Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Merrow

[@probablyfun]

Haven't played any serious DnD at all but I have found myself eagerly waiting for AJ's content. 👌

[@dominictaylor6759]

Same

[@seamusfish7009]

Here wuz Seamus! Seamus is at work. Seamus is tired from running a 14 hour game yesterday. Seamus' boss is in the next room. Seamus rolls the dice again!

[@darthchocolate7911]

What is the challenge rating of the most powerful creature in the campaign you're currently running?

[@seamusfish7009]

@@darthchocolate7911 I homebrew most of my things, have a high level party with six players. So my strongest enemy that they can (not necessarily will) run into is CR 35.

[@darthchocolate7911]

Challenge rating 35?! What are you talkin' about Demogorgon level or something like that?!

[@seamusfish7009]

@@darthchocolate7911 no, no, it's a thing of my own creation. A sort of shadow. It's the big bad at the end that the party is working to destroy. See it's invading from some distant reality beyond the far realms. It's power is great enough to destroy whole planes. The party has to gather allies, find powerful relics and defeat this thing before it's too late. Shreds of it have already reached the material plane which appear as dancing shadows that seem to watch. They are much easier dealt with, but still nothing small. The party doesn't yet know that this is a thing. They sent chosen to take care of it, they aren't special, so unless they figure it out, the shadow will come.

[@darthchocolate7911]

Sounds like some Obyrith-type shenanigans to me...

[@caseybeach360]

"avoid the blood orgy" is literally the least necessary statement I have heard in my life.

[@ejedwards988]

Least necessary warning ever

[@mattmoseley6429]

13:43 "...or in the case of shrines, Skulls!" The way you said that so joyously made me laugh XD

[@tatsusama3192]

I read this comment as it happened😂 Made it even funnier

[@AJPickett]

The Bob Ross of D&D lore, putting happy little skulls all over the place. :)

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Blood for the blood god

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Next time my players are engaged in underwater shenanigans, I’m going to have them swim into a “thick, viscous, and milky area of water filled with strange floating beadlike orbs”, only to find out they basically swam in to a merrow jizz cloud and are now under attack by merrow who think they are trying to eat their eggs. “Roll Iniative!”

[@charlottewalnut3118]

I cast fire ball leveled up by 5 spell levels screw this shit

[@johngleeman8347]

Underwater adventures are so cool. You would have to be exceptionally brave to not feel a creeping sense of dread when exploring aquatic locations and being attacked by monstrous beings that dwell beneath the waves.

[@boldcitylongsword9941]

It has to be true in the reverse as well. Imagine being an aquatic creature that has to cast “breath air” or something to come on land or go into the underdark for an adventure. Got to be terrifying.

[@zeburancher9480]

when you talked about how they might throw away unlucky harpoons, it made me think they probably have venerated weapons which they consider lucky, because every time they are brought out they make a kill. and then you talked about demogorgon twisting enemy demons into demonic weapons. and 2+2=4 great video!

[@AJPickett]

Now we're cookin!

[@jakecrichton562]

My players are all afraid of the water or I'd be using these guys. Thanks for the info AJ, one step closer to the entire monstrous manual playlist!

[@davidmathieson8661]

I'd be dropping them into an unexpected water temple then. Adventurers think it's just another ruin, then they get dropped into a water dungeon or trapped with the only way out being a flooded passage. That would maybe get them outta the fear...don't make it too deadly and give cool treasure that would maybe make them wanna go after more waterlogged treasure troves

[@darthchocolate7911]

Aquatic adventures take some getting used to even for the most seasoned of players...

[@AJPickett]

One can not argue with a sinking ship.

[@Dread2012death]

1:44 the marrow depending on planes slightly change the most fun plane for their duel personalities is shadowmor which switches between a dark/light version due to a fairy named oona wanting power so bad she corrupted the plane to cause such severe personality switches when she switches the planes dark/light it truly changes everything. It’s a interesting lore story.

[@austinoso6391]

I really want to make a Triton paladin that is ashamed that one of his parents or ancestor were actually a Merrow, so i can explain why he looks a bit more... Fishy( thinking Zora from legend of Zelda). I want him to be more chaotic good like he is fighting back against his demonic blood.

