The Problem with Genasi in D&D

[@pointyhatstudios]

What's your favorite flavor of Genasi? Don't say tutti frutti I know you're lying.

[@the.scarlet.tavern]

tutti frutti

[@alfia-s8h]

watermelon or lime

[@TransButterflyQueen]

Sylveon :3

[@liltrchoj8662]

Probably tutti frutti

[@haydenwillmott4687]

Fantastic 4

[@BiblicFurby]

Dude imagine being born weird bc some Wizard keeps casting Demiplane near ur mom so when ur born you just have a pocket plane inside you with some guy trapped bc he's an arcane dingus.

[@lorenzon.2977]

so... minecraft inventory?

[@5H4D3]

[@Merilirem]

So DND Harry Potter with Snape Creeping on his mom getting stuck inside him?

[@airi5358]

Brilliant

[@Feanor6450]

@@lorenzon.2977 HAHAHAHAHA this is my new headcanon for minecraft.

[@pixxeldust]

I love the idea of a Conjuration genasi born from the Wish spell. Like they were wished into existence by someone who wanted to be a parent but couldn’t for whatever reason, and that left them with the marks of the Wish spell.

[@killianjoyus7903]

This is such a sweet and brilliant idea, it gives such a strong relationship with the family of the PC that you can see in everything they are and do, as well as having a powerful spellcaster in the background of the story (could be cool if you used an archmage warlock homebrew or something, having your parent as your patron)

[@ghostface490]

So, basically a reversed version of the pop-culture genie. I like that idea.

[@kutalyl7153]

Thumbelina?

[@optimus2200]

I made two npcs both men who went into a tournament to get a wish . The sickly genassi wanted a child while his teifling partner wished the same but had conflict to wish for their partner well health. So any who the players of my friends betrayed them to get the wish for themselves. Lol . But it would have been cool kid to have the wish kid lol

[@RaithStudio]

Same now the reason why because here's the thing long ago ever since I learn about conjurers it was pretty interesting but now thanks to the existence of this honestly you would make my DD character interesting because here's the thing he's more like born with his elements well from his father you see his father was a blacksmith and because that he always build things but he is a still magic user but the difference is he never uses magic for for anything creation but what if he did what if he just use it continue to build using the power of creation and and combining his elemental power of lava from Arcane spell basically how's my character to have a little more than just being a Elemental entity combine with power to enhance his weapons with the power of His lava magic and now his son has it AKA my dnd oc.

[@midnamagic2678]

I’d make air genasi color changing with the sky. Whatever the sky looks like at the time is what they look like. Clear sunny midday? Blue skin Partially cloudy? Blue/white Piebald Sunset? Reds, pinks, purples Stormy? Dark grey with scars & stretch marks an electrifying yellow, and any freckles a watery blue. Nighttime? Indigo or pitch black with silver freckles.

[@HSuper_Lee]

Castform

[@guyman1570]

Nice! 😁👍

[@airistal]

Or set by what the sky was like at the time of their birth.

[@hypercube8735]

I made an air genasi once who was the green of an impending tornado.

[@Latverian-Citizen-8172]

Agreed

[@pandoratheclay]

1:23 I’ve always taken it as humans being uniquely gifted with being biologically compatible with bloody everything, and the ability to water down literally holy/primordial genes with just “100% pure joe sauce”

[@princeblackelf4265]

Yeah same

[@____________838]

Humans got that “pelvic sorcery”

[@tristanarnould2207]

I'm pretty sure that was canon at one point

[@disgruntleddev]

This is the widely acceptable notion of humanity in fantasy/science fiction. Physiology so adaptable that species that have not discovered them can interact with them and even dilute their traits to the point of looking closer to human than their original races/species

[@zebesttfd]

oh boy, my BBEG is now for sure trying to collect all types of arcane genasi to perform a complex ritual to destroy the positive plane now. Awesome video.

[@prisaodasbolhas]

That sounds so cool, bonus points if a PC is one of the genasi the bbeg is looking for

[@Catsgirl32]

@@prisaodasbolhas Ooh yeah y'all are cooking with these ideas

[@user-ee6lk1pb6w]

Sounds like a copy of TLOA except Aang is evil

[@Rome-H]

my bbeg, a litch inspired by his "which litch" series definitely has multiple arcane genasi elements to him like necromancy, evocation, all of it lol.

