D&D Art Game : Pokemon Nightmare Fusions Continued...

[@jessjackdaw]

Hey! Some of you guys noticed that the art link with stats was missing! Oops, sorry about that! Here it is! imgur.com/a/b7c9Bqt

[@AphrodiArchangel]

Heey, I'm a design student and would love to learn this illustration style, do you have any tips or tutorials to recommend?

[@KameronGeno]

I love your art style, would you be willing to do a video on your process? (Like how you color your artwork)

[@novenadragon]

Hey, Jess, I noticed that both 11 and 18 are Aboleth on the D&D side of the table. Was this intended?

[@brook8340]

Hey Question what is the program or website you used for those dice rolls

[@brimstonesulfur5013]

I see what you did there with the tongue mimic. Its exactly like the tongue replacing louse found in fish

[@ridwana4037]

>Sees lickilicky and mimic. "Oh yeah, this is going to be cool. They have the same theme, so ma-" >Sees drawing >Muffled unearthly screaming

[@Necrotechian]

you know the worst part is that the result was not just a fun little fantasy creature you look and say "thank god theres nothing like that on earth" but a monster version of a real life creature... a tongue eating parasite is not a nice looking thing if you google img search.....

[@Madhattersinjeans]

*external screaming*

[@chaotixthefox]

It's exactly the kind of disgusting that I expected from a Lickilicky fusion.

[@juliagoodwin9510]

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

[@megadragonking546]

That centipede wyvern is the coolest thing I've ever seen

[@ericmeyer2381]

I was clicking through the video and first thought that she had a rayquaza as her Pokémon base and an insect from D&d. Was mildy surprised when I saw the actual Pokémon.

[@ThunderrRoar]

Yeah definitely was awesomesaurus

[@FlashTheMystic]

Yes

[@stephaniebetschart1458]

I loved the Kobold part of its history!

[@Madhattersinjeans]

The colouring on all of these is amazing

[@Benjamin-ru2pt]

It’s hilarious that you created a shrooms beholder

[@truelyfilthyskx]

Totally gave me an idea for my campaign 😈😈😈

[@lamihadamshareef5270]

@@truelyfilthyskx hahahahahahahahahhaha

[@Jpteryx]

There's already the Gas Spore which is kind of a shroom Beholder

[@thedreamingcosmonaut5660]

A shroom child

[@JadeJoules]

My party is doing Out of the Abyss and this feels like a perfect addition

[@tofferwilhelm]

Jess: *Makes a video about nightmarish and godless horror combinations* Everyone: I love you

[@hazmatter0634]

TW Rock platonically or otherwise?

[@tofferwilhelm]

@@hazmatter0634 However you are able to

[@hazmatter0634]

TW Rock fair

[@aswd90]

@@hazmatter0634 yes

[@SSunbros]

We’re Dungeon Masters! we have a weird attraction and desire to unleash them on our players it’s normal :)

[@M2KDelirium]

On all of these I was like, “Oh that’s neat.” Then the Speech Leach came out and it was instantly *”BEGONE FROM ME SATAN!!!”*

[@Axelknight16]

I reeeeeeallly like the speechleech. Like I can already imagine a wizard or warlock having one of these that pops out randomly during conversations. A symbiotic relationship between a researcher and an information monster

[@ethanwhite2210]

That's it, claiming for my next campaign. It's too good an idea not to use to add spice to an NPC lol.

[@derpydash9954]

That sounds a lot like Parasyte

[@jamescanjuggle]

I absolutely love it, I was thinking of using it as a information gathering tool of my campaigns FBI. Knock out the target, place a small Speech Leech inside their mouth. As time goes on the organisation communicates with the leech about the targets doings ect

[@thepip3599]

Could it make them cast spells with only verbal components unwillingly? Because I’ve got a bard with a couple of those spells. It would be really interesting if she had a tongue parasite that made her use vicious mockery unintentionally.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Never even occured to me to have parasitic organisms in the game but this does open up some interesting roleplay opportunities. Stuff like sentient kudzu would be neat too.

