I would like to say thank you for all you've done all the years with your lore videos. I wish you luck with your third party books but I'm sure Wizards the coast is going force you to demonetize or either sue you. As soon as D&D one hits Wizards is not going to get another dime from me. I plan to boycott and wish I could sooner. Unfortunately I'm addicted to collecting icons the Realms and I'd like to see that through. But I'll not support D&D one at all. My Hope Is Wizards will go bankrupt and they'll be forced to sell D&D to someone that will actually love it and the fans again. I hope you're still around after that Smoke Clears. I definitely want to support you in several other third-party creators in the coming future because I'm not doing business with Wizards much longer at all.
Rogue: "Alright, so one how are we supposed to find this dragon? It's not exactly a small island." Paladin of Helm: "Ask him." Barbarian: "Excuse me?" Paladin of Helm: "He's an emerald dragon. He probably knows we're here and would try to fight us if we got too close to his lair." Blonde bard: "Well here goes nothing. *Coughs* Greetings dread Raulothim, we come here as emissaries of the good and fair Duchess Daggerford. She has expressed concern for your well being and bade us try to find thee. If you have but a minute please honor us with an audience or failing that a message to send back to the duchess." (Bard's player rolls a nat 20) Barbarian: "Seriously, we're doing a wellness check on a fucking dragon? What the fuck is gonna happen to a neutral great wyrm that'd worry the duchess?" Raulothim: *Crashes in front of the party* "*ALIENS!* They're all around the realm! Not in the realm, outside! But they gnaw at the gates! Waiting, testing. Hoping to sell our souls and bodies to forces even more incomprehensibly vile! Beware! Beware the daggers outside the veil!" Barbarian: "Okay maybe that."
and then Raulothim says: "oh you are with mystra" and disappears and you just hear the echoes of "i hate dispel magic i hate dispel magic i hate dispel magic" *while freebird intensifies* Paladin: yep we're gonna die
@@dusk2308 Paladin of Helm: "Calm down. Start one step at a time. We're not as smart as you. Help us, help us so we can help you." Raulothim: *Francis E. Dec rant continues violently* Rogue: "So there's flying shellfish ships from other worlds with horrible monsters and creatures that want to eat our brains and giant monster things that'd make great wyrms look small? I ..." Barbarian: "Sure." Rogue: "What?" Barbarian: "I believe him." Rogue: "How and why?" Blonde bard: "Let's see there's a dragon that works at a brothel, there's dragons who dream of being a real girl, and countless other insane shit. Are you really gonna question this?" Paladin of Helm: "We'll relay this to the Duchess. Thank you lord." Raulothim: "But I didn't tell you about the Swirling One!"
@@gasmonkey1000 Rouge: so we're not gonna tell the Duchess any of this right? and just say that he has gone completely insane because if we do we're gonna come of just as completely insane!!! Paladin: no we have to have faith that she'll understand us and see reason. Blonde bard: *sigh* shall i prepare freebird Paladin: maybe Rouge: this is insane, where all insane.
@@dusk2308 Duchess: "Okay." Rogue: "wut" Paladin: "She said o-" Blonde bard: "He knows what you meant! But how? Why?" Duchess: "Young lady when you get impersonated by a suck-demon you gain an appreciation for the absurd." Barbarian: "I'm too sober for this shit."
Ok. Who wants to play the role of the psychotherapist bard? Now, who will take proficiency in carpenter's tools so they can craft a therapist's couch big enough for a dragon?
I was just thinking that. Why doesn't Elminster or the other Chosen drop by for a chat, rather than sending people to their obvious deaths? Too busy sitting in taverns and "saving the world" I suppose.
I like how Raulothim and Daurgothoth both basically had Midlife Crisis' upon coming into contact with Spelljamming vessels, and then used the power of paranoia to go super saiyan
TBC its not how they are alive that makes my brain goes 'huh?'. Its how they dont shatter on their own weight. I know they are mystical creatures, but I can get my head around metallic dragons because metal while normally hard can be quite pliable when heated. Gem dragons are just a level of fantastical to me (in a good way) that the others dont quite reach.
Yah when he started it I thought it was going be just how powerful they are, but who now most powerful dragons are way more interesting and hilarious than I thought
It always feels odd to me that Emerald dragons prefer to live near volcanoes, seeing as the colors just don't feel right. But I like to imagine that all the light from the lava refracts through the emerald dragon, giving the whole room a greenish glow
Havent he covered it? Shadow dragon WERE its own type but its now a state of how any dragon lives. Any dragon can turn into a shadow dragon by spending enough time in the Shafowfell. AFAIK. 4e purple dragons was called shadow dragon at first, in Drizzt novels/ boardgame. Shimmergloom were one. But then WotC separated purple and shadow and both became their separate things. Purple dragons are Chromatic dragons. In Fizban its indirectly clarified that tve Deep dragons are their own thing. Living further down in the undrrdark than Putples, lives in and around mushrooms etc and have psychothropics spore breath. Purples are more roamy and breathes energy instead. Even now in 5e and EVEN if WotC didnt bring them up again alongside Yellows, Oranges( dragon magazine 65, 248, yes there isxan own Purple dragon there too ), 4e Gray ( ex fang dragon ) and 4e Brown desert dragons. Hope it clarified
It’s worth noting that sound itself is vibrations in the air, so when that vibration gets strong enough it starts to become less a sound and more just a shockwave, which fits perfectly with the concussive nature of thunder damage.
Now as a viewer I want three things 1) A pdf of all the stats blocks for these powerful creatures, I would buy it in a heartbeat 2) A series on what they don't tell you about all the gem dragons 3) A what they don't tell you about spelljammer video(s)
It's good to see the old pictures from 2d edition's "fiend folio" ; gem dragons' description in there were great too, a true classic and staple for imagination. And you videos on dragons are really great storytelling. Keep up with those please !