[@pjgoldstein6562]

17:35 "yeah I wanted to learn, Meteor Swarm, but Reggie wouldn't let me stare at the writing on his naughty bits long enough to transcribe it so I know Prismatic Wall instead."

[@josephm4187]

My favorite character was a lazy air Genasi gunslinger, "bagman". I had moved to a different state and hence couldn't make 50% of the sessions, so bagman took long naps in his bag of holding to explain why my character wasn't there most sessions.

[@4ardW0rKINGbarn1CAL]

Lol

[@Doyoulikeadacheese]

That's honestly pretty clever. Cool concept.

[@Necronomicon-thebookofthedead]

[zodiac killer]

[@lawsonpritchard1456]

Every day since the video dropped I've been checking back for the Arcane Genasi and I'm still holding out hope

[@ddaann8432]

same

[@MaraMcGuinnes]

I am waiting here with you

[@horrorxpicture]

WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTIIIIINNNNNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@storyteller3214]

I am still waiting on them to be released

[@otakunerd9883]

My friends were tired of me making my sorcerer a Tiefling so I made them a water Genasi and now I can’t use that either

[@davidmoss9943]

Make new friends.

[@guntherdeeful]

​@@davidmoss9943💯 agreed

[@billyh4655]

Do you exclusively play tiefling sorcerers LMAO that’s kind of funny

[@czechmeoutbabe1997]

Listen I don’t know you at all and you’re probably a great person but if I had a tiefling sorcerer in my game every time I would also want them to change lmaooo

[@otakunerd9883]

@ well not anymore but they are naturally my go to lol

[@Zhafchan]

Currently playing a Fire Genasi in a new campaign,- with permission of the GM we also took some creative liberty with the race and went for a Pinocchio vibe. But instead of a woodcarver his father was a dwarven blacksmith wholeheartedly dedicated to the craft. He made the fire genasi on a very inspired night that might have involved some curious elemental spirits that were drawn to the masterworks that were so often being created. And from those same fire a son for him was born. We made him a wild magic Barbarian, with a custom fire/dwarven themed roll table to match!

[@freindlycommentator1710]

Sounds very Azer

[@Catsgirl32]

Woah that sounds so fun!!! :D

[@c.j.trentacosta8679]

My favorite dnd species redone by my favorite dnd KZbinr?? Did I win the lottery? I had a 1-20 fire genasi fighter, this feels so full circle for him, thank you pointy!

[@ChipDrewPog]

Oh, dude, this to me is the absolute coolest thing you've done. This is exactly up my alley. Every new Genasi introduced had me muttering "oooh" under my breath. so awesome.

[@pokemonmusiclover5]

9:25 im LIVING the "constant sweating" thing. Its a condition known as Hyperhydrosis. Its....not fun....

[@andrewfornes5320]

My friend has this but uses a special liquid soap he has to get a script from a doc to have. You may wanna check about it. I'm sorry that I don't know the name.

[@sesanyesealy9303]

Anyone else checking back every day for the genasi :') Genuinely glad Human Familiar is taking a break though, we get so much from you ❤

[@goldievox]

Ooohhh the Enchantment Genasi are DANGEROUS. I can see them being such an amazing addition to a campaign.

[@ancova1183]

Considering the power word series of spells is also enchantment, it might be fun to make it so Enchantment Genasi have their powers weaken when they tell a lie. That way, it becomes easier to realize you're being influenced by an enchantment and you can also create an affable villain.

[@shreshthadavi141]

Feeblemind Genasi being uniquely mind numbingly hypnotic and confounding that they turn everyone around them dumb and drooling.

[@OmegaSutol]

It's also a fairly common theory for the Asari in Mass Effect

[@SohanSmol]

@@shreshthadavi141Feeblemind gensasi working as a teacher would be hilarious

[@greenflame070]

The seductive villain npc being an enchantment genasi basically writes itself and I love it

[@andreatondi4574]

4E had the Abyssal genasi subrace, where every elemental variation got an elemental corruption from the energies of the Abyss. The air genasi variants, the voidsoul genasi, was SICK and extremely fun to play.

