Monster Ecology: Peryton
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2017
- Perytons are magical creatures that appear to be a cross between a giant eagle and a demonic-looking, fang-toothed stag. They are known and feared for tearing the beating hearts from their victims' chests
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I’m thinking about using them as the prized pets of a lich, called the Queen of Hearts. She has them collect the hearts of humanoids for her. She decorates with them and keeps them magically pumping. Unique hearts are her prized possessions. She feeds them the common hearts that they bring to her. Her phylactory is the Heart of Ashardalon, which she has as the centerpiece of a grand chandelier, that has the still-beating hearts of smaller creatures decorating it like the crystals on more normal chandeliers.
Yikes. But yeah, good final enemy to a campaign and that is a very creative evil creature.
Just a few ideas:
-A tribe of goblins that ride perytons
-A hag that uses perytons as 'hunting dogs'
-A flock of harpies allies with a flock of perytons.
-Fiendish perytons that not only rip out the heart of their victims but their soul as well.
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A vampire might strike up a deal with a mating pair as well. Hearts from his dead thralls in exchange for protection during the day. They might be slightly smaller/weaker from generations of mateings with blood drained hearts.
Already used these things twice for Rime of the Frostmaiden. Glad to know more about them since the party has only seen them from a distance so far.
I had a lich riding an undead Peryton mount.
Fascinating, the Cloud Giant entry in the Monster Manual mentions that Cloud Giant nobles keep Perytons the way human nobles keep falcons and other raptors, a hunting bird of prey. There's a scary thought. Adventurers see a pair of Perytons, and think they are just going to raid the nest, and instead of a nest they find the Cloud Giant rookery.
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And then you mention that you could see giants raising Perytons like humans do falcons.
I actually envision a Peryton sounding like a distorted warbling mix of the trumpet of an elk and the cry of an eagle
Just found this and loved it. Thank you for my next one shot.
Love the idea of a peryton as a greater steed mount for a Conquest Paladin. Leaving enemy scouts with their hearts removed out in the open for the opposing army to discover is exactly the kind of thing that a Conquest pally would do.
I recognize the song used in the intro. It’s _Good Life_ by Three Days Grace.
Sweet! Thanks A.J.!
Most welcome Jeffrey!
A thing that people in the comments ignore: in-canon and in IRL lore, there's no taming a peryton, no bending it to your will without magic. They are ineffably independent, forces born of our darker nature, and not just 'monsters' - much like the wendigo, treating them as just monsters (or worse, as stat blocks) is a waste of what their lore and 'true' ecology provides.
Another interesting origin story I've seen for the peryton (from White Wolf's Bygone Bestiary supplement for the original World of Darkness's Dark Ages setting) is that they were (or are) spirits of vengeance, and their human shadow is the murder victim that the peryton seeks to avenge, or alternately that of the murderer they're hunting. It's an idea that could lead to some interesting adventures.
Makes a lot of sense actually, and in D&D plots, the Peryton could be an alternative to a haunting undead, a spirit of vengeance that is very hard to kill (give the creature the ability to become intangible, for instance) until the murderer is found and justice is done.
Stranger Things song lol
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What was the metal played afterwards though?
danzka86 Good Life by Three Days Grace I think. Not positive
Hello, I would like to see your take on a little known/used monster that is a favourite of mine:
Obliviax (memory moss).
As a DM I have used Obliviax many times to befuddle a party. I have used it as a "Memento" style plot device, forcing players to leave clues for themselves to solve a mystery each day as they lose their memories. I have used it as a level boss forcing the players to unknowingly re-do the same dungeon level over and over again. I have sneaked it into players food so that consumption of the moss reveals the next stage in the plot line. An infestation of Obliviax can create a "Groundhog Day" effect on an entire town, injecting a certain weirdness or comedic element into the game.
As a player Mage I have used it to steal spells from other Magi to fill my spell book. I have also used Obliviax as a way to cast multiple spells in a round.
As a Rogue I have used it to steal information, to cover-up a crime, tamper with witnesses or to plant false memories and guilt in an innocent mind.
