Basically DnD episode 100! Congratulations Logan, you've been a staple in my feed for the last half decade and I hope to see a hundred more of these videos!
Apparently, Google ate my comment about it being more like a Mastiff than a Pittie. Pit bulls don't drool. (My dad had a few of those lovable knot heads.)
I like the 3e version of the Gray Render lore, where they would just bond with any group of wild animals that doesn't run from them or attack them. Fighter: "While we're traveling through these woods, we should hunt some of the deer for diner." Ranger: "Nope!" Paladin: "Why not?" Ranger: "Because every set of deer tracks I've seen since we entered these woods has been accompanied by at least one set of Gray Render tracks. Not to mention that giant scat pile we just passed that was circled by deer pellets. Trust me on this. We're not even going to look at any deer until we get out of these woods."
You don't need to become a hermit. Just be really careful about training and scheduling. When hanging out with people you just gotta make sure to always be petting your cuddle puppy of destruction. And when getting your swerve on have it trained to do endless parameter patrols until you ring a bell or something. Not his fault he can knock over a mountain with both his raw strength and rear end discharges.
My DM gave one of these a magical item that increased its intelligence to 19. The gray render was a servant to an artificer who was a brain in a jar. My DM loves Doom Patrol
That has to be the best thing ever. I want a story about a wizard crafted a band of intellect to give to their gray render pet and the two of them live alone in a hermit's hut in the middle of the forest, and the wizard is this super innocent weakling who doesn't fight at all and just does like magic research or botany or something, and whenever anything comes to threaten them this 12 foot tall gray render just goes, "Are you bullying my family?"
I've just had thought that D&D has many monsters that would make sense to turn an abandoned and neglected child into an antagonist. Maybe it's the boneclaw who was drawn upon a bullied child's grief and kills everyone who disrespects said child without the latter even knowing. Maybe it's the carrionette who was born from the desire to have friends and now suggests its little "friend" to play fun pranks on people with body stealing and running havoc. Or maybe that child just found a grey render and now fears that it would be harmed or ostracised, or maybe wants to show their revenge on everyone who wronged them.
The old man who runs a junkyard and has a small pack of rust monsters who love him dearly for bringing them new metal to devour. When the local lord decides to claim his land for whatever reasons and kick him out, the guards have a very bad day.
@@chrishubbard64 I'm like 90% sure that concept has also been used in an episode of Love, Death + Robots. Old man lives in a junkyard and finds a pet baby junk monster, then one day the tax man comes by to take his land and the tax man gets eaten by the now grown-up junk monster.
Spelljammer ship reminded me, I know you made video on Tarrasque, but did you know in speljammer setting, tarrasque originated from planet Flax. You know how destructive force of nature tarrasque is? Well, turns out they actually are very peaceful giants that like to eat rock(henche they can digest just about anything) BUT when one got yeeted to the world of D&D, breathing earthly oxygen caused its brain to deteriorate and now its all crazy. And as you know tarasque can regenerate so it can't even die from this.
What a great way to turn your player characters into the antagonists from John Wick. They do typical "hero" business of invading a Hag's/Druid/Hermit Mage domain, only to find a Grey Render guarding the place. After "dealing" with the problem and extracting their quest item, they leave, shortly after which the previously neutral NPC arrives home to find their only remaining companion brutally slaughtered. Let the fun begin.
Alright, heqr me out: Six iron flasks with one of these in each, each with something more horrifying strapped to them, chainsaws or enchanted dagger-claws, giant axes that you taught one to WIELD, or clubs if they aren't smart enough, awaken one and teach it to use magic items, cover one in spiked armor and teach it to roll around, whatever your artificer can come up with. Then just have the rest of the party give you a wide berth in combat, and use them only one at a time like a Pokemon trainer.
My Curse of Strahd game was already in shambles when I added a pair of these to the 'sea of wolves' I threw at the party to get them to use the 'Nuke Wagon'(tm) before they got to Strahd. One of them bonded to the paladin. I spent the next five minutes questioning my choices.
