What They Don't Tell You About The Rise & Fall of the Yuan-Ti - D&D

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SOURCES
Monstrous Compendium Volume 1
1st Edition Monster Manual 2
2nd Edition Monster Manual
3.5 Edition Monster Manual
4th Edition Monster Manual
Dragon Magazine #305 - Venom and Coil
Dragon Magazine #151 - Ecology of the Yuan-Ti
5th edition Monster Manual
Fiend Folio
Dungeon Magazine #69 - Slave Vats of the Yuan-Ti
5th edition Volo's Guide to Monsters
Serpent Kingdoms
Monsters of Faerun

[@brianfederkins]

My Tomb of Annihilation party is just about to enter the Fane of the Night Serpent for our upcoming session next week, so this recent string of videos about the Yuan-Ti have come in CLUTCH. You've really helped me flesh out my campaign, and I really appreciate it.

[@MrRhexx]

I am glad you like them! So bad we don't really have lore about Dendar's yuan ti :( Hopefully we can get some in 5th edition.

[@andrzej6294]

@@MrRhexx We've got an entry about Yuan'yi Nightmare Speakers in Volo's guide to monsters. I'm not sure if there is anything else in previous editions but i could've sworn there was something, if not in Serpent Kingdoms then in some 2e stuff

[@ragerequiem6323]

I read up on a ton of the lore and my party actually RPed past it, was both proud and disappointed

[@UrMom-it7gj]

Someday I’m gonna play a yuanti cleric and use the use video as an excuse for sacrificing the rest of the party to the serpent gods lol 😂

[@jacobshelt01]

Hope you had a fun session

[@andrzej6294]

Fun fact about Yuan-ti and Chult - Yaun'ti are so wicked, dangerous and just dominating outside of the human civilizations, that they've "purged" their parts of Underdark (especially under Black Jungles) from anything that is not their slave. So, generally, drows, duergars, ilithids etc are scared shitless of them. Another fun fact - Yuan's racial spell-like abilities are psionic in nature, not stricte magical. I recommend looking into The Serpent Kingdoms as well, even just for spells created by Yuan'ti and created just for dealing with them. Seriously, Yuan'ti are perfect antagonistic forces for characters from level 1 to 20 and, in a way, are very fresh and underused by popular media

[@MrRhexx]

I wanted to add the psionic part but i didnt have the space to put it :(

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

@@MrRhexx I dont know did you see my comment sugestion but just in case. I'm still waiting for episode about oni in future. Like, do they originate from Vaprak like ogres do?

[@togashi-azul]

@@MrRhexx I promise we won't feel bad if you do a part 4 👀

[@savannahshane2231]

@@MrRhexx We won't feel bad if you do a part four, but don't do it if you don't want to, haha.

[@RawCauliflower]

Are they psionic? That is not what I see in the monster manual or other supplements. Then again, there is a lot of inconsistencies like not giving certain Githyanki elites their silver swords.

[@paavoautio1974]

This was easyly one your best episodes. Thanks ones again from your hard work

[@johnedgar7956]

Thank you for this video, MrRhexx! The Yuan-Ti have come a long way since their introduction in the original, old-school sandbox module "Dwellers of the Forbidden City" in the early 1980s, in Gary Gygax's time. In there, they were just a grisly, horror-inducing "lost world" type serpent race inspired by tales from writers like Robert E. Howard and the like. Players back then might not have known all these origin stories about them but still knew that they were SCARY. 🙂

[@jeffagain7516]

Thanks once more my friend. Absolutely LOVED your in-depth review on the Yuan-Ti and though most of it I was familiar with, there were certainly aspects I found new and noteworthy as well. Great job. Should you elect to do another one on a civ type race, I'd love to see a deep dive on both the Duergar and their mad as hatters relatives, the Derro. Both offer delicious adventure traits in not just the Underdark but also mountain/hillside ranges infested with caves and caverns. I also have keen interest in your development of an armour class & damage reduction guide. Which makes wonderful sense. Seeing some of your proposals, such as the use of monster carapace shell to fabricate armour brings back memories of the Baldur's Gate game, with its use of Ankheg shell crafted armour and Icewind Dale, with the use of Umber Hulk shell crafted armour. Of course there's also Bulette shell, Chuul shell, Xorn, etc that come to mind. I look forward to seeing your results! Cheers. :)

[@ronald1416]

I would absolutely LOVE a series about the early history of the Forgotten Realms.

