Wizard wants to live forever: becomes a Lich Cleric wants to live forever: becomes a Mummy Lord Palladin wants to live forever: becomes a Death Knight Barbarian wants to live forever: *rage intensifies*
Death night: You dare to disturb my song!? Bard: Never! *gets out intrament* I wish to give it the respect it, and you, deserve! *plays the accompaniment*
@@Thrudv You'd have to write the death knight's story, then turn it into a song. The song would probably need to be in some form which can be long, but other than that, I don't think there's any set format.
It's a good idea, you can spin it around, maybe you need to learn his song to learn of his identity and it's weakness... or just a permanent way to destroy him.
Yeah, It occurred to me that adventurers would have to listen to the song in order to understand something that happened in the distant past in order to solve some sort of mystery.
Old wizards: "I wish I could live forever to complete A B C" Death Knight: "Just go to Paladin classes and flip off your God and give the bad guy your orders chicken soup recipe by sword one time and don't apologize. You will literally never die unless you say sorry."
Ah. Yes. The age old Knights and Wizards rivalry. Even in death, they still hate each other. Dark Souls PVP has proven me that they vehemently hate magic users like me because I magic too much. :(
Why wizards don't just stock up on a bunch of clones with the 'Clone' spell, is beyond me. All the safety of lichdom without the icky business of tracking down and befriending someone to sacrifice later.
@@tannachambers7787 you can only have one active clone at a time and it has to be identical to your original body so it doesn't counter death by natural causes like old age which is why immoral and insane mage's take the path of lichdom.
From the players handbook. Page 222. 'You can also choose to have the clone be a younger version of the same creature.' There is also nothing stated as to the number of clones the caster can have. Sooo, a 15th level wizard could spend a year and 9000 gp to have 3 clones grown to young adulthood and if nothing bumps him off, live an extra lifespan each time. Repeat as needed. Immortality.
@@mattrussell8309 Clones can be placed into stasis and triggered with a contingency spell on death like Monshoon did countless times. Usually he was murdered that triggered this but think sometimes he comitted sucercide too.
Death Knight 1: "I murdered my entire home village, family, and friends to become this. What'd you do?" Death Knight 2: "During taco Tuesday, I put some clear legos down the hall as a prank." Death Knight 1: (Backs away slowly)
Death knight 4: “ I stole everyone’s left shoe.” Death knight 1: “y-you mean everyone in your town, right?” Death knight 4: (zooms in on his face) “EVERYONE’s” Other death knights: (look on on horror)
@@embodying8moth82 Death Knight 1: Okay, we are evil, BUT! You 3 are out of hand! "Lego Shits": What you mean? Maker of Tik Tok: I think he means we are going into an evil deeper than evil. "Left Shoe": No man, we're fine! Death Knight 1: ASMODEUS IS STILL LOCKED IN HIS ROOM DEPRESSED! BECAUSE HE STEPPED BAREFOOT ON A LEGO DURING TACO TUESDAY BECAUSE HE COULDN'T FIND HIS LEFT SHOE, THEN SHAT HIMSELF BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM WATCHING TIK TOK FOR AN HOUR! All 3 together: "............. We're not apologizing."
(ಥ﹏ಥ) My boy, till this day I still miss his character as it represented the peak of WOW lore building. (┳Д┳) Fun fact: Arthas was inspired by the character Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock back in 1963, basically he's what Conan the barbarian isn't.
@@labibsaud8064 yeah i still go and look at wrath cinematic from time to time cause it gives me chills and feels every time i watch it. (TT~TT) Edit: can't do grammar well 9 int stat sucks
@Preston Garvey I guess you assume the person making these videos does not do anything else. Even if that would be true, good for him I guess. But hey man, what about getting your OWN channel consistently growing with videos about a game? Seem easy enough, perhaps you should do it.
@Preston Garvey Why are you even here watching this video? What is the point when you make these negative comments? Gtfo if you dont respect his work we won't miss you anyway. For the record, I believe he is amongst the best d&d content creators in TH-cam . Period.
Darth Vader: Jedi-Death-Knight: Killed children and sort of killed his pregnant wife. Burned Corrupted magic sword Broody, wrathful, joyless Magic powers Honorable in battle Castle on Mustifar Never rides a living mount Everyone is afraid of him... I rest my case.
Actually there are a few stories where he’s ridden space creaures, plus he’s can be a *very* dirty fighter if the situation calls for it. It still mostly fits the bill though!
Death knight: Whales a ghostly melody during a moon lit night Farmer Joe: KEEP IT DOWN, SOME OF US GOT THINGS TO DO TOMORROW! Death knight: Ready your weapon.
DMs take note: Paladins don't just simply fall. It has to be something heinous. Something that could lead to them becoming a Death Knight. Not for just being an asshole.
Personnaly, I say that if your character change allinement, you go to oath of redemption for a bit. If you fail your redemption (continue to act like an ashole) then you fall.
@@Alex-gl8li Remember, in 5e Paladins are Oath-based, not Alignment based. Meaning if you break your Oaths, you become an Oathbreaker (but I would argue that it is not immediate, it would be a pattern rising). Too often, DMs seek to IMMEDIATELY hit Paladins with Oathbreaker/Alignment Shift (based on Edition) rather than let it play out. Anakin (using another's reference) didn't fall in Episode 3, that was when he became an Oathbreaker. His fall began in Episode 1 when he started breaking his Oaths for Padme. Even killing the Sandpeople wasn't an alignment shift, it was just his first act of Evil to which he was immediately remorseful of. If you are Evil, you don't feel guilt. You don't feel remorse. You only feel those if you are still Good. (Neutrals don't give a FUUUUUUUCK when you are looking at the G/E side.)
