i think i noticed one flaw, if they see benefitting their god as a benefit to the community or to themselfs, won't that eliminate the benefit, paradoxically. See that is the thing about magical deals and contracts, like the covenant with a god, you have to be very anal about it, HAVE TO BE, *each* *word* will affect the world in a very tangible way, isn't it? So if you leave a loophole any loophole, it will be exploited, or make the contract fail or backfire. Hang on, how long they've being doing this? and that deity is nowhere NEAR awekening?
Bought all 3 books. Playing Bronze dragon in our campaign and seeing how long I can keep it a secret. DM giving inspirations the more successful I am at that. Also paid a local shop to print off these books in beautiful color so that I can show and share with others how to get their own copies. Keep up the great work. Love it all!
Considering that Sseth's favorite games to review tend to be civilization/colony simulators where you can be the most amoral sociopath possible, this largely fits with the Yuan-Ti's general MO.
In my own setting, I mashed up yuan-ti and changelings, having them shed their skin whenever they change shape. So when my party goes to visit their favorite shopkeeper and finds the dried husk of his skin behind the counter in his empty shop, the look on the players' faces is gold
@@AuxCart they could be cocky and believe they won't be found out anyway so it's not worth the time or they could be trying to make people fear that any person they seem could be a monster. Plus if you don't think your players would ask during the game it doesn't really need an answer.
Worth noting that Asmodeus is a devil, lord of the hells, and Merrshaulk is a demon, stated to have a realm in the Abyss. Opposite sides of the Blood War, but the comparison is certainly interesting.
Can confirm, monster classes are the bomb! My party's ghost had a hell of a time last session, snuffing all the torches in a wererat hive, frightening and cursing them left and right. Very very cool gameplay!
I like incorporating Yig as a alternative deity, often having Yig be the true ancestor but asleep as a cosmic entity, with Jormungdr, Apep, Quetzecoutl, and other snakeish gods being the first clutch and the primaries for the reptilian races.
I like this. Yig could be the more ambivalent alternative of Dendar the Night Serpent. In this way, he could be a more apathetic Elder Evil. I always thought that the Yuan-ti could use the softer touch of Yig.
@@حَسن-م3ه9ظ they hate coutl in base D&D, and Naga or they live Naga. I see having Snake People as needing options for whom they identify with cosmologically so who they worship and act like is a choice rather than "well toppling civilization is only option I have because my creators made me this way." Ambivalent creator, multiple contrasting preservers, and a destroyer are good archetypes when filling out a niche or sphere of influence to keep shoe-horning. Coutl in d&d are angelic, nearly divine, and Naga are usually fiendish or spiritually fierce, having them both as like angels or ancient spirits that guide the race in service to their particular old serpent gives variety. Quetzecoutl in mythology is more capricious than we give credit, and Jormungdr isn't a Saint, but neither are as reviled as Apep, and even Apep is just doing what they're cosmologically supposed to. I see yuanti, and all other fantasy races, as having theologically complex doctrines, that don't fit the Good/evil/law/chaos dichotomy but instead fit specific dichotomies valued by that sphere and niche. A yuanti who's clan are all Dreamers of Jormungdr would still respect a wandering priestess of Apep, and could have deep conversation about Theology and cosmology and of the world.
Their darkest secret by far is that they are responsible for every broadway musical in existence. H.M.S. Pinafore? The Yuan-Ti. Pirates of Penzance? Yuan-Ti. Cats? That's right, the Yuan-Ti. What's more, have you ever seen Barbara Streisand? Yep, Yuan-Ti.
I am the very model of a modern major mamba man I've information of occult apocalyptic plans I know the kings of Faerun and corrupt them when I can From Thay down to Watersdeep are networks run throughout the land I know the ancient gods both blasphemous and heretical For me mercy and compassion are strictly theoretical I will sacrifice you on an altar in front of my writhing clan I am the very model of a modern major mamba man!
@@RustyShackleford_ he did for the chromatic and metallic except for the adamantine dragon he mentioned in another video. Also he talked about Tiamat but he just mentioned some of the cool things about Bahamut
Yuan-Ti are the perfect villainous race. So easy to set up for low and mid level play, and create some really interesting and gruesome plots! Also, I love the description of the Black Broth. Its ingredients make it both fantastical and realistic. Nice stuff!
Some years ago I watched your Skyrim vids but for a couple of weeks now I have been watching your D&D stuff even though I don't play the game. The lore is interesting and you narrate it well so keep up the good work
I started following you around a Week ago , You gave me back the passion of DnD . Starting to work on a campaign for my son and his friends as we speak . Thank you
Here's a quest hook idea: a group of Yuan-ti are orchestrating trouble in such a way to get a party of adventurers in conflict with an Anathema without directly sending one towards the other. This way the adventures can get rid of the Anathema without the Yuan-ti being directly involved in this heresy.
