Basically Decapodians
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that lobster: "I do control the speed at which lobsters die"
Oh yeah I forgot lobsters are biologically immortal
@@daltonsharp6254 Well no, but damn close to it
@@Americanbadashh
For the adult lobsters as they get older it gets harder for them to break free from the current armor they have do to the chitinous shell being harder and also tougher to break, if the adult lobster fails to break free from its shell in it's later life it will die in its shell from either being crushed, exhausted, and or being suffocated, The lobster can also die from either exhaustion or impaledment if it managed to break free out of it's shell.
@@Americanbadashh if it wasn’t for exhaustion from shelling or other causes in the above comments, lobsters would keep growing FOREVER.
This is why we're going to help an elder lobster get it's shell off for eons and worship it as a leviathan monster god.
CRUSTACEANS RISE !!!
I knew you’d be here
Honestly, it's the only thing I could count on.
FOR POSEIDON!
THERE IS THE CRAB KING!!!
Shell boys RISE UP!
"There are seven forces that sort of control things. And one of them, whose domain is time, is a normal lobster." - Runesmith, once again trying to tell us CritCrab is holding him hostage.
It's obviously not Critcrab.
Wrong crustacean.
@@Lobsterwithinternet But... Crabs are also decapods...
@@Lobsterwithinternet hey, wait a minute…
Ah yes, I see Runesmith knows of Jordan Peterson's Lobsters and their society.
Hail the lorb
I will always, without exception, be excited for crustaceans.
I honestly never even thought of a crustacean race in d&d so I'm also pretty excited
I feel like there should be at least one exception. . .But in genital- I mean general- I can't think of what that exception could be. . .hmm
Doctor:
"Sir, you have krabs."
Sir Reginald Fishington XVII:
"WOOO YEAH BABY!! THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!!"
time for crab
@@knightx6263 there's a homebrew crabfolk race that I play as, found it on the web they do 1-d6 slashing damage with their claws that scale with strength
Funny thing about Mantis Shrimp, we assumed for a long time that they have super advanced sight, due to the fact that they have potentially up to 16 types of receptors in their eyes, rather than just the 3 we have.
However, scientists basically found out that they have many more because their brains don't combine colors like we do, instead opting for a different (and lower energy cost) way to process light. As a result, they have receptors to see individual wavelengths which this lets them recognize things (like movement) a lot faster, but also gives them lacking color vision. Like, they might see a rose and an apple as two different intensities of red, when we might recognize one as red and one as pink.
To add Shrimps having poor eyesight
Their smaller but also Weapon Shrimp relative the Pistol Shrimp is the closest Mant-i relationship irl
Due to their poor eyesight they decide to Team Up with Goby Fish soo they can hunt well while the Goby is their Eye Support Partner which would be a really cool aspect for a Pistol Shrimp Race
Also like their Smasher Mantis Variant the Pistol Shrimp can create Heat by pure friction
It is somewhat more complicated on the color thing still, as their cocurrent sight also kind of extends a lot farther than our own vision. We are still learning more about it but the variances such a perspective has is quite interesting
@@RenoKyrie Imagine fighting someone who is like two feet smaller than you and get your legs fucking broken and your armor melted on to your skin by these guys.
@@ThefifthBishopofGord Its not even broken anymore, straight up disintigrated
Because the Friction Heat caused by Pistol Shrimp Claw is like, the surface of the Sun
You either being Punched by a Sun from Smasher Mantis Shrimp or get Shot by a Sun from Pistol Shrimp
@@RenoKyrie That sounds like they cast fire ball by hitting you. Like the the one that stabs you it casts fireball with an aoe in is a line shape and the one that punches casts fireball normally. And also due to the fact they cause that amount of heat their claws should be heat resistant and/or deal fire damage when doing unarmed strikes.
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@@paulhermann2956 he can fight the giant warforged bender unit
@@jordanslater7085 some has to do this when the campaign books come out.
Hmm yes, that sounds fun, now, which of these subraces do I wa-
*I made a kobold.*
@@fin-as-drago9479 But I don't like being a delivery boy.
Club type Mantis Shrimp have a punch equal to a .22 gun going off, can cause cavitation bubbles to form on the poor bastard getting punched, and require renforced inches thick glass to even keep them contained
So yes, humanoid versions of that will definitely anime punch you a bloody pulp
And thats just the Club Mantis Shrimp
Look at the Pistol Shrimp, they will disintigrate your body with just their Pistol Claws
One Punch Shrimp!
That's wrong the clun typrmantis shrimp has the same acceleration not the same total force, as they only travel a small amount the top speed reaches 99.6 kmh/60mph if it did have the force of a 0.22 gun it'd literally explode things.
