The Dead Gods Of The Astral Plane - D&D

[@MrRhexx]

Check out Seeker's Guide to Twisted Taverns here! bit.ly/3w0WPvB

[@roepi]

What is the name of that moon deity? I can't find anything about that one. I probably spell it wrong.

[@blazingshadow2669]

quick question: does Eberron have an Astral Plane or is all their teleportation done through another plane?

[@RustyhairedAlp9575]

Question: If dead gods are made of 'stone', can you earthglide through them?

[@StevenMichaelCunningham]

Bhaal The False Deity Murder, Killing or molestation of any sort causes the effect that is the primordial energy that consists of this insane rendition of reality, Bhaal. The Executioner, The Wailing & The Gnashing, The Filthy One, The Wretched, The Desperate One....having quite literally nearly invaded the multiverse as a whole due to the corrupting of the flesh even as it committed suicide as entity multiple facets of the whole that is Bhaal manifested in the mortal coil. A union of Pantheon discreetly intervening on the matter Bhaal & it's spawn are no more & by their own choice. No God, Goddess or it's child or children nor Deity of any measure would speak of Bhaal. Spoken of in terms of correction if at all. Enter, The Band of Rogues! A troupe of artiste seeking to further education in the arts be they dark or not. Paying quite well for the knowledge it is said. Beyond treasure in so doing. Traversing the planes as their shameless self promotion The Band of Rogues will set the stage in any circumstance. Many have come & gone yet a proverbial military of personnel has by default found their way into the deck of cards as it were. Those no longer among the living being the motivation for this grand task of knowledge attained pursued. The Tears of Bhaal A moment of lucidity resulting in the very tears of the spirit that Bhaal call his own corrupted or not. A child of nature perverse. Dammed. Redeemed or no, DAMMED.

[@docop8926]

What happens to the souls of the ones that use to worship a dead God?

[@aaroncunningham8307]

A self managing Tavern/Inn on the Astral Plane grown from the corpse of a long forgotten god of Hospitality.

[@Voldrim359]

Do not temp it... Even the kindest god remembers the most cruel feats of mortals

[@alfredzanini]

@@Voldrim359 "can I speak to your manager?"

[@al99901]

And it's all a ruse to gather followers to revive the god

[@cidculprang]

Maybe you can even catch Anubis having himself a drink.

[@sethkeown5965]

@@alfredzanini eldritch wailing

[@simonwesterlund2151]

”That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange eons even death may die”

[@HereticalKitsune]

Sounds like Lovecraft.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

It is.

[@davidecascapera987]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn i hope i wrote it right

[@roepi]

@@davidecascapera987 Did you just summon a shoggoth?

[@thatonekid6677]

K'DATH WILL RISE

[@lawrenceethan1675]

One of my players stood inside the skull of a dead god, and pissed out into the astral sea. It was the third sea he'd pissed in that campaign and he wanted to keep the streak going

[@Technotoadnotafrog]

Ah yes, the simple joy of peeing into the ocean

[@ckmishn3664]

How? I thought biological functions stopped in the Astral realm.

[@ScarlightSci]

Slowed but not stopped completely, but the player character could have just went to the astral sea while needing to pee​@@ckmishn3664

[@henry2843]

@@ckmishn3664He probably had a full/partially full bladder upon entering the astral. His body wouldn’t feel the need to urinate naturally due to the slowing of bodily processes, but he should still be able to make himself piss by command, given that would be more of a mental process.

[@darknessbobulus]

And just like that Anubis became one of the coolest characters in DnD

[@Voldrim359]

He always was the coolest character of all stories

[@simonwesterlund2151]

*Floating in the Astral* ”Haha now I’ll never age due to the magical properties of this rea- Is that a dead god!?” *Desintigrates due to old age*

[@uzunaruMelonness]

"Haha hah ha. Oh! That's rich. Another, if you may!" Anubis: "SET! Are you playing with mortals again!" ". . . I gotta go." "SET!"

[@mordredoforkney6185]

Party: "My friends.....I'm scared...." **Errbody Get Dusty** Warforged: **Gets a little Rusty** "I am alone now..."

[@maniacmagge2568]

OK but like I *got* to hear more about Egyptian gods within the canon realms

[@44Kokoloko]

U might like browsing the forgotten realms fandom, theres some nice info there!