[@yulian6501]

The dragon armor looks quite similar to the one is Skyrim. I love that

[@mikecarson7769]

thanks for sharing another great video! i like how your organised all of the diverse inter-related information and noted the useful references

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

21:40 You can also tell that the artist really likes the Yu-Gi-Oh trading card game.

[@polloagliagrumi]

The amount of work that you put into this is beyond praise. You are a blessing to us passionate about the D&D Lore.

[@subcitizen2012]

Lol, correction, whoever made warcraft was a really big fan of forgotten realms. The lore footnote about the portals and orcs is older by at least a decade than blizzard's first published games.

[@sniper-fd5ug]

That thumbnail 😳

[@juanl7911]

Ikr, I can tolerate them being evil...

[@guctusu]

@@juanl7911 That's how Yuan-Ti manipulates you.

[@juanl7911]

@@guctusu Don't care, snitties are worth it

[@aidantesdahl4283]

Morality goes out the window once snitties are on the table

[@rokusho6667]

Damn my bard gonna be a snake charmer now.

[@2g33ksgamingttv3]

I'd argue that Wild beyond the Witchlight doesn't take place in the FR since it takes place 90% of the way in the Feywild and even the nonfeywild parts aren't explicitly in the Forgotten Realms.

[@q_dudeq2828]

The next character I’m playing is actually a pure blood so I’m so glad you made these videos I can’t express it I’ve been having a hard time with the lore and this sires is helping a lot

[@AnnaBellaBear]

I've absolutely loved your set of videos about them, they're one of my favorite races

[@Saiku]

+1 for the DR mechanic. I've been playing with my own homebrew for that for ages and its great to see someone else feel the same about base 5e's armors!

[@ringecks5165]

Awesome stuff and just what I needed! Thank you! I am running Storm King's Thunder, and I wanted to introduce Iymrith earlier, with yuan-ti followers (who are in her lair but not really explained in the module). The adventurers will probably run into her in Luskan (treating with one of the Ships that is part of the Kraken Society). I'm going to go with your video on her in that she is seeking some sort of spiritual ascension, and she needs the Wyrmskull throne's power for this (hence why she is doing what she is doing other than her hatred of giants). I plan on her also polymorphing (hand waving the "polymorph doesn't work that way"), for the sake of introducing her more easily, into an elderly air genasi named Lady Dhuma Ayeem of the Enclave of Ascore (a play on Doom of the desert and the name Iymrith, which I pronounce as "eye-Yeem-rith"). She would have high level sorcerer abilities (one of the players is a water genasi storm sorcerer). Her yuan-ti bodyguards follow her as a cult, believing in and supporting her goal of Ascension. She will give the made up cover story that her air genasi Enclave who lived in Ascore researching Old Netheril were destroyed "by a cabal of giants", and that as a lady in exile, she is trying to make alliances to take her kingdom back and get revenge. One of those then would be members of House Hss'tafi who decided to follow her Cult. Perhaps the yuan-ti think her ascension will help the troubles of Sseth. Or perhaps they plan to betray her and literally sacrifice her to Sseth instead. I'll leave it open in case the players try to ally with them to defeat her. Anyway, thought I would share and thank you again for the lore!

[@trevorlaw128]

great work as ever, really like all of your videos and appreciate the depth of your research for them.

[@maxgeckos]

Item creation and personalizing their weaponry has been a major focus of my campaign recently. a rogue can modify a pair of daggers to be bolos, for example

[@sethperez4204]

I was waiting for a PDF based on your armor video. Really looking forward to checking it out. I really liked your ideas on weapons as well and wouldn't mind a PDF for changes to that as well.

[@MrRhexx]

I will be releasing a video hopefully next week or the week after that, explaining the PDF and how it all functions :)

[@sethperez4204]

Awesome, l'll be looking forward to that too!

