What They Don't Tell You About The Azers - D&D

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[@MrRhexx]

Hey guys! Check out Grim Hollow's Campaign Guide (their character monster trasnformations are insanely awesome) over here: bit.ly/389SU5U

[@carminegraves]

you and AJ Pickett could collab

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

Still waiting for episode about onis.

[@joshdavis4438]

Salamanders might be a shorter video than the plane of water, and if you're needing another short rest/lighter work load, to try and recover from levels of exhaustion.

[@GentlemenofAction]

Salamanders videos next, then the water plane video. The fire theme is great

[@liamfogarty998]

Any chance Grim Hollow will also be coming to D&D beyond? I’d love to play with all this stuff in the app and character creator

[@scottieapplseed]

Amaimon sounds like he's more of an auditor than a ruler. "Look productive guys, corporate is here!" 😬

[@kawbmxful]

Hes the plane of fires OSHA inspector

[@lundkvistaren]

@@kawbmxful lol L L L F

[@lundkvistaren]

When the hell did I write this?

[@lundkvistaren]

Oh it was when I was sleeping, what

[@diversezebra6754]

Hey there fellow heat dudes....You guys aren't cutting any corners right? We are all friends here righ.....wait. Is that a ladder without proper label? I am afraid that is a banishable offense.

[@johnhurley8918]

If you want a break, just take a break. These aren't the types of videos were we NEED the next episode right away. I'll always watch them when they appear, but I don't need them that frequently.

[@bayoubilly5176]

Most of us work 45 hours a week at a daily slog .. I think he'll be fine...

[@Tobias11ize]

these videos are quality, i frequently just rewatch the older ones. so i could definetly handle it if rhexx took a well deserved break.

[@TheHighestNoon]

The issue with taking a break has more to do with the KZbin algorithm I imagine

[@chaoticdanor]

@Hunterkage Joestar ​ Even if you knew how to program, it would take years of experience to even start looking at youtube's algorithms and understand all the inner workings, nevermind making changes to it. I've worked at way smaller companies with much smaller platforms and they expect senior developers (7-10 years exp) to need 6 months to get into the job. You have no idea how huge of a project a platform like this is, programmers in huge companies don't even decide anything, management does. So the only way for an individual like you to change anything about youtube would require you to become a lead product manager or another top management function and even then you'd be severly restricted by the board and google's managers above you. This is a product supposed to bring in money and your opinion of how to improve the product for creators would mean very little to people working 50 hour-weeks whose entire job is increasing profit margins.

[@royernster6792]

@@bayoubilly5176 the fact that he performs a different form of work doesn’t take away from his burnout in making videos, there’s no need to compare here imo

[@Vrikrar]

I think a Salamander video would probably interest people a lot, they're recognizable but not really all that known, and I know I would love to hear about them.

[@docopoper]

Yah, I'd love one of those.

[@aunderiskerensky2304]

for sure, im going to be throwing some into the mix pretty soon for my players. flaming naga fucking rule.

[@Vrikrar]

@@aunderiskerensky2304 They really do, and the episode on them was great.

[@jacintoelgrande6039]

Kip L

[@sarahteter6310]

I let one of my players in my homebrew world play an Azer. 5 years of playing this campaign and I'll gladly say he's my favorite character to Dm. The player himself tends to rarely speak so when you said, "Azers are taciturn," I laughed so hard it hurt. One of the best things he's done with the character is to make rolls for training and then finally worked out how to control his own flame in order to grab a cloak and become a hot air balloon to skip parts of a dungeon. He's also decided his character loves to bake cinnamon rolls. Fenriz the Azer fighter is a hero to all Azers now!

[@lyrenwindstrike4536]

I'd like to see a video on salamanders. Don't know much on them in dnd so it be fun to learn about them.

[@joshdavis4438]

Same here actually

[@staticcharm3808]

Just use Google. The resources are out there. Where do you think he gets his info from?

[@MichaelUNC14]

@@staticcharm3808 so..... why did you watch this video?

[@bayoubilly5176]

@@MichaelUNC14 same reason I do? Nope that's wrong... Nope not canon. Oooh really ill have to dbl check that didn't remember that one actually...(does that clear it up?) also his art picks are nice he picks a lot of original adnd and Krynn dragonlance art. Which I enjoy. He's got a good voice and pleasant accent as well.

[@bayoubilly5176]

In addition to answer the OP. Its cuz salamanders have never been popular so they've been reinvented(ie:contradictory info). Kinda like how they changed the firbolg completely cuz of one artists mistake instead of just admitting it wasn't on purpose... Dnd is famous for this. Especially when it was just tsr...

