Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Arborea

[@clockworkpanda8]

Dragon info starts at 15:20

[@hunterd3142]

panda snack thanks. The title is misleading since over %75 of the video is about the plane itself.

[@JeremySmith-ve2ur]

Well i'm gonna watch the whole thing but this is pretty funny

[@elricengquist9989]

Even though i know what these guys look like from the manuals, but for some reason the first image coming to my mind is that of a rose -like dragon. Like it hides in a mass of vines an vegetation with only it's massive head showing that is enclosed in a set of rose-like pedals that ring it's neck, which than open up when something gets close enough an it releases it's thorn breath prior to charging/rushing out of it's cover.

[@SheheenFans]

Hey AJ, I'm not sure if you remember, but I was one of your first 100 subscribers, but I haven't watched in years, but now I am finally playing with another dnd group again, and it is so great to see how successful your channel has become! I've got a lot of videos to catch up on.

[@AJPickett]

Pennsylvanian you sure do!

[@firetarrasque4667]

Wow. Well done sir. I don't remember when I starred, but certainly not that only. Hope you'll stay this time!

[@male272]

This vid should be in a 'Planar Guide' playlist...No dragon talk till 15:20

[@zacharygadzinski3147]

I feel like the video should be two videos instead of one. Like a video that covers Arborea and another that covers the Arbireal Dragon.

[@chaddixon9764]

That was more Aborea than dragon.

[@AJPickett]

Noximus Jamaicanus true, dragons of the outer planes are basically expressions of that plane, understand the location, understand the dragon.

[@kieranhodge6463]

Oh heck yeah, A nice 20 minute video to enjoy. Keep up the good work! Love the content. I'm a big fantasy gamer but sadly never had a group to D&D with. every time i listen to your videos it's almost like i'm sitting down and playing the game myself. Love your insight and ideas on all these crazy creatures. I'd love to hear you chat about more monsters from the ethereal planes. That concept of phasing between dimensions makes for cool, otherworldly character/monsters in both visual design and their ideals.

[@kieranhodge6463]

Trevor Cormier I'm not so much interested in the act of plane shifting. I'm more interested in their social hierarchy, the food chain, what creatures live their. Kinds of intelligent life. I feel like different kinds of portals and the ways you open and use them could be a video onto itself XD

[@makeroforphans]

Try roll20 or other online D&D sites, you can play online with others if you have trouble finding a group to play with!

[@kieranhodge6463]

Awesome! i'll totally give that a check. I had never considered that.

[@kieranhodge6463]

but how do portals occur in the D&D world? and is it scientific in nature or magical? can they be dispelled? does each portal behave the same. then some back story on any note worthy portals that opened leading to any large events. that was kind of my idea of a vid. I don't really know a thing about them, i feel like if they were that simple there would be more cases of them.

[@AmaryInkawult]

Me: Ah, click baited. Im out. Arborea: is chaotic good. Me, mainly plays as chaotic good: ...ok, I'm listening.

[@hunterbarnett4893]

“Here be dragons” me *Cries in 1762*

[@ChasoGod]

LN Hades getting an invitation to a party on Olympus from his CN little brother Zeus: Yeah I'm not walking halfway across the planes to just go to a party. What is it this time? Did he knock up another mortal without his wife finding out?

[@justnoob8141]

He’s actually LE, making it EVEN further walk

[@Key-jc8kw]

This helps my campaign, thanks 😊.

[@christergoode6465]

I clicked on this video wanting to hear about the Chaotic Good outer plane and that's what I got. I dunno why everyone immediately assumed he was going to describe Tree Dragons.

[@agsilverradio2225]

I think the vidio's title used to be different.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Pair the Arboreal dragon with a flight of faerie dragons and watch the carnage unfold.

[@Taylor1989s]

Thanks again for another epic video. Can't wait for the next.

[@anathema1828]

Absolutely love this one!

[@HatelessPerson67]

Whoa that was quick GJ!

[@SuperMarioGamerBros]

20 minutes about Aborea Dragons, spends 15 and a half minutes talking about Aborea

[@AJPickett]

SuperMarioGamerBros it's a two for one special, exploration and ecology vid

[@agsilverradio2225]

You would think a chaotic good would be the least judging alignment. They might point out that chaotic-netrals are hypocrits, see the lawfulls as too athoritarian, and the evils as cruel... but other than that, I feel like a chaotic good would be pretty lax.

