Legendlore: Bane the Strife Emperor | Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition God Breakdown

Hello and welcome friends to Legendlore, where I draw pictures of gods, monsters, and characters from D&D while giving a small but dense history about them! This week, we will be going over another one of my favorite gods from D&D, one of the few who ascended from being a mortal, and sits as one third of the legendary Dead Three: Bane.
Timestamps:
0:43 - Bane Overview
2:23 - Bane Appearance, Personality, & Abilities
5:14 - Bane's Relationship With Other Gods
7:07 - Bane's Church, Clerical Orders, Rituals, and Artifacts
13:06 - Roleplaying Bane At the Table
15:00 - Classes & Subclasses Aligned With Bane
20:34 - Bane-Worshiping NPCs & Bane-based Quest Ideas
22:20 - Bane-focused Magic Items
22:47 - Legendlore Magic Item: The All-Gauntlet
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[@deptusmechanikus7362]

K-Pop idol Bane? Now Gortash's appearance in BG3 makes complete sense

[@Deejay-hd1ex]

Myrkul and Bhaal were actually subservient deities to Bane, this is plainly evident when Myrkul basically ended the life of every assassin on the planet to power up Bane during the siege of Tantras. as Bane was particularly miffed Bhaal kinda failed at everything during that whole crisis.

[@farceFacade]

BG3 got me looking into some lore. You do a great job at conveying the information, and nice artwork.

[@itslegendlore]

I do my best xD thank you so much!

[@AdrianCHOY]

Doesn’t anyone feel that the narrator of BG3 has too modern a voice?

[@FathersUnited-fu]

Played a Paladin of Bane for a couple of sessions. Was no nonsense & searching for a worthy ruler to serve. He had a soft spot for children & didnt tolerate unnecessary harm to children or women tho. Got me into several fights with NPCs.

[@itslegendlore]

Good fights to get into xP

[@tyrant-den884]

Some women really want to fight you.

[@BDTMack]

Awesome to see this! I think Bane has the potential to be a truely terrifying villianous force. I love the idea of an imperialist theocracy ruled by priests of Bane trying to conquer and convert the world into its strict oppressive religious hierarchy. They would make evil faction for the heroes to fight against. Something a little bit like the Empire of Fjorden from the novel Elantris for anyone who has read it. Not a Forgotten Realms novel but still a really good work of fantasy that I would highly recommend.

[@redfaux74]

Yes. Intelligence. Not just brute force. Tactics and betrayals.

[@voryndagothDL]

Your designs of Forgotten Realm deities by far the BEST out there, which makes it all the more of a shame that your channel doesn't get nearly enough recognition.

[@itslegendlore]

thank you so much :) and we're working towards it, spread the word if you can every bit helps so much

[@Bobbybobbeh]

I had a eldritch knight fighter with a find familiar of a black cat with green eyes once show a aspect of Bane their cat. And after a few very high charisma and roleplaying roles. Allowed Bane to be like ‘aww, who’s the lord of this hopeless group of adventurers?’ To the cat. A joke on how cats see us as their servants irl. And gave the fighter a boon of Bane. Called ‘the backhand/catswipe of Bane.’ When as a Bonus action, once be long rest, they can do a unarmed melee attack, dealing 1d4 + STR mod, and that one target is under the Bane spell for the rest of the combat.’ - gotta love lore forward boons and RP moments.

[@Soul_Slayer]

Came back after playing BG3. *[Spoilers (kinda) Below]* Will now be referring to Gortash's gauntlet as 'The Pimp Hand' from now on. 😂

[@itslegendlore]

HA! love it xD

[@Angelfyre.]

I always think of Mordekaiser from League of Legends when thinking of Bane

[@itslegendlore]

I second this notion xP

[@IdiotinGlans]

I can see this

[@gregorsmith428]

Impressive artwork! Can't wait for the next ones!

[@raff3486]

Great video, loved every bit of it!

[@itslegendlore]

Thank you so much :)

[@williamhenry8914]

such a great channel bro well done

[@itslegendlore]

Thank you!

[@danielzarkos]

Amazing as always!

[@redfaux74]

Your use of highlights in the dark is impressive. I think unique spells, mage and cleric, for deities and dragons is often overlooked. They are just as important as a unique weapon or battle standard.

[@itslegendlore]

100% agree :)

[@spookieloop]

I'm dragging Bane in as one of the main 3 BBEGs for a new campaign slotted into our table's universe (Starting with a murder mystery at Castle Ravenloft Strahd is hosting to fuck with the big 3 baddies, since Strahd is a god in his own right by the time our campaign is set). This will introduce Baba Yaga, Vecna, and Bane as the big bads for this campaign, and tease the artifacts that will ultimately play a hand in the ruination of their plans. (Vecna's portion will mostly follow Eve of Ruin, but since Asmodeus is a huge player in our campaign and the other DM and I had a big endgame in mind, I'm going to have Baba Yaga, Vecna, and Bane ALL trying to take power for themselves. Strahd is in cahoots with Glasya during all of this, and both of them are working currently to keep these three from messing up Asmodeus's grand plan)

[@user-ow2yr4nu4z]

I ry wish someone would pen a book of the Journey of the Dead Three. It must have been a little crazy not having a priest or cleric. Each one must have had a bag of holding just full of heals and cures and items that refresh after full rest that had the same. It would be hars to imagine that they DIDNT have some sense of comradery. They had to know how to work independently but also a team to a pretty extreme level. There most likely wasent any kind of love but there had to be respect..or thats what they convinced themselves. They couldnt of have such detachment from each other, maybe fueding prideful brothers, but there was still that connection.