These videos are perfectly timed. I am running the dungeon from Tomb of Annihilation as a temple to the Cold Sun in my Eberron game (replacing all the tomb dwarves and Withers with yuan-it), and I’m grateful for every detail that can help me flesh these yuan-ti out.
@@bayoubilly5176 perhaps my use of the word “heavily” is far too hyperbolic. But the similarities are in the process of humans wanting to reach the form of the Shai-Hulud, the use of narcotics made to further such transformations (Spice), and that the Yuan-Ti abominations are most likely to be leaders in the society similar to Leto and I think the spice-melange did something with pre-borns (could be misremembering). The Fremen also started worshipping the Shai-Hulud like Yuan-Ti humanoids worshipped their serpentine gods. I’m seeing a lot of parallels, and Frank Herbert wrote Dune in 65, Messiah in 69, Children of in 76, and God Emperor in 81. Kind of predates the conception of the Yuan-Ti, so I’m seeing some flavouring of the Shai-Hulud and Fremen society in the Yuan-Ti.
I have a Yuan-ti character on a game i'm currently playing, princess called "Neshtiria Mamibaam Acanthophis" that is a child of two abominations, but she was born as a pure blood, and despite making any sort of ritual and ingesting any type of potion and venom and asking all gods for help never could change her appearance, so she was chased away by force when her sister tried to take away the right of control of the city and now she is travelling with a adventure group plotting how she'll go back to take back what she lost, while hating the snake gods for abandoning her. She is my favourite character and with each video you make the depth on her lore grows more and more and i thank you so much for that.
Also, THANK YOU MrRhexx for the World of Greyhawk shout-out. I realize that world might not be your jam, but as an older player I got my start in D&D in that world and I truly have a soft spot for it. It's worth taking a second look at.
17:48 I remember reading about that in an old fantasy book in a library when I was 5 but it was a small dragon instead art depicted it chasing after someone on a bike with its hoop maneuver XD
In the setting I run all we have are purebloods right now. The black broth is a finite substance made from a long dead gods blood, and the yuan-ti are used as slaves by a faction of wizards. Abominatios and more are on the way in the coming years. What was neat about the stuff though was it effected other races than humans. Out in the badlands there was a clan of orcs that got wiped out by the other clans, and while the players don't exactly know why there where hints that they where using the broth in warrior rituals, and producing snake orc monstrosities to conquer the badlands. So the other clans banded together to bring the hammer down on that problem before it got out of hand, and that's what wound up forming the dark tides empire, in the badlands. Yuan-ti are a nice spice to toss into any setting. The Conanic feel of them is loads of fun.
The Anathema lore was really cool to hear. That was really interesting to hear how they basically shake up the area both for the Kingdoms around, AND the Yuan-ti society.
Please keep up the good work with your video content! Your videos are so helpful for DMs and for Players to dive into the lore, develop new ideas, and enjoy fun adventures
I love using the serpent men as the manipulators behind a main bad guy. Currently I got a game going where they are making a new serpent god of time called Orroboros and they are plotting to conquer all races by controlling time
Love this, love this, love this. This and the previous one. I have already planned an area with Yuan-ti somewhere around the Evermoors, an outpost, using an old relic teleportation circle, and these two videos are on spot to make the encounters much more vivid and filled with lore. Thank you @MrRhexx!!
I can't believe I never looked closer at this race. Probably due to their power level in 1st, always seemed a bit beyond my lower-level games. Even when I moved on, they were still something I didn't look too much. Now I can see dozens of stories already, thank you for these presentations MrRhexx!
Awesome! I'm running some kids through a sandbox horror campaign and yuan-ti shaking things up is a great opportunity to get the party into a creepy dungeon
Also, really appreciate all the research you could these videos man! I love that you keep finding new topics to dig into!! You made me as big a fan of DnD lore as I am of just playing the game
Yuan-ti are so interesting to me. Usually, your videos make me want to draft a write-up for how these creatures work in my setting, but I'm not even sure if yuan-ti are going to be in it. But even then, these videos are fascinating to me- especially the Anathema. I don't know why, I just love those dudes.
hallo MrRhexx, i like your videos very much so i wanted to say thank you for you efforts ! it really helps alot to understand the world of dnd! also, may i ask for a video about the arch-devils and the nine hells ? :)
Thank you for those really insightfull videos ! I'm currently playing a yuan-ti in one of my campaigns, the other players are only starting to question if I'm really a human. My DM asked me to put more details into my backstory, and those soon-to-be three videos gave me a lot of inspiration. The snaky boys have such an interesting lore, and trying to make one work in a party of mostly heroes is a lot of fun ! So thank you for your work, and I'm eager to watch the next episode.