Pistol shrimp are extremely pathetic when it comes to damaging things ,they're herbivores and the pistol is a communication device used to warn of danger showing where food is and other things like that. It scares other things off because it's super loud ,I've seen people stick their hand I the tank and get clicked on and nothing happened, the cavitation bubble does reach the temperature of the sun but only for a few milliseconds causing a loud snap and nothing else.
@@oiltoast3723 I'm not really sure where you got the information about pistol shrimp being herbivores. Most are omnivores, as are most shrimp, and are opportunistic scavengers who primarily eat dead animals and organic detritus, but will also go after live prey and occasionally eat things like algae.
You are quite right about the pistol shrimp's snap not damaging things, but that's really not how the hunting method works. Small animals are stunned, only rarely outright killed, and are then eaten, typically after getting dragged into the shrimp's burrow. Larger animals aren't as affected, but the shrimp will use their 'gun' to scare off potential predators as you describe.
That said, it _is_ absolutely true that any claims that a pistol shrimp could hurt or even kill a human are wildly exaggerated. And a pistol shrimp person's offensive weaponry would be pretty near useless outside of the water.
@@WoobooRidesAgain Oh, thanks for the info.
I already wanna make a way of the Drunken Master big fist Mant-i. He became an alcoholic because his partner died. That sounds like a lot of fun; really excited to see more about them so I can fully make this character.
You really gotta style him after a mantis shrimp.
@@chukyuniqul oh yeah for sure.
@@InqMozgus have you prehaps heard of pistol shrimp?
Honestly? Most crustacean species are absurdly strong for their size. People don't really realize but 70% of a lobster or shrimp's body is pure muscle factoring in the tail, and a coconut crab has enough strength to, as the name implies, tear apart a coconut.
I love your character idea, and I think you should go for it, but lemmie tell you: A wrestling character based off of a coconut crab would be _terrifying._ Scaling up for size, they'd probably be able to tear a man apart with their bare hand...claws.
So one could, hypothetically, have a time-centric cleric that worships a lobster?
or a chronurgy wizard trying to usurp the lobster
Yes
Hail lobster!
Also decapodians would make for cool warlock patrons.
if you need a prayer for said cleric :
*a standing ovation for every crustaceans!*
Remember the old words:
It's time for crabs 🦀
I see what you did there.
- Journey before destination, Radiant-
Manti are actually such a cool idea to me, finally I get to force my players to get along by encouraging them to play this. Also my evil dm brain is just gonna kill them with butter or something
Its like a better simic hybrid
@@451kobb I'm just trying to figure out how they hold weapons
@@GoblinLord if you look close enough, you can see they have four arms. Two are the weapons and the other two are normal arms.
@@GoblinLord pistol shrimp exists.
I was a bit reluctant to shell out at first, but crab men and my increasing capacity as a DM pushed me over the edge. But mostly crab men, backed.
Heh. Shell out. lol
Pro-gamer move: make an _evil_ aligned Triton, hunt down and imprison as many of these fellas as you can, take the Chef feat, and open Fantasy Red Lobster.
So just a regular triton
Me: "Wow, Sunken Isles seems really cool"
Me after this video: "I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY LIFE NOOOOOOW"
Dude I know when he said I can be a crab I got so hyped
the wait for the book to come out has been agonizing, I need those crustaceans. simic hybrids can only do so much for me.
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Runesmith: Makes two new races that are so silly and awesome sounding at once.
*Refuses to elaborate further*
Leaves.
Me: ... How dare you.
Isn't it the same race? Just two sub races?
“OK, the wizard might be dead, but you still have Zoidberg, YOU ALL STILL HAVE ZOIDBERG”
this is like- the ONLY dnd module kickstarter I'd actually consider pledging to, it sounds cool as hell 👁
Honestly thank you for this. We need more crazy aquatic based player races. I just met these lobster boys ten minutes ago but I will defend them with my life.
Fantastic race template, work in a sub-type based on a Decorator Crab. Little guys start lives obsessively hooking whatever rotten detritus they can find to their shells, in order to camouflage themselves, but as they get older and less vulnerable they start to obsessively grab brighter and gaudier things to "wear". Would make an awesome archetype for droods.
So Tamatoa?
Already imagining a seafaring themed campaign with two players playing Mant-i as an anti-pirate vigilante duo, complete with Ginyu force style posing as they leap from the sea to Space Jam privateers and scallywags like a delicious Ornstein and Smough
Lovely. There's already a lobster conquest paladin who serves an eldritch deity, so these two will be a beautiful addition to make the order of Ret'sbol a'strol'ag feel more real.
So you're saying that not only do I not control the rate at which lobsters die, a lobster controls the rate at which all things die?
