We actually know what happenend to his staff. It was used to create the Demonomicon of Iggwilv. In Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, it says this: "Destroying the Demonomicon. To destroy the book, six different demon lords must each tear out a sixth of the book’s pages. If this occurs, the pages reappear after 24 hours. Before all those hours pass, anyone who opens the book’s remaining binding is transported to a nascent layer of the Abyss that lies hidden within the book. At the heart of this deadly, semi-sentient domain lies a long-lost artifact, Fraz-Urb’luu’s Staff. If the staff is dragged from the pocket plane, the tome is reduced to a mundane and quite out-of-date copy of the Tome of Zyx, the work that served as the foundation for the Demonomicon. Once the staff emerges, the demon lord Fraz-Urb’luu instantly knows."
Wait, why six? Didn’t the staff get divided into five parts, then shouldn’t a fifth of the book’s page be removed from a different Demon Lord? I mean it would make sense, wouldn’t it?
@@dawsonhelf7922 well, the number of parts is not related to the staff, but rather to the number of volumes. In fact the Demonomicon contains various true names of demon lords, something they don't want to be revealed. Therefore, these demon lords all want to have this book destroyed. The staff to me seems more like a bonus hidden within the books. Also, there are rumours of a 7th volume, so maybe they actually need to destroy a seventh of all seven?
I like the idea of a demon lord allowing mortals to think they are in control and pretending to be captured or controlled. You can well imagine the hubris of someone who thinks they can safely manipulate such a being. Feels like exactly the kind of thing a demon would do.
This is one of my favorite D&D channels. I've binged just about everything from his Forgotten Realms playlist. He's direct and to the point. Sometimes we don't have like 40 minutes to discuss lore. Sometimes we just want the info while we work mundane jobs and then use our free time for other things. Seriously though, I learn more from Jorphdan's videos than other D&D videos.
I never understood D.M.'s getting pissed when their players get good items and drop the godhand. Umm you gave them that stuff in the first place. Just make the campaign a little harder.
This guy was an ally of my PCs party in Out of the Abyss for almost 2 years in real time, before they realized that one of the big villains of the entire adventure was with them since Session 1. Worked out wonderfully when they had to face him at the ennd of the campaign and he treated them like old friends, while they were really scared of him and his tricks.
@@diamondreuben6650 Most of that time, Fraz was completely submerged in one his "masks" and genuinely thought he was that NPC. The illusion began to break when that NPC was killed by an intellect devourer, but the parasite then discovered that its host was anything but dead and that it had awoken something horrifying. Fraz then became themselves again, but still remembered the players fondly and so began to guide them against tje other Demon Lords, before challenging them. When the players killed Fraz, they were very proud of their former party. But that affection was very one-sided after the Demon Lord had awoken. The players knew they were dealing with an insane demon and method-actor, willing to commit any atrocity if it fit their current mask.
Ernie Gygax once told me a story in Lake Geneva where he was wielding two vorpal swords and a demon Prince caught them and disenchanted them with its touch. If you can you should ask him for the rest of the story
Can you go over different Champaigns? Not just just an overview but a step by step on how to run them? And examples of how you'd start, goals to get to via session to session and how you'd rp different NPCs.
omg jorhdan that sponsorship dscryb is amazing! Thank you for bringing this to us. Also ive been spoiled now in 2 campaigns hahahaha first with the orrerry and now with the bbeg of another campaign fraz urb luu :D.
When you got to the part about the Demon Lord trapped in a gem. I knew it would double back to OoA campaign. Oops! I'm in the campaign right now. I had a funny feeling about this video. (The gem gives me Diablo 2 vibes too)
@@camerongunn7906 Maybe, maybe not. After all, the Sealed Evil in a Can trope is older than metalworking. That and trapping something within a gem (souls, person, demons, gods, magic, etc.) is also not something D&D can claim ownership of, either.
I'd prefer to think a prince of deception would be more like Tzeentch; deceptions within deceptions and schemes within schemes. The only reason he would be caught would be because he wanted to be. Part of me wants to run an adventure set in Hollow Heart run a bit like Bloodborne, where they see the glorious deception but over time the they start to perceive the truth.
