Okay that’s stuff at the end was awesome about creating a super level boss but when mrRhexx said the freaking ferry man is one of them that just blew me away
From what I've read about Charon (or Cerlic) he is a damn scary creature to meet. He was made by the Night Hags to protect all the Marraenoloths from Demodands sent by their creator himself. He apparently beaten them so hard that Demodands never attempted to go against Marraenoloths ever again, including their god. He can charge upwards of hundreds of thousands of Platinum for his services, and he can't be completely defeated unless the River Styx stops flowing. So he can't be killed unless every single living creature in the Multiverse is dead.
MrRhexx I'm a DM for my friend group and your videos have really helped me understand the world of D&D so thank you for making these videos and helping me to be a better DM
MrRhexx is one of my 3 favs, check out Jorphan and AJ Pickett as well. All three know their stuff. They all are the best DnD sages on youtube. Id be lost without MrRhexx, AJ and Jorphan.
@@johntheherbalistg8756 dungeon dad's pretty awesome XP to level three is also okay puffington Forrest is funny there's a couple of others I'll start linking actually
Keep in mind that a powerful night hag can be a warlock patron. Also there seems to be a connection between a night hag and both succubi as well as erynies.
In fact, the devils actually have the resources to win, but Asmodeus keeps sabotaging them to keep the archdevils distracted while he gets more power and secures his rule.
Evil fey are a bigger pain than expected. Imagine if a lich found out about the value of those shoddy souls. The lich should definitely steal one or both of the hag's prized possessions, preferably using mortal adventurers. Haggy could have her own duped party going for his phylactery. Everyone's boss appears in the monster manual somewhere.
It seems kinda stupid, considering liches need to be High level wizards a prerequisite(17th-20th level min) and high level wizards in D&D have a reputation(in and out of universe) for boxing above their weight class.... and winning...
@@blackjoker2345 I'd assume a lich that needs to stealthily biy souls to eat is likely desperate or has just been trashed by some adventurers. If its for ritual reasons I'll assume they need A LOT of souls. While Liches can cast spells of Divination one of the biggest ways to fool such spells can be casted by Devils, who rely on the hags.
@@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 The reason liches use souls was detailed in 3rd edition lore(not sure if still canon though). Souls are essentially free xp for the purposes of spells and magic item creation. You're average Below-lv-1 human soul is 20 xp, with higher levels scaling up from there. Also, if you got a cheap second-hand version of the lichdom ritual, you'd needto consume souls to keep your made-in-china phylactery running.
@@blackjoker2345 >Get scammed after buying a secondhand phylactery by a devil. >Get scammed by Night Hags trying to feed your fake phylactery. >Arcanaloth steals your spellbook and you forgot to prepare Teleport today. >TFW
Mr. Rhexx - puts out a video on anything Me: Ooooooooooo! I'll watch it. Mr. Rhexx - *describes all the ways a creature could kill you* My Dark, Sadistic DM side: Excellent
I never understood the fascination with hags other than they resemble witches in human folklore. This video totally changed my disposition and I want to build and entire adventure around mysterious disappearances and a dark corruption setting in on the wildlands. Perfect for Halloween time!
We'll be covering Green Hags and Annis Hag but i am afraid i might not be able to do a video on the Sea Hags. They haven't really been developed quite as much.
@@IdiotinGlans, certainly the demons and devil's starving would put an end to the war. But, the truth of what I said will still go on the be valid for ever.
An interesting note about artificers. At level 14 they get magic item savant which allows an artificer to attune and use magic item with restrictions on race, class, spell or level. Since hags are a race artificers can use the heartstone.
The same can be said about a Level 13 Thief Rogue with Use Magic Device subclass feature. That said, neither of the features says anything about alignment, so if the Artificer or Thief are good, the heartstone will still start crumbling.
I have been slinging dice for almost 43 years and THIS was one of the most fascinating, relevant and thoroughly enjoyable D&D vids Ive ever seen. Subscribed.
Bro I LOVE these D&D lore videos. I WISH they were longer lol. I wish these videos ran at least 45 minutes to an hour. They're great listening material while you do stuff around the house and it's just cool to hear all these facts on D&D creatures and God's and shit. LONGER VIDEOS WOULD BE AMAZING. Just sayin..
stfinalwrath I love all of MrRexx’s videos but if you ever want another perspective with lots of lore i’d recommend ‘The Mighty Gluestick’ as his DnD videos are of similar style and quality, not a paid sponsor i promise lol! i love both channels! just recommending another good dnd content creator
This is prefect timing my dm is having the villains of the campaign I’m in be these ancient hags and have kidnapped this little girl that was supposed to be a witch. I think my dm is really gonna like this video!
Interesting, would this mean that this little girl be forced into a pact considering she's supposed to be a witch. So corrupting a girl into becoming a fiend pact witch(pact of the fiend warlock) would be something.