[@Sammich004]

You have a really cool voice when you read off the lore

[@bartholen]

Was just about to say the same. Wonderful narration. It's like listening to a BBC nature documentary of the D&D world.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

@@bartholen Can you imagine Jess doing a DnD documentary like the BBC nature ones for DnD? That would be so cool.

[@monoculars]

It's a bit much

[@freakishuproar1168]

As if the ideas and illustrations weren't enough, her narration is such a charming bonus.

[@DakkaBert]

asmr overload its great

[@cardboardbox331]

This is honestly one of the best series of dnd I’ve ever watched

[@luckyowl1681]

OH MY GOODNESS THAT SMOLLUSK IS SO CUTE! *sees next fusion* Oh no, that's what happens to some fishies!

[@jessjackdaw]

Yep, that's what I based it off of, the tongue-eating louse. XD

[@cyrunal1167]

Love these and how you create lore for them.

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

7:25 So I'm building a pyromaniacal storm herald of the desert teifling barbarian, and I think I know what his steed will be.

[@ellabronkema9375]

Nobody: Slaghund: "I WILL NOT APOPOGIZE FOR ART."

[@creater20225]

idea compain for a slaghund. have to fight it out of a city in one part ,then need to find it again to deal with a monster that only takes demonic/cursed fire damage.

[@aripaulblarti8950]

"Go to bed earlier," They say, not realizing my intense need to waTCH THIS VIDEO THE MOMENT IT'S POSTED

[@jessjackdaw]

...Let's be real Ari. You don't sleep. XD

[@aripaulblarti8950]

@@jessjackdaw My rest comes from the moment of hesitation a human shows when a shadow resembles an ú̶̲̞̖̿͗̂ͅn̶̼̼̓̾͝w̴̭̩̰͔̎͛͂͆ẻ̷̙͇̟̥͖̾͌l̴̤̬̋̇̋͘c̴̩͛ô̶̖̫̅m̴̟̉̔̊ė̸͚̱̙̈́̄͜d̸̰̼̉̂̏̀͝ ̶̛͎̦̰̙̿͆̽͘g̵̥̩͕̘͒͂u̷̥̫̖̦̓̆̂̀̚e̷̟͙̽͊̈́̍̓ͅs̵̘͋̇̓̍̽t̷̞͋͑̓͒̈́ ̷̢͈̺͌̂̏͜ì̷̻̑͠ņ̸̫̻̞́̽ ̴͇͚͉͚̐̒t̵̪̂h̴̬̽͒̄͊͑ẽ̶̪͍̭͎̆̋̾̆ȉ̷̥̪̩͊́ṙ̵͎́̈́ ̴̛̣̰͕͊͑́h̴̲͇̃̀̐͐o̴͖̩̗̲͂m̶̨͍̝͂̚e̷̩̐ͅ

[@thethinker2011]

I completely agree with this comment.

[@gyrrakavian]

Kind of wish I had now thanks to the last one. Oh well, at least it wasn't Mime Jr mixed with an Ooblex (or something among those lines).

[@jellybingey2850]

I like to imagine based off your lore retelling of the Omukade, that it carries people around the mountains like the cat bus from My Neighbor Totorro. Except it's a giant centipede dragon 😊 All good fun there.

[@jessjackdaw]

Yeah! Except instead of adorable fluffy Totoro riding inside, it's a greasy goblin asking for bus-fare. XD

[@bobalinx8762]

JessJackdaw It’s Dribble and Spitz.

[@starsilverinfinity]

Everybody gansta till their tongue starts talking

[@Kholan95]

I'm imagining a campaign with Parasyte qualities

[@tenryuu]

Talking Heads!!!!

[@sephikong8323]

@@tenryuu God damn it I was about to say it !

[@nullpoint3346]

This a JoJo reference?

[@starsilverinfinity]

@@nullpoint3346 Yes

[@theprotagonists2019]

That animated beholder is just about the cutest thing I've ever seen.