[@ItsmeInternetStranger]

In my personal lore, the Yuan-ti gods are actually Astral Dreadnoughts, who also factor into the lore of the Beholders to believe they will ascend to that form.

[@fumarc4501]

This has been a great 3 Parter. Thank you! Favorite fantasy.

[@TheGoldishFish]

Please could you do a deep dive on obsidian dragon!

[@emilsinclair4190]

Ajpicket has a nice video about them

[@adamholcomb1906]

I play a Yuan-ti Pureblood male Enchanter and member of the “Coiled Cabal” in Adventure League in Forgotten Realms🐍🐍💯

[@Thkaal]

So your armor idea is basically a cross between Arcanum and first edition way to go

[@Theeoldmann]

Love the work your doing, been following you for a long time now. Keep it up.

[@bayoubilly5176]

If anyone is interested in the full story. Pick up pretty much any novel with Elminster in it. The whole of them plus a few stand alone fat Greenwood novels have all the lore the sourcebooks are vague on, purposefully so as it's pretty clear and linear in the novels and Greenwood constantly overwriting(which I adore him for).(on edit though Mr rhexx really consolidated it well. What he said is basically exactly what happened)

[@owlthemolfar4690]

Thank you for the video! Now, I want to know about the Bathrachi! Damn, the more info appears the more it seems missing.

[@sandrols7]

I hope you'll give consideration on "What they don't tell you about the Gith" or even a subvideo on the Githzerai, Githyanki and the Githvryk

[@matthewscorner2990]

Would it be possible for you to do a video on the Leonin? I'd love an in depth breakdown on what they're like and what they're capable of.

[@Spike2276]

You should do a series of videos named "what they don't tell you about the D&D timeline" and just go super in depth about the empires of the creator races, the arrival of different species, the important conflicts and other large scale events that took place in the Forgotten Realms (or just Faerun to make it feasible)

[@MrRhexx]

I do want to make a full history of the realms type of video, maybe I will do that for my 1 million subscriber special :O

[@Spike2276]

@@MrRhexx That would be so hype, you actually have no idea

[@Vyrexuviel]

3:40 *Record Scratch* I hate to be *that guy* but, "Um, Actually..." The world of the Forgotten Realms is just "Toril". "Abeir" is its twin-planet now normally inaccessable, where the devastation wrought by the gods during the beginning of the world was FAR worse, and basically it ripped life and magic out of the planet itself. At one point a Gnome city got translocated there, but all that is ancient D&D lore, 2nd edition or possibly even earlier stuff. Still loving the lore, but as one loremaster to another, getting this sort of detail accurate is something I care about. Sorry for the unsolicited correction, but it's a really intriguing rabbit-hole to explore, as the world of Forgotten Realms basically has a twin planet somewhere in its cosmology which has basically been forgotten in the modern age. It's a really intriguing plot idea, that some parasitical realm, desperate for magic and life, launches raiding parties into the primary realm to sustain themselves on the booty thus acquired, and the normal inhabitants of that realm have no idea where they come from or why they take the crap they do. ^^ Plot hooks abound!

[@barraki6706]

(22:07) You know what I find so funny about that? Marvel actually used to publish comics set the universe of Conan the Sumerian (all of which are canon to the Marvel Universe itself), and in that setting, a nation predating modern Egypt called Stygia worshipped an Elder God called Set who took on the form of a snake (given seven heads in total in the Marvel Universe). The comic which first introduced the god into the MU was Supernatural Thrillers #3, which was released in January, 1973 - an adaptation of The Valley of the Worm by Robert E. Howard (the creator of Conan) - at least 2 years before Marvel adapted the actual Egyptian god Set proper in Thor #240 in July, 1975. So to differentiate the two, Marvel gave the Egyptian god the alternative name of "Seth" and explained that Seth impersonated the Elder God Set and stole his followers! So seeing this come to life in D&D as well, but the Egyptian God keeping his name and the snake god getting an altered form of "Seth," is all kinds of hilarious to me!