[@lorekeeper685]

Deities & demigods

[@catch.22]

Sharess/Bastet is a fucking chadette

[@ifjNagyMiklos]

On Hollowed Grounds. Some irl pantheon are surprisingly active on multiversal level (like Greek, or the Finnish) and it was even stated that those powers looks down of the gods of Forgotten Realms as some kind of hillybills because they are only present at one plane.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@catch.22 Yes, yes she is. My previously-Valor-Bard and now Bard-Paladin of Sharess *highly* approves.

[@justasandvich7168]

I see Anubis is still a badass even in DND lore Edit: Yo guys I was just saying Anubis is a Chad. How tf did a crusade start in the comments.

[@gargoyles9999]

The God of Swole

[@clayxros576]

It's only fitting that if he's a more mortal god that he can make up for it by being Swole Goals.

[@atashgallagher1631]

The egyptian pantheon is cannon in the Bible, they just weren't as good as the god the bible was written by so they got banished. I choose to worship them over the guy who killed his own son to make himself feel better any day.

[@clayxros576]

@@atashgallagher1631 That's not true. They are referenced as characters but not equal gods, purely to prove the point that they aren't real and thus cannot do anything to actually protect Egypt from the plagues. It's like walking into England and stating "King Arthur will save you from this bag of rats I'm going to open", then opening it and obviously Arthur does nothing cause he isn't a real thing. The Bible is very clear that there isn't any captial G Gods beyond the OG. As for Jesus sacrifice, it wasn't to "make him feel better about himself". If you're interested in the details I'd be glad to explain, but the broad strokes is that God in the Bible cares alot about order and follows his own laws and the consequences of such. Unfortunately the humans he trusted to be his chosen broke just about every law in the book, and the penalty for that is pretty obvious. Instead of turning Israel into a crater he sent his _willing_ son to take that blow instead, a creature that wasn't ever supposed to be able to die. That level of legal leverage goes beyond Israel's sins though, and gives all humans the chance to escape sin. Not just through death.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@clayxros576 That's one interpretation, however, given archaeological and scholarly evidence that the Old Testament god evolved out of the Canaanite pantheon - which was polytheistic in nature - it's not unreasonable to consider that the Jews of the time would have seen the Egyptian gods as being real, but not as powerful as their own god. Of course, such attitudes would have shifted significantly by the time of the New Testament, but the statement isn't without merit concerning the historical period when the exile took place.

[@lancer4224130]

THis is wild timing as my game revolves around a dead god's cleric ( one of our players) and the powers to be wanting access to the cleric to track it down to leech the divinity.

[@sethkeown5965]

sounds like a setup for litchdom.

[@gianniskarazelidis8012]

@@sethkeown5965 lichdom is mostly for the arcane, clerics become mummies

[@lancer4224130]

@@sethkeown5965 Could be yeah. ;)

[@andreacristiano5452]

My pg is a cleric of undeath, and the deity of undeath is long forgotten and dead... Now I just tap his divine power since Noone claimed his realm. At lvl 20 I will eventually attempt to become the new God of undeath to obtain my victory over death

[@jacobsheehan9715]

Githyanki: **chips a piece of rock on a floating island in the astral sea** The nearby lich attempting to reanimated a dead god: you done gone fuked up

[@ryanford63]

Anubis watching it play out:foolish mortals.

[@wolf2403]

I want to see what would happen if Tu'narath woke up, the terror the Gith would feel as the very rocks they live on crush them to death while returning to their old form. Fun.

[@BarbarianGod]

Wait, so why doesn't Anubis destroy the Githyanki and their city on that dead god?

[@jacobsheehan9715]

@@BarbarianGod *shrugs*

[@nzin1357]

@@BarbarianGod Probably because they not chipping it and just like build something on it

[@thedragonknight3600]

I love that last line. "At which point, nothing will stall your Self Inflicted doom."

[@clayxros576]

God Miner: Man this stuff should make a perfect battery! Anubis: So you have chosen death.

[@megamanx466]

In my very first month ever playing D&D, back in the 3.5 Edition days, my party discovered an intelligent item with us ignorant of intelligent items and it tasked my character in particular with striving to revive the power/life of a decayed god named 'Alm Sivi'(a custom god by our DM). Were fun times and helped me quickly see the ways in which D&D was not just a in-person MMRPG! 😅

[@KyleJordanGaming]