Death knights are the dark souls characters Hence why they have an affinity to fire "Hah, kill me? I'd like to see you try! You take my life I fail to die."
*_" Izalith... I've never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. At the end of the day... no one, not even you shall remember if we were good undead or bad undead. This is not what is important, no. The only thing that matters is that two stood against many. Valor pleases you, Ilzalith. So I ask of you a single request. GRAND ME REVENGE...! And if you do not listen... then to hell with you!! "_*
Still better then greek gods. "So you got raped by my husbend why he was in horse form? Now let's turn you to a snake monster and let you never ever be able to have a sozial live"
Eh, I'd think that Death Knights of Fallen Paladins are cursed that way because otherwise the result would be FAR worse since instead of a DK which is bound to the rules of that curse, retains his/her honor and is obviously a bad news bears DK; you'd have a living high level ex-Paladin free to continue effing everything up doing heinous shenanigans and probably turning to evil gods or etc. to get his/her divine power fix. Basically the exemplar of DK's, Lord Soth, would be just as powerful or even more so if he wasn't a DK and considering the heinousness of his actions, would have no incentive to stop wallowing ever further in that crapulence such that he eventually wouldn't hope for / want redemption. As a DK though, redemption is explicitly on the table.
Well you are wrong Soth was turn to dk after he didn't follow god's queat because three elven females tricked him. Basically gods decided to throw fire mountain on his world and they told Soth that he can stop it, but he failled, killed his wife and after that, gods cursed him. He wasn't really evil before.
I always liked Death Knights more than Liches. I’ll show you just how cold Death’s grip really is Edit, I was right, they are way cooler than liches. I want to hear a Death Knight’s song so badly
I have a death knight song, note sing this in an eerie, dark voice "Killed my brother, in his sleep. Got my mother, made her weep. Starved my sister, let her die out. hurt my father, made him cry out."
@@MeepChangeling I think it would be a song based on lyrics, almost like a poem, while death knight would be a great band name but it doesn't make sense for a death knight to carry an instrument or be that good of a singer
@@henaadi8129 aren't there also Perks or whatever they were called? you need DM's permission to gain them but what I remember from them they were ridiculous.
I'm Dming CoS to a group of friends. When we started the group wasn't complet, they all took either support or glass cannons classes, and knowing their tendencies i knew that they wouldn't be able to pass lvl 3... So i added a DMPC, i know, i know, but it was as a tank, he don't really do much outside combat, rarely speak out and never takes decisions for the group, It was a Tiefling Paladin. After a while we got joined by another guy who rolled a Goliath Fighter, so i though, "well no more need for this DMPC, lets get rid of it", but i though to myself that it would be a shame to just, make him dissapear in the mists... The party as grow to like the character since through him i do jokes and commentaries, and then i got the idea... They are close to go for the Amber Temple..., i will be runing the Ambre temple using CoS : Reloaded, cause the vanilla Amber temple is Meh... Knowing 2 of the party members, they will not pass up the chance to make a deal with one of the Vestiges, and i Know one of them is gonna mess something up... So it'll trigger a fight with the Lich/or a defense mecanisme that makes the whole side of the mountain collapse or something. And get my DMPC trapped/killed, while he covers for their escape, in an heroic sacrifice... And when the moment is right, he'll come back as a Death Knight and face them..., oh that will be funny to see their faces...
@@jimbeam7636 ah sorry fam its a french speaking group, and we keep it between the people we know personally. But you can find some groups on the DnDBeyond forums, there's always someone or groups looking for people. There's also the Roll20 boards.
@@Mugthraka *le sigh* alas my french extends to asking to speak in english, and neither do we know one another. You've got good ideas I hope your group enjoys your games thank for the reply. I bid you adieu. Au revior. C'est la vie.
@Goliath Online You could make that warlock have to fight honourably or he won't get XP for what he did, as his Patron will refuse him of leveling up, as the Patron has to willingly grant power. It is basically the same as with clerics or pallys that not following their god/oath
This actually is an interesting concept and could potentially give reason for a hexblade warlock to be good-aligned: the DK patron whose soul is within the weapon could have become disenchanted with things but feel too far gone from the light, and now seeks a noble warrior to wield the blade so that its honor can be restored by proxy.
Lord Soth actually murdered his wife to marry an eleven maiden he rescued, and then failed to stop the Cataclysm due to his own insecurity. As he and his wife died in fire, she cursed him to undeath. Read the dragonlance books, specifically the Twins Trilogy which contains Soth's account
If i remember correctly, she cursed him to live a life for every one he destroyed. You're going to have to kill that guy a lot of times before he stays down.
MrRhexx: Why does a Death Knight's blade deal additional necrotic damage? Me: It's because they undivine smite, right? MrRhexx: It's because the paladin's soul resides in that sword. Me: So they just stack the divine smite on top of that necrotic damage, then? *Takes notes for my table's upcoming Deathknight fight*
He also had Ice Wall, Shadow Walk, Raise/Control Undead, Bixby's Fist...and, most likely more. Lord Loren Soth was a Death Knight amongst death knights.
Soth was one of the strongest beings in Dragonlance. Also from what i recall, he didn't kill his wife and child himself as the blurb in the death knight description says. He simply refused to save them when his castle began to burn. (Edit: elven wife and child. He definitely had his first killed)
@@bananorn00 he also had to relive his crime via the elven banshees telling and retelling his tale night after night after night and the only woman he truly loved was kitiara uth matar whose dragon mount skie also known as khellendros had developed feelings for her as well.
