Inn my D&D group the Celestial Warlocks patron is a Coatl who sees it's end coming in the days to come and seeks out ways to finish it's celestial mission. So far the player only sees endless white coils in their dreams and wakes up with colored feathers in their dwellings. Sometimes it gives nudges or pushes towards a goal in the form of day dreams but the player has yet to speak to it on even terms. Theyre trying their hardest to push the Coatl to communicate with them but so far? nothing.
@ako riko there are a lot of online communities you could try finding people there. Although it is true that you will find a mixed bag in terms of the quality of your experience for a while, but I know groups that have met online and played together for years, so you will probably find the right group eventually.
@ako riko have you tried the site Roll20, I play DnD every sunday with a really good group and I have been playing with them for about 2 or 3 years now.
The only problem with them is that their is very little written about them for 5e. If you want to bring in the real fun stuff you gotta make the stat block yourself.
Celestials have never gotten much attention cause the overwhelming majority of players play good-aligned characters who will fight evil or neutral-aligned baddies, monsters, animals, etc. The interest in more good-aligned characters is usually only if a player can play as one
Gotta say, Quetzocoatl was the god of learning, but the Flayed god was god of household chores so the skies the limit with these aspects. "Household chores? The man has no skin!" -Red
This is what happens when you build the world around the players and not the players around the world. If a 1st level edgelord want's to pick a fight with a 4th level mercenary fighter let him get put back into his place, that'll learn him. Also, a dungeon master should never give random loot, he should always give out what would make sense and only give out magic items when they would make sense to be in a monster's possession or found in a dungeon. I'm sorry but the fact that magic items just seem to grow on trees in the Forgotten Realms Campaign setting is one reason why I dislike playing in it, also Ed Greenwood, just the fact that Ed Greenwood created it would put me off of it if nothing else did; that guy is a deviant and a half.
@@MrSBPlays Actually I didn't even bother to read the thing it is an obviously irrelevant, long winded reply to a humorous comment. If he guy have so much of a chip on his shoulder about some bullshit, he should go and complain in reddit, there may be people there who actually care.
this is a test i love to do to new parties in session one. you see a Couatl what do you do. they they attack it.. whelp they die. if they leave it be they get a reward from it. usually like some scales to make some armor
Lol my kids aren't going to have that luxury. You are either going to college or if you are staying home past 18 you are getting a job and I'm charging you rent.
There's a theory the the more intelligent and evolved a species requires a longer adolescence to grow the neural network required to process the world at a competitive level. Society, business, and our technological existence is our primary evolutionary force right now. It will only get longer as our lifespans increase and the pressure of adolescence vs useful adulthood production widens.
@@shadowhenge7118 yeah no I don't buy that. It's your job as a parent to make sure your kid is self sufficient. That is your number one goal to raise your kid to the point so they can operate without you. And if you failed as a parent to achieve that goal before the kid became legally recognized as an adult that is a failure of you the parent.
Nope, not necessarily. Ahriman and Jazirian created whole world from raw unshaped chaos, which is easier to change/affect than defined/created worlds. Then fought over where to place centre of universe and lost a lot of power. Then people (all inteligent races) started to belive in gods, some where created from concepts, some ascended from mortals. They have a LOT of power INSIDE already established worlds, inside their aspects of influence. In my opinion if we let average god fight Jazirian/Ahriman, god would win, however if he would even be able to finish of one of the serpants is dubious to me. Still some Elder evils have powers that render gods weak or even useless. But great serpants are not gods, so they are unaffectes. That one time Asmodeus (Ahriman) single-handedly beat one of the Elder Evils, which killed many GODS, and then imprisoned him. I wounder what maner of artifact could one create from blood of Ahriman ruinnig in thick rivers inside deep fractures of Ninth layer of 9 Hells, Nessus. Of course if you were not eaten by atheis-eating revengeful great serpant.
I mean, she's not exactly alone. Ilsensine is a greater god with a handful of clerics, Kanchelsis is an intermediate deity with no clerics, Urdlen is an intermediate deity with a tiny priesthood...
@@LordMortanius A deity's power is not only dependent on how many worshipers they have but also how intense their worship is and how broad their portfolio is. A god of death (Nerull for this example) is understandably not going to be very popular with the average person, but all mortals are doomed to die (barring a few exceptions) and that happening on a constant and multi-planar scale every moment of every single day gives him more than enough power to achieve greater deity status. Watch Arch-Warhammer's video on the warp from the Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universe to get a better idea of how this works.
Its funny that the day I started to draw the Couatl. This video was released. I am challenging myself to draw every creature from A-Z that has pictures in the monster manual.
This is really sad, such a provocative monster, with such legendary power, is only a C.R. 4. I understand the need to create balance for the whole game, but at least do this majestic creature some justice and say these are the stats of a juvenile Couatl! These are my favorite design, emphasizing beauty in simplicity, with so much story potential. It actually baffles me that there's not more lost history of the this race. Keep it up man!
At the very least, and I say this about a lot of things in 5e, 5e itself is a very malleable game. That can be the stat block of a young Couatl if you want. Then you can just buff it up to make it more powerful for what an adult or a well-trained Couatl would be like.
Can't wait to annoy some DM by going like "well, modern non-traditional definitions of lying entail that lying can consist of simply withholding information with the intent to deceive, without making any statement at all... 🤓 what now? The couatl eats me? Aww..not again" but seriously, can't say how much I love these really in-depths videos about D&D even if I haven't played in over a decade.
There is a Warlock in my D&D campaign I was running (on hiatus because of the Quarantines), who's Otherworldly Patron is a Couatl. This is awesome extra information and backstory to add to my established lore! Thank you so much!
It wouldn't sell. D&D lore books have never historically sold well which is why WoC cut back a lot on fluff. D&D is a game system. People want to play the game and not read a ton of lore they will never need or use. Most DMs homebrew or modify any so-called canon. They only need a little bit of lore and then create their own lore. For these videos, it is fine to go ultra nerdy on lore if a DM or player can pick up an idea. But in reality, an official D&D book with tons of lore would flop
I'm a new player to D&D with an interest in DMing. When I saw these guys in the monster manual, I instantly fell in love with them. I wish it had all this extra information on them though because they are seriously like 200x cooler to me now. Thanks for making this content. :D
I don't think so. Lizardfolk live very pastoral lives, unconcerned with improvement of themselves, their race, or the world. They are content with what they have and only seek to continue the traditions of their ancestors. Compare that to the couatls who are always gathering knowledge and live in a place of constant self-improvement.
@@kindoflame but they do attach themselves to powerful local beings and the coutals do live in similar regions as yaunti and coutals. they could seek out the coutal or the coutal could take pity on the lizardfolk
@@spenhaPot I guess if the Lizardfolk were in a really bad spot, like if there were a plague, a coutal would help them. However, that would be a one-off thing, not a sustainable relationship. Coutals by nature do not typically interfere with the business of humanoid races, so why would the coutal stick around once the immediate danger passed? Why would one spend time with the Lizardfolk, who fundamentally do not value the same things, when there are elves, Dragonborn, and Aarakocra they could be exchanging knowledge with?
@@kindoflame I'm not talking about the entire lizardfolk race just a small (if not single) clan. Yes the coutal do move around but that is the refrence of their lifespan. Which is centuries if not thousands of years long as opposed to that one lizrd folk tribe where they might come close to half a century if they are lucky. The coutal could be learning about an ancient ruin in the area and while they are at it are helping the lizard folk against the profane aboration that would be the nearby yaunti cannibles and their constant barrage of dark magic, curses, and bio weapons. yes their time together would be short but the lizard folk would still possibly see the coutal as a potential ally that might help if they call enough to it. That might even be a quest. the local lizardfolk want to know where their god went so you go on a quest to find out that it moved on and you know have the option of helping them deal with the problem the yauntis still pose.
