Very alien body parts of massive size wash ashore on a seaside village. Wise Elder: A Kraken comes... Wiser Elder: Looks like he already finished, tbh.
Can you imagine a kraken that spent almost fifty years shifting to have the perfect looks and one day he finds another three or four krakens that look exactly like him because they all thought it would be oh so original to look like Cthulhu
Last they were originally supposed to be giant crabs, they became octopi later and even later squids. The kraken from Norse myth is a giant crab The kraken from English myth is a giant octopus The kraken from modern myth is a giant squid The kraken from D&D is a shapeshifting ageless horror out of the Cthulhu mythos mixed with that wtf thing from Hollywood.
Huh.. That's interesting. My current D&D campaign has been dealing with an undead cult and lots of freaky storms have been breaking out in the nearby towns.. *looks at DM* *DM slowly lowers behind the DM screen*
I think my DM lied about my ship mimic eating a kraken because there wasnt a damn storm that happened when tentacles started trying to Hentai us! At least SS Hilda got some sushi in that one shot...
Y’all probably shouldn’t be watching these kind of videos as players, especially if you know the lore related to your game. One would assume that the more fun experience would be going into it blind
Jorphdan has a good series and I like both channels, Rhexx and Jorphdan keep me abreast of the lore and when I don't have time to delve into books or at least hit the FR wiki this is what I listen too.
The issue with deities is that they are intentionally kept super vague in most editions of the game. They practically don't exist in 5e for example which I find super weird. It would be such a gigantic task to compare all the gods of this system. XD
New idea: Warlock to Panzuriel Step 1: Find ocean 2:meet Kraken 3: Use Status to make deal 4: Suspiciously buy tons of metal 5: GM used BBEG. I use The Robo-Kraken. 6:Paladin and Cleric try to kill me. 7:laugh evil-like and save the world minus 1 paladin and one Cleric Profit.
Character idea: Once a powerful hero showed up and slew several Kraken singlehandedly. One Kraken witnessed this and decided that true power might be obtained through a smaller harder to hit frame, all power gathered internally rather than externally. So the Kraken takes on a humanoid shape and seeks out mortals to learn more about their own unique type of strength.
Lol kind of similar to my idea of playing a Dragon polymorphed into a human, but my dragon forgot it was a dragon it thinks it is a human warlock with a pact with a dragon(homebrew) but that dragon is actually itself
I never got why Krakens are always shown to be huge squids. Considering old Norse descriptions mention nostrils, jaws and even call them "fish". Later descriptions even describe them as "leviathan", who is serpent like. The idea of a giant squid seems to be a recent thing. A lot of the historic paintings of Kraken, aren't even of Kraken, they're of giant squid and were at the time a separate species. All this being said, I like the new 5th edition Kraken body shape. It allows more versatility and is a bit more original than X species of real animal made giant which is way too common in fantasy as a whole. I really, really like the idea that Kraken modify and alter themselves to get stronger too, makes them much better as a recurring enemy .
Starting in 1300s they were described as fish like creatures. Before that they were described as crab like creatures. They started being described as squid like in the 1700s, mainly believed to have been mistaken giant squids.
@@locustzedicus2437 I did see mention of it being crab like in a 1701 source. Could be a fun addition to the monster to give it a crab carapace or have it adapt pincers that improve grappling.
Wait “never again to be bound by other beings” My friend did the math and there is a genuine i think it was 16 % chance a succubus can control a kraken.
What if the regular kraken transforms into that after attacking the party a few times. The adventurers could see it atop a citadel where cultists do some strange ritual to make it happen and it powers up.
This certainly makes the Pact of the Kraken Warlock a lot more viable. Just imagine your trying to go about waking 'The Great Unbeheld' which sounds like its on par with the Tarrasque
Perhaps moreso; the Tarrasque only cares to feed itself. Relatively benign and ok. Just live. The Great Unbeheld... dominion of all the Prime Material Plane.
Adam, dammit where is my bard with the drums... Oh wait she was dissolved in acid... Nvm the one time I use dexterity as a dump stat and it kills a character.
Thankyou MrRhexx, you have given me a way to explain the presence of an ancient underwater horror (known as the Keeper of the Deep) in my canpaign. I can substitute the Great Unbeheld for it. It's desire to collect things of interest would also explain it's "guarding"of the big appendage.
You should cover qillpoths next. They are basically the demons that came before demons. They are also strangely relatable which is an odd thing to say about pure evil creatures but if you read the lore then you will know what I mean.
As a greek, I can reassure you our mythology has no kraken. That was 100% made up for the movie. Not a son of poseidon, not a creation of ares, nothing.