@Zachary Gadzinski well the little girl is a natural born wizard that has immeasurable potential so it’s me and my allies against the witches trying to get her cause she’s like a prophecy child or something. My character kinda just tagged along cause he’s a paladin and actually killed one of the witches last session and has a huge ass bounty on his head now amongst the the coven of witches
@@masenguerra7835 That sounds interesting. I'm interested in eventually playing D&D and when it comes to witches that aren't hags I instantly think of them in the same vein as warlocks. Given the assumption that the witch makes a pact like her male counterpart and isn't a hag.
currently using a night hag for my campaign as a mid-level BBEG. I'm exploring the magic, potion-brewing, cursing aspect of this monster but it's kinda hard to find really good and balanced options. Thanks for this video, it definitely gave me some inspiration
23:32 "That and the fact that Hags can only have daughters, never sons." Depends a bit on what books you choose to include or exclude. In 3.5e Unapproachable East they introduced the playable race called the Hagspawns. They are the male children of hags, half-human outcasts feared and hated by normal humans. They are big, strong and hardy, but sullen and ill-tempered. They carry much resentment inherent from their monstrous parent, which is often further made stronger by the distrust they receive from common people.
3.5e, male hag children ? Just make it a half fiend and change out their bonus character class level bonus spells to fit the theme. As for all of them being Neutral Evil, it is just so hard not to be that way. Check out AD&D Ravenloft: Van Richten guild to Hags. It is a must read.
@@Xargas Doppelgangers are cool but an evolutionary annoyance. Their categorisation as a monstrosity, like with an Ettercap makes little sense when they're humanoids, just of a monstrous type. They look alien-like yet can apparently be killed by normal weapons. Do they eat humans and other good beings or not? Their lore just says they prey on people by killing them to look like them at whichever point they choose, but don't go beyond why? How and why do they operate the way they do? I like them, but evolution/lore wise, they are profoundly unsatisfactory. Now an association with Hags-i.e. having them be the result of MALE children being birthed by Hags screwing male humans and Elves (not Dwarfs?), is an extremely sound idea, and one I'd adopt, which would explain many things, certainly why they're cursed to forever look weird, ugly and off-putting-forever doomed to never join the society they came from, yet only grab a part of it through stealth magic and subterfuge. It would explain their strong hit points, and also perhaps their only average intelligence and weak ability to grasp more than a victim's surface thoughts they need to emulate in looks in order to fit in to a society they can't naturally be a part of any more, which would explain further their ever-pressing need to 'fit' into society the only way they can-by disguising completely their utterly gross and subnormal visage and body, something surely only a Hag can be guilty of when seducing/raping a human or Elf male when the Hags themselves are in their illusory form.
I've been binging your videos and I am just in awe at the depth of creativity in the lore. I feel like this is the bible for anything fantasy related and why I see these themes recurring in franchises like Skyrim and Dark souls.
I know right!, I am DMing the tomb for a group of friends [SPOILER ALERT!] I am seriously tempted to use the Night Hag coven the Swen Sisters in a much more ascertive manner, I already make them bully Nana Pu'pu in gathering blood and hair from anyone she come across, in exchange of "protection"; but the combination of the Etheralness trait and the nature of the tomb makes it so cruel just have 1 of them running around chasing the group!
The different manuals gave some nice points to get started when crafting your story/game. It definitely gives way for interpretation in order to borrow from for a story teller. I loved the story that MrRhrexx has crafted from the various stories and resources. I would consider this lore a must watch for budding Dungeon Masters who want to see how to incorporate material into stories while maintaining cohesion and interest. I can see how this could be easily made into several different stories which would be fun to read or play.
Running Curse of Strahd, was dropping some hints of Devil involvement since they’d want this mass of souls trapped in the dread plane. Now I can say the night hags in the bone grinder had struck a deal with them aswell hehehe tonight’s going to be a fun session. Thanks for the video brother
This is one of the more informative videos. I never knew this about the hags. Whoever would of thought capitalism in the Forgotten Realms. Keep up the good work.
When I watched this last year, you gave me an idea for a campaign that I just can't let go of, despite being a novice DM, and not writing my ideas down, aside by running it by my friends. Thank you.
We're playing PlaneScale and my LN dragonborn reaaaally loves it in Hopeless, s her blue scales (which she has to hide frm the residents of Hopeless of coruse) actually gradually turn grey which i think it pretty cool
Ah yes, Ravel. What an absolutely fantastic character. Her assistance to The Nameless One via her many Avatars, was such a delicious twist on the storyline. Especially her provisions for helping him become skilled in Arcane magics. Finally meeting her real countenance was an epic reveal for me. "What can change the nature of a Man?". Such a multi-faceted question. Your own answer, depending on how you play, may surprise you in the end. :)
Now I want to make a campaign with a Lich as the BBEG just so that The players can go to the bazzar on hades and bump into him, and not be able to fight him cause the night hags won't tolerate it.