As a guy whose primary roleplay in DnD is a mass produced Warforged servant of the smartest Hill Giant you've ever seen, I think this Emerald Dragon deserves our patronage and protection from the magic goddess. Time to march across the sea floor to reach him.
The moment you mentioned he has the same clone spell as Manshoon, things suddenly got way more dangerous and catastrophic. A similar situation as the Manshoon Wars, but with very powerful dragons can lead to an incredibly nasty situation!
Great! Cant wait for the named Topaz and Amethyst dragons, heck there was even a Mercury dragon on that old forgotten realms site. Both Steel and Mercury are metallic dragons though.Also Mr.Rhexx maybe do a collab with Dungeon Dad? He made expansive videos on the underused/ lost Yellow, Purple and Orange dragons, (which I would wish WotC would make offical in a fat new Draconomicon for D&Done/6e) I know you have too but that was years ago, I enjoyed them though. Gray and Brown dragons + other Gem and Metallics deserve more renown aswell
Might I recommend to you AJ Pickett's (aka The Mighty Gluestick) channel, his rare dragon types videos in particular? He just recently covered the unappetizing Gloom Dragon, which I had no idea existed. Then again, I was never an expert in Hades, lol. 😅
@@Harrowed2TheMind Thanks for the tip but I know about his contwnt aswell. I just find it intriguing and interesting to watch each content creators take on the different dragon families, types, sub species and notable individuals even
Raulothim: “Spelljammers are going to destroy Toril.” My Spelljammer Villain: “Yes… but you’re endearingly funny, so I’ll move you to better world.” Edit: So the villain in particular is trying to destroy Toril because he hates Mystra and her Chosen… and Mystra and her Chosen have beef with Raulothim… I think my BBEG got a new buddy.
But Raulothim has beef with beings from outside his crystal sphere, idk if he'd be willing to be helped It reads more like it'll lead to a Mexican stand-off
@@agustinvenegas5238 We just need to persuade him to teach all other mortals to defend their world from the aliens, and then Mystra will love him again.
Aw yeah! Raulothim has to be one of my favorite dragons and I want to make a campaign centered around the island of a similar name. Thanks! This helps!
Yay for gem dragons! Recently I came across Crystal dragons and fell in love with their 5e design and some of the stuff from Fizban about them. Steel dragons would be awesome too, they are quite rare and underrepresented, probably because they are the smallest and weakest dragons overall, but still have some fascinating characters.
surprisingly this is the second dragon you've covered that I want to steal. Raulothim seems interesting both as a quest patron (for sealing up portals and such) and as a dragon to kill. It actually makes me want to run a FR game with him as the focal point.
Really hope you can eventually cover the Prismatic dragons. Just one of my personal favorite kind dragons. Love these videos and hope all the drama/legal issues with Wotc/Hasbro are fixed and we can all take a collective sigh of relief.
Thank you SO MUCH!!! I LOVE these lore videos, and rely on them for my d and d campaigns I run in Fae'Run. Now I'm off to plan my next campaign with Raulothim being the BBEG!!
Holy crap! I just went back to the Kickstarter (I backed it at max tier in the early days) and I see it's SUPER FUNDED! GG my man, you deserve it, and I'm SOOOOO keen on all those unlocked stretch goals. Let's GOOO!
Sounds like a fun dragon to play as a nervous wreck who's also able to kick your hide when scared. Befriending him would be a great boon, even more if you can calm his worries.
I mean he exists in a world where a Space Empire was legitimately trying to conquer the Crystal Spheres and nothing in technically stopping another one from forming. A thing about paranoia nutters is that technically their craziness has a legitimate reason to exist. However, as is nature with paranoia it can get out of hand very quickly.
Same, my favorite class is and always has been the soulknife from 3.5, and I'm just disappointed with how they've tried implementing it in 5e; granted, I don't play 5e, so maybe it's due to limitations of the system and balancing differences, but it just doesn't feel like it has the same flavor it's supposed to have. If I remember correctly, they just made it a rogue subclass that wields two knives made of mental energy. I much preferred the 3.5 version where the mindblade was a single sword that you could shapeshift into different weapons or split in two and give cool abilities that you can mix and match to have a unique customization (the ability where you split your mindblade into 8 pieces to attack every enemy around you was also cool), not to mention the soulbow and illumine soul prestige classes (I know prestige classes aren't a thing in 5e, subclasses are the closest substitute, but still, they were cool). And on top of those abilities are the soulknife-specific feats, which added even more flare and prowess. Also if they really want to make soulknife a subclass instead of its own class it should be a monk subclass and I will die on this hill. And this is just the soulknife, the least psionic psionic class, the others just straight-up don't exist unless you use the mystic from Unearthed Arcana, and I believe that's been made no longer official? Could be wrong, though. But yeah, psionic classes got screwed over.
Raulothim is literally my favorite dragon so far lol, my character has that same paranoia vibe 😂. I am currently working on planeshifting into Faerun and tracking down several of the dragons youve covered, starting with Arveiturace and Raulothim lol
Raulothem: I know how it feels tony stark to be paranoid about Esther esoterical invaders. but can I borrow your nanotech armor and the Infinity stones attached to it too
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Listening to this video I got the idea of a Warlock having Raulothim as a Patron as a promise to deliver magic. Be it spell books they write, scrolls, items, etc in exchange for his assistance. But during this, the Warlock and possibly the party, learn the dragon used to be an explorer before becoming paranoid. So they decided to work together in hopes to help him past his paranoia. Eventually helping him take his first steps out of his volcano in a long time, taking on a possibly Dragonborn like form. And while on the ship to leave his island as he's fighting past more paranoia, he could feel accomplished with the support of the player characters. This could go 1 of 2 ways. 1: He works past his paranoia and wants to go back to his hobbies of exploring the land, map making and all that while still collecting magic. 2: The DM has a Spell Jammer ship appear overhead and Raulothim has a full on breakdown as he goes into the fettle position, tail between his legs, all that. And the team realizes they still have a lot to help him work past.
