Forgotten Realms - Myconids, Deep Gnomes and Other Good Denizens of the Underdark

[@LawrenceofCanadia]

Been absolutely binging all of this content. Best thing to fall asleep to ever.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much, pleasant dreams! ^^

[@buckz999]

Had a lot of fun helping out the myconids and sverfneblin communities in the Out of the Abyss campaign!

[@Lorepaedia]

They will sing songs for generations about their Tall/Soft saviors. ^^

[@dudefrombelgium]

Thank you for including links to the background music. Gods bless you.

[@Lorepaedia]

It's all free music you can use on your own videos too!

[@AnhNguyen-so1ze]

Thanks for providing great content! Love listening to these long videos for my road trips.

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much, have (a) good trip(s)!

[@SuperEagle112]

The circle of spores Druid is my absolute favorite subclass in 5e and now that the Spore order has been added to pathfinder I’m all in there. I can play as a Fungus Leshy (a plant based explorer) that’s a spore order Druid. So much fun.

[@Lorepaedia]

Yeah I think these guys would be fascinating to play. Tons of opportunity for fish out of water comedy and other hijinks.

[@Lorepaedia]

Yells in Dwarvish: MYCONID STEW IS PEOPLE!

[@Nick-rs5if]

Gives "Soylent Green" a whole new meaning...

[@estherlecter]

I love this so much you have no idea. Such a captivating video, i got completely lost in imagination so i'll have to rewatch it

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! ^^

[@sundaymourning_]

unfortunately i don’t have a d&d group to play with so stats aren’t of interest to me at the moment, but straight up lore videos? cannot get enough. i’m so glad you came up on my recommended, i love your channel already!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks so much! I like your Flork. ^^

[@evandierker2272]

Dude! Try solo gaming! There's a wealth of stuff out there for b/x (old edition I know but solo rpgs need to be rules light) There's also good stuff for od&d and I highly recommend Kal arath as a booklet that contains everything to solo.

[@sundaymourning_]

@@evandierker2272hey thanks! i’ll for sure look into that!

[@peggle09]

The under dark is such an amazing place. Deadly things around every corner with a fair sprinkling of good in such a deep dark place in the world.

[@Lorepaedia]

It's definitely a very fascinating place with a lot of cool creatures and civilizations. I have an underdark playlist if you are interested. I think the last video I have remaining for the series is Illithids, although I would be interested if you think there are other underdark topics I haven't yet covered.

[@mattreinhardt4866]

Love the art and soft consistent voice. Gonna keep watching all these for a good while ❤

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks, enjoy! ^^

[@real_surreal_sir]

My most recent character is a lawful evil svirfneblin monk corrupted and traumatized by experience of bigger Underk beings trafficking him in slave trade; is 2ft10 but has a napoleon complex and swears hes an even 3 feet tall; is very well-adjusted, thank you very much, and brutal self-discipline WILL eventually fill the hole in his heart and soul, Dammit Man D&D is so fun

[@Lorepaedia]

Amazing. Godspeed little guy.

[@clap2973]

Gods the myconids are so cool. If there’s one species I’d want to meet from D&D, it’d be them. Awesome video!

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks! Yeah I agree, probably the coolest god I've covered so far.

[@Devlerbat]

I recall 3.5 Unearthed Arcana having non-evil lightbug humanoids that lived in the Underdark, but I confess that I can't remember much about them now.

[@Lorepaedia]

Sounds cool, let me know if you dig anything up!

[@Devlerbat]

@@Lorepaedia I finally found it. They are called Diopsids. They love metalwork but tend to lack the ability to make any themselves, so they work as mercenaries for other races and their language is done through flashing their lights. They don't have a written language which is what hinders their technological development (hence why they tend not to be able to make their own metal work). The Diopsids love intermingling with other races and tend to live in caverns that have a mix of different people in them.

[@Lorepaedia]

@@Devlerbat They have a cool look. The Underdark could use more creatures that just wanna vibe.

[@DJToMyHits]

There is a huge lack of baldur's gate 3 specific lore specifically talking about connections to the actual d&d lore that they put in. It would be cool to see someone do that.

[@Lorepaedia]

Yeah I want to do something like this eventually, I'm trying to figure out how to do it without spoilers (or at least being up front about it) and I think the format would need to be a bit different to account for the branching narrative possibilities.

[@loserinasuit7880]

​@@Lorepaedia Game has been out long enough that you should just say spoilers and keep pushing on.