Thank you for your effort Rhexx ❤ i do study lots of lore but your videos are a perfect revision for me! I tend to rewatch them until i have proper mastery of a species 😊
Yuan-Ti have long been a favorite of mine. I developed a whole campaign around them, that started with a humble encounter with a few lowly Lizard-Folk when the party were fledgling adventurers. It is one of my favorites (and the players had fun too! 😁)
This video is awesome. I'm glad to see that the books had some good info, but everything you told us will go straight towards my games and world building, and the games of many others.
I've been thinking about playing a Yuan Ti for a while but have always wondered how best to play a character who's race usually aligns along the evil spectrum, this is giving me some good ideas on how to best pull it off so thanks rhexx
I have to say, I had already included somewhat Yuan-ti in my current campaign, and these videos are exactly what I need to deepen the lore and their actions in the world
Thank you for your videos, the knowledge, time, and effort you put into them. I truly do appreciate it, and it's one of the rare channels I love listening to.
Love your content. The steel dragon video I probably have watched 10 times. I was inspired by your steel dragon video to have a secret society based around an order of steel dragons.
Humans can also be transformed intu tainted ones, wich are intelligent and a lot like purebloods, with less snake traits, but if the ritual fail they turn histachi.
Mostly commenting just to help MrRhexx with the algorithm, but I’ve got a bit of relevant lore from my homebrew setting to share: Tsahkmalid is a deity native to the realm of Tzihornya, and one of the most powerful therein, they are a reptilian god, whose domains include both that of all reptilian life, snakes especially, but also the sun, heat, light, and life energy, with some multiversal travelers theorizing them to be the mutated Tzihornyan manifestation of Palor. Being a lawful deity, whose creeds and doctrines range from good, to neutral, with the destruction of evil being highest among all their tenets, but one who also holds to a veneration of reptilian life, it is said that Tsahkmalid changed not only the societies of sapient reptilian life on Tzihornya through their practices and teachings, but also their very biology through their divine magics, having physically altered their psychology, allowing them to more easily experience human-like emotions, in order for them to better serve as bringers and messengers of Tsahkmalid’s will, the Yuan-Ti in particular acting as their favored servants. While the many changes brought about by Tsahkmalid have allowed Yuan-Ti to largely co-exist with other sapient races, as well reclaim much of their former glory, the other races still largely view the Yuan-Ti with suspicion and mistrust, as, while most have sworn their lives to Tsahkmalid, some still secretly venerate the old serpent gods of the Yuan-Ti, and while both such worship, and the blood-sacrificing of sapient lives, have been outlawed by the modern Yuan-Ti’s Tsahkmalidian society, the production of White-Resin has not, and while most would still view it as an abhorrent act, some even amongst those loyal to Tsahkmalid still cling to the creation of broodguard by the force-feeding of Black-Broth to other sapient beings, seeing it as a way to bolster the ranks of Tsahkmalid’s armies in order to better combat the forces of evil, failing or refusing to see the evil in doing so, or considering it to be a necessary sacrifice for the greater good.
Yuan-ti: we revere all reptilekind! Also yuan-ti: let's burn this snake we just brought into existence to make some goop I am absolutely loving these guys. Can't wait for your next vid
I love your videos. I never knew more than have the stuff you said but it changed the way I run my games forever. Your books are also a fun addition to throw in. I play as a homebrewed Tannaruk race myself but I’d to see how you would spin or other “hybrid” races like em.
I think a green dragon disguising itself as one of the yuan-ti gods and mating with an anathema would be cool. The only thing the anathema is missing to be the peak of scary is big scaly wings.
As I have stated Yuan-ti are other favorite race other than Drow as main villains in a campaign….especially in regards to the Different Major Houses. In Adventure League I played a pureblood Yuan-ti Enchanter Wizard that was a member of the “Coiled Cabal” 🐍🐍💯
Thanks for another really useful video! I recently tried to run an old-school AD&D module from "back in the day" called Dwellers of the Forbidden City, upscaled to 5e, which is a sand-boxy thing from the 80s that originally introduced the Yuan-Ti for the first time to Dungeons & Dragons. Unfortunately, my players were more interested in "pew-pew!" and "essplosions!" (intentionally misspelled) than actual adventure story content and it kind of died on the vine. Maybe I'll get to run that game for someone else some day and put this lore you found to use.
