Narrated D&D Story: How To PROPERLY Be An Evil Necromancer

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  • @DEMONIK1149
    @DEMONIK1149 3 роки тому +300

    This sounds like it will be of similar caliber to astoshans story...
    Same kind of vibe, man I've missed hearing this stuff on your channel.

    • @allthingsdnd
      @allthingsdnd  3 роки тому +47

      I just realized it has been so long since we did a necromancer story, we'll try to cover more such intriguing stories

    • @DEMONIK1149
      @DEMONIK1149 3 роки тому +12

      @@allthingsdnd I'd appreciate that, love your content overall but the episodic ones I find most enjoyable, that and your funny quirky story genre I thoroughly enjoy.

    • @D9E2E1P2
      @D9E2E1P2 3 роки тому +5

      Yes

    • @DEMONIK1149
      @DEMONIK1149 3 роки тому +6

      @@allthingsdnd wow, my comment got pinned, thank you! This is a first for me anywhere, much appreciated.

    • @sadontafiir2955
      @sadontafiir2955 3 роки тому +1

      @@D9E2E1P2 where can I find this emote

  • @dsareis9134
    @dsareis9134 3 роки тому +248

    A truly chilling story , necromancers stories are the best

    • @allthingsdnd
      @allthingsdnd  3 роки тому +29

      I agree. We love narrating necromancer stories, always reminiscent of Astoshan

    • @sadontafiir2955
      @sadontafiir2955 3 роки тому +13

      @@allthingsdnd all hail Astoshanthe grey necromancer the True necromancer

    • @zyleak5918
      @zyleak5918 3 роки тому +3

      @@allthingsdnd he was good but what’s even better is story’s about dragons mostly black dragons

    • @nicholaspaynter3581
      @nicholaspaynter3581 3 роки тому +3

      You mean *good* necromancer stories are great, luckly this channel has great stories, and necromancer stories quickly become the best if done right

  • @troperhghar9898
    @troperhghar9898 3 роки тому +237

    Average players: all necromancers are evil
    Me a lawful good necromancer: so I guess you don't want to see your loved ones again, too bad your dog rexxy loved you

    • @DHTheAlaskan
      @DHTheAlaskan 3 роки тому +65

      I had a lawful good necromancer in the works who was a homicide detective, using his magic to help solve crime. The dead often have much to say.

    • @WorldWalker128
      @WorldWalker128 3 роки тому +14

      @@DHTheAlaskan That is inspired and I love it.

    • @DHTheAlaskan
      @DHTheAlaskan 3 роки тому +17

      @@WorldWalker128 Yep he was a Half elf in his early 70s with crippling coffee addiction and a little on the cranky side

    • @UnholyCameraman
      @UnholyCameraman 3 роки тому +27

      Average Players: Nothing good comes from anyone playing evil! Necromancers are the worst!
      Me: (playing a chaotic evil transmuter with an homunculus for his magic shop's mascot) Said the ones who half of their career involved in grave-robbery, harassment, assault with a deadly weapon, and bullying the bard I do like very much. And let us not forget that I once thought I was good at inhumane treatments to the guilty and now I have to take notes from you "good and righteous" individuals such as yourselves. No wonder demons flee when good men go to war.

    • @mistamemewide
      @mistamemewide 3 роки тому +20

      DGHavoc907
      “How in the Nine Hells did you know that?”
      “Necromancy, my dear Watson.”

  • @DrPluton
    @DrPluton 3 роки тому +32

    I designed an offbeat necromancer backstory. An older necromancer was looking for freshly interred bodies in a newspaper advertisement and accidentally put in "Looking for Fresh Interns." A wizard trainee from the local college answered the advertisement and found that he liked necromancy as well as the pay and work experience he received more than he liked accounting.

  • @Nevict
    @Nevict 3 роки тому +83

    Man, that elf is so young, but he already thinks like a proper litch! This is a promising villain whose plans are built with cunning and wisdom. I love smart characters. I hope he achieves litchdom in the end.

  • @jimbeam7636
    @jimbeam7636 3 роки тому +74

    Hail, Narlos of Noth, conqueror of the holy lands. May his lineage be many, and his rule long.

    • @grimgreycastle5141
      @grimgreycastle5141 3 роки тому +8

      But he can't have kids though so it would be more like
      Hail, Narlos of Noth, conqueror of the holy lands. May his reign be eternal

    • @jimbeam7636
      @jimbeam7636 3 роки тому

      @@grimgreycastle5141 it said "try as they might..." maybe the issue lies with his wife. Alas I do not disagree. Eternal may he reign.

    • @DunkTasticMan
      @DunkTasticMan 3 роки тому

      The spainish inquisition is better

    • @DunkTasticMan
      @DunkTasticMan 3 роки тому

      @@adekaiwamisou Indeed

    • @Troleandocreyentes
      @Troleandocreyentes 3 роки тому

      @@jimbeam7636 Hail Narlos the Lich King.