[@taylorbullard2118]

Boom new lorepedia!!!!

[@Lorepaedia]

💥

[@Lorepaedia]

The comic book about Trap is called Honor Among Thieves: The Feast of the Moon. Apparently they made like a bunch more DnD movies after that terrible DnD movie that made me never see any more DnD movies. Anyway, they made that comic for one of the new movies (which by the way are apparently pretty decent) and it looks pretty good!

[@jacobfreeman5444]

You are not being clear. You are gonna have to be specific which terrible DND movie you mean

[@Lorepaedia]

@@jacobfreeman5444 The one with a Wayans brother. Ngl I would watch Jeremy Irons in another dnd movie though.

[@helloidharbl6753]

Killed A LOT of these in Icewind Dale.

[@purplerose2124]

Idk if youve ever got this critique before but its about the audio. I think the music is *just a bit* too much louder than you. And i think you sound echoey. Idk if its the room or the mic. Happy content making ❤❤❤ hope this helps a lil bit maybe

[@Lorepaedia]

Yeah thanks for the feedback. I will try to do a better job balancing the narration and music. I've done about all I can to mitigate the echo in my recording space, but I will see if there is any other post-processing I can do.

[@purplerose2124]

@Lorepaedia if it makes you feel better the echo is not that bad. A lot of creators record in a closet but ik that isnt an option for everyone lmao

[@newyakkocity8267]

Comment for the algorithm gods

[@Lorepaedia]

Reply for gratitude.

[@nightchicken3517]

Reply for interaction, I heard the AI overlords love interaction

[@Lorepaedia]

@@nightchicken3517 thank you for appeasing the roboverlords. o7

[@EmoryNester]

That's funny just found the Shrooms folkin BG3 yesterday lol

[@Lorepaedia]

nice!

[@ernestlam5632]

Why evolve movement if not to commit violence?

[@Lorepaedia]

A question we can unfortunately only pose to an insane interdimensional fungus.

[@GreatSageOfBro]

First comment, yay Looking forward to another great lore video

[@Lorepaedia]

Thanks for watching first! :D

[@WastedMillennium]

Great video but music volume is way too high

[@Lorepaedia]

I will improve the audio balancing in the future.

[@bufo1034]

Did something happen with the mic or the mixing? I have stable audio on and the music sounds a bit too loud compared to the voice🤔

[@Lorepaedia]

Yeah basically I've been trying to switch from idiot audio tools to proper ones that take an actual brain to understand. I'll try to balance better next time.

[@LemonLicker]

​@Lorepaedia it's only slightly too loud, i only noticed after seeing this

[@KrullKama]

As my current character is a Paladin of Ilmater, from the Monastery of the yellow rose in the bloodstone lands… Please! The Ilmatari, Vaasa, Damara and maybe a rhemoraz or two?

[@Lorepaedia]

Sure, I'll try to cover this

[@KrullKama]

@@Lorepaedia the Warlock Knights, Zhengyi, Bloodstone Keep, the earthspur mountains. It’s a beautiful place in my mind… I’m glad I can visit it in my own head

[@xMrDesmond]

i wonder would they taste good with a little bit of butter ? ;D

[@Lorepaedia]

Not Kevin! :O

[@eddiebendigo7317]

I always wondered what Belwar did when he had to go poo..

[@Lorepaedia]

Questions like these haunted me while making the entire episode.

[@Jimmy-p9n]

Wonder why Mithral Hall didn't return the favour to the deep gnomes?!?

[@Lorepaedia]

Too busy eating Myconids.

[@Skrimpish]

Peaceful nature? Bg2 has entered the chat...

[@Lorepaedia]

That's how they get you.

[@tomdreler6528]

God, i hated them in that game

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Orogs are good?

[@Lorepaedia]

Nah, I think there is a case to be made they aren't as bad as duergar, drow or illithids but it was more just that I couldn't fit them into the other episode. :x

[@oxylepy2]

God, Myconids are cool, but they just remind me of how D&D can be TOO fantastical. Go try to be in a pirate game, meet a captain, not a single human anywhere to be found, every GD race is represented though, and of course, random myconids spattered about, like "Nah, nope, dude the game is over, the demographics are *ed"

[@Lorepaedia]

Yeah I agree that even compared to other fantasy species they are quite fantastical. I think it was a good decision to keep them stuck in the Underdark.

[@creamyisdead]

Dnd...is too.. Fantastical?

[@Lorepaedia]

@@creamyisdead sometimes you want a more grounded vibe, at least for low-level play.