Wizard Cats That Shouldn't Exist

[@yanverb7673]

If Pointy Hat took you hostage and forces you to make free PDFs, say "cheese" in your next video twice

[@al-trujillo]

What if Runesmith mentions "cheese" three or more times?

[@ericthered2963]

@@al-trujillo Then he summoned Beetlejuice's lesser known cousin Cheesemilk

[@FanOfMostEverything]

The idea of Niv-Mizzet getting consistently outclassed and frustrated by tiny kittens like some warped, scaled-up version of Tom and Jerry is amazing. Thank you for it.

[@joshuahadams]

That’s some shit Ral Zarek would do once he’s left Bloomburrow, as long as he stays an otter.

[@fadianwickstrom5970]

Niv is still a dragon with fangs and claws. So it's ever funnier that he has a method of dealing with them but won't because that would be beneath him

[@DracoMagnius]

See now I want to make a Wizard who makes a Gremishka and loves it because he also feels like a failure and his Gremishka obviously HATES him.

[@calvinmckay9924]

Thats sounds like the average experiance of owning a house cat

[@mrbrightside9609]

3:00 "Born from nothing but failure" same buddy, same.

[@Bluecho4]

It's like the antithesis of the witch's familiar. It hates you, your magic, and everything you stand for. Also, they're like Blanks from Warhammer 40K. Immune to magic, but not to bullets.

[@jackielinde7568]

Sooo.... Just like children in real life. Gotcha

[@marcogenovesi8570]

it's basically a cat. Serve me, puny hooman

[@jackielinde7568]

@@marcogenovesi8570 um... That's the conclusion that Runemaster was stating. It's in the title of the video: "Wizard Cats That Shouldn't Exist".

[@ianyoder2537]

I personally like the idea of running them like DND'S mogwai.

[@nightmarehound]

”Torturous little bastards” sounds exactly like the personality of a well spoiled house bingus.

[@catdragon1313]

Welp. Now I have to call my cat a spoiled house bingus 😂

[@TundraCrow]

Exactly what a cat would be like if it could understand human language and uno reverse card your magic.

[@DeadMech1]

@@TundraCrow I don't have any definitive proof that my cat can't do that.

[@joelsasmad]

I'm liking that these aren't just another evil race of slavers.

[@ZenodudeMC]

It’s pronounced “interners”

[@Ragnarok222R]

They're cats. The slaver part goes without saying. Now fetch more catnip or Mister Snookums will be displeased!

[@kahlinwhatley8640]

I know right!? It's like taking a shot every time he DOESN'T, mention involuntary servitude is a much safer drinking game.

[@breadrat7969]

Though cats would be fitting for this.

[@VulcanWolf]

Sounds to me like people just ain't trying hard enough. lol

[@jellybean6953]

I like to think if you pull a gale, and feed it magic (and cheese) it’ll be your familiar; maybe upcast your spells once per day. It be a good familiar for an assassin I think.

[@davidthebarbarian6851]

I've used these little critters in my campaign once. They were running wild gremlin style in magic school. Drinking weird potions, eating familiars, using wands to cast fireball and polymorph on each other, and flying around on a broom. Really fun session full of shenanigans.

[@bruuuuuuuuhhhh]

Say hello to Nilbog for me Runesmith

[@greaterdanemark2397]

The idea of a creature that an archmage cannot kill no matter the magic they sling at it but then some granny with a broom is able to scare it away by hitting it is hilarious and I am definitely making that a puzzle. I’d even extend the immunity to magic based attacks, 6th level monk that thinks he can punch the cat and a bard attempting to charm the kitty who has the key on its tail spend half an hour trying to trap it only for the barbarian to just throw some cheese at it and befriend it. Great way to teach players not to overthink

[@shadowarchivist2382]

I once rolled a Nat 1 on a cast of Eldritch Blast. My DM decided to have me roll a 'rebound save' to see if the spell would backfire. I rolled a Nat 20 on the save. We had no idea how to role play what just happened and decided that a loud 'boom' was heard, and my character was dazed but perfectly fine when the smoke cleared. Now I can't help but imagine one of these creepy kitties popping into existence and stumbling away while my party continued the fight. EDIT: If they scramble magic, does that mean that wild magic starts behaving normally around one?

[@leyrua]

My first thought was wild magic sorcerers. 😂

[@mightyflamberge713]

I just want you to know you gave me an existential crisis with that edit there.