This may just be coincidence, but it makes for a really great story, so I’m gonna say that was a bit of brilliant stealth-trolling by your DM. ‘Alm Sivi’ is a more sensible rendering of ‘ALMXIVI’ (I think? Something like that. It’s ‘ALMSIVI’ with a random ‘X’.), which refers to a Tribunal of (formerly) ‘living gods’- Almalexia, Sotha Sil, and Vivec- in the deep lore of... The Elder Scrolls. As in ‘Skyrim’. So, your DM introduced you to the nuanced world of DND, showing it to be far more than just an analog MMRPG... using an obscure reference to the most mainstream RPG video game of all time... Or it was just a coincidence, but I like that explanation better. Awesome. Wait... reviving the life of the god ‘Alm Sivi’... ‘ALMSIVI’, the... ‘living gods’... Bruh. That’s a hell of a coincidence, or your DM is a genius. Damn. Someone give that man a medal. 👍

[@megamanx466]

@@KyleJordanGaming Well at the time he lived & breathed ES III: Morrowind so yeah that seems highly likely! 😅

[@thalmorjusticiar1]

@@KyleJordanGaming I'd wager that's true, as someone who's also a tes fan and has named a bbeg after sotha sil

[@vjm3]

"Who the hell is that coming towards us?" "It's a knight.....with horses for shoes." "Absolutely terrifying. We must retreat."

[@Tengu125]

Good call.

[@blakethompson-dodd9874]

You've seen heelys, now get ready for Horseys.

[@poopcanothegreat9947]

But what about the horse with Knights for feet?

[@blakethompson-dodd9874]

@@poopcanothegreat9947 Four feet? They're probably jockeys, not knights...

[@tuckernutter]

"Are those horses wearing rollerblades? The foot horses have rollerblades. It was fun adventuring with you guys. Except you, Wizard, thanks for getting us killed... again..."

[@daniell1483]

I find these videos interesting, so I was suprised when I found this one touching. I never knew about Anubis' other activity in the Astral. But it makes sense, doesn't it? What sorrows Anubis must have realized when he saw an inevitable future for gods and Powers. His future. So he took up this divine mission to protect the corpses of other dead gods. Seeing that art of Anubis weeping struck me in the feelings.

[@KyleJordanGaming]

I know right? Anubis, the coolbro god. Pour some out for the fallen. ✊

[@ballisticbeast1637]

Man you got me remember a campaign were I worshiped Anubis. I had and ahnk that had an ability to dessicate, and used it to turned dead monsters flesh into jerks so I could eat it and sell off the rest for travel expenses.

[@mattlemmond3600]

I was going to eat that mummy!

[@KyleJordanGaming]

Ha. Nice. 👍

[@shishoka]

That would be defilinv the dead... Anubis probably wants to have a word with you.

[@calvintyler9281]

​@@shishoka Anubis: just purely evil monsters? Cleric: yes Anubis:...I'll allow it.

[@Czarewich]

Man, Anubis being the god essentially "worshiped" by the husks of Dead Gods is INCREDIBLY cool.

[@louisalectube]

Oh my god! An AWESOME concept for a dark fantasy campaign: An evil faction is harvesting supernatural energies from at least one dead god. There's a "world" in the Astral plane (or where ever) that's like an outpost for planar travelers. The PCs are hired to help and escort a plane-traveling mage in this other dimension. Just the tip of the iceberg...so many possibilities for the evil faction! Very nice!

[@TheLokiel]

What is the relationship between Anubis and other gods of death like Kelemvor or Nergal? And does he still have a relationship with the mulhorandi pantheon? And clerics?

[@ConstantChaos1]

I remember seeing that he has clerics but that might have been 3.5 which in my opinion had a much better divinity system

[@DarkVeghetta]

I mean, one of my D&D 5e characters certainly reveres him (Paladin), but that's within a Curse of Strahd campaign and I'm not sure my DM knows nor cares about the 'Protector of Dead Gods' part of Anubite lore. Actually, I might bring this to his attention and see what happens.

[@huntercraft5674]

@@DarkVeghetta Personally, i would love to know what happens

[@ChestersonJack]

Well I can’t speak for others, but I have a spelljammer-inspired campaign that as a matter of lore includes many different pantheons, and my thing with gods of death goes that there seems to almost be a curse around being a god of death or the dead, in that no god of death has ever kept the position for long (long by god terms). Nera became someone I won’t name, though if you know the lore you know. Jergal became seneschal to later gods. Anubis became the protector of dead gods. Myrkul is half-dead on the astral plane with few followers. Cyric chained to the Supreme Throne. As for Kelemvor, he was the most recent before the current god but that spoilers campaign stuff that I won’t talk about publicly lest one of my players finds this comment and notes the similarities. And these are just to name a few. There is a reason why all gods of death and the dead are destined to lose their position, but again, campaign spoilers.

