Dinosaurs, magic, ancient Egypt and highly advanced alien technology. Golarion has a little bit of everything and I absolutely love it.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Players, meet the kitchen sink. ;-)
@CooperativeWaffles7 ай бұрын
...and the baby remains in the bath💧water.
@chrystals.43767 ай бұрын
It's the pseudo Egypt that makes me tempted to try out Pathfinder before Starfinder.
@zacharyhawley16937 ай бұрын
😂 you can survive demonic invasions, an alien assault and traverse ancient ruins just to get devoured by dinosaurs. ❤❤❤
@GodzillaRex1007 ай бұрын
And Kaiju
@FiadhFeyre8 ай бұрын
I'm always here for dinosaurs. 🦕🦖
@TheMythKeeper8 ай бұрын
Rawr!
@OldGreyGryphon7 ай бұрын
Same!
@levizilla-rf1pmАй бұрын
same
@chrystals.43767 ай бұрын
Demitridon is a Synapsid thats distantly related to Mammals, not a Reptile, but I wouldn't be surprised if Paizo made a goof with the classification, many still do.
@Breakingfasst887 ай бұрын
All these Dinosaurs make the world of so much more diverse, but seeing the Froghemoth Pathfinder is just something else. CR 13 and near 300 HP, that thing is IMMENSE. I'd love to have it as a boss monster in my campaign.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Its a big amphibian for sure!
@Kasarii7 ай бұрын
A few of those could MAKE the dinosaurs extinct on Golarion.
@Yacovo7 ай бұрын
Megafauna: the reason wizards should never mock a druid. Thanks for the video.
@CheerfuEntropy7 ай бұрын
So fun fact for dms running lets say ....predatory dinosaurs. Especially smart, social ones (like deinonychus perhaps). They discovered the syrinx structure in stegasorids, which is the vocal apparatus that birds have that lets them chirp and squawk....and mimic human speech. And the fact that stegos had it and birds also do, means its pretty likley that all did. So picture being hunted in tall grass and hearing your party member scream for help. then the scream is repeated to your left, and right....then twice....behind you.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Haha! That's awesome
@MusMasi7 ай бұрын
or your mount starts to take the piss out of you.
@silvertheelf6 ай бұрын
@@MusMasiparrot time!
@kevinobill48184 ай бұрын
I’m a huge enthusiast on Dinosaurs and Dragons because they have a really gigantic history when it comes to fossil and influences.
@ColinGrym7 ай бұрын
Happy New Year, hope your vacation went well, and nice to see you back at it. This video is a great starting point for strategies like Tame Animal, Speak With Animals, and Animal Growth. Being able to train (or at least cooperate with) giant hippos, felines, dinosaurs or even Rocs(!!) sure helps explain how "uncivilized", primal cultures/beliefs are able to compete with more technological or arcane competitors. I'm guessing if my character can convince a woolly mammoth that a Chelaxian knight is a threat then the fact that they're wearing plate armor just means they pop like a walnut instead of an apple when stomped on. I'm also now really looking forward to your exploration of the Orvian Vaults and their creator species as that was completely new information and the concept sounds fascinating.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Yeah the Xiomorns and the Orvian vaults are such a cool corner of lore in Pathfinder, that I've been saving them. I actually have a trio of videos planned in the early part of this year that will probably go something like Religion(maybe?) Xiomorns -> Creature Feature: Dungeon Denizens -> Region Deep Dive: The Darklands. Should be a lot of fun.
@user-im5jb9pc1d7 ай бұрын
Didn't think this would be a topic you'd share with us, but it is a pleasant surprise, as well as a great inspiration for my campaign. We'll soon be heading into the Realm of the Mammonth Lords - guess now I should add more big critters other than large mammals! Thanks for the video as always!
@user-im5jb9pc1d7 ай бұрын
They're gonna be ambushed by a pack of snow-white wooly dimetrodons...cutting through the avalanche snow with their back sails :)
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Hahaha! Yes, that's awesome. Like snow-sharks.
@israelmorales42497 ай бұрын
This looks like a documentary in the one you "spared no expense". Awsome work like allways!
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Haha! Thank you!
