Puffin Forest Desert Rumble Reaction And Review

[@Slendrake]

To quote from the Forgotten Realms fandom page for Lamia: "Most lamias appeared to be beautiful women from the waist up but had the bodies of powerful lions from the waist down. However, these were the weakest forms of lamia. Lamia nobles had the lower bodies of serpents, which often led to them being confused with naga or medusas. The most powerful of lamias could change their lower bodies as easily as a mortal being changed their clothes."

[@mordirit8727]

Actually though most commonly _lamiai_ are shown with snake bodies, it's not uncommon (specially in Medieval art) to have them have many others creatures as their bodies. The DND version follows the lion ones.

[@EdElric21]

Huh I learned something thank you :)

[@DracheLehre]

D&D already has snake people in the Yuan-Ti. Sphinxes also exist in the form they are classically depicted. My guess the lion-centaur lamias are there to avoid confusion for theater-of-the-mind (no figures) play when describing them.

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

drakelord56 I presume that is also the reason why “Medusa” is a species, while “Gorgon” is a type of living iron bull.

[@sancturillore]

@@chrisschoenthaler5184 Wait, what? Why the heck is that a Gorgon? I just looked it up. Seriously, what the heck? Just why? There's already a name for the species they call Medusa, it's "Gorgon" and "Medusa" was the name of an individual. Why don't they make up a name for the Iron Bull thing. Why call it a Gorgon?
The Lamia thing was already weird, but at least it was still a beast-hybrid with the upper body of a woman. The Gorgon being an Iron Bull however just confuses me.

[@PyryKorh]

@@sancturillore I think it comes from the historie of fovre-footed beastes.

[@sancturillore]

@@PyryKorh Thanks. So that's the name of the book with the mistakes in the names of monster that I heard about in another comment on this video.

[@JohnRaines]

Although Yuan-Ti are rarely the "person with snake tail instead of legs" type, and there is "Noble" Lamia which does have a snake tail instead of lion legs.

[@midlifecrisis2988]

Terror of the deep is a great Puffin Forest video. And to echo others, Dingo Doodles is awesome.

[@firebird5889]

Empty courtyard with ruins and an ominous obelisk just outside the entrance of a tomb? That just screams boss fight.

[@mennograafmans1595]

Most of Acererak's dungeons contain traps to punish overly curious/reckless players. This is a good example. Same with the mouth of the original tomb of horrors. Just don't stick your head in it and you're fine. But no, people are curious, jump through it and vanish (partly), dying instantly.

[@sancturillore]

That look on your face when you thought that it was a game with 60 players was priceless. Clearly you now know at least enough about D&D to understand that it would be pure hell.

[@Airier]

Just enough to know it would go crazy, but not enough to not want to see the craziness at least once.
:)

[@tpxt-rexpredatorxenomorph9200]

@@Airier hello jackass

[@goldenspiral6008]

I just opened my 5E Monster Manual and Ben´s depiction of this particular Lamia is rather acurate.

[@rolay7730]

4:00
Long story short, there was an old English manual of myths that mixed up the names of snake women and a lion woman. Ever since then, D&D has kept the weird names since the first edition.

[@sancturillore]

Interesting. So a bad translation of Greek mythology monsters back in the days is the cause of this?

[@lordtoraxeus7663]

sancturillore well maybe not entirely since snake lamia are in D&D 5e we just only have their lore not their artwork or stats.

[@lordtoraxeus7663]

No? DND is based on the actual original mythological Lamia which was often depicted as having a lower half of any beast including lions.

[@lordtoraxeus7663]

I only just realised I commented on this already. 😅

[@rolay7730]

@@lordtoraxeus7663 you did and the book was Edward Topsel's The History of Four-Footed Beasts.
That was the main inspiration for the D&D monster. Thus that was why the names were switched.
you can find the book for free and you should read it. The way they drew most animals we know today was amazing.

[@nintendash9943]

“TAR HOGAR! GARATHOR! TAR HOGAR! “
Dang it ben.also DOESNT HE “KNOW YOU NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY! CLERICS IN THE BACK KEEP THOSE FIGHTERS HALE AND HEARTY! THE WIZARD IN THE MIDDLE SO HE CAN SHED SOME LIGHT, and YOU NEVER KEEP THAT *expletive* THEIF OUT OF SIGHT.....” seriously, D&D one oh one.

[@demonic_myst4503]

No a dnd lamia is a lion person , a snake person in dnd is a yuinti

[@commanderelite]

Yeah, that kind of caught me off guard when I first started to get ready for a DnD game I'm trying to prepare for, when I first was reading over the monster manual and saw the lamia it through me off, but then I remembered the Yuan-Ti and naga from a campaign I am playing in

[@deathlegionair]

commanderelite yeah, though technically lion body lamia is not wrong, as the original description for the lamia was a women who’s lower body was turned into that of a beast, depictions after that one gave her a snake body or just made her into a dragon.