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the lore! ^^

[@gavinboyer4634]

22:24 Classic trickster god move

[@soulzero22]

Nice fire ya got going here 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Chaossidy-117]

I absolutely loved this series. The only thing i have to say other than positive things is the titles could of been a bit easier to follow in order. But great work man youre a legend

[@frankd4581]

Please make a video on what they don’t tell us about Cloud Giants please

[@dragsvart]

I would love another Yuen-Ti vid somewhere down the line~

[@agsilverradio2225]

14:15 Bard: Takes notes for vicious mochery insults.

[@kyrilliskalehtanis7140]

Oh no, Serpent Kingdoms! The probably least thought out 3.x book in terms of rules. The authors surely were on this Yuan Ti drug from two videos ago, given some of the stuff they greenlit. The lore is dope though.

[@Ryu_D]

Thank you for the video. :)

[@arvetis]

"The lizardfolk were used as the bulk of the Sarrukh armies" - well of course, they didn't have any leggies.

[@agahpito902]

excuse me, is there a video about genies and a land where they are revered? im new on the channel, if not, could you talk about that?

[@tyrant-den884]

A Drow vs Yuan Ti war would be awesome.

[@vjm3]

What's nuts is in their kingdoms, the Yuan-Ti are ultra violent and harsh on anything Underdark in their regions. So the likes of Drow and Illitids are scared shitless of the Yuan-Ti.

[@tyrant-den884]

@@vjm3 all the more reason such a cutie inflict really just seems inevitable. The Drow just need a reason to think they have an advantage, like learning about Set's little passive income scheme.

[@christhiancosta1844]

Set: I'm going to do what they call a pro-gamer move

[@bonbondurjdr6553]

Nice video again, thanks man!

[@dragonsboon2316]

It is a bit of a contradiction that scaled creatures are sacred and must not be harmed to them as you mentioned in the previous video yet they are the best type of sacrifice

[@corporeal5980]

The D&D canon is full of contradictions. It just comes with the territory, unfortunately.

[@frinzerevan5655]

That mythical plot twist..

[@aliteralzombievillager8465]

They probably pray that sseth will only guide them instead of giving them a direct role is to prevent them from being lazy

[@johnnikyecole9114]

I heard somewhere that the portal orcs of d&d predate the WOW orcs. Despite the almost exact same story that looks like it came from WOW it the other way around. I'm not sure of this it just something I heard.

[@tajimatwitchtv4964]

Do you have any lore/info on Genasi? or even Druids?

[@tipitossj]

Hey Rhexx excelent video as always! are you planing on do lore videos about the new monsters froms SpellJamer?

[@TheMightyBattleSquid]

21:44 someone placed a trap card face-down before ending their turn.

[@Oona_Mae]

Why isn't art cited in the comments or video description like art? I've spent ages looking for some of these pieces without success.

[@bloodhaze101]

I gotta know about the pterafolk :)

[@Undeadhalfelf]

Great series, so when you gonna cover the Neogi?

[@jeffwilliams5142]

Fun thing I added into my game was some yuan ti druids. They are based on the the old Celtics religion where snakes were seen as a sign of wisdom. Hopefully nobody in the game will decide to go Saint Patrick.....

[@DarkFire0421]

Mrrhexx I love what you do here bro . Im a huge fantasy nerd, unfortunately im only Just now starting to get serious this passed year buying stuff for d&d . But your armor class system is balling . It was one of the things I was most disappointed about in the game because every time I slay a monster I feel like im just Is wasting these dragon scales or spider venom or whatever. Keep up the good work player . I'll be buying me a copy the next time my broke ass gets paid 🙃

[@aetherius6221]

Zamn the snitties in the thumbnail

[@discoffeehawt3638]

I have a question what was your outro song that you used in your old Skyrim lore videos?

[@jessethetaurus]

What do the Yuan-Ti feel about Marilith demons and Medusa??

[@joeallen7981]

DR is awesome and easy. The AC bonus from armor becomes the DR and doesn't add to AC. The only problem is when it comes to some things like spells that are a lot of small hits instead of one big one. Does the DR just apply once to the total damage or does it reduce the damage from each of the dice rolled?

[@-SRM-]

I'm curious Mr. Rhexx. What does #305 #151 in the Title in reference to?