Barbarian: *Lays back in chair as a pair of bar maids glom onto his muscles* Now then, ladies, where were we before- *Horrid singing in the distance.* Paladin: "That doesn't sound good. We should go investigate." Barbarian: "No. No, no, no, no. No! I literally just got back here! You are not dragging me away from these two a second time, you understand?!" Rogue: "What? Afraid big fella? You two ladies wanna do a coward?" Barbarian: *Looks at barmaids* "Fine! I'll do it, then these two get to go mountain climbing." Bar maids: *Look at the barbarian in confusion.* Barbarian: "I meant my... just be here when I get back, then I'll show you what I mean." Bar maids: "Oh okay!" *A few minutes later.* Barbarian: "I swear to Uthgar if this is just a really bad bitch singing I'm going to take that shiny sword of yours and ram it right up your-" Death knight: "Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-he-yyyyyyyy did I think it was a good idea? To poison Garrick's fooooood? I-" Barbarian: "Shut the fuck up!" Death knight: "You interrupt my melody?!!" Rogue: "Sounded more like a tarrasque mating than a melody." Death knight: *Starts barreling towards the barbarian.*
@@baddragon7057 Barbarian: *Spits out blood* "Look if this is all over me interrupting your song can I just say... fuck you, your singing sucks." Death Knight: *Stomps on barbarian's wound.* "Fuck you!" Paladin: "Wait why were you singing?" Death knight: "Because every night I am made to sing by Tyr to remind myself of my betrayal of my brother-in-arms, who I had known since childhood, because he was to become grandmaster of the order, a spot I deserved! So every full moon I am forced to sing a melody of my crime!" Paladin: "No I mean why do you have to sing?" Death knight: "What?" Paladin: "You heard me. Why do you have to sing? I mean Tyr doesn't strike me as the type of god with singing in his portfolio." Death knight: "Well... I... I don't know! It's the rules!" Barbarian: "Actually I have a question too." Both death knight and paladin: "What?" Barbarian: "Why the fuck didn't you attack him while he was wailing on me?!" Paladin: "Because in accordance with my vow to Helm I cannot attack an opponent who is not facing me or who is distracted." Barbarian: "What?! You-" Rogue: *Backstabs, critting the death knight, killing him.* Paladin: "But he can."
@@MB-dk6hk Barbarian: *Chugs entire barrel of mead* "You call that booze? Water is stronger than this!" Bar maids: *Glom onto barbarian's muscles* Barbarian: "Oh yeah. I forgot." *Picks up barmaids and carries them up to a room, closing the door with his foot.* Rogue: "So Tyr punished that guy by making him even more powerful? How is that a punishment and how could a god who's supposed to be good do that?" Paladin: "He made the deathknight more powerful, not more intelligent." Rogue: "So I noticed but that doesn't answer my question. Why did Tyr bring someone who was willing to kill their own brother back to life and give him powers? He's supposed to be good." Barbarian: *Muffled by door* "What do you think of Mount Meat?" Barmaids: *Ooohing and awwing* Paladin: "Because I know who that idiot was. He tried poisoning his brother yes. But he mixed up the two glasses and drank the poison himself." Rogue: "Wait, how?" Paladin: "I don't know but he managed it."
@tylerx2f01 : He says the names of his patreon donors at the end of every video to thank them for donating. For the longest time, at the end of his shout-outs, the last person he said was MediocreAtBest.
Now I'm imagining playing a Death Knight PC, one of the fallen Paladins trying to undergo a life of redemption. Lots of good roleplaying opportunities there. I think I'm gonna prepare that character right now, just in case a DM ever lets me do that
Alternatively, you could play an Undying Warlock sworn to serve a Death Knight that's trying to redeem themself by sharing their power with you. Kind of a "life coach", or rather "undeath coach" I suppose, trying to help them be a better person and do good to repay what they've done wrong.
I actually ran one that was a Paladin of Pelor. Didn't remember that he was dead, never took off his helmet. Was a hammy goodie-two-shoes hero with constant headaches. His identity got revealed when a giant smacked his head off with a hammer, and he went to pick it up. Long story short, a wizard once found him and stuck the Helm of Alignment-Shifting on him, with a hypnotic suggestion to never take off the helmet, unless something bad would happen. Headaches were a result of Pelor not liking undead. He ended up finally dying whaling on the BBEG, and was laid to rest redeemed in Pelor's eyes.
Awesome characters. I love their origins. That being said, they pale in comparison to the One God. I know they came back at one point, too, but I do not recall how.
They were a fun start for Descent into Avernus, one of my players is a cleric of Kelemvor so he got some cool moments with dead three followers on their interpretation of death.
The most powerful and sad story of Death Knight was Lord Soth. It was beautiful and tragic. He wasn't just regular death knight though. He was death knight that was able to command other death knights. And the truly sad part is Lord Soth wishes to redeem himself and not be a death knight, but it is futile hope as he is forever cursed to relive his fall every night and be told his story by banshees. :)
Salamanders would be great to know more about. They are my favourite elemental and they have an interesting history with efreet and azers. Great video as always!
I wanted to ask why is necromancy evil people are afraid of necromancy they're not afraid like of pyromancy. there scared of someone resurrecting the deda but not of a person capable off burn down their house in a Snap of a finger. Why?
Because instead of just killing you; necromancers are able to kill you, bring you back for purposes of servitude, and then do whatever they wish with your slowly decaying corpse.