[@agsilverradio2225]

To me, this outer plane seems most alligned with the nature of the game itself.

[@AJPickett]

You think so. Interesting, I would have picked Ysgard for that,

[@agsilverradio2225]

@@AJPickettNah, Ysguard is the spinoff pvp surver. ... Arboria is the main pve campaign setting. - Palion has the dungons. - Olympas (the layer) has the dragons. - The towns of Olympas and Arvandor are the adventurer's home bases, where you go to get new quests, buy stuff, and do downtime activitys. ... In my headcannon, the Chaotic good patitioners are constantly in and out of these two towns: most staying only as long enoguh to pick up a new quest and upgrade and/or restock their equipment. Some may stay longer to do downtime activitys, (i.e. currousing or crafting) recouperate from major injurys, or do good deeds in town.

[@zmishiymishi5349]

Cool. Kraken is kind of a milestone

[@AlexanderJWF]

Arboreal sure but what about flower dragons. They could give off pheromones that attract their prey, use their heightened senses to determine its surroundings when in rose-cognito mode (they hide in bushes with their head sticking out, looking just like a bushel of flowers or a single large flower with petals encasing its head) . It's sharp scales stick out sporadically like thorns and instead maybe a poison breath weapon similar to belladonna, itching blast like poison ivy, or acid like the venus fly trap? Also... what about a dragon fruit... and it just dangles its bulbous, fluorescent tail from a tree and waits for some poor schmuck to reach for it and they get chomped instead.

[@agsilverradio2225]

So like a cross between a dragon and a carnivorous plant?

[@agsilverradio2225]

That sounds alot like a farrie-dragon.

[@ShadowXSerpant]

My DM introduced me to your channel, loving what i'm seeing. subscribed

[@Ghoulient]

Yay, thats me

[@ShadowXSerpant]

I will confirm it, he is my DM

[@AJPickett]

Ten Points to Ravenclaw!

[@Birbucifer]

ShadowXSerpant How is you guys’ game going so far?

[@bjarnivalur6330]

Dang, I just expected them to be regular tree dwelling dragons.

[@tatsusama3192]

A Pickett video at 23:57 on a work night. The balance has been restored...

[@rylankihs4792]

Great Video. Thanks for including the MTG Theros phallic island art :)

[@Grimlore82]

Please, oh please, research Styrix and the story of the Rift Spanner. 2nd ed AD&D Monstrous Compendium III for Ravenloft. I believe you too will be immersed in the awesome story. Reoccurring villain of the century :-) Thank you for your hours of lore. Incredible for the community.

[@ryanmay3022]

And then, Lloth ate the little arboreal dragon. *nom nom nom*

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Holy shit AJ,a dragon i've never encountered before....thats 2 now including the orange dragon! NICE! 🐊

[@fabriciocaxias9572]

Can you please link the site you cite on hte beggining of the video? I could not find it.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

Maybe both legends are true. It could be it is a realm whose purpose is to be the final rest for such places.

[@unicorn2040]

I like drakes since you did videos. I am trying to make a druid that has a drake. Just found a Drake in Pathfinder called a Star Drake. Please read up on it, it is a cool concept for Drake charge or rider. It is a evolution to the drakes.

[@NovaRuner]

This guy is awesome and amazing at describing these fantastic exotic places and creatures, but…. Oh man can he go on one heck of a tangent. It is like “ I would like to tell you about these Dragons, but first let me ramble on about this super amazing location “ AJ, buddy we love you and your videos, but maybe you could have put the description of these amazing realms in a separate video. Just a suggestion. Awesome video all the same though.

[@AJPickett]

Yes, that reminds me, time to remaster this video and split it into two subject videos.

[@leandersearle5094]

It is in character with the alignment, though.

[@NinaJnoland]

Hmmm 15 minutes of upper planes lore and about 5 minutes of dragon lore. Yer slipping bro.

[@jacobwilson8579]

i heard there are pink dragons and wonder if so can you tell us about them and if thay dont exist can you make something similar

[@firetarrasque4667]

They appear to be some nasty little things. That breath weapon... WOW.

[@DCdabest]

4:10 I see a sneaky Tomb King there. Maybe Settra lives on in a pocket dimension of D&D. *sniff*

[@almitrahopkins1873]

What are your thoughts on Pelion being the remains of the homes of dead gods, like the good deities of the orcs and goblinoids?