[@charlesatanasio]

​@@mightyflamberge713Sounds like an interesting idea for an encounter, tbh.

[@charlesatanasio]

​@@mightyflamberge713Sounds like an interesting idea for an encounter, tbh.

[@MarkD5678]

To be fair if 6th-9th level spells do work on them, then arguably spell-like abilities of comparable power (like a beholder's disintegration or petrify rays being comparable to the Disintegrate or Flesh to Stone spells) should also work. Andd while an archmage or lich might not like having to spend high level spells on such a haggard little goober, it is easily within their power to do so.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I'm imagining a Lich grabbing like ten of them, stitching them together into a vest, and using them as antimagic armor

[@francisweller839]

I’m definitely altering this, but you absolutely turned the base concept into what it should’ve been from the beginning. Great job, Logan. We all enjoy and appreciate the work you do, running where Dnd walked so that we can all ride past you on mopeds

[@rhhzdhbs2576]

I read this title as warrior cats and got scared thinking that my past had found me

[@etcetera1995]

... Oh my god, of course gremishka sound like babies. Cats don't tend to meow at each other, but they meow at humans because that's what gets a Hunan's attention, since they're about the same pitch as a human baby crying!

[@Jmetclaf7053]

I don't know a whole lot about these things, but I do have a sinking feeling that they shouldn't be fed after midnight.

[@DanielAlves-dg9zg]

The "needlessly evil" part is a holdover from their original 2nd edition origins, where they were domesticated animals mutated by the same evil force that turns people into goblyns (that isn't a misspelling). The magic warping business is all 5e; originally they were tiny grappling specialists holding on and dealing continuous damage while relying on a high AC and good saves to compensate for having 1d4hp

[@noelhutchins7366]

You've just described my entire stat-block since childhood, I'm an IRL Gremiska, & per character, I will never convince anyone of that fact.

[@chicknman9890]

Imagine them being like little gremlins inside of a high fantasy city

[@ComicalConqueror]

these things would be PESTS in eberron

[@ryanwilson5834]

5:05 The reason they make baby noises to hunt is probably related to the fact it's thought that the vocal communication cats use only with humans is somehow supposed to sound like the noises a baby makes

[@loganfrandrup6590]

I'm honestly kinda glad you are going over a lot of monsters that not a lot of people know about, nore would they have likely encountered them. Does make me do a double take and go: "You know what, I could do something with this."

[@FirstLast-cg2nk]

Personally, I'd love a variation of the "Crazy Old Cat Lady" that's just a hag with a bunch of Manakitti backing it up. Since Hags have a ton of "spell-like abilities" that aren't actual spells, they could absolutely abuse that loophole.

[@toryumau6798]

… That is just… Diabolical. Sold. [ Writes it down ] >)B^}

[@ericthered2963]

Different concept: Crazy Old Cat Lady is just a regular cat lady who adopted manakittis and now runs a "Protection" Racket with them in the local Mage population. The Wizard school pays exorbitant amounts of Gold and magic items just to keep her satisfied, for if she would let her "little angels" run loose, the whole town would loose it's magic.

[@thajocoth]

I'm reminded some of the Laraken... Another fun creature that's easy for a fighter to kill, but will absolutely mess up a wizard... They can absorb spells and cast them back at you, but can also only see magic, like some weird combination of blindness and Detect Magic at the same time. I've made an adapted 5e version of it and used it in two campaigns. In one, the party just had the rogue handle a bunch of them. In the other game, everyone in the party was a magic user and the party had a lot of difficulty against just one.

[@heww5682]

Evil magic Bingus video

[@poisonedoak6563]

I feel like the mannakitti is the perfect dr evil's cat for a martial class bbeg to have

[@RayPoreon]

I think a playable race of Grimishka might be fun. Something like "on rare occasions when magic would form a Grimishka to form, a Grimishkin is created instead", where it's just a humanoid version with weaker anti-magic/magic detecting properties. They could also be a good creature to serve evil mages, since they come about as a result of messing about with magic and making it do things it shouldn't do. A weaker version would also be cool as a pet/NPC party member, since it also seems to make sense that not all grimishkas come out of the magic proverbial womb at equal strength.