Love this, it makes the RP part of Dnd so much better when it comes to interactions with creatures outside of combat. It also seems to make designing their "lair" so much easier by knowing what they do or think. (Putting jungle cat bones on the floor of a couatl)
Mount Celestia's concept actually sounds a lot like the concept of Mictlan, the Underworld of Mesoamerican mythology, thats cool, it has less skinning of you metaphorical soul though, which is less cool.
I found your video's a long while back (idk exactly when,) back when you started the series on dragons because I wanted to learn more about dragons for my home games, but man i found so much more. I watch almost all of your videos describing the lore of d&d because I love telling my friends/dm's about this stuff to enhance thier world and how everything else might work within. Though i always leave it up to them to decide to use it or not, i love just recanting these stories. Thank you Mr. Rexx for all of the great content please dont stop, im sure there is so much more to learn.
Rhexx, you are an inspiration. The sheer nerdiness of this channel is mind blowing, your presentation is great and your voice is soothing. Keep doing these man!
Got in earlier than ever, and found even more important things to fix the background conflicts in my campaign before they come to be the actual front conflicts, which might be soon. Other than that it's also another great video
The sincerity in that subscription pitch. I get tired of people telling me to smash stuff at the end of their videos like a grandmother running back to get a 4th tin of leftovers.
All this talk of Celestia makes me think of a reverse campaign. You always see an Aasimar or Paladin fighting against demons and devils in the 9 hells or abyss, but it makes me think of a group of evil adventurers going on an crusade to defeat something residing on mount celestia. Maybe I'm crazy...
@@archmicthelegend5912 Oh, the point of the campaign was to be blatantly evil characters, but they started stepping on each other's toes and meta-gaming until I told them all to grow up. The campaign actually ended on a high note, with several characters even finding ways to help save the world they ruined in a way that furthered their goals. I'm actually running a sequel legacy campaign set 200 years after it, and they're eating it up.
Couatls are amazing- great information in this presentation. I am DMing in Eberron however, your videos are so helpful no matter the setting to nail down the general ethos and universal lore of the creatures. Keep up the great work!
Can confirm a great deal about this presented lore... having done extensive research into couatl lore myself for a major player character in my current campaign. Well done on this video, MrRhexx.
Great video. Given how little we actually know about the upper planes and celestials in 5th edition, videos like these are really helpful. The Trials of Mount Celestia in particular sound like they would make a good adventure.
You didn't state it's profound strength, and command with the use of polymorph. This is one of the main reason that Couatl's are actually so ridiculously rare to find out there in the world. They are in part so rare, because they spend a incredibly tiny amount of their life existing in it's "natural Couatl Dragon state". A party could in fact have met comparatively large numbers of Couatl! Perhaps even befriending one at some point, though they just knew it as a particularly hepful NPC, that was always super eager to hear all about the parties exploits, loving to listen to every detail about each individual person's life... Though not raising any fearful suspicions, something about them renders you feeling insignificant in their presence... This feeling persists despite the Couatl finding everything you tell them about yourselves with never-ending genuine interest, and each of your personal life anecdote. Stating almost ad-nauseam to you how after hearing of your qualities, hobbies, desires, prowess, and skills you've attained are each sequentially more impressive the previous. ""Change Shape. The couatl magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the couatl's choice). In a new form, the couatl retains its game statistics and ability to speak, but its AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and other actions are replaced by those of the new form, and it gains any statistics and capabilities (except class features, legendary actions, and lair actions) that the new form has but that it lacks. If the new form has a bite attack, the couatl can use its bite in that form.""
Yesss.... I used a Couatl as a major plotpoint in my campaign; ua-cam.com/video/2TCKpbGXb7g/v-deo.html and it was fun to play around with all those possibilities of a 'lawful good snake in the grass' kind of magical creature.
@@thezerowulf507 Quetzalcoatl was the only mesoamerican god that was against human sacrifice, his brother Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopozhtli were the main gods for human sacrifice in the ancient mexica culture.
In my campaigns, the poison of Couatls is whatever kind they wish. Literally any kind of poison, including magical effects to merely purely natural acid burns to psionic shock. As for the gods who spawned them, I was a life long fan of all mythologies... including some Central Native American lore. My campaign universe is Loom of Magus. The AD&D universe was spawned by two of the Loom Dragons breaking from their eternal drift of apathy (I did not have an origin for those until those serpent "gods"). The parasites that developed lives on the surface of the Loom Dragons were long since hungering for life outside of being mere parasites (the Crystonians, the first humanoid race of Loom of Magus). Upon seeing what their rogues created, they created Loom of Magus, both finite and infinite, and parked it parallel to the AD&D universe. Physically speaking, Loom of Magus is spherical space 100,000 Light Years in diameter, having a solar system every 4-9 light-years from each other, and each having outer plane pockets each linked to and limited in size to the Loom of Magus god that rules the area. Also, it has an infinite number of parallel prime material planes and is temporally vague. Its origin is trillions (maybe billions) of years ago but it is far newer than the first loom dragons' creation (origin of the Couatls). The original humanoids (the Crystonians) are pretty much eons extinct via their own sh^t.
Loved this video. I've been a big fan of Coatls since I saw them in the monster manual. Sadly I've never encountered one in a campaign. Please do more celestial creatures!
Gotta say I love that Dungeons and Dragons represents mythological metaphor so accurately. Spirituality is something of a special interest of mine and the lore reflects human tradition and philosophy very appropriately.
I really enjoy listening to your lore descriptions. This video touches a little on the different planes. Do you think you'll make videos about each of the planes of existence?
I wonder if Jazirion and the forgotten reals god Qotal from Maztica are actually the same or have any relation, they have the same aparience, they are both ausent and have an evil brother.
Qotal is the child of the adulterous union of Xymor & Maztica. Xymor being a Draconic god, he is the brother of Yaldabaoth (Tiama). He led the humans to the lands of what was to become the MAZTICA continent.
Where do u get all this great lore from . Its incredible. I like when u do the lower lever monsters and such. Creatures that i read about in books and come across in vids. Perhaps you can do creatures we will likely see in the upcoming baldurs gate 3 . As many are eagerly awaiting. Love you work keep it up.
I don't know if you have a set schedule for which monsters you do, but I would love to see a video on different types of fae. Darklings have a really interesting story and would love to know more about them
This is so cool, I’m actually in a campaign that actually features both of the over gods, though I didn’t know them by the names you were calling them so I’m very pleased that I’m learning useful stuff for my Sunday game :3 and possibly some potential allies.
Hey Rhexx can you do a video about the Gith and their relation to Mindflayers? Or maybe make a full episode on the Blood War? Love you content budy keep it up !
Not the blood war. Its dump and makes all good look like cowards who are doomed to loose to evil. To me it feels added in to just explain why the PCs are important. Ie why no Angel comes down to smite some summed demon.
Thanks again dear Sir. I'll need to check my old books again but I could have sworn that Couatls were size Large? Medium doesn't even make sense, considering the activities and mechanisms of the critter (large, colourful wings). Now I suppose it's easy enough to just make them large for a campaign/one-shot but I'd prefer historical accuracy (relative) to my inclinations. I'm also very happy you mentioned the ability for it to pop in and out of the Ethereal at whim, something I was indeed familiar with. As it can also polymorph, at CR-4 it could certainly appear as a large intimidating beast/humanoid should the need arise.
