Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Guardinal

[@afngary]

The horse humanoids are some of the most outlandish and hilarious creatures I've ever seen in my 30+ years of fantasy/sfy role playing games.

[@jackrabbit4907]

they remind me of Beta Ray Bill lol

[@Greenscyth22]

I can imagine a valorous hunting cadre composed of all Guardinals being tasked to rid an area of Demon spawn and undead. Each with different class lvls in an almost choreographed dance of death as they massacre the forces of evil. It's the stuff Demon Lords have nightmares about.

[@tonyromasco1735]

Those winged ones could be hazardous to larger opponents with access to Feather Fall. Imagine the look on a Giant's face when this little bird man picks it up like nothing, then drop it as the spell wears off!

[@rustyschackleford4762]

Ah!!! Don’t forget to sit back, relax, and grab a beverage folks!!!!! :D

[@FayAlexGG]

☕

[@saeyabor]

The overlap between AJ and Dr Creepen

[@Amknownas_743great_explainer]

WAIT!!!! .... I must know, I simply must! May my beverage be a.... Tasty.. beverage?

[@ajhoward8888]

Played an Aasimar Druid shapeshifter who was the Son of a female Archdruid and the Paragon Lupinal in a 3.5 game that turned into a sprawling Planescape trek. Was fun as balls trying to follow his Dad hither and yon across the planes and catch up to him in order to get him to help defeat the BBG and save his Mom. Found him dying on the fields of Tartarus. Character sacrificed himself to cover the escape of Dad and the rest of the party into the portal. Ended up getting scooped up by the powers at the last second and reincarnated as the new paragon. Planewalked in on the final battle with the BBG at the very last second and saved the day by tearing his throat out with glowing fangs. Epic, legendary fricking win. Was fun as balls to play him afterwards in a Savage Species campaign we pivoted to after that.

[@TheBurbyGirl]

That sounds amazing. Truly epic.

[@LSDireWolf]

I haven’t watched it fully yet but I’m sure this will be another wonderful video

[@ast8177]

12:00 They are vegetarians but never mention it. Now that is a fantasy-creature if i have ever seen one.

[@adrianithhenwood6771]

Wonderful video, great details on each of the subspecies and leaders. Personally, The Lupinals have been my favorites out of the bunch.

[@AJPickett]

I quite like the equinals, they have festivals kind of like the highland games, but, non-equinals kind of get accidentally 'broken'. Also, when they set about getting a difficult task done, they won't stop until they finish it, even when leadership changes their orders, they carry right on, achieving the impossible as others stand by, watching and shaking their heads.

[@davidlewis8814]

Ha haaa!! “They’re vegetarian, but they never mention it” - truly, an otherworldly creature!! Ha ha haaa!

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Taking notes about why some weird "werewolves" were attacking my Undead Cerberi. Poor Hati. I just made that new head for him.

[@moonringXD]

A excellent video as always! I'm so glad you finally covered my favorite celestial the furry angels ! Also my condolence for all the furries art you had to go through for this video.🧙‍♂️

[@AJPickett]

*MY EYES*

[@joeking3282]

I sooooo could be a guardinal!!! That sorts my personality right down to a tee.

[@dbensdrawinvids8390]

I remember a third party template to represent a creature "possessed" by a guardinal. It explicitly started the host did not have to be willing. Enjoy your rehabilitating-whether-he-likes-it-or-not pc.

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

I would love to see more good guys. Even if it's adding speculation about half-completed fan-made beings

[@juansantos-lq2kz]

Someone for evil characters to fight!

[@Nizati]

DM: **Describes Guaridnals** Most of the players: "You mean... holy furries." DM: ... no.

[@scottwest9443]

Lol! Players will ALWAYS find the ridiculous in the setting. Usually much to a DM’s chagrin.

[@reifuTD]

God, So many cool aasimar concepts could come some these, WoTC really need to do something like a wild aasimar witch is basically an aasimar with animal traits. I've always wanted to do an aasimar bases off a celestial wolf or a creature like a Kirin. Although with the wolf aasimar I'd just flavor a fallen aasimar, Because the character I have in mind is a little bit inspire by Princess Mononoke and how the spirit gods turn necrotic when slain (???), So I imagine an aasimar born to a tribe, then the tribe is killed off expect the aasimar baby, leaving no one to remember the god leaving the aasimar child with the necrotic energy of a half dead god.