As a component in the creation of magical items that cause memory loss, drain or store spells, Obliviax is a very valuable and powerful item.
nucleardubs excellent! Added to the list.
I'd use them as a ravine encounter, where they try to knock players off the rope bridge. Of course I'd be generous and allow some saving throws to be fair.
Just fought 6 of these murderblitzens in Rime of the Frostmaiden lol fun encounter!
A magic bow confers its magic on its ammunition in almost every edition. So a magic bow can still harm them, but most players don’t think bows are good weapons.
7:44 I can just imagine somone like Animation Reeind, making a low-budget sprite-animation out of that dive attack, for a Cartoon-Fight-Club episode.
The quadraped version of the Peryton would make for a nice mount for a Paladin (who can hopefully persuade the Peryton to only eat the hearts of the enemy).
" .. Nice .. uhm, .. Rack ! "
Honestly such a creature will draw big game sport trophy hunters from across the world.
Look at the industry built on deer, elk, mountain lion, and bear hunting in North America.
If their antler is anywhere as tough as iron or a mix of pure iron ( micro dust ) and normal antler material weapon smiths will be after the peryton rack for blade creations.
I kinda like the quadruped version for a mount.
Nice video. Another monster I would love to see a video on would be the Leucrotta
Question: How could I do anything anywhere near as cool as Locrius did?Answer: Don't, just do my own thing and provide as much lore and inspiration as I can find.Added to the list!
Peryton. Displacer Beast. Owlbear. All have an origin story in common, at least in Realmslore.
Who is the artist of the picture coming in 10:55?
Kazagoroth the beast created the perytons in the darkwalker on moonshea. Just a bit of side info, this is a great trilogy of books by Douglas Niles.
Eggs... As if it wasnt weird enough. Seems like a good army addition, if you breed them and train or use dominate monster or something
Annunciate!!! I'm not sure if this video was about perytons or Puritans!
To me it always imagine it looks similar to Griffin. The hind body bird like and fort body are like dear. i thought first create like the hippogriff.
ah, the jersy devil....
ArmorNox yeah pretty much
I just noticed the peryton mini I bought from Reaper is bipedal, not quadrapedal as shown in many of the illustrations. Your video is giving me good ideas for how to paint it.
The perfect mount for a Goblin Warlock.
Wouldn’t it eat something that weak
@@charlottewalnut3118 Possibly.
Just used perytons last week as an random encounter against my players, drawn in from movement of humanoids in the area. The perytons slain midair thumped on the ground loudly attracting a much more dangerous subterranean beast!made my best pterodactyl scream as they made their appearance in the sky haha, next time ill mix in a deer call.
Ha, cool, what was the beast that came out of the ground? A Bulette?
A massive green worm! Varied up the Purple worm stats for a jungle variety, drawing inspiration from your monsterology of the stirge and its jungle variant.
You are a DM after my own heart mate, that is superb.
Have you considered doing these about certain npcs? Vecna and Kas would make a very interesting episode... unless I just haven't seen that you already did it.
I have some vids planned for specific evil entities, such as Orcus, Demogorgon and such, had not added Kas and Vecna though, so I am glad you mentioned them, I am a big fan of Vecna.
hey thanks for that but I have a question, could you skin it and gain an immunity to simple non magic weapons? If you wore it like a cloak. And I think at the end of each video give a HINT to what the next thing is ,but not tell us.
I had a pc in an Arctic campaign who had a winter wolf made into boots of the winter lands (which he threatened to do to the beast during combat, as it was the faithful pet of the head villain) I still paid for them to be made into a magic item as usual, but their origin made them a token of war and more special all the same. Just food for thought.
With the Peryton, it would make a pretty slick looking feathered cloak, though the smell of it would be undesirable, and it would confer, at best, a slight bonus to AC. Perytons have a tough hide over their whole body, and enhanced skeletal structure for added toughness. I do like the idea though :)Also, hints, I can do that... though I just posted the entire list for my patreon subscribers..