Krakens are my favorite Fanta creatures of all time. I really do like the 5th edition Krakens because of how unique they look. I also really like the various different Krakens in Magic the Gathering lore.
Can we learn more about Fairies/Archfeys or just Feys in general. I really wanna know more about these creatures and the lore regarding them is shrouded in mystery from what I can find.
@@DemonicEngineer an Archfey is a powerful entity like the Baba Yaga, Queen Titania and King Oberon, or the Queen of Air and Darkness. They are Fey that have the power of gods, or near enough to it to be indistinguishable.
Something that always has bugged me for a long time is that the Aboleth is meant to be a being who remembers all, used to rule the world and all that crazy shit. There is also stories of the Aboleth creating Krakens - a creature FAR stronger then itself. It just bugs me that the Aboleth, while yes a powerful and scary enemy, is still just a DC 10. Something, I wouldn't be too scared about tossing at my players when they are around level 8-9 maybe even lower (depending on party size/comp).
The *average* Aboleth, sure. Remember that they *never stop* growing, as well as the general rule that *multiple* enemies are deadly regardless of their CR (look at the humble Ghoul, or the Scarecrow)
Love this series on the weird and wonderful creatures of the worlds of D&D. I'm currently using these vids alongside the Monster Manual to compile a custom bestiary that I plan on turning into a leather bound tome. Keep up the good work Rhexx.
These videos are really helpful when it comes to campaigns,if my players know,for example,that green dragons put their young above all else (from the past video MrRhexx made about green dragons) and they knew beforehand that said green dragon has it's young in it's lair,they can disregard the lies of the dragon and put it's young as hostage,forcing said dragon to do my players' bidding. There's so much more about the monsters in the MM book than the info that the book gives off,and they can heighten the experience of the players if they can use that information to their advantage.And as a DM,i must know said information so that i know what my players are trying to do,that's why these videos are way more helpful than a handful of people might think.
Building a sea-faring campaign to play next year with my group and your videos on the Aboleths and Krakens have been crucial in inspiring my over-arching plot. Cheers and keep up the excellent work!
I actually kind of like the 5e kraken. it has a unique look to it, and it looks like a monstrosity and not just a giant squid. it LOOKS like what it's stats would suggest, an intelligent, magical monstrosity, instead of just a comparatively boring giant squid.
It sounds like a cool adventure to be on a boat when one of those big mating whirlpools happen and the characters get drawn down into the ocean's depths into one of those air bubbles with a bunch of slaves in it. The characters could be deciding on what to do as the kraken who once held the area is either still in the mating ritual or has been killed by it.
Thank you so much for this. I just started a campaign with my 7yo and he want's a pirate adventure. I don't see how any reasonably exciting sailing adventure could NOT include a Kraken at some point, so this will be immensely helpful.
"Teeths" I only just found your channel, and I already love you. Also, DnD Kraken sounds a bit like the Liir Elders from "Sword of the Stars". Would be pretty cool if the Unbeheld was Panzuriel's tentacle that grew into its own entity, like a starfish.
Always happy to see a new video. You do great work. They provide solid info and inspiration for my own campaigns. I am currently running Storm King's Thunder and the Cult of the Kraken plays a big part of our game. In my canon the Kraken was the right hand of Anman, the one eyed Allfather God of the Giants. They helped to fight elementals and powerful beings as the Giants helped to form the Material world. Once the war was over and peace and come, the Gods saw that the Kraken had many children and was dominating the seas. The Giants betrayed the Kraken and all its offspring, and several millennia later the Original Alpha Kraken is still healing but ready to exact revenge upon the world.
Real cephalopods can breath through their skin as long as their is water on it, octopus have been known to “walk” between tide pools breathing the sea spray that splashes them.
I think thats just normal Gamer-feelings, searching for the biggest fish in the sea to test your mettle on...also could be an amazing campaign. Maybe start it like Shadow over Innsmouth, a town full of fishermen who look just...off. In truth though they all worship a kraken as their god and bring him slaves in exchange for good catches. Add a cult in and you have a nice hook for a campaign against a normal kraken first, which then leads the party deeper and deeper into the ocean, until finally they stand face to face with the Great Unbeheld. ...and as the skies go pitch black, only illuminated by the violent clashes of lightning, the towering mountain of a leviathan slowly opens his eyes, staring right at the party as it unravels its mighty tentacles, rising from the bed of the sea, creating riptides and whirlpools while it ascends out of the darkest trenches in which it waited so long to finally awaken when the time is right. As the monstrous behemoth finally breaks throug the oceans surface, a tidal wave forms, rippling through all the seven seas, flooding lands, sinking centuries old citaldels and unmaking entire kingdoms as the water rolls across the land. While the party make it to a small rock formation that was spared by the tsunami, all they can see is darkness, as the hulking figure of the Great Unbeheld reaches through the clouds, blocking out the sun in its entirety while its two red eyes, bigger then the moon, look down upon the soon to be flooded planet. All that is standing in his way...are your players...this is a do or die situation, everything is said, words are superfluous now...it is time to roll initiative and decide the fate of the world!! ...obviously this is an Epic level campaign, but that was obvious
I actually love the weird and messy Kraken Mating cycle as a juiced-up fantasy version of the extreme lethality of Octopus Mating, where the males tend to give out and die a few weeks after mating, and the females guard and care for the eggs without eating for as long as 10 months in some species and conditions, and also die pretty much immediately afterward.
