New Monsters in Wild Beyond the Witchlight | Nerd Immersion
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Finally finishing my Wild Beyond the Witchlight coverage, we have the new monsters in Wild Beyond the Witchlight. There are significantly more in the book than are found in the Creatures Appendix, so I was glad I took the time to go through the whole book. What do you think? Which monster is your favorite?
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There is actually a reason why Giant Swan doesn't have a statblock in the book, it says to use a Giant Eagle's stats, but replacing a few traits.
This happens a lot in the adventures, if it wasn't for d&d beyond I would miss them.
The kids commentary was cute lol
12:26
the magically in magically frightened is just there to classify it as a magic effect for the purpose of magic resistance, anti magic fields or simillar
Hey one of the other variation on the Will-O-Wisp variant is that is is also Chaotic Good. I don’t know if it matters but just wanted to say
They should have made the dandelions an actual race. Adorable and brutal.
Wait, the campestri literally is described as sounding like toad when it sings, a nasally falsetto, that’s dead on what toad sounds like
They're toadstools!
Leadership is on the Knight stat block in the Monster Manual, and is one of my favorite abilities because it's a Bless spell with no limit on number of targets. The USER has the effect, and chooses every single time a relevant action is taken in range whether they add the d4.
I believe Hobgoblins get it too.
@@larstollefsen1236 I think theirs is different, but they do get it.
Snails could be ridden to climb up walls or upside down on ceilings
Giant Swan is just a reskinned Giant Eagle. Also, the paper bird you are thinking of was first printed as an item, this is the first we’ve seen of the creature the item creates.
16:30 I would imagine a dragonfly the size of a horse would probably sound something like a helicopter.
Here is a plot hook for when using the Jabberwock. The reason the why no immature jabberwocks have been sighted is because the jabberwock is in fact a humanoid that has been possessed and changed by the spirit of the jabberwock. The player party could come across or travel with a green dragon bloodline sorcerer npc that turns into the jabberwock when the party least expects it. Depending on the party, they could be giving the option to kill the npc or try to save it by exorcising the spirit of the jabberwock.
Paper birds are in Dragon Heist but only as a magic item. This is the first time I've seen them with a stat block
Might have to start writing my own indexes for these books....
You might be able to publish that on DM’s guild. Probably not for money, but I’d download it.
@@theendicott2838 if i do it, I'll post about it in the Discord. Need to figure out what books would need it
The Brigganock gives me major The Golden Compass feels!
In what way does a swan beak do piercing damage? Have they ever seen a swan?
Also why no wing attack or intimidation proficienties?
The giant swan is the only stat block that disappoints me....
I'm adding wing attacks and swimming speed in my games, it makes way more sense (I mean, they're based in giant eagles, if those have claw attacks, swans can hit your soul out with their wings XD)
37:00 isn't this the shadow created by those magic scissors? It's cool that they give a stat block for it.
Q: Why wasn't Amidor in the creatures index?
A: He was lost in the weeds.
The Brigganock is incredibly similar to WoW's Kobold
Well, damn. Really cool things here, and I'm quite pleased with it even if it means we lack high CR fey creatures.
Those mushrooms and the mouse one are my favourite.
I’d change the following for the jabberwok. Change the regeneration being turned off by slashing to magical slashing and adamantine weapons that deal slashing. And Like with many magical creatures I add magic weapons so it’s attacks are dealing magical damage.
Iggwilv is awesome. I’d be adding more to the glass Pegasus and golem (magical attacks and perhaps some other minor trait).
Base official stat locks are usually too weak, and I find I super often tweak them. Particularly max or more HP and adding magic weapons to lots of creatures especially all dragons! Fun video thanks.
There are some good characters and interesting stat blocks in there.
It's a shame this vision/these themes of the Feywild are so vastly different from what i like about it :/ I had really hoped for a darker more 'primal' Feywild book with less quirky animal folk and more otherworldly and weird Fey creatures.
I run the feywild heavily influenced by the old myths with a sprinkle of mythos. Switching from the "Black v White or Shades of Grey" moralities to a more "Blue and Orange" morality (as per tv tropes for reference).
There are rules, yes I have guidelines as the dm, yes if you read anything about fey deals you have a general outline of how they work. No it isn't going to make sense and no they don't play by alignment rules.
Gods help you if you go off the trod or offend the Formori.
@@Gauldame what is "blue and orange" morality ?
@@bluebird3281 From TV Tropes: “These characters have a moral framework that is so utterly alien and foreign to human experience that we can't peg them as "good" or "evil". They aren't a Chaotic Neutral Unfettered, though they may seem to act terrifyingly randomly; nor are they necessarily a Lawful Neutral Fettered, because our and their understanding of "law" as a concept may not even be equivalent. There might be a logic behind their actions, it's just that they operate with entirely different sets of values and premises from which to draw their conclusions. It's also worth noting that such cultures are just as likely to be something we'd find appalling, as they are to be something we'd find benign and/or weird. They may also find us appalling, benign, or weird even if we don't see them that way.”
@@johnhall3570 So was blue and orange picked as colors because they weren't necessarily opposite just different from each other ? . Sorry to bug it is the first I am hearing of this
@@johnhall3570 thanks
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I honestly did not know this and you're kind of blowing my mind right now
@@NerdImmersion Since I found out, I've been almost exclusively clicking on links that way.
I’m beyond excited to run this campaign for my groups.. it’s easily the best 5e campaign in my opinion
I wouldn't say it's the BEST but it's definitely one of the most well-thought out and fun. Personally, I'd put Icewind Dale, or Strahd above it. Witchlight is definately top 5 though.
