What They Don't Tell You About The City of Brass - D&D
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
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SOURCES
Main Source: -Secrets of the Lamp (Al-Qadim)
Other Sources:
-Planar Handbook
-Manual of the Planes 4th Edition
-Manual of the Planes 1st Edition
-Manual of the Planes 3rd Edition
-The Inner Planes
-Monster Manual 5th Edition
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Can you do episode about Cyclops? In myth they are some of the most iconic giants abut appearantly they are not part of Ordning
Sorry bad english. I was in hurry
hoping you cover all the other elemental planes. 😘
to be honest there was a time when I stopped watching your videos because they're just very long and they were just all over the place but I'm coming back to D&D and I'm loving then so give me a second as I go back to the history and rewatch
Another little known fact about the City of Brass is that it can tap for one mana of any color, but that it deals 1 damage to you if you do
Yes I immediately thought of this card. I love MTG
Makes sense. You are tapping into an extremely powerful, but volatile mana source.
Thought the same thing. It’s a good card when you need 5 color mana. There’s arguable better ones now but it’s still a solid choice.
Mana Confluence is a strict upgrade, but I run both in my Sliver EDH deck
yes, I'm that guy
@@sandwichboy1268 ah yes you ARE that guy 👏👏👏
This makes me want to run a adventure in the outer planes so I can have a quest revolve around the City of Brass
The elemental planes are not outer planes, though.
most PCs would end up dead or in slavery based on their behavior
@@RavenCoyote lol, definitely. You’d have to water down the lore so they’d survive. Plot armour.
@@odinsprophet8849 personally i think that is the worst thing to do: the reason why PCs are murder hobos is because the dm wants to do HIS campain so he doesn't punish them the way he should, they are like that because they can get away with it
My brain through the entire video:
"Lets get down to brass tax"
Well its rare to trade in brass coins(treat as ingots) these days, but I do have a few billion in the vaults of White Dragonstar the Merchants orf White Dragonstar (PC to NPC Reailm,everyone retires as inter-Realm merchants,) that visit City of Brass can use to pay brass tax😏(Mostly they buy slaves to free them)
It’s actually “down to brass tacks”, likely because brass headed tacks were used to measure out lengths of fabric, rope, twine, etc, on the counter of hardware stores. Getting down to brass tacks was therefore to get to the conclusion of a matter, as one would when making a purchase at these stores.
I was hoping you would elaborate more on the alleged "azers built the city and the efreeti betrayed them" story
He has a video dedicated to the azer and touches on it
The last time I was this early Rhexx was still going through spells
damn that was a year ago
With all the ‘what they don’t tell you’ series I’m starting to think they doesn’t teach anything in game
they dont
While there's "cannon" lore. The base game has just enough for the DM to create adventures in anyway they'd like.
Gotta make money off supplements. Been dnd's thing since the beginning.
@@bayoubilly5176 fair one
@@manuelcamara6400 yeah flexibility in rules or world building can be nice for a game to spice it up
My first D&D Character has an Efreet in her sword the DM was the one who did it and since she already had a fire enchanted blade it made the fire enchantment stronger and shifted the flames from the red-orange they were to blue
that's really cool
@@roguepsykerhaaker4813 it's been years since I've actually used this character, but if anything I intend to make her an NPC for some campaigns I plan to run or try to run
@@AngelShadowheart I'm going to run something in the percy jackson universe and I have a whole lot of ideas for characters there. I don't think I can fit them in tho :(
“We went into a little tangent there”
Wouldn’t you be interested in going into ten more? Pretty please?
I love how The City of Brass in bacicly Rome, but its always on fire.
So basically rome...
More like a Muslim city
It's not like rome. It's clearly modeled after an arabic sultanate not a republic, or imperial republic like Rome. The senate was incredibly important to Rome's identity
@@ImAlexhearmemehYT no it wasn't important to its identity at all, Rome identity stems from long before the republic, especially from their warrior culture which they remained always, while the republic was despised by all but the corrupt senators as nothing but inneficient and corrupt bureaucratic mess which only succeeded due to dictators law, without dictators commanding the army in times of need it would have fallen to its enemies due to the senates sheer incompetence.
And the senators became meaningless and powerless p@rasites after Caesars nephew Augustus created the Empire, their titles being honorific at best.
Calling the Roman Empire a republic is utter idiocy and ignorance, it was an Absolute monarchy(apart from the Tetrarchy period)
I would say Cairo , Istanbul or Baghdad 😐
I honestly wouldn't care if this was an hour longer. Thank you for the great content!
When you eventually do the other plains I hope you can also find information on settlements for them. There’s just about no videos for them while there’s a ton for the city of brass so it would help a ton of people.
Great video! Your mention of the capital city of the Githyanki makes me hope to see you tackle some of their history and info soon!