[@AJPickett]

That is a conversation you will need to take up with your DM.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

I am interested

[@nicholaspokorny5058]

The first time I heard of the Merrow was in the 3.5 Monster Manual, where they were an aquatic sub-species of Ogre.

[@ANotmyname]

The problem with aquatic monsters is that DMs have stacks of monsters they only get to use in a water environment. As a result savvy PCs avoid bodies like the plague because they know that they'll have a bunch of encounters as the DM will throw loads of encounters at them in their eagerness to try out these unused beasties.

[@AJPickett]

You know, intelligent aquatic beings are just as capable of making spells that create bubbles of water that levitate across dry land and similar things. Perhaps it is time for some aquatic encounters where your players least expect them.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

AJ Pickett YES!!! 😈🌊😵🤤 the thought of a party just getting out of water, thinking they are safe... Only to have "the water" follow them, even inside buildings. ❤👍

[@thrillhouse4151]

I know you already did some goblin videos, but I want MORE!

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Say no to drugs and demogorgan.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Merrow: Aquatic Gnolls.

[@wanderinghistorian]

That's what I'm hearing.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

And we’re back at it again with tiny video. 😀

[@mattnerdy7236]

Hey AJ, man I never want to go into the water ever again. A under water campaign would be awesome but from a DM's point of view. That would be quite the under taking. 🐲🌊 Thanks AJ for the video & have a great day.

[@nullvoid4063]

*sigh* thank you AJ, thank you for being a wholesome, entertaining constant in a crazy, wacked-out world. Here’s to many more videos in the future! Also, a question for the comments; what aquatic creature do you look forward to using or encountering the most in an average campaigns limited aquatic encounters and why?

[@AJPickett]

The Zaratan, a creature much like a magic turtle of super colossal size, with an entire island on the top of its shell. Having characters land on an island and explore it, only to find that the deepest part of a dungeon they find inside a small mountain, is actually delving down into the parasite-infected excavations inside the wounded Zaratan, being mined by carnivorous creatures who literally eat their way into the flesh of the massive creature. Oozes, Remorhaz maggots, giant centipedes, Bulettes, Kruthic, etc.

[@nullvoid4063]

​@@AJPickett that is the most disgustingly awesome thing that I've heard in a while. I immediately think back to your Kraken video where you mentioned something very similar. This will be a great way to make a novel and interesting encounter. I'm thinking; retrieve the mythical sword lodged in the gullet of an ancient purple worm for my Underdark campaign. Thanks again AJ, I know I'll always come away from your videos with plenty of great new ideas.

[@NanoMayTry]

Gets HarPoon'd: "Where'd you get rope from?" "Hair from backflesh of pirates." "Oh..."

[@tristanswan1067]

Great video AJ! I was wondering if you could do something on one of the demon lords in the Tome of Beasts or the Creature Codex? Like Chemosh or Mechuiti? I know there isn’t much info on them but if you could that would be awesome.

[@AJPickett]

Sure, I will be diving head first into the tomes pretty soon, which is fun, because I get to add a lot of lore to 5E, since a lot of that material doesn't have 40 years worth of previous editions behind it.

[@tristanswan1067]

AJ Pickett Cool Thanks!

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Basically its a whole new creature from the old aquatic orge from 1st and 2nd edition.....interesting twist on the 5th edition version thanks a lot AJ....great vid

[@dmstantastic3653]

That's a nope fish!

[@thedarkmaster4747]

XD LMAO!!! 👍

[@robertwilson2516]

Well you have now finished all of the Irish creatures in the Monster Manual and I have to say my ancestors might not have a large bestiary but what we do have is always going to leave an impression no matter what you're looking to do with them.

[@michaelkelligan7931]

Aye laddy buck,Surren Begorra! ☘☘☘

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Finn Balor the demon wwe

[@epiccthulu]

Inappropriately chill music for the content of this video, the grimdark hits like a shark attack.

[@gregoryfloriolli9031]

Timely video with the Ghosts of Saltmarsh coming out.

[@AJPickett]

nice coincidence.

[@snazzyfeathers]

I don't play D&D but these videos are always interesting to listen to.

[@AJPickett]

I sure do appreciate your interest!

[@That80sGuy1972]

Geez... these guys make my (2nd Ed based) home-brew modification of the Merrow look tame. Mine are eons ago linked to Sahuagin that often keep Sahuagin slaves (like Bugbears sometimes did Goblins) with untold level cruelty... nothing close to these demi-demons. These Merrow would hunt and eat mine.