I'm all for players having consequences for their actions but this does sound like "I as the DM made a problem with balancing items so I'm going to take my frustrations out on you" scenario I can be ruthless as a DM but damn.
Say, Jorphdan with the ph being silent. You didn't happen to meet someone by the name of.... LGR at some place in Chicago at some event known as.... Vintage Computer Festival Midwest recently, did you?
We actually know what happenend to his staff. It was used to create the Demonomicon of Iggwilv.
In Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, it says this:
"Destroying the Demonomicon. To destroy the book, six different demon lords must each tear out a sixth of the book’s pages. If this occurs, the pages reappear after 24 hours. Before all those hours pass, anyone who opens the book’s remaining binding is transported to a nascent layer of the Abyss that lies hidden within the book. At the heart of this deadly, semi-sentient domain lies a long-lost artifact, Fraz-Urb’luu’s Staff. If the staff is dragged from the pocket plane, the tome is reduced to a mundane and quite out-of-date copy of the Tome of Zyx, the work that served as the foundation for the Demonomicon. Once the staff emerges, the demon lord Fraz-Urb’luu instantly knows."
OOOOOooooOOO! badass
Yo that’s sick
Wait, why six? Didn’t the staff get divided into five parts, then shouldn’t a fifth of the book’s page be removed from a different Demon Lord? I mean it would make sense, wouldn’t it?
@@dawsonhelf7922 well, the number of parts is not related to the staff, but rather to the number of volumes. In fact the Demonomicon contains various true names of demon lords, something they don't want to be revealed. Therefore, these demon lords all want to have this book destroyed. The staff to me seems more like a bonus hidden within the books.
Also, there are rumours of a 7th volume, so maybe they actually need to destroy a seventh of all seven?
@@pepijnkooij2830 Oh, okay, I get it now, thanks for answering~
I like the idea of a demon lord allowing mortals to think they are in control and pretending to be captured or controlled. You can well imagine the hubris of someone who thinks they can safely manipulate such a being. Feels like exactly the kind of thing a demon would do.
I think the reason why there is a "surprising amount of information" about him and his lair is because it's all a lie.
Fraz-Urb'luu, Prince of Deception, Getting tricked by a mortal wizard " heh, i am not even mad, that is impressive"
>the Demon Prince of Deception
> *checks his statblock*
>+15 to deception
C'mon! A bard beats that at 13th level!
@@camerongunn7906 I'm sure giving him at least expertise in Deception wouldn't hurt.
This is one of my favorite D&D channels. I've binged just about everything from his Forgotten Realms playlist. He's direct and to the point. Sometimes we don't have like 40 minutes to discuss lore. Sometimes we just want the info while we work mundane jobs and then use our free time for other things.
Seriously though, I learn more from Jorphdan's videos than other D&D videos.
Try AJ Pickett! He gets a bit deeper! 🗡🔮📗
I never understood D.M.'s getting pissed when their players get good items and drop the godhand. Umm you gave them that stuff in the first place. Just make the campaign a little harder.
I think this was one of those random treasure tables. So his party got very lucky prob.
Me neither, especially if the party is having fun. That's the entire point of DMing
Zac Morris secretly being Fraz Urbluu explains a lot.
I don't know if that's possible Zack Morris actually feels bad about the stupid shit he dose! But then again Zack Morrison is trash! 🗑
This guy was an ally of my PCs party in Out of the Abyss for almost 2 years in real time, before they realized that one of the big villains of the entire adventure was with them since Session 1. Worked out wonderfully when they had to face him at the ennd of the campaign and he treated them like old friends, while they were really scared of him and his tricks.
That is actually insane 2 YEARS in real life?!
@@diamondreuben6650 Most of that time, Fraz was completely submerged in one his "masks" and genuinely thought he was that NPC. The illusion began to break when that NPC was killed by an intellect devourer, but the parasite then discovered that its host was anything but dead and that it had awoken something horrifying. Fraz then became themselves again, but still remembered the players fondly and so began to guide them against tje other Demon Lords, before challenging them. When the players killed Fraz, they were very proud of their former party. But that affection was very one-sided after the Demon Lord had awoken. The players knew they were dealing with an insane demon and method-actor, willing to commit any atrocity if it fit their current mask.