[@AJPickett]

That escalated quickly.. how about a revenant baby?

[@reifuTD]

@@AJPickettI can't see how the aasimar would be dead, I just see that wolf that's their patron that their energy flows from turns dark and corrupted, corrupting them. I'd call the god half dead because the wolf was a local demi god, after people get wiped out the wolf only lives though few that's left that know it's story, Even among the few that story extends to "Once there was a wolf," and that's it. With those who know the full legend even fewer.

[@victorvaldez8869]

I noticed there were no aquatic, or lizard Guardinals. I'm picturing dolphin like Guardinals to fill in the oceanic spot with a fairly playful demeanor traveling in pods of 6 to 12 members. Lizard Guardinals could be like frilled lizards roving arid areas & often away on scouting missions trying to track the plots of evil on the various planes of the Multiverse, usually traveling alone, or at most in pairs they are quiet & studious individuals, more content to listen than speak.

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

I know this is a fantasy world, but I suggest sharks instead. If my research on dolphins and sharks are true: Dolphins are rapists and kill for fun. While Sharks are more akin to true neutral but I have seen videos of sharks being pet and bellyrubbed like dogs, also if the entire "Lemon sharks get jealous" thing is correct. Yeah

[@Vladdyboy]

That's so very true. The guardinals are just based on very common english countryside animals, like plain yogourt. For Elysium, I want strawberry fruit yogourt... I expected peacocks, spotted dogs, giraffes, zebras, capybaras, quetzals, porpoises, manatees, sharks, whales, narwhals, crabs, and lots of lizards. Something you would expect to see in the garden of Eden or just animals you would see in a rich Arabian king's backyard.

[@bookwyrmbaneoftheplothole8500]

Pathfinder has the Agathions which are just the copyright free version of Guardinals and that has, in addition to some of the guys from this vid, they have Cetaceals and Reptials that you could probably convert back into D&D with a little homebrew

[@rodisrael4432]

I been waiting and you have delivered hats off to you Sir

[@peculiarcomics2255]

I can definitely tell the audio is better. Very nice.

[@AJPickett]

Great!

[@DungeonDad]

Hell yeah

[@thomasjessop9144]

*Heaven yeah

[@PNNYWZEPRODUCTIONS]

The Equinals are awesome

[@trajanfidelis1532]

I didn't know Aslan ruled the guardinals cool. Thanks for the great video AJ!

[@AJPickett]

YourRrrrrrrrrrr welcome!

[@119MB]

Man, I just wanna hang out with them. The celestial lion sounds like the best drinking companion.

[@That80sGuy1972]

I love these beings and thanks for this video AJ. The lion guys, the top one, reminded me of a feat I have as either a class ability or possible purchasable feat: Exotic Weapon Use. In that one, the player has a +1 per level in that the class he purchased it in to counteract any negative penalties... but only to counteract the penalties. Sound lame? It gets powerful. That also counteracts called shots, trick shots, etc. with that weapon. So, a level 20 assassin with that talent surprises you and does a headshot on you with his ridiculously cumbersome 3-part-rod-Kusari-Gama hybrid that has a base to-hit with a -4 and additional called shot penalties doubled. On top of the to-hit penalties, other penalties are canceled out... you are in danger... his theatric leap from the shadows probably did not penalize his surprise during the attack, and his STR bonus penalty is also removed in that weapon on top of others. That lion Guardinal with that cumbersome asinine staff-blade dual weapon reminded me of that... fantasy characters can specialize in overcoming asinine weapons' faults to make them work.

[@elenorefangirl3389]

YAY! My favorite celestials! When I ran a Planescape campaign I had a homebrewed Guardinal that swam in and lived on the river Oceanus. I called them Lutranals (yeah yeah, I know it's such an original name. lol )

[@AJPickett]

Makes a lot of sense, I love the idea of Celestial Tortles.