[@RichardVarnegan]

I once played a barbarian who fought a merrow. He got stabbed by the harpoon…. And yanked the poor towards him and killed it with its own weapon.

[@AJPickett]

That's a very Uruk-Hai move.

[@SquatchAK]

Been waiting for this one.

[@padalan2504]

HAHA the small intro is back :D

[@brettonalwood4173]

And it's back. Who here has 30/20 vision?

[@adamwelch4336]

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into water!🐟🐬🐋🐙🐊🦑🦈😈👿

[@thedarkmaster4747]

🦍🐙💪 And you learn that demogorgan is working for dagon, just to get at the little guys like you too! I love it! 👍

[@TraciPeteyforlife]

Demogorgan is not the way kids. Cause other wise you end up like these poor suckers. Not to mention becoming a mane is not a fun time.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Say no to demogorgan or demogorgan will say yes to you. 😵

[@kordelshorgar122]

everybody praise aquatic month!!! men i was waiting for you to do dedicate aquatic monsters ecologies thank you this is great! (the kraken video was also superb)

[@AJPickett]

But wait, there's more!

[@JohnSmith-nd9oh]

the only Merro?[w]? I remember as a child was from I believe the dragonlance novels and that was an aquatic orge with magic abilities similar to an ogre Magi, I miss that ogre variant and I hope they bring something similar back

[@recklesslyrandom3055]

Didnt know Yogg Saron was in the DnD universe. The more ya know

[@purplehaze2358]

*Casually slaughters the replay button because nothing else is on in my subscription feed.*

[@casey5990]

Fancy seeing you here

[@christophermzdenek]

Is there any indication of how long before 5E's current time the transformation from Merfolk to Merrow occurred?

[@AJPickett]

No.

[@robinsearles5771]

Great video - this is one of the many monsters I've seen in print (or in images), but never encountered in gameplay. It's frustrating how hard underwater combat is for characters w/o a swim speed + the right weapon type. Would be great if water breathing were available as a lev2 spell, maybe targeting 5 creatures instead of 10. Dunno. Pirates, coasts, and water-based creatures/monsters/locations can be challenging for DMs to work in to a primarily land-based campaign

[@TheyCallMeSpin]

love your vids man keep it up

[@purplehaze2358]

Huh. I wonder what would happen if Demogorgon and a particularly powerful Kraken engaged in hostilities.

[@AJPickett]

Sushi

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I seem to remember Demogorgon being a primordial who got super powerful via Abyssal Corruption, where as Kraken were created by the Gods/Primordials as weapons. So I’m pretty sure a Kraken wouldn’t really stand a chance, it might be capable of hurting Demogorgon with its attacks but it wouldn’t be able to withstand the onslaught of pain that the Demon Prince would unleash upon it.

[@purplehaze2358]

@@Im-Not-a-Dog While that is an excellent point, I do seem to recall Krakens making servants of gods and primordials.

[@purplehaze2358]

@@AJPickett *Shudders and cringes a bit at the idea of what Kraken sushi would taste like.*

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Dr Bright when? I’ve never heard of Kraken enslaving Gods or Primordials. Celestials and Elementals? Yes, no problem at all. But Gods And Primordials? I’m not so sure.

[@coreyshorter8526]

asking out of curiosity, for an idea I am currently entertaining, can or will merrow serve or be forced to to serve a kraken?

[@AJPickett]

Yes.

[@coreyshorter8526]

@@AJPickett Thank you helps with an Ideal I am toying with.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

5:00 This is a topic i find interesting in fiction - at what point exactly does the threshold become permiable? Given your opinions on twitch - as a relative meta metaphorical example, if it were DnD - exactly how bad would it have to get, in order for the demons to pour through and breach the manifested weakening in the fabric? (thinking back on the fall of the eldar and the non-consentual birth of slaanesh) Humour me, whence doth thy wicked netting twitch become, a ruptured nexus of unwelcomed maws begotten by the wrought harrowings of unpurged sins? When fore is thy due judgement home? When fore dust thou shatter "mass"?