Back in the late 90's and 2000's, I had a campaign where I used a very powerful Night Hag as traveling merchant who discovered a way to mold larva into magical items which she would sell to adventures, The stronger the magical item, the more larva she had to use to mold the item, It thought at the time it was a great way to allow the PC's every couple adventures to go through the Encyclopedia of Magicia and if they could afford the gold, they could acquire an item I didn't put into the campaign myself, of course, at the DM's discretion, She couldn't create one of a kind magical artifacts, items that would require intensive rituals, or something you wouldn't expect a group of that level to have found naturally while adventuring, I took in consideration of the creatures they defeated along the adventure and what magical items they might of found which was absent to try and balance it out somehow but everyone liked the idea of being able to have her mold them an item they could of gotten but didnt, as long as they had enough gold for the transformation, I could of done more with this NPC and was going to, but our adventuring group started breaking down because of real world stuff and never got to finish the campiegn,
I always figured that, while Devils are certainly a threat to the multiverse, Demons are the far bigger danger, because Demons, while they can claim souls and turn them into more Demons, Demons can just as frequently spawn from nothing but the Chaos of the Abyss. So, if the Abyss was somehow wiped out at some point, the Devils would certainly be dangerous, but the forces of the upper plains would no longer have a reason to tolerate their existence and, in a combined effort, be able to ultimately wipe out the Devils. So, in my campaign settings, it's always the case that Asmodeus is purposefully keeping the Blood War going on forever, while he schemes to conquer the multiverse behind the scenes.
I love your long videow man! Especially this one! Hags are among my favorite D&D creature. Along with Dragons, particularly Chromatics, and Demons, Devils, especially the Lord, and Dukes. And also Undesd. The Liches and Death Knights are my favorites there! Trolls are pretty cool too! Basically, I love things that can cause TPKs, fairly easily!
Question: In another video you spoke about some vast plain of existence with one structure where souls wait to be claimed by their gods, tempted away by demons, or judged by Kelemvor, among other things. How do these larva souls fit in that concept?
No need to apologize for the video length. That in depth description and accompanying imagery was incredibly immersive to the point where it didn't seem long at all.
That was amazing, dude! Thanks, I'm using a Buffed Night Hag as final boss in my lv 10 campaing, they are all lv 5, and she stated to play with their minds... this video gave me a ton of information I can use to build her better! Really, thanks!
Dude you make videos for people who love fantasy lore and D&D. Never apologize about making a long video. We aren't the children that watch typical TH-cam videos. We actually have an attention span longer than 5 minutes. So please by all means make longer videos if that is what makes you happy. We are more than ready to sit back and listen to you drop lore nuggets all the while.
Another great one. Glad You have totaly recovered and back in a great style! I already knew most of the information You provided, but I loved to listen them from You @MrRhexx. Glad You mentioned that Charron was made by NightHags, and is the most powerfull of their creations. But If I good remember, he (it) is the only one who successfully breaks-off his slavery from Hags (and this is a secret Hags dint want to spread amongs the candidates to transform). Not only breaks its slavery pact, but also subdugated Hags to him. So much, that all Hags fear of him more then Asmodeus...
I absolutely love these videos. You should look into epic level spells, there is a handbook for them from 3rd edition, and they are crazy! Either way, I always love learning more about these creatures and the lore crafted over the years. I wish I knew how to look for all the info, there must be hundreds of books to pour over! Keep up the amazing work!
29:52 Your Mummy and Mummy Lords video was about two minuets longer, but I still enjoy this content. Thanks again for what you've found, and best wishes for the future!
You've helped me polish my campaign with these videos more than I can explain. This video especially has helped me figure a lot of things out. Thank you so much.
I love how deep you research and the level of detail you share in your videos! It has helped me a lot in planning up my campaigns and been a real imagination boost! It's way easier to imagine new situations and ideas when hearing the information than to read it in my case, so please don't stop! You are an amazing help!
I am trying to DM with some friends and thank you for helping a adhd grown ass kid to be able to learn while working. Please keep up the great work. Be safe and always have fun.
It's interesting for me that night hags used to be of the "feywild," which I'm assuming is elfdom, and they can straddle a mortal's body to create nightmares. The older German word for nightmare is Albtraum or "Elf Dream," where legend would have it a nightmare was made when an elf sat upon your head at night.
I always love these particular videos, just got into 5e and seeing the differences that pop up between the 5e monsters and their 3.5 counterparts is always great. I would love to see you cover more fiends, like the Archdevils or the Demon Princes :D
Please don’t apologize for making a super long video. In my opinion, it’s even better. More content for us, which you were passionate about making. Win-win. Love the longer videos. Thank you
This is truly amazing stuff right here! Every time I watch your videos I get so many ideas for campaigns of my own and it's so informative on little perks and info that would be overlooked!
Im working a closing shift at work today on Halloween so Im so happy you put this video out so i can watch it on my lunch. Really made my day great video! Edit: I’d love to see a Bheur hag and the other hag sequels!