Hey, as a DM, you can add traits. Imagine if Cookie Monster thought of himself as a lap dog. As a DM, I'd not only allow it. I'd lean into it heavily. Poor Runesmith would be flattened. Which is okay, because we all know he's a 2D tune, anyway. ;)
6:29 y'know, other 'tubers _would_ have made a video about them specifically because of that, to farm clicks off the situation. mad respect on ya, runesmith.
Literally only discovered these guys 2 days ago, fell in love with them and now get to enjoy a Runesmith video about them. This truly is the ideal timeline.
If the spell Awaken didn't have the requirement of the target being a "beast or plant," it would be the perfect solution for make these guys into large, loveable companions (that won't cause rampant destruction everywhere you go).
As a DM I'd allow it, but only for the villain. Awaken and a Headband of Intellect, you know it has to be a Wizard now right? Imagine the player's reactions when the giant monster invites them to tea in a proper British accent.
Oooooo... I now have ideas of what I can do with one of these things and my table. The question is, who should I gift one of these murder-love-puppies to? My friend's wife, who collects NPCs like pets, or my nephew... because he doesn't think things through really well and causes unintended chaos for everyone at the table.
I did the math on these guys once and it turns out they can solo a grounded ancient emerald dragon reasonably easily if they roll well enough. They do a ton of damage.
I threw one of these into my game when the party started adopting too many pets. It kept following them into town, knocking things over and getting into mischief. I based it on my Great Dane.
Logan, you just described what its like having a Wolfdog. Good training weeded out alot of Luna's behavioral problems, but I have to keep on top of it or she will find it as a excuse to do something stupid/destructive.
An idea for your homebrewed classes, I've always wanted a luchador/wrestler character. A professional strongman or bar room brawler who refuses to take their mask off in public, challenges anyone bigger than them to a wrestling match, and dreams of one day finding a potion of giant growth, and using it to suplex a dragon.
Was considering a doggo at one point but we won the cat lottery. But the girl plays fetch and gets walks on her harness. She's one step away, but less required walking. Btw your gf's art is so PNW coded, super cute and I hope she gets more colors for the t-shirts at some point!
This monster gives me SO many ideas. A CR 12 creature is a LOT for a party to handle. The fact it has personality quirks and is basically a huge hairless husky (though I suspect Huskies might be smarter) is ripe for adventure material.
So, is burning the millions of years old congealed remains of centers of life how you summon an elder elemental? Because I think we may have been doing a massive ritual without knowing it…
Ok, hear me out. Give a gray render a headband of intellect. Would it fix the problem? Maybe. Would it cause it to wax poetically about why you should not have friends before massacring them? Also maybe, but it would be funny.
I'm imagining a solo villain who raised a Grey Render from a young age, only for the adult to then kill everyone he loved. The Cognitive Dissonance of what the villain allowed to happen made them double down on protecting the Grey Render at all costs. He chose the Grey Render over everyone else, and now needs to cling to that choice as correct, Effort Justification style.
My DM gave my chaotic Kobold one of these. I proceeded to make sure it was always with me, and surprisingly that meant I did *less* harm because nobody let me into places anymore.
As a cat person, I approve of gray render adoption centers. I am surprised that a chaos gremlin like you doesn’t want to keep Cookie Monster, Logan. I was born and raised in Louisiana and only recently moved. As long as you are tactful, and you typically are when you want to be, I think the people of the SE USA would appreciate your video on elder elementals quite a bit right now. But I understand and respect why you didn’t do that, and I look forward to that video when you are ready
New idea: Druid NPC that the party can hire that specializes in understanding and adjusting big beasts. Like a magical hippy dog trainer, only instead of pitbulls and German Shepards, its Grey Renders and Drakes :D
0:30 i kept my goldfish alive for like 7 Years, and they only died cuz i couldn't take them with me when i moved, and the new Caregiver they went to neglected to clean their tank. Edit: This accidentially became a Pet-care PSA, from just a 30 second joke about goldfish, lol. Did you know, in the right conditions, their life expectancy is actually 10 to 15 years? Most people view them as Disposable temporary pets cuz they don't care for them right... they need WAY more room then a bowl, probably a plecostomus tank-mate to help with the cleaning(they are VERY messy fish compared to other specie), various things for them to hide inside and feel safe, and one of those tubes-with-a-thing-at-the-end to reoxygenize the water. Don't even get me started on how poorly people care for their Hermit Crabs, they need a extremely humid enviroment, hot and damp, with plenty of bury-themselves space for annual molting, they really need alot of space per crab... and for a parent not to put every random bug in the tank "because they look lonely", because eventually one of those will get them while they're trying to molt. Protip: Don't trust relatives to care for animals, they are dumber then you expect, even if you already expect them to be dumb.