Once you are done with the unique dragons I would greatly enjoy and appreciate a video about Manshoon. Connects to both the Zhentarim, Night Masks, and Elminster, so useful for many a FR game.
I was taking a nap earlier today and listening to TH-cam. Your channel is so critical to my use of TH-cam that it looks like when you dropped this video TH-cam was like, "I know who needs to see this" Giant fan. Love the content!
@@NonExclusive6669 they where always going to do that... thing is DnD might not be able too. Their main competitor technically uses the OGL so... yeah thats fucked. Any new rival will right now likely have a bunch of indies but no real main alternative. All of which are likely to compete against each other. It turns out asking for WoTC to take more and more control over the IP to deal with the problematic parts of the fandom literally can only be done by DnD straight up controlling the IP in full. Which... a lot of people said was going to happen.
Raulthim’s lair feels like a great encounter for a level 19th party. They need his vast knowledge to find the BBG, and only he has such vast knowledge of Toril, just a matter of if he’ll cooperate…
the comment about the ring i believe refers to said ring with dispel and reverse gravity. the mention of many magic rings means that he is never caught with an exhausted ring
Always found that one of biggest plotholes in AD&D worlds. You have spelljammers, they regularly visit Faerun e.t.c. yet none of the really powerful characters in that world seem to be aware of them at all
I can't wait for the silver dragon. Silvers are by far my favorite, I have a paladin who's whole story was he was a Paladin of the Talons (a sect of paladins who fought for bahamut) and one day used his ability to transform only to find himself stuck. Now he quests to get unstuck. I'm very curious as to what the silver video will look like
With the ring thing, I believe he owns just a plain ring that he is deeply affectionate of and that other sages (not dragons likely) assume is swapped between other magic weapons
I can't wait for the inevitable edition in the future where dragon liches form together and are the great great bad bads of all dragonkind and pose super mega threat. All these powerful dragons are going to turn to it as it's the only real way to become MORE, and these dragons nearing (or already are) reaching that point, are already of immense power. Sooooo that's gonna be fun
after the dragons we need a arch mage series going over all the arch mages and wizards that make spells like melf from melds acid arrow or bigsby from bigsby’s grasping hand
I was in a Pathfinder party {level 17, mythic tier 4} that briefly, accidentally met Raulothim. We tried to teleport to Waterdeep, with members of our party polymorphed into dragons -forgetting about the Dragonward!! We were shunted into the ocean near his island and made our way there. Not long after arriving, we saw this splendorous emerald dragon diving towards us from the clouds. Panicked, my sorceress went to teleport the party away, but she couldn't get everyone in our large party with the spell slots she had left. The party's techpriest and shadow assassin broke away from the party, to save me from choosing who to leave behind. Upon getting in range to read their minds, Raulothim paused and spoke with them briefly. He decided our mission {to save the Weave from the Shadovar} was worth sparing them. He wiped the memory of him from their minds and teleported them to Waterdeep. Insane shenanigans.
I play an emerald Dragonborn rogue soulknife. He used to be a human until he met his master, an emerald dragon whose name was never told to my character, if it’s Raulothim then we both have a lot in common. We’re both curious and have a desire to expand our knowledge of the material plane and we’re both always paranoid, for me especially after learning about Sardior and all the lore stuff about him too.
That was a fun video! Granted, I was initially excited because Gem Dragon, which means psionics, which we didn't really cover, but then 5e has been a bit hit and miss, and vague, with psionics, as a whole, so I'm not really trying to criticize. I'm always intrigued by the really old, powerful dragons, who have the powers of a flying siege engine, and a powerful caster, combined with ages of experience. I like these videos especially since 5e has sort of taken the magic out of dragons. Sure, they are powerful, and their elemental powers are impressive, but I think they know that giving a monster that much health, at that high of an AC, means it doesn't have the usual glass cannon failings other casters do, and so they just make them all physical battles, so parties can win. Breath weapons are great, when they aren't lines, but even these have recharge, and so better to not give dragons a dependable, long-range offense, because why wouldn't they use it? So anyway, when we get to discuss the Klauths, the Imryths, and other dragons with additional powers, it makes me remember back to when dragons were terrifying, and could kill parties solo; I guess I miss that. Since I loved psionics, too, extra points. Thanks for doing this! I have to say I look forward to Amethyst, being the "strongest" Gems, and especially since Gem Dragons, in total, feature so little. Have a good one!
In “At the Mountains of Madness” we got the typical horrific foreign creature description for a freaking Penguin, and in Spelljammer there are Alien Penguins called the Dohwar, therefore Penguins are a horrific cosmic horror to Raulothim.
To be fair to him there was an Empire that conquered like 12 Crystal spheres and was going to take over the Three Main DnD setting Crystal Spheres. If one exists there is probably others.
He alternates several rings as in changes. It doesn't have to be only that he exchanges the ring for one another, but also changes the rings as in changes their appearance, so they always look like a simple band, but actually are different powerful rings. Fits someone with paranoia imo.