[@DarkVeghetta]

@@huntercraft5674 I have now brought this up. I'd have done so sooner, but we just reset CoS after several party members came and left, as it started stretching suspension of disbelief and the flow of the game itself after the 6th time or so. It's now a solo campaign and will continue after I've left the Death House (we'll restart play probably this or next week). I won't know what comes of mentioning this until we play several sessions or more, so don't expect an update anytime soon - but I do intend to post one, if I remember this thread exists. *A bit about my PC and the campaign as a whole, for context:* My PC is a former king, killed by a rival alliance of nations, but resurrected by the Fey Lord Titania and sent off to kill Strahd, for her own reasons. Technically he's also a dhampir, but that's mostly due to his particular strain of vampirism developing very slowly over decades, as his progenitor was cursed by Titania herself after he killed her husband, Oberon. Given she also resurrected him, my character's actually on quite good terms with Titania (even though he loved his sire as a father-figure, it was eye for an eye, and thus a just killing) and has taken to calling her 'auntie' (as far as he's concerned, she's family by way of his vampiric line and he's rather proud to be two steps removed from divinity). Once in Barovia, my party and I proceeded to clear the Death House (the other members are no longer in the campaign, but that's ok - it made sense how two of them left and the third will just proceed to murderhobo his way through the undead countryside; it's fine) and then I adopted both Rose and Thorn, along with now having the loyalty of the previously-banshee maid, Amelia. Titania did what Fey Lords seem to sometimes do when they feel like it and resurrected the lot of them (that and I think my DM enjoys giving my characters bonds to protect - in fairness, so do I). My PC now has a family to look after and is a landed noble of Barovia (Rose & Thorn signed the deed of the manor and windmill over to me, with a stipulation of me now being their official guardian as a result). With the manor as my foothold within the lands, I aim to start gathering power for my eventual goal of usurping Strahd and trying to ascend to the rank of Fey Lord myself, with Barovia as my own fey realm, and then proceed to turn back time and crush the alliance that killed me and invaded my original kingdom - but this time with an army of fey at my back and hopefully Titania assisting me. Mind you, that's the *very* long-term plan. Likely more than the CoS campaign can encompass, so it may actually lead to a second campaign down the road, eventually (or a few extra sessions to wrap things up). We'll see if I succeed or even survive my goal of kicking Strahd in the shins. The entire endeavor may implode upon itself... it may even *likely* implode, but if it does, at least I hope it will do so in an entertaining and pleasing manner.

[@coolio3267]

do more of the tyrants of the nine hells and demon lords of the abyss

[@xanfennell4308]

Would Mystrel's corpse be in the astral plane? After karsus's folly?

[@redacted144]

she was never dead tho.

[@BetaGunslinger]

@@redacted144 Mystral committed suicide. Mystra took her place

[@daviddaugherty2816]

Probably. It would be tricky to find, though, since location means nothing on the Astral Plane. In places like that, you pretty much have to already know where you're going to get there.

[@ramondelgado4927]

​@@BetaGunslinger Mystral didnt die die , her divine body or counciousness was spended/destroyed to fix the weave but her soul was reborn/transfer to Mystra I dont think any of the goddesses of magic could ever die since they are so fundamental to the universe so they are just reborn Bane , Baal and Myrkul are almost forgotten i think , they are the lowest rank of gods so they will very likely become dead gods eventually Maybe Mask is floating in the astral sea , he is truly death in both power and body , Azuth could be too or maybe just trapped inside Asmodeus ? Leira is definetly death death

[@kaio0777]

@@ramondelgado4927 so it’s like a Phoenix like situation then

[@kaio0777]

Anubis is so cool in all myths,stories and legend about him and his place among the gods of the dead is unique everywhere he goes truly not mortial or divine but the Guardian of the dead and u have to respect that.

[@movespammerguyteam7colors]

Okay how would one even manage to harm the remains of the forgotten gods to upset Anubis? That and wouldn’t he actively be patrolling the areas around these forgotten gods to protect them? I’m surprised that no one has crossed paths with him either while patrolling or studying the remains of his divine brethren.

[@chroprs]

Gods have, well, god like powers. Anubis doesn't need to personally patrol them, the moment someone attempts to dig into one he'll immediately know, then he can just teleport a bunch of minions to deal with the situation. In terms of harming the remains, those are just remains now, no longer actual gods with godly powers, I'm sure a +3 pickaxe can do the job.

[@brandongore711]

I haven't read much of the story yet, but you do speak to Anubis about the corpse of Orcus in the Planescape 2e adventure Dead Gods

[@AlbelNox]

"A whim, a thought, and more is sought. Awake my mind; thy will be wrought!"