Hey you should do a video on what they don't tell you about humans because I have wondered for a while about them in d&d specifically who created them or how they came to be
Cool video, I certainly enjoy those videos dedicated to the monster lore a bit beyond the standards 👍 I'd love an episode concerning the Hydra, as not only was it my favorite greek myth-beast but I'm also considering usage of it in one of my own sessions
21:13 I've listened to this 5 times. What is he saying?? "challenge another pilgrim because virtue untested is merely innocence" Challenge them to what? Chess? Poker? A battle to the death? I'm so confused as to WHAT the challenge IS.
So the consept of virtue, is wholey dependent on the persons ideals, so the challange for one my be a trivial thing for another so by over coming someone you deem to be a strong Opponent, you will hopfully see how you can grow. Thats kinda the point of self improvent. So the challange depends on the person. That help?
Two things I love: Couatls and Lizardfolk. In a Pathfinder Planescape game I wanted to play a Paladin and saw that the Paladin mount list included Triceratops. I had a sudden image of a feather-crested Lizardfolk in mesoamerican-styled plate armor riding a Triceratops, and decided I needed to play a Lawful Good Lizardfolk Paladin who went against the stereotypes of both his race and his alignment: a noble, cultured champion of Good who employed reason and common sense first and violence only when all else failed. To create this unusual being I asked myself, what if a Couatl adopted an enclave of Lizardfolk and led them to the Outlands to create an enclave of technologically simple but culturally sophisticated proponents of peace and good will? Thus I created the Xi-Couatl, the Couatl-Kin Lizardfolk, and Naxtlacotl of the Za'Extli-Ma clan - Paladin of Xymor and Questing Knight of Quet'Zhual, the Lord of Feather and Fang, partner to the Triceratops Chotaka'e, 'Threefold Piercer of Falsehood'. Put together a whole origin myth for them, the Atzo'e-Ma - Spawn of the Seven. I really need to play one again.
So, I've had an inkling in the back of my head to have a character with the custom background Wanderer. As in, fell through the portal, given new life, no memory, just hand tattoo and potentially horrified looks from somebody who knew who you once were. It would be dope af for that character to end up climbing the mountain
Played Descend to Avernus as an Yuan-Ti Paladin who is a fellower of Qotal, a feathered serpent/dragon god of the Forgotten Realms (but currently missing) and it was the best choice i could make going into the adventure blind and finishing it with glory.
I've been playing an exiled Yuan-Ti celestial warlock with a Couatl patron. Injured and exiled, he began to have dreams of a colorful serpent bathed in different lights, different from the night serpent the members of the society he was removed from worshipped. I've re skinned the distance healing abilities as snakes that fly out, coil upon the heads of the injured, and heal the targets by touching their wings to the injured. It took him a long while to establish a strong connection to have the ability to contact his patron properly.
Me too. It is very unclear. Lady of Pain at the top. Then Overgods, Then most Gods, Then Great Serpents(Jarizan, Ahriman), Lesser gods, Halfsgods, Demigods,
Mage Aramil it’s meant to be unclear. There isn’t much of a strict hierarchy of power because gods powers are much more abstract than other beings. That’s why they usually aren’t given stat blocks. The only thing that is certain is that the dm is above every god.
@@magearamil8626 This GoH theory really gets around, but Ahriman is a demon prince. Jazzy sits at the top of the divine hierarchy as a multispheric greater deity, alongside pantheon heads like Garl, Corellon, Zeus, Odin and so forth. The actual deific hierarchy is greater power > intermediate power > lesser power > demipower (true gods).
So the good serpent became Ao, and the bad serpent became Asmodeus Alo good point to make finally he puts here, that the lore of D&D has differed a lot, changed a lot, and things always up for question. The lore can also be changed by any DM to their whims.
So cool! I have been waiting for this video! Amazing man! Thank you for this information! I would personally like videos on each of the planes and their vibes. (History, creation, general landscape and such). Thanks again man! I always look forward to your new videos!!
Grate video I've used so much of this in my home game. It made up a grate deal of info for one of my dwarf Npcs. Even used that dwarf saying at the end.
Jazirian seems more comparable to a great old one than a god to be honest, but instead of causing madness from forbidden knowledge(lovecraftian beings) or deeply embedded fears(Dendar eg) the madness is from twisting riddles, stunning beauty and tests of willpower. It would explain how they don't need to be worshipped to be powerful after all. Edit: The pact of the great old one actually works with this theme, since a lot of the abilities the warlock gains are similar to coatl abilities.
Kinda Surprised you didn't mention the Rainbow Servant, a 3.5 prestige class for arcane casters that literally gets its power from Couatls (or by studying Couatl temples). At their peak, a Rainbow Servant can learn any cleric spell of their spell level (and simply get for free all spells from the good, air and law domains, and can use cleric scrolls/wands to boot), can fly with Couatl-like wings for 10 minutes a day, and can detect evil, chaos and thoughts at will. It's one of my favorite 3rd edition classes! =D
I am literally making a Yuan-Ti Sorcerer inspired by Quetzalcoatl and I am looking into Couatls with my DM as celestials and deities . This video cannot come at a better time for me!
Yeah, most of this was introduced in 2e and promptly never mentioned again. So it's probably no longer canon, but it's really cool to use in your own game if you want. I once played a yuan-ti that was converted to the worship of Jazirian by a Coatl. It was fun, and she was partly based on Eberron Yuan-ti (which are Good and often winged!).
It was introduced in a Guide to Hell, but no other 2e supplement makes note of this. Asmodeus was never even formally named in Planescape, all that was known was that the Dark Eight reported to the Dark Lord of Nessus.
In my campaign, my players have slowly been uncovering the mystery between Jazirian, Asmodeus, and the origin of the multiverse. These videos have been a huge help with that!
I was trying to find a way to incorporate this kind of idea in my own campaign ever since the asmodeus video, but I've had no idea how to go about this.
@@augmundfireweave5348 How I did it is I tied it some grand conspiracy between the gods. I started by sending my players on a quest from the gods in exchange for a wish, and over time they've discovered the gods haven't told them the whole story. They're keeping secrets from the party about the nature of their quest. I also homebrewed a supreme-level god named Chaos who was born when Asmodeus and Jazirian split. I characterized Chaos as a god of change and freedom and a champion of mortals. So when he found out Asmodeus was consuming unclaimed souls who he could eventually destroy the multiverse and start over, Chaos broke into Baatot and stole those souls. For his crimes, Chaos was imprisoned in Carceri, and he's been trying to free himself and get the word out ever since. And since one of my players is a warlock of Chaos, it's made divulging those secrets easier
"With this time shift ability, the Coatl can see into the future for 20 seconds..." Random, corrupt, red coautl: "[KING CRIMSON] has already predicted your movements..."
OSRS has conditioned me lol. When you said you are better off trying to find a unicorn I thought of the running joke in RuneScape quests that there are no normal horses, only unicorns. The closest thing to a horse in hornless unicorns lol.
MrRhexx:"They are very psionic creatures.... most of their abilities come from psionics.... they are highly intelligent" Also MrRhexx:"Here is a random psychic resistance" ???????
Thanks for the Couatl info, this is a far off lore that I've tried to understand, as the most interactive demigod in our campaign has a name ending in Quatl. the Central/south american deities intertwined with Coatls seemed like a good idea at the time of writing my own campaign plot, as a new DM. Now i know better - not to plan too far ahead. This definitely solves a lot of problems, so thank you! also, be Healthy!
