Volos guide talks about the player versions having subtle snake traits like forked tongues & shifty eyes but it would be cool if every few long rest you’d shed. Imagine your party waking up to find a hollow husk where they saw you last and briefly freaking out. That would be as cool as getting a Hobgoblin video!
Imagine the party waking up, grabbing your shoulder to wake you up only to see a skin suit behind. Then as they freak out you just stand there staring at them confused, like. "Why are they crying about my shedded skin?"
@@jwall1646 you need a different descriptor. "Shifty eyes" are suspicious because they are always "shifting" around making sure that no one has caught on to them, that is what that is in reference to; a shifty person looks like they are afraid of being called out for something.
In that book, they say that one of the original creator races, the snake-like Sarrukh, bred humans with themselves and with snakes to produce the Yuan-ti. It was apparently not consensual on the human's part. A different take from the book he uses here.
Don't be sorry for seperating them. We all know (at least most of us) how the YT algorithm work, and its simply better to have many mid-length videos than having 1 massive video. Its also nice that you can sit through about 20-30 min video in one sitting and then be excited for the next one. At least that's my opinion. In any case, you're doing great Rhexx! This is some really good stuff!
@@Thetruepianoman i figure that it could have something to do with the add revenue drop off the older a video gets. so with 1 long per month or 2 medium per month or 1 short per week you would use a graphing calculator with the 1/2 life formula to compare value/time, i lack the relevant statistics to do the plug and chug on the add revenue math. the graph tends to look like a sudden vertical line followed by a swoop sharply down slowly leveling off until the next cycle. i think you could turn off advertisers with the big spikes and long troughs in the graph, they tend to prefer throwing their advertising $ at folks putting out stuff like a 5 min video every day. this is a big cause of major you-tuber burnout problems for the 'professional you-tuber' crowd.
Excellent! One of my favorite underrated monsters in D&D. I am such a sucker for half man half animal monsters. Whenever these guys show up in a pre-written Adventure I just fangirl all over the place. I'm just a huge fan of the whole Lost Empire Aztec aesthetic.
Same. Though I'm also a big fan of reptiles. It was literally one of the first things in life I developed a big interest in, starting with dinosaurs, then the rest followed soon after. It's really no wonder I love the yuan-ti. They just tick so many boxes for me.
Y'know, after seeing this video for the first time, I decided that a crafty Yuan-Ti crafty pureblood named Quar'oon (kar-oon) would be the BBEG seeking to revive the ancient serpent-god. My players are slowly discovering the signs of the corruption being caused in the natural order. So far, they love it, and starting to piece it together!
I once played a short campaign as an evil Yuan-Ti pureblood (using the stats from Volo), she was just humanoid looking enough to pass as normal human, it was one of my favourite rp experiences and if I ever pick that character up again this will be very useful.
I have a pureblood in my realms game. He's playing a celestial Warlock so I made his patron a Couatl. Most of previous party members haven't figured it out since I had him say any scales they find are a sign of his pact. I'm slowly working in the Sarrukh since some of the couatl in the realms were Sarrukh who stopped their evil ways and accepted to be changed.
Have you ever had a party member steal the Yuan-Ti egg and raise the child as their own? I'm very curious to see how much of their evil behavior is nurture rather than nature.
I mean, reptiles don't form social bonds and so don't really have empathy or feel love or whatever. I would guess the snake-makery that produced the Yuan-Ti replaced the mammalian social bonding part of the brain with the snake one. They are likely intended to be fundamentally incapable of relating to other sapients on a 'human' level.
Love the idea of a yuan-ti raised by humans being this kind gentle soul that absolutely no one trusts bc they're yuan-ti, probably some kind of cleric, peace? Peace cleric yuan-ti sounds great lol
It might not be that easy. Orcs, drow and other "classic evil" races have all had a turn around and have good aligned characters come from them. The same hasn't been said about Yuan-ti, they are always exclusively evil. it might be there transformation from long ago essentially tainted the entire bloodline to be evil servants of the serpent God.
Some things are inherent....some things are not. With the evil dragons, it's inherent. They are born with all the knowledge and such. I played a Yuan-ti in the past who was the survivor of a screwed up ritual as a child, and ended up a child orphan in a city. Got tricked into drawing from a deck of many things and drew Balance >.> Not sure if that counts.
Im surprised the Anathemas were not mention. Arent they the usual leaders of their society? In any case, thanks you for doing this videos! they are super informative and im really excited for yuan-ti history and secrets!
I now want to play as a Yuan-Ti guard who ran away from their society after eating one of the eggs and is now blending horribly with a town, but no one gives them any mind because they keep to themselves and, hey, there haven't been as many pest killing livestock since they've been here.