Kinda suck, just checking the stat blocks for these guys, and having an Intelligence of 3, they would make perfect candidates for the Awaken spell... If they were classified as Beasts and not Monstrosities. Then again, I'm not sure how I'd feel with one constantly questioning me about where I'm going to with my party like a developing jealous ex.
Can't quite put my finger on the guy covered in purple goop. Money's on the Power Rangers movie. Second guess is Ghostbusters II, though that tended to be more pink.
If I had a nickle for every time Runesmith mentioned Clifford the Big Red Dog in his videos I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
1.) Awesome video as slways. The renders appear to be perfect for those players who are always collecting pets. 2.) Very good of you to promote and support your GF's rad artistry.
Basically DnD episode 100! Congratulations Logan, you've been a staple in my feed for the last half decade and I hope to see a hundred more of these videos!
I think this is 102! Harpies would be 100, but the latest 3 videos aren't in the big playlist yet
@@leoskoble Fax
Grey Renders: When Wargs or Drakes don't meet your standards to be a dangerous pet, try the 5e equivalent of a Tibetian Mastiff!
As an owner of a pitbull, I know exactly what having a gray render is like
I know pit bulls. They don't drool that much. I'm betting they are more like Mastiffs than Pitties.
Is yours called "Cupcake" or "Lord Despair, devourer of worlds" ?
Apparently, Google ate my comment about it being more like a Mastiff than a Pittie. Pit bulls don't drool. (My dad had a few of those lovable knot heads.)
@@jackielinde7568 most pits don't, I've had a few spill half their water on me because they carry it in their lips
your dog mauls anyone that gets near you?
Ignoring all the rest of the video, 12 seconds in living spawn point is just *mwah* chefs kiss writing.
I like the 3e version of the Gray Render lore, where they would just bond with any group of wild animals that doesn't run from them or attack them.
Fighter: "While we're traveling through these woods, we should hunt some of the deer for diner."
Ranger: "Nope!"
Paladin: "Why not?"
Ranger: "Because every set of deer tracks I've seen since we entered these woods has been accompanied by at least one set of Gray Render tracks. Not to mention that giant scat pile we just passed that was circled by deer pellets. Trust me on this. We're not even going to look at any deer until we get out of these woods."
So, a tamable, flightless fang dragon that forces you to become a hermit, cool, time to reskin it and put it in my brainchild world
You don't need to become a hermit. Just be really careful about training and scheduling. When hanging out with people you just gotta make sure to always be petting your cuddle puppy of destruction. And when getting your swerve on have it trained to do endless parameter patrols until you ring a bell or something. Not his fault he can knock over a mountain with both his raw strength and rear end discharges.
My DM gave one of these a magical item that increased its intelligence to 19. The gray render was a servant to an artificer who was a brain in a jar. My DM loves Doom Patrol
It's a hairless St. Benard crossed with a mastiff and a rhino. I absolutely love it.
Imagine putting a band of intellect on that thing.
That has to be the best thing ever. I want a story about a wizard crafted a band of intellect to give to their gray render pet and the two of them live alone in a hermit's hut in the middle of the forest, and the wizard is this super innocent weakling who doesn't fight at all and just does like magic research or botany or something, and whenever anything comes to threaten them this 12 foot tall gray render just goes, "Are you bullying my family?"
They have an INT. of 3 so you can just cast the Awaken spell on them. Or bribe some Bard or Druid to do it...
@@anonymouse2675that's what one of my players did. He bonded with a grey render and immediately made it his life's goal to have awaken cast upon it.