I love that your son is involved with your videos/interests. I hope my son will play D&D with me one day.
I really liked this video. It wasnt anything special but someone else going through the stat blocks of creatures made me come up with a bunch of ideas for encounters and such for my game. I am Dyslextic so I dont always save information while reading it. But if someone reads it out it leaves space in my head to think of what to do with that information. If you find yourself having more time in the future id love to see videos like these for other creatures/adventures!
Take a look back at basically every new book for the past few years, I've got videos on just about all of them
The leadership feature is also on the hobgoblin captain
i thought the jabberwock would end up in fizban's treasury, but apparently it didn't
Would love to play an Eladrin Cavalier that rides a Giant Dragonfly.
Ok so hear me out. Using the sidekick rules you could take a Brigganock. And use their timelapse ability to take a short rest. At the end of the short rest they then regain the use of this ability along with any other benefits regained!!!!!
Me and my party defeated Bavlorna and I took in Gloam. Sorta makes sense given I’m a Firbolg Circle of Spores Druid and most of my spells center around necromancy. Fungal Infestation basically makes me a walking cordyceps.
Okay, after watching this I want to make a brigganock druid.
Wait, the Giant Swan can SPEAK Auran and Common?
Nice, can you go over the fizbands dragons soon?
Sir Talavar is just Scanlan from CR and you cant change my mind.
here is a idea that wizards should do for a live event. Theu choose some characters or Npc characters that do not have art and have a art contest to fill those blank areas
Totes want to use the klepto bunny in my games
It is a shame we wont be seeing the new Mage subclasses in Strixhaven. I actually really liked the idea of cross class subclasses. Problem is Lorehold was absolutely INSANE OP and wasn't available to clerics for some god forsaken reason.
Speaking of Lorehold, Imma be honest, cantrip extra attack is something I wish more classes had a subclass for (Artificer's would make alot of sense since they cast spells through their weapon, if you are swinging a sword that also shocks people when you activate Shocking Grasp why can't you do both). I really don't want to play a Bladesinger.
The Campestri would be right at home in Rick & Morty.
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Cool
This is my unpopular opinion/dnd hill I will die on:
The adventures are *not* written correctly for use as a dm.
TLDR: They should be written as technical work/screenplays because as a dm you need quick access to specific information, because of course players are going to...well be players. Adventures are recipes, screenplays or protocols. Not novels.
The adventure should be summed up as a paragraph, with key themes, like an abstract. At the front.
There should be an Index of the *All* NPCs after, with a one sentence description. Further description can be in the splat text later. (like in screenplays or playbills).
There should be an outline of "Acts" or "scenes" for the adventure next. (pg xxx, pg yyy etc) (like in screenplays or playbills)
Indexes. Index of Figures. Index of Encounters. Use them. ( Firbolg...p 3. Ettercap horde...p 12. Epic Lootz...p. 57) (like in technical writing.)
Each "Act" should have a paragraph (One, and no more than 4 sentences) explaining the key beats and highlight what the point is. (Ex. Act three. The players have left town and are attacked by bandits sent by the BBEG to throw them off the scent of the Macguffin.
So much STRONG agreement!
I really don't like the new spell casting NPC blocks. Makes creatures harder to customize and makes casters not feel like casters :(
how so?
@@bleddynwolf8463 It breaks the verisimility of the game by having a seperate way spells work for player spell casters and NPCs who are supposely represents the same style of caster (cleric, wizard, etc).
In addition it means NPCs can nolonger do things like upcasting spells. Which is a big deal for certain spells that actually affect plot.
For example, Geas can be an interesting plot point if a BBEG is manipulating an friendly NPC to the players. But not being able to apply the effect at a higher level could break certain plot points of BBEG being able to manipulate another NPC for a longer duration.
Another example, is NPCs are nolonger able to upcast counterspell or dispel magic to counter the pc spells.
Additionally the rules for customizing spell lists include swapping spells of equal level. But if a spell is made into an action (E.g. Firey blast vs fireball), well it's a lot harder to swap that out for say a lightening bolt spell. Since it might not be obivious the indended spell the action represents.
I get it makes things easier for new DMs. But at the cost of making it harder for intermediate to experienced DMs.
@@shadowmil i guess i see your points, since the overwhelming majority of Dms these days are brand new with maybe 1-4 years experience, i'm sure they'l appreciate it, but, as you said, homebrew heavy DM's might struggle
@@bleddynwolf8463 @Bleddyn Wolf As someone who started DMing (and playing) in the last 4 years ago. The hardest thing about being a new DM and running a spell caster is not knowing the spells meta (E.g. which spells and combos are hard) and in general what spells do.
Generally I think adding a "creature tactics" text box, either to their description or maybe to the stat block it self would be the most helpful thing. They had this in 3.5e and think something like that in 5e would really help new DMs. Instead they are given a stat block and no helpful information on how to run the creature in combat.
the first Haregone here is fey while others are humenoid which is really REALLY weird like Wotc make out your mind !!!! also Items that cant be taken ... you know thats really a Bad DM move "oh I made these super cool Items but you wont get it"
behaviour now endorsed by wotc
These new monsters are really, really bad... Grey Jesters, Deadly Dancers, so much better monsters could be used for this... but we got Bunny people... yeah...
It was a poor choice to not cover the NPC stat blocks. It would be far better to not need to go through multiple videos to see all the new stat blocks.
What do you mean? The literal video titled NPC factions in which I literally cover only those? th-cam.com/video/0c414w8Ruiw/w-d-xo.html
@@NerdImmersion Exactly, should just mention it in the beginning and breeze over them at the end instead of having one video for factions and thier stat blocks and an incomplete video on new stat blocks.