I played as the lone survivor of a YT tribe that was raised by their surviving slaves to believe he was a god. He was a really haughty, but funny in a deadpan way character. He got bored with being a god, left the jungle to see more of the world on his own, eventually learned empathy from his party and that he had an obligation to those former slaves mentally, went back to find them captured by a different tribe, mollywhomped them, and helped them create their own social structure, surrendered his riches and even established trade routes with the party’s home base city. Snake person was my favorite character after my Divination Wizard with a gambling addiction lol.
@@Dark_Tesla I felt a vibe with you based on your story before you even got to the div wizard part..I wish I could be in a game with more like minded people. That sounds amazing.
God damn I love yuan-ti. My favorite npc I’ve ever made was a pure blood, pact of the tome, great old one warlock. His name was Sseth (cliche I know, but in my world most male yuan-ti are named Seth with more sss at the beginning) and his goal was to scout and leave coded landmarks for the Yuan-ti invasion of the surface world. The interesting part is that the yuan-ti invasion is planned to happen +1000 years from now. So Sseth plays the part of a neutral good adventurer, because that’s the easiest way to accomplish his goals. Of course, he’s actually a lawful evil slave of his yuan-ti masters. He will occasionally dig holes in the earth, and place random objects within. He will explain to his party that he is making an offering to the god, when in reality he is leaving cryptic messages to his future yuan-ti invaders. He’s basically leaving yuan-ti thieves’ cant
1000 years sounds like too long of time frame. Entire landscape and surrounding would change in that time. Where once was forest you can end up with metropolis in 1000 years.
@@drarsen33 which is what I feel makes my character interesting. They take the role of unassuming traveler and act neutral good when I’m reality they are a lawful evil scout for a long forgotten empire. Sorry you don’t like my npc, feel free to change it or ignore it at your leisure
I'm actually running a campaign where one of my players is a yuan ti, and you just gave me so many ideas of what to do with his charachter, thank you so much
I created a Yuanti pureblood detective who was a hostage exchange in an armistice so was raised by elves and is married to an elf and chose to be an undying warlock to the Undying Court to prove her people were redeemable and because she wanted to stay with her wife and their kids.
The best way I can think how they breed with snakes is if somebody or a group of people polymorphed into a snakes and started banging regular snakes as snakes 🐍 imagine running into a jungle campaign stumbling upon a giant breeding pit only to see people jumping naked into a pile of snakes...yeah one giant Fireball coming right up
Older edition answered that question with the Sarruhk a creator race of Serpent like creatures that created the Yuan-ti, and other scaled races as their servants via breeding men with snakes and other reptiles. So that breeding pit would have a bunch of red eyed serpent men watching over and directing it, while being tended to by Yuan-ti
3:40 "...From the get go you can tell that this is an important type of monsters because they get a full lore page. Not every monster get this..." Me: When are we going to get a lore video for the animated armor, flying sword or the rug of smothering?
Hey guys, definitely check out the "Escape from the Crystal Moon" adventure! I helped write it, and it's so exciting to see it as a fully realized and illustrated adventure! Thanks so much, MrRhexx!
I played as a Yuan Ti abomination pirate Captain and it was the best campaign I’ve ever played. Playing as a creature of authority and a monster gave my crew a big moral boost during encounters
these videos are such a nice thing to have on in the background while im prepping for my next session or planning out a oneshot, thanks for all the hard work MrRhexx!
@@agustinvenegas5238 It was the Yuan-ti. They took one of the backgrounds of the guides, which was a traitor. So we all ended up taking the Yuan-ti Ritual since we didn't want the slave tattoo. Nicely enough, the GM let us choose whether the change was mechanical or cosmetic only. I chose the latter.
Trying to resist immediately watching this video, because I like to listen to ur videos whilst doing some other task like cooking or cleaning. But the temptation is real!
So glad I found your content man, I don't get to play nearly as much dungeons and dragons as I would like, but I've been playing The forgotten Kings mod for crusader Kings 2 that set in the forgotten realms so it'll be cool to learn more of the lore for the factions
Im DMing a campaign where Yuan-Ti are VERY important specially in a particular section of the map and their influence is starting to grow, This video came just in time for me to learn more about them! Your channel is AMAZING!!!
Don't take this the wrong way, but IT"S ABOUT TIME!!! I love snakes and that leads into the yuan ti, however everyone else I have gone to for them have been less than extrordinare. But you always do the best and you don't just reread from the sourcebook word for word, neither do you focus on only the gameplay mechanics which alienates me because I don't play. You also have a semi consistent upload schedule. I have been watching for a few years and you are the best DnD youtuber, take my word.
The idea of their gods providing power for them to grow and eventually devour them and become gods themselves sounds like the philosophy of the snake eating it's own tail
I've decided my next character (barring something unexpected) will be a Yuan-ti pureblood Feylock. They were a formerly emotionless spy who accidentally crossed a creature of pure emotion, who decided to curse them in kind even while they turn them into their servant. I picture them not having a whole lot of control over themselves as they adjust.