I have been wanting to play a Yuan-Ti Abomination or Anathema in a DnD game but I know they are really OP as player races so I've been trying to find ways to make it work. My current idea is having a yuan-ti's anathema ritual sabatoged so they end up turning into a bundle of really dumb river eels/snakes attached to a humanoid body. This'll explain all of the changed stats/lack of extra abilities.
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i think i noticed one flaw, if they see benefitting their god as a benefit to the community or to themselfs, won't that eliminate the benefit, paradoxically.
See that is the thing about magical deals and contracts, like the covenant with a god, you have to be very anal about it, HAVE TO BE, *each* *word* will affect the world in a very tangible way, isn't it?
So if you leave a loophole any loophole, it will be exploited, or make the contract fail or backfire.
Hang on, how long they've being doing this?
and that deity is nowhere NEAR awekening?
*THAT* Darkest *Secrets* ? Singular or Plural?
Anathemas sound like they are created not by Set But by dendar the night serpent
Bought all 3 books. Playing Bronze dragon in our campaign and seeing how long I can keep it a secret. DM giving inspirations the more successful I am at that. Also paid a local shop to print off these books in beautiful color so that I can show and share with others how to get their own copies. Keep up the great work. Love it all!
Been watching their campaign for years now. Sebastian last name is pronounced like the bird..
Merrshaulk: *disappears*
Yuan-ti: What should we do?
Sseth: Hey hey, people. Sseth here.
Best comment.
Considering that Sseth's favorite games to review tend to be civilization/colony simulators where you can be the most amoral sociopath possible, this largely fits with the Yuan-Ti's general MO.
@@InquisitorThomas just because he enjoys an occasional genocide, doesn't make him a sociopath. He is just a very passionate person.
Is that a reference to an anime?
I think i heard it somewhere...
@@YCA95 It's a reference to a UA-camr SsethTzeentach. He starts all his videos with "Hey hey, people. Sseth here."
In my own setting, I mashed up yuan-ti and changelings, having them shed their skin whenever they change shape. So when my party goes to visit their favorite shopkeeper and finds the dried husk of his skin behind the counter in his empty shop, the look on the players' faces is gold
That is a pretty good mechanic for shapechangers, excellent for a game.
How do you go about accounting for why the intelligent shapechanger wouldn't destroy or conceal the husk?
That is the coolest sounding thing I have ever heard!!
@@momomomocensoredbyyoutube9085 Nice! The implication that it doesn't usually slip up like sounds good for ramping up the paranoia. :D
@@AuxCart they could be cocky and believe they won't be found out anyway so it's not worth the time or they could be trying to make people fear that any person they seem could be a monster. Plus if you don't think your players would ask during the game it doesn't really need an answer.
Anathema: We're going to war!
Pureblood: *Looks into camera sarcastically.*
lol
*hears about Merrshaulk’s worship being almost entirely evil scheming*
Me: Wow that sounds right up Asmodeus’s wheelhouse… wait a minute
Funny how he keeps popping up ain't it
Isn't he supposed to be a giant serpent as well?
Wait you might be on to something holy shit
Worth noting that Asmodeus is a devil, lord of the hells, and Merrshaulk is a demon, stated to have a realm in the Abyss. Opposite sides of the Blood War, but the comparison is certainly interesting.
@@lightbearerslampasmodeus is actually one of two primordial serpents. The lore is quite complicated, but i think Mr. Rhexx has a video on it
Can confirm, monster classes are the bomb! My party's ghost had a hell of a time last session, snuffing all the torches in a wererat hive, frightening and cursing them left and right. Very very cool gameplay!
I like incorporating Yig as a alternative deity, often having Yig be the true ancestor but asleep as a cosmic entity, with Jormungdr, Apep, Quetzecoutl, and other snakeish gods being the first clutch and the primaries for the reptilian races.
Don't Yuan-ti hate Quetzecoutl though?
I like this. Yig could be the more ambivalent alternative of Dendar the Night Serpent. In this way, he could be a more apathetic Elder Evil. I always thought that the Yuan-ti could use the softer touch of Yig.
@@حَسن-م3ه9ظ coatls are probably seen as traitors to reptilian races
@@حَسن-م3ه9ظ they hate coutl in base D&D, and Naga or they live Naga.
I see having Snake People as needing options for whom they identify with cosmologically so who they worship and act like is a choice rather than "well toppling civilization is only option I have because my creators made me this way."
Ambivalent creator, multiple contrasting preservers, and a destroyer are good archetypes when filling out a niche or sphere of influence to keep shoe-horning.
