Modrons, the OG Robots of D&D

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

Correct, *Nordom* is Modron spelled backwards, but that isn't just a pun. As everything in Planescape: Torment, the name has a very philosophical root. Nordom is _literally_ a backwards Modron. Whereas Modrons are "the angels" of order, he was a being of chaos. He was an outsider, an exception. And the poor thing was quite confused about the whole thing, too. My favorite Nordom quote is: "I think, therefore I am... I think." 🤔

[@opshlds]

That game was fantastic!

[@archam777]

6:16.......Man the artwork for 2nd edition was sssooooo friggen epic!!!

[@mzaite]

That was mostly specific to Planescape. A lot of 2nd Ed was a bunch of Frazetta looking stuff. Planescape had a very specific design style to it.

[@archam777]

@@mzaite Yah, well Planescape was on friggen point >.

[@Xkhaosxzeus]

So modrons March through the Abyss!? Poor monodrones 😂

[@XX-sp3tt]

There is a difference between a rogue modron and a exiled modron. Exiled modrons have filled out the proper paperwork, are severed from the hive mind, and are treated by other modrons like any other non-mordron.

[@SimonDouville1]

-I cast command on the Modron. -Ok, the Modron fail the save what is it you're commanding? -"False" *DM pikachu face*

[@insanity4th63]

My favorite Modron fact is that when Orcus was defeated and turn into a shadow demon he killed Primus, took Primus place, made the Modrons March early to get his wand back, and then dipped once he got his wand, leaving behind corrupted code in some Modrons

[@D--FENS]

"Attention: Morte. I have a question. Do I have free will?" *If free will means obeying my orders without question, then yes.* "Free will does not seem to hold many benefits for a modron."

[@webslinger325]

Thanks for the info. I made a Modron campaign that started out on the underside of a new gear. The modrons march every 28 years on this gear alone and the players have yet to figure out why.

[@zacharyhawley1693]

The adorable creations of order. I wonder if they'll ever recover from the rogue March? 🧐

[@bthanbeethan5590]

What did the rouge march do to them?

[@zacharyhawley1693]

@@bthanbeethan5590 Jolly Ol Orcus first lost his spark and then his stick alas, alas a shadow, a shadow spoke and primus died.

[@Torlik11]

@@bthanbeethan5590 The rouge did nothing. The rogue, tho...

[@justnoob8141]

@@bthanbeethan5590 the path of rogue march just went everywhere instead of a dictated path, causing them to walk at random and lost and going insane century later

[@nyarparablepsis872]

The Modron March was (and still is!) the greatest adventure collection ever. Damn you, Orcus, for your devilish shenanigans!

[@MathiasRyuzaki]

Great timing for this video. I just finished Planescape Torment and have been reading a lot of the sourcebooks (for inspiration for an adventure that I'm writing). The Modrons, they concept of hierarchy, the beurocracy of order/law, those things are incredible well written. Love the little guys.

[@pakkrat7654]

Excellent timing as I have a setting NPC who is a Rogue Quadrone lost 'detached' from the most recent Modron March, lost while trekking the Beastlands lowest layer and come to the Prime Material Plane via a standing stone Gate. Quadrone-1248 or Light Autonomous Repair Individual (LARI) is the local repairman of the community, misunderstood and often resulting in awkward dialogue.

[@alucas705]

Fun fact Nordom is voiced by Dan Castellaneta the voicr of Homer Simpson

[@Oscar_Garrido]

On one of the last UAs we got the Glitchling race and those are basically rogue modrons with other name for some reason

[@SwedishSalmonbox]

maybe because its us and they want to keep it a uncertainty. The fact that we hace a clockwork sorcerer and a cleric of order makes me believe we Will get the glitching as a mordron when it gets official!