Awesome vid ! And no, in no way is it too long with such a great subject ! Looking forward for more indepth, even longer videos of this kind ! Awesome work ! (Evil cackling)
Such a great video. I enjoy these lengthier videos! Give us moar information!!!! It’s such a joy to learn about DnD while I’m at work. I can listen to you for hours and often times go back to already watched videos for my DnD campaigns. I primarily play 2nd edition and I’m ecstatic that you include info from previous editions! Cheers to you sir! Happy Halloween!
would love to see a video or afew video's explaining abit about the different alignments you as a player can take as you play through D&D campaigns, and what they mean logisticly.
The best part of this video is pointing out that the Altraloth is a CR 20+, made a coven of hags... This feels so much better storywise than just being like, "Yeah. There's a God working against your plans. Go beat them down." Mostly because I feel like even if the party defeats the Altraloth; they might not know that it was made by a coven of hags; or which coven specifically; and that another one might come for them someday.
HEY. HEY HEY HEY. NO apologies. I do NOT mind, and am sure many others do not either, that the video was long. Just means more absolutely thrilling lore. And on Halloween, I'd have been far more disappointed if it was only 5 or 10 minutes. GREAT video, man. Job well done. Happy Halloween 2019, Rhexx!!!
As a teenager back in the 1990's I found that it was scary that I have met or had to deal with people/ women that seem to come strait out of the monster manuls, well then again, the monsters were write from our human behavior arch types.
"I apologise for it being so long" Sir you have no idea how much I love listening to you talk, you could make these an hour and I'd be beyond excited
I swear these are honestly too short in my opinion.
Don't think I don't know where your pfp comes from😉
The length is fine. It can even be longer.
Yes, indeed.
Yeah, longer videos are awesome.
"-there is a restaurant the size of a whole town-"
Me: V I L L I A N P U B
dilophosaurus sk I like the idea of it as a massive food court of EVIL
@@theomnissiah-9120 Even the most wretched hive of scum and villainy has like, ten Cinnabons in it.
Some times you wanna go, where everybody HATES YOUR FACE!
DM: "OK, so you are all in a pub"
Barbarian: "I order an ale"
DM: "heh hehe....."
Evan Tyler and the villains share your ra-age!
Ah, Yes, *Grandma the Worm Farmer.*
It's much but it's dishonest work 👩🌾
@@minivergur lel
God she could straddle.
Ancap Worm farmer Granny with Personal Super Soldier Army
"It's not like the Devils torture you, instead what happens is..."-Ads
I got a car ad , they sell you cars forever
I can imagine that the ads are about some medicine for menstruation or some similar unpleased thing to talk about.
I got a Bernie add. Fitting...
majorasmaskbestzelda yes
The ads are different for each person. Hell knows what ad you least want to see.
@@darkmoon2503 friskey's cat chow?
Okay that’s stuff at the end was awesome about creating a super level boss but when mrRhexx said the freaking ferry man is one of them that just blew me away
Yes, that was awesome and horrifying.
From what I've read about Charon (or Cerlic) he is a damn scary creature to meet. He was made by the Night Hags to protect all the Marraenoloths from Demodands sent by their creator himself. He apparently beaten them so hard that Demodands never attempted to go against Marraenoloths ever again, including their god.
He can charge upwards of hundreds of thousands of Platinum for his services, and he can't be completely defeated unless the River Styx stops flowing. So he can't be killed unless every single living creature in the Multiverse is dead.
@@Aevum13th which logically includes the adventurers... OP.
@@robertdicke7249 What includes adventurers?
@@Aevum13th players, why?
MrRhexx I'm a DM for my friend group and your videos have really helped me understand the world of D&D so thank you for making these videos and helping me to be a better DM
MrRhexx is one of my 3 favs, check out Jorphan and AJ Pickett as well. All three know their stuff. They all are the best DnD sages on youtube. Id be lost without MrRhexx, AJ and Jorphan.
dungeons and dragons is a terrifying world. never forget that.
... you might want to go watch some of the mighty glue sticks videos AJ's probably one of the best in the business
I was gonna mention AJ Pickett, but it seems that's been done. Try also Dungeon Dad. He's good, too.
@@johntheherbalistg8756 dungeon dad's pretty awesome XP to level three is also okay puffington Forrest is funny there's a couple of others I'll start linking actually
Keep in mind that a powerful night hag can be a warlock patron.
Also there seems to be a connection between a night hag and both succubi as well as erynies.
''I aplogise for the long video''
I WANT MOAR !!!
☝️ This. Hahaha.
that's ok, we need one of equal length on the subject of shadow dragons aswell. keep it up :D
Profile pic checks out
ah the blood war.
always the blood war.
in fact, thats its slogan
"the blood war: always"
Blood War... Blood War never changes.
In fact, the devils actually have the resources to win, but Asmodeus keeps sabotaging them to keep the archdevils distracted while he gets more power and secures his rule.
Evil fey are a bigger pain than expected. Imagine if a lich found out about the value of those shoddy souls.
The lich should definitely steal one or both of the hag's prized possessions, preferably using mortal adventurers.
Haggy could have her own duped party going for his phylactery. Everyone's boss appears in the monster manual somewhere.
