@@josephjohnson631 i made some modifications and simplifications on the actuall lore. But in short these obelisks were created by the netherese and were used as big magical batteries storing huge amounts of magic that only the elves with their high magic ritual could compete. After the fall of Netheril Mystra limited spells to lvl 9 and also took away some of these powerfull artefacts including these obelisks. But Vecna who saw an opportunity stole some of them and with his knowledge and secrets in magic he is planing an ascention to greater godhood while using these obelisks as ankers. Over the 1800 years he slowly scattered them across Fareun without beeing noticed. The pattern they are scattered is a symbole of Vecna (Hand with an eyeball in palm). You can use some locations provided in the Wotc adventures or make your own and tie them up with locations of your PCs. But the players must find these obelisks find lost knowledge and confront Vecna at the end. Vecna will cast a ritual where all prayers prayed to diffrent gods inside this circle of Farun will go to Vecna instead.
@@josephjohnson631 i can go more into depth if you are interessted but i try to use Vecna as this mastermind who is pulling the strings and he has manipulated diffrent factions to work for him. You can also include factions that want to subvert Vecnas plans for example the giants seem to have vision of terrible things happening and are trying to steal the obelisks away.
@@pepperino-hotterino I would very much like to read your detailed campaign idea and descriptions regarding the use of the Obelisks. I've been contemplating adding them to my current campaign and am just now gathering details and learning. If you have any docs to share I'd gladly wish to delve into them.
Headcanon: The weavers were really the illithids, but the Weaver lore is just the positive spin on it. Maybe just a different result of ceremorphosis of another race. The mind flayers hatred of magic comes from trauma at their fall
Good stuff. You appear to be hinting at this, but for anyone who might be curious, spell weavers live 600 years before needing to rejuvenate themselves. They can do so 6 times, for a total lifespan of 4200 years. Additionally, those furnaces in their nodes are fueled by intelligent souls. They created the gems of reversion so that they could restore the multiverse to the way it was at the time; this was a failsafe in the event that their bid for absolute power over reality didn't succeed... and it didn't. Instead, it destroyed their entire civilization.
@@sleighthand thank YOU, and you're whole team. not sure who to thank but, yeah thanks for good content. no personal politics, no outlandish anything, no hype or hysteria or scandals. just good honest real wholesome content. again, thank you sir.
I just subscribed, these videos are great, and I love to listen to the voice. As a Fan of Dragonlance, I know nothing about FR, then I watched the new D&D-Movie, and became curious about this world, so I found your Channel and Mr. Rhexx. I'm looking forward for new content.
Welcome to the channel and thanks for the subscribe :) Hopefully future videos help fill out everything you want to know about the Forgotten Realms and hoping to cover even more worlds down the road here
Good coverage on The lore and am liking the content. However, I cant be 100% sure so dont want to sound accusing or negative, but these videos after a few are sounding like AI generated. Too much repetition and some lack of emotion in enunciations in words such as "oh!" Which should have more excitement, and way too much " dear listener". Again, please dont take offense as I do love the content but it just is these little quirks that if you are using AI, they need to be adjusted as using AI for effect is cool and understandable if you are. Again, keep up the good work, loving the content!
Thanks for the watch, and no worries at all I do use an AI voice for the videos so you are correct about that. As for the scripts definitely looking at varying up the writing more to cut down on the repetition. One of those things you don't really realize in the word doc 😂
The voice is AI generated and the images are from Midjourney but the content and editing is done by myself a human. Sources are a bunch of the released books over the years and internet.
@@sleighthand The content is interesting but "Sources are a bunch of the released books over the years and internet"; isn't very specific. Providing a list of sources and references would be nice for viewers to be informed about how much of it is cannon, imagination, or generative text.
A place near Icewind Dale might not be too bad a place to attempt this but I suggest proceeding with caution, you never know what might happen or when you might end up 😉
kyuss? vecna? the old mind-flayer empire? why do some have creatures of great power (like one with a solar) inside? I can't help but think that they are all connected and currently in use for some ineffable plan.
So this is cool, useful, and informative, but the "oh dear listener" and "these were not ordinary ruins, nay" and "o, how rare and wondrous verily i say unto thee" fluff is super cringe. Just gonna download and edit a transcript of this, because the info is great.
Definitely understandable and something I have been working on with each video. Created these to be as if you're sitting in a tavern during a play session with your character but came off heavy handed in the first iterations.
Haha no there is a person behind these videos, we have got some old Icewind Dale play videos on the channel from the beginning of the pandemic with faces. These lore videos though are using an AI voice, but scripting and editing are done by a squishy human.