Requires attunement
@@ttf1627 they can attune if theyve had awakening cast on them
I've just had thought that D&D has many monsters that would make sense to turn an abandoned and neglected child into an antagonist. Maybe it's the boneclaw who was drawn upon a bullied child's grief and kills everyone who disrespects said child without the latter even knowing. Maybe it's the carrionette who was born from the desire to have friends and now suggests its little "friend" to play fun pranks on people with body stealing and running havoc. Or maybe that child just found a grey render and now fears that it would be harmed or ostracised, or maybe wants to show their revenge on everyone who wronged them.
The old man who runs a junkyard and has a small pack of rust monsters who love him dearly for bringing them new metal to devour. When the local lord decides to claim his land for whatever reasons and kick him out, the guards have a very bad day.
@@chrishubbard64 I'm like 90% sure that concept has also been used in an episode of Love, Death + Robots. Old man lives in a junkyard and finds a pet baby junk monster, then one day the tax man comes by to take his land and the tax man gets eaten by the now grown-up junk monster.
I bet an Annis Hag would also do some horrible stuff with an abandoned child. Might literally turn them into a monster.
"ask your living spawn point" is wild 😂
But true
Right? I'm stealing that one!
Spelljammer ship reminded me, I know you made video on Tarrasque, but did you know in speljammer setting, tarrasque originated from planet Flax. You know how destructive force of nature tarrasque is? Well, turns out they actually are very peaceful giants that like to eat rock(henche they can digest just about anything) BUT when one got yeeted to the world of D&D, breathing earthly oxygen caused its brain to deteriorate and now its all crazy. And as you know tarasque can regenerate so it can't even die from this.
What a great way to turn your player characters into the antagonists from John Wick. They do typical "hero" business of invading a Hag's/Druid/Hermit Mage domain, only to find a Grey Render guarding the place. After "dealing" with the problem and extracting their quest item, they leave, shortly after which the previously neutral NPC arrives home to find their only remaining companion brutally slaughtered. Let the fun begin.
I love those guys. They're kinda adorable.
Alright, heqr me out:
Six iron flasks with one of these in each, each with something more horrifying strapped to them, chainsaws or enchanted dagger-claws, giant axes that you taught one to WIELD, or clubs if they aren't smart enough, awaken one and teach it to use magic items, cover one in spiked armor and teach it to roll around, whatever your artificer can come up with. Then just have the rest of the party give you a wide berth in combat, and use them only one at a time like a Pokemon trainer.
My Curse of Strahd game was already in shambles when I added a pair of these to the 'sea of wolves' I threw at the party to get them to use the 'Nuke Wagon'(tm) before they got to Strahd.
One of them bonded to the paladin. I spent the next five minutes questioning my choices.
Power scalers are insane. Reading that "Mind manipulation" segment on the Clifford wiki page just further cements that for me. XD
Hey, as a DM, you can add traits. Imagine if Cookie Monster thought of himself as a lap dog. As a DM, I'd not only allow it. I'd lean into it heavily. Poor Runesmith would be flattened. Which is okay, because we all know he's a 2D tune, anyway. ;)
Speaking as a floridian, we would all love to fight a giant Elemental named Milton
6:29 y'know, other 'tubers _would_ have made a video about them specifically because of that, to farm clicks off the situation. mad respect on ya, runesmith.
The definition of: “if its friend shaped, why not friend?”
1:06 Bro just described every Primarch from 40k.
Literally only discovered these guys 2 days ago, fell in love with them and now get to enjoy a Runesmith video about them. This truly is the ideal timeline.
If the spell Awaken didn't have the requirement of the target being a "beast or plant," it would be the perfect solution for make these guys into large, loveable companions (that won't cause rampant destruction everywhere you go).
As a DM I'd allow it, but only for the villain. Awaken and a Headband of Intellect, you know it has to be a Wizard now right? Imagine the player's reactions when the giant monster invites them to tea in a proper British accent.
Not the living spawn point 😭
Not the still water 😭
Ahh, Clifford the big red demi-kaiju. Now in demi-semi-hemi form.
I love these things. My players named it Mr Snugglebunny. They got lucky on the traits. It liked snuggling, hence its name, and uprooting trees.
Ive loved these guys for years there so f**king adorable. I want one in real life and name it Cupcake.