[@W0lf7133]

My day just went from a 9 to a 10

[@FruitH.]

imagine having a single day above a 4

[@jimmylittle1983]

You mean 6 to midnight?

[@eskewroberts7663]

Glad you were having a good day Mine went from 3 to 7 So I guess everything's alright now

[@LawofCasualty]

That's hot.

[@stanisawdrewienkowski2843]

No matter the length, It's alway a pleasure to chill with one of your videos Rhexx, wether short or long. Probably the only channel on which i check the video unconditionally when i see it under my bell.

[@Chaossidy-117]

I'm late to the game but I've listened to his videos for literally 3-7 hours a day for the last two weeks. It's been helping with the world I'm building for my kids to play in and just plain enjoyable to listen to while doing some other tasks

[@phantomnxc6081]

Weird theory: what if the Azeter where ancient golems made by dwarfs to fight agents the giants and titans more specifically titans atuned to fire and fire giants. Soon after the wars concluded most of them where sent to the planes of fire.

[@dragonlord498]

Actually they aren't constructs given they can have Descendents with mortal races like dwarves so it's likely the theory they are elemental dwarves who were enslaved by fire giants or some similar race likely closer to the truth

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

Yes I like this. Ambulatory weapons given real life and free will in return for their efforts.

[@ericgrimm7833]

The azer king being an inspector actually makes sense. It's not all that strange considering you basically described a factory/forge society. Inspection is necessary in that kind of society.

[@captainthorrek262]

These dwarves of fire and metal also go by another name on the prime material plane: Wind Rose! Edit: thanks autocorrect.... *sigh*

[@Overlord99762]

My headcannon is that dwarves and azers recognize each other as cousins/brothers and as often as they can they interact and offer each other support. Some support I have for this is that in one of the 5e books an encounter table offers azers as guards for a Dwarven caravan.

[@colebuckon3856]

I’d certainly be on board with a salamander video.

[@kryskiller666]

'Azers prefer purple gems above all' My amethyst dragon disciple bard: My time has come.

[@Baraz_Red]

I actually Liked for your Grim Hollow presentation :P I know nothing of it, but your presentation was so authentic or relevant for D&D players.

[@idontno6d105]

I've always found the Azers kind of interesting but I didn't really like how they only got 1 page and 1 stat block, thanks for the additional lore though, I might try to horn the Azers in somewhere in my campaign ideas, perhaps even homebrew my own lore.

[@staticcharm3808]

If more people found them interesting they would have gotten more

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

Still wating for "What they dont tell you about oni" episode

[@Yurt_enthusiast7]

I'm waiting for "What they don't tell you about MrRhexx"

[@Flashjackmak]

A really awesome race who I'd never heard of before your videos! The imagery of the border between the elemental planes of fire and earth with ranges of volcano-fortresses rising up into the sky is an awesome thing to think about!

[@GingerObiWan]

Take breaks when you need them, don't feel pressured to constantly put out content as fast as possible. Self care is important too.

[@derrickmiles5240]

The 4th edition lore actually fits my setting perfectly. Dwarves and giants in my setting live on the same continent and have an ancient rivalry. I guess 4th edition isn't all bad.

[@frozeneevee]

Whenever I think of this creature I always refer to them in my head as fire dwarfs sense that's really what they are. think about it, there well known for being amazing at crafting items, they have a similar body structure to dwarfs (both are short and have a similar build), and they both love gem stones and precious metals. The only way they could be more like dwarfs is if they also liked to drink alcohol.

[@genostellar]

I very much appreciate the videos you make. You not only teach me all kinds of things about the world of D&D, but you also inspire me to build campaigns and to create my own lore for my games.

[@robertrappaport3610]

I wish we had more about races like this, because it feels like a potential enemy/neutral agent to a party that is more complex than just 'evil slavers'

[@LetholdusKaspyr]

I'll recommend the Grim Hollow guide. Great read. My favorite part was when I realized how easy it was to add the transformations into Pathfinder 2E - treat them as an additional Versatile Heritage, added to the character sheet in play.

[@ezekielkade1823]

I've been a watcher and fan since your early Skyrim days and you've gotten even better now than you were already then and I'd love it if that quality maintained so if you need a break, please man, take one. We're all here no matter the delays.

[@tyrant-den884]

You gotta do Salamanders now.

[@comfortablegrey]

I read the monster manual for 3.5e from my older brother's book collection even before I ever played DnD, and I wanted to play an Azer. Thank you for this video, an eight year old me appreciates it. (Still never played an Azer though.)

[@Domdrok]

I've always loved the 3rd edition MM art of the azer.

