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[@Taking20]

Love the content gentlemen. Best of luck!

[@JPruinc]

Taking20 Happy to provide!

[@mikegould6590]

Considering Galeb Duhr, Gargoyles and Xorn, you could also inject Earth Elemental encounters that are less about summoning and more about independently minded creatures from those planes. Gargoyles in conjunction with a Medusa could set up a menagerie encounter where half of the statues in the garden are victims and others are Gargoyles. Xorn could be used almost as a taxi service whereby they could be hired to burrow tunnels in the Underdark where other routes are not available. A Galeb Duhr might act like a sage for the local region, having retained all the memories of what it has seen. One might show up with gifts of gems and such to bargain for advice and information. An "Oracle of Stone" if you will. Going with more of a Fire theme, the Azer are a great resource if your adventure or campaign is around the manufacture of an item to stop an evil god or dragon. Their elemental forges and expertise might be the key to victory. What about a concept of an Azer revolt against a Salamander overlord? Free the Azer, and they'll agree to forge your weapon. Just some thoughts. I do like your idea of Mephits as familiars. It's odd that they are not. That might be a topic: Familiars - the mage's loyal friend (sometimes...). What they used to be, what they are now, who has access, what they can do, how non-Wizards can gain one, and so on. I'm a big fan of them, and if I can summon one, I always do.

[@JPruinc]

Mike Gould Sound show idea, familiars. On the list it goes. Also, I love the idea of a medusa/ gargoyle team up.

[@Ultimus31]

I remember I had an encounter where a town was flooded with mud mephits who coated the town on mud looking for shinies. They then summoned a bunch of them when they learned what they were, but they didn't count in how they can summon more of themselves. I ended up messing up a bit and there ended up being some 100 mud mephits crowding a giant wizard tent. It was hilarious.

[@zackaria98]

i love this show, i have honestly learned a lot of good shit here.

[@JPruinc]

King Zackaria Glad to provide good shit!

[@zackaria98]

Glad you read the comments! do you think you'll ever take suggestions when it comes to D&D content?

[@JPruinc]

King Zackaria Content suggestions, as in show ideas? If so, people do it all the time. Fire away.

[@zackaria98]

well im running a campaign that kinda revolves around the idea of atmospheric horror and the cthulu mythos. Either topic is awesome but there isn't a lot of help that i could find revolving around the lovecraftian style of horror. How can i truly make my players feel insignificant without taking the fun away or what monsters exist already in D&D that maybe we could learn about that are brought from or inspired by cthulu mythos?

[@winowindow]

King Zackaria I would really try to make combat a bit of a slog. Keep the party from resting regularly, but give them really good rewards at the end. I think that might really set the tone for you. I would also do a lot of things with disease and poisons. Light hitting creatures with long lasting effects. Again really good rewards and maybe doubling xp will need to be the counterbalance, but food for thought I hope.

[@saintmatthew956]

Sometimes the monsters in the 5e MM seem uninspired. These videos are great for coming up with additional monster actions or tactics! Bravo.

[@ShadowAxon]

Party Summons Elemental: Elemental: "Why is that man holding a Sword?! Oh my gosh is this a Battle?! OH NO! GUYS IM LAWYER WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE!"

[@d4n737]

"The sky lights up in a flash, feeling of heat overwhealms you leaves on trees fade away in an embering cloak like winter fades to spring. heatwave hardens the mud around you. the inferno awakens. The Phoenix spreads it's wings."

[@reecelee4277]

This is the best DnD Chanel I've found on KZbin!!!!!!

[@JPruinc]

Reece Lee Thanks! Stay tuned.

[@chaddixon9764]

Speaking of summons for the party I gave my party a ring that summons a pink gelatinous cube.

[@edstevens1503]

You just gave me an idea for the air elemental that is the core of the party's airship.

[@isaachaahr8691]

I campaign idea could be to have a fire elemental absorbing heat from a region creating a unnatural winter and attempting to reach a certain amount of energy before unleashing everything in an apocalypse spell immolating the area

[@donaldflowers8180]

Such a great show every week that I look forward to hearing their perspectives on topics in D&D.

[@JPruinc]

Donald Flowers Thanks for the support!