@russvickery717 ай бұрын
Dinosaurs? I’m in. And a little tease about a Darklands deep dive? Hell yes, thank you again for your work. It’s appreciated.
@adli61207 ай бұрын
It's always a good day when i find you uploaded a new video. Thank you
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
🤘
@onogal7757 ай бұрын
Amazing! A new video already. Just in time to get me into the mood for the start of our Kingmaker campaign this evening. Thanks a lot, always joy to watch your videos.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Nice! Also, there's plenty of opportunity to use some big animals in Kingmaker. Hope this is a fun one for you.
@trajanfidelis15327 ай бұрын
Here be giants
@VenatorStellorum7 ай бұрын
As an aspiring paleontologist, this video is MY JAM
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Haha! Awesome! This was weirdly fun to write up too.
@grinningbuck7 ай бұрын
8:55 Fun fact for Jurassic Park fans: what we see in the movies are actually deinonychuses, not velociraptors! And as always, thanks for sharing, MythKeeper!
@EzraeL917 ай бұрын
Funnier fact: they were too big even for a Deinonychus, for that dinosaur was 1,50m (4'11") tall at best while the JP raptors towered over humans.
@gamervox17077 ай бұрын
Dimetrodon is a protomammal or stem mammal. I hope they fix this.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
I do call out that this is not technically a dino!
@vlaandhael7 ай бұрын
@@TheMythKeeper yup, was enough for me!
@Rodrigo_Vega7 ай бұрын
Yea, like it's not even remotely close to a dinosaur. It's more closely related to a Human than to a Spinosaurus. So maybe it would be a better fit in the "mammal megafauna" with the cave bear and Smilodon, even if it comes from an entirely more remote time.
@burningbronze75557 ай бұрын
A dimetrodon is not closely related to dinosaurs in any respect they are closer to humans and other mammals as they are of the lineage that gave rise to us.
@MrTotalAhole7 ай бұрын
Yes! Dinos!
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
🦕🦖
@Grevnor7 ай бұрын
As an avid paleonerd, one: thank you; and two: dinosaur is actually a terrible name, and the current consensus among paleontologists isn't that birds evolved from dinosaurs, but the frankly mindshattering revelation that birds ARE dinosaurs, they just happened to be the only ones that survive the extinction event. Yes, that crow or bluejay that frequents your backyard is a living, breathing dinosaur. This is a very recent development, and like many dinosaurs being feathered, will probably take a while before it becomes common knowlwdge, so I absolutely don't fault you for not knowing this. And yes, it came as a shock to me too.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! Yeah that's very cool
@GabrielAlves-nv2vh7 ай бұрын
You also could say that birds evolved from dinosaurs in the same manner that a t-rex evolved from dinosaurs (they don't become less dinosaur with time). And the lineage of birds are even older than the t-rex.
@koboldlord7 ай бұрын
Ever since I played Skyrim back when it first came out and came across those Mammoths I've been obsessed with the non-dinosaur megafauna. Pathfinder using them so often is something I love about the setting and my homebrew world follows the example witj plenty of megafauna.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
I agree aurochs and megaloceri for the win!
@Briar78627 ай бұрын
Realm of Mammoth Lords to the Shackles: Oh no you don’t!
@phatasticpat53747 ай бұрын
Fantastic video as always. Looking forward to the vault builders and how they tie emerald spire.
@cutterjocky49177 ай бұрын
I'm disappointed you didn't cover the most dangerous of the mega-fauna, the terrifying Dire Rabbit, known for whipping out entire parties of knights with little or no effort.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Maybe I'll cover that when I do alchemical supplies and discuss the many uses of the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch ;-)
@ericknorskr85687 ай бұрын
binging your videos while playing through WotR again. thank you very much!
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Haha! Awesome, thank you!
@StrangeCreed3 ай бұрын
In 1e, the Dire Bat was actually the most affordable flying mount out there. I know this is a Pathfinder lore channel, but in my homebrew, I wound of fluffing them as massive flying foxes.
@TheMythKeeper3 ай бұрын
Hah! I like this
@pwillet7 ай бұрын
Look forward to that vault of Orf (sp?) video, as that sounds like it could be really cool lore.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Xiomorns & the Vaults of Orv are definitely coming on the not too distant future.