[@cantharelluscibarius2244]

It's a spectator actually

[@casandrahampton376]

When I DM, these are ALL going into my campaign. And all of the future ones. Love the Omukade and Tatzelwyrm especially, because they transform the culture around them and are fantastic worldbuilding tools, even better than abundant resources, trade partners, climate, native plants, and ruins of previous civilizations for sparking ideas and creating whole cultures around them. Love it, thanks so much. The Mad Trip is wicked, too.

[@oligb1469]

So glad this series continues, the fact each monster has a "bestiary" section while it's being drawn is amazing!

[@jamesakin9996]

Couldn't agree more. So useful for building encounters

[@oligb1469]

@@jamesakin9996 Yeah the corpse collector one in the last video was a great encounter, made for a crafty employer type.

[@angeloschibetta9873]

Mad trip sounds like an off-brand jojo stand

[@SeymoreSparda]

Pfftt...What is SpeechLeech in the Jojo-verse, if not Talking Head? For real, tho...Also, Black Sabbath + Green Day...equals Mad Trip? Mold is a type of fungi, ya know...

[@imsodone-1910]

The Mad Trip looks like my dog. Well, not a dog, I'm not sure what it is. I found it in the woods and just took it home.

[@matthewturner5178]

You know there is gonna be at least one character that sees a speechleech and decides, “Worth it.”

[@scottogle672]

She clearly puts a lot of thought into her work; the descriptions at the end are great. She also has the uncanny ability to combine two completely disparate concepts into something cohesive and rad.

[@hellhounds2034]

im not going to lie, Jess, i screamed when Houndoom AND the owlbear was rolled. they're my favorites! im SO using this combo in ALL my campaigns!

[@ailingstar8856]

It's critically awesome.

[@Madhattersinjeans]

@@ailingstar8856 A critical role if you will.

[@GippyHappy]

I kind of expected the end results to more closely resemble the things they were based on, but this is even better.

[@SereneJoy42]

Yay! She got Scolipede this time! And the wyvern fusion with it is so cool. Scolipede has been one of my top favorites of all time since middle school.

[@agod7207]

Dude. The Speech Leech is the coolest thing I've heard and would be an amazingly annoying to have attached to a PC.

[@uberjava42]

The speech leech honestly seems terrifying and I’m using it in my game

[@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606]

Pyromaniac Tiefling rides Slaghünd into battle, cackling with glee.

[@miraculoustherainwing8397]

Gosh, your art is so good- I’d love to see a speed paint where you talk about what you’re doing in the drawing!

[@ocomhdhain1197]

"-a small portion latches onto the base of the tongue and...replaces it" .......NOPENOPENOPENOPEPNOPE!!!!!

[@michelenarduzzi1173]

Jess: "This floating fungi" Me: "Did she just say this floating fun guy?"

[@powermind8805]

10:03: Explosive diarrhea has ben taken to a whole other level.

[@jonathanduardo7458]

I love this so much I can't wait to see a pokemon mixed with a goblin

[@gyrrakavian]

Same, but for harpy. Not sure why, but my brain sort of latched onto them after reading up on their lore. A heredity curse is just interesting I guess.

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@gyrrakavian if we're lucky it might become a blessing. A togekiss fused with a harpy can hardly be seen as a curse.

[@gyrrakavian]

@@andresmarrero8666 That would be interesting to see. Incidentally, I'm responsible for a few of the harpy variants on D&D Beyond's homebrew section (eagle, owl, crow, and roc).

[@andresmarrero8666]

@@gyrrakavian in mythology harpies were once seen as divine as opposed to demonic. Perhaps there are some good variants.

[@Shane-el7wy]

Same for gnoll.

[@valerian_insomniac]

Oooooooh the creatures in this series would be fantastic in a campaign! I can see stories in my head of all the peculiar and devastating things could happen! I'm excited to see more!

[@wilverine5557]

I love this series, I’m planing on using your chimera cross in my next session (trial by earth, it fits perfectly). Keep up the good work!