There is an expansion for Neverwinter Nights 2 called Storm of Zehir that explores the Yuan-Ti. Been so long since I last played it, but I remember liking them more than the Drow. Something about a Bermuda Triangle island filled with ancient temples of forgotten gods, and a city (group?) of pseudo colonist exploring the zone, gets my imagination going.
Abominations in 5e can shift intu large snakes, so if you think about it 75% of the abominations are covered in the monster manual, the human arms kind and also the full snake kind as they can turn intu, my guess is to diferentiate them you just figure wich form they were born... now the human faced one was left out, i guess to prevent confusion with Naga, wich they also left out my favorite Ha-naga... and nerfed Anathemas from CR 18 to 12 😢
last year I grabbed the old 2nd edition of the spell jammer set, and war captain's companion. was a great buy and even better now w the new edition but especially the minnies. I ordered a full case of the spell jammer boosters and will def be getting the ship sets
Finally, some love for OG Spelljammer. The 5e version is just unfortunate. The Astral Plane never worked or connected that way, guys. Also, the phlogiston is flammable, so your PC's can hilariously blow themselves up.
Rexx your videos are the best. I usily don't re watch videos but I've seen all of yours at least 3 times. It's given me so much material to use as a new dm. Thank you for all the work you do
I remember when you made the spelljammer videos and it got me really into them as a new dnd player so to have you make a adventure with them is something that is a insta buy for me
when I was first getting into 5e, I always liked the Yuan-Ti, and I wasn't quite sure why. I haven't thought about them in a long time at this point, but they still intrigue me nonetheless. I'm curious to see why they have magic resistance.
It's most likely the human ancestors of the Yuan-Ti lived in a magocracy, with both eldritch & religious magic being particularly prized. The Yuan-Ti actively pursue Darwinism and were able to force their own accelerated evolution. So I think it's likely that only the 'best' of the initial human society were meant to survive the evolution to become Yuan-Ti (since most sources imply that the magic requires humanoid sacrifices). So 1) it's likely that several of the original humans already had a strong affinity for magic before they transformed, and 2) since it was magic that made the initial Yuan-Ti I think magic resistance is a justified trait for their descendants.
OH SHIT OH GOD. I was waiting for this video for so long. I've been playing a yuan-ti for the past few months and I love this race! Great video as always!
Entertaining video, as usual. I was surprised when I saw the thumbnail. I saw the same piece of art used for a homebrew Pathfinder race, just the other day. Based more on constrictors than venomous snakes.
I have a reoccurring npc in my games who is a yuan-ti circle of dreams druid. I use him to give small hints on whatever my players might be stumped on. There is always a price for his advice that will manifest itself in an unforseen way. He's my dark Gandalf.
I hope you will talk about Anathemas and the Tainted Ones. I think that they are kinda cool concept for BBEG or PC respectively, especially that they are not talked about enough. As always, great job and thank you :D
For people who want to play a more monstrous snake like race check out the Naga race from Planeshift: Amonkhet. It is one if WoTc’s crossover books with Magic the gathering.
I must say, i love your videos, like i really love them, you basically introduced me to D&D as game and I love you for that haha. Keep it up the amazing work
Currently running SKT for a party of 5, and the party's healer is a Yuan-ti Pureblood Celestial Warlock. It's gonna be really fun when I reveal that her father is working on a ritual to become an Anathema.
One of the very first PCs I made for D&D started with me wanting to make a Lawful Good Paladin that I wasn't sure what race I wanted to use for, only to look through the options and eventually become enamored with the idea of an atypical Yuan-ti who completely flipped the script on their evil heritage to become an ally of human kind.
I really like the AD&D adventure in Holk House where Yuan-ti have installed cloning vats to breed 7-foot tall mega-men, but I never really understood why they had access to that kind of technology.
Funny enough the whole breeding thing can taken away from the Origi scene in “Conan the Barbarian” where they were also eating human stew while using what might be seen as a psychedelic drug🐍🐍💯
MrRhexx, I am running an on-going campaign based around the original Dwellers of the Forbidden City, the original module featuring Yuan Ti. As such they figure very importantly and are one of the main antagonists to my party. I have taken to giving them varying spell-like abilities from those listed - such as Charm Person, Change Self (especially for the Purebloods), Phantasmal Force, Charm Animal (Reptiles and Birds). I’ve kept the Polymorph Other ability for the Abominations to be used to create monstrous slaves and to be used in dark rituals to their alien Outer God.