Coutl in d&d are angelic, nearly divine, and Naga are usually fiendish or spiritually fierce, having them both as like angels or ancient spirits that guide the race in service to their particular old serpent gives variety.
Quetzecoutl in mythology is more capricious than we give credit, and Jormungdr isn't a Saint, but neither are as reviled as Apep, and even Apep is just doing what they're cosmologically supposed to.
I see yuanti, and all other fantasy races, as having theologically complex doctrines, that don't fit the Good/evil/law/chaos dichotomy but instead fit specific dichotomies valued by that sphere and niche.
A yuanti who's clan are all Dreamers of Jormungdr would still respect a wandering priestess of Apep, and could have deep conversation about Theology and cosmology and of the world.
@@liondovegm the guardian Naga is usually lawful good though...
Their darkest secret by far is that they are responsible for every broadway musical in existence. H.M.S. Pinafore? The Yuan-Ti. Pirates of Penzance? Yuan-Ti. Cats? That's right, the Yuan-Ti.
What's more, have you ever seen Barbara Streisand? Yep, Yuan-Ti.
Barbara and Bette Midler stomping kittens and sacrificing goats the gods of musicals is more likely than not, based on how f'ed up they are
I am the very model of a modern major mamba man
I've information of occult apocalyptic plans
I know the kings of Faerun and corrupt them when I can
From Thay down to Watersdeep are networks run throughout the land
I know the ancient gods both blasphemous and heretical
For me mercy and compassion are strictly theoretical
I will sacrifice you on an altar in front of my writhing clan
I am the very model of a modern major mamba man!
@@bluebird3281 damn dude, that was pretty good. Did you just come up with that on the spot?
@@clericofchaos1 Kinda on the spot, took about ten minutes.
@@clericofchaos1 I think I should have used Malison instead of mamba man.
Also got to add I absolutely love the Monster Race Books, hope to see Chromatic Dragons and Harpies next!
Pretty sure Rhexx already did videos for all of the dragons. They should be in the same Playlist as this.
@@RustyShackleford_ he did for the chromatic and metallic except for the adamantine dragon he mentioned in another video. Also he talked about Tiamat but he just mentioned some of the cool things about Bahamut
Might be about time to update the dragons for all the dragons not originally covered... such as the Lunar Dragon. 🤔
@@megamanx466 it's hard to tell since there is so many, i think he is covering the ones that live in Faerum, with the exception of the Astral Dragon
@@Voldrim359 you're right, plus faerie dragons, pseudodragons, wyvern and dragon turtles
23:08 A plot-hook that occurs to me from this: some Yuan-Ti wanting adventurers to help eliminating an Anathema cult.
Yuan-Ti are the perfect villainous race. So easy to set up for low and mid level play, and create some really interesting and gruesome plots!
Also, I love the description of the Black Broth. Its ingredients make it both fantastical and realistic. Nice stuff!
Some years ago I watched your Skyrim vids but for a couple of weeks now I have been watching your D&D stuff even though I don't play the game. The lore is interesting and you narrate it well so keep up the good work
I thought the drow were bad but the yuan-ti give them a run for their money.
Polymorph self into lizard. Yuan-ti proof.
@@jtjames79 polymorph T-rex.
@@fubar9629 That works, but unless you are really into snake chicks, it works a little too well.
@@jtjames79 so what happen if they meet a kobolt?
@@hermitbeast6215Dragon are not cold blooded in D&D making them not reptiles, and Kobold are very close related to dragons.
I started following you around a Week ago , You gave me back the passion of DnD . Starting to work on a campaign for my son and his friends as we speak . Thank you
Here's a quest hook idea: a group of Yuan-ti are orchestrating trouble in such a way to get a party of adventurers in conflict with an Anathema without directly sending one towards the other. This way the adventures can get rid of the Anathema without the Yuan-ti being directly involved in this heresy.
These videos are perfectly timed. I am running the dungeon from Tomb of Annihilation as a temple to the Cold Sun in my Eberron game (replacing all the tomb dwarves and Withers with yuan-it), and I’m grateful for every detail that can help me flesh these yuan-ti out.
All I’ve realised from these videos is that the Yuan-Ti were heavily inspired by Dune’s Shai-Hulud and the God-Emperor Leto.
As a huge dune and DnD fan. Not seeing any similarities.
I'd like your explanation. In what ways are they similar?