It seems kinda stupid, considering liches need to be High level wizards a prerequisite(17th-20th level min) and high level wizards in D&D have a reputation(in and out of universe) for boxing above their weight class.... and winning...
Even the wisest man becomes a fool when he is desperate.
@@blackjoker2345
I'd assume a lich that needs to stealthily biy souls to eat is likely desperate or has just been trashed by some adventurers.
If its for ritual reasons I'll assume they need A LOT of souls. While Liches can cast spells of Divination one of the biggest ways to fool such spells can be casted by Devils, who rely on the hags.
@@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 The reason liches use souls was detailed in 3rd edition lore(not sure if still canon though).
Souls are essentially free xp for the purposes of spells and magic item creation. You're average Below-lv-1 human soul is 20 xp, with higher levels scaling up from there.
Also, if you got a cheap second-hand version of the lichdom ritual, you'd needto consume souls to keep your made-in-china phylactery running.
@@blackjoker2345
>Get scammed after buying a secondhand phylactery by a devil.
>Get scammed by Night Hags trying to feed your fake phylactery.
>Arcanaloth steals your spellbook and you forgot to prepare Teleport today.
>TFW
"I apologize for the long video"
That's... why I'm here
Mr. Rhexx - puts out a video on anything
Me: Ooooooooooo! I'll watch it.
Mr. Rhexx - *describes all the ways a creature could kill you*
My Dark, Sadistic DM side: Excellent
I never understood the fascination with hags other than they resemble witches in human folklore. This video totally changed my disposition and I want to build and entire adventure around mysterious disappearances and a dark corruption setting in on the wildlands. Perfect for Halloween time!
15:02 “worth a hell of a lot of money” - I see what you did there
While I was doing some stop motion I thought to myself "I wish there was a MrRhexx video to listen to right now" lol.
oh, you are working with stop motion?
What are you working of, if i can ask?
Just asking as fellow artist?
@@cavareenvius7886 I do lego ww2 stop motion, I even bought some brick republic ww2 lego weapons, and helmets.
@@1KosovoJeSrbija1 Okey. Wish you luck with that.
Will you be covering all hag types?
I especially want to hear about Black Annis and Sea Hags, and what the books don't tell you about them!
We'll be covering Green Hags and Annis Hag but i am afraid i might not be able to do a video on the Sea Hags. They haven't really been developed quite as much.
@@MrRhexx Yes! Black Annis!
AD&D2e Ravenloft: Van Richten guild to Hags.
A must read.
Annis Hags will/ should have character classes in fighter.
AD&D2e Ravenloft: Van Richten guild to Hags.
A must read.
@@MrRhexx Is there any books where the hags are a main villans?
The soul bag just sounds like a black soul gem with extra steps.
We've done Dragons, Giants, and now we're moving into Demonic entities. Pls do Yugoloths next. Like, a full video on them.
funnily enough, as soon as he started talking about hell, an ad played for me XD
Interviewer: "So, how exactly are the Night Hags so powerful again?"
Demons & Devils: "... Capitalism."
Yep just like the real world look at EA and ActivisonBlizzard
If it were a socialistic world everyone would just go hungry... no fun.
@@Burncsb oh the poor demons and devils with no souls to eat...you didn't think this argument through, did you?
@@IdiotinGlans, certainly the demons and devil's starving would put an end to the war. But, the truth of what I said will still go on the be valid for ever.
@@slyfurgospel2749 that's not doing them too well right now.
An interesting note about artificers. At level 14 they get magic item savant which allows an artificer to attune and use magic item with restrictions on race, class, spell or level. Since hags are a race artificers can use the heartstone.
The same can be said about a Level 13 Thief Rogue with Use Magic Device subclass feature.
That said, neither of the features says anything about alignment, so if the Artificer or Thief are good, the heartstone will still start crumbling.
I have been slinging dice for almost 43 years and THIS was one of the most fascinating, relevant and thoroughly enjoyable D&D vids Ive ever seen. Subscribed.
Bro I LOVE these D&D lore videos. I WISH they were longer lol. I wish these videos ran at least 45 minutes to an hour. They're great listening material while you do stuff around the house and it's just cool to hear all these facts on D&D creatures and God's and shit. LONGER VIDEOS WOULD BE AMAZING. Just sayin..
stfinalwrath I love all of MrRexx’s videos but if you ever want another perspective with lots of lore i’d recommend ‘The Mighty Gluestick’ as his DnD videos are of similar style and quality, not a paid sponsor i promise lol! i love both channels! just recommending another good dnd content creator
This is prefect timing my dm is having the villains of the campaign I’m in be these ancient hags and have kidnapped this little girl that was supposed to be a witch. I think my dm is really gonna like this video!
Interesting, would this mean that this little girl be forced into a pact considering she's supposed to be a witch.
So corrupting a girl into becoming a fiend pact witch(pact of the fiend warlock) would be something.