  • @WolfHunter732
    @WolfHunter732 3 роки тому +47

    that moment when you have to ask is keeping a drow kid for a trophy of your victory verging on evil.

    • @LethalEonIceBiz
      @LethalEonIceBiz 3 роки тому +7

      Wait, isn’t this the plot of Thor?

    • @juliagoodwin9510
      @juliagoodwin9510 3 роки тому

      @@LethalEonIceBiz Glad I'm not the only one who sees it...

    • @anonymousanonymous9587
      @anonymousanonymous9587 2 роки тому +3

      Yeah, anybody that questions it SLIGHTLY will realize that ONLY that Drow survived, meaning that they genocided an entire group.
      Dig deeper, and you'll realize that the propaganda of sparing that one Drow was used SO much

  • @asbestosfish_
    @asbestosfish_ 3 роки тому +117

    You know, with how absurdly varied player characters, especially Evil ones, can be, I don’t know what to even make of this. It’ll definitely be interesting though.

    • @allthingsdnd
      @allthingsdnd  3 роки тому +12

      You'll like it

    • @sadontafiir2955
      @sadontafiir2955 3 роки тому +2

      We all know that nexremancers are the best

    • @kharijordan6426
      @kharijordan6426 3 роки тому +3

      Wait the story continues? Ok maybe he will do something evil then.

    • @sadontafiir2955
      @sadontafiir2955 3 роки тому +2

      @@kharijordan6426 it started the similar way as with grey necromancer. And it will end in opposite way

    • @kharijordan6426
      @kharijordan6426 3 роки тому +2

      @@sadontafiir2955 wait there was a lot of death with grey necromancer....he had a whole city of undead.....so I guess this will end with him being the actual big bad evil guy and dieing that way....ok sure.

  • @raptordaraptor7861
    @raptordaraptor7861 3 роки тому +84

    More like "how to make a backstory for an evil necromancer", am I right?

    • @craigtucker1290
      @craigtucker1290 3 роки тому +9

      It would be inappropriate for a backstory as a low level necromancer would not have the knowledge to be a court mage advising on magical affairs. It would also grant resources and wealth beyond acceptable limits to the PC.
      It sound more like synopsis of a story that has concluded with him winning everything through time.

    • @hauntershunter5336
      @hauntershunter5336 3 роки тому +1

      You are right lad!

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 3 роки тому +3

      @@craigtucker1290 Well, actually, this is both his begining and end. Sort of.
      His beginning sort of ends right before he marries the princess.
      Dark elf Necromancer with a Courtier backgorund.

  • @fhuber7507
    @fhuber7507 3 роки тому +20

    More and stronger undead... so they can kill more creatures, so you can make more undead.
    The army grows and grows seemingly without limit.
    Always seeking more power, more destruction.

  • @GreaterGrievobeast55
    @GreaterGrievobeast55 3 роки тому +15

    Theres no mentioning of Necromancers on this channel without Getting Astoshan involved pfft! Though this specific narratoRS voice does bring back such memories too, i guess its hard competing with such high class efficiency. YIRBEL LIVES!

  • @vuelle9816
    @vuelle9816 3 роки тому +14

    I love these evil character stories

  • @BulkyMcBulkerson
    @BulkyMcBulkerson 3 роки тому +14

    Oh Bless you for uploading, I need the distraction.

  • @SaintJimmy379
    @SaintJimmy379 3 роки тому +4

    *PART 2! NOW!*
    For real though this is interesting, I want to hear more.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      The part two is just sad... don't know if you want it TwT

  • @craigtucker1290
    @craigtucker1290 3 роки тому +6

    That is, by far, one of the best stories I have heard and what an evil character should be rather than the cartoonish versions most players portray when they make evil characters.
    Although I wonder when did he adventure? It sounds more like a story than one about a PC and hopefully this is not just a PCs backstory as that would not be appropriate.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      honestly all the way up to the part where he starts to get involved with the princess is basically the backstory, the rest is what he does after his adventuring. I had to fill it in to drive his story forward.

  • @evankurasu3190
    @evankurasu3190 3 роки тому +12

    so it's a variant of the backstory that Disney/Marvel gave Loki?

  • @allthingsdnd
    @allthingsdnd  3 роки тому +25

    Arrogance leads to destruction. When will people learn? #AllHailAstoshan btw

    • @sollum8828
      @sollum8828 3 роки тому

      All Hail Astoshan the Grey Necromancer

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 3 роки тому

      Ye think the two necromancers would get along?

  • @jasonreed7522
    @jasonreed7522 3 роки тому +2

    An idea i would love to see is a necromancer tree ent, just due to the difference in plant/animal lives, experiences, and values.
    Oaks can live for almost 200 years, the small forrest animals are lucky to live 5, i could see a story where an ent is a necromancer because they just don't see whats wrong with it.