Oooooo... I now have ideas of what I can do with one of these things and my table. The question is, who should I gift one of these murder-love-puppies to? My friend's wife, who collects NPCs like pets, or my nephew... because he doesn't think things through really well and causes unintended chaos for everyone at the table.
I like how he has clifford's "air manipulation" section highlighted when right below it there is a "mind control" section
I did the math on these guys once and it turns out they can solo a grounded ancient emerald dragon reasonably easily if they roll well enough. They do a ton of damage.
I threw one of these into my game when the party started adopting too many pets. It kept following them into town, knocking things over and getting into mischief. I based it on my Great Dane.
"Turns outs taking care of living things is a challenge."
That one guy: challenge accepted.
Animal protective services: challenge failed.
Logan, you just described what its like having a Wolfdog. Good training weeded out alot of Luna's behavioral problems, but I have to keep on top of it or she will find it as a excuse to do something stupid/destructive.
An idea for your homebrewed classes, I've always wanted a luchador/wrestler character. A professional strongman or bar room brawler who refuses to take their mask off in public, challenges anyone bigger than them to a wrestling match, and dreams of one day finding a potion of giant growth, and using it to suplex a dragon.
Im sure all they need is a sturdy hand and clear boundaries
PAJAMA SAM REFERENCED
I had to pause for a moment and double check because I was like "I KNOW THAT TREE"
No need to hide when it's dark outside!
Was considering a doggo at one point but we won the cat lottery. But the girl plays fetch and gets walks on her harness. She's one step away, but less required walking. Btw your gf's art is so PNW coded, super cute and I hope she gets more colors for the t-shirts at some point!
As a withdrawn cat-person who has been FORCED to care for a very needy dog I appreciate the sympathy and a grey render would be my worst nightmare.
I want a gray render now but I guess I already have one
Her name is Lucy her likes to run around and tends to jump-hug-tackle me and my family😊
"Your living spawn point"? "Your ancestors".😂
I love that my DM allow me to keep the greyrender that my goblin rescue.
This monster gives me SO many ideas. A CR 12 creature is a LOT for a party to handle.
The fact it has personality quirks and is basically a huge hairless husky (though I suspect Huskies might be smarter) is ripe for adventure material.
a big dog eh? I'd name mine Mouse. ;)
Used in a sentence: "Oi, got a wee geas to lay upon ye."
A large child
So, is burning the millions of years old congealed remains of centers of life how you summon an elder elemental? Because I think we may have been doing a massive ritual without knowing it…
Gr-y renders are yanderes. Got it.
I love grey renders they're baby silly with SO much lore potential it's really funny
Milton killed my electricity for 5 days but it came back as I started watching this video, thanks Logan
How much time must pass before Milton becomes funny?
Ok, hear me out. Give a gray render a headband of intellect.
Would it fix the problem? Maybe.
Would it cause it to wax poetically about why you should not have friends before massacring them? Also maybe, but it would be funny.
About the sponges: sponges can reproduce both sexually and asexually.
Added to my list of creatures to cast Awaken on.
Gray Renders have always been one or my favorite creatures in D&D. They are such a fun combination of cute and terrifying.
I'm imagining a solo villain who raised a Grey Render from a young age, only for the adult to then kill everyone he loved. The Cognitive Dissonance of what the villain allowed to happen made them double down on protecting the Grey Render at all costs. He chose the Grey Render over everyone else, and now needs to cling to that choice as correct, Effort Justification style.
My DM gave my chaotic Kobold one of these. I proceeded to make sure it was always with me, and surprisingly that meant I did *less* harm because nobody let me into places anymore.
Hearing “the scavengers reign creature” was quite the nerd flashbang :3
Gotta love when a new Runesmith video releases! I learn about something new tool of tormenting for my innocent party
2:25 Ha! I got that Pajama reference!
Clever lad~
Ah yes, the toned-down fantasy pitbull
As a cat person, I approve of gray render adoption centers. I am surprised that a chaos gremlin like you doesn’t want to keep Cookie Monster, Logan.