[@lydiaives733]

Talisid, The pinnacle of kingship :3

[@clintonbell2016]

Really enjoyed learning about this race thank you for all your hard work

[@burningbronze7555]

These guys always struck me as being a better idea for the chaotic good plane than neutral good.

[@Dx-Dm]

Nature in DnD is typically related to balance, and as such, is often aligned neutral rather than chaotic.

[@Sytoren]

Thanks for the video AJ can't wait to enjoy!

[@madocmayhem]

Oh man had to watch this twice, simply beautiful. Am hoping there are no young gyardibals though, can imagine their holy righteousness in a preschool full of selfish evil toddlers.

[@AJPickett]

oh man...

[@psyberklown3434]

omg I just realized 30/30 is just a cybernetic Equinal with a big gun.

[@madarabindustries]

Having recently got back into DnD the Algorithm saw fit to put your content infront of me - I'm like ohey, I know that guy

[@AJPickett]

Indeed you do! And belated happy birthday by the way. Also, if you need ANY D&D resources from forever, I have ALL of it, like, ridiculously everything, feel free to give me a yell anytime my friend.

[@docbaker3333]

Just learned that Guardinal's Archons and even Rilmani are in Morte's Planar Parade I think some campaign's are going to get real interesting very soon.

[@archam777]

21:07 Reminds me of the bird-guy from the original He-man series.

[@XainMexi]

Savage Species + PF's Advanced Races are always in my bag during PC Gen conversations/efforts

[@zackfogarty1830]

I just had an idea for a player character who is an Ursinal, but he has amnesia and just thinks he has a really aggressive form of lycanthropy that he wants to find a cure for.

[@johnnikyecole9114]

I have a race close to the Equinals called the Equani in my game. They and the grippli lived together in a strange way. The Equani Lord's were raised from birth with a grippli and the grippli protected the Equani with there life not because they had to but they wanted to and it was a great honor to guard an Equani Horse Lord.

[@AJPickett]

Nice

[@guuspot923]

Fresh glue, still warm from the mixing! :9

[@HiopX]

Great for any upcoming Ardling players

[@hatihrodvitnisson]

Another one of the many crimes of 4e: abandoning the Guardinals.

[@AshersAesera]

I wish I found this earlier, I designed some make-shift Guardinals and had trouble finding stats to help me build them xD

[@ARreckless14]

Aj going strong with the crazy detailed lore for us. Thanks aj! Keep up the great content.

[@SteveMSteel]

Awesome! another folk that i can make my players look twice at

[@bigsarge2085]

Such incredible inspiration for our games! Thank you!

[@mrredeef]

Your average olympic javelin thrower gets the spear up to about 60mph during a throw, and the terminal velocity of a parachutist is about 150mph (but the terminal velocity for a spear is going to be even faster) And then there's the question of, how much more damage is going to be done by the spear simply having more speed?

[@benikujaku4567]

Energy is speed squared. So the answer is "a lot more damage"

[@grammaticalrouge29]

If the last bastion of Hope are the *LG* celestials, and the Big Damn Heroes are the *NG* ones, then the pure-hearted adventurers whom somehow found themselves part of something bigger than themselves are totally *CG*

[@jau42]

"...if it ever came down to the war to end all wars between the forces of good and evil in the outer planes. Can you picture it" This one sentence blew my mind in the best way and now I have an end goal for my multi campaign story line. AJ you are an amazing story teller and lore keeper. Respect to you sir

[@AJPickett]

Thank you Jon :)

[@jau42]

@@AJPickett Would you ever want to do a "drawing possible conclusions based on the existing literature" video, similar to the recent-ish Obox-Ob video (one of my favorites of yours), about what a War to End All Wars might look like? My mind is racing with possibilities now :D

[@AJPickett]

@@jau42 Hmmm, I could give it a shot.

[@scottwest9443]

This lore collection is amazing. They have completely changed my understanding of the Forgotten Realms. Thanks Loremaster AJ!

[@SonicSanctuary]

They all sound like the kinda of guys and gals that could be great quest givers for a party looking to stop a demonic threat.

[@themightymoose5047]

Sitting here with my tasty beverage, enjoying this awesome video. These guys are awesome! I would 100% love more videos like this.