Maybe the two ideas, being pragmatic towards the gods and seeking to supplant them, could be reconciled by thinking of the two goals being carried by different Yuan-ti pursuing power via different means? After all, the Pureblood racial bonuses from Volo's apply mostly towards Sorcerer and Wizard rather than Cleric...
I have a question. Why did you put a disclaimer on the 14:45 mark stating that Shan - Pashan isn't dnd art, but didn't put it on the 18:45 mark where is the art that is also not of dnd but rather from the Eldrich Horror expansion called Forsaken Lore. Great video, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to see the other two videos 🙂.
Gold medal goes to Rexx for making entertaining videos! And, because my wife's Yuan-Ti character is so awesome: (long brag about her character, skip if you want) Silver medal goes to my wife, for choosing a WILD interpretation of Yuan-Ti, making a (basically) Lawful Good Yuan-Ti Paladin who actually saves people. Hesster prefers non-human humanoids and exotic species, and sees humans as... not great. Also, she argues that slaves are actually "pets" and they must be treated well and be put towards GOOD work so they don't get into mischief or commit evil acts. Her tribe is definitely different from the other Yuan-Ti. Plus, she hates it when "pets" are cruelly mistreated, and has actively worked to end the slave trade within the Zhentarim - while also being aligned with the Zhentarim. It's been a wild campaign so far.
Ah the ultimate Floridian race. Nothin' like crackin' a cold one and sacrificing little Timmy and Jimbo to your dark savior for another 6 pack and ammo for your double barrel shotgun.
Volos guide talks about the player versions having subtle snake traits like forked tongues & shifty eyes but it would be cool if every few long rest you’d shed. Imagine your party waking up to find a hollow husk where they saw you last and briefly freaking out.
That would be as cool as getting a Hobgoblin video!
Imagine the party waking up, grabbing your shoulder to wake you up only to see a skin suit behind. Then as they freak out you just stand there staring at them confused, like. "Why are they crying about my shedded skin?"
Is that the serpent blood?
Shouldn't their eyes be specifically unshifty, or any adverb at all?
@@tyrant-den884 I meant shifty as in kinda creepy
@@jwall1646 you need a different descriptor. "Shifty eyes" are suspicious because they are always "shifting" around making sure that no one has caught on to them, that is what that is in reference to; a shifty person looks like they are afraid of being called out for something.
To anyone more interested on them, read "Serpent kingdoms", one of the 3.5 books on the forgotten realms series. Has a LOT of info about them.
Those separate 3.5 Forgotten Realms books were sooooo good.
Best fn book about the best fn race,
May the true S'seth wake from his slumber.
I remember how that book had options that were central to the infamous Pun-Pun build.
In that book, they say that one of the original creator races, the snake-like Sarrukh, bred humans with themselves and with snakes to produce the Yuan-ti. It was apparently not consensual on the human's part. A different take from the book he uses here.
@@jazen.sidarap I understand that S'Seth is kind of set in his slumber at the moment
Don't be sorry for seperating them. We all know (at least most of us) how the YT algorithm work, and its simply better to have many mid-length videos than having 1 massive video. Its also nice that you can sit through about 20-30 min video in one sitting and then be excited for the next one. At least that's my opinion.
In any case, you're doing great Rhexx! This is some really good stuff!
Might be different for Rhexxs numbers but ive heard long videos with less views do just as well if the viewet engagement is up
@@Thetruepianoman i figure that it could have something to do with the add revenue drop off the older a video gets. so with 1 long per month or 2 medium per month or 1 short per week you would use a graphing calculator with the 1/2 life formula to compare value/time, i lack the relevant statistics to do the plug and chug on the add revenue math. the graph tends to look like a sudden vertical line followed by a swoop sharply down slowly leveling off until the next cycle. i think you could turn off advertisers with the big spikes and long troughs in the graph, they tend to prefer throwing their advertising $ at folks putting out stuff like a 5 min video every day. this is a big cause of major you-tuber burnout problems for the 'professional you-tuber' crowd.
YT algorithm = yuan-ti algorithm
my stupid ass reading Yuan-ti algorithm.
Excellent! One of my favorite underrated monsters in D&D. I am such a sucker for half man half animal monsters. Whenever these guys show up in a pre-written Adventure I just fangirl all over the place. I'm just a huge fan of the whole Lost Empire Aztec aesthetic.
You know I use the Cult of set to create my serpent men it's worked out so far and I think the players have enjoyed it
Same. Though I'm also a big fan of reptiles. It was literally one of the first things in life I developed a big interest in, starting with dinosaurs, then the rest followed soon after.
It's really no wonder I love the yuan-ti. They just tick so many boxes for me.
(Furry)
Y'know, after seeing this video for the first time, I decided that a crafty Yuan-Ti crafty pureblood named Quar'oon (kar-oon) would be the BBEG seeking to revive the ancient serpent-god. My players are slowly discovering the signs of the corruption being caused in the natural order. So far, they love it, and starting to piece it together!