@Zachary Gadzinski well the little girl is a natural born wizard that has immeasurable potential so it’s me and my allies against the witches trying to get her cause she’s like a prophecy child or something. My character kinda just tagged along cause he’s a paladin and actually killed one of the witches last session and has a huge ass bounty on his head now amongst the the coven of witches
@@masenguerra7835 That sounds interesting. I'm interested in eventually playing D&D and when it comes to witches that aren't hags I instantly think of them in the same vein as warlocks. Given the assumption that the witch makes a pact like her male counterpart and isn't a hag.
Perfect placement of publicity.
"What happens when you go to hell IS"
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Honestly I’d love a whole video on yugoloths, they’re super cool and underrated imo
Dude, make them as long as you can. This lore is so fun to listen to.
These are some of my favorite dnd videos. I absolutely love these in depth lore drops
currently using a night hag for my campaign as a mid-level BBEG. I'm exploring the magic, potion-brewing, cursing aspect of this monster but it's kinda hard to find really good and balanced options. Thanks for this video, it definitely gave me some inspiration
23:32 "That and the fact that Hags can only have daughters, never sons."
Depends a bit on what books you choose to include or exclude. In 3.5e Unapproachable East they introduced the playable race called the Hagspawns. They are the male children of hags, half-human outcasts feared and hated by normal humans. They are big, strong and hardy, but sullen and ill-tempered. They carry much resentment inherent from their monstrous parent, which is often further made stronger by the distrust they receive from common people.
3.5e, male hag children ? Just make it a half fiend and change out their bonus character class level bonus spells to fit the theme.
As for all of them being Neutral Evil, it is just so hard not to be that way.
Check out AD&D Ravenloft: Van Richten guild to Hags.
It is a must read.
Aren't there also Dopplegangers too?
@@Nionivek Doppelgangers are a thing, but I don't think they are associated with hags? I could be wrong though
@@Xargas Doppelgangers are cool but an evolutionary annoyance. Their categorisation as a monstrosity, like with an Ettercap makes little sense when they're humanoids, just of a monstrous type. They look alien-like yet can apparently be killed by normal weapons. Do they eat humans and other good beings or not? Their lore just says they prey on people by killing them to look like them at whichever point they choose, but don't go beyond why? How and why do they operate the way they do? I like them, but evolution/lore wise, they are profoundly unsatisfactory. Now an association with Hags-i.e. having them be the result of MALE children being birthed by Hags screwing male humans and Elves (not Dwarfs?), is an extremely sound idea, and one I'd adopt, which would explain many things, certainly why they're cursed to forever look weird, ugly and off-putting-forever doomed to never join the society they came from, yet only grab a part of it through stealth magic and subterfuge. It would explain their strong hit points, and also perhaps their only average intelligence and weak ability to grasp more than a victim's surface thoughts they need to emulate in looks in order to fit in to a society they can't naturally be a part of any more, which would explain further their ever-pressing need to 'fit' into society the only way they can-by disguising completely their utterly gross and subnormal visage and body, something surely only a Hag can be guilty of when seducing/raping a human or Elf male when the Hags themselves are in their illusory form.
Now we also have hexblood - mortals, enchanted by a hag in childhood, capable and usually desiring to become one.
I'd like to see you do the kobolds from the beginning of d&d to now.
I've been binging your videos and I am just in awe at the depth of creativity in the lore. I feel like this is the bible for anything fantasy related and why I see these themes recurring in franchises like Skyrim and Dark souls.
“Instead what happens is _anime ad_ .”
Hmm. Weirdly fitting...
This makes me wonder about how the events of tomb of annihilation effect the lower planes
I know right!, I am DMing the tomb for a group of friends [SPOILER ALERT!]
I am seriously tempted to use the Night Hag coven the Swen Sisters in a much more ascertive manner, I already make them bully Nana Pu'pu in gathering blood and hair from anyone she come across, in exchange of "protection"; but the combination of the Etheralness trait and the nature of the tomb makes it so cruel just have 1 of them running around chasing the group!
The different manuals gave some nice points to get started when crafting your story/game. It definitely gives way for interpretation in order to borrow from for a story teller. I loved the story that MrRhrexx has crafted from the various stories and resources. I would consider this lore a must watch for budding Dungeon Masters who want to see how to incorporate material into stories while maintaining cohesion and interest. I can see how this could be easily made into several different stories which would be fun to read or play.
Running Curse of Strahd, was dropping some hints of Devil involvement since they’d want this mass of souls trapped in the dread plane. Now I can say the night hags in the bone grinder had struck a deal with them aswell hehehe tonight’s going to be a fun session. Thanks for the video brother
This is one of the more informative videos. I never knew this about the hags. Whoever would of thought capitalism in the Forgotten Realms. Keep up the good work.
Actually, the wicked in the Abyss spawn as manes. In Hell, it's the lemure.
When I watched this last year, you gave me an idea for a campaign that I just can't let go of, despite being a novice DM, and not writing my ideas down, aside by running it by my friends. Thank you.
We're playing PlaneScale and my LN dragonborn reaaaally loves it in Hopeless, s her blue scales (which she has to hide frm the residents of Hopeless of coruse) actually gradually turn grey which i think it pretty cool
No way this was too long, this was perfect!