[@stanwolford9743]

"...vegetarian but don't mention it." Instant "Like".

[@MrJamesbondo07]

22:30 "except without an elbow" guess the artist didnt get the memo

[@Vladdyboy]

I want to homebrew a Capybara man race for the guardinals. These guardinal races are o.k. but just go off very common english countryside animals, not much flavour and is everything I already expected abilities-wise. Well expect for the Leonal, based on the lion which is not native to the english countryside.

[@AJPickett]

yes, I always keep a wary eye out for bears when I am in the English countryside. ;) I see nothing wrong with adding whatever guardinal types you want, the planes are infinite.

[@kurayamaking6425]

My man's s king but living like a broski.

[@coffeegator6033]

Sweet we have Elysium on the NWN-EE persistent world I play on and many of these creatures are there! Nice to learn more about their attacks and how our devs made them as close as possible to the D&D lore

[@stuartlaws9977]

I'm here to learn. What does NWN-EE stand for?

[@grimroten3299]

Well I guess I'm going to make an equinor Bard name Bojack

[@AJPickett]

Ha! Of course.

[@Dx-Dm]

Homebrew innate power: Cone of Depression.

[@docbaker3333]

I have to admit the Guardinals are pretty intense the general armies of the Celestials and defenders of Elysium. I got some questions for you One is it alright if I include the Dragonals from Pathfinder into their ranks and if so how should I treat them? Two. Does Protection Against good and evil protect you from the negative effects of being on Elysium?

[@AJPickett]

Protection from evil and good only works against creatures, not environments. (there may be other spells for that, never shy away from inventing new spells as needed for your games). Dragonals, sounds like fun, go for it. I am not a pathfinder expert, in D&D the dragons are kind of scarce in the outer planes, all things considered, they are more common in the elemental planes, but, for the gem and metallic dragons, sure, Dragonals would make sense.

[@mmardh799]

very interesting, thank you

[@jeremysnead9233]

Raksashas leading an invading army of Tieflings, Gnolls would make a adveture.

[@HowtoRPG]

Thanks this was interesting AJ.

[@davidfletcher6703]

If Mustavuls are like weasels there could be ones who look like other mustalids like Badgers or Wolverines

[@JanusKastin]

There was nothing but snark and furry jokes when the idea of an all-guardinal campaign was brought up. As soon as the portal spat the group out in Baphomet labyrinth, all the jokes stopped and shit got real.

[@bookwyrmbaneoftheplothole8500]

It’s the All-Guardinalsman Party lol

[@moonringXD]

If a guardinal turns evil what would it become? A demodand perhaps?

[@AJPickett]

It would become dead... hunted and captured by the other Guardinals, then either rehabilitated or euthanized.

[@Dx-Dm]

@@AJPickett this would make for an amazing campaign arc that explores the relationship that goodness has to rehabilitative versus retributive justice.

[@elwoodbrown7005]

I love listening to your lore but you find the coolest images. Many end up as backgrounds on my PC until you show something better.

[@MrNickdesmedt]

"they are vegitarians, but never mention it" LOL :-D

[@gabes7356]

I’m cutting my grass wishing I had a cool beverage inside

[@cobblegen1204]

You should make a video on the gateway towns. They have a lot of symbolism and could make for good lore.

[@firesuppressionequipment]

can't wait for your next video man!!! keep up the good work, you'll always get a good recommendation from me. Hope other people find your channel, I've been spreading the word lol.

[@AJPickett]

I appreciate that!

[@mikewaterfield3599]

My beverage is tasty, its laced well with rum

[@purplehaze2358]

Your description of the neutral good plain makes me wonder why there isn’t an evil good/good evil to represent the mentality of committing atrocities for the sake of the greater good.

[@AJPickett]

Lawful evil.

[@purplehaze2358]

@@AJPickett Lawful evil is more tyrannical dictator than someone forced to do terrible things for the greater good IMO

[@aikendrum3228]

@@purplehaze2358 I think what he's getting at is that good or evil in dnd is determined deontologically, not consequentially. So an evil individual could have a net good impact on the world, and a good creature could have a net bad impact on the world. That's my interpretation, anyway.