But as a gm you can control the lobster
@@MossyToomes Wanna bet?
@@Lobsterwithinternet this is the comment that rules the internet today.
Not gonna lie, I adore these shelled stinkers already just for how out there they are. I'd totally be down to play the anthropomorphized version of a Smasher Mantis Shrimp.
EVERYTHING EVOLVES INTO *CRAB*
I was waiting for Zoidberg the entire video, and just when I had given up hope, he appears
Fun fact
smasher mantis shrimp punch with the acceleration of a 22 caliber bullet but not the force
They can achieve this due to a specialised sadle that acts like a spring
However spearer mantis shrimp usually lack this saddle and instead use their mussels
This is due to them hunting soft body prey so accuracy and reach are more important than the shear ludicrous speed and force smashers have
Thank you for coming to my ted talk
decapods: We don't die of old age, we die of starvation, because we become so big that we cant move our massive exo-skeleton anymore and effectively become entombed in our own skin.
After rewatching this video I had such a fun character idea: A Mant-i Astral Self Monk, with his Astral Self taking the form of his dead partner. That's some anime power of friendship kinda shit, and I love it!
Wow that is a really cool character.
Imagine a pair of Man-Ti enforcers named Badda-Bing and Badda-Boom
Critcrab is probably making happy crustacean noises at the thought of so many people choosing to return to Crab 🦀 once the book comes out.
He's totally in the comments here calling out to his people.
1:23
I, lobster, control the speed
I briefly played an Ula'Ula Ancestral barbarian whose spectral fighters was a pair of Man-ti. He liked fighting with his large claws and had an obsession with boats, fishing and shiny things. He was fun to play, sadly I made a stupid and had him run through not normal fire for no real reason and he became a cooked dinner for the wildlife... yea...
I hope you are prepared for 3 ft tall lobster goblins in any setting that has boats now
Yessss goood
Was already askin' myself:
BUT WHY NOT ZOID-
Oh, there he is!
dear gods now I want to play an artificer Decapodian named Zoidberg with a INT of 18, charisma and wisdom of 6, a STR of 10, a DEX of 10 and a CON of 20. stupidly smart and smartly stupid and everyone hates their guts but can't ever get rid of them
Watching your “Basically __” videos is always a shellfish indulgence.
Oh wow i love these! Their design, personality esthetic, it's all chefs kiss. The only thing I don't like are their weird little human hands. I do think they should have two limbs for object manipulation, but I also I think these limbs should be a tad bit more crustacean-y.
At least you mentioned my favorite Decapodian. Also you still have Zoidberg, you all still have Zoidberg.
I can see myself now playing a Mant-I that lost its mate and decides to pair with the first fighter/barbarian/ etc. it fights with.
Those two Mant-I look like they would pop out as bouncers on the coolest underwater club, and then when you pick a fight with the owner they show up as a dual boss.
Honestly having a ornstein and smough relationship where two players are partners is always a great concept
Craaaab people, craaaab people.
Taste like crab, talk like people.
Great, now I can finally bring Zoidberg to my D&D table!
You could add more... this could be fun. Crab people, shimp casters, a perverbial boil of crustacean folk
South Park did it.
"Crab people, Crab people, taste like crab talk like people!"
Dm: so are you playing as a decopodian.
Me: perhaps.
Craaab people craaab people,
Taste like crab, talk like people
These decapodians are the coolest thing I've ever seen
This is something I have wanted I dnd for a while now. Thank you
Planning a pirate campaign, perfect timing! I needed new sea races
Captain: "Yar Har Fiddle Dee Dee being a..."
*Looks at giant lobster man*
Captian: "...Pirate(?) is alright to be..."
@@retroicdescent * looks *
I am the captain now.
I am making a floating islands / treasure island adventure campaign and these guys would fit right in. I NEED book. Thank you
i'd love to see a boxing crab subrace who has symbiotic sea anemony hands
Monk Mantis shrimp ! Throw punches like you’re in terraformers
holy shit this is so cool, the amount of possibility. Fresh water yabbies/crayfish, Crabs, yeti crabs, spider crabs, land crabs, fresh water crabs HOLY SHIT IM EXCITED
i can finally live out my dream of being a peecock shrimp boxer like the one guy from taraformars.
These player races sound so amazing oh my god
So a Giant Time-Controlling Lobster's magic essence leaks into the surrounding environment causing the creation of one Giant, chill lobster boi and two other magical lobster races that looks like your typical power ranger villain of the day? Neat
Reject man
Embrace crab
I wanna be a decapodian bard.
"Shiny!"
Ah yeah, time for the calm man himself
Wouldnt a Pistol Shrimp and Mantis Shrimp the size of a Human will just
Disintigrate everyone they attack because their impact can create Heat?