Because while a pyromancer could burn your house down, they could also create the fire you use to cook food, or forge metal, or keep you alive in a freezing environment. It’s like asking why people aren’t afraid of kitchen knives. Sure, you could get stabbed by one, but that not it’s only, or even primary, purpose. Necromancy on the other hand is used almost exclusively by people with bad intentions, and the magic that is used usually comes from planes that are evil. You could use a zombie to protect a village, but for every one necromancer who is “good” there are a few dozen bad ones. Plus, undead not controlled by a master (excluding ones like liches or vampires) inherently seek to kill any living thing it finds. It’s just what they do.
I believe a death knight's song is sung by banshees. These banshees used to be the people who committed evil acts that helped bring about the knight's fall from grace.
I grew up on Dragonlance, specifically Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's books, which involve Lord Soth. They're absolutely worth looking into for inspiration for a Death Knight.
@@hunterrhoades1813 did they use any kind of buffs on it whatsoever? Like smite evil for damage equal to your hit Dice is Nice as is Magic resistance but not something that Will help much against a high level foe, was it like a dire badger, did you just get really lucky, was it distracted?
I wouldn't mind hearing more about the Yuan-ti. They are my favorite race in the setting, and it honestly surprises me how little most DM's I've met know about them, and how dismissive they are of them as a whole, cause there is so much cool stuff about them.
In 3.5 they were templates that you add to a creature (assumes humanoid but never explicitly stated if I remember right). They also gave the only way, as far as i have been able to find, to gain undead turning immunity. The biggest gameplay weakness for undead was not a factor for the deathknight.
What about Gargoyles, Oni, or Minotaurs those have a lot of juicy lore going back, or even a race that has yet to get the 5e treatment where you could give a reason for why it should, The Darfellan, a literal race of Orca “Killer Whale” people.
love your channel Rhexx, I've been recommending it to all my friends. Some ideas for you: maybe you could do a series on the various races, What They Don't Tell You About Drow... What They Don't Tell You About Dwarfs, etc. How about a series on the Gods too? We always hear so much about Mystra, what's really going on with her ya know? And that Lloth, she's something, huh? Also, I'd like to know more about some of the various heroes of D&D, you know... the big ones, the greats. That might be straying into copyright material though so I understand if those aren't an option. Keep it up Rhexx!
That might be some other early DnD monster. I actually homebrewed an Undead Barbarian called a Draugr. Think what'd happen if you fused a Wight with a Barbarian and gave it a good dose of PURE RAGE!!!! Sorry for the yelling, that was just me illustrating how they'd say everything. Like a Zombie with Undead Rabies. They can come about a couple ways. When a Barbarian goes through the same thing a Wight did, making a deal with a Dark power of Undeath to fight forever, or they're revived by a powerful necromancer. The most prominent way though would be through a rage so potent that they literally just get back up and fight beyond the point of death. Needless to Say, Draugr are powerful. Not as Strong as a Death Knight, but they also have a similar undead servant thing to their Life Drain like a Wight. I made them based on the Norse equivalent of the Zombie. Honestly it helps embody the Norse's affinity with being flipping metal. Their zombies don't shamble about mindlessly looking for food, they run at you swinging a weapon half as big as a car. You try beating that with a Lucille. He'll beat you with sword that'd stop a train. Have fun.
@@sorenr6080 I made it to fit a Northern Skyrim type setting? Some advice, if you want to use the Skyrim Type Draugr, use a Wight's stat block and replace their zombies with Skeletons and give them Cold Resistance. The Draugr Deathlord would be a Wight with better equipment, more damage, and a few magical abilities like Dragon shouts.
@@sorenr6080 you're welcome. I've also been working on some Voodoo stuff. Dr Facilier is my favourite Disney villain and Baron Samedi is cool so I'll be making that aspect prominent. I might include a reflavored and slightly modified Draugr as a revived Tribal Guardian reanimated by the Resident Voodoo expert as a massive powerful but feral guard dog using some talismans, special potions, and a few rituals to the Loa.
Curious about the honor still being intact on a death knight, specifically the part about never ambushing or attacking a enemy that has yet to ready there weapon. What if you never ready your weapon, will they never attack you? If you do not attack it can you just walk around it?
great videos thank you 4th edition was a disaster 5th edition, well i REALLY hate so my games now run in the 3.5e setting before all that nonsence of spell plague or what not.
The stat block for Death Knights in 5e is deplorable. Death Knights are completely immune to any heat based fire effect. They were forged in fire, after all. And it's cannon. When in Strahd's castle, Lord Soth encountered a juvenile aged red dragon. That dragon breathed fire in his face as Lord Soth let out a howling laugh. He then grappled the red dragon by the throat with one hand and told it he'd been forged in the fires of the Gods, then proceeded to beat the dragon to death with one hand. That's in the novel that was written on him. Yet the stat block is lacking this factor. Additionally, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a kinder in the Dragonlance novels is a race of small, childlike people that are habitual kleptomaniacs that are completely immune to fear. Tas once ran into Lord Soth. The fear aura emanating from Soth was so intense, that it terrified him to the core. Let's be clear, here. In a later novel, Tas is hiding with Moradin as they face a terrifying being that is killing all the gods. At one point, Tas encourages Moradin, father of the dwarves, to get his courage together to fight. The dwarven god cowers as Tas jumps out and stabs the great beast in the foot, then is promptly annihilated. He was fearless against a god that inspired crippling fear in a greater deity. Yet Lord Soth paralyzed him with fear. AD&D 2nd edition Death Knights had a fear aura that ignored immunity and imposed a -4 to that system's saving throws versus death. So Death Knights in my games are all fire immune and have fear auras out to 30 feet (like a paladin aura) that are at disadvantage on the save and ignore immunity to fear.