[@daniell1483]

I really like learning about these primal societies, ones that existed so far back in time that their origins are almost completely forgotten. I can just imagine how they must look at those from the Prime Material, thinking the universe revolves around us. They formed great works and established civilizations back before humans completed their evolution into homo sapiens. We must seem so arrogant and uninformed to them, I love it! Thanks again for the video.

[@elskaalfhollr4743]

last i was this early the elves were a space faring civilization

[@someguy9052]

Nice spelljammer reference

[@bayoubilly5176]

Last time I was this early ...illithids were the good guys... Oh wait they still are(yep those evil brain sucking spelljammers are on a mission that is altogether lawful good... Ugh wtf squidheads).

[@maximillionchaoswolf]

@@bayoubilly5176 but are they doing a good job of it or making things worse in the end?

[@bayoubilly5176]

@@maximillionchaoswolf oooh that is debatable ... So far collecting every artifact they detect for destruction doesn't seem to help anyone... But they are inscrutable oooOooOOOOoooo😁

[@ZarloSkald]

Ah yes, my favorite obscure monster! Thanks Rhexx!

[@christophermills7693]

one of the Forgotten Realms splat books said something on Clan Azer being kidnapped from there

[@xXxEINER]

Azers work the hardest materials in the known multiverse, here we can see an example: 8:35 - a mailcoat of nokias

[@AngelusAnsell]

i love everything you do here. i only recently was able to play dnd and you were literally the first dnd lore youtuber i watched for info. Still here, still lovin it.

[@damiancolella5140]

Ah yes metal dwarf

[@Carewolf]

Metal dwarves on fire. My favorite band

[@adamisme5939]

Salamanders could be cool for a later video, but personally I'm more interested in getting some info on the Plane of Water. But hey, if you need to make another short video, then do so.

[@hauz287]

you're like my nana/college professor of dnd lore and I love it.

[@Shatterwings060]

Question: if water is ban in the plane of fire, does mean that any attempt to pull water out of blood is impossible ?

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[@Thetruepianoman]

also

[@megamanx466]

...too! 😅

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Obligatory comment to show that this channel's content is still relevant.

[@BobHoss4]

Salamanders, please! You’ve come so far, you might as well finish off the elemental plane of fire

[@alvinshaw33]

Sounds like a good warlock patron. Send him red and people gems, get powers, profit.

[@battledummie5656]

Be cool if the fire giants were next

[@Grinnar]

My birds won't let me nap, so this is a welcome change of pace for today, thank you.

[@justsometroglodyte4056]

my origin for the azer is that they're Moradin's prototype of the dwarves (and maybe also the Galeb Duhr (who themselves are the prototypes to the prototypes))

[@cassandramuller7337]

5:27 when you recognize the image because you play the game and immediately have to verify that you are actually correct :P Now I have to go back because I need to listen to the video again.

[@jonathanwells223]

2:08 yes insult me, that’s the way to get me to buy your product

[@TheStianbak]

Yo man! Love your video's! take all the time you need between episodes. don't ever want you to burn out! :-)

[@That80sGuy1972]

I don't know if it's canon but in one campaign I played as a Dwarf, I had Azer armor. It was pretty much a bronze costume that he slipped in that formed to his body. It had a mask that did the same thing, having holes for his facial hair and eyes. I came to learn it was made from what an Azer leaves behind when it dies via cold... a headless hollow shell with a partial neck and a mask that was once the face. It was great armor at its base but not even the best compared to other front-liners in the party. The damage resistance from physical, fire, and bonuses to saves were the biggest bonuses. Also, the armor was anti-encumbered... wearing it was like walking around naked... added to my character's weight but it supported itself fully. We never encountered Azers while I played but I was warned that any Azer seeing me wear it would get immediately enraged.

[@Angellum.Manaflow]

off-topic: congrats for getting sponsors related to this channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Overlord99762]

In my homebrew Azers and Dwarves recognize each other as cousin races, they're basically both dwarves, and there is exchange of cultural aspects and materials. Some Azers even travel, with magical items that allow them to, as guards for dwarven convoys and merchants

[@jtjames79]

My leader of the Azers, is basically going to be Elon Musk. "Inspections" in that case take a whole new meaning. Basically treat him like a super high level engineer. When it comes to inspect your work, he either gives you the idea you need for a breakthrough, or he demotes you because you have been promoted to your level of incompetence (I think that's called the Peter principle). It's something to be feared and desired. These inspections give the king incredibly deep insights to what is possible. His power would lie in his subtlety, and before you notice he's disrupted an entire sector by changing the balance of power.