[@DaFro112]

This has given me some pretty good ideas, I always loved elemental creatures and how they can fit into a world, sort of accidentily showing up sometimes through places where the planes are thin, very entertaining when a party is wardering around in the mountians and suddenly EARTH ELEMENTAL

[@imlaughing2death]

If you need more Elemental monsters of the Water and Air Varieties, you can use modified version of a Kraken or a Sea Serpent, and there's always monsters from previous editions that you can use, such as the Belker, Swarms of Tiny Elementals or Elementals imbued with Law/Chaos/Good/Evil.

[@shino4242]

Also various videogames and TV shows. Games that have elemental summons or foes for example.

[@AJ-kj1go]

I enjoyed the little glimpse into the writing process, though I pictured a lot more tomato throwing.

[@JPruinc]

Thomas Middleton Neither of us are big fans of tomatoes. You're either a fruit or a vegetable. Pick a side, we're at WAR!

[@doctortequila5268]

Every time I talk about a new D&D topic with my friends, you make a video on it. It's crazy!

[@JPruinc]

Migario Lamplight Next time you converse, let us know. It'll streamline our process for deciding what subjects to do.

[@doctortequila5268]

"Do catfolk have barbed dicks?" "That's not a good topic of co-" "Let's Google it on the school WiFi!"

[@ccswelding1599]

Dr. Watson: "What type of monsters are those??" Sherlock : " Well it's fairly obvious...they're ....ELEMENTARY ...my dear Watson"

[@ccswelding1599]

C'MON!! ^^^ thats a good one ^^^

[@VoidplayLP]

i have added Air elementals as Creatures of pure lightning. also using Blood to make water Elementals,Earth Elementals as Gem People or just Walking Lumps of Grass. i Once had an Opposing Adventuring Party use A Water Elemental made of a healing Potion. Making combined Elementals is a lot of fun like Oil Elementals or Volcanic ash Elementals.

[@counselor_guy]

I am a big fan. Keep making great videos. D&D is fun.

[@thebealers2102]

I remember one of my favorite characters was a druid, tainted with revenge from an "evil" god of nature that entered the realms to assert an updated perspective on the natural order. It allowed him to summon evil elementals based on ravenloft. Grave, blood, mist and pyre elementals became a very cool twists on party mechanics and switching the story up a bit. Evil or just new and different? Love this content and miss yalls, hope yer all doing well.

[@TheWizardQuinnDiscGolf]

This show should have so many more subscribers! It's that amazing! Keep up the amazing info guys!

[@JPruinc]

TheWizardQuinn I agree! Thanks for watching.

[@shawnames6832]

Love the content. I would love to see an episode discussing duets (One DM, one player), giving tips on how to run one successfully. Just an idea for you!

[@LAJackson123]

I'm really enjoying the little beginning and ending bits - MORE BLOOPERS!!

[@tercoil]

by far the best intro to an episode so far! love it.

[@JPruinc]

Tercoil Sometimes the process is more fun than the finished product.

[@tercoil]

very true! keep up the great content, i only wish i could see one of these videos every day! I'd also like to put a vote in for eberron in 5th as a video!

[@Cruxad0]

Totally missed out on an Earth, Wind & Fire reference for the intro! ;)

[@JPruinc]

Joel Rodriguez Ramos I said, "Why should Aang have all the fun?!?"

[@JimCullen]

You said "Aang and ", but I didn't recognise that second name. What did you say?

[@JPruinc]

Jim Cullen "Why should Aang and Milla Jovavich have all the fun?" She's in a movie called 'The Fifth Element'.

[@Akravator12]

Awesome video guys. I look forward to the bonus one on Friday too! I'm hoping that Volo's Guide adds some more elementals to play around with. I'm pretty excited with the previews I've seen so far.

[@jimdavis141]

Yeah, I'm pretty stoked for Volo's Guide as well. Each preview is better than the last!

[@comradeshmoo]

I'd love to see a video talking about the Genasi or other plane-touched races! Also perhaps a video about non-elemental denizens of the inner planes (or even denizens of any plane that aren't necessarily aligned either by type - elemental, devil, Fae, etc), if there is a trade in slaves from the prime material bustling in the City of Brass, are there humanoid communities on the inner planes? What does that look like?