  • @lamehick7511
    @lamehick7511 3 роки тому +4

    And👏This👏Is👏Why👏You👏Do👏Not👏Let👏Your👏Enemies👏Live👏

  • @michaeljohnson-el9hp
    @michaeljohnson-el9hp 3 роки тому +3

    I extremely hope that this does not end up killing his wife and driving him further into darkness, a very interesting backstory idea

  • @KageRyuu6
    @KageRyuu6 3 роки тому +26

    In the words of a wise man "The only good --goblins-- drow never come out of their holes."

  • @UndeadDragonWarrior
    @UndeadDragonWarrior 3 роки тому +3

    Took from a HB artificer build to create a Nobleman Fleshsmith who slowly drives himself mad in an effort to save his sickly daughter

  • @tiotha1279
    @tiotha1279 3 роки тому +3

    This was amazing. I love Drows. And i love Necromancers. A Drow Lawfull Evil Necromancer ploting against a entire kingdom to get the throne? Oh my man. It was amazing. I need more. Please, give us more

  • @littlejollies8719
    @littlejollies8719 3 роки тому +7

    This reminds me of a quote. You will either die a hero, or live long enough to be the villain

  • @KatsuhiroHebi
    @KatsuhiroHebi 3 роки тому +1

    We definetly need more of this

  • @ostenconville7595
    @ostenconville7595 3 роки тому +3

    Oh thank you, I hope we get to find out what happens next

  • @andrewhalverson6974
    @andrewhalverson6974 3 роки тому +1

    Wow! Really want more of this story!

  • @saiyanape6015
    @saiyanape6015 3 роки тому +6

    Yes .... that is true retribution

  • @Fuyu-Chan.
    @Fuyu-Chan. 3 роки тому

    Ohhh i would love to hear more about this story in particular!

  • @sadontafiir2955
    @sadontafiir2955 3 роки тому +17

    Another necromancer another great story

  • @UltaFlame
    @UltaFlame 3 роки тому +2

    Not gonna lie, I kinda thought Haydrian would be the necromancer. I mean, his men thought fighting the drow would be harder, so the deceit that the supposedly just king was using necromancy to win his wars seemed inevitable

    • @gregoryvasilyev9675
      @gregoryvasilyev9675 3 роки тому

      Nope, his only real sin was being literally too human(e).
      Drow will be Drow.

    • @UltaFlame
      @UltaFlame 3 роки тому +1

      @@gregoryvasilyev9675 I mean his real sin was being a colonising douche. He raised a kid as a trophy of war, literally subjugated the child and somehow didn't realize that a life of belittling and ridicule wouldn't endow the child with fuzzy warm feelings

  • @tinydiicethief2227
    @tinydiicethief2227 3 роки тому +1

    Man I cant wait for more of this

  • @icefireruby3245
    @icefireruby3245 3 роки тому +1

    My cousin was once an arch lich once, And instead of a skull, he became a hand. But he was lawful good, so he really was just studying. Well one day a party came to kill him. The one problem? He's a hand. So when they broke a skull on his table, he casted prismatic sphere. Then all but the wizard died, and the wizard also became an arch lich hand, while his lich rose to even greater power

  • @collinknapp108
    @collinknapp108 3 роки тому

    I just found out you are doing ads now with your voice and I love it.

  • @denisevnbrdw
    @denisevnbrdw Рік тому

    I need a continuation!

  • @NinjaBusCow
    @NinjaBusCow 3 роки тому +1

    That was an awesome Necromancer story.

  • @Xeranad
    @Xeranad 3 роки тому

    All I got for a backstory for a necromancer at the moment is the tale of Cyril Ashborne, a half-elf raised by elves. Having aged and matured much faster than those of his kin, he realized early on that he would likely die before his father, and not wanting that to happen decided to take up necromancy as a way to achieve a method of at least extending his life... but as the saying goes: "Give a beggar a thousand in gold and he'll buy bread until he's full, and then realize that bread isn't all that's for sale."
    Simple, but I think it's effective. He's a character I have sitting on the backburner, not having a game suited for him (I don't think a one shot would work for him)

  • @thenarrator9204
    @thenarrator9204 3 роки тому +1

    That.... was fantastically well-written.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      Thank you, granted it's full of mistakes, repeated words and the like. Drives me up the walls seeing my own mistakes.

  • @vietbluecoeur
    @vietbluecoeur 3 роки тому +1

    Seeing a lot of comments remarking on how “Evil is made, not born” is a naive statement especially for D&D, and I just want to point out 1) depends on the DM and campaign, and 2) you guys should go listen to the story of Onyxia, also on this channel. 🖤✨

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      That's exactly what I had in mind when I wrote it lol.
      You can take traditionally evil races and raise them good. It's not going to ruin the world lol
      But again, Narlos was not evil because he was a drow, he was evil because of how he was raised as an object, how he was robbed of his value by self righteous humans who looked at him and saw their own actions and cause instead of a person.