[@layaround420]

Did I miss why we aren't covering the outer planes anymore? We did Bitopia, then the Beastlands, then Ysgard. Then stopped to go to monsters again like Lycanthropes and Yuan-Ti. Not that I don't love all MrRhexx videos, but will we be returning to cover the rest of the planes soon?

[@MrRhexx]

I will! Let me do one more god video, and I will use that to pivot back into the heavens.

[@galaxyking3014]

Can you do Half Dragon? I don’t truly understand the difference with Half Dragon and Dragonborn. Can Half Dragon be any race? What will happen a Dragon mates with a Dragonborn? What abilities are different to a Dragonborn? What is the history of the Half Dragon? How the Half Dragon is treated by their parent dragon? How does the society treats Half Dragon in a regular day basics?

[@carolinadantas3595]

I play a yuan-ti that is a warlock for dendar, any tips for my play on how to connect with them??

[@austingomez9630]

What can you do with dragon brains?

[@arvetis]

What is the source for the "Sseth is dying" storyline?

[@calinjohnson6610]

Hey @MrRhexx in one of you previous videos you mentioned a balancing patch for your monster classes. Is that still happening? If so do you know which ones will be affected? I'm going to be using your Dragon class here shortly and I'm very excited but want to make sure that my DM is okay with any changes that might be happening.

[@sengcreate3060]

any source about the original artwork of this cover thumbnail

[@jcmahrt5100]

Wait I thought Seth was the one who was pretending to be Mershaulk.

[@socksthecat13]

Weren't the yuan ti the ones who made those scrolls of magic that the elves turned into a tree and learned high elven magic from?

[@MrRhexx]

The sarrukths, not the yuan ti. But yeah when they conquered the continent, they grabbed all the magic from all the different species and made a big scroll book with all of them.

[@tyrant-den884]

I don't care for damage reduction, it seems more based on video games than reality to me.

[@dethmin173]

cool

[@Hekk.]

Dnd movie?

[@PapaWolfDogZeus]

Obligatory supporting comment

[@MrRhexx]

absolute chad right here

[@MrChupacabra555]

I personally loved how the 'Time of Troubles' was the "In Story" way to explain the changes in rules between 2nd Edition and 3rd Edition 😁

[@notthefbi7015]

The same thing happened with the spellplague 3e-4e and the second sundering 4e-5e

[@TheCrazyCapMaster]

I, for one, would be 100% onboard with a mini-series like you’ve done for the Yuan-Ti, for each of the 5 Creator Races 😁 sounds fun.

[@daniell1483]

I wish that we saw the Sarruk in 5e. Them as well as the other creator races. In D&D, it is so easy to overlook their influence in the deep past, instead looking to the Dragons and Giants who sort of overshadow much of the early history of Toril. I'd love to see future videos on the Aerie, Sarruk, and the Batrachi.

[@svbsvbsvb]

There's a channel called Dungeon Dad. He takes older edition monsters that weren't covered in 5e and converts them, also giving their basic history and advice on using them in a 5e campaign. He also covers monsters that are radically different in their 5e presentation vs. all of their previous entries. We could send requests that he cover the Sarruk in a future video.

[@kitsuned.m.4550]

King Orem is one of my favorite pulling the strings from the shadows characters

[@notthefbi7015]

Tbf the creator races are so old that most of their influence on the world has basically come and gone. They are all extinct now so there isn't really a reason for then to be talked about in 5e. As for not really appearing pretty much everything to do with Netheril is tied to Sarruk. Because if the nether scrolls.

[@Dionis0730]

I'm one of those people, that love DnD, but have never in their entire lives played even one session. Mainly because none of my friends want to... Anyway, thanks to your videos I get my DnD fix and I love it! Can't wait for the next one!

[@ironl4nd]

Me too.. I know like about everything of the lore and I love it, but I no friends to play with. :( oh well, back to the books!

[@TheAratine]

It was like that for me for the longest time too. I've been playing in my first ever campaign for a year and a half now, and just yesterday we finished the first major arc of the story. It's alot of fun but also alot of time dedicated to it. I'm in europe and the rest of the group is in the US, so I have to be available at 2am every other friday, for 4-5 hours

[@ironl4nd]

@@TheAratine So you are playing online? :) How did you find the group you are playing with, is there like a website or something where ppl who are looking for others to play with can connect?