[@comradeshmoo]

edit: meant to say either by type or alignment

[@Sean-ne3gx]

I'm writing a campaign based on a story a friend and I wrote where a cult led by a half demon opens a portal to hell in order to rule the world and break the ancient seals on the big bad satan proxy, you gave me about a dozen foreshadowing ideas to hint at planar mischief in this one video. :D I am straight up stealing the mephits running amok idea.

[@Ratstail91]

I threw a CR5 water elemental at my two level 5 players. It was suspenseful, but they weren't even knocked out.

[@chaddixon9764]

Ratstail91 Monsters in 5E are a bit on the weak side. That or PCs scale too well. Either way encounters in 5E tend to be easier than you think they'll be if you just use stuff straight out of the MM.

[@JPruinc]

Ratstail91 Yeah. The CR system is suspect at best. Especially if you're using optional rules: multiclassing, feats, flanking, etc. Your players will most likely wreck an "appropriate" encounter.

[@chaddixon9764]

JPruInc Are feats really optional? I don't think I have ever heard a DM not allowing it.

[@jimdavis141]

Yes, feats are optional, and if you use them you will need to adjust your monsters accordingly. Judging by online discussion, many DMs seem to use the optional rule, but that doesn't mean feats aren't considered optional by the base rules.

[@chaddixon9764]

James Davis That's kinda the point. If everyone uses it... is it really optional?

[@Patoshlenain]

I don't know if you guys already did an episode on this but i think it would be interesting if you talked about hidden dice rolls, the need to roll perception and how you handle insight in your games.

[@Nightaddix]

I love everything d&d but I can be picky when it comes to how the content comes across. You guys have been doing an amazing job, and I will be looking forward to each and every video! So thanks for your time and knowledge :)

[@jakegoodrich6520]

I really wanted Pruitt to say something about September. This could have been an earth, wind and fire video.

[@lanceward5904]

Your best intro yet...freaking hilarious.

[@Kopa_Malphas]

Earth elementals are also just a MASSIVE pool of hitpoints.

[@wolfscourge]

I don't know if you already covered this content, but on the topic of Elementals, Web DM, what about Genasi, the half-elemental humans? I mean, if you haven't already, that should be a springboard for the next content, if you have, feel free to claim otherwise. But let me tell you what, I liked them most in 4th edition. In pathfinder and whatnot, they are have their own flavour, each unique, but in 4.0 in the forgotten realms campaign/players guide, they had a feat that genasi could take that allowed them to have more than one elemental proficiency and embodyment... Seriously, talk about these folk... they're quite the forces of nature

[@blakebailey22]

i agree, Web DM should do a video on Calimshan and the Genasi

[@blakebailey22]

Or really just the spell plague in general

[@jimdavis141]

We've got show ideas for each of the races, we'll cover Genasi then - although I'm less familiar with their 4e iteration. As for Forgotten Realms shows, we'll see. I don't follow canon when it comes to published settings so when I run the realms it's a jumble of 2e, 3e, and 5e material.

[@wolfscourge]

Understandable, thanks for the reply. As I said, 4e genasi were a bit over powered. You could basically take a racial feat to give yourself the ability to take a different element that you were able to control. To my knowledge you could take it as many times as you want until you ran out of elements, and each element gave you a different encounter power... They even had a paragon path if you took that feat if I remember right

[@zecberbun6759]

God I love this channel so much I'm bout to watch all of your videos guys

[@Alefiend]

Did you catch your own pun when you talked about "not being a Britta" (Brita) about water elementals?

[@JPruinc]

Alefiend Oh yes! I don't filter my puns.

[@ZenodudeMC]

JPruInc EHY!

[@marktownsend2198]

Sorry, new here. I don't get the reference. What does "Brita" mean, exactly, and what is it from?

[@kolbycampbell3957]

Brita water filter, as he was talking about a water elemental

[@Gamezila584]

Mark Townsend it's a reference to the show Community. There was a D&D episode where Brita was concerned about the monsters thoughts and feelings and their culture instead of just killing them

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

a very interesting Idea regarding summoning is making the summon its own character, and acquiring its aid and loyalty a quest in an of itself. so you can't summon an earth elemental, until you manage to send a message or gate to the earth plane, then you have to find maybe an mercenary elemental or maybe strike a deal with an genie, or just befriend or help one of them to get permission, their name and the specific arcane rituals to successfully summon that mercenary or an agent of that jinn. they could have their own personality, opinions and connections, flaws and strengths, and abilities outside of fighting so that summoning isn't just "I create a sack of hitpoints and damage for this fight." if they don't want to do that or are not high level enough they could get a golem instead, which is also an interesting plothook. maybe they buy it from a retired wizard? or steal its control stone from one of their enemies?