  • @hauntershunter5336
    @hauntershunter5336 3 роки тому +1

    Jeez, now that is story telling!

  • @marquiseemthembuu997
    @marquiseemthembuu997 3 роки тому +1

    The Necromancer
    Blue Oyster Cult

  • @tylerj.c.3235
    @tylerj.c.3235 3 роки тому +1

    Finally an evil Necromancer story. Noice!

  • @timwoods2852
    @timwoods2852 3 роки тому

    Evil doers are like mushrooms. They feed off of others and burst out of the ground in hopes to spread their influence. But they go mostly ignored, and are gone after a day, maybe two if they're lucky. But even the smallest act of good is like a flower. It sprouts and let's its color into the world drawing in others with kindness and provision until they are happy to spread its influence around, and there are fields covered with them.

  • @miguelgalvezpetersen6588
    @miguelgalvezpetersen6588 3 роки тому

    Keep it rolling!

  • @aarons.8161
    @aarons.8161 2 роки тому

    So, baby dark elf gets kidnapped and raised by a human king, then eventually overthrows said king and royal family through cunny and deception, and is now the new crowned kind... by his 40th year.
    Um, hold on a second... **looks through phb about elf age** Ok, elves live till around 300-500 years, yet don't reach adulthood till... 100.
    **slams phb shut and grumbles** See, this is why I don't like writing backstories for elves. I mean, what is the elf doing in there first 100 years if not something this epic!?
    Either way, great story and long live King Narlos! The (technically in elven years) youngest king there ever was. May he rule for hundreds of years.

  • @FlyingDominion
    @FlyingDominion 3 роки тому

    Can we start calling crusading "Nothing?"

  • @jonathanmarks3112
    @jonathanmarks3112 3 роки тому +1

    I want more of Narlos' story! I could see it going bad almost legendarily. That ending doesn't bode well!

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 3 роки тому

      Well, when I find a good campaign to play him in I will write more about him

  • @McKidderZ
    @McKidderZ 3 роки тому

    In my Descent into Avernus campaign, one of my party members is trying to build a skeleton necromancer.

  • @giodandosu
    @giodandosu 3 роки тому +1

    wow!!!! a really good villian!!! and smart!!!!

  • @molliethomas2585
    @molliethomas2585 3 роки тому +3

    I hope there's a part 2.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      there is, it's just not likely to be shown as instead of the All things dnd website, they only draw from reddit now.

  • @reapergrimm8
    @reapergrimm8 3 роки тому +6

    I agree that this story is brilliant. However, I disagree with the notion that evil is "made". Sometimes, it is simply born. I had a villain in my last campaign who was meant to only reveal to the PCs the existence of the MacGuffin that the BBEG was using for his evil plan. However, this villain was not associated with the BBEG in any capacity. If anything, he opposed him.
    This new villain quickly usurped the BBEG as the party's archfoe. He even wound up being the final boss of the campaign, even though he was supposed to have died a long time ago. The reason he survived is that he was the first villain to actually cause a PC's death. And that didn't happen until they hit lvl.14. So the party was wary of approaching him whenever he reared his head because he was so much more dangerous than the BBEG. And the BBEG had the backing of the Archdevil Mephistopheles.
    Though his lethality was never in question, what really cemented him as the party's archnemesis was the sheer atrocities he penned in his attempts to "educate" the PCs into thwarting the BBEG. He even deliberately left behind his personal journal as "reading material" for the PCs so they knew what to do. And reading it revealed no freudian excuse. No history of abuse or injustice. He just liked to kill things, even at a young age when he would dissect animals he would find in his hometown.

    • @justinweber4977
      @justinweber4977 3 роки тому +4

      Tragic and/or nuanced villains are good... But sometimes what a story needs is a real sociopath, someone who in 9 out of 10 lifetimes was always going to end up hurting people, just with a question of "how many" and "how badly".

    • @timwoods2852
      @timwoods2852 3 роки тому +1

      The more evil the villain, the better the hero. All this tragic backstory or sympathetic motivation take the fangs off. If you want a character who's made poor life choices or is a victim of circumstance that can be helped/redeemed, that's fine. But trying to make them unreasonably evil just makes them look stupid.

  • @elkwolf2888
    @elkwolf2888 Рік тому

    Is there a part two yet?