Yeah theres a lot to work with on South American lore in terms of planning a campaign. I actually came to this video for that very reason...it was a great help
If you ever revisit couatls, Eberron's mythos concerning couatls, Maztica lore about Qotal and couatls, and lore from Serpent Kingdoms would be good sources for a sequel.
Great job once again sir. Your hard work is not going unnoticed. I would personally love to To so some lore videos on Dark sun campaign setting lore. But I understand there is a lot of unknown Ferune lore to cover. Just something to consider. I love darksun lore. Keep up to good work.
I'll admit I've watched hours worth of your videos but never subscribed. This video I got your message asking me to subscribe and realized that I've never subbed despite getting hours of entertainment from your channel. Keep up the good work MrRhexx. I'd love it if you did a video about Hybrid Dragons. (Such as green dragon x black dragon hybrids, not hybrids between dragons and humanoids.)
I love this cosmology! I want to make a Yuan-Ti Pureblood Warlock character with Jazirian as her patron. This is a reluctant pact, and she sees her role as similar to the serpent in the Garden of Eden: To test the virtue of others to see if they have integrity and hold to their avowed values. 🐍 🍎
I think an interesting villain would be a mind flayer colony or lich captured a couatl. They experiment on it and pump it with psyonic energy until it goes completely crazy and gains a massive upgrade to their natural psyonic abilities. I would be interesting for a group of players to stumble upon a unbelievably beautiful celestial being thriving against the withering chains binding it to the ground, only to free it and be lashed at by the panicked broken mind of a couatl. It can not only sense it’s imminent demise, but con now forever feel the pain that is yet to come due to its psyonic “gifts.” The perfect weapon
Alright putting this out there: After fighting a group of Devils or random crystal loot you put an egg shaped (don't call it that too obvious) gem into the haul that somehow produces all the colors of the rainbow. Magical Focus for good aligned characters granting a +1 to spell attacks and saving throws as well as resistance to psychic damage. Obviously it is a baby coatl egg. After enough spells have been cast through it it hatches. From there do what you will but perhaps the left over crystal shell could be used as a focus once fashioned into a rod, staff, etc. and it give them access to spells of the school they cast the most. Since that is the school that the crystal absorbed to nurture the coatl.
In my DnD campaign, there is a recurring antagonist who is a Yuan-TI priest of Quetzalcoatl who is a villain only because he believes the best way to improve the world is by testing individuals and weeding out those who will not better themselves. He truly believes what he is doing is for the best, but his methods are anything but kind. Though knowing more about the coatls themselves, I’ve now got a few ideas on how to incorporate them into his story and motivations.
APSingh The Yuan-TI have a lot of serpent gods they worship, Merrshaulk probably included. I decided to have him follow Quetzalcoatl because I wanted him to be a follower of a good deity to make him a bit more complex than the standard evil priest.
Look, I know there are a million and two videos on the Drow in the forgotten realms, but I would like to see you cover some of the more unknown or obscure facts about the Drow and some of the more popular Drow characters or Gods such as Eilistraee.
Monster Manual: "Here's this cool monster and some lore for it"
MrRhexx: "B u t h o w d o t h e y _f u c c?"_
Their always has to be that guy
...but can WE fuck them?
@@evankurasu3190 Most celestial can take on a human form. So you probably can screw a bird snek.
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Well what if you want a coatl-based aasimar?
Inn my D&D group the Celestial Warlocks patron is a Coatl who sees it's end coming in the days to come and seeks out ways to finish it's celestial mission. So far the player only sees endless white coils in their dreams and wakes up with colored feathers in their dwellings. Sometimes it gives nudges or pushes towards a goal in the form of day dreams but the player has yet to speak to it on even terms. Theyre trying their hardest to push the Coatl to communicate with them but so far? nothing.
Sounds amazing.
@ako riko you can but it might take a while to find the right group. keep searching!
@ako riko there are a lot of online communities you could try finding people there. Although it is true that you will find a mixed bag in terms of the quality of your experience for a while, but I know groups that have met online and played together for years, so you will probably find the right group eventually.
@ako riko have you tried the site Roll20, I play DnD every sunday with a really good group and I have been playing with them for about 2 or 3 years now.
@ako riko I use discord to host a group and roll20 for the battle maps. I found people via the dnd amino.
Man I hope this is a start to a series about Celestials. That would be really cool
The only problem with them is that their is very little written about them for 5e. If you want to bring in the real fun stuff you gotta make the stat block yourself.
Celestials have never gotten much attention cause the overwhelming majority of players play good-aligned characters who will fight evil or neutral-aligned baddies, monsters, animals, etc. The interest in more good-aligned characters is usually only if a player can play as one
Gotta say, Quetzocoatl was the god of learning, but the Flayed god was god of household chores so the skies the limit with these aspects.
"Household chores? The man has no skin!" -Red
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Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
As Mexican, I just love Red's vids on Aztec mythology
"Only the blackest of villains will attack a Couatl"- enter the murderhobo party with an edgelord on the side...
This is what happens when you build the world around the players and not the players around the world. If a 1st level edgelord want's to pick a fight with a 4th level mercenary fighter let him get put back into his place, that'll learn him. Also, a dungeon master should never give random loot, he should always give out what would make sense and only give out magic items when they would make sense to be in a monster's possession or found in a dungeon. I'm sorry but the fact that magic items just seem to grow on trees in the Forgotten Realms Campaign setting is one reason why I dislike playing in it, also Ed Greenwood, just the fact that Ed Greenwood created it would put me off of it if nothing else did; that guy is a deviant and a half.
@@jonathanwells223 TLDR
@@RIlianP TLDR: Let the edgelord be smacked around by bandits. Stop giving out magic items like it was candy.
@@MrSBPlays Actually I didn't even bother to read the thing it is an obviously irrelevant, long winded reply to a humorous comment. If he guy have so much of a chip on his shoulder about some bullshit, he should go and complain in reddit, there may be people there who actually care.
this is a test i love to do to new parties in session one. you see a Couatl what do you do. they they attack it.. whelp they die. if they leave it be they get a reward from it. usually like some scales to make some armor
Last time I was this early the world was a swirling chaos.
What do you think? How many survived the chaos?
Ur Quan Overlord video was posted an hour ago, this comment is 2 hours ago 0_o
Beat me to it
@@kirkcannon8079 I wrote this like 5 or less minuets after upload, idk.
And lo, it is still swirling chaos.
30 years to become an adult and another decade to decide if they stay with the parents... Just like humans
Lol my kids aren't going to have that luxury. You are either going to college or if you are staying home past 18 you are getting a job and I'm charging you rent.
There's a theory the the more intelligent and evolved a species requires a longer adolescence to grow the neural network required to process the world at a competitive level. Society, business, and our technological existence is our primary evolutionary force right now. It will only get longer as our lifespans increase and the pressure of adolescence vs useful adulthood production widens.
@@shadowhenge7118 yeah no I don't buy that. It's your job as a parent to make sure your kid is self sufficient. That is your number one goal to raise your kid to the point so they can operate without you. And if you failed as a parent to achieve that goal before the kid became legally recognized as an adult that is a failure of you the parent.
@@shadowhenge7118 neoteny.
@@rejvaik00 you didn't counter what OP said.
How can a parent or child control the job market, economy or cost of living?
So Jicerian has enough raw power that devoid of mortal worship she is As powerful as a greater god. That's kinda terrifying.