[@AKNeal81]

An earth elemental wants to test his mettle? Ore... (I'll show myself out)

[@applesheep7217]

Best part of my Thursday. Please, please keep it up guys! Do you think you guys will look at the Adventures in Middle Earth adaption that is rolling out soon?

[@JPruinc]

Joel Scott I know Jim has the book. I know I wanna play it. That's as much as I can say for now...

[@jimdavis141]

I got the book in today, actually. Not sure when we'll do a show over it; I'd like to play a few games with it before reviewing it. Here's hoping they give us the pdf of the Loremaster's Guide soon.

[@applesheep7217]

Sweet! Thanks guys!

[@wesleyvalk9129]

I never cared for Mephits, they are just elemental Imps. But what about the idea of Mephits being magical upgraded Imps that absorb elemental energy into their body to turn themselves into different type of elemental mephits? Like if the neutral mephit is attacked by a fire spell or it touches flames it turns into a fire mephit? I like that more than just small elementals.

[@josiahklein70]

Wesley Valk Hey. What about a Mephit that befriends a Genasi or other elementally attuned player character. Right now, I'm thinking of an air Genasi with a friend (not servant or pet) cloud, which is a talking Mephit, because it has a whole lot of roleplay and game mechanics opportunities. The cloud can emote through its form, becoming darker when sullen, stormy when angry and listlessly shifting into shapes when content. Maybe, it can carry its friend on itself, perform favors for them, have a laugh or two, morph into a weapon or tool -- the possibilities are truly incredible.

[@jeppebayagerholm8564]

Beautiful new content! Cheers boiis.

[@microwaveromantic5038]

Great show, love hearing about your ideas for adventures.

[@Thorerx]

YAAAAAAAAAY! Liked it! Now I'm gonna watch!

[@JPruinc]

Thorerx I appreciate your faith in us.

[@codysmith481]

I would love to see a series about PC races and interesting ways to play the race.

[@JPruinc]

Cody Smith That is on the list.

[@TheMandalore4]

Recreate the pixie capture scene from chamber of secrets but with Mephits in a small village. Cackling and buzzing around, mud Mephits causing slips, that kinda stuff

[@chrisbainton6854]

Just a quick thanks from a new DM and massive fan :)

[@GerudoDragon74]

Thoughts on a show on Eberron? What kind of power do the Dragonmarked Houses have? What is up with Droaam? What happened to the Mournland? Also, an Elementalist throwing a bolt of Earth, what kind of damage type would you use? Because the type I have seen is acid, and that just seems.... wrong.

[@cardle9952]

bludgeoning seems fitting but i do think there needs to be an "earth" damage type

[@chaddixon9764]

Timothy Driver Or you could have it throw bolts of pure kinetic energy and make it do force damage.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

a bolt of earth? like a rock or something? if it is a physical piece of earth being hurled it has to be physical damage, use a combination of bludgeoning, slashing, and piercing just re-flavor it, for example: if the 'earth bolt' is made of sand say they used some minor fire to glass some of the sand, and instead of saying "you take this much bludgeoning and this much slashing damage" say " the torrent of sand combined with your fire creates a whirlwind of death that tears flesh from bone and painfully deep lacerations" changing damage types is no big deal, but if you aren't changing mechanics then feel free to narrate however you want, if your fighter can pull the head off an Orc with his bare hands (physically impossible) why can't your elementalist use the elemements to do cool shit . . . i don't think anyone cares if a spell is this damage type or another as long as what they are doing is fun for them and is epic

[@chaddixon9764]

Or you could give it something like a Hulk Smash clap thing and make it do thunder damage.

[@michaelhall-oc4nj]

How to Summon a Water Elemental Anywhere Step 1: Decanter of Endless Water Step 2: geyser someone Step 3: use the fifty-or-so gallons of water on the floor to summon a water elemental Step 4: profit

[@TheFixer710]

Lets see what happens if we make a water weird out of Styx water.