[@DanaTheLateBloomingFruitLoop]

Thank you for this video. It really helps me to flesh out Bane is the puppetmaster of the big bad to-be in the campaign I'm planning. A forgotten out-of-wedlock descendant of a long dead tyrannical king (noone knows except for the reclusive elven court wizard) arrives in the (currently rather peaceful) kingdom and gets corrupted (corrected and educated) by a secret Banite sect in the royal knights' order and have awaited their beloved king's reincarnation to claim the throne. Can the players discover the blessed one's origins and stop his corruption or will they accompany him on his rise to power?

[@wanderdragon1075]

Oh I’d love to see Zhentarim and Harpers videos!

[@itslegendlore]

i intend to get to them someday for sure :)

[@HanyaPanya444]

Just had a crackpot idea for a bane cleric. A peace cleric, PEACE THROUGH TYRANNY. Its peace when the people are so utterly tyrannized and oppressed that they can't fight back and when all foes are annihilated.

[@itslegendlore]

That’s an excellent idea 💡

[@brendanrobinson6043]

I’m so afraid of what K-Pop Bane is…

[@purpledevilr7463]

Turns out it’s Gangnam style, not Boy Bands.

[@beastwarsFTW]

My friend's campaign has Bane's dogma be like the Starwars Legions Sith or The Decepticons with the idea that treachery is not only tolerated but encouraged but if you betray someone you can't afford to make any mistakes in said betrayal. Also while he has clerics, his chosen don't try so seek his favor so much as try to gain power for themselves and Bane gifts them for gaining power.

[@L0rdm3phiston]

In the lore, it said that Bane subjugated Maglubyet and the other goblinoid gods (those the Mag didnt kill when he subjugated them) so the goblinoids have to honor Bane in order to honor Mag on the other Goblinoid deities, or else be probably cause their deities pain.

[@itslegendlore]

That’s pretty cool!

[@michaelcox9855]

Of the 3 I think he is lesser of the evils. That is why he takes the backseat.

[@LordOfFlies]

You should make more videos about dragon gods that arent tiamat or bahamut!

[@tyrant-den884]

MTG Bane is definitely the one Gortash serves.

[@evenfrank5223]

i remember a character like this in either oblivion or skyrim maybe both, it was an orc god that gave you a mace.

[@itslegendlore]

Malacath is the orc god I think but I also knon Molag Bal gives you one

[@bitzbytes5242]

I am currently running GoS and I have reflavored The Scarlett Brotherhood and King of Tilvanot to be Bane Worshipers.

[@itslegendlore]

That’s super awesome!

[@user-ow2yr4nu4z]

I e thought about the journey thr 3 must have taken and how it must have been absolutely insane. It may have not been possible for a single one alone. They would hace to been the most powerful mortals in tge world or all tge planes.

[@headboil]

Nice drawing 😎👍

[@itslegendlore]

Thanks!

[@danielzarkos]

It would be awesome if you do one for Tyr and Torm as well!

[@itslegendlore]

Both are definitely on my list :)

[@danielzarkos]

@legendl0re , I wanted to express my admiration for your brilliant design of Bane, particularly the choice to depict him wearing a helmet that conceals his face. It adds a mysterious and enigmatic quality to his appearance, reinforcing the notion that he transcends mere mortals and embodies the essence of a true deity. The helmet hiding his face serves as a symbol of tyranny and war, further emphasizing his imposing presence. It's an excellent artistic representation that captures the essence of Bane's divine nature.

[@itslegendlore]

@@danielzarkos thank you so much that means a lot :) I wanted to have that big scary knight feeling but with an air of conquest and superiority

[@WillFXdesign]

Very cool!

[@ronaldball4570]

I don't know if you've already done them. And I just can't find them for some reason. But are you ever gonna do the gray hawk God's and goddess's

[@djj949]

Pimp hand, lmfao

[@mickel1470]

There's no escaping k-pop Bane..

[@b-o-n-d-y9478]

K-pop Bane 😂

[@bastiancole3565]

"K-Pop Idol bane", i had to go look that one up because i do not give a shit about WOTC as a company least of all their constantly egregious card game that likes to make a mockery of the IPs it inherits, if you all remember what they did to Aragorn from LOTR. Anyway, upon seeing their "Bane" i busted down laughing, what a joke.

[@itslegendlore]

@@bastiancole3565 K-PoP bane haunts my nightmares xD tho I actually did like their interpretation of LOTR for the cards, big magic is a money sink that I refuse to indulge in overall so I admire it from afar

[@tooslow4065]

shame that asmodeus could easily kill him.

[@itslegendlore]

None can contend with Asmo 😎

[@IdiotinGlans]

I think Bane now takes backseat because he was a big deal in 4e, which was unpopular