[@jordanwhite8718]

@@purplehaze2358 I think the devils of hell would disagree with you. As far as their concerned them fighting the blood war and doing what they have to do to hold back the of this is a greater good. So they torture, humanoid souls, and turn them into devils so what. Would you rather have to have the abyss as your neighbor? They do what they have to do to keep the universe safe and everybody should get in line and help them out as far as they are concerned.

[@MrOortCloud]

Ursinals should have a faster movement speed. Grizzly bears can run at about double the speed of a human being. Is WOC trying to tell me a celestial super bear runs at the same speed as a regular human?

[@agentchaos9332]

Well to be fair he also said that generally speaking they walk and fight upright..so it does sort of make sense that would be their speed on their hind legs alone

[@MrOortCloud]

@@agentchaos9332 Fair enough. They are at least capable of running on all fours though. Maybe a rule that they can use their action to double it for one round or something?

[@levifowler7933]

@@MrOortCloud that works! Something to also keep in mind is that most fast animals don't have an easy time sustaining speed. Most of the data we have on the speed of bears comes from the 1930s, when such methods were not great in tracking speed or pace. That data suggests that bears may be able to keep up their high speeds for up to 2 mi, but we don't know how trustworthy or repeatable that data is

[@AJPickett]

An Ursinal may not be able to outrun a speeding black bear, but they could run one down thanks to basically never tiring, they could literally jog the bear to death.

[@josephmatthews7698]

Lol. I just picture one reading this comment and being like "pfft so we're fast as humans, why shouldn't we be?" *he thinks for a second and looks at his paws Hm... * he looks at the ground and back at his hands then gets down on all fours and to his surprise takes off like a bat out of hell. He runs back jittering from excitement as he yells at the other Ursinal's Guys! Guys! Youre not gonna fricking believe this!

[@efferzzreffe4903]

Great Vid! 👍😁 nice to find out about Good Beings to counter all the nasty lower planes critters! 😇😇😇 Vs 👿👿👿 Would be interesting if you hosted livestream arena battles, a group of Gaurdinals Vs a group of devils or demons for example, see how they match up, that an idea maby? 💥⚔️💥 May All Your Dice Rolls Succeed!!! 🌟🎲🌟🎲🌟

[@AJPickett]

That might be a fun experiment

[@shadyjeff6100]

A.J. Is like the Mr. Rogers of DnD and I love him

[@AJPickett]

First I ever saw of Mr Rogers was that movie with Tom Hanks. But yeah, I'll take it.

[@Mr.little.man217]

So..... Kinda gangster but nice

[@AJPickett]

accurate.

[@agentchaos9332]

Mustevals make me think of Reepicheep from chronicles of narnia

[@kadoj]

Except Reep has a horrible attitude much of the time lol

[@agentchaos9332]

@@kadoj yeah well he took himself pretty dang seriously..if anything reepicheep is a mustival with a little too much pride and an obsession with dueling

[@kadoj]

@@agentchaos9332 indeed XD

[@AJPickett]

A strong code of conduct is Lawful, his obsession with enjoying a good fight is self-fulfilment, that's Neutral... it's a self-centred obsession so he follows his own set of rules, the end result may be good or evil in its consequences... he doesn't care.

[@samyamamoto6613]

,Love your content thank you

[@anathema1828]

S-tier Celestials!

[@moonringXD]

How mad do you think the guardinals would be if they found out what the Rilmani are doing?

[@AJPickett]

They know what the Rilmani are doing (well, the Ursinals certainly know how to get that information)... the multiverse is in a state of balance.... for now.

[@mentkansleyunitedstatesgov6364]

Do corrupted Guardinials exist? Like a corrupted Lionel nerfed slightly due to the corruption could be a formidable baddie for sure

[@AJPickett]

They would be rescued and rehabilitated by other Guardinals, and if no cure is possible (unlikely) they would euthanize the individual.

[@mentkansleyunitedstatesgov6364]

@@AJPickett oh that went from kind hearted intentions to dark real quick 😂 so a bit of homebrewing the lore would be needed 🤔

[@vincentleonardo6190]

Awesome new open

[@williamturner6192]

"Servitals are vegetarian but never mention it" what? What kind of OP ability is this? How can they be that powerful? Huh...