@RicardoPM7775 ай бұрын
I liked your dinosaur division
@TheMythKeeper5 ай бұрын
Thank you! Surprisingly fun to write this one
@dummy_vicc29767 ай бұрын
honestly im surprised that pathfinder included the moa but not poukai/the haast eagle, which is the moas' main predator
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Pretty random, I agree
@levizilla-rf1pmАй бұрын
I always loved the idea of fantasy including prehistoric animals , I just think its such a great mix I am also currently writing a world where dinosaurs and dragons had a war for millions of years and the funniest thing about this world is that I literally made up an evolution for some fantasy creatures like orcs who in my world are descendants of gorgonopsids . And the great thing I realised while writing is that inspiration comes from EVERYWHERE tI got the whole idea for the world from a video about dinotopia and I even have some aspects that are inspired by pacific rim
@icedragongamemaster67976 ай бұрын
The Serpent Skull adventure path has many dinosaurs! I proudly GM it this period.)
@TheMythKeeper6 ай бұрын
I've also run Serpent's Skull in the past and its a great AP. You're in for some fun.
@justinjacobs15017 ай бұрын
Fun fact, Dimetrodon is actually more closely related to modern humans than it is to dinosaurs.
@derskalde49736 ай бұрын
TIL that Dinotopia is basically a canon event on Golarion. Though I wonder how this different Megafauna came to live alongside each other. For example, Dimetrodon was, as far as I can remember, long extinct before even the first dinosaurs showed up, and then the same with the dinos before giant mammals appeared. Did the dinos, and maybe early giant mammals, get "dinotopia-d", while later ones, like mammoths and the stereotypical Ice Age creatures, evolved during the dark times, after the Meteor that killed the Azlanti? Or did they, like, just evolve one after another, and no one cared to inform them, that they should have gone extinct before the new batch arrives? I think, the Image for the Moa is actually a Terrorbird. So what about other prehistoric creatures? Like boar-croc, or that hooved, galloping land crocodile? Or the infamous Vulgaris Magistralis? Is he still around? Does he still cook on een werkende vulkaan? Does he still ride op een mammoet in het rond, en op zondag op een mastodont? XD
@TheMythKeeper6 ай бұрын
I think it’s the one where no one cared to inform them they should be extinct 😆
@cernunnos_lives7 ай бұрын
Our ancestors spent thousands of years trying to tame the world around them. And now we live in a world just dreaming about that lost world. The wild world they had to live in for 300,000 years. I would lose it watching Mammoths and Wholly Rhinos going by.
@chrystals.43767 ай бұрын
Small criticisms aside, I want a whooly rhino.
@ThudFudgins7 ай бұрын
Talk about the drow of Pathfinder!!
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Soon ;-)
@ThudFudgins7 ай бұрын
@@TheMythKeeper ❤️
@CooperativeWaffles7 ай бұрын
Oversized Bison & Buffalo Dire-Honey Badger
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Dire Honey Badger sounds deadly
@tannerdaugherty4077 ай бұрын
Fun fact not all megafauna are extinct. The North American Moose is considered North Americas last Megafauna. They are horrifying.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
🤣
@RicardoPM7775 ай бұрын
👏👏👏
@OldGreyGryphon7 ай бұрын
I may have cheered out loud (in the the break room at work no less) when I saw this video. I love prehistoric animals and Pathfinder has an amazing variety! Side note, does anyone else see some strong parallels between the Vaults of Orv and Edger Rice Burroughs “Pellucidar”?
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Absolutely. Both Edger Rice Burroughs "At the Earth's Core" and related books and Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" are both pretty sound source material for the concept of Orv.
@notalefty9993 ай бұрын
I once likened my girlfriend to my favourite variety of megafauna. She took the compliment surprisingly badly.
@gaijin80147 ай бұрын
When you mentioned Stegosaurus I was hoping you would mention the "Thagomizer" on its tail (names after the Farside comics)
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Haha! Good reference, sorry I missed that ;-)
@gaijin80147 ай бұрын
@@TheMythKeeper All good 👍 If my players ever roll high on a knowledge check they get to listen to one of your deep dives on it. Thank you for everything you do!