[@K_E_Robin]

I'm thinking an monastic Earth Gensai Monk that comes from Kara-Tur would be nice. :)

[@funwithmadness]

I thought at first Jim Davis' T-shirt said "BeerHolder". :)

[@Tmanowns]

Hahaha thank you for the Community reference!

[@rocktroll2002]

still using 3.5 and I love using the urdunnir dwarves, I would like to know whether they are in 5th edition? and your thoughts about what they are capable of. stoneshape as 8th level sorcerer 1 per round, stone walk at will and metal shape with one round of concentration plus standard dwarven abilities.

[@chrisdrew1768]

I had my high level players deal with a Mephit swarm that descended on them in the elemental plane of fire, rather than stating it I treated it as a dungeon hazard, it terified them

[@Jpriley94]

I'm in the middle of writing a Pirate themed campaign, where one of my PCs is playing an infamous (in our group) pirate captain, and just wondered if you guys had any ideas for fun and not too serious quests that I could throw her and the crew into? Or if there's a chance of a pirate themed video coming out? Also I love this show!

[@jimdavis141]

Fun things to do on a pirate ship: hunt giant sea creatures, go deep sea diving for treasures, make alliances with other pirates, attack other ships and steal their stuff, search forgotten ruins on deserted islands, trade with sea folk - merfolk, tritons, sea elves, etc. Do you play video games? Assassin's Creed: Black Flag is great inspiration for a pirate game, I highly recommend it.

[@Eccofire]

I'm planning on having a class of cultist Mage fighter hybrids (man I might need to shorten the name) that use elementals in battle to up their own strength though the elementals. Like having a living suit of stone armor, air elementals that give a person more than enough oxygen, stuff along those lines. I don't want to give away the campaign, but it is going to make That mechanical cult a hell of a lot more intresting.

[@chaddixon9764]

Just make them Eldritch Knights?

[@Eccofire]

Chad-Solomon Dixon I guess I could, but I would rather create something new, though thank you for bringing them up, I might base some of the stats off of them.

[@chaddixon9764]

Eccofire Np

[@espersghost13]

loved the video! could you maybe go over a Wizard Tower adventure next?

[@JPruinc]

Patrick Harkins I will put it on the list. Thanks for the support.

[@hoomanghasemzadeasl2433]

elementals are my favourite monsters to do weard things with

[@padenstewart781]

One time a player in my game made a water elemental from a barrel of ale

[@TV-qm8ob]

Which elemental would you be?

[@ardinhelme687]

I gave my party of level 1 players a bag of modified elemental gems, most of which have mephits in them. We'll see how that turns out...

[@digunder14]

what about an elemental that is all 4 elements at once? i'd love to see a vid or something on how one of those would work

[@zenwolf3081]

How would you guys do a lava elemental or an ice elemental?

[@paulcoy9060]

3rd Edition "Manual of the Planes", or maybe it was "Planar Handbook", had a bunch of them, Magma, Ice, Smoke, and Mud, Para-Elementals and Quasi-Elementals.

[@delravinger2740]

Can you do an episode on nonmagical weapons and properties?

[@shamusfarmer7057]

We're all kinda like flesh-elementals, aren't we?

[@kevinchristiansen4348]

I love elementals in gaming lol. elementals kick ass.. my favorites are earth and fire elementals

[@brianb.2357]

What's the moral backing behind killing fiends? I know fighting elementals and constructs are usually consequence free, but since fiends have personalities and are the embodiment of evil, is it moral to kill them? There is the whole Blood War complication, where fighting one of the fiends strengthens the other.

[@thechosenjam]

If you summoned a water elemental could you drink it? Like summone then drink it depends on how much water you use to summon

[@narutobankai]

I think you guys should really consider recording and uploading some of your games! I think you have that spark much like critical role and could have a lot of success!

[@TheAnonyomusGuy]

Don't forget to sea elves

[@MRSterling78]

How about an episode on Liches and Death Knights?

[@chaddixon9764]

Trolls are my favourite monster and my party knows it lol

[@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX]

Change some of the weaknesses if they are getting tired of it.