[@eiran_o_ddwywent]

My second ever character was an air genasi and hold a special place in my heart

[@alexandermackenzie8949]

hey same here air genasi wizard

[@cashb5357]

WHAT COLOUR WERE THEY

[@eiran_o_ddwywent]

@@cashb5357 A dark stormy blue, like the sky before dawn or the clouds in the sky above the sea

[@eiran_o_ddwywent]

@@alexandermackenzie8949 Mine was a Druid, the start of a life long love affair with Druids

[@wasabilover1293]

@@cashb5357 you cant just ask people what colour they are!

[@stepankratky4435]

11:50 if im correct, the unending breath would allow you to stay in the bag of holding. It could lead to cool combos like going into the bag, being thrown by another player to the place you need to get to and then getting out

[@FellipeMayan]

Yup! I used it once to free a space for a teleport spell :))

[@jadenackroyd4247]

Conjurer genasi astral sefl monk. You gonna be catching ALL these hands

[@seththeblue3321]

Can't wait for people to make an Enchantment Genasi Bard character. But seriously, great job with the Genasi! I've always liked the distinction between schools of magic, and I'm ecstatic to see someone use them so skillfully.

[@TomWDW1]

I played a Circle of Spores Water Genasi for my first ever campaign. I love him ❤ I'm a player who prefers the flavor of a character more than the mechanics, so even if water have the least effective spells, I just enjoyed playing him. PLUS our campaign was Windwaker/pirate/high seas themed ... so obviously water made sense. And being amphibious was a big help

[@ThePa1riot]

I’m going to start asking this in every Pointy Hat video until it gets answered. “But what about the (Warden) Dragons?!” Seriously, they’re one of your coolest concepts and we only have three of them! Compared to Which Lich where I think only Rogue, Warlock, and (maybe) Wizard are left.

[@easiestcc6451]

Forget that, what about his sin vampires?

[@seaborgium919]

unfortunately he said on a dragon video that they don't perform well enough to continue :/

[@beauvillamor621]

@@seaborgium919 I mean to be fair the warden dragons were just....dragons nothing he added was really anything new

[@gonaldginkus6228]

Yeah, a Rogue warden dragon would be so cool, you could make it a crocodile (to embody a sneaky and specialised ambush predator) who’s person hoard could be anything from a legitimate union of skilled workers or a thieves’ guild / mafia syndicate! C’mon Pointy we all know you love the mafia!

[@Master_E444]

Imma be honest, while I do like the Warden Dragons themselves, the reason for making them is kinda hypocritical when ya remember how much Pointy dislikes "Interns" cause it's basically a prime opportunity for it that also literally empowers the monster in Question. Honestly just give Warden Dragons one simple fix: Have them get stronger based on the overall value of their Hoard in actual wealth, not in number of people. Plus his initial video was not the best at actually encapsulating Dragons in D&D and it's very obvious why as he's not a fan of them as a base concept. No shame but it's a game with Dragons in the name where they're a distinct Creature Type. Especially since he drew from older editions and not just 5e to make a point about there being too many of them. Like yeah, there's going to be alot of Dragons throughout the 40 year history of a Game named Dungeons and Dragons.

[@octoinkorporated8283]

For air genasi’s their skin color is dependent on whatever color the sky was at the time of their birth. Some have navy blue or pitch black skin full of stars, others may look pink yellow and orange like a sunrise or a sunset, there are those resembling a misty fog, but many are a beautiful shade of sky blue. This is meant to show their intrinsic connection not just to air but to the sky

[@airistal]

The star pattern may or may not match the actual sky. Bright forking patterns if born in time for a lucky lightning strike. Solar eclipse bestows a highly two tone skin with stars and either a bright ring birthmark or eyes that match the eclipse. Aurora borealis color patterns are near haunting. Rainbows are special. Combinations of multiple conditions get a bit out of hand.

[@zacharyunger2004]

2:05 "hey baby are you Genasi? 'Cause you're the only Ten I see- ah wait, dangit. Sorry." *turns to leave* A half-fish, half-vortex person: 🤩"no, wait!"

[@nineCryptids]

I like how Gideon Coal from Legends of Avantris does fire genasi hair, where it’s black like coal but glows and/or sets on fire when he’s doing fire genasi stuff

[@bookishnewt8468]

Man takes smoldering look to another level

[@energydrinklock]

the guy who unintentionally kills clowns?