This video reminded me about the night hag in planescape torment, I always wanted to know more about her race, thankyou :D
Ah yes, Ravel. What an absolutely fantastic character. Her assistance to The Nameless One via her many Avatars, was such a delicious twist on the storyline. Especially her provisions for helping him become skilled in Arcane magics. Finally meeting her real countenance was an epic reveal for me. "What can change the nature of a Man?". Such a multi-faceted question. Your own answer, depending on how you play, may surprise you in the end. :)
Never apologize for the length of your videos! I really appreciate that you go so in-depth thank you so much!
Now I want to make a campaign with a Lich as the BBEG just so that The players can go to the bazzar on hades and bump into him, and not be able to fight him cause the night hags won't tolerate it.
Back in the late 90's and 2000's, I had a campaign where I used a very powerful Night Hag as traveling merchant who discovered a way to mold larva into magical items which she would sell to adventures, The stronger the magical item, the more larva she had to use to mold the item, It thought at the time it was a great way to allow the PC's every couple adventures to go through the Encyclopedia of Magicia and if they could afford the gold, they could acquire an item I didn't put into the campaign myself, of course, at the DM's discretion, She couldn't create one of a kind magical artifacts, items that would require intensive rituals, or something you wouldn't expect a group of that level to have found naturally while adventuring, I took in consideration of the creatures they defeated along the adventure and what magical items they might of found which was absent to try and balance it out somehow but everyone liked the idea of being able to have her mold them an item they could of gotten but didnt, as long as they had enough gold for the transformation, I could of done more with this NPC and was going to, but our adventuring group started breaking down because of real world stuff and never got to finish the campiegn,
I always figured that, while Devils are certainly a threat to the multiverse, Demons are the far bigger danger, because Demons, while they can claim souls and turn them into more Demons, Demons can just as frequently spawn from nothing but the Chaos of the Abyss. So, if the Abyss was somehow wiped out at some point, the Devils would certainly be dangerous, but the forces of the upper plains would no longer have a reason to tolerate their existence and, in a combined effort, be able to ultimately wipe out the Devils.
So, in my campaign settings, it's always the case that Asmodeus is purposefully keeping the Blood War going on forever, while he schemes to conquer the multiverse behind the scenes.
I love your long videow man! Especially this one! Hags are among my favorite D&D creature. Along with Dragons, particularly Chromatics, and Demons, Devils, especially the Lord, and Dukes. And also Undesd. The Liches and Death Knights are my favorites there! Trolls are pretty cool too! Basically, I love things that can cause TPKs, fairly easily!
You have such a solid channel, I can't really sum up the respect I have for these consistently fascinating deep-dives across decades of material
Question: In another video you spoke about some vast plain of existence with one structure where souls wait to be claimed by their gods, tempted away by demons, or judged by Kelemvor, among other things. How do these larva souls fit in that concept?
No need to apologize for the video length. That in depth description and accompanying imagery was incredibly immersive to the point where it didn't seem long at all.
That was amazing, dude! Thanks, I'm using a Buffed Night Hag as final boss in my lv 10 campaing, they are all lv 5, and she stated to play with their minds... this video gave me a ton of information I can use to build her better! Really, thanks!
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Amazing video. Genuinely. You go through some SERIOUS research for these things. Props and keep up the good work, I love your d&d videos so so much!!
Great video. I'm looking forward to Green Hags; I'm using one in an upcoming adventure that I'm really excited to run/roleplay.
Dude you make videos for people who love fantasy lore and D&D. Never apologize about making a long video. We aren't the children that watch typical TH-cam videos. We actually have an attention span longer than 5 minutes. So please by all means make longer videos if that is what makes you happy. We are more than ready to sit back and listen to you drop lore nuggets all the while.
Absolutely one of your top 10 works! You put in so much detail and cross references to compile this together, it's wonderful!
Thanks for the longer video! Always appreciated.
Another great one. Glad You have totaly recovered and back in a great style!
I already knew most of the information You provided, but I loved to listen them from You @MrRhexx.
Glad You mentioned that Charron was made by NightHags, and is the most powerfull of their creations. But If I good remember, he (it) is the only one who successfully breaks-off his slavery from Hags (and this is a secret Hags dint want to spread amongs the candidates to transform). Not only breaks its slavery pact, but also subdugated Hags to him. So much, that all Hags fear of him more then Asmodeus...
I absolutely love these videos. You should look into epic level spells, there is a handbook for them from 3rd edition, and they are crazy! Either way, I always love learning more about these creatures and the lore crafted over the years. I wish I knew how to look for all the info, there must be hundreds of books to pour over! Keep up the amazing work!
I love long lore vids keep em coming, this is really entertaining.
Perfect for this spooky day!
Wow, one of your best videos to date. Well done. Please keep up this amazing work.
i was just writing a night hag into my campaign so this video is perfectly timed
This video actually gave me the perfect plot point for a Dread Domain campaign I've been trying to craft off and on for the past year.