[@bleddynwolf8463]

same

[@PlanktonWhisperer]

Then you don't love D&D.

[@RavenCoyote]

that happened a lot after the Time of Troubles, a lot of powerful deities (mostly the evil ones) went after independent and sleeping gods when AO changed the rules on them. Shar took out a lot deities without anyone knowing they are actually worshipping her now and Tiamat went after everyone with the scalykind portfolio (Tchazzar for instance)and I fear she finally took out Finder in 4E

[@jmhaugen4757]

Hot take: Sseth is an avatar of Asmodeus's true form; Ahriman, a titanic snake that was one of the two champions of Law before falling into Baator. Everything that Sseth and his priests advocate sounds just like the way Asmodeus/Ahriman operate; subtlety, stealth, secrets, and domination. "Sseth" isn't actually trapped; Asmodeus tricked Set into taking over the worship of Sseth. This frees up Asmodeus from having to perform the duties of a god, but more importantly, sets up the real pay-off... Asmodeus/Ahriman's real body is still terribly wounded from his original fight with his former other Jaziran, and the fall into Hell. To heal, Ahriman needs to devour the souls of the Faithless, those who've rejected the gods completely. When the worship of Sseth has grown big enough, Asmodeus will trigger the big reveal that Sseth's worshippers were deceived by Set, and their "actual" god isn't real. This would cause a catastrophic upheaval in yuan-ti society, and probably a massive civil war. Ahriman will feast on a glut of serpentine souls who've rejected their god, and all gods, and the Deceiver will heal...

[@bayoubilly5176]

You can do it. Cuz anything is allowed. But Asmodeus is not an old god. His story has been plainly told in the novels many times. They keep it vague for the sourcebooks. He's a fallen angel of the first gods before there was good or evil.

[@VengefulJarl]

As I mentioned in the last video I have a pureblood player in my game so I'm hoping he doesn't watch this. But all we really did fornhis backstop was he's from najara and he was supposed to be a willing sacrifice to Sseth until he heard the low priest utter Set's name. I've been trying to approach it like it's a rogue cult not the entire belief to hopefully surprise him with the reveal later on if he hasn't already read up on it himself.

[@neks0073]

I love how often you are releasing videos this month. Keep it up

[@MrRhexx]

Okay, there are too many comments about thumbnail snek bitties. I think I may have overdone it this time.

[@jwall1646]

I was just focused on the size of those fangs! LOOKS SO PAINFUL

[@Anonymouzor]

the snitties are just too powerful

[@T3nch1]

"What they don't tell you about the World Serpent" That video is just gonna confuse a *bunch* of people.

[@idontno6d105]

People give the FR a hard time for being the default, kitchen sink setting. I don't entirely disagree, but it still has its own identity that it has within its own mythology. Things like the Times of Trouble and the things between Set and Sseth I find really cool

[@boinkmcbingo8890]

I personally think it's the best choice I just wish we'd get more setting specific source books.

[@RealSaintB]

@@boinkmcbingo8890 yes, please elaborate on what is happening somewhere other than the Sword Coast North...

[@davidmacfarlane1763]

Something has to be the default, and FR got more love in the novels (which is a gateway into the game) than Greyhawk, DL, Eberon etc

[@leon--osseusii4664]

Hey can you cover how exactly the races work in dnd? What foes the race mean, how exactly people who originate from different origins called that or this race, and how exactly the race changing conditions like undead and lycathrophy work to have different races affected by these conditions treated as the same race of undead or lycanthrope, for example having dwarf, elf and a human have these and somehow be clasified as being the same dispite most of the time keeping their race speciffic abbilities when they change races?

[@piketheknight2581]

very interesting topic, that is somenthing i wish to know

[@piketheknight2581]

@Ethertask Sebastian ??????

[@piketheknight2581]

@Ethertask Sebastian oh well yes

[@leon--osseusii4664]

@Ethertask Sebastian yes and the new ch just released, woooooo!

[@palehunter6711]

I always love hearing about the Goss fights even if they're short you make them sound so cool. "Asking for a video on half-dragons?"

