This is why you guys have the best D&D channel. What the average listener would expect is a narrative about ugly and evil bird people. What you guys delivered has been a hilarious commentary that sparks the imagination of a timeless RPG baddy. Shout out to Will and Brian for putting on one hell of a podcast!
Yesterday had a fun time dm'ing some harpies trying to lure te pc's with their airship to crash on a cliff. The harpies did no damage, the pc's saved the ship, 2 pc's almost fell from the ship and their npc shipkaptain was taken by the harpies to their nest. :D
Idea: The bbeg uses harpies to destroy cities by magically making their songs really loud, and the harpy lures guards into opening gates, people off cliffs, parents from their babies, political targets off roofs, etc. It never has to get close enough to be in danger, and can hypnotize whole villages at once.
Maybe there used to be an inland sea there, and they died when the sea dried up and the sailors moved on. They could smell of rotting fish, have mineral deposits flaking from their skin and hair, and have raspy voices as though their throats were sore and dry. Or you could take inspiration from a lungfish and they'd be slimy, waiting in the mud for the area to be habitable again, as the sea refills, bringing human settlers back to its shores for the harpy to eat.
Starting my first time DMing, finally! Playing Ghosts of Saltmarsh as a campaign. Still needing to look into Harpies, and here you guys are pandering to my lore cravings. Perfect timing, everytime. Can't wait to get off of work
The harpey eagle can have a wing span of 6 feet, talons as big as bear claws, legs as wide as a human's wrist, and carry off sloths and monkeys with no problem.
@@mcswaggerduff8946 Yeah, I understand. It'll constantly peck away at me if I don't make a pun when they migrate my way. I saw the opportunity, so I *dove* for it
I think running an encounter with a scream of harpies in theater of the mind could be real badass. Rather than describing individual harpies attacking, just treat it like a swarm creature, so just have a giant pool of health for all of them, maybe give some vulnerability or something to AoE effects, have a set number of attacks it is doing to each creature in the swarm, maybe come up with something weird that happens to people caught in the swarm hearing all these songs going on at once (paralysis?). I think a scream would be something the players either need to flee or find shelter from, or be a way for them to flex their power by managing to inflict enough casualties on the harpies to drive the scream away. Each attack that hits should be described as a harpy killed, fireballs and lightning bolts should result in groups of harpies falling from the sky. The number of harpies should obscure the area, effectively blind and deafen the party as their senses are overwhelmed by the sheer number of bodies and the volume of their songs. I prefer running encounters on a grid most of the time, but this is not an encounter that I think I could run effectively on a grid. Just, too many bodies, how do you do that 3D space, all of that. This is a case where theater of the mind, I think, is the way to go. Heck, I might not even give the harpy scream an HP score. I might just end the encounter when I feel it is time to end the encounter. When the players get away or get to shelter, the encounter is over, or when the party has been thoroughly beaten and bruised, basically everyone is at least bloodied and someone has been downed. Then the harpies finally flee, revealing the party, injured and tired from the encounter, but standing on a hill of harpy bodies. A moment where the party can both feel like badasses, while also feeling like they could have seriously died. Fuck, okay, yeah, I'm running this encounter in the future.
Me: Why grandma what dirty hair you have Harpie: the better to show of the blood of my enemies Me: And what claws you have Harpie: the better to hold things with Me: and what scaly legs you have Harpie: the better to walk around with Me: Grandma are you a harpie Harpie: *grabs me and flies away*
I have liked and commented! I continue to serve the pure dungeoncast! Eh, harpies. Such vile little creatures. just another monster I must crusade against and exterminate for the good people of these lands. Unfortently...it's going to be a little *coughs up blood* while... Days ago I took my men into the abyss to fight against yeenoghu. They fought valiantly but our crusade ended in vain damn it! *hacks violently and coughs up blood* I'm injured...but I made it back. Yeenoghu lives on, and people will still live in fear. But at least I'm not so injured that I can't be here to praise the great Lord's of knowledge and laughter! For now though. I should rest, but only for a short while... Hey everybody! It's me again here for this week's shortrest! As always were talking about love. Yes love. As always I will always love you, and don't fear. For unlike the elven god mentioned in today's episode. I will not appear before you in a forest and leave you to become a horrific bird like monster. No I will always love all of you who read this. So do please have a good day. :) Thanks for satisfying my addiction for another week boys. Much appreciated. Always looking forward to a new episode every time i wake up on sunday. Firstly i have to say I thought that harpy origin story sucked. It's nice to have a concise story but what the heck was up with that elf girl that she apparently became so obsessed with a man after seeing him briefly one time that she not only asked the gods for help, but then cursed them, she just goes from zero to a hundred way to much. Secondly I'm now imagining using spilling harpy blood on party members to give them diseases as a torture method.so yeah that's gross. Also before I go, not trying to bother but any idea when the next SQS episode comes out?