Ehh... It's not without merit, but I think I'd push it as a superior material for making a medium or light armor in 5th edition; perhaps giving advantage to artisans crafting those types of items, and maybe providing some small AC bonus based on an inherent quality of the material.
3rd edition had superior raw materials and it was quite interesting.
As for why it's not straight out immunity, the effect simply isn't as strong once the creature is dead. It requires the passive, living energies of the creature to maintain the non-magical strength in a manner similar to how some creatures lose access to magical abilities once they die or change their nature in someway (alignment changes, template changes in other editions could do this, etc... ).
It also could have drawbacks to balance out "Non-magical Immunity". It's already been noted that, mechanically speaking, it could hurt charisma, but Constitution or strength could also be negatively impacted to balance out the advantage (since smells can indicate a disease or illness in the creature). Finding a good balance point with the lore and game play in mind is extremely important when you allow/introduce something like that to a game.
They look to be a bit of an alternate to a hippogryph, but with more of the personality/ecological role of a gryphon.
You keep mentioning the knolls. Come on AJ, we need a video on them already.
Could mass migrations of perytons occur? Like for example could it be the case the perytons move south in the winter to find " greener fields"?
They would certainly follow a tribe of Barbarians or humanoids who don't settle permanently anywhere. So it could be that the first clue that a large tribe of humanoids have moved into the area.. more perytons!
I think with the humanoid shadow and need to hunt people, it would be thematically valid to give them the ability to mimic language to draw out victims.
I agree.
Lamia voice....
The reason arrows of detonation exist.
Second. Do shadow dragon?
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would apes be close enough to a humanoid to feed these creatures? and am i correct in assuming they'd opportunistically hunt game out of mating session?
Can you do the deep dragon or song dragon?
More obscure dragons... check!
I got a monster for you I just learned about, how about a video on the horror that is a Hagunemnon
Ah, the Protean, yeah, that is an epic monster that is really intended as one of the abominations, the god-killers, a living chaos weapon.
Birb deer
0:40 Its niche is often filled by what?
Jianju69 “manticores and other creatures that I use”
I'm curious that you say you wouldn't find them in groups, especially if they are derived from carrion birds it seems logical that one might come upon a flock gathered around some kind of carcass, or holed up in an area. I could see them hunting live humanoids in a more solitary manner though, if it is part of their mating procedure. Even then it might be cool to have your party stalked by a flock of Peryton, particularly at night when you can see those red eyes gathered in the darkness, waiting for adventurers to fall asleep or become otherwise distracted. They also seem like a species that might be generally uncommon, but might suddenly have a big population spike following some kind of mass death, i.e. war, disease, etc. Where there are suddenly many humanoid corpses to take hearts from. Perhaps they can tolerate scavenging carrion in groups, but prefer to hunt live prey on their own, lacking true pack tactics. I might play a larger herd of these in a campaign as a swarm with minion rules, the idea of them circling overhead like vultures is very appealing to me. If I do that I will probably have a Peryton Matriarch that is considerably more dangerous, does anyome have any thoughts on how to enhance her abilities? I like the concept of their glowing eyes, and was thinking of giving her a gaze attack, either to charm humanoid or confer exhaustion levels, both of which will probably be easy saves but will have to be checked repeatedly for each round the gaze is sustained
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music?
Matthew Frazier Stranger Things opening theme
After that?
Actually, it is a remix of the Stranger Things theme music, the second bit of music is a snippet of some more dubstep, both modified by me, the second clip I will have to track down for you as I had that one sitting around on my hard drive for a while.
speaking as a biologist, these creatures seem doomed to extinction, and for the same reason as the horror movie zombie: their primary prey creature, humans, is also their top predator and means of reproduction. Imagine if us real life humans had to fight a lion every time we wanted to have sex or make a sandwich, except the lion has a sword and a suit of armor.
Catoblepah
The demon cow of the dreaded mire... good choice, added to the List!
Stranger Things lol
Awesome show, thought I would tribute it some love.