I was born and raised in Louisiana and only recently moved. As long as you are tactful, and you typically are when you want to be, I think the people of the SE USA would appreciate your video on elder elementals quite a bit right now. But I understand and respect why you didn’t do that, and I look forward to that video when you are ready
Grey renders are great, giving one to an NPC you don't want to be fucked with is great :0
Just the title alone makes me think of beasts of nurgle
I’ve always loved gray renders! They’re like my favorite monster across all D&D. Next to dragons anyway.
New idea: Druid NPC that the party can hire that specializes in understanding and adjusting big beasts. Like a magical hippy dog trainer, only instead of pitbulls and German Shepards, its Grey Renders and Drakes :D
1:29 Spongebob's mother was pregnant with him at one point.
5:22 'geas' does have a hard 'g', but rhymes with 'mesh'.
Finally someone else who has watched Scavenger's Reign. Itsa good show
Hell yeah, scavenger's reign mentioned
I love 'em so much~ ✨️
YESSSS GRAY RENDERS ARE MY FAVOURITE
"Living spawn point"
Good God 😂
"leaving spawnpoint" ? Good one.
0:30 i kept my goldfish alive for like 7 Years, and they only died cuz i couldn't take them with me when i moved, and the new Caregiver they went to neglected to clean their tank.
Edit: This accidentially became a Pet-care PSA, from just a 30 second joke about goldfish, lol.
Did you know, in the right conditions, their life expectancy is actually 10 to 15 years? Most people view them as Disposable temporary pets cuz they don't care for them right... they need WAY more room then a bowl, probably a plecostomus tank-mate to help with the cleaning(they are VERY messy fish compared to other specie), various things for them to hide inside and feel safe, and one of those tubes-with-a-thing-at-the-end to reoxygenize the water.
Don't even get me started on how poorly people care for their Hermit Crabs, they need a extremely humid enviroment, hot and damp, with plenty of bury-themselves space for annual molting, they really need alot of space per crab... and for a parent not to put every random bug in the tank "because they look lonely", because eventually one of those will get them while they're trying to molt.
Protip: Don't trust relatives to care for animals, they are dumber then you expect, even if you already expect them to be dumb.
The Cookie Monster is now in the Cookie Monster Jar.
Hmmmm I'm intrigued by the concept of a villain that's bonded with a Render. I may have to use this.
What did the alien cat say when it landed on Earth?
"Take me to your litter"
I'd never thought of elder elementals as a cautionary tale 😬
I cast awaken so I can teach it to clean its own poop.
Kinda suck, just checking the stat blocks for these guys, and having an Intelligence of 3, they would make perfect candidates for the Awaken spell... If they were classified as Beasts and not Monstrosities. Then again, I'm not sure how I'd feel with one constantly questioning me about where I'm going to with my party like a developing jealous ex.
5:53 a EMPTY gene bottle, right?
RIGHT?
If you like Grey renders and dogs, I recommend the mivilorns from 3.5
One thing I must say, these boys are only cr 8 in 3.5, they got a significant buff over the edition changed
You regret killing Neogi? I think that's the first time i've heard anyone say that.
Can't quite put my finger on the guy covered in purple goop.
Money's on the Power Rangers movie. Second guess is Ghostbusters II, though that tended to be more pink.
One of the more bizarre DnD monsters.
If I had a nickle for every time Runesmith mentioned Clifford the Big Red Dog in his videos I'd have two nickles. Which isn't a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
In Florida: you at least have my permission to poke fun at forces of nature
1.) Awesome video as slways. The renders appear to be perfect for those players who are always collecting pets.
2.) Very good of you to promote and support your GF's rad artistry.
Honestly hyped for a elder elementals video. I love those things they are so sick
Who needs retired adventure shop keepers. Bingle Berry the leveless gnome merchent has a CR12 Guard dog.
You keep doing this GF flex and i might have to go get one.
Does anyone know what that footage at 3:32 is from? Almost had a spit take when I saw it.
Please, I need answers!!
It's Gooby bro
@@Runesmith Thanks lol
Also, YOOO! Big fan of your vids!
Living spawn point. Haha
2:25 pajama sam house??
lmao, my neighbour is one of the stock photos
A Duergar Despot with a Gray Render
pros: CR12 monster puppy who loves you!
cons: and *only* you
3:07 hawk tuah?!?!?!?
No content warning for the Goobie jumpscare?