted (both due to my stupidity and bosses) my wizard finally found a worthy teammate in a zombie bear In a lot of cases he's more useful than my actual teammates ngl
@SentientBeefStew2 жыл бұрын
Zealot Barbarian agrees
@KanuckStreams2 жыл бұрын
Can confirm.
@GregTom24 жыл бұрын
Couple things about this spell. 1) The human skeleton weights only about 15 kg. You could carry a couple of those with you wherever you go. If you "tetris" it properly, you could even fit them in a chest so that the townspeople don't freak out, 2) If you lock that chest, you could pre-animate your skeletons that you carry with you. It gives you a contingency plan if you fail to be present at the right time of the day to use a spell slot to keep control of your 4 skeletons, as they will still be contained. 3) No one said you _had_ to use a spell slot to keep control of 4 skeletons. Once your box is full, you very well could just start working on another box of skeletons and leave the now neutral-evil-uncontrollable skeletons in the box. Just because you don't control them doesn't mean they can't be an asset in a fight or act of heinous terrorism. That way, no one will think of giving you reasons to commit heinous acts of terrorism. 4) It can take longer than you would think to bump into 12 full sets of human bones. Get started early. Sure, your party might think you're a little weird for using invisible servant to scratch and quicklime the flesh off every bandit that pisses off your barbarian, but as soon as you hit level 5, you'll be ready. 5) No other spell in the game gives you 4 actions per turn-per-spell-slot-for-24-hours without requiring concentration. It literally is broken. It's like they didn't care to balance the spell at all. It just breaks the action economy. 6) A wand of magic missile does not require a spellcaster level to use. If you can make them or can buy as many of them as you want, every skeleton can deal 3d4+3 per turn. At level 5, that's 36d4+36 (average 126) per turn for a bonus action that doesn't take your concentration. It always hits. There's no saves. 7) Skeletons can wear robes, gloves and masks, even armor if needed. If you use minor illusion, you can make your voice sound like it's coming out of one of them. That way, your enemy takes 126 damage per round not-counting your own actions, while guessing which mage to attack. 8) Skeletons don't need to eat, sleep, drink, or even breathe. They don't require light to perform their task, and don't get sunburned either. They have an int. of 6 and can perform some basic tasks if ordered to. They don't require a wage and don't unionize. Whilst it takes a bonus action to give an instruction, they can all follow a different one. If you set them on a simple task like working looms, mining, or laboring the ground, you can make products that are so abundant and so far below market averages that you can crash any local economy in a matter of months. Have fun.
@sunnylboyd4 жыл бұрын
How can I copy for later use lol
@oliverb27944 жыл бұрын
This is what I mean by stereotypical Necromancers don't use animate dead to the fullest
@corbinbarron87724 жыл бұрын
A lot of level three spells are weirdly good
@dylanpearson81844 жыл бұрын
Bag of Holding could be filled with an entire band of skeletons. Good way to carry many of them around inconspicuously. When needed dump them out watch them reform then run while they attack with overwhelming action economy.
@Inurian594 жыл бұрын
Don't you have to use a bonus action per order though? I thought you could only command 4 at once if they all took the exact same action, which works for the magic missile thing
@jevanking47684 жыл бұрын
Ok now my necromancer is getting a bonyMcfingies
@DrummerGiraffe4 жыл бұрын
Mine too
@garlicbreadcrumb36534 жыл бұрын
Yup me 2
@Blizz31124 жыл бұрын
Guys... its NOT cool to be a necromancer... nobody will invite you... XD
@louiesatterwhite38854 жыл бұрын
@@Blizz3112 who needs friends as a necromancer when you can make your own?
@Andrew-ih2gz4 жыл бұрын
@@louiesatterwhite3885 - There is nothing like having an army of boney mcfingies to play themselves like xylophones as your necromancer breaks into song because he dipped into bard for funsies.
@Dnd-Versatility4 жыл бұрын
Zee bashew is a necromancer himself. As during the making of this video he had to animate dead
@paintbrushjr.83124 жыл бұрын
That pun is wonderful, thank you.
@PalPlays4 жыл бұрын
I approve.
@MSOGameShow4 жыл бұрын
Perfection.
@garlicbreadcrumb36534 жыл бұрын
Yes
@agsilverradio22254 жыл бұрын
No, that's Skank Magank. One of Z's characters.
@GrayVBoat4 жыл бұрын
>McGenk Brothers >Brothers This is getting out of hand! Now there are two of them!
@lamignat9004 жыл бұрын
At LEAST.
@fangorn234 жыл бұрын
Yeah but.... if you remember the Erratic Hammering video.... clearly they get in each other's way just as much as they help each other.
@n.a.78834 жыл бұрын
Like actual siblings.
@lucasisofdarkness54234 жыл бұрын
@@n.a.7883 yeah hahhahah
@milesdavila53634 жыл бұрын
@@fangorn23 I think that was just the generic wizard that hosts the Animated Spellbook. Y'know, the one that is part of the D&D KZbinr Cinematic Universe, joined by JoCrap.
@myrojyn4 жыл бұрын
💯 that daughter is going to assist the inevitable hero that comes to slay these two
@jesternario3 жыл бұрын
It's okay, they have the clone spell. she probably does too, so he'll probably just kill her and have her clone grounded.
@jacobfreeman54443 жыл бұрын
"I am not mad, just disappointed. I expected you to eventually betray me, but HIM? Have you no taste? Stay in your room until you learn to pick your boyfriends/henchmen better!"
@fearsomestm00c0w3 жыл бұрын
she dummy thicc
@TheArachnidCompany3 жыл бұрын
"If it was easy to kill a high level necromancer you didn't kill them"
@campbelldowler13963 жыл бұрын
@@jesternario she's a warlock. She doesn't get the clone spell. Warlock trash!!
@marcosrauth22344 жыл бұрын
“Warlocks cant even animate dead!!” Tasha: I would like to disagree.
@hex8080803 жыл бұрын
If you're referring to Undying Servitude, it's just 1/long rest, isn't it? You can't use spell slots to cast it, so you're basically bound to 1 minion per long rest.
@GrondGrondGrondGrond3 жыл бұрын
hex808080 It uses one of your slots to cast, so it is levelled up to 5th Level
@Golemon_of_Cat3 жыл бұрын
@@hex808080 i thinks its more, "first time is free, rest costs a spellslot"
@hex8080803 жыл бұрын
@@Golemon_of_Cat there is no reason to believe that.