I'm currently DM'ing a campaign for my players that revolves around absolutely as much dragon stuff as possible. The overall module is constructed around "Tyranny of Dragons"; however, I've relied on Fizbahn's guide to teach me as much as I can. That being said after absolutely enjoying your videos and subsequently this one right here I realize due to your commentary that Fizbahn's is incorrect in dragon lore and overall dragon knowledge. This is my first time ever DM'ing and I haven't played too many campaigns before that; that being said I absolutely love the game and to be honest I've enjoyed it more now that I'm the one putting smiles or frowns on the adventurer's faces participating. I want to do this the best I possibly can so I would appreciate it if you had any insight on the best material to consume in regards to doing a "Dragons everything" campaign correctly as that was what I had asked the more knowledgeable people I know when I was trying to figure out a module. I've been adding "character arcs" and specialized dragon horde weapons that will increase in power and eventually make it to artifact level once my players have gone through their backstory arcs and then going back to main story within the module in between each arc for progress. I have no idea if I'm doing the right things but I know from watching critical role everyone has their own style and I feel if I want to develop my own the first thing is to absorb knowledge but the correct knowledge because after seeing your videos there is quite a lot of things that end up being far more interesting and have depth to them when its the "forgotten realms" version of things. For instance, there is a player in my campaign that is obsessed with kobolds but even they had no idea about dragonwrought kobolds or the kobold god and how he came to be or how kobolds came to be to begin with. I found out all of this information from your video on them and I don't think I would have been able to stumble upon it without you; that kind of info. about kobolds is definitely not in Fizbahn's even though it should be considering the kobolds origins/lineage. Sorry for the ramble but I would appreciate your input MrRhexx.
wait "the ring" could it be, Raulothim posseses the one ring, One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
Maybe the next adventure you make should be about the norse and Olympian gods. Fans seem to be very interested in gods. So maybe create you own God 5e system and have a way for players to become gods then battle other gods.
Funny though on the blood fire spell. If one knew when it was going to be triggered and they turn into a fire elemental/ invested in flam. It just wouldn’t work
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I would like to say thank you for all you've done all the years with your lore videos. I wish you luck with your third party books but I'm sure Wizards the coast is going force you to demonetize or either sue you. As soon as D&D one hits Wizards is not going to get another dime from me. I plan to boycott and wish I could sooner. Unfortunately I'm addicted to collecting icons the Realms and I'd like to see that through. But I'll not support D&D one at all. My Hope Is Wizards will go bankrupt and they'll be forced to sell D&D to someone that will actually love it and the fans again. I hope you're still around after that Smoke Clears. I definitely want to support you in several other third-party creators in the coming future because I'm not doing business with Wizards much longer at all.
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Rogue: "Alright, so one how are we supposed to find this dragon? It's not exactly a small island."
Paladin of Helm: "Ask him."
Barbarian: "Excuse me?"
Paladin of Helm: "He's an emerald dragon. He probably knows we're here and would try to fight us if we got too close to his lair."
Blonde bard: "Well here goes nothing. *Coughs* Greetings dread Raulothim, we come here as emissaries of the good and fair Duchess Daggerford. She has expressed concern for your well being and bade us try to find thee. If you have but a minute please honor us with an audience or failing that a message to send back to the duchess." (Bard's player rolls a nat 20)
Barbarian: "Seriously, we're doing a wellness check on a fucking dragon? What the fuck is gonna happen to a neutral great wyrm that'd worry the duchess?"
Raulothim: *Crashes in front of the party* "*ALIENS!* They're all around the realm! Not in the realm, outside! But they gnaw at the gates! Waiting, testing. Hoping to sell our souls and bodies to forces even more incomprehensibly vile! Beware! Beware the daggers outside the veil!"
Barbarian: "Okay maybe that."
This was amazingly well written!!
Had me giggling !
and then Raulothim says: "oh you are with mystra" and disappears and you just hear the echoes of "i hate dispel magic i hate dispel magic i hate dispel magic" *while freebird intensifies*
Paladin: yep we're gonna die
@@dusk2308 Paladin of Helm: "Calm down. Start one step at a time. We're not as smart as you. Help us, help us so we can help you."
Raulothim: *Francis E. Dec rant continues violently*
Rogue: "So there's flying shellfish ships from other worlds with horrible monsters and creatures that want to eat our brains and giant monster things that'd make great wyrms look small? I ..."
Barbarian: "Sure."
Rogue: "What?"
Barbarian: "I believe him."
Rogue: "How and why?"
Blonde bard: "Let's see there's a dragon that works at a brothel, there's dragons who dream of being a real girl, and countless other insane shit. Are you really gonna question this?"
Paladin of Helm: "We'll relay this to the Duchess. Thank you lord."
Raulothim: "But I didn't tell you about the Swirling One!"
@@gasmonkey1000 Rouge: so we're not gonna tell the Duchess any of this right? and just say that he has gone completely insane because if we do we're gonna come of just as completely insane!!!
Paladin: no we have to have faith that she'll understand us and see reason.
Blonde bard: *sigh* shall i prepare freebird
Paladin: maybe
Rouge: this is insane, where all insane.
@@dusk2308 Duchess: "Okay."
Rogue: "wut"
Paladin: "She said o-"
Blonde bard: "He knows what you meant! But how? Why?"
Duchess: "Young lady when you get impersonated by a suck-demon you gain an appreciation for the absurd."
Barbarian: "I'm too sober for this shit."
Gotta love how Raulothim is basically batman. Rich, suspicious of everybody, and always preparing for something that may or may not happen.
allmost all dragons are naturally like that.
If mistra wants to stop this dragon from hording all this magic, maybe she should just send a therapist instead of people trying to steal and kill
Ok. Who wants to play the role of the psychotherapist bard?
Now, who will take proficiency in carpenter's tools so they can craft a therapist's couch big enough for a dragon?
@@derekstein6193 I can play a goblin psychotherapist bard! :D Then you can be the woodworker artificer. Does that sound good?