Jazirian*
Sounds like Jazirian would kick Ao’s tail
Nope, not necessarily.
Ahriman and Jazirian created whole world from raw unshaped chaos, which is easier to change/affect than defined/created worlds. Then fought over where to place centre of universe and lost a lot of power.
Then people (all inteligent races) started to belive in gods, some where created from concepts, some ascended from mortals. They have a LOT of power INSIDE already established worlds, inside their aspects of influence.
In my opinion if we let average god fight Jazirian/Ahriman, god would win, however if he would even be able to finish of one of the serpants is dubious to me.
Still some Elder evils have powers that render gods weak or even useless. But great serpants are not gods, so they are unaffectes. That one time Asmodeus (Ahriman) single-handedly beat one of the Elder Evils, which killed many GODS, and then imprisoned him.
I wounder what maner of artifact could one create from blood of Ahriman ruinnig in thick rivers inside deep fractures of Ninth layer of 9 Hells, Nessus. Of course if you were not eaten by atheis-eating revengeful great serpant.
I mean, she's not exactly alone. Ilsensine is a greater god with a handful of clerics, Kanchelsis is an intermediate deity with no clerics, Urdlen is an intermediate deity with a tiny priesthood...
@@LordMortanius A deity's power is not only dependent on how many worshipers they have but also how intense their worship is and how broad their portfolio is. A god of death (Nerull for this example) is understandably not going to be very popular with the average person, but all mortals are doomed to die (barring a few exceptions) and that happening on a constant and multi-planar scale every moment of every single day gives him more than enough power to achieve greater deity status. Watch Arch-Warhammer's video on the warp from the Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 universe to get a better idea of how this works.
Its funny that the day I started to draw the Couatl. This video was released. I am challenging myself to draw every creature from A-Z that has pictures in the monster manual.
That's awesome!
I wish I could draw well, I wish you luck!
DRAW the ones that have NO ILUSTARTION!
Good luck! You are going to need it
How is it going? Did you finish? Have you uploaded your work?
This is really sad, such a provocative monster, with such legendary power, is only a C.R. 4.
I understand the need to create balance for the whole game, but at least do this majestic creature some justice and say these are the stats of a juvenile Couatl! These are my favorite design, emphasizing beauty in simplicity, with so much story potential. It actually baffles me that there's not more lost history of the this race.
Keep it up man!
Project Cyosana yeah no that stat block is an INFANT
there iss a lot of hisstory but it'ss all lost.
At the very least, and I say this about a lot of things in 5e, 5e itself is a very malleable game. That can be the stat block of a young Couatl if you want. Then you can just buff it up to make it more powerful for what an adult or a well-trained Couatl would be like.
You're right about 5e, maybe that should be my first endeavor into homebrew.
The power of the Couatls doesnt lay in their combatorial prowess though, so a cr of 4 makes sense
Wrought into the wall of the 1st gate of Mt. Celestia: “Everyone wants to get to heaven but no one wanna die” ~😔😔😭😭
"What if you wanted to go to Heaven but God said 'No.'"
Can't wait to annoy some DM by going like "well, modern non-traditional definitions of lying entail that lying can consist of simply withholding information with the intent to deceive, without making any statement at all... 🤓
what now? The couatl eats me? Aww..not again"
but seriously, can't say how much I love these really in-depths videos about D&D even if I haven't played in over a decade.
How can you lie without first having made a statement? How can you prove they are withholding information without a statement?
Is more like lying became dishonest conduct so there are two types of dishonest conduct:fabrication(the tradicional lie) and omission.
There is a Warlock in my D&D campaign I was running (on hiatus because of the Quarantines), who's Otherworldly Patron is a Couatl. This is awesome extra information and backstory to add to my established lore! Thank you so much!
I HOPE they picked mask of many faces as one of their abilities
10:12 wait a second......
10:28 WAIT JUST ONE SECOND
KING CRIMSON, IT WAS YOU ALL ALONG!
can't stop emperor crimson's enduring dominance.
"It just works" -jojo's bizarre adventure
I don’t wanna talk about it
@@toko099o "No it doesn't" -Gold Experience Requiem
I really wish they would just release a lot book with all of this. This stuff is gold.
MrRhexx should just release his own book called "Everything Except the Monster Manual" or something.
@@QuindariusGooch-s8o genius absolutely genius
It wouldn't sell. D&D lore books have never historically sold well which is why WoC cut back a lot on fluff. D&D is a game system. People want to play the game and not read a ton of lore they will never need or use. Most DMs homebrew or modify any so-called canon. They only need a little bit of lore and then create their own lore. For these videos, it is fine to go ultra nerdy on lore if a DM or player can pick up an idea. But in reality, an official D&D book with tons of lore would flop
I'm a new player to D&D with an interest in DMing. When I saw these guys in the monster manual, I instantly fell in love with them. I wish it had all this extra information on them though because they are seriously like 200x cooler to me now. Thanks for making this content. :D
I could imagine a lizardfolk society worshiping the coutal in opposition to nearby yaunti
I don't think so. Lizardfolk live very pastoral lives, unconcerned with improvement of themselves, their race, or the world. They are content with what they have and only seek to continue the traditions of their ancestors. Compare that to the couatls who are always gathering knowledge and live in a place of constant self-improvement.
@@kindoflame but they do attach themselves to powerful local beings and the coutals do live in similar regions as yaunti and coutals. they could seek out the coutal or the coutal could take pity on the lizardfolk
@@spenhaPot I guess if the Lizardfolk were in a really bad spot, like if there were a plague, a coutal would help them. However, that would be a one-off thing, not a sustainable relationship. Coutals by nature do not typically interfere with the business of humanoid races, so why would the coutal stick around once the immediate danger passed? Why would one spend time with the Lizardfolk, who fundamentally do not value the same things, when there are elves, Dragonborn, and Aarakocra they could be exchanging knowledge with?
@@kindoflame I'm not talking about the entire lizardfolk race just a small (if not single) clan. Yes the coutal do move around but that is the refrence of their lifespan. Which is centuries if not thousands of years long as opposed to that one lizrd folk tribe where they might come close to half a century if they are lucky. The coutal could be learning about an ancient ruin in the area and while they are at it are helping the lizard folk against the profane aboration that would be the nearby yaunti cannibles and their constant barrage of dark magic, curses, and bio weapons. yes their time together would be short but the lizard folk would still possibly see the coutal as a potential ally that might help if they call enough to it. That might even be a quest. the local lizardfolk want to know where their god went so you go on a quest to find out that it moved on and you know have the option of helping them deal with the problem the yauntis still pose.
@@spenhaPot Yeah, that could work.
That, for starters, is Nahuatl for *"serpent" (coatl.)*
I was about to say this, carnal.
Love this, it makes the RP part of Dnd so much better when it comes to interactions with creatures outside of combat. It also seems to make designing their "lair" so much easier by knowing what they do or think. (Putting jungle cat bones on the floor of a couatl)
Mount Celestia's concept actually sounds a lot like the concept of Mictlan, the Underworld of Mesoamerican mythology, thats cool, it has less skinning of you metaphorical soul though, which is less cool.
I found your video's a long while back (idk exactly when,) back when you started the series on dragons because I wanted to learn more about dragons for my home games, but man i found so much more. I watch almost all of your videos describing the lore of d&d because I love telling my friends/dm's about this stuff to enhance thier world and how everything else might work within. Though i always leave it up to them to decide to use it or not, i love just recanting these stories. Thank you Mr. Rexx for all of the great content please dont stop, im sure there is so much more to learn.