@Aesculathehyena3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, he never said that. He said his Warlock daughter couldn't. And he was about to diss on Warlock necromancers when Bony McFingeys got Eldritch Blasted.
@UnHappyGingah4 жыл бұрын
Me to my players: "Don't you think you're all a little, cartoonishly evil?" Players: "Does it matter? We have fun!"
@aronestone1004 жыл бұрын
I think npc care
@RealityRogue4 жыл бұрын
@Mortalpuncher NPC’s? I think you meant free exp
@tanknomaniac4 жыл бұрын
"Cool, cool- uh, yeah- Advanced Iron Golem. Have fun."
@maxharter57164 жыл бұрын
That's the point of D&D. To have fun.
@tanknomaniac4 жыл бұрын
@@maxharter5716 While you might enjoy being a cartoonishly evil murderhobo, that's absolutely fine with the right GM and table. That's not everyone's thing though, do remember that some folks version of fun is... actually story based. Much like how Zee's other stuff involving that Tengu Thief is really neat and fun sounding to me.
@micahquiton77314 жыл бұрын
The McGenk Brothers have grown, so does the Animated Spellbook expanded Universe. Love the music.
@Bluecho44 жыл бұрын
Don't forget the other McGank brother's warlock daughter(?). And that he's a terrible father. (But we could have guessed that. Evil alignment, am I right?) We're getting so much delicious L O R E in this episode.
@endingsky82714 жыл бұрын
The music of DEATH and DOOM
@brandongalvan66034 жыл бұрын
Cleric and Paladin: "The only good undead stays dead." Necromancer: "Really, though?" Death Domain and Oathbreaker: "Lol, jk."
@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion41804 жыл бұрын
I might be misremembering, but aren't death clerics like super opposed to undead? Since they're essentially worshipping psychopomps
@Zakvadr19954 жыл бұрын
Sarcasm is my favorite emotion Depends on the Alignment. I’ve got a neutral Tiefling Death Cleric who is fine raising evil creatures and entities as bodyguards as he controls them. Alternatively, I had a lawful evil undead black Dragonborn Oathbreaker who lost favor with his goddess and did everything he could to try and win back her support and actually die. It’s been five years and I’m still waiting for that conclusion.
@meme0taker874 жыл бұрын
@@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180 that would be grave clerics not death clerics
@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion41804 жыл бұрын
@@meme0taker87 ahhhhhh, that was it
@jameswyatt39664 жыл бұрын
@@sarcasmismyfavoriteemotion4180 Slight correction death cleric's are ok with/use undead. Grave domain cleric's are the ones apposed to necromancy and frankly any defiance of the natural order.
@vanhende4 жыл бұрын
"when all you memrise is fireball, everyone looks like kindling!" - Zqrutz the Mad. when hearing the final ruling before his execution.
@reddiz21824 жыл бұрын
Seems like JoCat adopted that Philosophy.
@jacobfreeman54443 жыл бұрын
Who needs fireball when you have a small army of undead with ranged attacks? Start small by plundering the bows and arrows off of dead bandits and work your way up to a crack team of magic missle wand users.
@timwoods28523 жыл бұрын
I bet that execution was a blast. One could say things got very heated before going up in smoke and burning out.
@bendystrawz28323 жыл бұрын
@@timwoods2852 Well you really lit up my day with that comment. Just what I ashked for. A spark of comedy always raises my spirits. _Wait, I got my puns mixed up. Help they're out of control and I'm all out of spell slots!_
@Dewani902 жыл бұрын
use FIREBALL and only FIREBALL... feels like JoCrap(joCat's mascot) all of a sudden
@nicholasberryman34544 жыл бұрын
"at least in 5th edition" Holds up all four fingers of one hand and one finger from other hand Nice
@bendystrawz28323 жыл бұрын
LMAO! Why is this comment buried, that's hilarious! I didn't even notice xD
@markcrawford58104 жыл бұрын
I'd literally laughed out loud at the park with "Do your chores."
@Avatarbee4 жыл бұрын
I had some fun with a necromancer once. Then for some reason we started to exclusivly fight enemies that either don't leave behind corpses or cannot be reanimated.
@lampymoth67194 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming you had too much fun as a necromancer. I had a similar situation as a snake slinging druid.
@Osric244 жыл бұрын
@@lampymoth6719 YOU'RE NOW IN THE ARCTIC! NO SNAKES!
@Avatarbee4 жыл бұрын
I assume that when my possy of Zombies reached a certain size and just started surrounding anything the dm threw at us he deemed them to be a problem. Personally I blame the fact that that we were using flanking. The zombies literally had advantage all the time. The poor enemies just disapeared screaming beneath a mound of zombies.
@lampymoth67194 жыл бұрын
@@Osric24 don't let my dm hear that. She's already planning to talk to me about that spell after 8 of my sneky boys tanked 4 displacer beasts.
@lampymoth67194 жыл бұрын
@@Avatarbee nice. When I die, I wanna be a necromancer just like you.
@Necrapocalypse4 жыл бұрын
"Take that Clerics!" Clerics: "I use Turn Undead"
@TheArachnidCompany4 жыл бұрын
If Skeltons were a playable race the Cleric would be the biggest bully
@qualandrew2014944 жыл бұрын
@@TheArachnidCompany Is there a way to stop turn undead? Im playing in an MMO styled server with lots if DMs and players. ideally would like them not to be killed
@TheArachnidCompany4 жыл бұрын
@@qualandrew201494 if there in 30 feet they got to make the wis save sorry
@qualandrew2014944 жыл бұрын
@@TheArachnidCompany Guess il blind and deafen them then.
@emilianorios47614 жыл бұрын
@@qualandrew201494 I would keep them away and have them fire volleys of arrows
@caelantheeverchosen55104 жыл бұрын
"Does it matter? We have fun" -Every Chaotic Character Ever
@Stormfire17774 жыл бұрын
Shut up, don’t tell the neutral and lawful characters, they don’t need to know
@OhNoTheFace4 жыл бұрын
Murder hobo is not chaotic
@caelantheeverchosen55104 жыл бұрын
@@OhNoTheFace are you having fun? Yes? You might be Chaotic Neutral
@OhNoTheFace4 жыл бұрын
@@caelantheeverchosen5510 NO, lol random is not an alignment
@Alizudo4 жыл бұрын
@@OhNoTheFace We're not talking about "lol random". We're talking about someone who only does what is in their own best interest, and only doing what they enjoy with no regard for others. This is Chaotic Evil to the letter.