[@keianna5106]

normaly dead gods go to the astral sea to die, many of the big floating landmasses of the astral sea is in fact dead gods, anubis of the egyption and mulhorandi pantheons (same guy) oversees their protection when mortals try to violate the dead in anyway.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

@@keianna5106 The homes, not the gods. It could be where the handful of the good gods of orcs and goblinoids once lived, before the Dawn War killed them. I'm picturing the usurpation of the good gods of those races leaving ruins in the lowest part of Arborea. If you're old enough to remember Monster Mythology in 2nd, you'll remember that there is a goblinoid god named The Stalker who has no priests, is Chaotic Neutral and hunts goblins endlessly.

[@keianna5106]

@@almitrahopkins1873 aw, i see what you mean.

[@Ds_D_D]

Ok this video some how loaded as the ad before the actual video

[@agsilverradio2225]

Does Arboria have an equivilent to Elesium's Gardnels, and Celetria's Archons and Angels?

[@AJPickett]

hmmm, not sure.

[@beowulf.reborn]

It used to be the Eladrin, until they were moved to the Feywild (although I think I heard Jeremy Crawford say that those Eladrin (in the Feywild) who prove themselves to be most like the elven gods, can be rewarded with passage to Arvandor where they live with the gods and serve them ... and I guess this is WoTC's way of kind of preserving the earlier lore?).

[@kaloyan9914]

Arborea has the Celestial Eladrin who are the CG celestials and the natives to the Elven Paradise They are celestials who take on the form of elves and there are like 8 different types of Celadrin(kek)

[@Hollowbarista]

Eldarin home?

[@agsilverradio2225]

6:30 Now that's what I call a "sea-horse!" 😎

[@jadedoptimistt]

I like the idea of the arboreal dragon but I’m not a fan of the execution. In my games I’m gonna rework their personalities and make them more plant like.

[@hunsoulo8112]

interesting video but your title lied you should have said "aboreal and its plans and basic lore" or something like that. not aboreal dragons. you did this a few times already and its kinda well... annoying is a bit to strong but I lack the word to say some of your vids are misleading.

[@AJPickett]

Good point, this is a video due to be replaced, so I will deal with that, thanks for the feedback :)

[@hunsoulo8112]

@@AJPickett that's nice to hear. besides you can make like 2 or 3 vids going over arbora then one about the dragon I thank. I come to see your vids because D&D lore is hard to just sit down and read between all the books and content that you would have to buy or the million pages just missing on the Wiki's its content makers like you are my only hope pf knowing more then what the DM guide says..... what im saying is personally I don't thank you need streamline and skip to much detail unless its been totally retconned or something. as long as your not talking like your about to pass out during the vids I personally want to learn as much as I can. so keep up the work.

[@kikankuro]

That was super informative! Thanks for all that!

[@maxwellvindman7212]

Dragons are cool

[@thomasrobson6370]

there was far more plain than dragon; the description of that one place is too idealic, would migrants be attacked for moving in

[@Mortablunt]

Hey, this isn't in your planes playlist!

[@AJPickett]

Yes it is

[@sockfloats5868]

What was that website mentioned at the start? I can't quite parse it

[@AJPickett]

Sock weewoo weewoo weewoo Rilmani.org

[@sockfloats5868]

thank youu

[@Zasek2112]

I'm not sure any exist, so it's probably a good idea for a unique Olympus monster. A Gold elemental. A being born of avarice and greed, beauty and self importance. Just a random thought I had as I was listening. edit: I imagine it/them having a strange relationship to dragons who hoard gold, each wanting to charm and enslave the other.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

yes yes yes!!! this is a perfect idea, my mind is spining with ideas. 👍

[@AJPickett]

Zasek2112 great concept! I would use a golden Eidolon.

[@Zasek2112]

The creature I'm thinking about would never share itself with anyone it couldn't overwhelm and eventually dominate. Think of it as a physical avatar of dragon sickness from the hobbit. It may very well present itself as a golden Eidolon to begin it's seduction but I doubt it's vanity would allow it(at the very least it wouldn't like it).

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Zasek2112 i'm thinking of something looking simular to grendel's mother from beowulf the animation. lots of shape shifting & mist. a monster you'd be forgiven for missing if you didn't know it was there and what you're looking for. but with a personality like post mirror revenna.