Edit: Nevermind you did remember Mantis Shrimp can do that
Pistol Shrimps would be walking cannons and the club Mant-I are walking wreaking balls. Let's be glad that the gaint crustaceans are relatively peaceful.
@@andresmarrero8666 The Ula's are litteraly just Aquatic Centaur but way more friendly and grow way larger
Spear Mant-i will probably Slash you to death if you are viewed as aggresive
Smasher Mant-i will delete you by Heated Punch
And the local Tiny Pistol Mant-i with Poor eyesight(Because thats how Pistol Shrimp are irl) asked the players if they can be its eye partner or it will disintigrate them through friction claw cannon
@@RenoKyrie oh don't worry, the pistol mant-I got a sensory upgrade. Now they have a zoom function and more powerful versions have an omnidirectional detection system. They got help from an inventor and besides there are going to be some adaptations.
The lord and saviour: jibbers crabst has descended
Everything evolve toward crabs, for the glory of crustaceans!
Character idea Decapodian Bard named Tamatoa who's obsessed with shiny stuff, Your welcome.
But that's Maui song
You say the Mant-I would be harder to roleplay, but actually, I think the addition of an genuine, tangible tradition that the player must abide by or break helps add a whole extra layer and direction to a character without too much more effort on the player's behalf. Think of all the neat interactions as a Mant-I tries to find that true synergising feeling amongst other species and classes, eventually discovering the party member they gel with most after a long journey together. And the drama should that party member die, too.
Me: I’m guessing they at lest at max 8f tall like most playable races
Runesmith: they are 15f at average
Me: >_> boy what?
Ok but seriously I love them already by aesthetics alone.
I haven't finished the video yet but I saw a Mantis Shrimp Man and I am hoping and praying he has the ability to punch things with the force of the sun.
EDIT: Y E S
I'm also writing my own race of crustacean people and this is massively inspiring
Well you've sold me, nothing gets me more excited than a crab like creature
Craaaab people, craaab people,
Walk like crab,
Talk like people,
We are Crab People!
Congratulations on making a setting, man! And a pretty one at that. There aren’t enough tropical places to visit at the table
As a Hawaiian, I will be playing the 'Ula'ula in my next campaign if at all possible.
This book will make a fine addition to my collection.
I need to research these guys. They're basically like my version of dwarves.
I for one welcome our lobster overlord
me and my friend have been itching to play a mant-i duo for a decent while now. and the wait for the official book for them has been agonizing. can't wait for January 2023 : )
you cant just say that i can have anime punches and proceed to not let me know more, im dying here.
Same the wait feels like forever
Dr. Zoidberg! Woobwoobwoobwoob woob 🦀 🦞🦀 🦞
The lobster god is just the meme about lobsters being able to grow if they didn’t have to molt.
Oh, really?
Alright, fuck. I gotta get the book just for these guys so I can bully my brother into being a Mantis Shrimp Duo with Bot Lane Synergy.
Finally, we've found who controls the rate at which lobsters die.
I have always loved the idea of crustacean people
Biologically immortal beings with the tradeoff being they're all doomed to extinction the moment nobility figures out they go with butter sauce.😈
I want ability sheets for all of these. They sound so cool, WOTC should add them
So you're telling me I can play as Zoidberg in your setting?
If you wanted to make joke with Zoidberg, it could have a clip of him running away as the backwards escape ability.
Crab people. Crab people. Taste like crab. Talk like people.
This video alone makes me want this book.
3:59 How have I never know about this?! I thought were a completely different sub species!
It certainly makes there name more appropriate!
Mantis shrimp getting the respect they deserve
I've been wanting to play a mirelurk for a while now thanks
I want to be a crab person that's all I want in life now
A standing ovation for every crustaceans!
The giant lobster with 4hp can make sense if the DM is complacent enough. Being from a region undermined with conflict, the lobster lost a lot of limbs, and so it's hp is low. But as jt levels up, it changes its exoskeleton, recovering some limbs and getting its hp back
I am so excited for an excuse to annoy some poor DM with endless whoop whoop whoop whoop noises
Mantis Shrimp are some of my favorite crustaceans
The idea of that 15ft crustacean wizard with 4HP made me laugh uncontrollably
So I get to be the basher with fists on absurdity that proteccs the emotionally wounded rogue?
Okay I like the idea of the operation limit for your lobster people is basically just yes. This is because without illness injury or infection there actually is no upper limit to the maximum age of deep sea crustacean so that's pretty cool.
its out, i have my book, and am running a session 0 tommorow! here is hoping for an all decapodian party
Lobsters don't turn red until they are boiled, so you did alright.