[@thegreatandterrible4508]

I made a custom elemental-humanoid race where each type has advantage on a specific skill check, a cantrip, and then a set of minor benefits, like air jumping farther or fire casting light and being immune to enviornmental heat.

[@MyShadow13]

Hear me out though. . . Chronomancy Genasi or Graviturgy Genasi. You've inspired the mad man in me and now I must make them for my campaigns

[@jackmack4181]

My favorite genasi has to be the necrotic genasi, mainly because it’s so cool. You could make so many characters that have interesting traits with unique spells and curses, maybe some are cursed with constant inflict wounds. Honestly surprised there wasn’t a wild magic genasi

[@KHAOS890]

HEEEEEMAAN!

[@Merilirem]

Probably because your already overlapping with sorcerers a lot. How would wild magic work differently with a Genasi than a sorcerer?

[@davidjennings2179]

"necrotic genasi"...*edgy music plays*

[@Quirkyhndl]

Imagine all the “no, I’m NOT actually undead. Please tell your clerics to stop trying to turn me…”

[@ObeliskDemon]

A good portion of resurrection spells are also necromancy, which could add a "they are actually good, but look evil" bend some people go for

[@TheUglyGoblin]

I love, love, loooove all of these arcane themed homebrews you’re making 😍 this is so much fun

[@mysticalfooxs]

Yayyy new pointy hat videos make my day!

[@mysticalfooxs]

Also air is yellow

[@nicklongenbach4722]

Love all of your videos and ideas, but as this one started, I was excited because the flavor of Genasi never did it for me, so I was intrigued by how you were gonna twist it. Had doubts in the beginning, by the time I got to the final product, this may be your best creation yet in my opinion. I am a HUGE fan of the Jinx version of Halflings, as well as the Brownie variant of Goblins, but wow. This is next level. Well done!

[@nicklongenbach4722]

I even loved both steam and smoke para-genasi ideas prior to the video, but you honestly may have changed my perspective on how to create things like them in the future without using para-genasi lore! I.e. maybe a transmutation genasi who looks like they are entirely made of smoke because they were made due to being exposed by major amounts of energy from a high level disintegrate spell or something! In my opinion, much more fun concept than fire mommy and air daddy getting it on by the elemental planar lines hahaha

[@wackyjjackie]

Great video, pointy hat! My favorite part was when you sent your human familiar to my home address to watch all seven currently released seasons of my hero academia on Crunchyroll. He snuck in at night and I awoke to him sobbing at the purity of mankind’s togetherness. Keep it up!

[@chaoshead87]

Very nice video with "fixes" to the "problems" being addressed. I appreciate this style of video as you actually offer different approaches to the everyday style of the game. Thanks for sharing.

[@RobotTrucker]

3:57 me the forever DM who's never played a single campaign. 😮 Is this heaven.

[@miles7224]

The Solo DM's Toolbox also works really well! I'd recommend checking it out (after supporting Mr. Hat, of course)

[@TomWDW1]

Okay, I've watched dozens of your videos and I have to say, as impressive as a lot of your homebrews are ... these 'arcane' genasi might be my absolute favorite thing you've done 😍

[@digimaniacstudios5959]

My dungeon master has a homebrew race that’s a magic based genasi, too, though they call them Aether genasi. I always loved the concept. It’s cool to see your take on a similar idea.

[@ehsanrahee7411]

This is by far my favourite idea you've done. This is an especially sharp idea for such an appropriately Pointy Hat.

[@seang7578]

I love the idea of magical radiation basically causing cool fantasy mutations! To add on to your idea, I also like the thought of a Genasi possibly getting a free spell/trait based on the environment of the spell that resulted in their birth. For example, an Abjuration Genasi born near an ocean could generate riptide armor, a thin coat of raging waters that coat their skin and shreds things that get too close (Armor of Agathys)… or maybe a Divination Genasi born in nature could do something like reading tea leaves at the top of the morning (Get a Portent roll, like Divination wizards).