[@Cyryvy]

I *really* enjoyed this series! Knowing Seth is in distress gives me both an idea to incorporate into a campaign and a character goal!

[@codystell]

I'm running RoT and my party just saved Varrem the White from the Yuan-ti in the Tomb of Diedrus which is in the Serpent Hills which would be house Hss'tafi Yuan-ti, the Yuan-ti in this Tomb had been using Diedrus' divination pool which supposedly can get past most blocks on divination, so these Yuan-ti were probably using it to try and divine on either Mershulk or Sseth.

[@FreedomAndPeaceOnly]

21:10 I think it might be the other way around. Pretty sure Blizzard was inspired by D&D and not the other way around.

[@affsteak3530]

The wiki page on the Sarrukh is hilarious. They live up to 1000 years or more and it looks like their empire was founded and declined in just over 1500 years (-35,000 to -33,500 DR). For reference the Roman empire lasted 1000 years and was populated by humans who usually live to be 60 if they survive infancy. This makes the Sarrukh look like a nation of mad scientist gene tinkers who speed ran the creation and implosion of their own society instead of a wise and powerful ancient race.

[@MrRhexx]

Yeah it all happened kinda fast, had to do a double take on that one. I like to believe that there was a lot that happened before they became an empire, where they got to live for a few thousand years as the supreme rulers without fully conquering everything.

[@kephalai]

still waiting patiently for the rest of the heavenly planes.. why none of the D&D lore youtubers ever finish covering every plane and only do things halfway? :( so sad!

[@reactionarydm]

Not a contact creator, but as a DM, anything outside of the material plane is a TON of work to research to keep it roughly lore-accurate. That, and as far as I can tell, most of the published content generally assumes you're operating in the material plane, and thus, there's the most content dedicated to it.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

@@reactionarydm As a DM making a Homebrew world, it is hard enough to make the material realm, let alone all the other realms. So I can sympathize. XD

[@MrRhexx]

You can consider this a BIG break from it :D but I will come back to it. There is just so much to it that I get burnt out.

[@kephalai]

@@MrRhexx glad to hear that you will eventually go back to it. Thank you for letting me know that :D its just that I enjoyed your other videos on the heavens so much, I watch them almost every week. You're really the best at making these videos, so I was really looking forward to a complete collection of videos on the heavens, especially since you already made so many! I'll keep patiently waiting :D

[@attila535]

"Hey hey people, Sseth here." Sorry I couldn't resist making the joke.

[@jacopoarmini7889]

judging by the Thumbnail these yuan folks sure do have something going for them huh, I think if they had those snek waifus handing pamphlets they'd cause the fall of civilization *way* faster

[@bfallout111]

I absolutely love learning from you because you explain topics so well. I could listen to you literally all day. Please keep it up!

[@bfallout111]

If possible I have some questions I would love to ask you do you know how I could do that

[@eliotoole4534]

Can you do one on the Kuo-Toa and what’s up with their apotheosis assistance is it the norm but rare in other races or is their worship particularly potent

[@Ulfhir]

Wait, so I thought The ancestors of the Yuan-ti was an old human empire who worshipped snake gods and transformed themselves to be more like their gods. They were also know for early metalurgy, just like here. Is that kinda like corrupted mythology of what really happened?

[@reactionarydm]

Pretty sure that's pulled from the 5e entry, right? 5e at different points radically contrasts older lore, which I think Mr. Rhexx and others (AJ Pickett) have pointed out and complained about. Generally speaking, it seems like older lore is higher quality, imho, so I personally defer to older lore. That said, whatever is best for your campaign! The whole human cult --> Yuan-Ti formula is a great basis for a story too!

[@Ulfhir]

@@reactionarydm I might be thinking of the Volo's Guide entry. Getting my lore mixed up. You are quite right about the older lore quality. I guess that's why we watch Mr. Rhexx 😄 He brings it all together.

[@Ditidos]

This is a Forggoten Realms specific video. So it may be that in most worlds that's what happens, but not in the Forggoten Realms. The lore is there for inspiration at the end of the day, pick up whatever you find more interesting even if it butchers the setting's lore. It is your version of the world, after all.