@@sleighthand Nice writing tho! The accent is a bit uncanny and the tempo is staccato (or i have sensitive ears, idk). Keep perfecting your art. I'll be watching :)
too much unnecessary verbose for my taste, i'm looking for lore not for a story, the music and poetry is distracting and prevents the information from being told clearly
You two sound like DMs, this is more for players to sit back and enjoy I'd imagine. Obviously a DMs gonna want something with some stats to get ideas of how to kill their players 😆
@@Omensartwork well sort of its not horrible but the way he phrases things can make it really confusing like it makes it unclear whether they are immortal or not because of how he tries to make it too flowery, i'm not saying its terrible but just saying that a good entertainer can do it better like Esper the Bard and MrRhexx, he is using music and flowery language as a crutch and if he want to improve as a entertainer he needs to hear these pieces of criticism and improve his style.
Ffs! This guy makes these available FOR FREE! He put a lot of work into it and you guys just come along and drop a hot turd on his work. Why not go find something you like and spread some positivity there.
@@ChrisLawton66 its not free he is gaining view and subs and we are spending our time, also get off your high horse calling something art isn't going to make it immune from criticism, the video needs to be improve and no amount of name calling will silence me in that regard
Remember… these things have NEVER been explained, so a lot of the information will be like a ‘legends/myths’ story.
I do enjoy how you did this🥰🥰🥰
Thank you
I am currently running a whole campaign based on these obelisks. Already 10 months in.
That sounds like a blast!
Would love to hear what you’re doing with them
@@josephjohnson631 i made some modifications and simplifications on the actuall lore. But in short these obelisks were created by the netherese and were used as big magical batteries storing huge amounts of magic that only the elves with their high magic ritual could compete.
After the fall of Netheril Mystra limited spells to lvl 9 and also took away some of these powerfull artefacts including these obelisks. But Vecna who saw an opportunity stole some of them and with his knowledge and secrets in magic he is planing an ascention to greater godhood while using these obelisks as ankers. Over the 1800 years he slowly scattered them across Fareun without beeing noticed.
The pattern they are scattered is a symbole of Vecna (Hand with an eyeball in palm).
You can use some locations provided in the Wotc adventures or make your own and tie them up with locations of your PCs.
But the players must find these obelisks find lost knowledge and confront Vecna at the end.
Vecna will cast a ritual where all prayers prayed to diffrent gods inside this circle of Farun will go to Vecna instead.
@@josephjohnson631 i can go more into depth if you are interessted but i try to use Vecna as this mastermind who is pulling the strings and he has manipulated diffrent factions to work for him. You can also include factions that want to subvert Vecnas plans for example the giants seem to have vision of terrible things happening and are trying to steal the obelisks away.
@@pepperino-hotterino I would very much like to read your detailed campaign idea and descriptions regarding the use of the Obelisks. I've been contemplating adding them to my current campaign and am just now gathering details and learning. If you have any docs to share I'd gladly wish to delve into them.
Amazing job on this vod! Great info for all DMs trying to connect the 5e adventures
Fantastic work, keep it up!
The first useful bit of info I’ve heard about these things. Many thanks.
Thanks for the watch :)
I love the lore about weavers and netheril, it's so freaking cool!
The video quality is insane for a channel this small
Thanks :). Always looking to improve with each new vid, so that is awesome to hear.
Headcanon: The weavers were really the illithids, but the Weaver lore is just the positive spin on it. Maybe just a different result of ceremorphosis of another race. The mind flayers hatred of magic comes from trauma at their fall
Good stuff. You appear to be hinting at this, but for anyone who might be curious, spell weavers live 600 years before needing to rejuvenate themselves. They can do so 6 times, for a total lifespan of 4200 years. Additionally, those furnaces in their nodes are fueled by intelligent souls. They created the gems of reversion so that they could restore the multiverse to the way it was at the time; this was a failsafe in the event that their bid for absolute power over reality didn't succeed... and it didn't. Instead, it destroyed their entire civilization.
where did you get this info?
Good job, mate! We`ve been needing more videos on these obelisks fr fr
Thanks :)
This quality is great, i subscribed, this guy prolly needs it yall.
Thanks and welcome to the channel :)
@@sleighthand thank YOU, and you're whole team. not sure who to thank but, yeah thanks for good content. no personal politics, no outlandish anything, no hype or hysteria or scandals. just good honest real wholesome content. again, thank you sir.