I once played a short campaign as an evil Yuan-Ti pureblood (using the stats from Volo), she was just humanoid looking enough to pass as normal human, it was one of my favourite rp experiences and if I ever pick that character up again this will be very useful.
Tried it as well. In a previous campign the party destroyed his temple and he tried to rebuild the society. Poor Akali died at level 2...
edge
I played a survivor from a scouting group that stayed in the wide world. Sorcerer geared towards crowd control
I have a pureblood in my realms game. He's playing a celestial Warlock so I made his patron a Couatl. Most of previous party members haven't figured it out since I had him say any scales they find are a sign of his pact. I'm slowly working in the Sarrukh since some of the couatl in the realms were Sarrukh who stopped their evil ways and accepted to be changed.
Rhexx: You can’t attain enough power to consume gods.
Me: Oh, yeah? Tell that to Sarkics.
Or Darth Bane
Or the raven queen
You want tea?
This makes me angry
Two sugars mate
Man, I was waiting for someone to go into detail with the Yuan-Ti. Thx dude!
Have you ever had a party member steal the Yuan-Ti egg and raise the child as their own?
I'm very curious to see how much of their evil behavior is nurture rather than nature.
I mean, reptiles don't form social bonds and so don't really have empathy or feel love or whatever. I would guess the snake-makery that produced the Yuan-Ti replaced the mammalian social bonding part of the brain with the snake one. They are likely intended to be fundamentally incapable of relating to other sapients on a 'human' level.
Love the idea of a yuan-ti raised by humans being this kind gentle soul that absolutely no one trusts bc they're yuan-ti, probably some kind of cleric, peace? Peace cleric yuan-ti sounds great lol
I always say these things are cultural. Also, that sounds like a hell of a character concept to me.
It might not be that easy. Orcs, drow and other "classic evil" races have all had a turn around and have good aligned characters come from them. The same hasn't been said about Yuan-ti, they are always exclusively evil. it might be there transformation from long ago essentially tainted the entire bloodline to be evil servants of the serpent God.
Some things are inherent....some things are not. With the evil dragons, it's inherent. They are born with all the knowledge and such. I played a Yuan-ti in the past who was the survivor of a screwed up ritual as a child, and ended up a child orphan in a city. Got tricked into drawing from a deck of many things and drew Balance >.> Not sure if that counts.
Im surprised the Anathemas were not mention. Arent they the usual leaders of their society?
In any case, thanks you for doing this videos! they are super informative and im really excited for yuan-ti history and secrets!
they are coming! no worries
I'm more surprised about the sarrukhs‚ but I imagine that's for the third video
I now want to play as a Yuan-Ti guard who ran away from their society after eating one of the eggs and is now blending horribly with a town, but no one gives them any mind because they keep to themselves and, hey, there haven't been as many pest killing livestock since they've been here.
I played as the lone survivor of a YT tribe that was raised by their surviving slaves to believe he was a god. He was a really haughty, but funny in a deadpan way character. He got bored with being a god, left the jungle to see more of the world on his own, eventually learned empathy from his party and that he had an obligation to those former slaves mentally, went back to find them captured by a different tribe, mollywhomped them, and helped them create their own social structure, surrendered his riches and even established trade routes with the party’s home base city. Snake person was my favorite character after my Divination Wizard with a gambling addiction lol.
@@Dark_Tesla I felt a vibe with you based on your story before you even got to the div wizard part..I wish I could be in a game with more like minded people. That sounds amazing.
People in hard times don’t mind the odd eclectic so much
Dope...... Good idea
Rat catching is an honorable profession
God damn I love yuan-ti.
My favorite npc I’ve ever made was a pure blood, pact of the tome, great old one warlock.
His name was Sseth (cliche I know, but in my world most male yuan-ti are named Seth with more sss at the beginning) and his goal was to scout and leave coded landmarks for the Yuan-ti invasion of the surface world.
The interesting part is that the yuan-ti invasion is planned to happen +1000 years from now.
So Sseth plays the part of a neutral good adventurer, because that’s the easiest way to accomplish his goals.
Of course, he’s actually a lawful evil slave of his yuan-ti masters. He will occasionally dig holes in the earth, and place random objects within. He will explain to his party that he is making an offering to the god, when in reality he is leaving cryptic messages to his future yuan-ti invaders.
He’s basically leaving yuan-ti thieves’ cant
im stealing part of this for a character
1000 years sounds like too long of time frame. Entire landscape and surrounding would change in that time. Where once was forest you can end up with metropolis in 1000 years.