[@BasketOfPuppies642]

I'm imagining someone hugging and shaking a Smollusk bc it's cute and it just pops in their arms

[@AnkhAnanku]

You encourage it too much and it flips over and catches fire

[@shawncaton9489]

There was a JoJo villain that had a Stand that could do stuff like the Speech Leach.

[@PortalGunBlaze]

The Omukade comes at the perfect time. I needed a awesome yet slightly unsettling form of public transporation for a feywild city~

[@sebastianturner2458]

The lore and mixing of concepts alongside appearances in these are just so damn cool, I love unique monster ideas and these are reliably some of my favorites. These videos are awesome.

[@benarmitage4037]

I WANT MORE OF THIS. DND and Pokémon are probably my two favorite things, and I love playing monster campaigns. This is everything I ever wanted.

[@LeonaPrime]

Please do more of this! This is so good! Jesse Jackdaw's Journal of Jeopardy

[@LeonaPrime]

Maybe you can make it a book or something when you get enough creatures.

[@hazmatter0634]

It is so good

[@hazmatter0634]

Joseph I've got a better name Madame Jackdaw's Volume of Villains

[@LeonaPrime]

@@hazmatter0634 Ooh, that is a good one. More specific, and mildly reminescent of Mordkainen's Tome of Foes.

[@hazmatter0634]

Joseph indeed now to find a good publisher

[@worldofchaos644]

And she continued to make monsters that made the works of the cuthuluverse blush.

[@herozilla5458]

I *NEED* the Slaghund for one of my characters

[@addisonpeek2035]

My favorite series on KZbin

[@voltsiano116]

"Detonating from both ends." Imagine.

[@deKahedron]

You put ten stalks on the Mad Trip. That's attention to detail I can respect.

[@shadywolf6464]

I would love to watch an episode of Legendarys. Where it's a list of legendaries pkmn and a list of you the classic big bads of DnD, you're big dragons and beholders. Maybe even a tarrasque.

[@dungeonlessdm6914]

god; I love the Madtrip. I used it in one of my games and is now a mainstay dungeon boss.

[@quesospoon3787]

Woot woot so excited for another one of these you’re so talented :)

[@Formoka]

The Speech Leech is the stuff of my nightmares... But anyways, I love this series! I’m glad you’re still making it!

[@inspiredice6956]

Friking love everything about this from the lore to the art to the voice to the randomness. Top content!

[@cataquackwarlord5389]

Flail Snails are fascinating. I like how they're actually benign creatures, only attacking when attacked and not pursuing those who run away. And when they die, they let out a pained wail of despair. I like how your fusion kept the trait of not being threatening towards adventurers. At least this time, its main product doesn't require it to be slaughtered for harvest.

[@jaydenjones6722]

me *sees the Omukade* also me "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY" but seriously can i "have" one

[@joshuana5132]

Oh, a question: do the randomized versions include regional variant pokemon as options?

[@zarinamohamed5245]

I think there was an Alolan Marowak fusion but I'm not sure

[@lucasriddle3431]

It's a table of 100 of the more iconic/classic pokemon, and there's over 800 pokemon. I doubt regional variants are in there.

[@skimbi]

A beholder on drugs is absolutely _terrifying_

[@Yed230]

I love your videos!! Keep up your amazing work and I just wanted to say I love your storytelling and descriptions. They're great to listen to with your gorgeous voice!

[@katerocks82196]

0:09 - "First sponsor confetti! Yay!" SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@606hunter1]

Yes! More fusions. I have no shame that I'm totally including some of these monsters in a campaign. (Albeit heavily modified so they work in pathfinder/3.5 DnD)

[@Madhattersinjeans]

Fusions are just a great way to add a little twist on monsters imo. Very useful for dealing with players who like to metagame and learn all the stat blocks, with fusion monsters it's as customised as you like so you can just totally blow up their expectations. Even simpler ones like a cat/dog crossover would be unique in it's own right and help bring some flavour to the world.