19:26 "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents."
i absolutely love this lovecraft quote.
@@Herr_Wilhelm101 Yeah, that's a really good one.
11:09 Like almost everything in early dnd...
Rhexx, you are an inspiration. The sheer nerdiness of this channel is mind blowing, your presentation is great and your voice is soothing. Keep doing these man!
Got in earlier than ever, and found even more important things to fix the background conflicts in my campaign before they come to be the actual front conflicts, which might be soon. Other than that it's also another great video
The sincerity in that subscription pitch. I get tired of people telling me to smash stuff at the end of their videos like a grandmother running back to get a 4th tin of leftovers.
All this talk of Celestia makes me think of a reverse campaign. You always see an Aasimar or Paladin fighting against demons and devils in the 9 hells or abyss, but it makes me think of a group of evil adventurers going on an crusade to defeat something residing on mount celestia.
Maybe I'm crazy...
I ran a campaign like this about 3yrs ago. Players were... less than kind to each other.
@@asialsky I would probably dictate that they all have the same good to cut down on backstabbing.
I was in a campaign like this seven years ago and it didn't end well for anyone but the rogue.
@@archmicthelegend5912 Oh, the point of the campaign was to be blatantly evil characters, but they started stepping on each other's toes and meta-gaming until I told them all to grow up. The campaign actually ended on a high note, with several characters even finding ways to help save the world they ruined in a way that furthered their goals. I'm actually running a sequel legacy campaign set 200 years after it, and they're eating it up.
Something I honestly would love to see is the lore of all the planes overall, as there is precious little in 5e
Couatls are amazing- great information in this presentation. I am DMing in Eberron however, your videos are so helpful no matter the setting to nail down the general ethos and universal lore of the creatures. Keep up the great work!
Can confirm a great deal about this presented lore... having done extensive research into couatl lore myself for a major player character in my current campaign. Well done on this video, MrRhexx.
Great video. Given how little we actually know about the upper planes and celestials in 5th edition, videos like these are really helpful. The Trials of Mount Celestia in particular sound like they would make a good adventure.
You didn't state it's profound strength, and command with the use of polymorph.
This is one of the main reason that Couatl's are actually so ridiculously rare to find out there in the world. They are in part so rare, because they spend a incredibly tiny amount of their life existing in it's "natural Couatl Dragon state".
A party could in fact have met comparatively large numbers of Couatl!
Perhaps even befriending one at some point, though they just knew it as a particularly hepful NPC, that was always super eager to hear all about the parties exploits, loving to listen to every detail about each individual person's life...
Though not raising any fearful suspicions, something about them renders you feeling insignificant in their presence...
This feeling persists despite the Couatl finding everything you tell them about yourselves with never-ending genuine interest, and each of your personal life anecdote.
Stating almost ad-nauseam to you how after hearing of your qualities, hobbies, desires, prowess, and skills you've attained are each sequentially more impressive the previous.
""Change Shape. The couatl magically polymorphs into a humanoid or beast that has a challenge rating equal to or less than its own, or back into its true form. It reverts to its true form if it dies. Any equipment it is wearing or carrying is absorbed or borne by the new form (the couatl's choice).
In a new form, the couatl retains its game statistics and ability to speak, but its AC, movement modes, Strength, Dexterity, and other actions are replaced by those of the new form, and it gains any statistics and capabilities (except class features, legendary actions, and lair actions) that the new form has but that it lacks. If the new form has a bite attack, the couatl can use its bite in that form.""
Yesss.... I used a Couatl as a major plotpoint in my campaign;
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and it was fun to play around with all those possibilities of a 'lawful good snake in the grass' kind of magical creature.
That moment warhammer and dnd actually share a character name.... alright so much for part of my home brew world. :D
WARHAMMER Fantasy and 40K, Dungeons And Dragons, and Pathfinder. Now that's a homebrew.
For some reason I pictured Ahriman of the Thousand Sons trying to figure out secrets about the swirling Chaos and the two primordial serpents.
Joyce Richardson
I uhhhh I have no idea what you mean..?
Well, Ahriman/Angra Mainyu is the Zarathustrian god of evil, so naming a villain after him is not surprising.
@@en-men-lu-ana6870 Zoroastrian is the religion, Zarathustra is the prophet.
This will probably be lost in a sea of comments, but if anyone does happen to see this, I hope you'll have a good day! :)
You as well.
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@@AnthonySalazar ya tellin someone to have a good day DISPICAVLE DEPLORABLE
Thank you, I wish you a great day too
Yo this was a very awesome video! Will you continue in covering the lore and creatures in the lands of Maztica?
For the real Fact, Quetzalcoatl of the DnD universe.
Except like they dont eat sacrifice people
@@thezerowulf507 Oh yeah, this is a good thing for Couatls.
@@thezerowulf507 Quetzalcoatl was the only mesoamerican god that was against human sacrifice, his brother Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopozhtli were the main gods for human sacrifice in the ancient mexica culture.
bless you!
@@MFallion
Tezcatlipoca is mesoamerican Ahriman, then?
last time I was this early you could still cast 11th level spells
You still can if you're an elf.. and have other elves... and time
@@randomcatname7792 psshhh elves, who would want to be around elves
Eeeee, my favorite snake bois!
Good job on this video, Rhexx, you always surprise me with incredible content. Keep up the great work!
Dude, I love your stuff!!! I've been wanting to express how cool your seemingly ambiguous accent is.
Works so well with content
In my campaigns, the poison of Couatls is whatever kind they wish. Literally any kind of poison, including magical effects to merely purely natural acid burns to psionic shock.
As for the gods who spawned them, I was a life long fan of all mythologies... including some Central Native American lore. My campaign universe is Loom of Magus. The AD&D universe was spawned by two of the Loom Dragons breaking from their eternal drift of apathy (I did not have an origin for those until those serpent "gods"). The parasites that developed lives on the surface of the Loom Dragons were long since hungering for life outside of being mere parasites (the Crystonians, the first humanoid race of Loom of Magus). Upon seeing what their rogues created, they created Loom of Magus, both finite and infinite, and parked it parallel to the AD&D universe. Physically speaking, Loom of Magus is spherical space 100,000 Light Years in diameter, having a solar system every 4-9 light-years from each other, and each having outer plane pockets each linked to and limited in size to the Loom of Magus god that rules the area. Also, it has an infinite number of parallel prime material planes and is temporally vague. Its origin is trillions (maybe billions) of years ago but it is far newer than the first loom dragons' creation (origin of the Couatls). The original humanoids (the Crystonians) are pretty much eons extinct via their own sh^t.
Imagine a Couatl Half-Dragon Human. How strong do you think this hybrid would be?
So basically an aasimar with a breath weapon?
Less than an hour and the Bard already wants to fuck it. Impressive.
@@hueloq344 Especially if she looks somewhat like Lucoa.
@@attila535 Fucking degenenrate
Dragonborn divine soul sorcerer or assimar draconic bloodline.
Loved this video. I've been a big fan of Coatls since I saw them in the monster manual. Sadly I've never encountered one in a campaign. Please do more celestial creatures!
Last time i got into a video this early i was still asking for a video about the gith
He probably wouldn't know what he was talking about, I'm pretty sure Gary Gygax was drunk when putting together the AD&D Fiend Folio.