@@drarsen33 but that’s what makes it fun! What he expects to be an empty field is now a booming metropolis
@@CaymenLeP but he is the one that is 1000 years early. He doesnt see interesting turn of events, that is some other yuan ti down the line
@@drarsen33 which is what I feel makes my character interesting. They take the role of unassuming traveler and act neutral good when I’m reality they are a lawful evil scout for a long forgotten empire.
Sorry you don’t like my npc, feel free to change it or ignore it at your leisure
I'm actually running a campaign where one of my players is a yuan ti, and you just gave me so many ideas of what to do with his charachter, thank you so much
I created a Yuanti pureblood detective who was a hostage exchange in an armistice so was raised by elves and is married to an elf and chose to be an undying warlock to the Undying Court to prove her people were redeemable and because she wanted to stay with her wife and their kids.
The best way I can think how they breed with snakes is if somebody or a group of people polymorphed into a snakes and started banging regular snakes as snakes 🐍 imagine running into a jungle campaign stumbling upon a giant breeding pit only to see people jumping naked into a pile of snakes...yeah one giant Fireball coming right up
A drow PC got into a one-upping contest with my yuan-ti PC as to whose people had the most disturbing s3x practices. What you described is how I won.
Older edition answered that question with the Sarruhk a creator race of Serpent like creatures that created the Yuan-ti, and other scaled races as their servants via breeding men with snakes and other reptiles.
So that breeding pit would have a bunch of red eyed serpent men watching over and directing it, while being tended to by Yuan-ti
Can't get mad at multi part videos. They are the most informative and give so much to the imagination. Thank you and can't wait for the next parts.
3:40 "...From the get go you can tell that this is an important type of monsters because they get a full lore page. Not every monster get this..."
Me: When are we going to get a lore video for the animated armor, flying sword or the rug of smothering?
Hey guys, definitely check out the "Escape from the Crystal Moon" adventure! I helped write it, and it's so exciting to see it as a fully realized and illustrated adventure! Thanks so much, MrRhexx!
FINALLY!!! My snake boi people get their video!!! Woo!
I know right?
These are literally one of my favorite bad guys to use.
Tsss t-t-tsss t-t-tsss t-t-tsss
I played as a Yuan Ti abomination pirate Captain and it was the best campaign I’ve ever played. Playing as a creature of authority and a monster gave my crew a big moral boost during encounters
So I just got the idea to make a team consisting of a yuan-ti, a kobold, a tortle, and a lizardfolk, and calling it 'The Scale Squad'.
Dragonborn exist and you decide to pick a tortle...
these videos are such a nice thing to have on in the background while im prepping for my next session or planning out a oneshot, thanks for all the hard work MrRhexx!
We started the Tomb of Annihilation as an Aasimar, Lizardfolk, and Yuan-ti. We ended it as a party of 3 Yuan-tis. Guess who's fault that was.
I'm guessing the cleric's for letting everyone die lol
Only something parties are great, I love them
@@agustinvenegas5238 It was the Yuan-ti. They took one of the backgrounds of the guides, which was a traitor. So we all ended up taking the Yuan-ti Ritual since we didn't want the slave tattoo. Nicely enough, the GM let us choose whether the change was mechanical or cosmetic only. I chose the latter.
A man true to his word! Love you! Excited to watch!
Trying to resist immediately watching this video, because I like to listen to ur videos whilst doing some other task like cooking or cleaning. But the temptation is real!
So glad I found your content man, I don't get to play nearly as much dungeons and dragons as I would like, but I've been playing The forgotten Kings mod for crusader Kings 2 that set in the forgotten realms so it'll be cool to learn more of the lore for the factions
I have waited so long for this day.
The first game I played to completion was with a yuan-ti whispers bard.
This was great.
Tonight I have an encounter planed for my players with some Yuan-Ti and you just helped me a lot!!!
Thank you!
really liking the expanded series and your approach to each monster/creature. keep up the fantastic work!
Im DMing a campaign where Yuan-Ti are VERY important specially in a particular section of the map and their influence is starting to grow, This video came just in time for me to learn more about them! Your channel is AMAZING!!!
Don't take this the wrong way, but IT"S ABOUT TIME!!! I love snakes and that leads into the yuan ti, however everyone else I have gone to for them have been less than extrordinare. But you always do the best and you don't just reread from the sourcebook word for word, neither do you focus on only the gameplay mechanics which alienates me because I don't play. You also have a semi consistent upload schedule. I have been watching for a few years and you are the best DnD youtuber, take my word.
Love the yuan ti. If getting such an in depth description of them requires a series. All the better
Holy moly! I wanted some yuan to lore. I wasn’t excepting this! Outstanding!
I've been waiting for this for years.