@colinsearfoss-smith55234 жыл бұрын
I hope we see that warlock again and honestly I would watch a show about the McGenk family and their friends
@Feu_Ghost3 жыл бұрын
You misswrite victims as friends, your autocorretor is strange camarade
@ASMroleplay7372 жыл бұрын
Honestly the fact that she's even alive means skenk's brother either got some game sense Zee made his own spell or him being a virgin in that episode was a joke.
@savortherobot97094 жыл бұрын
“ever feel like were a little cartoonishly evil What does it matter, we have fun” I relate to this in some of my campaigns way to much
@lordfelidae45054 жыл бұрын
I am an insane Tabaxi wizard who ate his family as a weretiger. I relate
@Arthas300004 жыл бұрын
Why do people hate necromancers? Can't a guy just raise a family...
@horserage4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, raise dead and necro being still at least mildly evil, book wise, is kinda shitty.
@GoblinMask4 жыл бұрын
Shut up and take my like.
@ethanotoroculus10604 жыл бұрын
Uh, not to be rude, but I kinda beat you to that joke already.
@CatOnACell4 жыл бұрын
Mainly because someone had to raze the family first.
@Arthas300004 жыл бұрын
@@CatOnACell 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that's so good
@samus174 жыл бұрын
"You can't even animate dead! Warlock trash!" OVER THE LINE ZEE!
@tanall59594 жыл бұрын
Wars have been fought for less!
@josephperez20044 жыл бұрын
Honestly, this video actually made the point that if Warlocks did have Animate Dead, they could be horribly overpowered. Warlocks regain their spell slots after every short rest they take. Given, when they get 3rd level spells at level 5, they only have two spell slots and they cap at four spell slots at level 17. But this means a Warlock can refresh their spells every hour. Even if we say the Warlock has to sleep 8 hours and say they only take three short rests in the sixteen hours they are awake, that would mean as much as eight 3rd level spell (two for waking up after a long rest and six more for the three short rests) casts a day at 5th level
@TheGaboom4 жыл бұрын
@@josephperez2004 Well if you want to do that there's always(usually) multiclassing. Doesn't quite hit off until level 10, but a Warlock/Wizard is perfectly viable as a multi Technically if Unearthed Arcana is allowed though, you'd be better using a Wild Soul Barbarian 6 / Divine Soul Sorcerer X. But the math for that shenanigans gets messy fast
@weirdwizard274 жыл бұрын
@@josephperez2004 Warlocks also can have animate dead if you use the class feature variants Unearthed Arcana, which is one of my favorites.
@maximillionchaoswolf4 жыл бұрын
or is it OVER ZEE LINE.
@JustaGuy_Gaming4 жыл бұрын
Ah I remember the good old days in 2nd edition when there was basically no limits to what you could raise. Not to mention evil priest could just "Control undead" at will to gain more and more. Yes you could raise entire countries of people into your unending zombie/skeleton army. You haven't lived until you taken down a dragon with something like 4000 skeletons.
@WhyYouMadBoi4 жыл бұрын
High level Wizards can still do that with a couple finger of death and just store them in a demiplane
@CleopatraKing2 жыл бұрын
and thats when you stop playing dnd and start playing chainmail lol
@shaggysmortalvessel8297 Жыл бұрын
I could do that with a hexblade warlock/divine soul sorcerer multiclass and cokelock-until-certain. But then that'd be broken :(
@ImFangzBro4 жыл бұрын
I want more backstory on the McGenk brothers. Skenk was raised by lizardfolk, right? Was his brother also raised by them, or were they raised separately and they didn't know of each other?
@Various_forms_of_Doormamu4 жыл бұрын
This is why you don’t piss off the warlock. They’ll destroy your creatures.
@weaponizedpizza88254 жыл бұрын
Warlocks know one spell and they know it well.
@Sir_Bucket4 жыл бұрын
And then hide for the rest of the fight because they ran out of spell slots mid-way
@CivilWarMan4 жыл бұрын
@@weaponizedpizza8825 "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." - Bruce Lee
@weaponizedpizza88254 жыл бұрын
@@Sir_Bucket But eldritch blast is a cantrip...
@Oh-hi-their-have-a-cookie4 жыл бұрын
Kill and reuse or replace it Franken stein undead
@mjela45164 жыл бұрын
McGenk: You filthy warlock! Me: That's a brave statement for someone in eldritch blast range. Also me at the end of the video: huh
@ethanotoroculus10604 жыл бұрын
Call it what you may, but for some people, this is the only way they can make actual friends.
@visoriannull8324 жыл бұрын
I feel attacked
@MurderOfAKiller4 жыл бұрын
Raising a family isn't all that hard... if they're buried close enough together.
@ethanotoroculus10604 жыл бұрын
...Now that I think about it, this would make a great concept for a BBG. Can you imagine?
@Qwentar4 жыл бұрын
Literally.
@Kryptnyt4 жыл бұрын
Hey that's what necrophilia is really all about isn't it?