[@mr.incorporeal7642]

They also used to have what were called *quasi*-elemental Genasi (some of whom you actually did mention), which were themed around one of the Main Four mixing with either Positive Energy or Negative Energy. Positive/negative energy aren't as much of a thing anymore, but the closest to them in modern D&D is radiant and necrotic (positive and negative energy also used to have their own dedicated elemental planes). So, for example, you could have Air + Positive Energy to make Lightning Genasi, or Earth + Negative Energy to make Dust Genasi, etc. You could even have just straight Positive Energy Genasi and Negative Energy Genasi, but those were super rare due to those planes being absurdly hostile to living things (positive plane made you over-heal until you developed horrific tumors and exploded, negative plane rapidly drained you until there was nothing left, or the opposite effects if you were undead).

[@SlavicMoose]

RIP for the material component genasi for Fireball

[@rangerecho]

fireball is an evocation spell, and as such already has the normal genasi in stand for evocation (god I sound like an "acktchually" person). I get what you mean though, smelling like burning shit can't be pretty.

[@quinn0493]

This has to be one of your coolest ideas, I couldn't look away when you were describing the different arcane genasis!

[@AnthonyDGreen]

When you said obvious Mimic I thought you were introducing a new DnD species that was half human half mimic and now I want you to make that real

[@WilliamTaylorII]

*cough* Battlezoo *cough*

[@Kevinblue035]

mr. demico i LOVE your art and the illustrations you do for this channel, all those genasi illustrations were super pretty!!!

[@The1trueLeo]

Can’t wait for the new genasi to come out, I really wanna make a character off them

[@mab-entertainment6209]

It has been two weeks. Where is it?

[@mab-entertainment6209]

Already have a villain concept in mind for one of them, give it please

[@ramagik]

Man, I'm in love with this channel. Such a cool content. I'm not a English speaker enough to describe how much love and effort this hat put into this videos I just can't stop watch it

[@thesuperdk513]

I honestly prefer tritons to water genasi, since tritons feel more involved with the actual ocean, rather than just the mandatory water element to add to the elemental race.

[@nolansurette]

Dear Antonio Demico, your dnd twists are always a huge treat but this one is amazing. The logic and creativity you use to expand and transform preexisting ideas is literally magical, i love you channel so much and it has greatly supplemented not only my dnd experiences but my writing as a whole, thank you for all your hard work.

[@genesisno1918]

Air is green in jrpgs because of leaves being green I believe. Since it's one of the easier ways to tell the wind is blowing. At least that's why I think Japan does.

[@royalrosepetal]

Air is Blue to very Light Blue to me and Water is Green to Blue

[@FoxxTrick]

Super Skrull, for when you can't decide.

[@twitchew]

really fantastic take on the schools of magic and making them key to a species. I love the way your mind looks at these things, and your talent for presenting it. and of course - for sharing playable content!!!!

[@mischake]

I was just looking into Eeveelutions todat and yesterday, everything from which now all exist, what people have come up with, even further evolutions of the evolved eevee forms... so this intro is like, wait what? xD

[@tealeaf_rice]

whoaaa love the ideas of arcane spell based genasi !!! like all your with-a-twist ideas are amazing but this one in particular is so cool and exciting to me.

[@shmee123ful]

you know something wild about this consept, is that these acane genasi would apear anywere near say a level 16 to level 20 fight with evil wizard happened

[@Merilirem]

It would also show you where Liches were or likely the place they became a Lich.

[@CeciliaMette]

I can imagine a really cool genasi made when a wizard parent tried to heal their mother who would have otherwise died in childbirth

[@mcboon3052]

The element oxygen is blue when burning, so I would say air genasi are blue.

[@kcates1889]

Air is mostly nitrogen. Nitrogen oxides are yellow/brown. So, air genasi should be yellow!

[@mcboon3052]

@ also nice, as long as we use science to decide, we‘ll all be right in a way.