[@AJPickett]

If obox-ob regains the shard of ultimate evil. Game over.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Aj Pickett No from the prime material end. When is the zealot inquisitior actually objectively justified in crashing the party... Then burning it - in D&D to stop demons from coming through?

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Hmm let’s say eight hours of ritual and 50 sacrifices will allow one portal afterwards each 3 days another portal will open due to corruption.

[@fumarc4501]

At 4:40 what is that? It looks amazing!

[@FullmetalOrk]

Anybody know? I need one of these as an mount for my triton.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Let’s say merdrake

[@Fellknauel]

Will/would you make a video on more mtg-related stuff and how it can be used in D&D? I've been wondering about that ever since WotC released the ravnica D&D supplement.

[@AJPickett]

Well, I have a Sliver Video, a Thrull Video, I am keen to do more as the first two were quite well received.

[@smrckacypher]

Great video!!!

[@tatsusama3192]

2:25 Nope. . . 4:46 I want one!🤩

[@AJPickett]

4:46 That's not a fish puppy, that is a creature called a Sea Cat.

[@tatsusama3192]

@@AJPickett I remember a long time ago I saw a Sea Lion in a friend's D&D book back in 5th grade. This looked more like a Sea panther

[@charlottewalnut3118]

@@AJPickett So it’s a catfish

[@Daimon-X]

Fish & Chips... CHARGE!!!!!

[@Greenscyth22]

I may need to rethink my understanding of the cooperation of evil undersea creatures. I've always thought that most evil sea dwelling creatures work together in some fashion due to overlapping goals of their societies or Gods. But that would be foolish to assume Kuo-Toa, Sahuagin or Merrow would work together just because they share similar traits and tendencies. If good aligned sea creatures don't always get along, evil ones must be the same. Not all merfolk are cheerful neighbors, and not all Locathah are helpful and not all Tritons are looking to save strangers.

[@AJPickett]

Exactly.

[@boldcitylongsword9941]

I’m still playing 3.5/Pathfinder; do the Fresh Water Merrow still have two legs or do they all have shark/ell tails now?

[@meridonmage9076]

Merrow !! Merrow !!

[@sirwilliam4128]

Aj, in your opinion why did the Merrow go from Mermaids 🧜🏻‍♀️ with red caps that allow them to shapeshift between terrestrial and aquatic form to being Mermonsters? The reason I ask is because D&D isn’t the only literary entity that has turned the Merrow into monsters.

[@AJPickett]

I would love to have sat down with Gary Gygax and pick his brain on where these names and concepts all came from, but in this case, I think it was just a matter of finding the name, finding some small bit of info on what it was, and then extrapolating a monster for D&D that fit a niche, in this case, it was just a name given to an Aquatic Ogre.. as for 5th edition, it is taking the name and moving it back closer to its mythological origins, but, still keeping them as a monster type.

[@kevinbarber2795]

You talking about seas in the beginning got me thinking; are there any Arctic seas? Or any Arctic like regions with cool cultures, monsters and more?

[@AJPickett]

On Toril? Absolutely.The far north of the continent of Faerun, past the sort of border wall of the Spine of the World mountains, has the remnants of the giant empire of Ostoria, the few, fierce settlements of Firbolg and human heroes, also there is an Inuit style race of humans, several different tribal identities, including the Ulutiun peoples of the Great Glacier and the Sea of Moving Ice of Icewind Dale. The polar region beyond the foot of the mountain ranges is essentially the homeland of the original Mountain Orcs who were brought to Toril long ago by the Giants. Orc tribes are everywhere, scraping out a meager existence on what little the ice has to offer, but even so, every couple of generations they get enough numbers to require moving south in huge numbers, raiding for food and resources. The polar ocean is home to White Dragons, great dire sharks, polar predators, giant penguins, Remorhaz and Ice Giants, great fur seals, mammoth, toothed whales and all manner of fish, including quite a few sea serpents.

[@kevinbarber2795]

AJ Pickett That sounds like an awesome setting for a champaign. :D

[@jacobbarham9360]

Are there any aquatic demons? I suppose they don’t need to breath but I still can’t imagine a Glabrezue doing so hot under the sea, not so intimidating when it’s just floundering around

[@AJPickett]

Yes, sure are, they are unpleasant, also, I have a video which lists all known published demons with a picture of said demon.