[@ObakeOnna]

We've been discussing with a co-creator friend of mine about granting the cat race of our world (basically Tabaxi if they were Puss in Boots sized and shaped) the very rare and remote chance to randomly transform into Gremishka-like cat goblins that can reflect spells and have their own built in wild magic surge if exposed by magic. It might be an interesting character to play, but would come with the problem that they find spellcasters and spellcasting intolerable, and would probably turn against anyone in the party that as much as uses a magical artifact.

[@grimarchangel]

i feel like these are the natural enemies of mage ripper swarms. both feed on/are pets for spell casters/magic. one is rat/pest like and the other is literally a magic cat.

[@obiesenpai3869]

The opening bit (after the self-sponsor) is actually really good advice, especially with all the negative nancies that exist on social media.

[@Rreelentless]

i like the idea that depending on the type of magic that was around the time of their creation changes them and their personality, like if it an archdruid they're territorial and just want to enjoy nature and if it was lower planes magic they are very aggressive,

[@HellsCowBoy666]

M, a bard, convincing a horde of these things to attack The Red Wizards Of Thay: [cackles]

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

Imagine if one of these things lived long enough for you to learn power word kill

[@hollowknight4630]

With their splitting idea I think it’s possible that could be their method of reproduction, so they seek out magic casters to hit them with spells and then to be split, with each caster modifying the weave of the specific creature leading to “genetically different” offspring

[@caramelfrappe402]

I think their personality is why a Party could never use them. Imagine if they try to use it against a Lich, and instead of it redirecting to the Lich, it chooses to redirect it to the Party. Why? Cause it's a chaotic, torturous little bastard. It wants to cause chaos and cannot be tamed. Having one with you means you're willing to get backstabbed just for the thing's amusement, shits and giggles. I find it way more dangerous than anything a Party could try to get their hands on, cause it can't be reasoned with. A magical beast made with failure, having no soul, has no reason to care for morality or loyalty. It just exists. So ya, good luck to anyone fighting them or trying to befriend them.

[@nikephoros9297]

Honestly, the new stats seem pretty good, the low range of the reaction being a plus. The only thing I'd change is they're stats, 8 STR and 16 INT both seem a bit high for a magic chaos cat, other than that, they seem solid.

[@tullaris07]

I was going to lean into the 'they have a taste for familiar,' part and make them eat the things my players summon

[@SunFury1079]

You posted this an hour after I got back from the vet with my cat, having just found out, he has diabetes. Thank you and I hope to have money to buy your books soon.

[@TheDinohunterify]

Stibbles is the absolute the best (I'd still love to see more minis from it)

[@StephaniePlaysGames]

OMG! I love them, they're Gremlin Eevees! 😂 Great video, I can't wait to play with this concept!

[@patrickedger2448]

Going to be tossing these bundles of joy into my Curse of Strahd campaign coming up.

[@recatwc]

That Cat Looks Like A Fucking Hyena From Lion King xD

[@wolfyblackknight8321]

slight thing I'll say about the wright brothers analogy is we went from semi working planes that could kind of fly with great effort to the sr 71, something so fast and strong it sweats horsepower and was only retired because technology caught up and made its original functions obsolete but is still effectively in a league of its own granted this was done with many iterations and expanding on the original idea

[@nikkiorr7088]

There are extremely few wizards in my campaign setting but those guys feel like so much fun to have my party encounter

[@ObliviousNaga]

Gremishkas: what is my purpose? The universe: you are a mistake. A powerful magic one but one non the less

[@Grab_001]

"Its not a companio, its too strong" But what if i scritch it in JUST the right spot and give it a heated blankey? Love the idea that a Manakitti, when faced with a fireball, manages to innocently bat it like its a ball of yarn and it flies back at the caster. I can also see them being a consequence of magic that need to be cared for or itll cause havok. "You fucked up your stupid spell, now you have a cat and it hates your magic. If its not happy, your Wizard tower will become Hell."

[@cinnabunz1532]

Funny I fought some of these in bg3 last night and had no idea wtf they were

[@DurzoBlint16]

5:05 makes sense that their cat like and doing this. I remember reading something that says domestic cats started to copy the sounds (as best they can) babies make as a way to attract attention when they want it. Crafty bastards even in the real world

[@deeps6979]

Oops 7:07 Magic Warp point 2: "attack roll"

[@enxman7697]

I already had the idea to use one of those as familiar

[@datDrowningFish]

Perfect! My party is reaching the end of Dungeon of the Mad Mage and I need something to humble to casters.