I am desperate to find out more about Werebears in DND lore. Is their any way you could take on this topic? What kind of creatures would the call upon to help them fight against a powerful group of invading adventurers disturbing their forest? Why is it that they don’t have an evil alignment? What would happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were competing for the same forest or a green dragon! So many questions that I desperately need to be answered. Thanks so much for all of your videos. They have been so helpful already! Understanding the lore really helps me to create and run the world in a more engaging and authentic way!I am desperate to find out more about were bear's in DND lore. What kind of creatures would they call upon to help them fight against a powerful group of invading adventuriers disturbing their forest. why is that they don't have an evil allighnemnt? what would happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were compeating for the same forest! so many questions that I desperately need answered. Thanks so much! all of your videos have been so helpful already! I am desperate to find out more about were bear's in DND lore. What kind of creatures would they call upon to help them fight against a powerful group of invading adventuriers disturbing their forest. why is that they don't have an evil allighnemnt? what would happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were compeating for the same forest! so many questions that I desperately need answered. Thanks so much! all of your videos have been so helpful already! I am desperate to find out more about were bear's in DND lore. What kind of creatures would they call upon to help them fight against a powerful group of invading adventuriers disturbing their forest. why is that they don't have an evil allighnemnt? what would happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were compeating for the same forest! so many questions that I desperately need answered. Thanks so much! all of your videos have been so helpful already!
Death Knights are some of my favorite monsters, and this video makes me like them even more. I want to run a game with one as the main antagonist now. BTW I'm loving the increased frequency of videos, but don't overwork yourself. As for suggestions for monsters, how about Yugoloths, Allips, or Astral Dreadnought? Or some of the planes that aren't really mentioned in detail in 5e, such as Pandemonium, Gehenna, or Elysium.
Great video. I like the idea of a Death Knight PC that actually seeks its own redemption. They have to do something heinous and horrible to fall, but as we all know the redemption arc trope is alive and well and good storytelling. A Zealot Barbarian that was literally too angry to die would be a good one. Or a once Lawful Stupid Paladin of justice who had a backwards view of justice.
I remember when I used to DM and one of my players said they would like to DM for a bit because it looks easy. I said sure, then I made myself a Death Knight character and convinced him that it just an evil paladin. He never looked into and I taught him a valuable lesson.
I think deathknights have the problem of being less stellar villians than liches because they have unclear mechanics on their resurrection, and no clear way of permanently ending them, unlike a lich who has a set weakness and can die as many times as they need to accomplish their goal, a death knight is only ever one bad avalanche away from death and reliant upon DM shenanigans to return to the mortal plane. Something the players can do would help these creatures, like placing the sword in an antimagic field, or bringing it to a certain place, or casting the atonement spell on it or something would give the players a plan of action.
I realized that some if not most of the monsters could actually be used as adventurers. for example: the death knight could be looking for redemption for what it had done and sees that helping people with their problems as the answer.
Dude the evil reminded me of Darth Vader when it seems like he was becoming a seeming death knight by slaughtering a bunch of children. If I did that in a story the DM might even make me leave.
If you need any video sugestions then why not doing videos on the other types of giants. You already did hill giants so why not do a indeept look on the other types of giants as well.
I love your vids. I was wondering if you could do some on specific villains like Lord Soth, Acererak, Strahd, Xanathar, Tiamat, etc. There is so much information about them it’s astounding and I think you’re the best person to present it
Hey man, let me start by saying this channel is great and I love watching your stuff. So much so that I'm pleading with you; don't burn yourself out doing this. Your videos are worth waiting for. If you can, please, take your time, enjoy what you're doing, and keep doing it as long as you can even if you make fewer videos. As for monster videos I'd love to hear more about my favorite monster, myconids. But really? I'd love to hear about ways to achieve immortality that are well outlined in D&D materials. I love the idea of playing characters whose goal is to achieve immortality by good and/or evil means.
Im pretty sure my dungeon master made a group of knights for the BBEG of the campaign either Death knights or Hell knights, my own paladin only surviving death at the hands of one by divine intervention from his goddess. Super eager to see which way it goes or if it's its own unique element in the future :)
Oh wow, now i feel even worse about my level 12 cleric single-handedly wiping out a whole crypt including the famous death night in it without ever getting close to it. Forbiddance is too powerful, and in AL it is game breaking.
The existence of the forbiddance spell is enough for wise dungeon dwellers to have holes over 30 feet deep with a net on top to escape from the effect.
I am actually playing a version of a death knight right now that my DM made for me. I was a paladin of Anubis and ended up angering the demon princes Kostchtchie and Graz'zt so they worked together to enthrall and corrupt my wife, brother, son and daughter to control/force them to kill me in my sleep. They took my souls shredded it then put the pieces into my killers body's transforming them into monsters. Anubis saved what was left of my soul by turning me into a death knight {Scourge Aasimar with a leveling hellfire orb using a death domain cleric like paladin who can switch between radiant/necrotic damage on a short rest} now I have to hunt down my soul pieces which slowly restores my body back to life while fighting all of my new darker instinct to see if I continue to be worthy while dealing with a justifiably freaked out party now that they have found out. Though i didn't know about the song i have got to work that into a session soon now thanks.
This reminds me when i killed my family and friends in skyrim to strengthen the ebony blade, i heard people find the weapon to distasteful and never use it...the things you do for power...