@SeanSpeer7 ай бұрын
FROGHEMOTH.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Can't go wrong with a big frog!
@kktallman62577 ай бұрын
I'm surprised you'd bring up the froghemoth. Considering they're not animals, but abberous extraterrestrial creatures that originally adapted to a volcanic environment.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Well they have animal-like intelligence (INT score 2) and they're basically big frogs, so I figured this might be a good place to discuss them.
@dakotacognion52197 ай бұрын
Please do the Elementals of Pathfinder such common elementals (earth, water, fire, air), gargoyle, genies, salamander and Phoenix.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
I'll do a deeper dive of these as creature features eventually, but in the meantime make sure you check out my Inner Sphere: Elemental Planes video, which has an overall guide to the elemental planes.
@lawrenceverdekal85517 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great, informative vid and can't for more
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@davidpotts22992 ай бұрын
Nice video thanks
@MusMasi7 ай бұрын
Loved the Video, was a bit distracting though when you were speaking about Moa your showed a picture of a Terror Bird or Phorusrhacid instead. Moa come from New Zealand and survived up until Human Contact over several centuries ago, while Terror Birds are long extinct From the South America that were around the same time as the giant sloths.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Sorry about that. I think I just liked the art on the bird eating the horse, but that's a good pointer.
@MusMasi7 ай бұрын
@@TheMythKeeper yeah it is cool art, Its eating an American Mini horse, they went extinct as well.
@silvertheelf6 ай бұрын
I laughed too hard at the plesiosaur section because you just used the same image recolored instead of actual images of the animals. That was hilarious. As a prehistoric life nerd I will hold back the insatiable urge to correct every single error in this video.
@TheMythKeeper6 ай бұрын
Thank you! Thank you!
@angrycup8708Ай бұрын
A calicotherium is closely related to a horse noth giant ground shloths
@TheMythKeeperАй бұрын
Maybe it just looks like a sloth 😅
@angrycup8708Ай бұрын
@@TheMythKeeper that is correct. They convergently evolved to fill the same niche. The picture you showed was also of a groundsloth and not a calicothere.
@JamesAdams-nd1td7 ай бұрын
Megafauna are so weird and cool, and I love them. I like that Pathfinder actually gave a reason for why dinosaurs still exist in their world. Mystara kind of has a reason with “aka shoved species into the Hollow World and teleported them to the 9th planet in the solar system to save them,” but that doesn’t explain how or why there’s still mammoths and smilodons on the surface of Mystara. And Eberron, which is my favorite DND world . . . Doesn’t seem to have a reason for why dinosaurs are wondering around and serving as mounts for Halflings.
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
The real reason tho: because it's cool!
@MusMasi7 ай бұрын
Can the reason be that there was no global scale mass extinction? Golarian needs an explaination because they had earth fall.
@tylermckay25867 ай бұрын
Where does the large map of the Inner Sea region come that you used in the intro? I have been trying to find a high quality map like that for a really long time
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Its the Rob McCaleb high-res one. You'll have to dig around to find it.
@RykerDavis1237 ай бұрын
Hehe big dino
@lightblckknight7 ай бұрын
What do you have on Qidar?
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
I think you mean Qadira? I haven't done that video yet! But its not too far away now.
@burningbronze75557 ай бұрын
Chalicotherium are closer to horses and rhinos than sloths because it has to do with how they are born, Chalicotherium also would be most like Earth's giant pandas they when exstics as Earth became even more grass step dominated. they would live very similar to the grounds sloth similar nich and all. sloths are slower to armadillos and anteaters the last parts of strange batch live birthing mammals unrelated to the the other lineage
@boris_bulletdodger91097 ай бұрын
Positive comment
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Positive reply ;-)
@dmeep7 ай бұрын
was this video just a trick to make us learn more about dinosaurs?
@TheMythKeeper7 ай бұрын
Yes! Please take all the dino facts!
@floppa21545 ай бұрын
мне понравилось ! накрутка лайка и комментарий , для алгоритмов ютуба =)