YES more "What They Don't Tell You About"! ❤️
Just want to say thank you for one of my favourite lore series, consider myself decently well versed in D&D lore, but still a newbie compared to you, thanks for all that obscure information i properly never would have found myself, you have given me many ideas for characters, encounters etc.
My two favorite dnd lore channels supporting each other
So, my mother is an artist and is mentoring her friend as an artist.
She and her friend has borrowed my copy of Stibbles Codex, and have now made several sketches and scenes with various characters and companions from that book.
They are having the time of their lives adapting the cute companions in their artwork.
Give them them the monster manual, I am sure they will enjoy drawing those cool looking monsters
@@varun-xu8gv one of them plays D&D and already has the Monster Manual. She said she she was looking for something cute to sketch. Since the lockdown my own group hasn’t been interested in playing. I’m happy to help a family friend, I’ll show her where to buy the codex next time she visits.
"Now back to the show" followed immediately by an ad, thanks UA-cam. Wouldn't be the same without an ad about bipolar depression when I'm watching something to help lighten my mood.
Ad blocker get it, for your own sanity
are you doing okay mate?
Note to Bards and Rogues: Brass Tacks have disadvantage here...
please explain, im intrigued
@@texteel Brass tacks is a term of phrase, but tacks can also be used to hurt enemies that walk on them (though arguably less effective than legos)
The art of the triple-meaning joke is one I seldom get to appreciate
Threshing grain at the City of Brass:
"I'm breaking the habbat,
I'm breaking the habbat,
tonight!"
"I said, "Little known fact, Genies are made of cheese.""~~ no external citation.
Shrine to Kossuth, basically present because no one wants to be set on fire
Fun fact..Kossuth may be the only entity capable of outright overpowering fire immunity and making fire elementals take fire damage. His divine domain radiates heat so intense that even creatures native to the plane of fire can't approach it
I loved learning about the Agriculture involved. The Elemental Plane of Fire is actually such an interesting place for adventure.
The list of military formations came as a pleasant surprise from a DnD lore vid.
Makes me wonder why this kind in depth examination of various military units isn't more common in DnD considering it's origin as tactical miniature war game.
I did enjoy it a great deal, sometimes there just has to be a lore dump and it reminds me of all the years of playing through all the lore I played through and I thank you for helping remember and relive those times.
The efriti took one look at el dorado and said, we can make that, but bigger and brass
You could make an entire campaign set in the City of Brass.
Around fifth teen years ago my game store ran a 3.5e campaign as a group of fire genies with character classes. End goal once they reach a given character class level, we divided their total hp/hd by 8. Then we treated the fire genie as Titans. Where we played the characters from there. It is all about the story telling and plot building.
Monty Cook via Necromancer Games has done that.
🙃😉
Rhexx, I loved this video so much! I love your more general videos on things like planar travel, but videos like this that are more factual and specific really inspire me. Loving the Planar series so far, keep up the great work!
Last time I was this early was before the Calamity
I really enjoyed this episode, it had almost everything I wanted to know. Maybe a short list of movers and shakers would have improved it. But now I really want to run an adventure here. Thanks!
I once had a fun role playing idea. If a PC in particular learns to cast Wish, then you’ll find yourself being hunted by a lot of various genies (mostly Efreeti and Dao) who plan to enslave you for your power because them having a slave who can cast wish is just another way for them to increase their reputation, even forcing you to make wishes for them that they couldn’t otherwise make for themselves.
In other words, a slave who can cast Wish for their genie master is high quality “merchandise.”
I really enjoyed this one. I do like all the deep dives in monsters, but as a DM its nice to have a condensed overview of something like this. I even have a adventure module that is supposed to take place within the plane of fire and this helps put that in perspective.
You could have made this an hour I wouldn’t have mind
"Run out of time" you say, but i could watch and hear a 2 hours video and still wanting more. You're awesome, dude.
Rhexx: you can castrate an efreeti
Also Rhexx: there isn't any mind blowing info in this video
Great video, I love learning things from your videos. PLEASE PELASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do the quasi-elemental planes!! I know there isn't much written about them, and I don't even think they're in the later editions, but I think they're one of the most interesting things in the d&d multiverse
ah. he mentioned Sigil.. i cannot wait till we get a video discussing Sigil, and of course that enigmatic character known as The Lady of Pain.
would love to hear a nod to Spoony, as he is the one who introduced several to dnd. (or reignited their passion for the game)
13:24
Baatezu: (Torturing the soul out of a human) "Haha, I'm doing unspeakably cruel things to a person!"
Efreet: (Using his human slave as a chair) "Do you consider THAT a person?"