Thanks for this video. Just started a new campaign with my room mates and I am using yuan ti as antagonists. Really made things easier for me
The idea of their gods providing power for them to grow and eventually devour them and become gods themselves sounds like the philosophy of the snake eating it's own tail
I've decided my next character (barring something unexpected) will be a Yuan-ti pureblood Feylock. They were a formerly emotionless spy who accidentally crossed a creature of pure emotion, who decided to curse them in kind even while they turn them into their servant. I picture them not having a whole lot of control over themselves as they adjust.
There is an expansion for Neverwinter Nights 2 called Storm of Zehir that explores the Yuan-Ti.
Been so long since I last played it, but I remember liking them more than the Drow. Something about a Bermuda Triangle island filled with ancient temples of forgotten gods, and a city (group?) of pseudo colonist exploring the zone, gets my imagination going.
Very cool your doing Yuan - Ti! My current campaign has them as a primary race, so extra lore to flesh them out is exactly what I need.
13:00 sounds like something humanity should adopt
Abominations in 5e can shift intu large snakes, so if you think about it 75% of the abominations are covered in the monster manual, the human arms kind and also the full snake kind as they can turn intu, my guess is to diferentiate them you just figure wich form they were born... now the human faced one was left out, i guess to prevent confusion with Naga, wich they also left out my favorite Ha-naga... and nerfed Anathemas from CR 18 to 12 😢
You post such interesting content. As someone who can't get out of bed today, I really, really appreciated this video.
last year I grabbed the old 2nd edition of the spell jammer set, and war captain's companion. was a great buy and even better now w the new edition but especially the minnies. I ordered a full case of the spell jammer boosters and will def be getting the ship sets
Finally, some love for OG Spelljammer. The 5e version is just unfortunate.
The Astral Plane never worked or connected that way, guys. Also, the phlogiston is flammable, so your PC's can hilariously blow themselves up.
Rexx your videos are the best. I usily don't re watch videos but I've seen all of yours at least 3 times. It's given me so much material to use as a new dm. Thank you for all the work you do
i would love learn next maybe more about Annish hags
Woaw didn't notice you switched background music. It's also used in Exiled Kingdoms. Brings back so many feels.
I remember when you made the spelljammer videos and it got me really into them as a new dnd player so to have you make a adventure with them is something that is a insta buy for me
FOUR TIMES A WEEK!! im super jealous! thanks for finding the time to post these videos!
Finally, I have been waiting for this video!!! Thanks!
when I was first getting into 5e, I always liked the Yuan-Ti, and I wasn't quite sure why. I haven't thought about them in a long time at this point, but they still intrigue me nonetheless. I'm curious to see why they have magic resistance.
It's most likely the human ancestors of the Yuan-Ti lived in a magocracy, with both eldritch & religious magic being particularly prized. The Yuan-Ti actively pursue Darwinism and were able to force their own accelerated evolution. So I think it's likely that only the 'best' of the initial human society were meant to survive the evolution to become Yuan-Ti (since most sources imply that the magic requires humanoid sacrifices). So 1) it's likely that several of the original humans already had a strong affinity for magic before they transformed, and 2) since it was magic that made the initial Yuan-Ti I think magic resistance is a justified trait for their descendants.
@@library2952 Being born from and being around poison and magic does that.
Thankssss for the lore~ 🐍
OH SHIT OH GOD. I was waiting for this video for so long. I've been playing a yuan-ti for the past few months and I love this race! Great video as always!
Entertaining video, as usual. I was surprised when I saw the thumbnail. I saw the same piece of art used for a homebrew Pathfinder race, just the other day. Based more on constrictors than venomous snakes.
great supply for alchemist ingredients. or a leather workshop. egg liquor...
Made a Yuan-Ti once, he was suppose to die, kinda of a joke character. Turned out to be one of my fav and most powerful characters.
I have a reoccurring npc in my games who is a yuan-ti circle of dreams druid. I use him to give small hints on whatever my players might be stumped on. There is always a price for his advice that will manifest itself in an unforseen way. He's my dark Gandalf.
Great video! , i like a lot when lore gives a race a rich amount of details. Yuan-ti is an awesome race.
Thank you for bringing up the post- Mortem conversation. it is so necessary, so under discussed and so hard to get into when playing online
Always makes my day when I see a new video from you!
Literally tried to find this last week abs was sad it wasn’t here yet. It’s fate that this got posted now
I hope you will talk about Anathemas and the Tainted Ones. I think that they are kinda cool concept for BBEG or PC respectively, especially that they are not talked about enough. As always, great job and thank you :D
Speaking of which, I wonder if Tuan-Ti have any relation to Neverwinter Nights' Old Ones.
Your videos are the best! As a DM, having that extra bit of knowledge makes planning so much easier.
For people who want to play a more monstrous snake like race check out the Naga race from Planeshift: Amonkhet. It is one if WoTc’s crossover books with Magic the gathering.