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Your Mummy and Mummy Lords video was about two minuets longer, but I still enjoy this content.
Thanks again for what you've found, and best wishes for the future!
Sometimes they strip away your mortality and leave you to wander the planes as an immortal amnesiac.
And also turn their prison into a garden. And some are strangely fond of riddles and puzzles.
This video is not on the playlist. Just telling you in case it was overlooked. Thank you for the great work! Love these videos!
You've helped me polish my campaign with these videos more than I can explain. This video especially has helped me figure a lot of things out. Thank you so much.
I love how deep you research and the level of detail you share in your videos!
It has helped me a lot in planning up my campaigns and been a real imagination boost!
It's way easier to imagine new situations and ideas when hearing the information than to read it in my case, so please don't stop! You are an amazing help!
Me: Oh boy! I can't wait to learn about about night hags!
Me two minutes later: I learned enough.
Thanks for this awesome video! I am currently preparing CoS and this background info for hags is pure gold!!
I am trying to DM with some friends and thank you for helping a adhd grown ass kid to be able to learn while working. Please keep up the great work. Be safe and always have fun.
It's interesting for me that night hags used to be of the "feywild," which I'm assuming is elfdom, and they can straddle a mortal's body to create nightmares. The older German word for nightmare is Albtraum or "Elf Dream," where legend would have it a nightmare was made when an elf sat upon your head at night.
You make very comprehensive guides in all your videos and I am grateful for it.
I always love these particular videos, just got into 5e and seeing the differences that pop up between the 5e monsters and their 3.5 counterparts is always great. I would love to see you cover more fiends, like the Archdevils or the Demon Princes :D
right now my eternal supply of lore is Mr.Rhexx and Runesmith
I dont think this video was overly long at all. I come to you for all these nearly forgotten details, the more the better!
This was a great video going into detail on the night hag! Now I have a lot more to use as I wanted to get into using them
Your videos are GOLD for anyone who loves D&D. Congratulations from Brazil, keep up the good work!
Please don’t apologize for making a super long video. In my opinion, it’s even better. More content for us, which you were passionate about making. Win-win. Love the longer videos. Thank you
This is truly amazing stuff right here! Every time I watch your videos I get so many ideas for campaigns of my own and it's so informative on little perks and info that would be overlooked!
Im working a closing shift at work today on Halloween so Im so happy you put this video out so i can watch it on my lunch. Really made my day great video!
Edit: I’d love to see a Bheur hag and the other hag sequels!
Longer videos means more information and I'm a sponge for this stuff.
Keep 'em coming 👍
Awesome vid ! And no, in no way is it too long with such a great subject ! Looking forward for more indepth, even longer videos of this kind ! Awesome work ! (Evil cackling)
Such a great video. I enjoy these lengthier videos! Give us moar information!!!! It’s such a joy to learn about DnD while I’m at work. I can listen to you for hours and often times go back to already watched videos for my DnD campaigns. I primarily play 2nd edition and I’m ecstatic that you include info from previous editions! Cheers to you sir! Happy Halloween!
2nd edition is by far the best source of lore, they really did a great job back then.
Never ever apologize for a long video. This was awesome.
THANK YOU for listing the sources used! Huge help!
I keep coming back to this video since it is my favourite one of all of them
"I apologise for it being so long" *shakes my head* Nope! it's really fine! really loved it ^-^
would love to see a video or afew video's explaining abit about the different alignments you as a player can take as you play through D&D campaigns, and what they mean logisticly.
You do such a good job summarizing DnD lore and I really love your videos! Keep up the good work!
Don’t you dare apologize! I am so stoked when you you release content.
All the best to you and yours!
this was insane! I had not expected to acquire this wast amount of dnd lore and information from what seemed to be a simple night hag video.
That is the coolest image of Schloss Neuschwanstein I've ever seen...
And a great video, too. ^.^
The best part of this video is pointing out that the Altraloth is a CR 20+, made a coven of hags... This feels so much better storywise than just being like, "Yeah. There's a God working against your plans. Go beat them down."
Mostly because I feel like even if the party defeats the Altraloth; they might not know that it was made by a coven of hags; or which coven specifically; and that another one might come for them someday.
After the characters take down a Boss and are near death, send at them a few dozen imps to attack them. And have them be capture.
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NO apologies. I do NOT mind, and am sure many others do not either, that the video was long. Just means more absolutely thrilling lore. And on Halloween, I'd have been far more disappointed if it was only 5 or 10 minutes.
GREAT video, man. Job well done.
Happy Halloween 2019, Rhexx!!!
I hope you never ever stop making these videos
This is one off the best if not the best vidios i ever listen to about dnd lore :D
The longer the videos, the longer my interest. These always fire my imagination.
I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to honestly and patiently explain why my ex-wife acts the way she does.
Kudos to you, Sir!
As a teenager back in the 1990's I found that it was scary that I have met or had to deal with people/ women that seem to come strait out of the monster manuls, well then again, the monsters were write from our human behavior arch types.
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