[@thdion6979]

I deeply appreciate the content you make. After I watch one of your videos, every time without fail, I get a new idea for a campaign I'm running or have yet to run

[@amandadiamond7147]

Ironically, you could probably make a really good earth genasi assassin. Currently playing an Air Genasi draconic sorceror nerdy student from magic academy who is accidentally fantasy gender-swapped Nicola Tesla, who wound up being named Nicola Tempest. XD

[@ObeliskDemon]

My favorite thing is earth genasi barbarian. It's that whole "how did this 6' 10" 380 lb slab of pure muscled orc end up behind me?" Without them having the normal rogue look to them

[@GreyfauxxGaming]

In my world, Humans have the spark of life, so they can basically knock anything up. Elves are the sponges, because I made it so that Elves are created by a god as dream creatures. Thats why they dont sleep and just trance, and they dont age. Its a FFX sorta situation. As being Dream creatures originally from the Fey the dream realm. The Fey/Eladrin that mingled with humans created the normal elves, like Wood Elves, while the strange things lilke Water Elves, Shader-kai ect are from them being in that region Eevee style and becoming the new race. This metamorphosis takes a really long time, and when it happens the Elf becomes a new person. With only vague memories of "Past" lives.

[@TheCudmaster]

The air genasi are not just plane-touched but airplane-touched. Earth genasi can also be greatplanes-touched.

[@s.q.10-e66]

And water genasi are hydro-plane touched.

[@TheCudmaster]

@@s.q.10-e66 the only thing I have for fire genasi in my notes is that they are so common as to be considered plain-touched.

[@LuizCesarFariaLC]

Every one of these videos I watch, I get to imagine you writing a full campaign setting with many (if not all) of your ideas in it

[@sovietdoge.7369]

I really want to play with the conjuration or necromancy genasi

[@Rogergs16]

This has become my favorite "X species with a twist" type of videos, well done! So many possibilities!

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

1:26 Well now I wanna see you do a D&D with a twist video on humans. Because honestly, that’s a really cool bit of lore, and it makes so much sense! Also, when you say it’s an actual trait, do you mean just lore-wise, or is it a mechanical thing that humans have in your games?

[@xParanoiiia]

Amazing the great work you put out for things I couldve not think of in a million years.

[@troperhghar9898]

Genasi can be more then 4 elements They can also be hydrogen helium carbon all the way to uranium

[@rainbowmothraleo]

Salt, Steam, Radiance or Ooze

[@elijahberegovsky8957]

Just imagine how nasty an encounter with a technetium genasi would be…

[@drewwalters5607]

The spell whose proximity influenced the genasi's creation being written on their skin... chef kiss, brilliant, this is the world building content I watch the videos and streams for.

[@tuseroni6085]

"what colour is air" we know this one, it's blue. and not just from the Rayleigh scattering, if you take air and freeze it til it condenses into a liquid, that liquid is a very light blue.

[@Jeonsaryu]

Like the color of aerogel?

[@thurismundbotheric7598]

​@@Jeonsaryuwhere do you think the name comes from?

[@AdamB_29]

Yes! That's basically because liquid nitrogen is colourless so the next most plentiful gas is the dominany colour, which is oxygen. And liquid oxygen is a beautiful pale blue

[@lucasoliveirasousa7788]

This might be my favorite twist! It is so cool and creative! Congratulations :3

[@beavernation57]

0:34 What is that, why do you have that, does your Human familiar go there?

[@dannyclark1388]

Love this interpretation! We did something similar at my take and made a time genasi, but you could expand this and be an “entropy” genasi or “astral” genasi

[@0127sasuke]

I really loved these arcane genasi! Some of them actually feel more like ACTUAL folkloric djinn??? Like dnd genies are very much their own thing, not like folkore OR pop culture. But these actually feel like djinn! The necromancy ones are basically ghouls. The transmutation ones are like hinn and other weaker djinn. The conjur ones feel very indian/hinduism coded. The others to are so cool!

[@jodrako4341]

Honestly this is my favourite "with a twist" video, it's sooo creative and honestly makes the original dnd concept more interesting, incredible work I need to see if my dm will approve if this idea for our next campaign because it sound *tasty*

[@biblebot3947]

20:25 what’s the song there?

[@spicywhitemustard]

11:19 The color of air is based on light refractions and how we absorb light into our eyes. If you look at light through a thick fog, you can see it reflect as a dim, white/yellow light. So perhaps air genasi are usually translucent, but the light reflecting around them displays their current tint (Pink Floyd album cover insert here)

[@darkgub]

12:04 Actually they CAN go to space because DND space is silly

[@syrupchugger421]

Great ideas! Thanks for this!