[@slogodagamer]

Wow u still heart and respond to comments even though it's a 3 year old video and this commet was posted 2 weeks ago idk if I ever seen a KZbinr that does that. that's cool

[@Enja_Near]

Whoa whoa whoa. That is not how lorwyn works. At all. The merfolk of lorwyn transform into the merrow of shadowmoor and vice versa during an event known as The Great Aurora. (almost all life on the plane is transformed from warm and pleasant to grimdark)

[@AJPickett]

Thank you Enja, where is that info?

[@Enja_Near]

@@AJPickett You can find it on the MTG wiki. You could also track down a copy of the Lorwyn and Shadowmoor novels, as well as rosewater's favorite way to tell a story: the flavour text from the block's arc. The wiki is accurate so it makes things a fair bit easier. I did make an oopsie and the merfolk of lorwyn-shadowmoor are referred to as merrow no matter the day/night aspect, though their appearance and demeanor like almost other other life on the plane vastly differ.

[@kikiblair5132]

I'm a fan of the harpoon attached to a Desmodu cable. The device pulls the cable back in with a 16 strength so you can spear an opponent and let the device either pull them in or keep them at a set maximum distance. It's also an effective substitute for the retuning enchantment at low level before you get multiple attacks a round. I used the idea for a custom weapon called a Bladed Raven Sword which is essentially a d8 ninja-to with a locking hard sheath for bludgeoning and a pummel shaped like two bird talons. The talons are attached to a similar device to the Desmodu cable housed in the hilt and is useful as a grappling hook that allows the character to ascend or descend at a slow speed without the use of their hands when combined with the specialized sheath mount worn on your back. It's also usable as a reach weapon or a double weapon not unlike a Kusarigama with a sword and a slashing end. It's mostly made of mithril with adamantine cording. I originally created it for a custom class that proved overpowered that also had a lightweight form of scale mail coated in a fire retardant coating. The class never made it passed the testing phase, so I never assigned a price, but it's a pretty cool exotic weapon for any adventurer.

[@chriscalvin5083]

Good video

[@DatcleanMochaJo]

This merrow lore is creepy. Lovecraft call backs are always welcome.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Yay

[@bumblingbureaucrat6110]

Are there any Aquatic Ogres in 5e?

[@AJPickett]

Well... I'm far more inclined to just make Aquatic trolls because that makes far more sense to me.

[@bumblingbureaucrat6110]

@@AJPickett That sounds cool. River troll living under the bridge etc.

[@christopherlesslie4973]

Oh my.

[@saeyabor]

ICKS-it-zock-HEETL

[@bahamutkaiser]

Merrow allies or subjects in battle?

[@dragonturtle7645]

1.) So Demigorgon has abolith and kraken worshiping him? How dose that work? 2.) Was that rift to the abyss temporary, or later closed by something else, or is it still there (and maybe growing slowly)? 3.) How dose demonic corruption work? 4.) Is it like Warhammer corruption? 5.) What things can induce such physical and/or mental changes? 6.) How fundamental dose it get (ex. dose it do things like alter your soul, assuming there are different types of souls)? 7.) Can either be reversed (maybe by things like a wish spell, divine intervention, etc.); if so, how? Dose it matter what or how much corruption has taken place? 8.) What dose that mean for things like demon blooded tieflings? 9.) How dose this compare to far realm taint? 10.) I have been reading some of the planescape lore lately and, while I am just starting, it seems to treat the abyss as just another, extremely horrible, outer plane, even talking about the power of belief having an effect on it. Dose that mean that, for the most part, the multiverse has naturalized the abyss (like an ecosystem adapting to incorporate an invasive species), or is that just outdated lore? I know the abyss is expanding (albeit, from what I understand, the abyss is trying to eat several infinite planes at a finite rate, so at this rate it would take an infinite amount of time) but all outer planes can gain or loose territory based on the belief and alignment of the inhabitants so the only difference is that the abyss itself actively dose this, and dose so to non-outer planes. P.s. also speaking about the abyss, is there something like the blood war in the elemental planes between elementals, genies, primprdials, etc. and demons?