[@Zasek2112]

Yes, exactly. I didn't really have a good picture in my head, more the nature of it's personality, but that is a perfect image. I've been thinking they'd probably have links to the Dao as well.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Spikey on the inside... because they're still dragons... mawhahahar... this is one of those vids, that needs more vids. so they're kind of like elf-dragons. i'm figuring they would go well with the Le shay, working with that dark wild ancient magic theme, where the chaos of the faie is just utterly gut wrentchingly terrorfying... but with the twist of being divine - aligned perfectly with nature. are you aligned with nature? perfectly aligned? because if your not... what will happen to you? when will it happen? will it be the trees? the underbrush? the clothes on you bach? the earth beneath your feet? the air you breathe? your own body? your own mind? *poly morphed mercury dragon cartwheels past whisteling an impossible beautiful tune* surely they must know... but are you allowed to ask them? because if your wrong it's going to be even more curses... no point trying to escape the wylde, as the exits have their fealties and aliances if they didn't already move around and open and close at will to toy with you... no don't curse them, else they'll curse you back!?!? in away what i love about that theme is that the fey wylde actually is the entity inturn taming you instead. taming you with unfathomable dread.

[@wolfsbanealphas617]

Do the Greek gods and elf gods ever have conflict living on the same mountain

[@AJPickett]

No

[@Redrung]

Any realm have same effect as Annihilation movie?

[@AJPickett]

Martin Blom The far realm, look up info on the Kaorti.

[@jasonsantos3037]

Well Scout real dragon read a creepy watching you in the woods

[@EclipseClemens]

Am... am I having a stroke?

[@Daimon-X]

Cowabunga! Today is a good day, because it's a Dragon Day

[@Yuudaddy]

So basically anything that really escapes Carceri is an Epic or Godly beast...

[@AJPickett]

Yeah, for the most part, the gods created some really terrible monsters called Abominations (there were many, all were unique)

[@zacharyhawley1693]

Lets put it this way. If you live in Carceri. No one aside greater deities are going to bother you. Except telemarketers.

[@matthhiasbrownanonionchopp3471]

Zachary Hawley lol

[@marvalice3455]

what is the spelling on that website? my googlefu is weak :(

[@AJPickett]

Rilmani.org

[@marvalice3455]

many thanks! :)

[@lordsubziro2824]

I'm with Nero the Ninja... It took 15:21 for you to MENTION the title of this video: the dragons of this plane of existence!!! Is this video about DRAGONS or the PLANE???? You need to remake this video properly!!? Nuff said!!

[@CatholicDragoon]

I clicked on video, it has no views but 14 likes. Haa, KZbin.

[@Redrung]

CatholicDragoon confirm that NSA do play d&d

[@tylerbrown7687]

same for me except it said 28 views

[@brianstewart23]

What picture is that at 17:56?

[@rodneygriffin7666]

Where are the Olympians?

[@AJPickett]

In Olympus (mount Olympus) and other assorted locations (Hades, etc)

[@wolfsbanealphas617]

@@AJPickettgreat video been looking for this one for a while ❤

[@yubasheehan8552]

Get to the dragons already buddy

[@viperck2428]

F*CK! Just beat the nothic

[@viperck2428]

Aj is awesome

[@thedarkmaster4747]

i know right.

[@siege1289]

Awesome awesome

[@kingmasterlord]

Arboreal halfelf dragon soul sorcerer get

[@ryderma1]

Half Dragon- Arboreal & Fey?🐸

[@KoboldGamer]

i came expecting dragon lore after 5 minutes of nothing i am done

[@AJPickett]

Thanks for the feedback, always appreciated (even for videos from a year ago).

[@osirisgem]

more than half of this is about things other than the title subject matter, as a rule I love learning about connected subjects but as law your title should be issue to more than half of the posting, and after more than half you have not mentioned the title subject at all. Not one time. It's one thing to think that the time total is going to be comprehensive but it's other issue entirely to spend more than half of that with alludes to little more than rambling. I really think you could have done this better, and maybe take time to learn the value of categorical thinking and presentation because you missed the mark on this one entirely.

[@ericcloud1023]

Admittedly it was a little scatter-brained, but A j has delivered 100's of on point videos, I get your comment wasn't overtly hostile. But it was definitely passively so, lol just chill man, he's setting up the environment you'll find this creature & how to frame the encounter as a DM. Buuuut the title should be changed.

[@alexsmith926]

Wow holy shit, this is one of the rudest comments I have ever seen lol. This dude makes amazing videos calm yah salty ass down okay lmao.

[@firetarrasque4667]

Cool. *Read more*

[@jonahjohnwayne]

You got me...

[@AJPickett]

you got me to. :)