@@jonathanwells223 except that the Fiens Folio was not written by G.E.Gygax but by the UK authors of White Dwarf. :-)
Gotta say I love that Dungeons and Dragons represents mythological metaphor so accurately. Spirituality is something of a special interest of mine and the lore reflects human tradition and philosophy very appropriately.
I really enjoy listening to your lore descriptions. This video touches a little on the different planes. Do you think you'll make videos about each of the planes of existence?
I wonder if Jazirion and the forgotten reals god Qotal from Maztica
are actually the same or have any relation, they have the same aparience, they are both ausent and have an evil brother.
Qotal is the child of the adulterous union of Xymor & Maztica.
Xymor being a Draconic god, he is the brother of Yaldabaoth (Tiama). He led the humans to the lands of what was to become the MAZTICA continent.
Where do u get all this great lore from . Its incredible. I like when u do the lower lever monsters and such. Creatures that i read about in books and come across in vids. Perhaps you can do creatures we will likely see in the upcoming baldurs gate 3 . As many are eagerly awaiting. Love you work keep it up.
I don't know if you have a set schedule for which monsters you do, but I would love to see a video on different types of fae. Darklings have a really interesting story and would love to know more about them
And suddenly the willingly LE character honor bound to bring the Coatl egg back to its proper realm, just got a whole lot more vexing.
This is so cool, I’m actually in a campaign that actually features both of the over gods, though I didn’t know them by the names you were calling them so I’m very pleased that I’m learning useful stuff for my Sunday game :3 and possibly some potential allies.
Quetzalcoatl was a god of rain and storms as well.
Hey Rhexx can you do a video about the Gith and their relation to Mindflayers? Or maybe make a full episode on the Blood War?
Love you content budy keep it up !
Not the blood war. Its dump and makes all good look like cowards who are doomed to loose to evil. To me it feels added in to just explain why the PCs are important. Ie why no Angel comes down to smite some summed demon.
RandMantearTheDragon I thought High Elven Magic were more like 10th level spells
@@celebrei kinda elven magic is like 10th and above
Arigato Rhexx-sama for this amazing video ^.^
Thanks again dear Sir.
I'll need to check my old books again but I could have sworn that Couatls were size Large?
Medium doesn't even make sense, considering the activities and mechanisms of the critter (large, colourful wings).
Now I suppose it's easy enough to just make them large for a campaign/one-shot but I'd prefer historical accuracy (relative) to my inclinations.
I'm also very happy you mentioned the ability for it to pop in and out of the Ethereal at whim, something I was indeed familiar with.
As it can also polymorph, at CR-4 it could certainly appear as a large intimidating beast/humanoid should the need arise.
Dude thank you for this! It helped me with much of the lore for an adventure I ran
Toughest Plane in the entire Multiverse? Even more than the NINE HELLS? Wow.
Hey you should do a video on what they don't tell you about humans because I have wondered for a while about them in d&d specifically who created them or how they came to be
Couatls shot up as really favorite creature after your video about Asmodeus being actually Ahriman
Cool video, I certainly enjoy those videos dedicated to the monster lore a bit beyond the standards 👍 I'd love an episode concerning the Hydra, as not only was it my favorite greek myth-beast but I'm also considering usage of it in one of my own sessions
It's heavily implied that the Prisoner of Elysium is the original Greek hydra.
21:13 I've listened to this 5 times. What is he saying?? "challenge another pilgrim because virtue untested is merely innocence"
Challenge them to what? Chess? Poker? A battle to the death? I'm so confused as to WHAT the challenge IS.
So the consept of virtue, is wholey dependent on the persons ideals, so the challange for one my be a trivial thing for another so by over coming someone you deem to be a strong Opponent, you will hopfully see how you can grow. Thats kinda the point of self improvent. So the challange depends on the person. That help?
you need to do a full series on every plane. it's awesome.
Two things I love: Couatls and Lizardfolk. In a Pathfinder Planescape game I wanted to play a Paladin and saw that the Paladin mount list included Triceratops. I had a sudden image of a feather-crested Lizardfolk in mesoamerican-styled plate armor riding a Triceratops, and decided I needed to play a Lawful Good Lizardfolk Paladin who went against the stereotypes of both his race and his alignment: a noble, cultured champion of Good who employed reason and common sense first and violence only when all else failed. To create this unusual being I asked myself, what if a Couatl adopted an enclave of Lizardfolk and led them to the Outlands to create an enclave of technologically simple but culturally sophisticated proponents of peace and good will? Thus I created the Xi-Couatl, the Couatl-Kin Lizardfolk, and Naxtlacotl of the Za'Extli-Ma clan - Paladin of Xymor and Questing Knight of Quet'Zhual, the Lord of Feather and Fang, partner to the Triceratops Chotaka'e, 'Threefold Piercer of Falsehood'. Put together a whole origin myth for them, the Atzo'e-Ma - Spawn of the Seven. I really need to play one again.
Thank you Rhexx Senpai!~
You should totally cover all of Celestia. It sounds so interesting! I'd love your take on it.
So, I've had an inkling in the back of my head to have a character with the custom background Wanderer. As in, fell through the portal, given new life, no memory, just hand tattoo and potentially horrified looks from somebody who knew who you once were. It would be dope af for that character to end up climbing the mountain
Last time I was this late, Uncle didn't have lumbago.
Played Descend to Avernus as an Yuan-Ti Paladin who is a fellower of Qotal, a feathered serpent/dragon god of the Forgotten Realms (but currently missing) and it was the best choice i could make going into the adventure blind and finishing it with glory.
I've been playing an exiled Yuan-Ti celestial warlock with a Couatl patron. Injured and exiled, he began to have dreams of a colorful serpent bathed in different lights, different from the night serpent the members of the society he was removed from worshipped. I've re skinned the distance healing abilities as snakes that fly out, coil upon the heads of the injured, and heal the targets by touching their wings to the injured. It took him a long while to establish a strong connection to have the ability to contact his patron properly.
I would love to see a strength hieratchy of all gods and high Beings
Me too.
It is very unclear.
Lady of Pain at the top.
Then Overgods,
Then most Gods,
Then Great Serpents(Jarizan, Ahriman),
Lesser gods,
Halfsgods,
Demigods,
Mage Aramil it’s meant to be unclear. There isn’t much of a strict hierarchy of power because gods powers are much more abstract than other beings. That’s why they usually aren’t given stat blocks. The only thing that is certain is that the dm is above every god.
@@magearamil8626 This GoH theory really gets around, but Ahriman is a demon prince. Jazzy sits at the top of the divine hierarchy as a multispheric greater deity, alongside pantheon heads like Garl, Corellon, Zeus, Odin and so forth. The actual deific hierarchy is greater power > intermediate power > lesser power > demipower (true gods).
So the good serpent became Ao, and the bad serpent became Asmodeus
Alo good point to make finally he puts here, that the lore of D&D has differed a lot, changed a lot, and things always up for question.
The lore can also be changed by any DM to their whims.
Jazirian and AO are two different people.
AO is not a God, he is above because he is the supreme creator of everything including the gods themselves.
Thanks Rhexx Senpai!
So cool! I have been waiting for this video! Amazing man! Thank you for this information! I would personally like videos on each of the planes and their vibes. (History, creation, general landscape and such). Thanks again man! I always look forward to your new videos!!
Grate video I've used so much of this in my home game. It made up a grate deal of info for one of my dwarf Npcs. Even used that dwarf saying at the end.
Jazirian seems more comparable to a great old one than a god to be honest, but instead of causing madness from forbidden knowledge(lovecraftian beings) or deeply embedded fears(Dendar eg) the madness is from twisting riddles, stunning beauty and tests of willpower. It would explain how they don't need to be worshipped to be powerful after all.