@@bezyn2291 what about the antideluvians and cain from the old world if darkness the only one that ever got killed took the combined efforts of some asian vampire curses, a magic enhanced nuke and the big collective of mages useing a giant solar death ray to glass it from orbit. Id say that tops the witcher.
“ The day was a slow one, hot and windless, and we sat a drift on that god forsaken sea for near a fortnight before we so much as felt a salty breeze on our brows. It was on the fifteenth day at sea that it appeared. Firstly, the winds that had thus far scorned our vessel was whipped into a frenzied gale. So great were the forces of the storm, that the mast of the ship bent to the point of destruction, snapping and splintering into a hail of wooden needles that rained down claiming the lives of two deckhands. It was not long after this that the second calamity befell us. The sea, which had been in a state of dead calm not but the night before, writhed as if alive and trying desperately to escape its bondage. Waves, taller than any I have seen in my twenty seafaring years, crashed around us, threatening to smash our iron enforced hull like rotted driftwood. By this time, between the thrashing waves and hollowing gusts, the sea around us appeared to boil, as if the gates of the nine hells had been opened by some arch-demon. It was then, amongst the battering waves and cutting gale that we met our fourth and final doom. Great and terrible arms reached up from the deep, each one lines with suckers and tipped with jagged barbs that even the most vile creatures of the Underdark would recoil from at the sight of them. The four hellish appendages rose to greet us in our hour of despair, coiling tightly around the length of our only salvation, for if the ship was lost to the sea, we would all surely perish. And so it was. The beastly arms needed but to twist only once, and our vessel was torn asunder. Iron and wood exploded violently outwards, shredded as easily as snapping tinder for the fire, and all hands were lost to the unforgiving depths. My memory of that dark day ends there, for the next thing I can recall clearly is being found washed ashore, beaten and bloodied, and near half dead from lack of water and food. You may think me daft or crazed, but I tell you I ain’t. I’ve seen the beasts of the deep, I’ve seen the one they call Kraken, and I tell you, sure as I live, that those monsters will be the end of us all. Gods help us! Gods help us all!!” Testament of Ishtar Mally, first mate and sole survivor of the disappearance of the merchant ship Red Dawn.
OMG! Thank you so much! I don't know if you read my comment on the last video, but I appreciate what you did here! Keep up the amazing work! If you keep doing lair creatures, that would be awesome!
Took you :56 seconds to say Kraken, now that's a good intro (Not sarcasm, delaying saying the word that long, and keeping me engaged, is good descriptive skills)
raging storm threatens peaceful port town, elf elder exclaims “goddamnit the krakens are f***ing again”
x'DD A like for you my dear!
imagen running away as your town is being destroy becose some squid wanted to bone
So in my last homebrew campaign my party came across two kraken doing just that.
Ugly fight
Just Monikraken
@@Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman When you say "ugly fight," did you mean the actual battle against them or what you were watching?
Very alien body parts of massive size wash ashore on a seaside village.
Wise Elder: A Kraken comes...
Wiser Elder: Looks like he already finished, tbh.
BURN
~The PervMaster
Can you imagine a kraken that spent almost fifty years shifting to have the perfect looks and one day he finds another three or four krakens that look exactly like him because they all thought it would be oh so original to look like Cthulhu
"A number of Krakens have actually seeked undeath". Me, has horrified vision of fighting a Krakenlich. Also me, a DM, smiles while writing down stats.
Me after hearing “writes down stats”: 😈
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1:55 1:55 2:29 2:44
5: 5:01
Krakens: “The Ocean is ours!”!
Aboleths: “Put up your fucking dukes.”
Male Spider: *Whatches the section about kraken mating.* "I can so relate to this."
Male praying mantis: "Tell me about it."
Male me: Sounds like my kind of woman
That's rough buddy
is that what happened to dad
@@tinysquid8786 yes my boy yes it was
Death by snu snu
Last they were originally supposed to be giant crabs, they became octopi later and even later squids.