@patrickanderson622 жыл бұрын
You can also give a Skeleton a Headband of Intellect using your bonus action to command it to Attune. Have a wizard apprentice
4 жыл бұрын
How to necromancy : Build a graveyard, and become it's proprietor, to get money for making the funreals. Then, buy armors, and raise undead, then use the said armors to disguise your undead, and order them to stay still, and pretend to be armor stands, unless you get attacked, so that they protect you. Just make sure to use preservants, and embalm those bodies, so that they don't rot. Obviously mummification is the best way to do it. You will have mummified zombies in armor that will protect you in case of emergency, that will do what you ask them to do, and while being like that the will pretend to be armor stand when not given any other task. Then simply gain power, until you have big mansion, in which you have many of those skeletons, disguised as armor stands. Then gather artifacts, that will allow you to controll more undead, and at this point you might as well create some inteligent undead, that will serve you like vampires, lesser liches, spirits, etc. that will give you additional servants. Still you want to lay low - you don't need to alert anyone, you are just a enterpeneur, that has many servants, and owns many graveyards. At this point you might also hire some other necromancers, that disguise themselves as grave owners, and create a corporation. Of course you don't want to kill innocent people - that's easy way to get into trouble, and you don't want that. What if your Gravediggers guild gets into trouble with the law? You don't want some paladins and priest storming your headquaters. Everything needs to be in accordance with the local law. You're doing good so far? Well time to hire bards, that will play music on your funreals, give money to charity, and get good PR. Also branch off - make some other buisnesses. The dead can tend to fields, the dead can mine and they don't get tired! Free manual labour! Make the country rich - bribe any snooping goverment officials, and become the backbone of the country economy. At this point no one will even WANT to fight you, because if they do, the economy will collapse, everyone will starve, and everything is going to go to shit. Now, if you are not immortal yet, time to get money and seek for immortality. At the same time you need to put up a front. Go to parties! Get a wife! Throw some parties of your own! Make sure everyone likes you! Help the common folk! Make festivals from the money you earned. Now, at this point you should be the grey eminence. Try to get in with the Royals, shower them with money, become a minister! Make the country flourish, advise the king, and make the country conquer others. Just remember : Don't use undead armies to fight in wars. You don't want people to think that your country dabbles in necromancy... Use the undead to work the field, and do all kind of manual labour, in disguises so no one realizes that they are even undead. Also, make sure peasants go bankrupt, buy out their land, and make them flood the cities. Sell cheap food to everyone, be their supplier. At this point you should make sure, that only the undead work the fields, and all farms are owned by you, or at least worked by your "workers". So what next? Well since there are a lot of poor people in the cities, they are easily manipulated. Use them to overthrow the monarchy, while maintaining your position, and become elected as the "prime Minister" of the country. Make reforms, that give people free bread, but require that every citizen has to serve in the army, unless they are a mage. So the next part of the plan is simple. Make necromancy legal. Make all mages to focus on necromancy and become the rulling class, while all people that have no talent in magic, should become the warrior class. The undead will be the workers, the citizens will be the cannon fodder, that if dies, becomes the way to improve the economy, and everyone that has any shred of magic talent, becomes the magicians that tend to the undead workers, and are the country beaurocratic class. So, why don't you want to use the undead for combat? Well simple, to not arouse suspicion still. If you see hordes of undead invading you, you will call the clerics and paladins. But if the living are the ones invading you, then it's just another war. You just created a country that became the ultimate war machine, full of warriors, mages and no man is a worker, because all menial jobs are done by the zombies or skeletons. Congrats.
@globehead7354 жыл бұрын
YOU ARE A GENIUS
@emilianorios47614 жыл бұрын
Cool, so at what step can you do a dance number with the undead serving as backup dancers
4 жыл бұрын
@@emilianorios4761 I think you can do it around the point where you have enough undead to make the dance number. Which is to say, around a hundred undead would be enough...
@ThunderhunterFTW4 жыл бұрын
yeah im saving this for later for sure...
@girrafe_of_arson4 жыл бұрын
Well... I'm going to do this
@trbz_87454 жыл бұрын
"Oh look it's everyone from your hometown, but zombies!"
@RevokFarthis4 жыл бұрын
I wonder where this falls in the timeline? Like, the Skank that fought Trevor was at least high enough level to cast Finger of Death, because he had to be to cast clone, and there were way too many zombies in that room to be sustined by Animate Dead (I counted about ~60) Animate dead = 12-13 (technically more at higher level castings, but why would you do that) and let's be super generous and say, 2 Undead Wights via Create undead (which grant him an extra 12 zombies each) and a third permanently controled Wight via Command Undead for a total of 48 zombies. Still too many, so Finger of Death must be involved. If this episode happens before Trevor, then we are time traveling, how do we know where we are in the ASEU? If this happens after Trevor, why is such a powerful necromancer wasting time/spellslots on Animated Dead? Is it just to spend time with his brother, or is these two running an instructional class canon?
@trondordoesstuff4 жыл бұрын
*Whimsical music*
@abaddonblack12944 жыл бұрын
And this is why I think Trevor is still alive. Because turning everyone in his home town into zombies severs no point unless he is alive. But if he is its all a twist the knife make all of his town into zombies.
@Garl_Vinland4 жыл бұрын
I mean it still has a point: a town full of Zombies
@RevokFarthis4 жыл бұрын
@@Garl_Vinland Everyone needs a town full of zombies at some point
@ASquared5444 жыл бұрын
One important thing to mention: a 14th level necromancer can attempt to assert control over undead creatures PERMANENTLY, whether it be your undead or someone else’s. Keep that in mind when building your army
@alexanderblixt12214 жыл бұрын
Well yeah, but you're not gonna build much of an army with that, since it can only affect one undead at any given time.
@ASquared5444 жыл бұрын
Alexander Blixt Oh, well that’s unfortunate
@dragohammer69374 жыл бұрын
@@@ASquared544 @Alexander Blixt but you can take control of a undead that creates more undead under it's control, like a mummy lord(probably the best option, cr 15 intelligence 11(more than 8 so it gets advantage on the save, but it has magic resistance so arguably that doesn't even matter, but crucially less than 12 so it doesn't get to make the save again every hour), the mummy lord itself can cast animate dead, and it has 3/3/2/1(for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th level slots respectivelly) meaning it can control up to 56 undead(!), and finally he has a lot of strong abilities that mean he doesn't really need to use it's spells to be effective(althought you probably want it to stay away from the fight so as to not risk losing it and suddenly having to deal with the now free skeletons/zombies))
@ASquared5444 жыл бұрын
@@dragohammer6937 There's also probably some other undead with an Int less that 12 and can create permanently controllable undead... maybe
@Battleguild4 жыл бұрын
@@ASquared544 The Nightwalker CR20 (6 int, 297hp) Has the Annihilating Aura which deals damage, but not to your undead army. Nightveil Specter CR10 (6 int, 105hp) If you allow it to be incapacitated for 1 month, it can create a CR8 Gloamwing mount for itself to use. Gloamwing CR8 (2 Int, 136 hp) Good flying mount, but only while the Nightveil Specter still lives. Sword Wraith Commander CR8 (11 int, 127hp) 1/day Call of Honor, if its been damaged in the current battle, can summon 1d4+1 sword wraiths to its side. These are some of the fun ones.