@@bayoubilly5176 perhaps my use of the word “heavily” is far too hyperbolic. But the similarities are in the process of humans wanting to reach the form of the Shai-Hulud, the use of narcotics made to further such transformations (Spice), and that the Yuan-Ti abominations are most likely to be leaders in the society similar to Leto and I think the spice-melange did something with pre-borns (could be misremembering). The Fremen also started worshipping the Shai-Hulud like Yuan-Ti humanoids worshipped their serpentine gods.
I’m seeing a lot of parallels, and Frank Herbert wrote Dune in 65, Messiah in 69, Children of in 76, and God Emperor in 81. Kind of predates the conception of the Yuan-Ti, so I’m seeing some flavouring of the Shai-Hulud and Fremen society in the Yuan-Ti.
What about Conans snake people ?
@@labibsaud8064 from King Kull? Huh, yeah.
I noticed you haven't mentioned the 3.5 edition lore book,Serpent Kingdoms. That source book goes into great detail about the poisons Yuan ti produce.
I have a Yuan-ti character on a game i'm currently playing, princess called "Neshtiria Mamibaam Acanthophis" that is a child of two abominations, but she was born as a pure blood, and despite making any sort of ritual and ingesting any type of potion and venom and asking all gods for help never could change her appearance, so she was chased away by force when her sister tried to take away the right of control of the city and now she is travelling with a adventure group plotting how she'll go back to take back what she lost, while hating the snake gods for abandoning her.
She is my favourite character and with each video you make the depth on her lore grows more and more and i thank you so much for that.
Currently playing a yuan ti and really wish I knew some of this. This would've made my backstory for him so much better :(
Also, THANK YOU MrRhexx for the World of Greyhawk shout-out. I realize that world might not be your jam, but as an older player I got my start in D&D in that world and I truly have a soft spot for it. It's worth taking a second look at.
17:48 I remember reading about that in an old fantasy book in a library when I was 5 but it was a small dragon instead
art depicted it chasing after someone on a bike with its hoop maneuver XD
Your content is always so solid. Thank you for taking the time to do this.
In the setting I run all we have are purebloods right now. The black broth is a finite substance made from a long dead gods blood, and the yuan-ti are used as slaves by a faction of wizards. Abominatios and more are on the way in the coming years.
What was neat about the stuff though was it effected other races than humans.
Out in the badlands there was a clan of orcs that got wiped out by the other clans, and while the players don't exactly know why there where hints that they where using the broth in warrior rituals, and producing snake orc monstrosities to conquer the badlands. So the other clans banded together to bring the hammer down on that problem before it got out of hand, and that's what wound up forming the dark tides empire, in the badlands.
Yuan-ti are a nice spice to toss into any setting. The Conanic feel of them is loads of fun.
Been counting the days for this to come out!!!! thanks again Rhexx
So excited for this series
Great video as always! I love this series on Yuan-Ti which are one of my favorite races in D&D.
The Anathema lore was really cool to hear. That was really interesting to hear how they basically shake up the area both for the Kingdoms around, AND the Yuan-ti society.
Please keep up the good work with your video content! Your videos are so helpful for DMs and for Players to dive into the lore, develop new ideas, and enjoy fun adventures
I love using the serpent men as the manipulators behind a main bad guy. Currently I got a game going where they are making a new serpent god of time called Orroboros and they are plotting to conquer all races by controlling time
That’s actually such a cool idea dude!!!!
I may have to steal it.
Love this, love this, love this. This and the previous one. I have already planned an area with Yuan-ti somewhere around the Evermoors, an outpost, using an old relic teleportation circle, and these two videos are on spot to make the encounters much more vivid and filled with lore. Thank you @MrRhexx!!
I can't believe I never looked closer at this race. Probably due to their power level in 1st, always seemed a bit beyond my lower-level games. Even when I moved on, they were still something I didn't look too much. Now I can see dozens of stories already, thank you for these presentations MrRhexx!
Yian Ti are among the coolest to explore
Keep it up rhexx!
Running a 3.5 homebrew as a first time player/ dm and your videos have helped so much in world building and monster creation.
My first character was a Yuan-Ti so I'm really excited you started going over them. Keep up the good work
Yaun-ti:ruin entire civilizations
Mean while Drukhari :looks like they mimic a faction of owr power.
I'm playing a Yuan-ti is CoS right now, I'm loving this guy
Are you using the Yuan-ti from Volo's Guide or Monsters of the Multiverse? What do you think of the changes they made?
@@joec9693 volos, multiverse wasn't out yet when we started. I think the changes were unnecessary, but that's just my opinion
imagine trying to take a nap but the snake species you created keeps trying to shove food down your throat
Awesome! I'm running some kids through a sandbox horror campaign and yuan-ti shaking things up is a great opportunity to get the party into a creepy dungeon
Orochimaru would fit in nicely. Except harming snakes part.