Never knew of this, my closest representation was a Revanant Vengeance Paladin of Hore (The Destroyer, the God of Vengeance, Bounty Hunters, and Headsmen). I plan on using this character if I ever have to play Strahd. He was killed by Strahd but he's the meme of the "Man literally too angry to die".
In the book knight of the black rose, lord soth is pulled into the Ravenloft setting and meets strad. It’s a amazing book and a good read, so as to not spoil anything soth comes across a dragon at one point and is disarmed. So soth fights a young red dragon with his bare hands and wins! Moral of the story: soth is an absolute badass.
A video about pit fiends would be cool. Btw, could a wizard or some other full spellcaster do the same ritual, and have their soul bonded to their spell focus?
Ah perfect timing for my campagn. Thanks! Now that I know everything I have to for my campagn, I'd like to propose something I just really like. So please tell us what they don't tell us about Kobolds.
I've homebrewed a death knight that I plan on using as the campaign I'm homebrewing's BBEG, where she acts as a lv 20 oathbreaker paladin. She gets all of the oathbreaker's abilities, as well as a pretty solid spell list with stuff like Banishment, Destructive Wave, Animate Dead, and Wrathful Smite. For the lich BBEG himself, I homebrewed him to be a lv 20 necromancer wizard, complete with a list of multiple spells he could use against the party.
One of my pcs is a paladin who murdered his lover, whe he found her with another man. My plan was "simply" to go oathbreaker. Now I know. He could be so much more.
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I want to like but also say 'nice'
Wizard wants to live forever: becomes a Lich
Cleric wants to live forever: becomes a Mummy Lord
Palladin wants to live forever: becomes a Death Knight
Barbarian wants to live forever: *rage intensifies*
Rip and Tear until it is done!
Berserker barbarians that are at least 17th level can die of anger
DIO Brando
*BUT IT SHALL BE A GOOD DEATH, FULL OF BLOOD AND GUTS AND BROKEN PIECES OF LESSER WARRIORS*
That sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen.
Wait so is there a thing for bards as well?
Quest idea: a bard trying to learn the song of a death knight.
Death night: You dare to disturb my song!?
Bard: Never! *gets out intrament* I wish to give it the respect it, and you, deserve! *plays the accompaniment*
I love this one, any ideas on a good song for a death knight?
@@Thrudv You'd have to write the death knight's story, then turn it into a song. The song would probably need to be in some form which can be long, but other than that, I don't think there's any set format.
It's a good idea, you can spin it around, maybe you need to learn his song to learn of his identity and it's weakness... or just a permanent way to destroy him.
Yeah, It occurred to me that adventurers would have to listen to the song in order to understand something that happened in the distant past in order to solve some sort of mystery.
Old wizards: "I wish I could live forever to complete A B C"
Death Knight: "Just go to Paladin classes and flip off your God and give the bad guy your orders chicken soup recipe by sword one time and don't apologize. You will literally never die unless you say sorry."
Ah. Yes. The age old Knights and Wizards rivalry.
Even in death, they still hate each other.
Dark Souls PVP has proven me that they vehemently hate magic users like me because I magic too much. :(
Why wizards don't just stock up on a bunch of clones with the 'Clone' spell, is beyond me. All the safety of lichdom without the icky business of tracking down and befriending someone to sacrifice later.
@@tannachambers7787 you can only have one active clone at a time and it has to be identical to your original body so it doesn't counter death by natural causes like old age which is why immoral and insane mage's take the path of lichdom.
From the players handbook. Page 222. 'You can also choose to have the clone be a younger version of the same creature.'
There is also nothing stated as to the number of clones the caster can have. Sooo, a 15th level wizard could spend a year and 9000 gp to have 3 clones grown to young adulthood and if nothing bumps him off, live an extra lifespan each time. Repeat as needed. Immortality.
@@mattrussell8309 Clones can be placed into stasis and triggered with a contingency spell on death like Monshoon did countless times. Usually he was murdered that triggered this but think sometimes he comitted sucercide too.
“Death Knight. Please take a seat.” - CEO of Raid Shadow Legends.
You wanted to see me sir...
"you gotta be kidding, I am almost level t-"
Edgelord: My past is an evil, bitter tale of misery and drama.
Deathknight: You may be an Edgelord. But *'I am'* the Edge itself.
Raid Shit Legends is pretty damn bad...
i just got that ad as i read the comment!
Death Knight 1: "I murdered my entire home village, family, and friends to become this. What'd you do?"
Death Knight 2: "During taco Tuesday, I put some clear legos down the hall as a prank."
Death Knight 1: (Backs away slowly)
Death Knight 3: I programmed TikTok.
Other Death Knights: *runs away at maximum speed*
Death knight 4: “ I stole everyone’s left shoe.”
Death knight 1: “y-you mean everyone in your town, right?”
Death knight 4: (zooms in on his face) “EVERYONE’s”
Other death knights: (look on on horror)
You have a sick mind
We need a Death Knight Intervention group now.
@@embodying8moth82 Death Knight 1: Okay, we are evil, BUT! You 3 are out of hand!
"Lego Shits": What you mean?
Maker of Tik Tok: I think he means we are going into an evil deeper than evil.
"Left Shoe": No man, we're fine!
Death Knight 1: ASMODEUS IS STILL LOCKED IN HIS ROOM DEPRESSED! BECAUSE HE STEPPED BAREFOOT ON A LEGO DURING TACO TUESDAY BECAUSE HE COULDN'T FIND HIS LEFT SHOE, THEN SHAT HIMSELF BECAUSE HIS DAUGHTER WAS LOCKED IN THE BATHROOM WATCHING TIK TOK FOR AN HOUR!