The kraken from Norse myth is a giant crab
The kraken from English myth is a giant octopus
The kraken from modern myth is a giant squid
The kraken from D&D is a shapeshifting ageless horror out of the Cthulhu mythos mixed with that wtf thing from Hollywood.
Yeah but now i want to see an evil storm giant with an kraken friend Only the kraken friend has crab claws on the end of its hand
But does a kraken as a weak spot for massive damage?
@@david18cruz1989 there is Always a weak spot
I just want to say that I like plural for octopus. Octopi. Makes me think of eight pies... That is all.
P.S. correct plural is octopuses.
In Norse mythology we have discovered some things about a giant squid called the kraken
"The Hateful Compulsion"
Says all that's needed to know about Kraken mating.
A life without sex or a painful violent death. Tough choice.
Also, my dating life.
They are just a bunch on incels
@@CrusaderCrunch The opposite really, they wish they were celebate.
I'd rather not know about the mating patterns of Karens.
Huh.. That's interesting. My current D&D campaign has been dealing with an undead cult and lots of freaky storms have been breaking out in the nearby towns..
*looks at DM*
*DM slowly lowers behind the DM screen*
I think my DM lied about my ship mimic eating a kraken because there wasnt a damn storm that happened when tentacles started trying to Hentai us! At least SS Hilda got some sushi in that one shot...
Y’all probably shouldn’t be watching these kind of videos as players, especially if you know the lore related to your game. One would assume that the more fun experience would be going into it blind
@@klidthelid8361 Lmao I was checking these kinds of videos out because I was gonna DM fornmy group next but things got awkward
@@klidthelid8361 In my experience most players are DMs
*stares judgementally at dm* xD
When is "What They Don't Tell You About Humans" coming out?
Here's one of my favorites. Your dad didn't really go out for a pack of cigarettes.
@@IAmQwerty1 you bloody liar!
Shawn Gardner he will come there's problably just a line at the store
One word: Daelkyr.
@@simeon4575 he went out on black Friday he isn't coming back
You should make a series about the deities. It would be a LONG one but it would be interesting to know the powers and history of the pantheons.
Jorphdan has a good series and I like both channels, Rhexx and Jorphdan keep me abreast of the lore and when I don't have time to delve into books or at least hit the FR wiki this is what I listen too.
The issue with deities is that they are intentionally kept super vague in most editions of the game. They practically don't exist in 5e for example which I find super weird. It would be such a gigantic task to compare all the gods of this system. XD
would also be great for a more newer players and dms who arent familiar with how the gods interconnect
You should check out AJ Pickett
New idea: Warlock to Panzuriel
Step 1: Find ocean
2:meet Kraken
3: Use Status to make deal
4: Suspiciously buy tons of metal
5: GM used BBEG. I use The Robo-Kraken.
6:Paladin and Cleric try to kill me.
7:laugh evil-like and save the world minus 1 paladin and one Cleric
Profit.
BBEG?
@@4717-b7j Short for Big Bad Evil Guy.
Reddit uses it, sorry for the confusion.
@@Terrivian_Vess Thank You for the clarification i have seen it used before but never asked.
Fjord?
@@ROYBGP what is the question?
17:00
"No Jerry stop harassing the nice boatman, It's time to leave".
"But Muuuuum!"
Uncle Carl is going to REALLY harass the boat people.
behind their backs
"Don't you 'but Mom' me! We're already late for Panzuriel's mass." - religious Kraken mother
All will fear the great kraken Jerry
Character idea:
Once a powerful hero showed up and slew several Kraken singlehandedly. One Kraken witnessed this and decided that true power might be obtained through a smaller harder to hit frame, all power gathered internally rather than externally.
So the Kraken takes on a humanoid shape and seeks out mortals to learn more about their own unique type of strength.
Thanks
Lol kind of similar to my idea of playing a Dragon polymorphed into a human, but my dragon forgot it was a dragon it thinks it is a human warlock with a pact with a dragon(homebrew) but that dragon is actually itself
(@ Julian) That’s funny
Julian Watch MrRhexx’s video on Steel Dragons; I think you’ll like it
Davy Jones?
I never got why Krakens are always shown to be huge squids. Considering old Norse descriptions mention nostrils, jaws and even call them "fish". Later descriptions even describe them as "leviathan", who is serpent like. The idea of a giant squid seems to be a recent thing. A lot of the historic paintings of Kraken, aren't even of Kraken, they're of giant squid and were at the time a separate species.