Yuan Ti have always been my favorite race since discovering them
Also, really appreciate all the research you could these videos man! I love that you keep finding new topics to dig into!! You made me as big a fan of DnD lore as I am of just playing the game
This is one of the coolest series you've done
Yuan-ti are so interesting to me. Usually, your videos make me want to draft a write-up for how these creatures work in my setting, but I'm not even sure if yuan-ti are going to be in it. But even then, these videos are fascinating to me- especially the Anathema. I don't know why, I just love those dudes.
love how it connects to your newer vids about the norse mythology link in dnd
hallo MrRhexx, i like your videos very much so i wanted to say thank you for you efforts ! it really helps alot to understand the world of dnd!
also, may i ask for a video about the arch-devils and the nine hells ? :)
Epic vid, I never knew the yuan-ti were so cool that's why I love your vids!
Half dragons next?
I'm loving this Yuan-Ti video, they play an important factor in my current hombrew campaign and all this lore is amazing. Thank you!
Thank you for those really insightfull videos ! I'm currently playing a yuan-ti in one of my campaigns, the other players are only starting to question if I'm really a human.
My DM asked me to put more details into my backstory, and those soon-to-be three videos gave me a lot of inspiration. The snaky boys have such an interesting lore, and trying to make one work in a party of mostly heroes is a lot of fun ! So thank you for your work, and I'm eager to watch the next episode.
Thank you for your effort Rhexx ❤ i do study lots of lore but your videos are a perfect revision for me! I tend to rewatch them until i have proper mastery of a species 😊
Yuan-Ti have long been a favorite of mine. I developed a whole campaign around them, that started with a humble encounter with a few lowly Lizard-Folk when the party were fledgling adventurers. It is one of my favorites (and the players had fun too! 😁)
These videos are the reason I got into DND and I'm constantly re-listening to them
Awesome info since I am currently planning a Yuan-ti temple adventure. Cheers!
I've been hoping for some yuan-ti lore and boy is this awesome
Thanks, I am amazing!
Bravo, Excellent Video! I love that Yuan-Ti Anathema Miniature Featured Towards The End!
This video is awesome. I'm glad to see that the books had some good info, but everything you told us will go straight towards my games and world building, and the games of many others.
I've been thinking about playing a Yuan Ti for a while but have always wondered how best to play a character who's race usually aligns along the evil spectrum, this is giving me some good ideas on how to best pull it off so thanks rhexx
I have to say, I had already included somewhat Yuan-ti in my current campaign, and these videos are exactly what I need to deepen the lore and their actions in the world
Perfect timing! My party is about to have to throw down with Yuan Ti, now I can get more lore right
I appreciate the expansion into other settings. It helps give a great understanding, and more tools for me to use.
Great stuff! really looking forward to the next video in this series as I am currently running ToA.
Thank you for your videos, the knowledge, time, and effort you put into them. I truly do appreciate it, and it's one of the rare channels I love listening to.
There is also a stat block for the amphisbaena in the Mythic Odysseys of Theros Book.
You always have impeccable timing I just started using yuan ti in my game. I love your videos thx MrRhexx!
You're videos always make me happy. I don't play DnD, but they make me want to
Love your content. The steel dragon video I probably have watched 10 times. I was inspired by your steel dragon video to have a secret society based around an order of steel dragons.
Humans can also be transformed intu tainted ones, wich are intelligent and a lot like purebloods, with less snake traits, but if the ritual fail they turn histachi.
This is so much help to prepare for Tomb of Annihilation!! Thank you so much.
The lore at the end was amazing about them natually drawing more around them..
loving these yuan-ti videos
Mostly commenting just to help MrRhexx with the algorithm, but I’ve got a bit of relevant lore from my homebrew setting to share:
Tsahkmalid is a deity native to the realm of Tzihornya, and one of the most powerful therein, they are a reptilian god, whose domains include both that of all reptilian life, snakes especially, but also the sun, heat, light, and life energy, with some multiversal travelers theorizing them to be the mutated Tzihornyan manifestation of Palor.
Being a lawful deity, whose creeds and doctrines range from good, to neutral, with the destruction of evil being highest among all their tenets, but one who also holds to a veneration of reptilian life, it is said that Tsahkmalid changed not only the societies of sapient reptilian life on Tzihornya through their practices and teachings, but also their very biology through their divine magics, having physically altered their psychology, allowing them to more easily experience human-like emotions, in order for them to better serve as bringers and messengers of Tsahkmalid’s will, the Yuan-Ti in particular acting as their favored servants.