Baatezu: "I acknowledge their status as a sentient and sapient being, yes, torturing a common beast isn't as entertaining or productive"
Efreet: "Then your standards are low, hellspawn"
Baatezu: "Perhaps they are, yet still I am no hypocrite like you, my silly elemental friend"
This was just what I needed
! I swear every few months when I am planning for my group, u release what I needed! And in a way I understand in a more comprehensive manner.
I thank u @MrRhexx ! Even if I am on to ur psionic abilities 😎😂✌
I specifically asked for this video, so a personal thank you is in order.
It's weird how I got more info from MrRhexx in his ad read about Stibble's Codex than I would from watching a Runesmith video advertising his own content. But I would expect MrRhexx to expand on anything he researches for us :D
The Sultan in nutshell:
Has 150 wives barely see them
Has many daughters, marries them off
Is in charge, delegates the majority of the work
Never heard about any sons
Conclusion: dude just kinda wants to chill by himself, watch some Netflix, eat some pizza and then maybe play some Humans and Houses.
You forgot: is scared of kossuth
Thank you, this video has been very helpful for me. My dnd character is a fire genasi who is trying to do research on her father a ifreete from the city of brass.
I'm glad you're making this planar series. It will be great referrence material for me, as I recently had an idea for a campaign based on Risk of Rain that my group has expressed interest in, and I plan to justify the setting as a demiplane microcosm of the Planes in the Great Wheel, as well as a few additions that are there in some versions but not the current versions, primarily the Elemental Chaos and the quasielemental planes that exist between the elemental planes and the energy planes.
That said, I noticed you have an older video covering the parallel plane: the Shadowfell, but you don't have a video for its counterpart, the Feywild. I assume that means the Feywild will be covered at some point along with all these other planes.
Smooth intropromotion right there XD
LOVE THESE ‘fact-filled’ videos❤️❤️❤️
I’m someone who prefers ‘hard-lore’/ information about these plains
I'd lovvvvve to see Larian do a game set in this place!!
Maybe beginning in Waterdeep.
I love how many pictures there were of the Firelands
Read that as City of Bras. Was really intrigued, then disappointed, then intrigued again lol
"Do you get to the Cloud District often?"
- Brass City Mode
Next time you should open with the ad for adorable animals instead of making me wait.
Thanks for this. My players are currently in the city (Pathfinder version) and even own property there now after bribing Grand Vizier Abdul-Qawi (7:45) in the Legacy of Fire AP. This is a boatload of information I'm very appreciate of.
Since you're making videos on the Planes of Existence at the moment, I assume you're going to eventually cover the Feywilds too? :D It's so difficult to find legit information on that plane, so this is something I'm definitely looking forward to.
I'm loving the tour in the innerplanes, @MrRhexx. Thank you. Whenever you comeback to monster's I'd suggest Medusae/Maedar lore to be a topic!~
War you say?
*city of brass floats away*
There's something so fascinating about this city, I just can't stop rewatching the video.
I have been hyped for this video. It is one of my favorite subjects in D&D but there is so little info I could find.
because of this video i made it the background on my pc its so pretty, been watching you forever since you were posting skyrim lore still love youre channel, man keep being you.
I have always been fascinated with the City of Brass and enjoyed this video very much, thanks for the content.
It's weird, I come back to rewatch your vids and I always have to re like it
How to successfully attack the Plane of Fire or the City of Brass?? Smuggle in and hide some Brown Mold
Yay! I been waiting for this 😀 I love genies
Wait a second, the saltan's personal boat is manned by people who have betrayed the sultan? That doesn't seem safe for him
Have you found anything about the Efreet's view of Fire Genasi? Do they consider them 'more' than the other adventurers who find their way into the Brass City, or are they especially shunned as perversions of the proud Efreet heritage?
If they consider humanoids to be so much lesser than themselves, I wouldn't be surprised if they were disgusted by the concept of a crossbreed, I suppose.
Most of the lore here predates the creation of genasi as a playable race. Since they've been added, the city of brass hasn't been covered in official materials, exept briefy in the ebberon sourcebook( and whether that's the same city of brass is debatable)
Mr. Rhex: This video is getting too long
Me: I've binged watched every video you have. There's no such thing as too long in your videos they're too amazing.
Wow I think this is the most fascinating video of yours yet. The military units were awesome. I had no idea there was so much information for areas like this.
Sick video dude! loving learning more about the plains .
I am really looking forward to the eventual plane of Air video. That one and Earth are the two that I'm most interested in, as I've already been homebrewing a few ideas for an Air plane based campaign.
Last year I made a epic campaign (40-50 level D&D 3.5), and I’m use Sigil, Tunarath and City of Brass. One of most challenge campaign I ever created, was so fun.
I love little details like this! Really makes it feel like it could be a place real people live, despite the fantasy elements.