[@KyleJordanGaming]

Don’t know the reference (if any), but that does sound pretty dope...

[@AlbelNox]

@@KyleJordanGaming It's from Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light

[@idontno6d105]

I was one of the people who knew about the Egyptian pantheon's role in DnD. I actually believe Set's up to something because he's included in the main Faerun pantheon now or something. That might not be the exacts but Set's always up to something and it's not usually good.

[@clayxros576]

The fact that he's actually included at all means that he succeeded, at least in part, in what he's up to. And yeah that's not a good sign.

[@idontno6d105]

@@clayxros576 again, not entirely sure about that, I think he might be included under the alias of Zehir though which still puts the world in 'oh no why is Set in the faerun pantheon what is he doing'

[@patchlasses5649]

He did trap the yuan-ti god Sseth and is now manipulating the worshippers. So definitely something is going on.

[@MarceloSantos-pt3hj]

MrRhexx you bless me with this gift!

[@blackdragoncomics3186]

Can you next talk about the gnolls(not sure if I spelled that right but it’s the hyena men)? I’ve always wanted to know more about them

[@daviddaugherty2816]

That's right. I've always liked them, myself. 5e changed a lot. They pretty much went from a people (albeit a savage one) to nothing more than a fiendish plague.

[@Nas0630]

Now I wana see a vid on the Egyptian Deities in the DnD realm.

[@vaughnlewis3443]

Another great video another request for dwarves and magic runes please. Thanks for the the the taverns book I’ll check it out.

[@hilkmeister1382]

Day what of asking?

[@estivalbloom]

I always love playing "spot the Magic art" in these videos

[@maddoctorscientist9472]

Gwent sometimes.

[@LovesickLegend]

I now really want a video series on the Egyptian gods in Dnd. Anubis here sounds so freaking cool.

[@aoiyuureisuru7656]

Really enjoyed this one! Really love how gods from different pantheons still exists and s a place in d&d

[@Hedron-Design]

Good stuff. Gonna use some of this for my next few game sessions. In our current adventures a God is on the verge of coming into existence and the party is tied up in it all.

[@michaelcox9855]

"It's not possible for a mortal to kill a god" The previously mortal Raven Queen and a few others would like a word with you.

[@timothyarmstrong9351]

I've always wondered about demigods and how they are affected if their godparent died

[@thefreshestman9438]

Well demigods in DnD are just lesser gods

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

They would be fine. Probably angry, but otherwise fine

[@Alfaader]

@@thefreshestman9438 demigod is it's own rank under lesser god. Bottom to Top it goes: demi, lesser, intermediate, and then Greater.

[@The_Keeper]

@@Alfaader Technically, there is (and isn't) one more level above Greater; Overgod (like Ao in the forgotten realms). And at the end of the Avatar saga books, it is infered that there is atleast one above that.

[@Voldrim359]

@@johntheherbalistg8756 do you think so? i mean, they lose their power as a demi god and become mortal or something close to a mortal?

[@gregkun1]

Anubis was always my favorite god. :) I had a campaign idea where everyone lives on a supermassive floating continent living normal lives as the first god quake is experience and chaos is released.

[@zero69kage]

The first time I heard about the dead Gods I immediately began to think about whether or not something would try to feed on them. So I came up with a massive entity that was one part primordial and one part obyrith.

[@Mirthrall]

Look up the Spirit Eater Curse

[@zero69kage]

@@Mirthrall the thing I ended up with was more of an over grown Nightshade combined with an Obyrith. Though that would be a good "gift" it could give to people dum enough to worship it.

[@jessehupp44]

Actually a mortal could kill a god by drying up all belief in them

[@alexanderbanggren6071]

Wouldn't that just strip them of their power? Honestly curious

[@pimentinha1121]

@@alexanderbanggren6071 God=Thought Though=Power Powerless God=Dead God

[@Tsignotchka87]

@@alexanderbanggren6071 I mean, if you kill off all of a gods followers, the god could still have people pray to them. Like how, even if you don't worship them, you might still pray to a Sea God for calm seas when you go out on a boat. You'd basically have to make everyone in the multi-verse forget that that god ever existed in the first place to kill them. That's not something that a singular mortal could do. That's only something that happens with time or with other gods with similar portfolios becoming more popular.

[@ryanford63]

@@Tsignotchka87 Eh or you can just condemm their worship and commit genocide.Followed by dieacide.

[@ryanford63]

@@alexanderbanggren6071 did you even watch the video?