While the many changes brought about by Tsahkmalid have allowed Yuan-Ti to largely co-exist with other sapient races, as well reclaim much of their former glory, the other races still largely view the Yuan-Ti with suspicion and mistrust, as, while most have sworn their lives to Tsahkmalid, some still secretly venerate the old serpent gods of the Yuan-Ti, and while both such worship, and the blood-sacrificing of sapient lives, have been outlawed by the modern Yuan-Ti’s Tsahkmalidian society, the production of White-Resin has not, and while most would still view it as an abhorrent act, some even amongst those loyal to Tsahkmalid still cling to the creation of broodguard by the force-feeding of Black-Broth to other sapient beings, seeing it as a way to bolster the ranks of Tsahkmalid’s armies in order to better combat the forces of evil, failing or refusing to see the evil in doing so, or considering it to be a necessary sacrifice for the greater good.
Snakes are my favorite animal, so the yuan ti are one of my favorite races.
Same. What's your favorite snake? Mine is the king cobra, though in terms of looks I like the emerald boa.
Definitely going to use some of this info for my current campaign. Thanks for a great and informative video as always.
loving the yuan ti lore...hope i get a group willing to use monster classes soon, gotta try that dragon xD
7:52 ME WHEN SNAKE HAS BREASTS
MrRhexx asked me to comment so here i am making a comment. love the video and i love the whole society of the Yuan-Ti.
Yuan-ti: we revere all reptilekind!
Also yuan-ti: let's burn this snake we just brought into existence to make some goop
I am absolutely loving these guys. Can't wait for your next vid
I love your videos. I never knew more than have the stuff you said but it changed the way I run my games forever. Your books are also a fun addition to throw in. I play as a homebrewed Tannaruk race myself but I’d to see how you would spin or other “hybrid” races like em.
All hail the mighty algorithm!!!! Oh, and I love your content Rhexx, keep it up!!
Great vid. Love having background for playing NPCs.
I knew I recognized that double S from somewhere. And here I always thought that SsethTzeentach was an African warlord, turns out he's a snake god.
I think a green dragon disguising itself as one of the yuan-ti gods and mating with an anathema would be cool. The only thing the anathema is missing to be the peak of scary is big scaly wings.
I'm doing my part! Great video as always been watching since like 2017 or so
The yuan-ti (pronounced YAWN-TEA FWIW) have always been a favorite element in my worlds - this was a great walk-thru - cannot wait for the next one!
Hello algorithm! I am here to say that Mr Rhexx is awesome and you should care more about him. Thanks!
Love your channel dude thanks for all fun info!!! It has served me well in world building as well as npc and character creation.
About the potion of human control, we do have it in 5e. Its in tales from the yawning portal
Thanks as always. Sooo helpful and added flavor to my current campaign.
The recipe was a great addition that will be featured in the campaign so thanks again
I had thrown in a Yuan-Ti into my campaign on impulse, but now I want to make them part of a side story/quest.
My players will thank you :-)
Thanks for making Yuan Ti content!
Thanks for the black broth recipe. I have a campaign where I have already introduced my players to amphisbaena.
Love your work man i stay coming back for all your lore
Man your videos are always so high quality great every time
Where is the map at 20:00 from?
As I have stated Yuan-ti are other favorite race other than Drow as main villains in a campaign….especially in regards to the Different Major Houses. In Adventure League I played a pureblood Yuan-ti Enchanter Wizard that was a member of the “Coiled Cabal” 🐍🐍💯
Very useful. I want to play as a yuan TI with the abomination form (snake head but human arms) but in a smaller size so I'm working on the background.
Always fun to learn more about the sinister Yuan-Ti
Thanks for another really useful video! I recently tried to run an old-school AD&D module from "back in the day" called Dwellers of the Forbidden City, upscaled to 5e, which is a sand-boxy thing from the 80s that originally introduced the Yuan-Ti for the first time to Dungeons & Dragons. Unfortunately, my players were more interested in "pew-pew!" and "essplosions!" (intentionally misspelled) than actual adventure story content and it kind of died on the vine. Maybe I'll get to run that game for someone else some day and put this lore you found to use.
Just run it in AD&D, they are not gonna be able to do all that shit, if they try they are just gonna die
I have been wanting to play a Yuan-Ti Abomination or Anathema in a DnD game but I know they are really OP as player races so I've been trying to find ways to make it work.
My current idea is having a yuan-ti's anathema ritual sabatoged so they end up turning into a bundle of really dumb river eels/snakes attached to a humanoid body. This'll explain all of the changed stats/lack of extra abilities.
Thx for da complement. Ur videos r amazing.