[@godd9986]

I play 3.5 d&d

[@vinokai]

I love this series....they aren't just fusing two things, it's a completely new creation...

[@orangeknight2441]

Only one word needed Yesssssssssssssssssss. That is all.

[@Mustachio_00]

The 3 things i love in 1 video - D&D - Pokemon - Drawing

[@kirbygreenley2414]

Yay! More of the sweet cute boys!

[@kirbygreenley2414]

Would pet all these good boys

[@Madhattersinjeans]

I wonder if she is doing male/female variants of these species or if they're some kind of asexual reproduction thing like the leech probably is. Would be interesting to see some other variants of some she's done. Even if it's just in terms of a tribal structure, Like a bigger bugmonster for a chief of the bug herd or a smaller one for worker drones. Just thinking about how some of these creatures coexist with others would be kind of fascinating. Theorycrafting a biosystem.

[@youxoli1030]

@@kirbygreenley2414 *Mad trip*

[@kirbygreenley2414]

Jordan Hill I would pet the mad trip

[@LemonTelesto]

Gets something cute: this will end up *SO* cute! Gets Cadaver Collector and now Death tyrant

[@brycevo]

I love this series, it's always so funny and cool. Amazing job

[@byronsmothers8064]

I don't care if this is all you do anymore, it's fun to see your art at work as you talk about the lore these hybrids inspire, worth the watch time, everytime!

[@thedragonflyers6184]

Yes! Also first? Edit: my favorite thing about this (besides the stunning artwork and creativity) is your reactions to the roles

[@angelhickman5360]

Honestly, this is, in my opinion, some of the best D&D content on KZbin. Not only do you make super interesting and cool creature designs, you also add super interesting descriptions of the new creatures too!

[@zergrush8709]

My favourite was the last one, by a very small margin

[@raddish72]

Watching you draw is a voracious delight 😌

[@deathmetalbard]

Yay. Missed seeing you!

[@CthulhusDream]

This is the best series on youtube 💚💚💚

[@Drennis]

you are a national treasure, but when is the Onyx + Goat fusion going to be released?

[@simonsonian8977]

I love the Speech Leech!

[@rabbidcreature9681]

My thoughts on this set of fusions: Madtrip: Possibly my least favorite. It's creation story of a beholder tripping on shrooms and thinking this into being is funny, but it's design just looks too simple and just doesn't mesh well together. I will say you did do your best for the fusion considering the components (cute grass/fighter Breloom and scary boney/dead Tyrant) Omukade: Everyone thought the preview was Rayquaza/???, but this was cool. The design is colorful and awesome. Mixing the two together well enough where both are represented, the lore is interesting and can see some good uses for it as capital city transportation (for royalty or commoners) or as bad guy drop ship style invasion carriers. Slaghund: Nice design, not much you could of done with two quadrupedal creatures like Owlbear and Houndoom, but still nice. Lore is okay. I'd probably would of gone with they are used as trackers for demons (I do mean demons, not devils there is a difference) or when they are summoned to the material plain they often start large forest/town fires. Would still keep the metal melting part though that is pretty cool. Or instead of melting. When it makes a melee attack on a metal armored enemy and hits. the opponent basically suffers from the effects similar to Heat Metal. Smollusk: Very cute and pretty design and the lore is good, though I do feel a bit more could of been done with it, but its a lovely fusion. Speech Leech: Reminds me of a few things. Obviously the fish parasite that lives in their mouths, but it also reminds me of the parasites from Parasite the Maxim (Namely Migi and the throat parasite). I could see this being a rather annoying creature both to role play as well as get rid of, but in the same vein would be fun and interesting to see how a party would react to it.