All this being said, I like the new 5th edition Kraken body shape. It allows more versatility and is a bit more original than X species of real animal made giant which is way too common in fantasy as a whole. I really, really like the idea that Kraken modify and alter themselves to get stronger too, makes them much better as a recurring enemy .
Starting in 1300s they were described as fish like creatures. Before that they were described as crab like creatures.
They started being described as squid like in the 1700s, mainly believed to have been mistaken giant squids.
It reminds me of the Kraken from Clash of the Titans
@@locustzedicus2437 I did see mention of it being crab like in a 1701 source. Could be a fun addition to the monster to give it a crab carapace or have it adapt pincers that improve grappling.
@@calebrogers6069 Beach Body ready
I personally prefer the giant squid design. I guess I just find that one the most logical and realistic.
Wait “never again to be bound by other beings”
My friend did the math and there is a genuine i think it was 16 % chance a succubus can control a kraken.
In 5e? Succubi can only charm humanoids. Krakens are, naturally, not humanoids but monstrosities.
ZeroNumerous really? He must’ve missed that part when telling me how broken the succubus was for such a low cr.
Maybe he meant the orginal succubus? Now those ones were fricking broken.
@@dovianempire1868 Well a lot of things in 1e seem to be broken from what I understand...
wait wait wait...a succubus and a kraken? You've been watching a lot of hentai.
I personally prefer the fifth edition version. It is more creative than just a gargantuan squid
ahh it´s but a dick squid.
What if the regular kraken transforms into that after attacking the party a few times. The adventurers could see it atop a citadel where cultists do some strange ritual to make it happen and it powers up.
Agree
@@stormcrowlegendary3512 better yet, it becomes more swole, gains more and more arms and its face becomes more and more like Will smith
Yuh
This certainly makes the Pact of the Kraken Warlock a lot more viable.
Just imagine your trying to go about waking 'The Great Unbeheld' which sounds like its on par with the Tarrasque
Perhaps moreso; the Tarrasque only cares to feed itself. Relatively benign and ok. Just live.
The Great Unbeheld... dominion of all the Prime Material Plane.
@@LeonaPrime I'm talking in terms of raw power/might
True enough. Sounds like it has plenty of range, to boot.
Ia! Ia! Fhtagn!
@@LeonaPrime DM *smiles evily* " The kraken prepares to attack."
*rolls shit tons of dice*
*DM's evil grin widens*
Scared Player: " WHAT?! What happened!?"
DM: " The horrible rape radius has increased..."
"Evolve. Perfect. Strengthen. Yes. Perfect." - Abathur, StarCraft II, Heart of the Swarm.
Abathur was made from stolen kraken DNA. Dammit, Zerg.
As puffin forest once said “let’s get kraken”
I’ll see myself out now.
What they don't tell you about drow next?
They have som pretty intersting lore, I'd love to see a video on them.
the thing is they already tell us alot about them thanks to Mordekainen's
"This is a 5th edition baby kraken"
EEEEE! That's cute!
Yea.
I'd name him Phil
This was really helpful, since I'm running a pirate character (Rogue/Warlock) with a Kraken as her patron.
13:04 Don't you mean...
Fishionaries?
Adam, dammit where is my bard with the drums...
Oh wait she was dissolved in acid... Nvm the one time I use dexterity as a dump stat and it kills a character.
Thankyou MrRhexx, you have given me a way to explain the presence of an ancient underwater horror (known as the Keeper of the Deep) in my canpaign. I can substitute the Great Unbeheld for it. It's desire to collect things of interest would also explain it's "guarding"of the big appendage.
15:22
Well it looks like Rhexx is a Darkest Dungeon fan.
Research have found squids can edit their RNA.
I really hope that that fact is the inspiration for the detail about krakens modifying their bodies. That is ingenious if it is the inspiration.
If that's so were screwed. Soon they will become krackens
You mean dna?
@JASON LIU ah something new learned
So basically, if they figure out how to play a game of chess, we're fucked.
Would love to see a battle between a Dragon Turtle and a Kraken
I want to see a Kraken fight the Tarrasque.
In my homebrew campaign I plan on doing this 😂
RIP dragon turtle.
Craig Hormann I’m planning on having that happen in my campaign. 2 cults are scheming to awaken each one. (Inspired by Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire)
You should cover qillpoths next. They are basically the demons that came before demons. They are also strangely relatable which is an odd thing to say about pure evil creatures but if you read the lore then you will know what I mean.
the kraken in 5th ed resembles the greek kraken
The one from Wrath of Titans was actually Cetus...
To me it looked like an aboleth
There actually aren't Greek Krakens. They're from Norse mythology , the Wrath of the Titans movie was just that influential.