  • @larsthememelord3383
    @larsthememelord3383 3 роки тому

    I want to play one day as a wooden/papercraft puppet with wooden floating hands who is also a powerfull necromancer.... if he was in his home dimension made of paper and wood now hes pretty weak since his spells are cardboard cutouts on string but atleast he can turn the world around him into his home dimension to actually be able to use his spells and his skeleton helpers are paper puppets

  • @lockskelington314
    @lockskelington314 3 роки тому +2

    Surprisingly this isn't anything to do with Necromancy except the ending. Perhaps a better Tittle would be "How to PROPERLY Be An Evil Character"

  • @MarkATorres1989
    @MarkATorres1989 3 роки тому +1

    I am unsure if this is called evil outright. Vindictive and vengeful maybe. I suppose the evil act would be reanimating the adoptive family bones. Would need to see more of this.

    • @craigtucker1290
      @craigtucker1290 3 роки тому +1

      Did you miss the part where he plotted to marry the princess in a way the king could not deny and then got the king killed? Evil is not supposed to be like in a comic book, but less obvious and more insidious.

    • @MarkATorres1989
      @MarkATorres1989 3 роки тому

      @@craigtucker1290 I certainly did not miss those bits. I just placed it with the vengeful part. Though with the princess I am curious if he manipulated her or if he genuinely loves her. I think the princess might love guy genuinely but I am uncertain since in those fantasy games, there are mind enchantments here and there to sway the thoughts just a little at a time.

    • @MarkATorres1989
      @MarkATorres1989 3 роки тому

      @@craigtucker1290 For added thought. The King got his just desserts for parading around a war trophy in front of his peers for who knows how long in the decades. The trophy just played the same mind game back at the king and subtly got his revenge by poisoning the wine. I'd say it was well done, but now what is where I am curious and if this character should really be considered evil.

    • @craigtucker1290
      @craigtucker1290 3 роки тому

      @@MarkATorres1989 I see him as evil in that he did what he could no matter who got hurt by his actions to achieve his goal which fits the definition of evil in D&D. Evil is supposed to be subtle rather than how most play it over the top as murderhobos or like a comic book villain with neither being believable or practical.
      It is hard to say how the king saw him through the years, but it sounds less like the king being the "bad" guy so much as the necromancer acting out of vindictiveness like Loki did when he realized his true nature in the marvel movies. The only difference is that the necromancer knew what he was all along and acted to get his revenge through his greatest asset, time.
      Historically, this practice of tribute was commonly practiced, though slightly differently in that the other side was aware of it and it was generally used to secure peace or cooperation. They were generally well treated for their use in later dealings. The necromancer sounds no different and the concept isn't necessarily evil depending on how they are treated and the king did not treat him badly.

    • @MarkATorres1989
      @MarkATorres1989 3 роки тому

      @@craigtucker1290 So the path of hell is paved with good intentions. Reminds me of some Shakespeare plays like MacBeth and Hamlet. Or Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
      Though I am curious where you have this idea or saw this connection with comic book villains and evil from my comments?

  • @TheJerome1502
    @TheJerome1502 3 роки тому

    Have you seen the youtube series "aventures" from french UA-camr "Bazar du grenier" ? It's a 4 season homebrew tabletop by MJ Mahyar and was a great Introduction to tabletop rpgs for thousands of french people 2-3 years ago

  • @claytonbecker9480
    @claytonbecker9480 3 роки тому

    I saw the picture that looks like a necromancer dark elf and one of my character just mad one so I want to see this.

  • @dominicjherr
    @dominicjherr 2 роки тому +1

    The story was simple, but well done...except for the "war" against the Drow, imo. Granted, this is the teller's story, so they can make the world as they want. However, the bit where Hadrian ruthlessly destroyed Drow seemed EXTREMELY far-fetched to me.
    First, the Underdark is not a place suited to traditional large scale warfare. Add to the fact that any large number of soldiers moving into the Underdark would have to navigate unfamiliar territory, while dealing with the myriad dangerous denizens that inhabit the deep, depending on far down you go.
    Second, you're normally not going to find hordes of Drow, on the upper levels of the Underdark. At most, you'll find small raiding camps/parties. And, Drow don't take children with them on raiding missions. Not only is it unwarranted danger for the child, but it's also an unnecessary burden.
    Third, this is the Drow's home turf. Has been for centuries. Even allowing for a large scale army to properly conduct operations in the confines of the Underdark, the Drow preference isn't open field warfare. They prefer traps, ambush, confusion, and subterfuge tactics. At the first hint of large numbers of enemy soldiers coming, Drow will retreat to more favorable territory, and employ harassing maneuvers as they go. And, that's only if they decided to fight at all. Simply fleeing altogether, until the kingdom grew complacent again, seems more inline with Drow thinking, imo.
    I probably overthought this a bit. And, I understand that the story teller perhaps altered the Drow to his own liking, as opposed to how they've been established by WotC. But, as a fellow newbie wanna-be writer, I tend to analyze this stuff, lol. It was enjoyable, though, and hope to hear more!