@twistsnakeanklesvids2614 жыл бұрын
"You can't even animate dead!" "I sure as hells can de-animate them, though." Also now I think there should be a spell for "Animate Spellbook"...
@siegfried14224 жыл бұрын
Animate object on the book?
@twistsnakeanklesvids2614 жыл бұрын
@@siegfried1422 Yyyyyya, I mean technically it works, but it seems kind of pedestrian somehow.
@twistsnakeanklesvids2614 жыл бұрын
@Viktor Magnusson Hm, that would be pretty cool! Something like find familiar, makes your book hover after you, do cute things like display words and pictures to communicate, can store scrolls for you in its pages, maybe once per long rest lets you swap a prepared spell for an unprepared one, or use a spell slot to cast one spell you know but hadn't prepared that day. Some little flavorful conveniences.
@patheronaetherson28604 жыл бұрын
@@twistsnakeanklesvids261 Have you considered using Tiny Servant on your spellbook?
@twistsnakeanklesvids2614 жыл бұрын
@@patheronaetherson2860 It could work! But your spellbook wouldn't have any abilities particular to itself as compared to a teapot or something. Plus it'd have little arms and legs and that somehow creeps me out more than having it just float around after you. D:
@garwinna12584 жыл бұрын
"You can't even Animate Dead!" Hexblade: "But I can animate Wight tho."
@collindouglas81884 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Burning an 8th-level and 9th-level slot allows you to make 5 Wights... Who can each animate 12 Zombies... Meaning for an 8th-level and 9th-level you can have 60 Zombies and 5 Wights.
@Zombiewithabowtie3 жыл бұрын
@@collindouglas8188 Also 7th Level Finger of Death lets you add a permanent inductee to your undead horde once a day, provided you kill a humanoid with it.
@davidgalland26814 жыл бұрын
0:30 the pink hair bouncing as the necromancer cohort runs joyfully through the fields makes my heart melt. I love a good cliche subverted, yes I do.
@wanomanleones17234 жыл бұрын
"You can't even Animate Dead! Warlock trash..." Never have I ever felt more represented in a cartoon. Too bad I didn't sell my soul por a d10 force damage cantrip.
@Pixal_Dragon4 жыл бұрын
Especially when you can just get magic initiate or something
@appelofdoom82114 жыл бұрын
@@Pixal_Dragon The free trail version can't move someone around, hit something more than 120 feet away or add your chariamsa modifier to the damage.
@danielcruz32444 жыл бұрын
You underestimate the power of Eldritch Invocations. At will Mage Armor, Invisibility, and Hold Monster.
@Mothwater4 жыл бұрын
Although, the UA class feature variants actually DOES give Warlock animate dead.
@MindlessWarlok4 жыл бұрын
I still love Raven Queen
@MrMunch123ABC4 жыл бұрын
Hey are we maybe... *cartoonishly* evil? I live for comedy this self aware.
@Destifides4 жыл бұрын
Destroying the lives of innocents for one’s own gain, and then insulting clerics and paladins? Time for a crusade.
@otakon174 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT!
@Zamuel74 жыл бұрын
D E U S V U L T !
@samueltremba10844 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT!
@valiensr10374 жыл бұрын
DEUS VULT!
@jameskaazaeros70874 жыл бұрын
DEUS VAULT!
@JohnsRoses4 жыл бұрын
This one spell has influenced more creativity and brainstorming from me then any other. There's just something special about planning world domination 1 unknowing servant at a time I love.
@JohnSmith-ex8iw4 жыл бұрын
Fingies! No! It might be the necromancer in me talking, but that broke my heart and continues to do so every time I watch this.
@Merilirem7 ай бұрын
IKR? That was not cool.
@e.s.k.57564 жыл бұрын
Always a nice day when a new animated spellbook comes out
The Zee Bashew cinematic universe expands, I love it.
@nothica68114 жыл бұрын
Yo, imagine if Wade's and shadows appears in one of these .......
@jacobcottom2653 жыл бұрын
I love how Zee is slowly building the Bashew Cinematic Universe
@philhall19694 жыл бұрын
Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, page 71, retcons this. The "Undying Servitude" invocation allows a level 5+ warlock to cast..... you guessed it.... Animate Dead!
@benjaminwahl80593 жыл бұрын
once per day though
@TheGregamonster3 жыл бұрын
@@benjaminwahl8059 Which means you top out at 1 minion, because you can't animate a new one and reestablish control of an existing one with the same cast. Unless you play around with the timing of your long rests, since you lose control 24hrs after you animate or refresh your control, but regain your uses on a long rest, which has no set schedule. But even then you just top out at 4 minions.
@Trinithium3 жыл бұрын
Timing around your long rests can be easier to deal with depending on your race. If you're an Elf, your long rests are only 4 hours instead of 8, making it actually possible for 4 minions
@MyNameIsNigel3 жыл бұрын
My warlock has this and while I know it’s not as powerful as the wizard variety, this is still so much fun to have
@nullpoint33462 жыл бұрын
@@Trinithium sleep and rest aren't synonymous. Sleep always grants rest, but resting doesn't require sleep. Rest is simply a set of changes that occur when its' conditions are met.
@pwbi39884 жыл бұрын
"Oh my god, he tweeted bak, and I was Riiiight!"
@franknova9874 жыл бұрын
I feel the Warlock will have her revenge soon Edit: welp, she did
@Bluecho44 жыл бұрын
She just did, by eldritch blasting Bony McFingies to pieces.
@MaxParks4 жыл бұрын
Noooooo! FINGIES
@orkishfury23214 жыл бұрын
This is without a single doubt, one of my favorite episodes you've ever produced.
@zacharybouis79984 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Tasha's added an invocation for Warlocks to get Animate Dead specifically because of this video.
@mailcs06 Жыл бұрын
It’s so bad though. You get one skeleton of zombie RAW. If you need a minion from an invocation, take Minions of Chaos. And if your DM let’s you cast Planar Binding at 6th+ level by treating your Mystic Arcana uses like spell slots, or lets you take a higher level Planar Binding as a Mystic Arcanum, then you can keep your elemental for a while.
@drakevegas70732 жыл бұрын
That intro is magnificent. I'm so glad he didn't just go straight into explaining the spell.