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

I love modrons and incorporate them into every adventure in some way

[@FartStudiosOfficial]

Modrons are my favorite DnD Creatures, I try to find information bout’ em’ but i can’t! THANK YOU!!!!!D

[@jannfredryckmatias3545]

Cool! Hahaha it's so fortuitous that you made this vid, have just recently started playing a Clockwork Soul Sorcerer who has great relationship with Modrons

[@KnicKnac]

Great March is just a good way for the Modrons to stretch thier legs. In celebration of 5.5 they should have a Modron March book or adventure.

[@druid_zephyrus]

I strongly second this comment

[@mzaite]

There's a Home Brew 5e conversion of it banging around out there.

[@cameronpearce5943]

Glitchling's from the Multiverse UA is basically a playable Modron

[@GlidingZephyr]

I ran a campaign once in which the party of seven characters were transported to the Modrons' home plane in order to quickly traverse a huge region of the main world (kind of like The Nether in Minecraft, except this was back when the reference didn't exist yet). Since most of the players were playing an "evil" character, some of whom were chaotic too, this ended about as well as you can imagine. There weren't any more shortcuts after that debacle! 😂

[@Reubenaut]

Some extra thing to know for dm purposes. A rogue modron can still command lesser modrons One rogue modron is in the astral plane and she makes magic weapons

[@druid_zephyrus]

One of my favorite NPCs I have ever made is Captain James Hook having been cursed to exist tethered to his hat, making the hat sentient and eliminating any other physical form, was put on by a rogue Decadron. They are now named Captain James Silverbeard and they fly a both sea worthy and Spelljammer vessel named "The Endless March". In Spelljammer mode it is all gold and seems, to the keenest of eyes, to run on Pixie Dust. This NPC shows up somehow in every campaign I run. The Crew of "The Endless March" are all the Modron previously under the command of the rogue Decadron. First Mate is Mr. Eems the remaining Pentadron aboard. I love you Capt. Silverbeard. -Your Friendly Neighborhood Druid

[@LdapTv1969]

The Acquisitions Incorporate sourcebook adventure has Modrons in it.

[@largo778]

due to a strange coincidence, the "god" of Modrons has the same name as the "god" of the Transformers.... so maybe the Great March is Primus looking for the location to build Cybertron?

[@Eldagusto]

Sweet Lorna Dane Reference Broham

[@scod9746]

Amazing video about the planes creatures!

[@Slamdance3535]

Love me some Modrons, love me some Jorphdan lore drops.

[@repubblesmcglonky8990]

I'm wondering if Bethesda took ideas from Modrons and Mechanus when they designed the Knights of Order, the Auriels/Mazken in Oblivion since the latter come from the "Waters of Oblivion" and the former are literally Pure Order

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

These creatures are perfect for my "Steampunk" bottle episode.

[@jarydf]

I love it when you say - the ph is silent.

[@PlaneswalkerTARDIS]

You missed the best part of Roll for Combat's new work: it's for both Pathfinder 2e and DnD 5e (separate books for each). Perfect for a party split between Crunchy and Smooth

[@SZRLM]

Contemplating having an adventure like Descent into Avernus get interrupted or lead into something like The Great Modron March

[@Jorphdan]

You can totally work! Or if the players don't engage, it does make the planes feel bigger and full of other mysteries

[@TylerSkylionChilders]

Tony D made them come alive in Planescape. Back int he 80s I thought they were like TRON bits

[@XX-sp3tt]

5:06 Time to survey and patch up the multiverse.

[@ckmishn3664]

I'm not sure the creators of D&D really grasp the meaning of "infinite". The number of Modrons is measured in the thousands, in a universe where even a number of Modrons equaling Graham's Number would be insignificant.

[@ShadeUnderTheSoul]

Glad someone else feels this way, it's a consistent problem with DnD for me in general, the problem of scale.

[@KyleCanessa]

In Critical Role, a character is an Automaton. I like to picture him as Modron

[@groble]

This is so perfectly timed, I’m about to use the modrons in my campaign

[@RyanM92]

Anything and everything to do with Mechanus is very welcome to me.

[@rjh7101]

Ok now WOTC has to make a the Modron Census Taker class. Skill focus data collecting and scribing. Their only weapons are a pen and clipboard.