[@AJPickett]

1.) Unlike many other demons, Demogorgon is an incarnation of the waking fears of sentient life, much like Dendar the Night Serpent feeds on the Nightmares of sentient beings, Demogorgon grows stronger as fear, destruction, and chaos spread across the multiverse. He is less about the prayers, more about inciting his followers to demented acts of depraved violence. It doesn't matter to Demogorgon who or what his followers are, all sentient life is destined to face destruction or utter subjugation to him. 2.) It seems likely that it was permanent until closed, and that yes, it will be growing steadily worse. 3.) The same way that elementals can insert their essence into inert matter, Demon essence can seep into both animate and inanimate matter and subvert it, the Demons actually spawn out of matter that is so corrupted, it can become demon flesh. Think of it as a form of elemental radiation sickness, that is sentient. 4.) Yes, it is very much like Warp corruption. 5.) Extremely depraved, insane, sick acts of shockingly twisted violence and destruction. 6.) Yes, beings who are that far gone generally emerge from the spawning pits of the Abyss as lowly Manes once they die a mortal death.

[@jmachero5852]

I’m confused. Is a merrow like a different type of mermaid?

[@empirepolice8313]

Fish people

[@gerbill13]

best and mostest anime wifu.. come at me.

[@AJPickett]

*sniff sniff*

[@gerbill13]

@@AJPickett dam right

[@themop4895]

aspect ratio

[@AJPickett]

Yup.

[@thedarkmaster4747]

Demogorgan: "Do you know how the merrow first came into being? They were merfolk once, taken by the ruinous powers. Tortured and mutated, a ruined and terrible form of life. And now, perfected: My fighting merrow. WHOOOM do you serve!?!?" Merrow champion: "dem - mo - gorg - gan!" *demogorgan shoves an arm tentile right in there, leaving a permanent twisting mark * 🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🌅🦍🐙😵🪓🩸🏛😱🔪🍣🐟🤪🤤🐟 *tries to stop demogorgan but gets mentally overpowered by demogorgan & forced back into infinite pirraanha style wanton bloodlust fueled darwinion conflict* 🐟🤤🐟🧜‍♂️⚔🧜‍♂️ Demogorgan: "Seek out the followers of demogorgan, spoil them, corrupt them, ruin them terrorize their form of life. You will taste merflesh!!!" *drives the arm tenticle in there further* "You can only say yes to demogorgan, once you have already freely said "YES". I am demogorgan." 🧠💪😵

[@dragonballtalk8527]

Are these like sahuagan pardon the spellin

[@AJPickett]

They have a few similarities.

[@jasonsantos3037]

So they're just evil mermaids OK

[@moonringXD]

Ixitxachitls > merrow! may demogorgon rain forever with his true servants!

[@boldcitylongsword9941]

Merrier > Icitxachitls! May the skulls of the Ixitxachitls clog the muddy floor of Gaping Maw.

[@ironreed2654]

Aspect ratio is weird on this video, most of the images were very small? Usual good quality content otherwise. Also these Merfolk are ripping off Slaanesh's origin story from 40k!

[@thedarkmaster4747]

It's a good story though.

[@floppa2154]

и снова накрутка просмотра и комментария для алгоритмов ;) ! лайк прилагается 3

[@jakecrichton562]

Second.....

[@gerbill13]

last

[@smrckacypher]

First

[@AJPickett]

*"It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be let alone; lest sleeping abnormalities wake to resurgent life, and blasphemously surviving nightmares squirm and splash out of their black lairs to newer and wider conquests."* H. P. Lovecraft

[@davidmathieson8661]

@@AJPickett ia ia cthulhu ftagn...Merrow, Kuo Toa, Sahuagin are the main fodder for a cthulhu mythos inspired adventure I've got planned, still tryin to figure out the best beasty for the innsmouth deep ones/hybrids

[@AJPickett]

@@davidmathieson8661 Use the cultist stat block, give them the ability to breathe air or water and some sort of horrific mutation that many of them can keep concealed beneath shabby clothing, cloaks and such.The most seriously mutated and insane among them will essentially be the Cult fanatics, alter their spell list to be more profane and aquatic (no flames, more acid and curses).

[@davidmathieson8661]

@@AJPickett sweet idea, thanx...I'll be sure to include a "noble" named Baron Pickett

[@AJPickett]

@@davidmathieson8661 Make sure he has some sort of Cthulhu Cheese.

[@purplehaze2358]

"Two twin towers" Um.....[Insert 9/11 joke here].