I enjoy all Sleight Hand videos
I just subscribed, these videos are great, and I love to listen to the voice. As a Fan of Dragonlance, I know nothing about FR, then I watched the new D&D-Movie, and became curious about this world, so I found your Channel and Mr. Rhexx. I'm looking forward for new content.
Welcome to the channel and thanks for the subscribe :) Hopefully future videos help fill out everything you want to know about the Forgotten Realms and hoping to cover even more worlds down the road here
Ok that was absolutely awesome
Thanks :). Glad to hear you enjoyed it
A Skull of Skullport patrolling the harbor
Where do you get these images from? They are gorgeous.
The images are all created in Midjourney :)
@@sleighthand They are really awesome
I am going to use this in a campaign I'm about to run. Thank you so much!
Sounds awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video :)
Good coverage on The lore and am liking the content. However, I cant be 100% sure so dont want to sound accusing or negative, but these videos after a few are sounding like AI generated. Too much repetition and some lack of emotion in enunciations in words such as "oh!" Which should have more excitement, and way too much " dear listener". Again, please dont take offense as I do love the content but it just is these little quirks that if you are using AI, they need to be adjusted as using AI for effect is cool and understandable if you are. Again, keep up the good work, loving the content!
Thanks for the watch, and no worries at all I do use an AI voice for the videos so you are correct about that. As for the scripts definitely looking at varying up the writing more to cut down on the repetition. One of those things you don't really realize in the word doc 😂
Is this just AI? Where’s this from exactly?
The voice is AI generated and the images are from Midjourney but the content and editing is done by myself a human. Sources are a bunch of the released books over the years and internet.
@@sleighthand The content is interesting but "Sources are a bunch of the released books over the years and internet"; isn't very specific. Providing a list of sources and references would be nice for viewers to be informed about how much of it is cannon, imagination, or generative text.
Where can I find more information about this?
You can find more information in this great video from @Jorphdan th-cam.com/video/yQ1oBH7xzfE/w-d-xo.html
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Say dear listener one more time...
I want to use these as resonators to boost the signal off a mythallar past a mile
A place near Icewind Dale might not be too bad a place to attempt this but I suggest proceeding with caution, you never know what might happen or when you might end up 😉
@@sleighthand oh that's the idea how else am I going to get a mythallar
kyuss? vecna? the old mind-flayer empire? why do some have creatures of great power (like one with a solar) inside? I can't help but think that they are all connected and currently in use for some ineffable plan.
So this is cool, useful, and informative, but the "oh dear listener" and "these were not ordinary ruins, nay" and "o, how rare and wondrous verily i say unto thee" fluff is super cringe.
Just gonna download and edit a transcript of this, because the info is great.
Definitely understandable and something I have been working on with each video. Created these to be as if you're sitting in a tavern during a play session with your character but came off heavy handed in the first iterations.
A lot of people prefer a real voice, not AI.
AI voice nowadays are morelike human.
Are you an AI?
Haha no there is a person behind these videos, we have got some old Icewind Dale play videos on the channel from the beginning of the pandemic with faces. These lore videos though are using an AI voice, but scripting and editing are done by a squishy human.
@@sleighthand Nice writing tho! The accent is a bit uncanny and the tempo is staccato (or i have sensitive ears, idk). Keep perfecting your art. I'll be watching :)
Is this AI generated?
The voice is a voice generator but the videos are all put together by myself, a squishy human
too much unnecessary verbose for my taste, i'm looking for lore not for a story, the music and poetry is distracting and prevents the information from being told clearly
Agreed.
You two sound like DMs, this is more for players to sit back and enjoy I'd imagine. Obviously a DMs gonna want something with some stats to get ideas of how to kill their players 😆
@@Omensartwork well sort of its not horrible but the way he phrases things can make it really confusing like it makes it unclear whether they are immortal or not because of how he tries to make it too flowery, i'm not saying its terrible but just saying that a good entertainer can do it better like Esper the Bard and MrRhexx, he is using music and flowery language as a crutch and if he want to improve as a entertainer he needs to hear these pieces of criticism and improve his style.
Ffs! This guy makes these available FOR FREE! He put a lot of work into it and you guys just come along and drop a hot turd on his work. Why not go find something you like and spread some positivity there.
@@ChrisLawton66 its not free he is gaining view and subs and we are spending our time, also get off your high horse calling something art isn't going to make it immune from criticism, the video needs to be improve and no amount of name calling will silence me in that regard
Vecna The Archlich cometh. Or Vance Carth' Ehlich in my game.