[@benjaminweaver5364]

I have a suggestion: How about a lore video about the "real world" and its place in D & D canon. I remember all those "Wizard's Three" articles from Dragon magazine that took place on Earth. There are a few other references too. I seem to remember a module where you stole the Mace of St. Cuthbert from the British Museum.

[@Cbev1994]

That X-men shout out tho

[@robbechristiaens6384]

Hi Jorphdan, I would love a more detailed video about The Shaar. You mentioned it (and Eastern Shaar) in a few video's but I don't think you have one about that region in particular. I love everything you do, you are an amazing inspiration to me as a DM. kind regards

[@O4C209]

The Great Modron March throws the timing into question. Also how long does a march take?

[@razzelmire2008]

Still extremely pissed that Paizo failed to stat the Hierarch Modrons in Dragon and WotC failed to do the same with the Hierarchs for 5e. Can’t be that difficult to stat them all as they should. If you’re not stating all 14 Modron types you’re fucking up bad. (15 if you manage to stat Primus)

[@east2westfan]

Great video, I will def be back

[@kadargo2178]

Awsome video as always brother!

[@garymorris7472]

I really do miss 2nd Edition 😢

[@darkhawk123]

@Jorphan To dissect something while it is living is to "vivisect" it.

[@Jorphdan]

you are correct

[@Rensune]

The Cause (of Killing Rogue Modrons) is pretty obvious: Modrons have a Limited amount of "Souls". If a Modron goes Rogue, not only is it Not performing it's intended task, it Can't be replaced, either.

[@ArgonZavious]

so youtube just wont play this one for me... watched a few other channels while trying to load this... reloaded the page 3 times, opened in a new window. Wild.

[@Jorphdan]

The algorithm is against me!! 😜

[@ArgonZavious]

@@Jorphdan Just a good excuse to catch up!

[@ArgonZavious]

I can now, watch your videos again.

[@mikegeyer4138]

Love your channel

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks!

[@CrusaderofLight1]

Hi Jorphdan. Was wondering if you have done a video on Mithral Hall? I cannot seem to find anything about it.

[@Jorphdan]

I don't think I have directly. If I don't find one I'll add it to my list.

[@CrusaderofLight1]

@@Jorphdan Thanks man that would be very awesome :)

[@KitKatWiffleBallBat]

🤖 Boop. Beep. Bloop.

[@millerdiamond708]

Modrons remind of the servent enemies from the eternal cylinder the remains of humans becomeing bio punk cyborg monsters like sid made creations

[@millerdiamond708]

the bio parts of these machines freak me out they look like human body horror creatures

[@mikegould6590]

Have you seen the Glitchling UA, wherin you get to play a rogue Modron?

[@Jorphdan]

Yep!

[@BockwinkleB]

Planescape Torment was a WOTC game, not TSR.

[@MichaelNgTzeWei]

No, Planescape: Torment, modrons and the Nameless One protagonist are made during TSR.

[@myths_and_Legend]

Where did you find the Modrone voice lines? I'd love to use them for twitch and d&d stuff.

[@Jorphdan]

They're from Planescape torment. You can find them all in a big KZbin video

[@myths_and_Legend]

@@Jorphdan Thanks Jorphdan!

[@kevinferreira6608]

Can you do videos on all of them, lad?

[@kendrixhavlik3051]

they are sooo cute

[@misomiso8228]

Review of the new Spelljamemr Adventure?

[@darriandalangini377]

Where can I find the stat block for them in 5th ed?

[@Jorphdan]

Monster Manual!

[@zach5539]

Minions .. just say it lol

[@thebatestbat2278]

What did you use to make the modron voice?

[@bensaret]

Love the great modron March campaign, though my non-gamer friends like to poke fun at me by calling it the great Moron March…

[@davidblakley6806]

uh p.h. you kinda glossed over vivisection a little too casually...

[@Jorphdan]

Best not to think about it