@@QueenInora Where are my tools? I got a shipment of ironwood I've had my eye on.
@@derekstein6193 oh right Ur tools, i think they are in the bag of holding
I was just thinking that. Why doesn't Elminster or the other Chosen drop by for a chat, rather than sending people to their obvious deaths? Too busy sitting in taverns and "saving the world" I suppose.
I like how Raulothim and Daurgothoth both basically had Midlife Crisis' upon coming into contact with Spelljamming vessels, and then used the power of paranoia to go super saiyan
Gem Dragons are the dragon type more than any other that makes me go 'Wait a minute'.
Cool as frak an idea though.
TBC its not how they are alive that makes my brain goes 'huh?'.
Its how they dont shatter on their own weight.
I know they are mystical creatures, but I can get my head around metallic dragons because metal while normally hard can be quite pliable when heated.
Gem dragons are just a level of fantastical to me (in a good way) that the others dont quite reach.
I had no idea that the one who made the “Psychic Lance” spell was a dragon. I’ve put that spell in a few builds but never knew the lore behind it
Love that spell
Which is funny cause dragons have been though of been ridden and their riders most often than not would use a lance cause its reach.
This dragon series is one of the most consistent and best series rhexx has made i am enjoying it greatly
P to it ui
Yah when he started it I thought it was going be just how powerful they are, but who now most powerful dragons are way more interesting and hilarious than I thought
You're literally the first person I thought of when all the BS started coming out. Hope it all works out for the best.
Yeah, things seem bleak at the moment.
hoping the backlash causes some pause, but its really rough seeing that greed is becoming a big motivation for a company i have alot of love for.
@@aaronwilliams8887 unfortunately we all have been there before and we'll be again, things are going down fast
Same
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Patiently waiting on the day you tackle in depth the epic dragons. Those weird outcasts of the CR system need their very own explanations
This 👆
If you don't want to wait I think AJ has those available
It always feels odd to me that Emerald dragons prefer to live near volcanoes, seeing as the colors just don't feel right. But I like to imagine that all the light from the lava refracts through the emerald dragon, giving the whole room a greenish glow
Could be, because Emerald (Beryl) is formed in pyroclasts. Old ancient volcano cavity vents and water seeping through them and presurised.
@@FoxBatinaHat "Ah, I see you're a man of geology as well."
Emeralds are found in volcanic rock.
@@dragonpjb Oh ya that makes sense. Thanks bro
Lava doesn’t even glow
Hoping for a Shadow Dragon to show up in the series!
Havent he covered it? Shadow dragon WERE its own type but its now a state of how any dragon lives. Any dragon can turn into a shadow dragon by spending enough time in the Shafowfell. AFAIK. 4e purple dragons was called shadow dragon at first, in Drizzt novels/ boardgame. Shimmergloom were one. But then WotC separated purple and shadow and both became their separate things. Purple dragons are Chromatic dragons. In Fizban its indirectly clarified that tve Deep dragons are their own thing. Living further down in the undrrdark than Putples, lives in and around mushrooms etc and have psychothropics spore breath. Purples are more roamy and breathes energy instead. Even now in 5e and EVEN if WotC didnt bring them up again alongside Yellows, Oranges( dragon magazine 65, 248, yes there isxan own Purple dragon there too ), 4e Gray ( ex fang dragon ) and 4e Brown desert dragons. Hope it clarified
@@odinulveson9101 He meant a notable shadow dragon, a special one like he did one for each type of chromatic
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Yes. Would love to see a full video on Mauzkyl Jaezred. He covered MJ briefly in a previous video and it was super interesting.
Ahh yes, gem dragons, probably my favourite kind of dragon. Now all that I need is a video about Ashardalon and I'll be satisfied
Ashardalon just doesn't have a lot of lore, which is a shame. They could have done so much more with him.
Raulothim, the prepper dragon.
Planning to use Raulothim as a major support npc with the Abolethic Sovereignty as the BBEGs for a future homebrew
You're on a roll with these dragon videos.
So this Dragon is basically an H.P. lovecraft protagonist... Now give me a Cthulu Dragon
Does the Elder Brain Dragon from Fizban's count? Or the old Brainstealer dragon?
It’s worth noting that sound itself is vibrations in the air, so when that vibration gets strong enough it starts to become less a sound and more just a shockwave, which fits perfectly with the concussive nature of thunder damage.
Now as a viewer I want three things
1) A pdf of all the stats blocks for these powerful creatures, I would buy it in a heartbeat
2) A series on what they don't tell you about all the gem dragons
3) A what they don't tell you about spelljammer video(s)
Spelljammer is such one of the most obscure and underloved corners of dnd. Mostly forgotten after 2e.
It’s basically “dnd in space!!!!!!!”
(11:37) "They are now making sixth edition" ... oh my sweet summer child!
It's good to see the old pictures from 2d edition's "fiend folio" ; gem dragons' description in there were great too, a true classic and staple for imagination.
And you videos on dragons are really great storytelling. Keep up with those please !
As a guy whose primary roleplay in DnD is a mass produced Warforged servant of the smartest Hill Giant you've ever seen, I think this Emerald Dragon deserves our patronage and protection from the magic goddess.
Time to march across the sea floor to reach him.
I wonder how long till Hasbro starts sending out the legal threats.
Just like games workshop 😔
The moment you mentioned he has the same clone spell as Manshoon, things suddenly got way more dangerous and catastrophic. A similar situation as the Manshoon Wars, but with very powerful dragons can lead to an incredibly nasty situation!