Justin Case I'm talking about the old one not the remake
As a greek, I can reassure you our mythology has no kraken. That was 100% made up for the movie. Not a son of poseidon, not a creation of ares, nothing.
Krakens are my favorite Fanta creatures of all time. I really do like the 5th edition Krakens because of how unique they look. I also really like the various different Krakens in Magic the Gathering lore.
Can we learn more about Fairies/Archfeys or just Feys in general. I really wanna know more about these creatures and the lore regarding them is shrouded in mystery from what I can find.
Fuck the fey
Learn more about the fey!!
Exactly. I still have no idea what an archfey is. They don't tell us shit about it.
@@DemonicEngineer an Archfey is a powerful entity like the Baba Yaga, Queen Titania and King Oberon, or the Queen of Air and Darkness. They are Fey that have the power of gods, or near enough to it to be indistinguishable.
@@Mare_Man Are we talking cr 20 gods (liches, krakens, dragons, emperyans, demon lords) cr 30 gods (Tarrasque, Tiamat) or cr ??? (Bahamut, Moradin, Corellon)?
It would be epic if you do demons or devils next
I second this there is a new campaign coming out in September that takes place in hell this would be amazing
FYI he did cover the subject a little bit though
Did you your green cube in Bendigo
One way to trigger a paladin.
I third this
I like how you incorporated Darkest Dungeon images into the kraken
I've been needing this, I would love to run a water based adventure so thanks for helping with Kraken info!
We dont know where they really come from!
*BOOK SLAP*
*MrRhexx* "hold my grog..."
Something that always has bugged me for a long time is that the Aboleth is meant to be a being who remembers all, used to rule the world and all that crazy shit. There is also stories of the Aboleth creating Krakens - a creature FAR stronger then itself. It just bugs me that the Aboleth, while yes a powerful and scary enemy, is still just a DC 10. Something, I wouldn't be too scared about tossing at my players when they are around level 8-9 maybe even lower (depending on party size/comp).
The *average* Aboleth, sure.
Remember that they *never stop* growing, as well as the general rule that *multiple* enemies are deadly regardless of their CR (look at the humble Ghoul, or the Scarecrow)
You should so do a video about lichs and the dracolich!!
and demilich and alhoon
@@DemonicEngineer yes those two sorry i forgot to add those.
what about death tyrant?
@@Ookler He already did some videos on Beholders.
Your wish came true
I was skeptical some of these creatures being as interesting as they were. Great vid as always Rhexx
During all your "What They Don't Tell You About" i was like "yeah yeah but can a human mate with it?", now im kind of like "no, nevermind"
is there even anything a human woudnt?
Like throwing a hotdog into the Grand Canyon...
Fucking Bards.
Roll diplomacy
@@MichaelBirks Mines a fighter but yeah
Dude. This one was extra epic. Thank you
I don't know what your accent is, but it enhances the video so much.
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Darkest dungeon reference? I see you're a man of culture as well
No, batman
This is the first video I have seen from you and it spawned an entire campaign in my head. Absolutely amazing lore! Happily subscribed!
Love this series on the weird and wonderful creatures of the worlds of D&D. I'm currently using these vids alongside the Monster Manual to compile a custom bestiary that I plan on turning into a leather bound tome. Keep up the good work Rhexx.
All the other videos have this peaceful calming music throughout the videos but this one has a dramatic shift in the middle.
What they dont tell you about the Kraken:
- they like to vore Liam O'brians character.
Broooooooo
These videos are really helpful when it comes to campaigns,if my players know,for example,that green dragons put their young above all else (from the past video MrRhexx made about green dragons) and they knew beforehand that said green dragon has it's young in it's lair,they can disregard the lies of the dragon and put it's young as hostage,forcing said dragon to do my players' bidding.
There's so much more about the monsters in the MM book than the info that the book gives off,and they can heighten the experience of the players if they can use that information to their advantage.And as a DM,i must know said information so that i know what my players are trying to do,that's why these videos are way more helpful than a handful of people might think.
You should make videos on each of the 4 Elder Elementals - Leviathan, Pheonix, Elder Tempest, and Zaratan.
thank you so much for getting the distinction between the tentacle and arms right. My animal nerd inside is singing songs of praise XD
Intro: plays
Aboliths: wtf dude
Ever need to learn some lore for a campaign you're writing.... Mr Rhexx is the man for the job. Absolute legend carry on the good work my man.
Woooo imma ascendant cleric and get access to Summon the kraken!!! Cant wait
Building a sea-faring campaign to play next year with my group and your videos on the Aboleths and Krakens have been crucial in inspiring my over-arching plot. Cheers and keep up the excellent work!