[@sapporohaust]

Agree. For these highly lawful beings a king/queen is the one making sure that every rules are applied and each Azer fulfills his/her duty. If a community or individual fails in that regard then the king's word will be undisputed.

[@broskee7665]

Salamanders yes please! Actually had a tiger salamander pet IRL. so maybe I'm biased.

[@sleepystar1638]

The pockets of planes crossing over is secretly the theory for life on earth.

[@razezillian]

Is there going to be a video covering Dwarves anytime soon since they've been mentioned in to many videos. Mentioned in the lore of giants Mentioned in the lore of Kolbolds But yet we don't no much about the D&D ones yet.

[@varun-xu8gv]

Yeah, dwarves are one of the most popular race with a lot of lore. They truly deserve their own video.

[@LeftCatcher]

@@varun-xu8gv more like their own series of videos, their lore is vast, with almost as many sub-variant races as the elves. It would essentially be a drunken Scottish Modern Marvels video on how it's made... Specifically to piss off the elves. Even the women have beards, and you know that thing in magical crafting you just can't pull off; yeah, they did it just like the elves did, and they didn't have to sacrifice the lives of 250 elders to do it. (Provided it wasn't hugging a tree or doing something actually useful like forging swords.) Their cuisine is based solely on "if it tastes good while drunk," And they are musical in a matter of singing drinking hymns. (Even the whistle while you work Disney depiction is true to that.) If they ever saw the video for the Ferd f-teen thousand, it would launch them into a fervent drive to make it not only a reality but the new Mithril standard of travel.

[@varun-xu8gv]

@@LeftCatcher and their video should be made with the best quality of metal that can be forged, they would be very upset if it is some cheap pig iron

[@LoreleiVieshvelle]

I got the grim hollow preorders thanks to you and the PDFs are fucking phenomenal I can't wait to get my physical copies of both the campaign and player guides. Best investment ever gonna run it for my transition after the Fey Wilds

[@TheSelfeDestruct]

Love the videos, take a vacation brother!

[@PeriodicallyRational]

Thx for the amazing video as always. Remember to rest too, we want you to have free time too and do what you like.

[@SirBonsley]

Grim hollow is awesome! Gonna run my next campaign in that setting

[@jasmr7594]

Still waiting for what they don’t tell you about MrRhexx the god of lore

[@beastwarsFTW]

I had an idea for a race of volcano dwarves that makes deals with Azers to mine metals in colder environments in exchange for things like pyromancy and how to make better steel.

[@trainerjosiah1774]

Another great video as always! I vote for salamanders before proceeding to the plane of water.

[@Rippertear]

I mean, I would love a Salamander video, but it's up to you!

[@shadowhell8378]

It's finally time to do the fire giants.

[@Rpground]

Interesting 4E says Azers are related to dwarves. Still hoping for a "What they don't tell you about Dwarfs".

[@nextgenerationnerds4782]

I'm a fanboy man, you inspired me to make my own content so thank you!

[@skrog907]

Wonderful video, thanks for making it.

[@NegatveSpace]

That they craft their bodies is fascinating. What if they could be like hermit crabs and craft larger and larger bodies the longer they live? Or if they want a strong soldier for something they could construct a larger body?

[@nightfall89z62]

What is stopping them from doing just this. There are guidelines in d&d for advancing creatures by size and hit dice.... Edit; also I would like to emphasize that d&d has guidelines, not rules. If you are running a game, and want to make a gargantuan or colossal azer with 72 hit dice, then by all means do so, maybe it's some boss monster or something for your campaign.

[@ryanroyce]

I'm in the process of creating a new mini-setting for an upcoming campaign and one of the major factions is the Imperium of Flame, uniting all of the various fire-themed creatures together into one group, so these Elemental Fire videos are very well timed. Thanks! :)

[@jcmahrt5100]

I would like to see a video on the Salamanders before we hit the plane of water.

[@victxbr]

Please, do a video about the salamanders, i don't know almost nothing about it

[@vaughnlewis3443]

Grate video as always. I wonder what would be the most dangerous creature in all of the elemental plains.( also one day if you cud make a video on the dwarves and especially rune magic, like the elves videos.) thank you obligatory ask for dwarves and magic check

[@atomicash2475]

Short salamander video would be cool

[@LawrenceApothecary]

Please do Salamanders as well!

[@DarioHuzjak]

yes, salamanders, please

[@Avigorus]

One interesting hypothetical is what would the D&D universe look like if actual evolution was how life developed within the Wheel, so that creatures that were surrounded by things immune to something they wouldn't have such attacks, and if local creatures were weak against something, the odds that some local predator or other would have that would be pretty high...