[@chrisnichols807]

Been waiting on this since your video on how to kill a deity

[@ianestevez6570]

Fantastic, i have a ranger pc who was born in a dead god in the astral sea. This is great for me xD

[@rabidsmiles]

I just wanted to say thank you. This video has inspired a character I have been trying to write a backstory for forever now!

[@akiragomes]

Tyvm for bringing Planescape knowkedge to new D&D players

[@noahhansen8564]

This series came in just in time, I am making an astral plane campaign and I have little info on it lol.

[@surge123456789]

Might I suggest checking out the forgotten realms wiki and the planscape book DEAD GODS.

[@scream6671]

Anubis was always my favorite Egyptian god and now my respect for him is through the roof!

[@Christian_Bagger]

Something I would love to know more about is; the struggle between the deity. I know many wants to climb the ladder, but how does the intrigue function? How does feuds and qualms starts and resolves? Are there any ambitious deity with a good alignment? Are they just content and try to amass followers or do they walk into grey zones? I know bits and pieces, and ofc. “Time of Troubles”, but that’s it. Would love some more comprehensive info on it.

[@KyleJordanGaming]

IIRC, basically after the Time of Troubles, Ao the super duper god got pissed and told them all to chill TF out, because gods dying left and right was a pain in the ass and kept ruining everything. So now they’re not allowed to fight and mostly just hang out.. Rhexx covered it somewhere... I think it was in his “The Most Powerful God in DnD” video... or “What can the strongest gods in DND do?”- something like that...

[@nahruz.w3044]

I hope the next video would be about the egyptian pantheon!

[@ShadeMeadows]

"That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons, even death may die."

[@forgettable8300]

Finding a dead god kinda sounds like finding a tombstone that has been abandoned and fell into disarray

[@AndICanTalk2]

Awesome video. Loved it. I am playing a cleric of Anubis in a campaign right now, and I am telling my DM to watch this! Oh the story hooks...

[@Teekayhuey_TK]

What makes Mrrhexx videos so awesome.

[@brandongore711]

I've been planning on running Planescape: Dead Gods 2e, so this is really helpful. Thank you!

[@daviddaugherty2816]

You are my new hero. I've been bringing Planescape to 5e with my campaign.

[@ronantillman4687]

I’d love to see a video of more about this Anubis or even a 5e adventure around them

[@aronglasser]

This video is very helpful. I am running the Lost City and plan to add my own twist with the Astral Plane in the mix so thanks for what you do, boss!

[@basementmadetapes]

My Gith psi fighter had landed on a sort an unknown dead god and it turned him red. And is the source of his improved psychic abilities

[@James-bw4np]

Interesting! How about you mention the process of resurrecting a dead God! I know I saw bits and pieces about doing that in AD&D 2nd ed./ 3rd ed

[@GregtheGrey6969]

Read the blood wars trilogy. Book 2 I think.

[@yellafella2718]

Can Anubis be bribed?

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

@@yellafella2718 No, no he can not.

[@yellafella2718]

@@Krishnath.Dragon Damn, now I'm *really* intrigued what the psychic elves are up to

[@ryanford63]

@@yellafella2718 Githyanki can be anyway shape or form be compared to elves.Anubis probs got scared off the godlike lich.

[@noahwilson3809]

DM: OK, you got yourself the wish spell, what do you wish for? Scenario 1 Good Aligned Player: I wish for all evil gods to be forgotten. Anubis: . . .I like this one. Scenario 2 Evil Aligned Player: I wish for all good gods to be forgotten. Anubis: You have killed my friends, you shall perish for this. Scenario 3 That chaotic player: I wish for Anubis to be forgotten, just to see what happens. Anubis: You little shi- *solidifies*

[@Axewus]

the Anubis bit blew me away ;D

[@Nishom0926]

Gods dead when the mortals stop Praying. Asmodeous: Hold my Ruby Rod

[@jacobsheehan9715]

He is not a god he simply the manifestation of lawful evil

[@Nishom0926]

@@jacobsheehan9715 I am talk about power And he has deitidum in different editions aside from Lawful Evil itself

[@Nishom0926]

@@jacobsheehan9715 Dude I know That giant 🐍 But he got Goddooh as well itself like Goku having Super Syain Blue and Ultra instinct plus going full Kayokan 20 On top of That bullshit

[@christhiancosta1844]

It's really cool to know more about the Egyptian presence in the FR and this about Anubis was really amazing

[@roepi]

Woop woop, found Phissanol! Page 35 of Planescape A Guide to the Astral Plane.