That is one step closer to the Fungal queen video. I'll love it.
That picture of Larfleeze tho :) the idea of him or any Lanterns in D&D is both fascinating and hilarious
Just learned from where the "Hueco mundo" (hollow world) from the anime Bleach came.
Ernie Gygax once told me a story in Lake Geneva where he was wielding two vorpal swords and a demon Prince caught them and disenchanted them with its touch. If you can you should ask him for the rest of the story
Frazz was the one Demon Prince our group was able to defeat in OOTA, and I had no idea his lore was so rich. Well met!
Or so they made you think...muwahahaha...
Damn the poem at the beginning was awesome
Can you go over different Champaigns? Not just just an overview but a step by step on how to run them? And examples of how you'd start, goals to get to via session to session and how you'd rp different NPCs.
Can you do one on vorpal weapons?
Nice to see more Greyhawk lore
If Fraz-Urb'luu is the Prince of Deception and Asmodeus is the Lord of Lies, is there a connection between the two?
Asmodeus is a devil fraz is a demon, they probably hate eachother
omg jorhdan that sponsorship dscryb is amazing! Thank you for bringing this to us. Also ive been spoiled now in 2 campaigns hahahaha first with the orrerry and now with the bbeg of another campaign fraz urb luu :D.
Yes. Beings as powerful as Demon Lords or Archdevils are allowed to NOT answer a summons. Check out the Gate spell from 3rd Edition D&D for example.
*HECK YES! MY FAVOURITE ULTI-BOSS!!!!!!*
I like the idea of his lair being beatiful but fucked up/dangerous, thats the deception part
When you got to the part about the Demon Lord trapped in a gem. I knew it would double back to OoA campaign.
Oops! I'm in the campaign right now. I had a funny feeling about this video. (The gem gives me Diablo 2 vibes too)
@@camerongunn7906 Maybe, maybe not. After all, the Sealed Evil in a Can trope is older than metalworking. That and trapping something within a gem (souls, person, demons, gods, magic, etc.) is also not something D&D can claim ownership of, either.
@@derekstein6193 Exactly. It just reminded of the similar story telling.
1:30 points in DiCaprio gif!
Adorable video, really enjoy your works. XD
You've heard of the Rod of 7 parts, but what about
7:00 the Staff of 5 pieces
Would love to see how anyone would run an encounter
I'd prefer to think a prince of deception would be more like Tzeentch; deceptions within deceptions and schemes within schemes. The only reason he would be caught would be because he wanted to be. Part of me wants to run an adventure set in Hollow Heart run a bit like Bloodborne, where they see the glorious deception but over time the they start to perceive the truth.
The more I hear about Gary Gygax, the more DMs “basing their style off of gygax” becomes a red flag to me.
gygax had a long history in war games and he had the potential to be ruthless
@@camerongunn7906 good ole 11 deaths a session days
@@camerongunn7906 in thin sandwitch slices! Like a deil meat! 🍖
I'm convinced that Gary Gygax hated his players
I'm all for players having consequences for their actions but this does sound like "I as the DM made a problem with balancing items so I'm going to take my frustrations out on you" scenario
I can be ruthless as a DM but damn.
My puppet master from the first campaign I wrote! Stoked!
PANR has tuned in.
If he tells you the sky is blue he's lying
Makes me think of las noches in bleach
I figured the prince of deception would be an archanaloph, not a deamondlord.
each peace is on one of the prim worlds water fire air and rock and the fifth one is in the abyssel sea
Frazz once told me if I put $3,000 in his bank account he'd deposit a million into mine.
Love the lore!
Thanks for the video.
wow, great intro!
Thanks!
Thanks.
Say, Jorphdan with the ph being silent. You didn't happen to meet someone by the name of.... LGR at some place in Chicago at some event known as.... Vintage Computer Festival Midwest recently, did you?
Umm.. nope not me!
Hell yeah
Engagement
Whoo hoo
Frazzy boi did nothing wrong and pesky people broke his staff. So sad
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