I know you guys said during the wizard episode that you weren't going to make one ... But what about a video going over the schools that the wizard can chose from?
Why are we talking about venereal disease today? Lol Shoutout to Gorgons? Nah that's not right. Hahahaha On girl you got something in your hair. Oh oh there`s a lot more than I thought. Lol Take it away Will. I'm doing my best. I thought I was already doing that. Lol Make a perception check. You see some fucked up shit. Lmao Oh the flesh of the innocent? Yes the flesh of the innocent. I'm gonna tell you what it smells like Will. Entrails and bones. The flesh of the innocent. Lol The scout they send ahead like rounds the corner like scream! And one of the soldiers is like ahhh! The flesh of the fucking anything is what they eat. Lol true
No idea where you are getting the idea that the ancient Greeks or Romans EVER depicted harpies as leathery skinned and wingless. Because I have been reading and studying Greek myths for over 15 years now, and I have never seen anything describing them that way.
First time I heard of harpies was the Harpy Ladies in Yugioh
I’m glad Brian mentioned it. It brought back memories
No joke I love Superquest saga and I can't wait for each new episode to come out!
This is why you guys have the best D&D channel. What the average listener would expect is a narrative about ugly and evil bird people. What you guys delivered has been a hilarious commentary that sparks the imagination of a timeless RPG baddy. Shout out to Will and Brian for putting on one hell of a podcast!
/whispers *"the flesh of the innocent"*
Yesterday had a fun time dm'ing some harpies trying to lure te pc's with their airship to crash on a cliff. The harpies did no damage, the pc's saved the ship, 2 pc's almost fell from the ship and their npc shipkaptain was taken by the harpies to their nest. :D
Idea: The bbeg uses harpies to destroy cities by magically making their songs really loud, and the harpy lures guards into opening gates, people off cliffs, parents from their babies, political targets off roofs, etc. It never has to get close enough to be in danger, and can hypnotize whole villages at once.
Feeling inspired. Making some desert dwelling mummy harpies for my party to fight.
Maybe there used to be an inland sea there, and they died when the sea dried up and the sailors moved on. They could smell of rotting fish, have mineral deposits flaking from their skin and hair, and have raspy voices as though their throats were sore and dry. Or you could take inspiration from a lungfish and they'd be slimy, waiting in the mud for the area to be habitable again, as the sea refills, bringing human settlers back to its shores for the harpy to eat.
Starting my first time DMing, finally! Playing Ghosts of Saltmarsh as a campaign. Still needing to look into Harpies, and here you guys are pandering to my lore cravings. Perfect timing, everytime. Can't wait to get off of work
Missed the last few episodes, came back to this one. Way to go guys good episode!
Monster mythos are my favourite vids from you guys! Great job
I've never seen Will laugh so hard, so fast
The harpey eagle can have a wing span of 6 feet, talons as big as bear claws, legs as wide as a human's wrist, and carry off sloths and monkeys with no problem.
All while still being adorable
Idk about "hideous"... That pic you picked, the official one, is pretty cute in a sort of way.
Somewhere between a succubus and a hag.
Excellent episode gents! So close to a spit take at the end there.
Any word on the next Superquest Saga episode?
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One minute in and I'm already laughing. You guys are the fucking best
I dont mean to harp on, but the quality of your work really soars above the rest.
You're talon them, but they already know.
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@@ashenwuss1651 I like your style, I feel like we could be birds of a feather
We are! I've been waiting for someone to have a flock to give. I think I've finally found my cawing
Okay, this one was bad and I'm sorry
@@ashenwuss1651 they cant all be winners, sometimes you just gotta wing it
@@mcswaggerduff8946 Yeah, I understand. It'll constantly peck away at me if I don't make a pun when they migrate my way. I saw the opportunity, so I *dove* for it
00:56 goddammit brian
I think running an encounter with a scream of harpies in theater of the mind could be real badass. Rather than describing individual harpies attacking, just treat it like a swarm creature, so just have a giant pool of health for all of them, maybe give some vulnerability or something to AoE effects, have a set number of attacks it is doing to each creature in the swarm, maybe come up with something weird that happens to people caught in the swarm hearing all these songs going on at once (paralysis?).