[@NinaJnoland]

I've got a nice cold pint of amber goodness! Speak on good man! Love your stuff!

[@Kid_illithid]

I used savage species to play a half dragon centaur fighter, specializing in flying lance charges. I can’t remember his name now but he was an unusual fusion of a blue dragon and a horse man, purely because a mage wanted to achieve an artistic aesthetic for his creation. He lived a good life at the hands of this wizard surprisingly and even became an adept painter. But his true calling was war.

[@TheKing-qz9wd]

Y'know weirdly enough after I saw The Kollector in MK11 I had a wacky idea about Shang Tsung fusing Tarkatan, Naknadan, Centaur and whatever-Reptile-is to make a savage, spiny centaur monster with a retractable, prehensile tongue and a total of ten limbs. Four legs and six arms of different sizes. The two biggest ones are used to move faster for dashes in a six-limb rush. Reading you reminded me of that wacky idea. I should draw it some time...

[@josephmatthews7698]

He says: Backstory? Eh, this cool wizard dude thought it'd look good and we chilled after. Subconscious Translation: ME WANT FLY HALFHORSE-HALFDRAGON-HALFMAN WHO GO BOOOM BOOM *mimics a jet in flight with his arms* HE GO BRBRBRBRBRBRRBRN BOOM *crashes his fist to the table and flicks the opposing Gnoll miniature across the room* HAHAHAHA BYEBYE! *Everyone nods in approval, satisfied with a job well done.* Lol seriously though that's like the perfect mixture of ridiculous and awesome. I might be in love and steal it for my world. Horgonman? Er, Drorseman? Drataur? Hmm might change the wings to aarakokra or roc or something though. Aarahorman? Hmm, OH GOD YES HORKOKMAN. Mission fucking accomplished gentleman.

[@Kid_illithid]

@@josephmatthews7698 lmao that’s exactly it. I had an image in mind first and filled in the blanks afterwards

[@victorvaldez8869]

Does a Cervidal's horn cure properties work on an individual undergoing certomorphisis & could it undo it once the transformation is complete or would the later take a full Wish spell?

[@AJPickett]

Yes, it will cure them instantly. And no, once the transformation is complete, that creature is now a different being, so yes, wish spell would do the trick.

[@kevinneroza8439]

Cool!!!!!!!, hopefully we can see them as future playable races for DnD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😃

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Thanks.

[@dandi5723]

I mostly listen to KZbin videos and this whole time I thought this was about garden gnomes 😅

[@chriscalvin5083]

Good video AJ

[@walterhaider869]

Oh so the goat guys are good beard devils.

[@supersmily5811]

(WARNING: HOTE TAKI IMBOUND) Alright I'll say it since no one else will. The ultimate paragons of pure good. Furries? HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH?

[@levifowler7933]

I see the animalistic creatures of the lower planes as having more in common with furries.

[@AJPickett]

Furries look far more animalistic than Guardinals, the artwork for them is a bit limited, and yes, swamped with creepy furry-porn art... my eyes are bleeding.

[@Tahlmorra]

Furries have better art

[@josephmatthews7698]

Hmm. I don't think they're furries because I doubt they'd get much accomplished if they were. WAIT! Does this mean ALL furries are neutral good since whether or not the creatures are furries is meaningless when this is clearly the heaven all furries dream of. Its now canon they are all neutral good. Maybe we should be nicer. I also know for a fact the designer at wizards who made this KNEW EXACTLY what he was doing and who it was for.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

Coolest looking celestials.

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

1) What happend to the previous Cervidal paragon? 2) And are there other types of Guardinals besides these one's? Could there be other types outside these one's? 3) What do they think of evil mortal organisms who are that way because of their entire tribe/country or are naturally that way but still have the possibility for good/neutrality/ not a rotten basterd? Examples would be evil dragons, giants (or blue and orange moralaty beings in genaral, the fey would be another example), humanoids, nagas, aberrations, elementals and souls who were one way in life but got reincarnated against their own volition into a being that's another way such as geani: a neutral/evil/ bad person into a djin; a bad/ evil/ good person into a maride and a good/neutral/ bad person into a effrit or dao.