@sordcooper24 жыл бұрын
"you ever think we're like, Cartoonist evil?" a rare and hilarious moment of clarity from Mr McGank
@DapperestDave4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how you managed to misspell so many things at once...they even wrote McGenk in big letters...
@sordcooper24 жыл бұрын
@@DapperestDave its easy when you're typing on a cellphone ;p
@DapperestDave4 жыл бұрын
@@sordcooper2 what are you using that makes it more difficult
@Qwentar4 жыл бұрын
Re. Jeremy Crawfords Twitter response: "Senpai noticed me!"
@mrroboshadow4 жыл бұрын
Necromancer: *looking at BonyMcfingies* this is easily the greatest thing i ever produced Warlock: *tries to speak* Necromancer: Yes even you!! Warlock: *sad sigh*
@TrojanGamer104 жыл бұрын
I see that reference
@calebkopp76364 жыл бұрын
"None of the other classes that get animate dead can regain slots." **laughs in Divine Soul**
@roland46184 жыл бұрын
The last breath and deeper voice for the "Tempted" after they burn to death sent actual chills down me spine. It was really effective and well done.
@Richan21502 жыл бұрын
Is the song at the start, before the McGenk brothers appear on screen, the same song? And if it’s not what song is it?
@roland46182 жыл бұрын
@@Richan2150 Two different songs by the same artist. "Tempted" and "Something Good" both by The Hazelnuts. "Something Good" is a lot more upbeat after the intro part but "Tempted" remains the same as in the video EXCEPT when it gets to the part with the men singing the line eerily. I think that might be from a cover of the song but I don't know who sang it.
@Richan21502 жыл бұрын
@@roland4618 thank you
@SharklordZerato4 жыл бұрын
"You can take a few paths to this spell" just makes me think of a bard who takes the spell through magical secrets and just goes around playing spooky scary skeletons on a horn with an entourage of undead dancing behind him
@Konpekikaminari4 жыл бұрын
Dootmancy
@nathankurtz80454 жыл бұрын
Conjure Woodland Beings (4th level Druid spell) takes 1 action to cast and can summon 4 panflute-playing satyrs for an hour of concentration. I think that's a better choice for a magical band.
@jessegitchell81144 жыл бұрын
I happen to have a tiefling lore Bard with his own "Band of Bones" who uses Thaumaturgy to howl like dethklok as he shreds his lute. It is glorious.
@pidge38074 жыл бұрын
Dirty necromancer heretic: Take that Cleric's *Laughs in turn undead and radiant damage*
@emiledlund95594 жыл бұрын
On fire Laughs in finger of death
@Novamancer4 жыл бұрын
And paladins Me: *laughs in SMITE! And radiant consumption, and turn the unholy, and Divine nimbus*
@GranRey-04 жыл бұрын
@@emiledlund9559 *Laughs in Death Ward* xD
@patheronaetherson28604 жыл бұрын
*Laughs in Anvil as Hill Dwarf Forge Cleric*
@MatthewCampbell7654 жыл бұрын
I think he's specifically referring to Clerics as Necromancers, same with Paladins, both of which can Animate Dead, but are worse at it than Necromancers. Well, Oathbreaker Paladins can anyways, and are actually rather good necromancers surprisingly, though not as good as Necromancy Wizards. Death Clerics are pretty decent, but are more about blasting with necrotic damage than animated the dead. Of course, with being an Oathbreaker or a Death Cleric, you run into the issue of them being DMG subclasses. You basically need an evil party or a party that doesn't mind a token evil teammate. In the latter, you also run into the issue of stuff like undead usually being enemies of the party, and generally being more built with opposing PCs rather than aiding them.
@LikingLurker4 жыл бұрын
i like how you are setting up the warlock to explain their spells in the future episodes ;)
@urahara643604 жыл бұрын
There's already a warlock character though from the eldritch blast episode
@LikingLurker4 жыл бұрын
@@urahara64360 some of the previus caracters were a one episode thing, like a throwaway, but the ones showing whit this necromancer are like "canon" since he is reusing him so much so I asume he is gonna use her.
@urahara643604 жыл бұрын
@@LikingLurker the second mcgenk has only appeared in one other episode where he was a virgin so changes can be made when reusing a character.
@andrewpenn11454 жыл бұрын
@@urahara64360 Yes, but there are other warlock spells, such as Armor of Agathys or Arms of Hadar.
@rylog84 жыл бұрын
WotC: Yeah, so we're adding in an Undying Patron to Warlocks that is undead-theme Players: Oh so it'll be good? WotC: uh... Players: So can Warlocks finally cast Raise Dead with it? WotC: UM...
@talongreenlee77044 жыл бұрын
There’s a UA that adds animate dead to the warlock spell list. Getting the free upcasting on it is fantastic, not to mention resting repeatedly to animate larger hordes than even the wizard.
@rylog84 жыл бұрын
@@talongreenlee7704 now that I think of it, that's probably the reason why it's not on the Warlock list but it's so stupid it's not there in SOME way for Undying locks
@talongreenlee77044 жыл бұрын
rylog8 you can get Create Undead at 11th level. You can only animate ghouls, though. You can’t upcast it to get wights that themselves can animate dead.
@channelremoved324 жыл бұрын
you know those invocations that say "once per rest you can cast x spell using a warlock spell slot"? animate dead needs one of those
@rylog83 жыл бұрын
@@channelremoved32 yes, with the release of Tasha's, there is an Invocation for it Once per long rest And using one of your 2-4 spell slots You can't even call it again with another spell slot if you still have any left
@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc96684 жыл бұрын
Truly, you just can't look at these brothers and say "These guys aren't best friends"
@emerdoodsmayonnaise32904 жыл бұрын
RIP again Boney McFingies, you will be missed for 8 hours, 4 if you’re an elf
@KazumiKiguma4 жыл бұрын
You can still only benefit from 1 long rest per 24 hours, no matter how many trances you take.