[@pbtenchi]

I actually think D&D’s schools of magic are a terrible way of categorising magic

[@Jasmine-52]

Same

[@UnlimitedLives1960]

Do you have other categorisation methods you think are neat or are you pro abandoning categorisation in your stories altogether? I've tried a bit both over in different worlds but when playing DnD specifically we just default to those schools while also not really needing to bother to know what school a spell came from. If certain spells or abilities took into account the school of other spells then that would probably make them more relevant. For example, a spell that specifically blocks or undoes necromancy or a transmutation spell that shields the body against evocation. As it stands needing to remember the school has never come up in our games

[@bd0nn777]

How would you categorize spells more efficiently without basing it on the function of the spell

[@Merilirem]

You do need to categorize things though. I do agree DND is lacking in its systems but you need to make it clear somehow which magic is related. When someone wants to be a necromancer they need to be able to find all the "necromancy" magic without too much trouble.

[@essneyallen6777]

Can I I ask in what ways they are terrible? Is it because of overlap/foggy distinctions or something else?

[@derrickthomasjr.7371]

Happy holidays and thank you for another year!

[@DungeonsLover]

25:36 Pointy? That's a metaphor/joke right? Don't be saying these things a couple months after a health scare please!

[@Shornaal13]

Ok Antonio, this might be your best video yet! 😮

[@theafterglowavenger]

This is a FANTASTIC concept! I have so many ideas running through my brain right now! A necromancy Genasi could be so much fun!

[@duanebradway1627]

This is fantastic. I made Genasi for all of the plains, but tieing them to the Arcane itself is a wonderful idea.🎉 Congrats.

[@VinceMouse]

Purple Air: Poison Green Air: Japanese Air White Air: American Air

[@pauljason9685]

Just wanted to say I used your artificer lich as the basis for one of the major NPCs in my game and it’s a hit. Thank you for all your work!

[@Rainbowplayz-ix5ix]

Imagine you casted mage hand too many times and now your kid has extra arms

[@Truthseeker83X]

Better yet has no physical arms you can see but both his or her limbs are ethereal like the mage hand spell .

[@arcaniswithertree4284]

Unbelievable! I cannot wait to use this idea of a living spell scroll as part of the quest line for for my group. I can see it now them trying to convince a terrified hermit to be a spell component that may or may not be used up in a ritual to stop the big bad. Thank you so much. Maybe you can add this to your second book and I'll buy that one too...

[@ethanbaer65]

I had a lvl 17 fire gen swashbuckler rogue, he's my favorite character I've ever played. This race is a ton of fun.

[@charlieriser8668]

Yay!! Super excited! I've been waiting for a Genasi video. It's definitely my favorite race.

[@Catsgirl32]

The living spell genasi is such a sick concept!!! I won't implement it myself but absolutely got fully sucked into the lore :> Currently working on making an elements-themed campaign and genasi seem like a mighty good species for an npc or two, thanks! :) Happy holidays to you too! :D

[@samuelvazquez5824]

Great idea and great video my friend❤

[@atinydroid]

the idea of arcane genasi is so good also man your videos are so ADHD friendly it's great. I can watch the whole video without getting bored cause I'm always waiting for the next random reference you'll throw in

[@thega-b]

One of your coolest ideas to date. I'm using them for sure, specially the spell guardian ones

[@zylowolfzan3345]

I'm now imagining the idea of a set of twins born in a city which suffered from a huge clash between 2 different Arch Wizards, one affected by the Necromancy spells cast, another by the Abjuration, the two developing a deep rivalry and hatred for one another and becoming mortal foes! Each leaving on their own path and eventually clashing in the future as they've gained power! This video rules, so many fun ideas you can do with this stuff.

[@VictorLHouette]

Back in a 4e campaign my sister played a character that was a blend of elements, and then took feats that allowed her to add more elements and swap between elemental forms, etc. Her character was also a chaos sorcerer. So it was actually a lot of fun. The character felt really like the embodiment of chaotic magic, constantly shifting elements and having unpredictable moves and attacks. Was a very wild character.

[@olelarsen1386]

I love this! Definitely going to be adding this to my planescape campaign. I'll have them meet one of these guys as an npc on Tuesday I think.

[@RandomGuy-nt1no]

I really appreciate the weekly videos just make sure to not overwork yourself

[@fredish8511]

I love this concept! amazing work :D

[@pandas_crochet_corner]

This is such a fun twist on Genasi! Love the idea 😍