I think a scream would be something the players either need to flee or find shelter from, or be a way for them to flex their power by managing to inflict enough casualties on the harpies to drive the scream away. Each attack that hits should be described as a harpy killed, fireballs and lightning bolts should result in groups of harpies falling from the sky. The number of harpies should obscure the area, effectively blind and deafen the party as their senses are overwhelmed by the sheer number of bodies and the volume of their songs.
I prefer running encounters on a grid most of the time, but this is not an encounter that I think I could run effectively on a grid. Just, too many bodies, how do you do that 3D space, all of that. This is a case where theater of the mind, I think, is the way to go.
Heck, I might not even give the harpy scream an HP score. I might just end the encounter when I feel it is time to end the encounter. When the players get away or get to shelter, the encounter is over, or when the party has been thoroughly beaten and bruised, basically everyone is at least bloodied and someone has been downed. Then the harpies finally flee, revealing the party, injured and tired from the encounter, but standing on a hill of harpy bodies. A moment where the party can both feel like badasses, while also feeling like they could have seriously died.
Fuck, okay, yeah, I'm running this encounter in the future.
Me: Why grandma what dirty hair you have
Harpie: the better to show of the blood of my enemies
Me: And what claws you have
Harpie: the better to hold things with
Me: and what scaly legs you have
Harpie: the better to walk around with
Me: Grandma are you a harpie
Harpie: *grabs me and flies away*
I have liked and commented! I continue to serve the pure dungeoncast!
Eh, harpies. Such vile little creatures. just another monster I must crusade against and exterminate for the good people of these lands. Unfortently...it's going to be a little *coughs up blood* while...
Days ago I took my men into the abyss to fight against yeenoghu. They fought valiantly but our crusade ended in vain damn it! *hacks violently and coughs up blood* I'm injured...but I made it back. Yeenoghu lives on, and people will still live in fear. But at least I'm not so injured that I can't be here to praise the great Lord's of knowledge and laughter! For now though. I should rest, but only for a short while...
Hey everybody! It's me again here for this week's shortrest! As always were talking about love. Yes love. As always I will always love you, and don't fear. For unlike the elven god mentioned in today's episode. I will not appear before you in a forest and leave you to become a horrific bird like monster. No I will always love all of you who read this. So do please have a good day. :)
Thanks for satisfying my addiction for another week boys. Much appreciated. Always looking forward to a new episode every time i wake up on sunday.
Firstly i have to say I thought that harpy origin story sucked. It's nice to have a concise story but what the heck was up with that elf girl that she apparently became so obsessed with a man after seeing him briefly one time that she not only asked the gods for help, but then cursed them, she just goes from zero to a hundred way to much.
Secondly I'm now imagining using spilling harpy blood on party members to give them diseases as a torture method.so yeah that's gross.
Also before I go, not trying to bother but any idea when the next SQS episode comes out?
I know you guys said during the wizard episode that you weren't going to make one ... But what about a video going over the schools that the wizard can chose from?
Why are we talking about venereal disease today? Lol
Shoutout to Gorgons? Nah that's not right. Hahahaha
On girl you got something in your hair. Oh oh there`s a lot more than I thought. Lol
Take it away Will. I'm doing my best. I thought I was already doing that. Lol
Make a perception check. You see some fucked up shit. Lmao
Oh the flesh of the innocent? Yes the flesh of the innocent.
I'm gonna tell you what it smells like Will. Entrails and bones. The flesh of the innocent. Lol
The scout they send ahead like rounds the corner like scream! And one of the soldiers is like ahhh!
The flesh of the fucking anything is what they eat. Lol true
ate going to do medusas or have already done it?
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Just read harpies in the monster manual
No idea where you are getting the idea that the ancient Greeks or Romans EVER depicted harpies as leathery skinned and wingless. Because I have been reading and studying Greek myths for over 15 years now, and I have never seen anything describing them that way.
yo I'm late?! I need to ask a question: Why do male and female harpies look alike
Because curses are fun and complicated
Harpy ar Egyptian
Also Harpy have 4 limbs not 6
I am a crypto zoology
Did you know that Harpy ar in Christian mifolag to
Yes evil voltches