[@chaddixon9764]

Gertrude Smeetheens Nah they aren't getting tired of it. The thing is I almost never use a monster 2x and Trolls have appeared 4x in my campaign so they kinda figured I like Trolls. And ofc the reason I like them is that they can be different types because Trolls can basically gain the abilities of whatever they eat.

[@Xx_BoogieBomber_xX]

Chad-Solomon Dixon Yeah but if it stops being a challenge for them, you can always do both. I smell dead adventurers...

[@jlinus7251]

It's really random but my bard has a fire elemental summon, and it's a really small fire elemental because she's really bad at magic.

[@glacialrelic7878]

invisible stalker is pretty badass tho. You guys got any summoner builds?

[@blahlbinoa]

Great show as always! Will you be reviewing any of the Volo's Guide to Monsters when it comes out?

[@ayotl_witch7162]

THE ABYSS!

[@1Lee]

Have you guys considered doing some podcasting? I would subscribe.

[@jimdavis141]

Yes, we've considered doing a companion podcast for each episode. Our dreams are big, but our free time is limited.

[@bmartin5525]

No mention of Princes of the Apocalypse?

[@politikh]

This is a bit old, but I'm running PotA right now, would love to pick your brains about it ;)

[@funnyvalentine4298]

I swallowed a water Elemental what should happen to me ?

[@Gatzlocke]

"gonna be a Britta about it"

[@swainer25]

Ahahah be a Britta about it... kill me

[@bronson6096]

If I could make a suggestion, raise the camera up a little and zoom in slightly to crop out the floor. I see it as the only flaw in an otherwise nice set. If you're keen on having the floor in the shot, move away the cables and bags :-) Also, are there any episodes for necromancy planned? Not sure if you saw my last message.

[@jimdavis141]

I believe it's on our list. So many ideas, so little free time.

[@bronson6096]

Do you have a patreon? Perhaps that would open the door for formal suggestions and a way for you guys to grow the show. I could honestly see this becoming something you two could quit your jobs for if it keeps growing.

[@Fictonalicious]

What is the fire one named?

[@pentatonic7311]

13th so close xD

[@nyxnecrodragon4256]

What do you use to summon an Invisible Stalker? they're CR 6 and conjure elemental only goes up to CR 5

[@brettshull2141]

If you cast at 6th level, the invisible stalker becomes possible.

[@QCreyton]

Why does nobody feel like summoning elementals is ok but not undead? Elementals are literally mortal spirits that are bound to an element. Undead are the exact same thing except they're bound to the material plane instead the elemental ones...

[@chaddixon9764]

QCreyton Actually according to the MM elementals have a life of their own, no mortal soul required. It's why they have their own plane on which they live etc.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

I would question how the necromancy works before dismissing it, do you keep the soul from moving on or force it back into its corpse and force it to serve you or do you simply pour your magic into an otherwise dead creature giving it the appearance of "life" . . . trapping and enslaving a soul is definitely evil, reanimating a dead creatures body with magic is still messed up but isn't evil and elementals have a 'dim consciousness' and 'little sense of being' (according to the MM anyway) they can only take form when focused by magic, using necromancy is a bit more questionable than other schools of magic but depending on how it works there is next to no difference between conjuring an elemental and creating a zombie (an elemental probably has more of a sense of self than the soulless corpse off Jeff the zombie swordsman)

[@QCreyton]

Chad-Solomon Dixon their ecology is that they are mortal souls that never fully passed on but instead merged with a portion of the elemental chaos along the way. all they are is a mortal soul animating a different type of body. if they'd merged with the ethereal plane they'd be a ghost instead.

[@chaddixon9764]

QCreyton Idk where you are getting that info because that is not their ecology in 5E.

[@TVlord5]

So for the adventure idea you threw out there about getting a fire weapon (and specifically against trolls) like...how long of an adventure would that be? I mean youve brought up going on quests to get magical items but it doesnt seem worth it when magic exists...why go on this long perilous journey to create a magic weapon..when by level 5 your wizard/sorcerer can just start slinging fireballs. It seems like enchanted weapons of various types seem pretty useless when theyre only needed against pretty strong enemies that even with the weapon youd be too weak to fight, and by the time its safe to fight well then you dont need the item!

[@kingmasterlord]

isn't a troll kind of a biological life elemental?