I must say, i love your videos, like i really love them, you basically introduced me to D&D as game and I love you for that haha. Keep it up the amazing work
Currently running SKT for a party of 5, and the party's healer is a Yuan-ti Pureblood Celestial Warlock. It's gonna be really fun when I reveal that her father is working on a ritual to become an Anathema.
I have been hoping that you'd cover the Yuan-Ti for a long time, so I'm happy now. They are my favorite race in D&D
Anyone has any ideas where i find a stat block for shan pachan?? 14:56
@MrRhexx
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Very excited for more Yuan-Ti lore one of my favorite monster types in dnd
glad you sound healthy and safe.. last video you were half dead due to covid.. i was so worried when you didnt upload for so long.. welcome back :D
Remember my first game of Iceeind Dale and the first encounter with the Yuan-Ti and struggling through the dungeon.
Hell yea.
Such great villians. Easily one of my favorites.
Thank you MR RHEXX 🙏🙏💙
One of the very first PCs I made for D&D started with me wanting to make a Lawful Good Paladin that I wasn't sure what race I wanted to use for, only to look through the options and eventually become enamored with the idea of an atypical Yuan-ti who completely flipped the script on their evil heritage to become an ally of human kind.
I really like the AD&D adventure in Holk House where Yuan-ti have installed cloning vats to breed 7-foot tall mega-men, but I never really understood why they had access to that kind of technology.
Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.
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This is awesome! great video
Giving someone power doesn't mean you have the power to take it back.
MrRhexx videos are my oxygen
Funny enough the whole breeding thing can taken away from the Origi scene in “Conan the Barbarian” where they were also eating human stew while using what might be seen as a psychedelic drug🐍🐍💯
About to start a campaign with Yuan ti as main villians, thanks for this vid :D
awesome work! thank you for sharing
yay, the Yuanti! I've been waiting for this one (out better yet: these ones - plural) 😁
i have been waiting on this video. especially as i will be playing as a yuan-ti in a campaign soon XD
Love to see the MTG art in there!
MrRhexx, I am running an on-going campaign based around the original Dwellers of the Forbidden City, the original module featuring Yuan Ti. As such they figure very importantly and are one of the main antagonists to my party.
I have taken to giving them varying spell-like abilities from those listed - such as Charm Person, Change Self (especially for the Purebloods), Phantasmal Force, Charm Animal (Reptiles and Birds). I’ve kept the Polymorph Other ability for the Abominations to be used to create monstrous slaves and to be used in dark rituals to their alien Outer God.
talk about coincidence, i was just about to browse about the yuan ti for my next game, and here you are.
Brilliant. Thanks for this video.
Wow Yuan-Ti are awesome! Definitely my second favorite DND race!
Maybe the two ideas, being pragmatic towards the gods and seeking to supplant them, could be reconciled by thinking of the two goals being carried by different Yuan-ti pursuing power via different means? After all, the Pureblood racial bonuses from Volo's apply mostly towards Sorcerer and Wizard rather than Cleric...
I have a question. Why did you put a disclaimer on the 14:45 mark stating that Shan - Pashan isn't dnd art, but didn't put it on the 18:45 mark where is the art that is also not of dnd but rather from the Eldrich Horror expansion called Forsaken Lore.
Great video, I really enjoyed it and can't wait to see the other two videos 🙂.
Good vid. Nice to see the sneky sneks getting the attention they deserve
I'm sure the snake breeding was done by magical means, but the thought of a humanoid wearing a snake like a condom is pretty hilarious to me.
Takes the "yawn" out of Yuan-Ti
Omg, lol, it's like D&D kitchen edition, and I feel like you're describing me as a creature in the game. AWESOME!
Right when I'm thinking about a yuan-ti character
Gold medal goes to Rexx for making entertaining videos!
And, because my wife's Yuan-Ti character is so awesome: (long brag about her character, skip if you want)
Silver medal goes to my wife, for choosing a WILD interpretation of Yuan-Ti, making a (basically) Lawful Good Yuan-Ti Paladin who actually saves people. Hesster prefers non-human humanoids and exotic species, and sees humans as... not great. Also, she argues that slaves are actually "pets" and they must be treated well and be put towards GOOD work so they don't get into mischief or commit evil acts. Her tribe is definitely different from the other Yuan-Ti. Plus, she hates it when "pets" are cruelly mistreated, and has actively worked to end the slave trade within the Zhentarim - while also being aligned with the Zhentarim. It's been a wild campaign so far.
Ah the ultimate Floridian race. Nothin' like crackin' a cold one and sacrificing little Timmy and Jimbo to your dark savior for another 6 pack and ammo for your double barrel shotgun.
Your lore is great to listen to while playing BG3. Thanks brother and Godbless.
Always loved the yuan Ti as a race
Great vid, New spell jammer stuff out to talk about !