All 3 together: "............. We're not apologizing."
"... with a thought, the knight can restore the weapon to wholeness and un-wholesome power."
That's quality writing.
Ah, the 2 genders:
Wholesome and Edgy
The day you were born, the very forests of Lordaeron whispered the name, Arthas.
The Artist Formerly Known as Arthas! We meet at last!
(ಥ﹏ಥ)
My boy, till this day I still miss his character as it represented the peak of WOW lore building. (┳Д┳)
Fun fact: Arthas was inspired by the character Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock back in 1963, basically he's what Conan the barbarian isn't.
Little then did we know: the whispers were a warning...
Farthas, came from a fart
@@labibsaud8064 yeah i still go and look at wrath cinematic from time to time cause it gives me chills and feels every time i watch it. (TT~TT)
Edit: can't do grammar well
9 int stat sucks
Love the content man, but don't burn yourself out. I respect the quality and research that goes into making these.
Preston Garvey no one said it was dangerous, just a lot of work. Which I bet it is, considering how many videos he does.
@Preston Garvey I guess you assume the person making these videos does not do anything else. Even if that would be true, good for him I guess. But hey man, what about getting your OWN channel consistently growing with videos about a game? Seem easy enough, perhaps you should do it.
@Preston Garvey The point is, you shouldn't talk shit about something you can't do yourself.
@Preston Garvey No, that's fine, you just can't say you can cook it better unless you actually can.
@Preston Garvey Why are you even here watching this video? What is the point when you make these negative comments? Gtfo if you dont respect his work we won't miss you anyway. For the record, I believe he is amongst the best d&d content creators in TH-cam . Period.
Darth Vader: Jedi-Death-Knight:
Killed children and sort of killed his pregnant wife.
Burned
Corrupted magic sword
Broody, wrathful, joyless
Magic powers
Honorable in battle
Castle on Mustifar
Never rides a living mount
Everyone is afraid of him...
I rest my case.
Yep. Plus, everyone's terrified of him because of his insane power level, and he only died when he repented.
Doesn't like sand because its rough and coarse and it gets everywhere.
@@tobsw3802
Ah yes. Sand, a death knights natural weakness.
Why have I not seen this
Sooner?
Actually there are a few stories where he’s ridden space creaures, plus he’s can be a *very* dirty fighter if the situation calls for it. It still mostly fits the bill though!
Death knight: Whales a ghostly melody during a moon lit night
Farmer Joe: KEEP IT DOWN, SOME OF US GOT THINGS TO DO TOMORROW!
Death knight: Ready your weapon.
Peace was never an option it seems
The farmer turns out to be a secret silver dragon
Little did the Death Knight realize, Farmer Joe was actually a level 20 Barbarian...
@@orgixvi3 "That's it! I'm gettin' me mallet!"
Death knight: I'm the toughest guy in letterkenny!
Wayne: *rolls up sleeves*
DMs take note:
Paladins don't just simply fall. It has to be something heinous. Something that could lead to them becoming a Death Knight.
Not for just being an asshole.
Personnaly, I say that if your character change allinement, you go to oath of redemption for a bit. If you fail your redemption (continue to act like an ashole) then you fall.
Does enslaving children count?
Except usually a player being a "asshole" in D&D would usually get you life in prison IRL.
like slaying all the younglings?
@@Alex-gl8li Remember, in 5e Paladins are Oath-based, not Alignment based. Meaning if you break your Oaths, you become an Oathbreaker (but I would argue that it is not immediate, it would be a pattern rising). Too often, DMs seek to IMMEDIATELY hit Paladins with Oathbreaker/Alignment Shift (based on Edition) rather than let it play out.
Anakin (using another's reference) didn't fall in Episode 3, that was when he became an Oathbreaker. His fall began in Episode 1 when he started breaking his Oaths for Padme. Even killing the Sandpeople wasn't an alignment shift, it was just his first act of Evil to which he was immediately remorseful of.
If you are Evil, you don't feel guilt. You don't feel remorse. You only feel those if you are still Good. (Neutrals don't give a FUUUUUUUCK when you are looking at the G/E side.)
Death knights are the dark souls characters
Hence why they have an affinity to fire
"Hah, kill me? I'd like to see you try! You take my life I fail to die."
"What's that, kill me? If only kid...I'd love if you could."
*_" Izalith... I've never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. At the end of the day... no one, not even you shall remember if we were good undead or bad undead. This is not what is important, no. The only thing that matters is that two stood against many. Valor pleases you, Ilzalith. So I ask of you a single request. GRAND ME REVENGE...! And if you do not listen... then to hell with you!! "_*
Jt machinima!
@@jonalynmisalang9447 Never wake again!
Shadow Of Seattle -
“The Fire fades, now close your eyes,
Sing my undead lullaby...”
you know, these "godly" punishments always tend to screw other mortals over
Still better then greek gods.
"So you got raped by my husbend why he was in horse form? Now let's turn you to a snake monster and let you never ever be able to have a sozial live"
Eh, I'd think that Death Knights of Fallen Paladins are cursed that way because otherwise the result would be FAR worse since instead of a DK which is bound to the rules of that curse, retains his/her honor and is obviously a bad news bears DK; you'd have a living high level ex-Paladin free to continue effing everything up doing heinous shenanigans and probably turning to evil gods or etc. to get his/her divine power fix.
Basically the exemplar of DK's, Lord Soth, would be just as powerful or even more so if he wasn't a DK and considering the heinousness of his actions, would have no incentive to stop wallowing ever further in that crapulence such that he eventually wouldn't hope for / want redemption. As a DK though, redemption is explicitly on the table.