[@NegatveSpace]

I was never interested in the other planes in dnd until your videos. Even though they still seem kind of weird, your videos do make them interesting enough that it sounds cool to try to do something with in a game and gives a lot of food for thought for what to do with a plane in a campaign.

[@aidanthornton173]

*Anubis* is a badass in almost every format he appears in.

[@Drazzlak]

Man all these lore videos popping up makes me a very happy man

[@toufexisk]

Now I want to know more about Anubis! So it seems he is no longer a god? What happened to his following? I want to know more about the Egyptian pantheon in DnD! Great video!

[@chaosfire4675]

If Anubis is no longer a God in the traditional sense, can he still grant powers to mortals? As in, could I have a cleric of Anubis in the Forgotten Realms?

[@ryanford63]

I mean probally not,though they might instead channel remaining power from his charges to do normal god stuff.

[@surge123456789]

I see no reason why not. 2 reasons... 1. You are the GM and your word is law. 2. I think Anubis is listed in one of the 5e books as a god.

[@clayxros576]

In this instance getting power from Anubis would be a Warlock pact I would imagine, as he is something far beyond what anyone has witnessed before and exists as a power totally separate. Just like those who occupy the Far Realms, where the eldrich ancients persist.

[@philipearakaki]

@@clayxros576 Literally Great Old One Pact at that point.

[@DarkVeghetta]

Personally, I'd have Anubis be both a god in the traditional sense and a 'power' able to grant Warlock pacts - at the same time. The god would be an aspect of the greater power, but still a god in that he'd be able to grant abilities/spells and accrue belief. At least that's how I'd adjudicate it as a GM.

[@jamessieff727]

That anubis thing is such a wow factor

[@janedoe885]

Late comment on the most relevant video I could think of, but I've been following for a few years and love your 'what they don't tell you about X' series! It's really done a lot to improve my understanding of DnD lore, and encouraged me to investigate various parts of the world. I do have a request if you have time/inclination, as someone who has been scouring the internet without a ton of success. Would you be willing to talk about the Great Old Ones sometime--and in particular Hadar? What I have managed to find seems really interesting with dying and devouring stars. Curious how they work, what their stats might even look like, how they interact with one another, and how they pact with warlocks. What would Great Old One encounters even look like compared to fiends or fey entities? How do they stack up with gods? Seems like very few people talk about them at all. Anyway, hope you're having an awesome day and thank you for sharing your videos!

[@night_san03]

Technically, there is one way a player can kill a deity: Cast wish to annihilate all faith, belief, and memory of (insert deity's name).

[@theproman5347]

Anibus has peeked my interest. I would very much like to see a video about him. If you do do it, mr Rhexx, i am very grateful in advance.

[@WusterWasti]

Its funny cause in JoJo Part 2, Kars becomes some kind of god only to be yeeted out in space where he froze but couldn't die. So he forgot to think and just drifted endless into the void. Reminds me of the dead gods of dnd really.

[@ryanmcmenamim9871]

I would love to see some videos on how the Egyptian Pantheon fits into the Forgotten Realms

[@swarnendudas772]

Greatly appreciate tharizdun video.

[@Xileph410]

Now I really want to know more about Anubis.

[@frozeneevee]

It is interesting seeing Egyptian gods in D&D, seems like something you'd only see in an Egypt inspired setting.

[@Kakkarot211]

really interesting...if you were able to avoid anubis, can you harness some materials of the dead god or maybe even move part of it into a gem like a soul?

[@Velharth]

If Anubis is guardin those corpses how githianki could have built city with all those anchored chains on it ?

[@adambielen8996]

Presumably because they aren't mining the corpse itself, merely building upon them.

[@ThisNameIsBanned]

Maybe the god is cool with it and they dont actively chip down on the corpse, but rather build something on it, that maybe will lead to people believing in that god again in some point in the future. If someone invades the fortress and starts chipping on the gods corpse, Anubis would annihilate them ... so thats quite some defensive power to have.

[@clayxros576]

@@ThisNameIsBanned Invader: Why can't we just bomb the city? Anubis: _appearing in the war room_ Because I would erase you for harming that dead god. Invader: ...understood no bombs....

[@biteso2333]

Githyanki: "It's free real estate!"

[@Teekayhuey_TK]

I wonder what I could do with the corps of a god? Oh my that greed is setting in.

[@ryanford63]

They explained pretty much everything you can do,channel some divine power through fancy machinces and make cool shit from it.Of course you better not try either.

[@Teekayhuey_TK]

@@ryanford63 But that +5 sword though.😍Being a grave robber never sounded so sweet.