[@loganfrandrup6590]

I actually baught Sunken Isles all the way back in January of this year...haven't gotten the hard cover that I ordered yet, but I like what I see from the PDF

[@richardperry4511]

I just had a great idea, Demilich that somehow screws up a life creation spell and makes one of those manakitties. He can now not harm this adorable creature that is screwing up all his plans, but then he kinda starts to like the kitty, eventually creating a warforged like body to provide skritches, blankets and cheese for said kitty

[@zannrazor8569]

I remember taking the Vornskr and giving them the abilities of the Ysalamiri to make an anti-magic hunting hound for Dnd, now I have a kitty to use too. ❤

[@sharizarder]

Just here to say that a Slingshot is not am airplane. All hail Alberto Santos Dumont

[@marcogenovesi8570]

you can't tell me what to do, you are not my daddy

[@Bugbear4424]

I like your take on it.. manakitties for all!

[@dontknoww8939]

“He’s like if mewtwo was hotter” excuse me are you implying that mewtwo isn’t hotter than shadow 🤨

[@jrm48220]

Faster Manakitti Kill Kill Kill

[@Asterwisk]

I like the idea of a party adopting a cute little kitten, and then randomly like 5 sessions later that kitten solos a Beholder and saves them.

[@DEMONOFLOVEANDDEATH]

Bless the RuneSmith

[@troubirdor]

I was inspired to make my own Căt, and I got maybe a little carried away with writing options for absolutely ruining a wizard's day

[@venassis7749]

Thank you! Using this.

[@jacobfreeman5444]

I like the idea these creatures are the living embodiment of wild magic surge and as such are drawn to that which has an unusual concentration of magic. They just seek to discharge themselves. But that is easier said then done and feeding their charge can make all sorts of things happen. Perhaps an arch wizard could use them as living magic batteries for rituals. But lesser mages just end up losing eyebrows, losing self respect, losing levels, and even losing their lives.

[@allknowingfreddybear9291]

Ah yes, Gremishka’s: my favorite magic cat gremlins.

[@arthurpprado]

As a frequent martial player, I'm taking the mage killer kitty home with me

[@RiffRift]

I was on about this monster only yesterday! Crazy.

[@shinybugg9156]

Lol "Go and wreak havoc on....idk...everyone! Kill!"

[@charlesatanasio]

Another good idea is they have a chance to turn your spell into an action, bonus action, or reaction their next turn.

[@Asurnasurpal]

that last "...Kill." is living in my skull now

[@HollowTomajikate]

I want a Grimishka familiar on a Wild Magic Sorcerer. Commiserating in their chaos

[@otakuofmine]

This reminds me of 2 creatures in The Dark Eye. - Nightwinds are big birds that can detect magic and hate it with a vengeance. They will attack mages and magical artefacts exclusively. - Doubler are small fuzzy balls from an old, now non-canon, adventure that that duplicate every time they take damage (each copy even!). They vanish when you kill the original, but the problem is to find that one... Even back then was used as death trap and we can all be glad they never returned since then. (The 80s stuff was just brutal)

[@cearlach32]

one small change on the immune to lv 5 spells and lower make it be f they choose to so if they want the spell to work on themself it will like a lower level heal will still work

[@bokiradovanovic6893]

Im the fastest runesmith watcher in all of ebberon

[@MikeRosadoGaming]

Impressive. 🗿👍🏽

[@bjornstahle4652]

I'm the most inadequate Runesmith watcher in all of Ebberon.

[@GethOverlord]

"Never give this to your party for more than 1 session." What was that? Immediately make this into the parties pet? You got it boss! Just gonna change some things to only affect arcane magic aaaand good.

[@lyudmilapavlichenko7551]

I saw this creature in a AD&D Ravenloft supplement Monsters Compendium appendix 3 from 1994.

[@kaip310]

The existence of Gremishkas/Manakitties is also a good reason for some of these full-spellcaster creatures to keep around minions. You kinda need am army of Troglodytes, Grimlocks, or Kobolds to keep away these pests.

[@Babbleplay]

Also, you are showing an ugly little critter that has odd/random powers and self replicates. Some of the clips really should have been from Gremlins 2: The New Batch. =p

[@TheXell]

Faster, Manakitti! Cast, cast!

[@alanatedmon3906]

I have four pet rats and they love to eat things and cause general havoc. I love them. One of my rats is a cuddle butt who likes to sit in my lap and brux wildly while I pet her. Bruxing is when a rat grinds their teeth rapidly, filing them down and causing their eyes to start rhythmically bulging. It's very strange looking but I love my weird aliens.