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      it wasn't supposed to be a giant underdark city. It was an over ambitious small drow town trying to make a name for itself which is why so much attention was slapped onto the fact that it was way too easy to take on.
      The Drow wanted to hide behind the fear and hesitation of the humans knowing the underdark isn't an easily tamed location in order to make up for their personal low numbers and overall weakness. They didn't expect a religiously motivated crusade to come kicking in their door.
      But good analysis.

    • @dominicjherr
      @dominicjherr 2 роки тому

      @@levikarkiainen331 Ah-ha. Duly noted, and much thanks for the additional clarification.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      @@dominicjherr yeah, sorry I have to come back a year later to explain it I usually try and answer these things right away whenever it's one of my stories. But yeah there was a lot of extra details that kind of left out for the sake of not trying to get into a novel. Plus Things tend to go a little smoother if you leave a little to the imagination.

    • @dominicjherr
      @dominicjherr 2 роки тому +1

      @@levikarkiainen331 lol yeah, I hear you. That's why I made sure to preface my reply, with how I tend to overanalyze things. Didn't want to unintentionally offend anyone. Hope to hear more, at some point :)

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      @@dominicjherr Over analysis is a good sign. It's the kind of mindset you have to have in order to make good interesting stories.
      It's very easy to write yourself into a contradiction but if you can analyze things to that level you can see it coming and avoid it.

  • @lary6420
    @lary6420 3 роки тому

    I think I'd be more The Grey Necromancer if I ever decided to make one

  • @gaz4553
    @gaz4553 3 роки тому +13

    “Evil isn’t born, it’s made”’sounds INCREDIBLY naive in a D&D setting. Just sayin...

    • @IveBeenWithBruma
      @IveBeenWithBruma 3 роки тому +3

      The moment alignment should be made is when sentience is achieved otherwise everything is true neutral.

    • @FunnyFany
      @FunnyFany 3 роки тому +1

      Race-inherent alignment sucks anyway.

    • @ic3hell520
      @ic3hell520 3 роки тому

      @@FunnyFany it's not because of race that alignment is hereditary, it's because of the society that the characters grew up in and the life they had to lead to stay alive. Alignment is not racial, it's cultural.

    • @zachdelozier2133
      @zachdelozier2133 3 роки тому

      @@ic3hell520
      This is not necessarily true.
      Devils, Demons and Celestials are a good case for the culture not informing the alignment anywhere near as much as race

    • @ic3hell520
      @ic3hell520 3 роки тому

      @@zachdelozier2133 think about what happens to demons and devils, and how they stay alive and thrive, and then think about how celestials stay alive and thrive. Their culture is different, I can guarantee you that a baby celestial raised into adulthood in the hells or the abyss is just as bad as any other demon/devil, and a devil/demon raised into adulthood in the celestial planes is just as good as any celestial.

  • @drunkpriest7777
    @drunkpriest7777 3 роки тому

    just saw a commercial with your voice on it lol

  • @greg61377
    @greg61377 5 днів тому

    Are there more parts to story

  • @UndeadSteampunk
    @UndeadSteampunk 3 роки тому +5

    How is everyone doing today

  • @droman608
    @droman608 2 роки тому +1

    This needs a SEQUEL!

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      it has a sequel, but because they don't use the official website and only pull from reddit, the sequel will never been featured.

  • @juliagoodwin9510
    @juliagoodwin9510 3 роки тому +1

    Holy ****.

  • @PozerAdultRacingTeam
    @PozerAdultRacingTeam 3 роки тому +1

    That's what I call playing the long game.

  • @uruwow8
    @uruwow8 3 роки тому +8

    How does someone play something like this, I don't see this as a playable campaign. Is this the basis for a campaign. Is this a campaign for a single player. It's interesting but I'm confused.

    • @supoagentti9547
      @supoagentti9547 3 роки тому +2

      You know that dnd doesn't have to be played with a group, right?

    • @uruwow8
      @uruwow8 3 роки тому +2

      @@supoagentti9547 I know, personally I've never been able to enjoy a game as a single player for a DM, or as a no DM game either. It gets to a point where I just rather read a book. That's just my personal opinion, I would have liked to know more of the background of how the game was played.

    • @craigtucker1290
      @craigtucker1290 3 роки тому +3

      I agree as this sound more like a synopsis of story or an entire campaign, though nothing is stated really of adventuring parts. It shouldn't be a backstory as it is inappropriate for one for many reasons.
      That being said, it is a really good story with the subtlety of evil.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      it's the backstory for a character.
      The adventuring takes place right before the marriage. The rest is the goals and completing the missions after or during the campaign

  • @the420studiosincttv7
    @the420studiosincttv7 3 роки тому

    Did you do the voiceover for that new Hair Loss product on UA-cam?????