[@AJPickett]

1) The five companions are subject to change, some get killed, others retire I guess. From the Planescape setting, Talisid's five original Companions were as follows: Duke Lucan (lupinal), Duchess Callisto (ursinal), Duke Windheir (avoral), Lord Hwhyn (equinal), and Lord Rhanok (cervidal). In Warriors of Heaven, Windheir is noted to have been replaced by Zvestra. I don't know all the details as I have not read the books yet. 2) Not that I know of, but yes, I don't see why not. There is a race of Rhino-like beings that got transplanted to one of the upper outer planes.. things change, existence is complex. 3) There are plenty of examples that demonstrate time and again in the D&D literature that no mortal race is born evil, they are indoctrinated into their culture. There are full-blooded pacifist Orcs, there are Lawful Good Drow, that is beyond dispute. Supernatural beings from planes of existence that are innately evil are a different matter, for example, demons simply can not be good, and devils simply can not be chaotic... could a devil be lawful good though? Yes, they most likely could, but they would find the Nine Hells intolerable. Otherwise, what would we do if we wanted to run a story about a monk trying to reform a wayward Rakshasa and turn them into a Deva? The lore should never serve as a barrier to storytelling, if it gets in the way... discard it.

[@jameslightfoot1872]

The manual says that all guardinals can lay on hands, but that ability is not detailed in the musteval entry. Do the mustevals lack that ability?

[@AJPickett]

I am not sure, I would say give them that ability anyway.

[@benikujaku4567]

Considering it was alreadu the case in 3rd edition (all guardinals can lay on hands except the mustevals) ‚ I'd say that's not a mistake and they do lack this ability. Then again‚ why they lack it is a mistery

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Is there an Infernal or Abyssal equivalent to these guys? Or would that just be the mid ranking Devils/Demons?

[@AJPickett]

Greater Devils and Demons, the lesser types would not stand a chance.

[@agentchaos9332]

@@AJPickett I seem to remember you comparing the paragons to the demon lords...Talasid vs Demigorgon who wins?

[@AJPickett]

@@agentchaos9332 DEMOGORGON ALWAYS WINS... because someone has to. *shrug*

[@MOTat18]

I really like the lion-like ones. I wonder, has there ever been a playable Lionel race in DnD? It would definately be my most wanted playable race, after Dragonborn of course.

[@levifowler7933]

In the current edition, Mythic Odysseys of Theros has a leonin race. If you want to play them/run them, I recommend having a discussion with your dm, as some dms will edit/phase out at lower levels particularly powerful racial abilities

[@AJPickett]

There have been playable Leonals in earlier editions, currently, in 5th edition, Leonals would be suitable for mid to high tier play, levels above 5 at least, they are very powerful beings that travel the planes and kick a lot of ass. One easy option is start off with a Leonin from Theros as a base character, add your chosen character class, give them an Outlander background, or perhaps Local Hero, then as they level up, you can opt to, instead of gaining a class level, unlock some of the celestial powers they have, such as one of their innate spell abilities, the more devastating powers, such as their roar and aura ability would unlock at the same time they gain character class levels where they could normally cast spells of that level anyway. This means you effectively take perhaps twice as long to level up as other characters, but, the Leonin don't die of old age, they have all the time in the world to grow into their true power.

[@Shakkarz]

Lion King is cool yes I love cats

[@MistaP13]

Can you do an episode on the Cat Lord? 🐈‍⬛

[@AJPickett]

I invited him for an interview, but he just stands right outside my open door and plays games on his phone. Drives me crazy.

[@rogerburkowski357]

@@AJPickett my god...that is totally on brand for him.

[@antonissofoulis6032]

i have an OC that is a guardinal!

[@fuzzyzombielove]

"Cervidals are vegetarians of course, but they never mentions it." 🤯

[@stevenpopp4649]

This was great!! Can we hear about the archon next?

[@AJPickett]

in a little while, there is lots of research to do, plus, that would be almost a Lawful Good overload.