15:58... that’s night wing, chained to a chair, starring at a squid 🦑. I can honestly say I was expecting to see that. 🤣
So a kraken is a plot point for my characters and is tied into a personal arc for one of them, so I appreciate the video!
I dont think i've ever looked at the INT score for a Kraken before now.
Once again I just want to thank you for all your efforts
I actually kind of like the 5e kraken. it has a unique look to it, and it looks like a monstrosity and not just a giant squid. it LOOKS like what it's stats would suggest, an intelligent, magical monstrosity, instead of just a comparatively boring giant squid.
It sounds like a cool adventure to be on a boat when one of those big mating whirlpools happen and the characters get drawn down into the ocean's depths into one of those air bubbles with a bunch of slaves in it. The characters could be deciding on what to do as the kraken who once held the area is either still in the mating ritual or has been killed by it.
Anyone else thinking about Uk'otoa? Great video as usual!
Archon Megas uk’otooaaa
Exceptional series of very informative content.
The way you talks makes it extremelly enjoyable.
Male Castrated Lich Krakens looking at the storms: "SIMPS!"
Thank you so much for this. I just started a campaign with my 7yo and he want's a pirate adventure. I don't see how any reasonably exciting sailing adventure could NOT include a Kraken at some point, so this will be immensely helpful.
Any chance we'll get a video series about the outer plains?
Or just the planes in general.
Do a special series on all of the Planes.
"Teeths"
I only just found your channel, and I already love you.
Also, DnD Kraken sounds a bit like the Liir Elders from "Sword of the Stars".
Would be pretty cool if the Unbeheld was Panzuriel's tentacle that grew into its own entity, like a starfish.
"Some krakens seek Undeath" *Krakolich*
Always happy to see a new video. You do great work. They provide solid info and inspiration for my own campaigns. I am currently running Storm King's Thunder and the Cult of the Kraken plays a big part of our game. In my canon the Kraken was the right hand of Anman, the one eyed Allfather God of the Giants. They helped to fight elementals and powerful beings as the Giants helped to form the Material world. Once the war was over and peace and come, the Gods saw that the Kraken had many children and was dominating the seas. The Giants betrayed the Kraken and all its offspring, and several millennia later the Original Alpha Kraken is still healing but ready to exact revenge upon the world.
19:40 metal. Rip me apart ladies lmfao
these videos just get better and better, keep up the good work!
Every time I hear him say "Tenta-cles" I want to drink Tea in a pretentious manner.
Nice work on the video!
The Great Unbeheld as warlock patron.
I feel like that would be one for a certain half orc named after a car company.
Real cephalopods can breath through their skin as long as their is water on it, octopus have been known to “walk” between tide pools breathing the sea spray that splashes them.
Is it bad that the second I hear about something like The Great Unbeheld I wanna have a party fight it?
I think thats just normal Gamer-feelings, searching for the biggest fish in the sea to test your mettle on...also could be an amazing campaign. Maybe start it like Shadow over Innsmouth, a town full of fishermen who look just...off. In truth though they all worship a kraken as their god and bring him slaves in exchange for good catches. Add a cult in and you have a nice hook for a campaign against a normal kraken first, which then leads the party deeper and deeper into the ocean, until finally they stand face to face with the Great Unbeheld.
...and as the skies go pitch black, only illuminated by the violent clashes of lightning, the towering mountain of a leviathan slowly opens his eyes, staring right at the party as it unravels its mighty tentacles, rising from the bed of the sea, creating riptides and whirlpools while it ascends out of the darkest trenches in which it waited so long to finally awaken when the time is right.
As the monstrous behemoth finally breaks throug the oceans surface, a tidal wave forms, rippling through all the seven seas, flooding lands, sinking centuries old citaldels and unmaking entire kingdoms as the water rolls across the land. While the party make it to a small rock formation that was spared by the tsunami, all they can see is darkness, as the hulking figure of the Great Unbeheld reaches through the clouds, blocking out the sun in its entirety while its two red eyes, bigger then the moon, look down upon the soon to be flooded planet. All that is standing in his way...are your players...this is a do or die situation, everything is said, words are superfluous now...it is time to roll initiative and decide the fate of the world!!
...obviously this is an Epic level campaign, but that was obvious
"Gods... it's massive..."
"It could sunder the land with one strike..."
(grinning like a mad fool)"Let's fight it!!!"
@l-3176-l ahem. *THE* Tarrasque.
Bruj just crawl up its genitalia and destroy it
That’s what I call a good hentai
@@WH40KHero I'm game when do we play, I'm good for Thursday.