You're an absolute beast with the frequency and quality of these videos
Great! Cant wait for the named Topaz and Amethyst dragons, heck there was even a Mercury dragon on that old forgotten realms site. Both Steel and Mercury are metallic dragons though.Also Mr.Rhexx maybe do a collab with Dungeon Dad? He made expansive videos on the underused/ lost Yellow, Purple and Orange dragons, (which I would wish WotC would make offical in a fat new Draconomicon for D&Done/6e) I know you have too but that was years ago, I enjoyed them though. Gray and Brown dragons + other Gem and Metallics deserve more renown aswell
Might I recommend to you AJ Pickett's (aka The Mighty Gluestick) channel, his rare dragon types videos in particular? He just recently covered the unappetizing Gloom Dragon, which I had no idea existed. Then again, I was never an expert in Hades, lol. 😅
@@Harrowed2TheMind Thanks for the tip but I know about his contwnt aswell. I just find it intriguing and interesting to watch each content creators take on the different dragon families, types, sub species and notable individuals even
I'd love to see you cover the purple, orange, and yellow chromatic dragons.
Raulothim: “Spelljammers are going to destroy Toril.”
My Spelljammer Villain: “Yes… but you’re endearingly funny, so I’ll move you to better world.”
Edit: So the villain in particular is trying to destroy Toril because he hates Mystra and her Chosen… and Mystra and her Chosen have beef with Raulothim… I think my BBEG got a new buddy.
This is a Good Idea™.
Very cool 😎
But Raulothim has beef with beings from outside his crystal sphere, idk if he'd be willing to be helped
It reads more like it'll lead to a Mexican stand-off
@@agustinvenegas5238 We just need to persuade him to teach all other mortals to defend their world from the aliens, and then Mystra will love him again.
Aw yeah! Raulothim has to be one of my favorite dragons and I want to make a campaign centered around the island of a similar name. Thanks! This helps!
I am LOVING this dragon series.
The more you talk about Sands of Doom the more awesome it sounds. Can’t wait!
Yay for gem dragons!
Recently I came across Crystal dragons and fell in love with their 5e design and some of the stuff from Fizban about them.
Steel dragons would be awesome too, they are quite rare and underrepresented, probably because they are the smallest and weakest dragons overall, but still have some fascinating characters.
The art from your kickstarter project is incredible. I am backing immediately.
I love this series! Can't wait for more! :)
surprisingly this is the second dragon you've covered that I want to steal. Raulothim seems interesting both as a quest patron (for sealing up portals and such) and as a dragon to kill. It actually makes me want to run a FR game with him as the focal point.
Really hope you can eventually cover the Prismatic dragons. Just one of my personal favorite kind dragons.
Love these videos and hope all the drama/legal issues with Wotc/Hasbro are fixed and we can all take a collective sigh of relief.
Loving the rapid fire dragon videos!!! Have you started an open source gaming system yet? ;)
Thank you SO MUCH!!! I LOVE these lore videos, and rely on them for my d and d campaigns I run in Fae'Run. Now I'm off to plan my next campaign with Raulothim being the BBEG!!
Holy crap! I just went back to the Kickstarter (I backed it at max tier in the early days) and I see it's SUPER FUNDED! GG my man, you deserve it, and I'm SOOOOO keen on all those unlocked stretch goals. Let's GOOO!
Sounds like a fun dragon to play as a nervous wreck who's also able to kick your hide when scared. Befriending him would be a great boon, even more if you can calm his worries.
Sooo... he's basically a tinfoil hat fanatic, an obscenely powerful one, but a tinfoil hat fanatic nonetheless.
I mean he exists in a world where a Space Empire was legitimately trying to conquer the Crystal Spheres and nothing in technically stopping another one from forming. A thing about paranoia nutters is that technically their craziness has a legitimate reason to exist. However, as is nature with paranoia it can get out of hand very quickly.
I dont think tin hat fanatics can exist in a world where you can wish that rain was and always has been sausages
MrRhexx and Aj Pickett stay dropping god tier videos
Psionics are something I absolutely love in D&D, shame it's so ignored in 5e.
Same, my favorite class is and always has been the soulknife from 3.5, and I'm just disappointed with how they've tried implementing it in 5e; granted, I don't play 5e, so maybe it's due to limitations of the system and balancing differences, but it just doesn't feel like it has the same flavor it's supposed to have. If I remember correctly, they just made it a rogue subclass that wields two knives made of mental energy. I much preferred the 3.5 version where the mindblade was a single sword that you could shapeshift into different weapons or split in two and give cool abilities that you can mix and match to have a unique customization (the ability where you split your mindblade into 8 pieces to attack every enemy around you was also cool), not to mention the soulbow and illumine soul prestige classes (I know prestige classes aren't a thing in 5e, subclasses are the closest substitute, but still, they were cool). And on top of those abilities are the soulknife-specific feats, which added even more flare and prowess. Also if they really want to make soulknife a subclass instead of its own class it should be a monk subclass and I will die on this hill.
And this is just the soulknife, the least psionic psionic class, the others just straight-up don't exist unless you use the mystic from Unearthed Arcana, and I believe that's been made no longer official? Could be wrong, though. But yeah, psionic classes got screwed over.
My weak spot it's for the elemental forces, wich also feel a bit short a lot of the time
@@KingNedya 3.5 is such a weird page in D&D history, I never wrapped my mind around it, most people just forget about it
wotc said psion-ara to it ;)
@@TheMightyBattleSquid Are you sure? Because I just took some psychic damage from you, so clearly psychics are still around.
Raulothim is literally my favorite dragon so far lol, my character has that same paranoia vibe 😂. I am currently working on planeshifting into Faerun and tracking down several of the dragons youve covered, starting with Arveiturace and Raulothim lol
Just backed the Kickstarter yesterday, super excited to get the hardcover :D the art is the book looks amazing
Paranoia to that extreme is pretty scary lmao. But uhhh... Atropus? ;) Much love either way Lore Master Rhexx! Keep up the amazing!