  • @videogamemaster2869
    @videogamemaster2869 3 роки тому +1

    Nice

  • @shred1894
    @shred1894 2 роки тому

    That's hardly evil, more neutral than anything.

  • @derekdrake8706
    @derekdrake8706 3 роки тому

    Kinda similar to Loki's story, how Odin took him from the Frost Giants.

  • @Avigorus
    @Avigorus 3 роки тому

    I can't help but wonder, did the drow wizard never attempt to use alter self or better yet shapechange (albeit that may have been beyond his capabilities without consulting planar beings for assistance getting a scroll or something) to change his species temporarily while she was ovulating (presuming their world uses IRL fertility)? Cause that could've theoretically allowed him to impregnate her, depending on DM ruling...

    • @pambronson4467
      @pambronson4467 3 роки тому

      Did you consider the difference in aging rates between humans and elves as a factor? There is no way he was mature enough to procreate yet.

    • @Avigorus
      @Avigorus 3 роки тому

      @@pambronson4467 Copy-paste from SRD: Although elves reach physical maturity at about the same age as Humans, the elven understanding of Adulthood goes beyond physical growth to encompass worldly experience. An elf typically claims Adulthood and an adult name around the age of 100 and can live to be 750 years old.
      Some might use different rules, to be sure, but the "default" is not a prolonged physical infancy or somesuch, only that they don't consider themselves to be emotionally and intellectually mature till they've reached a century (which I kinda wish we could do as humans tbh lol).

  • @R3GARnator
    @R3GARnator 3 роки тому

    I rose from the dead to watch this.

  • @krimsonentertainment4717
    @krimsonentertainment4717 3 роки тому

    I personally would have Narlos be saved and abducted by a alhoon sorceror. Would be a wicked team.

  • @ghidorahlightning7693
    @ghidorahlightning7693 3 роки тому +1

    say that for the "evil is not born, its made" to a black dragon XD

  • @IanPopcorn
    @IanPopcorn 3 роки тому +3

    Hey look, he is first

  • @Drahjan_TheoryBREAK
    @Drahjan_TheoryBREAK 3 роки тому +1

    Can this drow truly be classified as evil? Perhaps, but he seems to lean more towards Neutrality. It's hard to tell.

    • @walrideralp6275
      @walrideralp6275 3 роки тому +1

      I mean, his goals are fundamentally self-interested, and he's willing to use deception and murder to reach them.
      By definition, yes. He is evil. Whether that changes in the future remains to be seen, but for now, he's undeniably evil.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      I mean, he killed all the kings until he was king and literally anyone but him was blamed for it.

  • @fleursetvelo2561
    @fleursetvelo2561 3 роки тому

    Was again watching some stuff here whan my eyes catched the unique shapes of All Thing DnD, so here i am drunk and posting before the video start (using firefox, such a boon for it)
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    Only have one question, did this necromancer know of Astoshan?
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    Edit 1: Love the voice telling the story so warm, when the story get dark or cringy you still want to know what happen next to listen it more, really hope it's yours and not some vocaloids, if it's some vocaloids your choice is good!
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    Edit 2: ua-cam.com/video/ihRrSdceHps/v-deo.html really whish to have some nice story from it, it feel like a setting even more than Astoshan first part! will go and listen back to Astoshan full history as soon as this one is done!

  • @solidussnate6348
    @solidussnate6348 3 роки тому +2

    Does he do voice overs for commercials?

  • @DrMDHyde
    @DrMDHyde 3 роки тому +1

    Fun fact: Never leave one alive.

  • @geraltgrey-mane695
    @geraltgrey-mane695 3 роки тому +1

    So no episode 2?? :/

  • @NotEnoughHats1800
    @NotEnoughHats1800 3 роки тому

    I just watched an add where MyLo(Narrator) read an advertisement for some male pattern baldness aid called Simfort.

  • @stroltz351
    @stroltz351 2 роки тому +1

    Did this story ever continue?

  • @privatizitat815
    @privatizitat815 3 роки тому +1

    Why are evil wizards always Necromancers?

    • @danieltilson4053
      @danieltilson4053 3 роки тому

      Because it's the easy path. Nobody ever thinks about the villainous applications of polymorph spells, or conjuration. There's also the obvious things like torture via evocation.

    • @privatizitat815
      @privatizitat815 3 роки тому

      @@danieltilson4053 Enchantment wizards would be so easy to make evil. Hypnosis and mind control is one of the easiest ways to get into a position of power

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      They aren't. I had an illusion wizard who would torture people for years, driving them mad and push them to suicide.

  • @joshuawilliamson1918
    @joshuawilliamson1918 3 роки тому

    Came here cause I heard your voice on a a hair loss commercial.

    • @IveBeenWithBruma
      @IveBeenWithBruma 3 роки тому

      Yep somehow 38 and balding sounds like he's just out of his late teens.