I actually love the weird and messy Kraken Mating cycle as a juiced-up fantasy version of the extreme lethality of Octopus Mating, where the males tend to give out and die a few weeks after mating, and the females guard and care for the eggs without eating for as long as 10 months in some species and conditions, and also die pretty much immediately afterward.
this makes me wish kraken warlocks didnt get left behind in UA
Great Old One definitely fits an ancient Kraken
this is good to know as i have a pirate hunter who made a pact with creature of the deep.
Please do something on the essence of pure evil, the makers of strahd, the dark ones. The formless entities of the shadowfell.
How many tickles does it take to make a kraken laugh?
Ten tickles
Anything unique about vampires in the D&D universe compared to other interpretations in fantasy?
From how they made to their set of powers. Afull fledged vampire is nigh unstoppable. Only the Witcher comes close to vamp overpowerness of D&d
@@bezyn2291 what about the antideluvians and cain from the old world if darkness the only one that ever got killed took the combined efforts of some asian vampire curses, a magic enhanced nuke and the big collective of mages useing a giant solar death ray to glass it from orbit. Id say that tops the witcher.
This gave me a good idea for a later storyline for my party. Thanks for the video and the idea for the storyline.
I literally just added a kraken to the campaign earlier today lol
Ok, this was absolutely fantastic i got to learn about those beast so MUCH more than they're just big squids
You should work with Wizards, you're just too good! Where do you find all this information, if even the manuals are lacking?
He's mentioned in other videos that he gets it from older materials from other editions.
Manly manuals from 4e and 3e for the dragons. Kraken probably on the monsters manuals of 2e
this is definitely my favorite one youve made yet
“ The day was a slow one, hot and windless, and we sat a drift on that god forsaken sea for near a fortnight before we so much as felt a salty breeze on our brows. It was on the fifteenth day at sea that it appeared. Firstly, the winds that had thus far scorned our vessel was whipped into a frenzied gale. So great were the forces of the storm, that the mast of the ship bent to the point of destruction, snapping and splintering into a hail of wooden needles that rained down claiming the lives of two deckhands. It was not long after this that the second calamity befell us. The sea, which had been in a state of dead calm not but the night before, writhed as if alive and trying desperately to escape its bondage. Waves, taller than any I have seen in my twenty seafaring years, crashed around us, threatening to smash our iron enforced hull like rotted driftwood. By this time, between the thrashing waves and hollowing gusts, the sea around us appeared to boil, as if the gates of the nine hells had been opened by some arch-demon. It was then, amongst the battering waves and cutting gale that we met our fourth and final doom. Great and terrible arms reached up from the deep, each one lines with suckers and tipped with jagged barbs that even the most vile creatures of the Underdark would recoil from at the sight of them. The four hellish appendages rose to greet us in our hour of despair, coiling tightly around the length of our only salvation, for if the ship was lost to the sea, we would all surely perish. And so it was. The beastly arms needed but to twist only once, and our vessel was torn asunder. Iron and wood exploded violently outwards, shredded as easily as snapping tinder for the fire, and all hands were lost to the unforgiving depths. My memory of that dark day ends there, for the next thing I can recall clearly is being found washed ashore, beaten and bloodied, and near half dead from lack of water and food. You may think me daft or crazed, but I tell you I ain’t. I’ve seen the beasts of the deep, I’ve seen the one they call Kraken, and I tell you, sure as I live, that those monsters will be the end of us all. Gods help us! Gods help us all!!”
Testament of Ishtar Mally, first mate and sole survivor of the disappearance of the merchant ship Red Dawn.
OMG! Thank you so much! I don't know if you read my comment on the last video, but I appreciate what you did here! Keep up the amazing work! If you keep doing lair creatures, that would be awesome!
One thing DnD taught is that if it has tentacles its lovecraft or hentai
King030 Sometimes both if you are really messed up :P
This channel is really cool because it gives me amazing ideas for campaigns and I really enjoy the stories from the lore of these monster
I want shadow dragons, and dracoliches.
Or void dragons
Took you :56 seconds to say Kraken, now that's a good intro (Not sarcasm, delaying saying the word that long, and keeping me engaged, is good descriptive skills)
Oh hey, some darkest dungeon stuff in the video. Since you mentioned elves... why not cover some of the elvish races?
You should give the Darkest Dungeon devs a shout out too since you used some of their art assets in this video.
are u stalking our campaign or why are you always relevant xD
J’adore! I was going to use this in my upcoming session and needed this!
Can you do demons next
I absolutely love these D&D videos they help me with my campaign so much your work is amazing thank you
Dude i want u to do the kraken-lich
Bro you’re up on a level with VaatiVidya with these lore videos. Thank you for your service