I’m so getting Stibbles’ Codex! One of my players wanted to shift an enemy wolf’s loyalty after killing his former master and I had to make something up that I don’t think I really remember. It would be great to have actual rules for taming, if only for the consistency.
Also, I want an actual otter stat block; as far as I can tell, no official source has one. I love that they made it intelligent enough to have an alignment!
Mean while my horns really only serve 1 function.
I look adorable. Frightful presents? I think not.
You are a senior in highschool, what horns could you possibly have?
Fantastic as always!!
If you’re doing a video on a specific location like this, could you add information about a few key NPCs that adventurers could meet?
Yooooo without a doubt my favorite video of yours! I loved all the little details, especially for the army units
Amazing video! I was really immersed while listening to it. ❤❤❤
Another lore video!?
I am speed.
note to self: When visiting the city of brass, Carry around a Frostbrand blade.
I have a sorcerer who has been using a cold elemental fireball (sometimes maximized, hoping to level enough to quicken). He's been firing them off like a semi-automatic in most fights there. The cold vulnerabilities are a godsend.
The sorcerer's ego was already big before. :/
Question, frostbrand creates a 30ft radius of cold around the user, does that gave an affect on the hostile environment of the fire plane in general?
I love watching new videos. This is where I get my lore fix.
Castrated effreti? Does that mean they have "equipment" like humans? Honestly I'd never thought of that aspect of the lore before lol...
I mean their chicks are among the hottest
@@nu1x haha I see what you did there
Probably most humanoid looking races have similar functioning "equipment", a lot of them can mix and produce off-spring, unless your an aberration I guess, mindflayers just stick a tadpole in you. Also giants would probably still be death by snu snu...
@@Bruced82 this may have changed but I'm almost positive that (as of 3.5e anyway) efreitii didn't reproduce in the conventional way, if that's still true then it does seem a little odd for them to have the related anatomy...
I looked, but may of missed it, but would enjoy a video on Tu'narath. Really like the videos describing and fleshing out the cities of the multiverse. I would also like to know the atmosphere in the cities of Hell. What are they like? Empty buildings used as lairs, or similar to the prime with just a devil like air. i think most imagine them either empty or a mirror to ours. It's hard to picture alien cities for the only reference point we have is our own. I picture cities in the Abyss made of flesh, and bone, but in the end, what separates it from our own metropolises...other than the demons, that is?
such video, and the videos that I presume will follow this one, indirectly about Dao, Djinni and Marid capitals and cultures greatly help flesh out tasha geenie patrons.
Thank you for this video
Mr. Rhexx: nobody survives the plane of fire
Fire genasi in my campaign: haha flames go brrrrrrr
Fascinating video as always. Keep 'em coming!
To skip the ad in the video 2:47
Thanks for a great video!
I can only speak for myself but personally I love all the detail!
Talking about companions do you have a video talking about the guard drake?
A lot for one video. But this will definitely become a video I look up, if I ever plan to run a game in the city of brass. And I'm kinda hooked on the idea already. :D
Yay you made one for the city of brass I just typed it up on the search bar and u popped up iz like eff yeh
Very usefull. Party will have some fun int the city of brass
There needs to be a ity of Brass campaign module. Coolest city in D&D history, in my opinion. The City of Glass (which I do have a campaign for) is second.
It seems you had a lot of fun. It's an awesome work as always :)
Hey, love your stuff! Im running an infiniate staircase game out of sigil so all of the planar lore has been really amazing. Will you be making a video on Sigil ?
The UA: Sidekick is really good for adding non-pc companions to the party.
Another highly informative and well made video. Good job sir!
I'd love some lore about kossuth, a primordial so strong, that the sultan of efreeti, a being so strong that it is considered a greater deity don't dare to heckle with!
I would also like this. Im playing a redemption paladin that worships kossuth.
I feel for you! Having to describe some of the harsher, more racial undertones of this evil place. But, it's always informative, always interesting.
I mainly just wait for the next pronunciation. :D
It's not necessarily evil. It has its own rules and rights.
You'd think a city on the elemental plane of fire would've used a metal with a higher melting point.
That's the Puddle of Brass, brother.
I would think the 5 brass pyramids located in the Dragon Islands of Krynn connect dragonlance to the brass city
Many people don't realize that a Eunuch usually only had the berries taken and not the twig. In fact, if the eunuch was castrated as an adult, many of the Harim would utilize the Mamluk because they would never get caught because of pregnancy and the eunuch would stay hard much longer to pleasure them.
Since Brass is so important you'd think that there would be a higher puss towards mining Zinc instead of Tin, since Tin is used to make Bronze. This makes me think that a great way to insult an Efreeti is to refer to their capital as the City of Copper Alloys.
Also I'd say that the video was not long enough. Like I'd like to know why the Djinn are constantly invading.