[@bricekronz5880]

i want one as an animal companion, or maybe even some kind of familiar

[@Fallenmonkd20]

My cat knocked my phone out of my hand while i was watching this video

[@ianyoder2537]

Honestly I already love the idea of anti magic monsters in general, especially one's whit mechanics more complex and interesting than counter-spell. But for extra fun I treat these little guy's as DND's mogwai. Possibly skip the cute cuddly stage depending on the party or current adventure but keep the 3 rules (if somewhat modified) 1 They don't like sunlight or any bright lights (possible way to save the a low level party of they're overwhelmed) 2 Don't use magic on them or they'll multiply. 3 Absolutely, under no circumstances feed them anything magical, even meat from a magic user.

[@Grinnar]

For the record, true polymorph lets you create life from just raw matter around you.

[@basinox]

I believe sonewhere in the Ravenloft book (either in its description or in the adventure included within) it says that they do an unimpressive impression of a cat so I made them sound like Beavis & Butthead pretending to be cats (saying dumb things like "hehe, maow!", "Yeah dude, Maow!". They are now one of my GF's favourite monsters.

[@dcbandit]

They're like little magic gremlins! As in, they are to magic what gremlins are to machines, just little buggers who cause things to go wrong. Lovely little monster!😊

[@ComicalConqueror]

I imagine a good way these things can be a threat is finding them after a mage has already accidentally turned them into panthers with the same abilities

[@Damian2Tall]

If this thing was a familiar I would make it kinda like Gizmo from Gremlins. It could be docile but it's clones naturally wouldn't be. Instead of water it would be spells 3rd level or lower that could cause the spontaneous effects of this allergy maybe?

[@Babbleplay]

First in 5E? Sorry to be the 'Umm, actually' guy, but Gremiska were in the 2nd ed, 3rd Ravenloft Monster Compendium.

[@thomasruffo2819]

I mean, beholders have a bite attack

[@wyattgrodzins5214]

Oh neat. A slay the spire reference

[@equmagg]

Nothing that a fireball cant solve

[@agentchaos9332]

"We" dropped the alignment system? Nah, my friend group has spent too many hours debating how alignment actually works to give it up now

[@James-oj5bh]

Now I wonder how they interact with anti magic or other ways to end magic. Could you dispel one? Could they be counterspelled upon creation? This is such an interesting creature!

[@Gigawolf1]

Anti-magic plague version: - not a specific creature, but an effect that spreads from the original creature to others -- when a creature with the effect would be directly affected by a levelled spell, a number of creatures whose combined hit dice equal the spell's level or lower gain the effect --- multiple affected creatures don't multiply the hit dice; funny as that'd be, it's funnier to have lots of weak creatures suddenly immune to Wish or Meteor Swarm - casters of any sort are immune, even if they are natural casters or got it through feats - Cantrips feed such creatures, so you could keep one as a pet with little to no upkeep; cantrips can't spread the effect - completely immune to any effects of spells or spell-like abilities (though not indirect consequences, eg. Can't teleport them to a volcano but summoned creatures could affect them)

[@jtyranus]

I thought this was going to be about that Arcanaloth in Sigil. Still good though.

[@lionshorts1174]

God, Shadow is so fucking cool

[@pangopod2969]

Ok they'll like cheese in my headcannon now

[@JustMe-um8zp]

This is awesome!

[@pappajudas9267]

Chance to create one on a failed spell, ritual or on a wild magic table.

[@msf2399]

“Your players should not be allowed to have.” I counter: While there are players who would abuse this, those are not the players a critter like this would get attached to. The players who get offended at even the *idea* of putting their previous pet in danger, now *they* are people you should give one of these to-preferably without telling them any of its cool abilities, so that one day their pet can pay back all the love they’ve shown it by saving their lives in turn.

[@jackielinde7568]

Like the last critter Runesmith posted here, I'm seeing potential for creating mischief within the party. Our table has a player that LOVES to collect pets, including throw away NPCs. She generally doesn't play spellcaster classes, more preferring to go stabby-stabby or shooty-shooty. Let her adopt one of these things and let it wreak havoc on the casters in the party.

[@kyobeast9381]

What if you had a dog variant that takes the mastiff stats but isn’t as powerful. They could help the average guard take down mages flinging fireballs also making them murderhobo deterrents.