[@JohnRaines]

That's a "Common" Lamia, "Noble" Lamia apparently have the snake-bodies instead of lion-bodies.

[@ShiroNekoDen]

Or a coatl

[@ZyroShadowPony]

@@JohnRaines oh really? That's actually interesting

[@MizukiStone44]

Lamias are more 'upper body is human, lower body is animal'. Snake is just the most commonly known type.

[@BrendanKOD]

Actually in D&D Lamia's come in 2 forms, the greater lamia's with snake bodies and the lesser lamia's with lion bodies.

[@samtastic6827]

You should really react to dingo doodles

[@Mitwadus]

Tomas Sliva jocat too.

[@deathlegionair]

The lamia was originally described a beastly creature that was once a beautiful women loved by zeus. Later depictions described her as snake like, some described as dragon like, and some made her an amalgamation of various creatures. But the original writer of the first mentioning of her never really specified what she looked like beyond being beastly. It’s just that the snake form is the most common. But the one in this is also a form described by some, but very rarely. It is distinctly different from a sphinx in that Lamia’s always are bloodthirsty, beastly in appearance, and lustful, where as the sphinx is described as fearsomely regal, wise, and dangerous.

[@Airier]

Huh, I wasn't aware that lamia was even existent outside of greek and Mediterranean mythos.
Granted, finding out I was wrong about DnD isn't actually a surprise either. :)

[@deathlegionair]

AirierGames It originated in greek lore, and spread from there.

[@deathlegionair]

AirierGames also I think you might be seeing my old unedited comment, cause that’s what is showing up on my notifications, even though I edited after I posted it with the full background of how the lamia in lore came about, but yes it does appear outside of greek and Mediterranean, though not in large amounts and only in those countries that made contact with the Roman and Greek empires in large amounts. (So basically Egypt, India, and China mostly.)

[@nicholasavasthi9879]

“Are there any magical items in the obelisk?”
And that’s why you don’t get any experience. Because you learned NOTHING!

[@jesternario]

Someone already mentioned it, but Lamia, at least in D&D, have the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a lion, though older editions did have greater lamia with the lower body of a snake.
Also of note, they are actually one of four pin based creatures. Lamia are basically lion centaur. A sphinx has the body of a winged lion and the head of a man, though female versions are not unheard of. This is the typical puzzle loving mythological creature you have heard of.
Next is the manticore, which is lion-like with a human-like face and a spiked tale and hat-like wings. Very ferocious.
Finally there is the Lammasu, with the body of a lion and the face of a human. These are lawful good creatures that love nothing more than gaining knowledge and conversing with good creatures.

[@AzureIV]

24:36 There is a lot of things that come with Renown (Faction Points), such as the ability to purchase various magic items, gain helpers, etc.
Puffin Forest just isn't very versed in that aspect of the reward system.

[@cameronmcindoe6119]

the domination spell used on the ranger sounds like "geas" it isn't complete mind control more if you disobey me take damage but it can last stupidly long. In earlier editions it was a monster/npc exclusive spell for the DM to give the party a chance to be evil/be (hopefully softly) railroaded.

[@RedwoodTheElf]

A Naltheshne' is what Orcus, the Demon prince of the undead, was before he crafted his famous Wand of Orcus and got promoted to prince.

[@MasterZebulin]

Oh, so this is where the obelisk encounter was hiding.

[@rickandmortyplaysvideogame4580]

The thing is Resistance just means it's half damage. So all you really need to do is use a lot of high power attacks in terms of magic to deal a maximum amount of damage

[@XaifaxVT]

SUPER late, but you asked about the music he's spoofing for the battle: A Song of Storm and Fire (edit: spelling)

[@gargamel2524]

Well the video about AL is outdated. A LOT has changed since season 7 that is showcased in wideo.

[@gargamel2524]

Also WHERE IS MY GAE BOLG GIVEAWAY REEEEE1!1!1!1!

[@danielknapp159]

Be sure to keep in mind that the rules for adventures league change every year in the fall. It did not affect much until a few years ago when season 8 changed a lot. They also straight up removed what were key features like factions and experience.

[@narzuel]

lamia in d&d 5e is sphinx like.

[@marcosguzman7858]

Dude, you need too look at what Limia look like in D&D, it completely different!!!