Edit: The pact of the great old one actually works with this theme, since a lot of the abilities the warlock gains are similar to coatl abilities.
Kinda Surprised you didn't mention the Rainbow Servant, a 3.5 prestige class for arcane casters that literally gets its power from Couatls (or by studying Couatl temples). At their peak, a Rainbow Servant can learn any cleric spell of their spell level (and simply get for free all spells from the good, air and law domains, and can use cleric scrolls/wands to boot), can fly with Couatl-like wings for 10 minutes a day, and can detect evil, chaos and thoughts at will. It's one of my favorite 3rd edition classes! =D
I am literally making a Yuan-Ti Sorcerer inspired by Quetzalcoatl and I am looking into Couatls with my DM as celestials and deities . This video cannot come at a better time for me!
I'd also suggest checking out some AJ Pickett videos, he does alot of monster lore videos
@@rhysjonsmusic Will do! Thanks!
Yeah, most of this was introduced in 2e and promptly never mentioned again. So it's probably no longer canon, but it's really cool to use in your own game if you want. I once played a yuan-ti that was converted to the worship of Jazirian by a Coatl. It was fun, and she was partly based on Eberron Yuan-ti (which are Good and often winged!).
It was introduced in a Guide to Hell, but no other 2e supplement makes note of this. Asmodeus was never even formally named in Planescape, all that was known was that the Dark Eight reported to the Dark Lord of Nessus.
@@LordMortanius Thanks! I didn't know the exact source for it, just that it was in 2e but wasn't reiterated in any later edition.
In my campaign, my players have slowly been uncovering the mystery between Jazirian, Asmodeus, and the origin of the multiverse. These videos have been a huge help with that!
I was trying to find a way to incorporate this kind of idea in my own campaign ever since the asmodeus video, but I've had no idea how to go about this.
@@augmundfireweave5348 How I did it is I tied it some grand conspiracy between the gods. I started by sending my players on a quest from the gods in exchange for a wish, and over time they've discovered the gods haven't told them the whole story. They're keeping secrets from the party about the nature of their quest. I also homebrewed a supreme-level god named Chaos who was born when Asmodeus and Jazirian split. I characterized Chaos as a god of change and freedom and a champion of mortals. So when he found out Asmodeus was consuming unclaimed souls who he could eventually destroy the multiverse and start over, Chaos broke into Baatot and stole those souls. For his crimes, Chaos was imprisoned in Carceri, and he's been trying to free himself and get the word out ever since. And since one of my players is a warlock of Chaos, it's made divulging those secrets easier
@@tabithaalphess2115 Duly noted, thank you for the inspirtation
Why do all your videos come out within days of me researching that exact topic XD, great minds my dude XD
"With this time shift ability, the Coatl can see into the future for 20 seconds..."
Random, corrupt, red coautl: "[KING CRIMSON] has already predicted your movements..."
OSRS has conditioned me lol. When you said you are better off trying to find a unicorn I thought of the running joke in RuneScape quests that there are no normal horses, only unicorns. The closest thing to a horse in hornless unicorns lol.
The shulassakar, or feathered yuan-ti, are only canon to Eberron, but I think they would make a great addition to many D&D settings.
"Dr. Cowbell, Square Chicken"
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MrRhexx:"They are very psionic creatures.... most of their abilities come from psionics.... they are highly intelligent"
Also MrRhexx:"Here is a random psychic resistance"
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I've listened to dozens of your videos and love them! Thanks for reminding to subscribe, I just did after this one!
Thanks for the Couatl info, this is a far off lore that I've tried to understand, as the most interactive demigod in our campaign has a name ending in Quatl. the Central/south american deities intertwined with Coatls seemed like a good idea at the time of writing my own campaign plot, as a new DM. Now i know better - not to plan too far ahead. This definitely solves a lot of problems, so thank you! also, be Healthy!
Yeah theres a lot to work with on South American lore in terms of planning a campaign. I actually came to this video for that very reason...it was a great help
Was going through your giants videos and was wondering if you had done one on the Goliaths cause I didn't one
If you ever revisit couatls, Eberron's mythos concerning couatls, Maztica lore about Qotal and couatls, and lore from Serpent Kingdoms would be good sources for a sequel.
He basically quotes the Greyhawk stuff as canon and ignores all Eberron lore. Which is strange for a guy who tells us what the Monster Manuel left out
So glad you made this!!!!! I was adding these to my campaign and wanted more info
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Great video as usual Rhexx! Love D&D lore!
Great job once again sir. Your hard work is not going unnoticed. I would personally love to
To so some lore videos on Dark sun campaign setting lore. But I understand there is a lot of unknown Ferune lore to cover. Just something to consider. I love darksun lore. Keep up to good work.
I'll admit I've watched hours worth of your videos but never subscribed. This video I got your message asking me to subscribe and realized that I've never subbed despite getting hours of entertainment from your channel.
Keep up the good work MrRhexx. I'd love it if you did a video about Hybrid Dragons. (Such as green dragon x black dragon hybrids, not hybrids between dragons and humanoids.)
Dude, you should totally do more celestials. I love your research skills
Love the coatls and the story of their gods. I've half created an adaptation for my games heavily influenced by it.
I love this cosmology! I want to make a Yuan-Ti Pureblood Warlock character with Jazirian as her patron. This is a reluctant pact, and she sees her role as similar to the serpent in the Garden of Eden: To test the virtue of others to see if they have integrity and hold to their avowed values. 🐍 🍎
that sounds interesting. do you have a way for her to have known about Jazirian?
I think an interesting villain would be a mind flayer colony or lich captured a couatl. They experiment on it and pump it with psyonic energy until it goes completely crazy and gains a massive upgrade to their natural psyonic abilities. I would be interesting for a group of players to stumble upon a unbelievably beautiful celestial being thriving against the withering chains binding it to the ground, only to free it and be lashed at by the panicked broken mind of a couatl. It can not only sense it’s imminent demise, but con now forever feel the pain that is yet to come due to its psyonic “gifts.” The perfect weapon
Alright putting this out there: After fighting a group of Devils or random crystal loot you put an egg shaped (don't call it that too obvious) gem into the haul that somehow produces all the colors of the rainbow.
Magical Focus for good aligned characters granting a +1 to spell attacks and saving throws as well as resistance to psychic damage.
Obviously it is a baby coatl egg. After enough spells have been cast through it it hatches. From there do what you will but perhaps the left over crystal shell could be used as a focus once fashioned into a rod, staff, etc. and it give them access to spells of the school they cast the most. Since that is the school that the crystal absorbed to nurture the coatl.
In my DnD campaign, there is a recurring antagonist who is a Yuan-TI priest of Quetzalcoatl who is a villain only because he believes the best way to improve the world is by testing individuals and weeding out those who will not better themselves. He truly believes what he is doing is for the best, but his methods are anything but kind. Though knowing more about the coatls themselves, I’ve now got a few ideas on how to incorporate them into his story and motivations.
...Don't yuan-ti worship Merrshaulk?
APSingh The Yuan-TI have a lot of serpent gods they worship, Merrshaulk probably included. I decided to have him follow Quetzalcoatl because I wanted him to be a follower of a good deity to make him a bit more complex than the standard evil priest.
Look, I know there are a million and two videos on the Drow in the forgotten realms, but I would like to see you cover some of the more unknown or obscure facts about the Drow and some of the more popular Drow characters or Gods such as Eilistraee.