[@cyclopsboi]

so what would happen if say a group of mortals in the astral started worshiping the husk of a dead god. They may not know its name and influence but they would be offering prayers to it just the same

[@clayxros576]

I would imagine that would be enough. That memory aura would likely pick up the belief and relay back the concept that god represented, letting those followers more accurately worship them and thus give them enough power to reawaken.

[@richardhoover3123]

So then what happened to all the God's that Cronus "killed" did they really die or was there physical form just die and the body is just floating in the Astral Plane?

[@RyuuKageDesu]

Deities are some of my favorite subjects. I'm currently going through your videos on gods.

[@eliudesantos3237]

Your videos are a blessing for my nerd soul.

[@screamingiraffe]

I was just thinking ' haven't seen a MrRhexx video is like a month' then checked the latest video I recently watched '2 days ago'.. need more videos please - thx

[@LeoxandarMagnus]

This is some of the deepest lore yet.

[@A7XvDisturbed]

Please tell me more about Anubis and what happens if someone incurs his wrath!!!

[@andrewvincent7299]

I've been to the Astral plane and I actually found Myrkul's giant corpse and spoke with him. This was a century ago but still..crazy times!

[@valeclaw1697]

If Gods draw power from mortal worship, how powerful were gods like Moradin when they made the Dwarves? Or Correlon before the accidental creation of elves?

[@Patches2212]

It's definitely a paradox for the "race specific" gods. Like- if gods have power from belief, and they are only really a deity of a race they themselves need to create, where did that initial "spark" come from? Or were they merely a god of another, now forgotten domain, their power moving from that to their specific race over the millenia. Perhaps someone else could explain better, but these gods seem like examples of Bootstrap Paradoxes

[@nicolaezenoaga9756]

With Correlon I don't know but I do know that Moradin is worshipped in many worlds by non dwarfs.

[@TheLokiel]

It is implied from the lore that the first generation of gods were not reliant on worship. The progenitor gods of each Pantheon are described as naturally coming out of nature. For instance Corellon is said to be an aspect of chaos, able to change his appearance and being angry at elves for taking a definitive form which lowered his power. Annam All-Father of the Giant pantheon has a similar backstory of being something akin to a primordial power that came to be at the beginning of time with all its powers. There is also a slight discrepancy here between FR lore and Planescape lore: in FR godly power didn’t rely on worship until the Times of Trouble. Before that the power of a god was simply reliant on his portfolio. But in Planescape all gods have always been reliant on worship.

[@wermm2]

Since it isn’t a real “death” as mortals know it can these gods be brought back if someone learned of them either by finding old relics or studying their corpse in the astral then spreading that knowledge to more people? I know it’s incredibly unlikely to happen but theoretically it could work

[@ShartReacts]

BG3 did a great job at showing this.

[@thatgun6726]

"Of over seventeen taverns!" Soooooo 18 taverns?

[@Armyvet951]

We need videos on raising dead gods, worshipping anubis after losing his divinity and regaining divinity.

[@RaoGung]

Wow. Would be awesome to see more about the Egyptian pantheon's role in the greater dnd universe. Maybe more videos on this down the road?

[@johnnyscifi]

I just got a neat idea...imagine a village in the Astral plane, thats just a hollowed out God's head!!! Loosely influenced my Marve comics' Nowhere"

[@durrangodsgrief6503]

could you imagine if the horned rat was in dnd and went by its rules of divinity he'd be among the most powerful gods

[@corvan761]

Sweet. Perfect timing.

[@TheLewylew]

yeeesssss do more about the Egypt gods please !!!

[@FifthKazekagGaara]

This is amazing for me as I am currently running a campaign and where a handful of gods have taken physical forms through finding vessels because they wish to live out earthly pleasures (sort of like the Greek gods) and it helps me explain why if a vessel with a fraction of a gods power is killed then that would result in a massive lose in faith and power. I already played with this idea by making one of the gods be on his last leg of divinity only staying alive through making deals for magic items costing people parts of their souls making him infamous with the Adventurers. None of my players have asked why all of his clerics/followers are diffrent domains.... and it's simply because he's to weak to give the power so he passes them on to the most fitting God telling them he is making deals for them to become clerics of these gods, and of course most of the gods he does this for dont mind because he give them half of the energy he gets from his followers belief. He quite literally is a dying God of margins grasping at straws and hoping his last plane plays out well.

[@BlasterFuzz]

I like the 15 minute format!

[@baddragonite]

Awesome video and creative concept

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Doctor Phibes punishes those who displeased Anubis! ;-)

[@gaidencastro9706]

I wish we got to know more of them