[@DLAlucard]

3:21 Let it never be stated that some of the people Puffin play with are any smarter then him.
3:55 Well no, there are two types of Lamia. One is the snake body and the other has a lion. Unfortunately off the top of my head I can't remember which is the Sumerian Lamia and which is the Hebrew Lamia. It's been years since I handled those mythologies.
I just want to point out that the Tomb of the Nine Gods part of the video is the 'meat grinder' style of D&D i was talking about in a previous video. It can be fun, but just don't get attached to characters or builds.
24:12 It's not really a waste depending on the player's point of view. Don't forget this is advancing a D&D character one whole level without any risk of losing them. So while yes they could spend that down time to learn some additional skill or something like that. However levelling up will get them access to abilities, spells or states they really want. Which in some cases can drastically change their style of play. Take a Paladin for example. Getting to level 5 means they can find a steed. This drastically changes their play style and can be greatly beneficial depending on how they want to play the class.
24:36 No its not useless. This is another case of Puffin being oblivious to something and thus acting like its trash. Although I'm not going to explain its benefits like I usually would. Instead I'm going to twist your arm a bit and point you in the direction of Zee Bashew's UA-cam channel. I've mentioned him in the past, but I'll state again that he does better animated D&D content. Mostly the animated spell book series that breaks down abilities, spells, skills and even items from the game. However he also does odd videos on other topics. Like the Honour score system. (Which is interchangeable with Renown). Here is the link to that video. - ua-cam.com/video/Wjbna_5eL6s/v-deo.html

[@garrettlaturski6703]

Praise the dnd gods, they got rid of the PHB+1 rule going forward

[@disableddragonborn]

The Obelisk is an encounter in ToA? I wonder how my old party handled it lmao.

[@Mitwadus]

Downtime is also a thing in the World of Darkness series. Modified. But similar. (You buy stats and abilities with XP, not gold)

[@platlantern]

In DnD lamias are kinda lion-centaurs(also could resemble other animals such as goats and deer), but they are weakest forms of lamias, cuz there also Lamia nobles and they are snake peoples

[@plague3038]

You know you there’s always a group playing on discord because of time zones right? So whenever you’re free is viable for playing.

[@bea-bo4032]

lamiai are normally shown with snake parts but those or upper class the lower class are half lion

[@disableddragonborn]

Maybe the Lamia was a homebrew?

[@Onbutteredtoast]

If I can recommend a short dnd campaign 12 episodes and each I think around 30 min.
Node call of the wild

[@Onbutteredtoast]

First episode
ua-cam.com/video/tZWU5iPjQpI/v-deo.html

[@laucorn123]

Sadly he didn't play the demon correctly. It has the ability to cast spells, summon demon hordes etc etc

[@YooranKujara]

Or maybe he did that on purpose to save their dumbasses

[@roboticjanitor3332]

Um airier, DnD sphinx don't have ANY human features. They are just straight up lions with wings.

[@bplup6419]

*DON'T*
*SPLIT*
*THE*
*PARTY*

[@StormingNight]

Lamia matriarch are half snake in dnd standard lamia arw half lion, also sphynx have wings on there lion half.

[@leersenso1612]

Found it

[@paragamer85]

Lol I see what you did there ;)

[@opinionofmine3238]

Well, there's play by post....

[@TKDragon75]

In D&D terms your actually wrong about the lamia body.

[@joeleek9976]

Man, you really committed to being completely wrong about the lamia...

[@Airier]

Yup. 😁😅

[@ahmedamara709]

Yo!! React to "I forced my friends to dub anime clips"!!

[@Dragon-Hell-Fox]

Have you watch dingo doodles

[@kameronrobison4982]

Please react to epithet erased!

[@Pokemon0406]

Why havent you reacted to sao abridged episode 13 and 14

[@Airier]

I did. 14 got blocked and 13 got a strike. Both from Sony JP. They don't have grounds die to fair use, but without lawyers to contest it, the videos will have to remain down.

[@CallieBlader]

hey, overlord abridged episode 2 is out by numbskulls. you should give it a watch

[@Airier]

Got the reaction scheduled for Saturday. :)

[@CallieBlader]

@@Airier nice! i've also been wondering, have you fallen off of the slvr reaction train? cause regalia (the last one) has been out

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

I find The Obelisk Encounter to be one of the most disappointing stories he has animated. I mean... he was explicitly told to wipe out the entire party, but instead it just ended up being a stalemate.

[@Airier]

I liked the build up to it, and yeah, the pay off wasn't there. But it also reflects well on ben for not embellishing the story beyond what happened (in an odd way, at least to me, it actually adds a level of credibility. But that's just me).

[@nikolai60]

@@Airier as I understand it, the specific creature stats are nerfed from the normal stats. Basically, a normal one would have probably tpk'd them, while that one was intentionally there to scare them and burn off resources as punishment for doing something stupid.

[@antonakesson]

If you are gonna complain about something, try knowing what you talk about. The DnD lamia thing was just truly annoying.