[@Meanlucario]

It says something when the book that (if I understand correctly), was rushed in some areas has more information on a race than any other book in the game's history.

[@clericofchaos1]

they also don't tell you that the azer play important roles in the dark sun setting.

[@TrueLocalEnthusiast]

Me patiently waiting for the werewolf video: 😀

[@Grinnar]

Eventually!

[@moonringXD]

Excellent video as always!

[@derskalde4973]

Pity there is so few things known about the Azer, they sound really interesting. But that allows freedom of creativity without hurting the Lore. I had the idea to make a disguised Azer Artificer NPC my Players can find in my homebrew campaign. He appears as a ordinary dwarf, living solitary in a forge in a forest, though his magic guise can't suppress his heat completelly, so he just seems like a very hot person (like a normal person that emits heat. My brother is like that. He almost always emits an aura of heat in a way that, if he stands behind you, it feels like your back is turned towards an oven. Like that). He can make Equipment for the party, and eventually, if they return often enough and are at good terms with him, he will reveal himself (or can be found out by the party by accident) and ask them for help. His Clan was enslaved by a cruel efrit, who killed most of them. During a uprising, he and some others created what they called Glazers, icy undead Azers, that wouldn't live long in the fire plane, but made terrible and effective assassins against the efrit. He was the only surviver and banished for this crime. He doesn't want the name of his Clan to die with him, so he creates a "son" (which could serve as hook for some adventures to find rare materials for him to build his son), but isn't strong enough to give him live on his own, so he asks the party to travel to the plane of fire to retrieve a "Spark of the first Flame" for him. I think, this could make for an interesting plot line.

[@icykiwi6650]

A great quick video. I’ve been loving every second of these~ Enjoy your break dude! Relax

[@xaviermantha63]

Thanks for this fiery video !

[@heavymetalmystic2430]

Salamanders please! 🔥🦎

[@hugo910216]

i really like these monster focused videos XD

[@wray272]

Actually using these in my campaign tonight thank you lol

[@t.kenneth5697]

5:49 ... so you’re telling me an azer’s head flame works like a charmander/charmeleon/charizard’s tail?

[@imnotivan]

Please do a video over Eberron shifters! Also this vid was amazing!

[@EunoiaRPG]

I like to think the truth of their creation lies somewhere in the middle of what 4th edition says and the other sources cited. I'd believe that at one point fire giants had Dwarf slaves somewhere on the plane of fire, but the Dwarves couldn't last very long even with their constitution. And the best Dwarven smiths ended up creating some of these Azer in their own image that could self produce. Perhaps borrowing some kind of fire plane McGuffin magic to do it. And once the Azer were around, there was no further need to keep Dwarves as slaves as they would be inferior models in those hot conditions due to them needing food and water.

[@wintersking4290]

Interestingly, Asur or Azer is actually the correct pronunciation of Aesir or the name for the main Norse gods.

[@KazeTheCursedOne]

Salamanders please!

[@zacharycunningham7669]

So, according to what can be found on the Azer race though the Dungeons and Dragons fandom, Azer have often acted as servants of either Kossuth or certain Dwarven gods, so much so as to actually be listed as one of Moradin's favoured creatures. So with that in mind, how likely do you think it would be for an Azer clan to be found working with a Dwarven clan on a near constant basis? I do of course, acknowledge that this may, or may not be based entirely on theories constructed by fans of Dungeons and Dragons, and thus may not actually be valid, but if it were in fact valid, the possibilities alone could be rather interesting to say the least... One such possibility being that the Dwarves would trade precious gemstones to the Azer in exchange for precious metals with which they would forge great weapons and suits of armour for the warriors who defend their Clan Hall, or even to certain, brave Dwarven adventurers who set forth on missions and quests of grave importance to both clan and kin.

[@Saberdeath-cs4mu]

What is the azer were the primordials attempts to create great craftsmen like how the material plane have the dwarves. Something to think about, but I wanna hear other theories.

[@talleyturtle6506]

Definitely interested in the Salamander and Fire Newt

[@sethperez4204]

Don't work yourself too hard my dude. I'm sure this can be quite a lot of work finding all the information on all the lore. I do really love them though. They really help in giving ideas and such for my own campaign. Space them out however you need to, as long as you can still do them.

[@lancealot2345]

It's be nice to see a video on Shardmind at some point since I kinda like their lore

[@squiddy1132]

I really want to hear about salamanders, maybe even fire newts??

[@liltlepoppito_27]

Next do what they don't tell you about korreds

[@epiccthulu]

I’d stick a mindflayer tadpole into it.

[@averaen3890]

Keep the content coming!