  • @SgtGigawattz
    @SgtGigawattz 3 роки тому +1

    Time to be THAT GUY...
    That's not how the rules of Monarchy work. Marrying a queen doesn't make you a king. Upon her death the kingdom would have to locate the next blood heir to the throne. Monarchy all about bloodline and heritage, not marrying into it.

    • @PSIworld13
      @PSIworld13 3 роки тому

      From what it sounds like his wife is the current head of state. Thay'd make him just a prince consort who is called "King". A King Consort if you may, and that's not necessarily so unrealistic, those exist too, even if much more rarely. When Mary, Queen of Scots married, her husband was declared King by her, even though legally he wasn't called King, and even though SHE was on the throne.
      A similar thing also happened in Portugal with Phillip III, except "King Consort" was his official title.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      that's why he killed everyone else lol.
      The royal bloodline would end with her eventual death, and his status, his power, and his influence. He spent 40 years planning vengeance, don't you think he knows what he's doing and is playing carefully laid plans the right way?
      Instead of declaring yourself, you set things up so you're the only logical choice, all others fall far FAR shorter than you could ever be..

  • @fish3340
    @fish3340 3 роки тому +2

    fish

  • @derekdrake8706
    @derekdrake8706 3 роки тому +1

    Ironically justifying the destruction of his people.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      oh, he grew to hate the Drow almost as much as he hated humanity.

  • @bethanysmith5856
    @bethanysmith5856 3 роки тому +1

    Sounds like he has the potential to make an epic to possibly be the same level as Astoshan's story.

  • @gabriellockwood2780
    @gabriellockwood2780 3 роки тому

    ...
    Loki Odinson

  • @LordRazer3
    @LordRazer3 3 роки тому

    Simfort

  • @tristainmyers458
    @tristainmyers458 3 роки тому

    I made a necromancer who was only a 15 human who had a 6 Christma and he became a necromancer so the girl he thought was cute would like him

  • @probablythedm1669
    @probablythedm1669 3 роки тому +1

    A 40 year old elf is roughly like a 5 year old child in elven culture... they are not even sexually mature before about 100 years or more. No wonder there will be no children. Were he raised among his own people he would still be regarded as a young child.
    Let this serve as a warning to those why try to adopt elves and raise them human. They are not human and you trying to force them to be is not an act of kindness. It is, at best, cruelty born of kindness and this is why many half elves stuggle to fit in comfortably among humans and elves, for they are truly stuck in the middle. Too human for the elves, too elven for humans.
    Without parents and guardians who go out of their way to understand these children, rather than shape their alien child to be like them, is it really a surprise when theese children turn from them and reject those who would force them to be something they're not?
    Elves and half elves are much more interesting if you remember that they are not just humans who live long and like nature. They are native fey. Alien and their own peoples, with lives and views very different to humans. :)
    In my humble opinion at least. Homebrew as you wish, but the "18 year old elf out on adventure" really trigger me, both in the "who is letting their toddler pay with weapons"-kind of way and pure disgust and "stop the pedo"-rage when sexual advances are made on them.
    Please people... keep your elves legal. Stop the rampant abuse and neglect of elven children! :P

    • @gaz4553
      @gaz4553 3 роки тому

      Just another 2000 yo dragon loli

  • @cesargeney5268
    @cesargeney5268 3 роки тому +1

    I am 389

  • @AlexVriairu
    @AlexVriairu 3 роки тому +1

    I fail to see any Evil in this.

    • @levikarkiainen331
      @levikarkiainen331 2 роки тому

      lol Evil... REAL evil is justified in the eyes of the evil doer. Everyone is the hero of their own story.
      You say this isn't evil, and many people would call you evil.
      Thats how evil works. It's not someone in a top hat and with a long mustache. It's how they choose to do what they do, the values they place on lives vs their own gain.

    • @AlexVriairu
      @AlexVriairu 2 роки тому +1

      @@levikarkiainen331 I'm well aware, what I'm saying is to my own moral code what happened here isn't evil.

  • @jonathanscott8994
    @jonathanscott8994 3 роки тому

    Neat story, though the slower reading pace caused me to space out a bunch.

  • @Unbreakable87
    @Unbreakable87 2 місяці тому

    If this is a BBEG its okay a pretentious as it reminds me of princess stories where its so hard to be a rich women. If this is a player background

  • @salimufari
    @salimufari 3 роки тому +1

    I feel like this was a very well timed release given the recent political events in the US.

  • @NessaEllenesse
    @NessaEllenesse 3 роки тому

    Where are the stories of good necromancers

  • @kryskiller666
    @kryskiller666 3 роки тому +2

    You're calling THAT evil? I forced the corpses of my american friends' characters to have tea with biscuits and speak with a british accent.
    I NEVER lived that down, but neither did their characters.