Again with these things? No one uses telegram man! The whole reward through telegram is an obvious hoax lmao
MAAAAAN YOU ARRE PUMPING THOSE VIDEOS OUT LIKE CRAZYYYYY!!! AND I LOVE IT!
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Raulothem: I know how it feels tony stark to be paranoid about Esther esoterical invaders. but can I borrow your nanotech armor and the Infinity stones attached to it too
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@@sssargon8569 pretty much every you've won something comment is a scam. If you have won something why are they giving out to every commander. They don't really reply back to the people either
Thankyou for this , he seems more paranoid than most dragons for good reason
Go dragon go!
Listening to this video I got the idea of a Warlock having Raulothim as a Patron as a promise to deliver magic. Be it spell books they write, scrolls, items, etc in exchange for his assistance. But during this, the Warlock and possibly the party, learn the dragon used to be an explorer before becoming paranoid. So they decided to work together in hopes to help him past his paranoia.
Eventually helping him take his first steps out of his volcano in a long time, taking on a possibly Dragonborn like form. And while on the ship to leave his island as he's fighting past more paranoia, he could feel accomplished with the support of the player characters. This could go 1 of 2 ways.
1: He works past his paranoia and wants to go back to his hobbies of exploring the land, map making and all that while still collecting magic.
2: The DM has a Spell Jammer ship appear overhead and Raulothim has a full on breakdown as he goes into the fettle position, tail between his legs, all that. And the team realizes they still have a lot to help him work past.
So many cool aspects about this guy to use. Can totally see a campaign to try to steal his treasure
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"We don't have a psionic class for 5th edition yet."
Soulknife Rogue and Psi Warrior Fighter: Are we a joke to you?!
Hey there. Thanks for putting the sources in the description :)
Once you are done with the unique dragons I would greatly enjoy and appreciate a video about Manshoon. Connects to both the Zhentarim, Night Masks, and Elminster, so useful for many a FR game.
I was taking a nap earlier today and listening to TH-cam. Your channel is so critical to my use of TH-cam that it looks like when you dropped this video TH-cam was like, "I know who needs to see this"
Giant fan. Love the content!
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Your lore videos are the best, I absolutely love your series
Lets hope, DnD wont struck down your kickstarter
Nods sadly dnd is killing itself atm.
@@NonExclusive6669 they where always going to do that... thing is DnD might not be able too. Their main competitor technically uses the OGL so... yeah thats fucked. Any new rival will right now likely have a bunch of indies but no real main alternative. All of which are likely to compete against each other.
It turns out asking for WoTC to take more and more control over the IP to deal with the problematic parts of the fandom literally can only be done by DnD straight up controlling the IP in full. Which... a lot of people said was going to happen.
A steel dragon is literally a metallic dragon
Wow so we have a dragon scared of aliens
Raulthim’s lair feels like a great encounter for a level 19th party. They need his vast knowledge to find the BBG, and only he has such vast knowledge of Toril, just a matter of if he’ll cooperate…
the comment about the ring i believe refers to said ring with dispel and reverse gravity. the mention of many magic rings means that he is never caught with an exhausted ring
Always found that one of biggest plotholes in AD&D worlds.
You have spelljammers, they regularly visit Faerun e.t.c. yet none of the really powerful characters in that world seem to
be aware of them at all
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Sonic damage was changed to Thunder damage in 4th edition, just as Electric was changed to lightning. The only difference is the name.
Would love for my Spelljammer character to sit down and have a chat with this dragon. Spin tales of the many worlds and planes beyond planes.
I really hope that Kick starter gets Fully Funded. I want the 200,000 Goal Post
I can't wait for the silver dragon. Silvers are by far my favorite, I have a paladin who's whole story was he was a Paladin of the Talons (a sect of paladins who fought for bahamut) and one day used his ability to transform only to find himself stuck. Now he quests to get unstuck. I'm very curious as to what the silver video will look like
"Holla señor. I am your new dragon. Name is Raul. I am a purveyor of blue gems. No, is not a drug or sex disease. Just gems."
Your video is good timing my session just ended right at the start of a emerald dragon fight
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@@sssargon8569 I thought as much there user name is a dead giveaway that they are a scammer
Oh woaw ^^ imagin he teams up with the dracolich in his neighborhood !!! i would love to see it
With the ring thing, I believe he owns just a plain ring that he is deeply affectionate of and that other sages (not dragons likely) assume is swapped between other magic weapons
Congrats on the kickstarter
I can't wait for the inevitable edition in the future where dragon liches form together and are the great great bad bads of all dragonkind and pose super mega threat. All these powerful dragons are going to turn to it as it's the only real way to become MORE, and these dragons nearing (or already are) reaching that point, are already of immense power.
Sooooo that's gonna be fun
after the dragons we need a arch mage series going over all the arch mages and wizards that make spells like melf from melds acid arrow or bigsby from bigsby’s grasping hand
I was in a Pathfinder party {level 17, mythic tier 4} that briefly, accidentally met Raulothim. We tried to teleport to Waterdeep, with members of our party polymorphed into dragons -forgetting about the Dragonward!! We were shunted into the ocean near his island and made our way there. Not long after arriving, we saw this splendorous emerald dragon diving towards us from the clouds. Panicked, my sorceress went to teleport the party away, but she couldn't get everyone in our large party with the spell slots she had left. The party's techpriest and shadow assassin broke away from the party, to save me from choosing who to leave behind. Upon getting in range to read their minds, Raulothim paused and spoke with them briefly. He decided our mission {to save the Weave from the Shadovar} was worth sparing them. He wiped the memory of him from their minds and teleported them to Waterdeep. Insane shenanigans.