@minelegend65574 жыл бұрын
@@KazumiKiguma You also still need a full 8 hours to benefit from a long rest if you're an elf, you just aren't asleep for 6 of them, allowing you to complete minor tasks
@ethearian4874 жыл бұрын
@@minelegend6557 I believe it directly says that it only takes 4 hours to gain the benefits of a long rest, what you might be thinking of is pact of the tome warlock with the eldrich boon that allows you to be awake during a long rest
@yoshi248004 жыл бұрын
@SaviorOfNirn nope, if an elf meditates for four hours they finish the rest after four hours
@patrickbuckley72594 жыл бұрын
@@yoshi24800 While the elf only needs 4 hours of sleep all PC's require 8 hours of Sleep or Light Activity to gain the benefits of a Long rest. While it is very uncommon for this last bit to come up for most races Though it really shoulc come up more often for people working as adventurers, this is important bit of imformation for an elf. Though keeping in mind their are a lot of really productive actions that can be considered light activity, like reading, studying, copping spells into a spell bbook, cooking, esc. So this is still fairly strong.
@GipGap4 жыл бұрын
2:45 I love this channel so much
@tyrannicalmuffin14424 жыл бұрын
Gip Gap Well said!
@braindeadmemer4 жыл бұрын
4:20 top 10 saddest anime deaths
@Notsidgaming4 жыл бұрын
“You can’t even animate dead! Warlock trash!” Lol this didn’t age well with the new warlock invocation in tashas book. :P
@eric_moore-61263 жыл бұрын
Except they can only do it once a day.
@Blizzic4 жыл бұрын
The pause between “do” and “your chores” killed me
@blacklegbeastro52953 жыл бұрын
I cast animate dead. Sorry I'm commenting on such an old comment.
@Jummugest3 жыл бұрын
Whoa its blizzic
@AndersMurberg4 жыл бұрын
2:03 You didn't have have to call me out like that
@Killerhd-yt2py4 жыл бұрын
The only thing that I disliked was that you didn't just do Skeletons Make Amazingly Reliable Teammates
@witchBoi_Connor4 жыл бұрын
I find it infinitely amusing the other McGenk has a daughter. Who is a warlock instead of a wizard. Rip Fingies.
@benry0074 жыл бұрын
She must have become a warlock because she was lazy and didnt want to study..
@BigDaddyGAO4 жыл бұрын
Warlock in a family of wizards is definitely biggest of all black sheep
@AnchorJG4 жыл бұрын
Especially since now that there's a CHA-based caster, it raises the chance of a future... Sorcerer. *shudder*
@Drekromancer4 жыл бұрын
Fingies lives on in our hearts. Or in 12 hours when the McGenk brothers cast Create Undead again.
@loszhor4 жыл бұрын
Coming soon to the animated spell book: Daddy Issues!
@SerpentDagger3 жыл бұрын
Here's some stuff I put together showing how many undead can be created and maintained with various configurations of spells, including a max-level necromancer with Raise Undead as their signature spell, spending all possible spell slots to create and maintain their army. ------------------- 3 base, 1 signature, 9 levels of short rest regaining / 3rd level → 7 total casts Castings spent... to recontrol 0 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 to animate 7 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 A 3rd & 4th 0 → Total of 7 12 16 19 21 22 23 24 28 28 ------------------- 3 base → 3 total casts Castings spent... to recontrol 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 to animate 3 2 1 1 1 A 3rd & 4th 0 → Total of 3 5 6 7 8 12 12 ------------------- 3 base (1 animates, 4 recontrols per cast → 3 animates, 12 recontrols total), 3 4th (3, 6 → 9, 18), 3 5th (5, 8 → 15, 24), 2 6th (7, 10 → 14, 20), 2 7th (9, 12 → 18, 24), 1 8th (11, 14 → 11, 14), 1 9th (13, 16 → 13, 16), 1 signature (1, 4 → 1, 4), 3 base from 9 levels of short rest / 3rd lvl (1, 4 → 3, 12) → 84 animates, 132 recontrols per day (From the list above) All of 3rd & 4th level → 30 Controlled All of 3rd, 4th & 5th level → 54 Controlled 1 slot from each of 3rd - 5th → 18 Controlled 1 slot from each of 3rd - 7th → 40 Controlled
@Mooseplatoon4 жыл бұрын
"You can't even animate dead! ...Warlock Trash" Someone might benefit from rereading the "Class Feature Variants" UA.
@tmdiz45794 жыл бұрын
UA btw.
@patrickb81344 жыл бұрын
Don't even need to delve into UA anymore. The Ravnica sourcebook has an official warlock variant with access to the spell. As long as you can come up with a way to get a Golgari warlock from Ravnica to your setting of choice you are good to go :)
@toprak34794 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Now I can walk around with 300+ skeleton archers following me.
@ThePanoramicPanda4 жыл бұрын
"AND I WAS RIGHT!" - Love it XD
@antidoxi11 ай бұрын
The intro to this spell is just an absolute masterpiece, the music, brutal animation, and how it all tied back into the spell. Just perfect, I come back to watch this video every month or so, it's just amazing.
@GLAIVEDEVIL4 жыл бұрын
The fact that this is on trending is amazing
@HPFireYT4 жыл бұрын
The beginning of this animation was just *chef’s kiss* beautiful
@inkdd14634 жыл бұрын
The one thing necromancers need to know is: don’t get too attached... literally and figuratively
@SCahn-fo9go4 жыл бұрын
I've never watched a video in the first minute of release until now...
@thenecrodancer48334 жыл бұрын
Same
@theindybro68484 жыл бұрын
Question: If a pact of the tome warlock decided to multi-class as a wizard, would they be able to use the tome as a spell book?
@fatsmcgee84084 жыл бұрын
The feature itself doesn't say anything so it would be up to your DM
@snazzystardust6084 жыл бұрын
I'd totally allow that
@bendystrawz28323 жыл бұрын
@@snazzystardust608 Same, as long as you copy your wizard spells into your pact tome, the wizard tome can be any book or collection of printed spells, essentially.
@jacobfreeman54442 жыл бұрын
Make a warlock who took the pact to gain the ability to become a wizard. Your patron is your magic tutor! Lives in fear of disappointing the patron because he fears losing all he gained. Magic! Wit! The most magnificent of beards and pointiest of hats!
@Donut03894 жыл бұрын
One of my character ideas is a Divine Soul Sorcerer that is NG and animates the dead to help people. Though she doesn't see her undead creations as minions or throw-away assets. She sees them as her children. Eventually, with DM approval, she'd gain a bit of a cult following and her divine soul would begin to grow seeing as it is technically a mote of a divine spark. After that she begins the path to becoming a demigod.