[@AnkhAnanku]

Madtrip: agreed, but would add lore should have focused on spores and psionics over decay. Omukade: might’ve been nice to see how such a creature could be equipped with pilots/sedans/communicative ornamentation, but that could’ve detracted from the reveal of its domestication. Plus it looks just so majestic snaking through the sky in the distance. Slaghund: I was hoping more for an owlbearish head on a houndoomy body: a scrawny owlbear. I didn’t hear any of that metal lore other than that she briefly mentioned the rust monster and saw the plates on its back. Smollusk: bestbestbestbestbest! The textures! The colors! I love it and I want one in my world now! Speech Leech: I definitely see what you mean about parasite: the maxim! Could be the lips...

[@PortalGunBlaze]

All these are so god damn good. Each monster actually feels like it's own unique thing that you could create a whole encounter or even a whole session about.

[@cartoonishidealism582]

I am almost certain that the Speech Leech is someone’s fetish

[@gyrrakavian]

...............I could have lived very happily without ever having had that thought. You've made it _even worse_ nightmare fuel, now. Way to go.

[@GrayGriffonKnight]

The Omukade is my favorite thing ever.

[@lixivius8450]

"Giant flying centipede bus"..... thank you.

[@LordRedland]

I am impressed by your creative lore ideas and evocative artwork. I am glad that I found your channel and that the D&D community has such a passionate creator.

[@Barely_Here]

i'm loving the nightmare fuel monsters. im watching these in backward order, but the clot fly and the mushroom beholder are real solid nightmare fuel. with the teleportation knolls being a really awesome concept. i can just imagine a wizard casting fire ball, only for them to fail a save and have the magic come out pink and purple, turning into a knoll shape and biting the wizard.

[@erridian6838]

Aw man, these are amazing as always. I gotta say I'm probably going to use these in my campaign. The Omukade is freaking amazing, and I have a player who's characters is fascinated with glowing mushrooms...so the Madtrip and Smollusk are perfect tie ins to that XD Your artwork is beautiful as always

[@thatoneguywiththevoice328]

You can not lie to me and tell me that at least a little of the description of the Omukade was inspired by cat bus

[@satan5275]

okay so this popped up on my recomandations and i was not ready to see a cute beholder talking about DnD tiles.

[@kazrox]

This was fantastic. From the way you articulate to your story telling... Your voice, your imagination, your effort combined with your skill level... You seem shy yet do everything with confidence; It's endearing.

[@flooferderp2918]

Speech Leech: Exists. JoJo Fans: Did you mean, Talking Head?

[@stabfenn2960]

I like how Smollusk's shell just got bigger and more detailed

[@Slugcatsam]

Jess: Awww, Breloo- OH WAIT, this has happened before. Also Jess: Death Tyrant is pretty amazing. Nice jess, nice.

[@BoggarthVT]

Mad trip, like tripping on shrums.

[@Focusphobia]

To quote a great man, "My body is ready." Not to be confused with another man, "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside a dog, well it's too dark to read."

[@bobasaur360]

Man, you’re so creative. You can turn two completely differently creatures into something extraordinary.

[@kirajones1650]

Oh my goodness they keep getting better!!!! I love your art style it looks amazing combined with these creatures you come up with!!!

[@Seventhus]

4:40 Gigantimax Centiskorch.

[@Penguin-of-all-penguins]

Yes, I’ll be using this. Thank you

[@shaofgreed]

I love these so much! I've given my necromancer BBEG a death shroud that follows him around but after gaining sentience doesn't like him and is slowly trying to get the party to work with it while still gaining more corpses to grow.

[@theinaccurateone5921]

so...a snail that excretes slime that heals you, but like team rocket, you'll be blasting off again if you move around too much before it exits your system......you know what? that sounds amazing, I'll take your entire stock!

[@Orange_Tree_]

Wow, nice video! I realy love, that these fusions aren't just textures from one slapped onto another, but original ideas, mostly inspired by their predcessors

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

Jess: "Did you ever ask yourself, what if there was a fast rust monster that set people on fire?" Everyone: "NO, WE DID N-" Enter Slaghund *Pandemonium Ensues*

[@jennifervan75]

The first one is absolute nightmare fuel. It should be in a movie

[@VxV631]

My God your talents are amazing! Absolutely jaw dropping how well you translated all of these!