I play an emerald Dragonborn rogue soulknife. He used to be a human until he met his master, an emerald dragon whose name was never told to my character, if it’s Raulothim then we both have a lot in common. We’re both curious and have a desire to expand our knowledge of the material plane and we’re both always paranoid, for me especially after learning about Sardior and all the lore stuff about him too.
Cool cosmic horror aspect. He saw infinity and went mad.
You're not paranoid if they _are_ out to get you.
Wisdom of a prepper
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Gem dragons,the closest thing you’ll get to a Palladium Fantasy/Rifts style dragon. Love em all.
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It would be cool if, after this dragon series is over, you did lore videos about the Spawns of Divine Destruction from pathfinder.
That was a fun video! Granted, I was initially excited because Gem Dragon, which means psionics, which we didn't really cover, but then 5e has been a bit hit and miss, and vague, with psionics, as a whole, so I'm not really trying to criticize.
I'm always intrigued by the really old, powerful dragons, who have the powers of a flying siege engine, and a powerful caster, combined with ages of experience. I like these videos especially since 5e has sort of taken the magic out of dragons. Sure, they are powerful, and their elemental powers are impressive, but I think they know that giving a monster that much health, at that high of an AC, means it doesn't have the usual glass cannon failings other casters do, and so they just make them all physical battles, so parties can win. Breath weapons are great, when they aren't lines, but even these have recharge, and so better to not give dragons a dependable, long-range offense, because why wouldn't they use it? So anyway, when we get to discuss the Klauths, the Imryths, and other dragons with additional powers, it makes me remember back to when dragons were terrifying, and could kill parties solo; I guess I miss that. Since I loved psionics, too, extra points.
Thanks for doing this! I have to say I look forward to Amethyst, being the "strongest" Gems, and especially since Gem Dragons, in total, feature so little. Have a good one!
H. P. Lovecraft the dragon. Scared of everything he doesn't understand
In “At the Mountains of Madness” we got the typical horrific foreign creature description for a freaking Penguin, and in Spelljammer there are Alien Penguins called the Dohwar, therefore Penguins are a horrific cosmic horror to Raulothim.
To be fair to him there was an Empire that conquered like 12 Crystal spheres and was going to take over the Three Main DnD setting Crystal Spheres. If one exists there is probably others.
Love this series! Please do one about Prismatic or Force Dragon!
Spelljammer:
Emerald Dragon: WE BEING IN INVADED FROM THE GREAT BEYOND!!
Red Dragon: haha firebreath go bbuurrnn!!
This is the only dragon in D&D that wears a tin-foil hat and keeps raving about "Aliens". 😹
Gem dragons and psionics ! Favorites parts of the lore ! Hell yeah !
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This 🐉 dragon, in the right context, could be hilarious with it being the only one in its world to know of world travel and the multiverse
Thanks for the dragon lore! ^^
He alternates several rings as in changes. It doesn't have to be only that he exchanges the ring for one another, but also changes the rings as in changes their appearance, so they always look like a simple band, but actually are different powerful rings.
Fits someone with paranoia imo.
I'm currently DM'ing a campaign for my players that revolves around absolutely as much dragon stuff as possible. The overall module is constructed around "Tyranny of Dragons"; however, I've relied on Fizbahn's guide to teach me as much as I can. That being said after absolutely enjoying your videos and subsequently this one right here I realize due to your commentary that Fizbahn's is incorrect in dragon lore and overall dragon knowledge. This is my first time ever DM'ing and I haven't played too many campaigns before that; that being said I absolutely love the game and to be honest I've enjoyed it more now that I'm the one putting smiles or frowns on the adventurer's faces participating. I want to do this the best I possibly can so I would appreciate it if you had any insight on the best material to consume in regards to doing a "Dragons everything" campaign correctly as that was what I had asked the more knowledgeable people I know when I was trying to figure out a module. I've been adding "character arcs" and specialized dragon horde weapons that will increase in power and eventually make it to artifact level once my players have gone through their backstory arcs and then going back to main story within the module in between each arc for progress. I have no idea if I'm doing the right things but I know from watching critical role everyone has their own style and I feel if I want to develop my own the first thing is to absorb knowledge but the correct knowledge because after seeing your videos there is quite a lot of things that end up being far more interesting and have depth to them when its the "forgotten realms" version of things. For instance, there is a player in my campaign that is obsessed with kobolds but even they had no idea about dragonwrought kobolds or the kobold god and how he came to be or how kobolds came to be to begin with. I found out all of this information from your video on them and I don't think I would have been able to stumble upon it without you; that kind of info. about kobolds is definitely not in Fizbahn's even though it should be considering the kobolds origins/lineage. Sorry for the ramble but I would appreciate your input MrRhexx.
Yes. Some day you will cover Manshoon.
wait "the ring" could it be, Raulothim posseses the one ring, One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them,
Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul
@@lonelystrategos wish i knew black speech, maybe then i would get a pass irl eh XD
Bah, you kids and Forgotten Realms. Give me tales about the dragons of Greyhawk!
Imagine Mistra just sends Daurgathoth to settle this magic hoarding issue 😂
Maybe the next adventure you make should be about the norse and Olympian gods. Fans seem to be very interested in gods. So maybe create you own God 5e system and have a way for players to become gods then battle other gods.
Paranoia is one hell of a motivator.
Love the dragon videos! I would like to see a video on Eldenser
I felt the same way when I saw a ufo.
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Funny though on the blood fire spell. If one knew when it was going to be triggered and they turn into a fire elemental/ invested in flam. It just wouldn’t work
to be fair, Mystra does the same to various liches and archmages who like to hoard and violate her tenets