@mrblackfyre20714 жыл бұрын
cringe
@yogii67874 жыл бұрын
Lmao Honestly though I like characters that use normally evil powers for good.
@d4s0n2823 жыл бұрын
@@mrblackfyre2071 whoever says cringe is bad lol
@mrblackfyre20713 жыл бұрын
@@d4s0n282 saying "whoever says cringe, is bad" Is more cringe than furries.
@d4s0n2823 жыл бұрын
@@mrblackfyre2071 awww how cute, seeing the small cat go hiss :D
@neferacronia67984 жыл бұрын
Bony McFingies was the cutest thing ever
@nathanfriedman73674 жыл бұрын
RIP Bony
@Drekromancer4 жыл бұрын
I love Warlock waifu, but killing Bony McFingies cannot be forgiven. He is a perfect baby and must be protected.
@lampymoth67194 жыл бұрын
@@Drekromancer a little late on the protection.
@numberbndl37634 жыл бұрын
Animate dead and create undead are some of my favorite spells, my friend when he DMs let’s me cast it as a ritual, so whenever I want to play a necromancer, I’m usually an elf. Because of this, I get 4 hours of rest then I get 4 hours of ritual casting create undead, so I get 24 undead. But because of the necromancer Wizard subclass, I get 48! Undead army, here I come
@BigDaddyGAO4 жыл бұрын
Numbers of Bundle there needs to be a new show called undead entourage
@patheronaetherson28604 жыл бұрын
I feel like that can quickly get out of hand... If it's a ritual, the max number of undead should probably be equal to your spellcasting ability, since you're not spending slots on it
@shadowshedinja61244 жыл бұрын
Ritual casting that is broken. As it is, between Animate Dead and Create Undead as a high level necromancer wizard with a few weeks time can control well over 100 undead, more if they create wights (which can each create and control several zombies)
@jacobfreeman54444 жыл бұрын
Be real, in a feudal society where having a standing army was often too expensive 48 of anything is an army. You can storm a keep with what you have.
@evannibbe93754 жыл бұрын
Jacob Freeman According to Sun Tzu, an “army” is exactly 1,500 soldiers in a tiered military structure of 5 to a squad, 3 squads to a platoon, 2 platoons to a brigade, and so on up, with someone commanding each separately (imagine it as a Computer Science tree).
@emilygordbort73004 жыл бұрын
My DM let me use an Unearthed Arcana that lets Warlock cast Animate Dead. I am now convinced this is one of my favorite DND playstyles. I named all my corpses after Fire Emblem characters and you would be surprised how effective an undead army is when you manage it properly. Undead Fortitude is a fucking beast against minion creatures that can't deal obscene damage all at once (especially if you convince a partymate to Bless them), meaning you and the party can focus on the big guy alongside your Skeleton archers. Not to mention the utility of having undead to guard dungeons so you can go long rest, checking for traps so that you and your party don't get fucked, being your backup dancers because you took the Performer background and want to impose sheer terror on the Mind Flayers, and the absolute power move of just telling the undead to loot the room for you after the battle so you and the party can pay attention to the plot hook and still get paid. I could theoretically have a fucking load more but I limit myself to like 10 and keep most of them offscreen in reserve because keeping track of that many units at once is an absolute nightmare. I can say this with experience both as a Player and a DM.
@saacinecrozma83174 жыл бұрын
*TOGETHER WE RIDE PLAYS IN THE DISTANCE*
@regalteratorn71154 жыл бұрын
Ok, so we know Scank McGenk was raised by lizard people, so we're both brother raised by lizard people, or were they separated at birth and reunited? Backstory Zee, we need backstory.
@GaldirEonai3 жыл бұрын
Back in the day (3.5) the spell wasn't limited to humanoid OR medium, instead being limited entirely by HD. This made for some absolutely hilarious abuse, like the armor-plated skeletal mammoth we ran around with. It had a seat in the ribcage that the necromancer rode in as a "pilot", an animated ballista on top and basically operated as a fantasy equivalent to a Star Wars assault walker :P.
@OnyxLink4 жыл бұрын
THE MCGENK FAMILY TREE EXPANDS
@rikusauske4 жыл бұрын
That opening alone was a cinematic masterpiece
@matrixislandcow5114 жыл бұрын
This is getting out of hand... Now there are two of them!
@AlexBlindness4 жыл бұрын
This is why we need Trevor back. Can we get an animated spellbook on "Resurrection" were someone brings back the Twice King?
@voltsiano1164 жыл бұрын
There's not much to resurrect when all that's left is scattered dust.
@AlexBlindness4 жыл бұрын
@@voltsiano116 It doesn't matter. Resurrection can restore a creature's body entirely even if all that remains from it is dust. True Ressurection can create a creature's body entirely if absolutely nothing of it was left. You need only speak the creature's name and they will be resurrected. You need only say "Blade in the dark, Orcstabber, Sqwqlgoth, Vengeance, Strahd Slayer and Twice King Trevor".
@voltsiano1164 жыл бұрын
@@AlexBlindness Oh. Neat!
@ChancesSpellbook4 жыл бұрын
Amazing work, as always! From one teacher to another, I tip my hat!
@aglazeddoughnut52504 жыл бұрын
Everything about this was amazing and I am now making the McGenk brothers my next villains. Also making Skenk’s niece a potential npc ally. This was incredible.
@Alizudo4 жыл бұрын
Remember! Skenk is Chaotic Evil (confirmed in the Mage Hand video) Was raised by Lizardfolk (confirmed in the Minor Illusion video) AND has access to enough money that he can make AT LEAST 6 clones of himself (in the clone video). All hail Skenk.
@kajharvey24134 жыл бұрын
Very different style, I guess you’d have to with a spell like this! Very nice!
@Lichdemonz4 жыл бұрын
4:20 she is *SO* grounded
@drakematsen49782 жыл бұрын
My favorite mailing/telecommunications system in a fantasy world: a bunch of underground tunnels full of skeletons ready to peasant railgun your packages/messages anywhere in like, an hour, logistically since they'd have to be brought into and out of mail lines and couried the rest of the distance but distinctly alive people.
@HellishSpoon Жыл бұрын
Intro was amazing and it should be a villain intro to show.