Well you are wrong Soth was turn to dk after he didn't follow god's queat because three elven females tricked him. Basically gods decided to throw fire mountain on his world and they told Soth that he can stop it, but he failled, killed his wife and after that, gods cursed him. He wasn't really evil before.
@@martinsykora1109 What about the whole "killed his wife because he found a cute elf"?
@@foisopracurtir6389 that is just the medieval form of divorce
I always liked Death Knights more than Liches. I’ll show you just how cold Death’s grip really is
Edit, I was right, they are way cooler than liches. I want to hear a Death Knight’s song so badly
Ask the guy who likes to play a bard to create a song for you.
Nyghtking you’re a genius
I have a death knight song, note sing this in an eerie, dark voice
"Killed my brother, in his sleep.
Got my mother, made her weep.
Starved my sister, let her die out.
hurt my father, made him cry out."
I've always thought of this as a Death Knight's song.
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@@MeepChangeling I think it would be a song based on lyrics, almost like a poem, while death knight would be a great band name but it doesn't make sense for a death knight to carry an instrument or be that good of a singer
How about why playing characters can't go above 20th level
Good idea.
They can. You need epic level character rules
they can actually, dont remember wich edition it is (3.5 i think) in the player handbook if i recall correctly , theres a beyond level 20 section
@@henaadi8129 aren't there also Perks or whatever they were called? you need DM's permission to gain them but what I remember from them they were ridiculous.
@@lorcogoth1 Epic Boons, yes.
I'm Dming CoS to a group of friends.
When we started the group wasn't complet, they all took either support or glass cannons classes, and knowing their tendencies i knew that they wouldn't be able to pass lvl 3...
So i added a DMPC, i know, i know, but it was as a tank, he don't really do much outside combat, rarely speak out and never takes decisions for the group, It was a Tiefling Paladin.
After a while we got joined by another guy who rolled a Goliath Fighter, so i though, "well no more need for this DMPC, lets get rid of it", but i though to myself that it would be a shame to just, make him dissapear in the mists...
The party as grow to like the character since through him i do jokes and commentaries, and then i got the idea...
They are close to go for the Amber Temple..., i will be runing the Ambre temple using CoS : Reloaded, cause the vanilla Amber temple is Meh...
Knowing 2 of the party members, they will not pass up the chance to make a deal with one of the Vestiges, and i Know one of them is gonna mess something up...
So it'll trigger a fight with the Lich/or a defense mecanisme that makes the whole side of the mountain collapse or something.
And get my DMPC trapped/killed, while he covers for their escape, in an heroic sacrifice...
And when the moment is right, he'll come back as a Death Knight and face them..., oh that will be funny to see their faces...
Do you play in person or online
@@jimbeam7636 online mostly even before the confinement
@@Mugthraka yo I've been looking for a group can you message me?
@@jimbeam7636 ah sorry fam its a french speaking group, and we keep it between the people we know personally.
But you can find some groups on the DnDBeyond forums, there's always someone or groups looking for people.
There's also the Roll20 boards.
@@Mugthraka *le sigh* alas my french extends to asking to speak in english, and neither do we know one another. You've got good ideas I hope your group enjoys your games thank for the reply. I bid you adieu. Au revior. C'est la vie.
Death Knight's soul weapon sound like a really inspiring hexblade warlock patron choose.
@Goliath Online You could make that warlock have to fight honourably or he won't get XP for what he did, as his Patron will refuse him of leveling up, as the Patron has to willingly grant power. It is basically the same as with clerics or pallys that not following their god/oath
This actually is an interesting concept and could potentially give reason for a hexblade warlock to be good-aligned: the DK patron whose soul is within the weapon could have become disenchanted with things but feel too far gone from the light, and now seeks a noble warrior to wield the blade so that its honor can be restored by proxy.
So weird how most of the new elements in my campaign appear about 2 weeks after Mr. Rhexx makes a video about how cool they are.....
i know right?
Lord Soth actually murdered his wife to marry an eleven maiden he rescued, and then failed to stop the Cataclysm due to his own insecurity.
As he and his wife died in fire, she cursed him to undeath.
Read the dragonlance books, specifically the Twins Trilogy which contains Soth's account
Read Lord Soth book very good book but tells the whole story of Lord Soth
I remember loving those books where i came across lord soth, man now i gotta go dig through my books to find some dragonlance ones lol
If i remember correctly, she cursed him to live a life for every one he destroyed. You're going to have to kill that guy a lot of times before he stays down.
Bumped into Lord Soth in a Dragon Lance campaign. Didn't end well for the party.
MrRhexx: Why does a Death Knight's blade deal additional necrotic damage?
Me: It's because they undivine smite, right?
MrRhexx: It's because the paladin's soul resides in that sword.
Me: So they just stack the divine smite on top of that necrotic damage, then? *Takes notes for my table's upcoming Deathknight fight*
Lord Loren Soth also had Power Word: Kill at his disposal.
He also had Ice Wall, Shadow Walk, Raise/Control Undead, Bixby's Fist...and, most likely more.
Lord Loren Soth was a Death Knight amongst death knights.
Soth was one of the strongest beings in Dragonlance. Also from what i recall, he didn't kill his wife and child himself as the blurb in the death knight description says. He simply refused to save them when his castle began to burn. (Edit: elven wife and child. He definitely had his first killed)
" Death knight has power word kill "
Theres no death in 5e so .... yup
@@bananorn00 he also had to relive his crime via the elven banshees telling and retelling his tale night after night after night and the only woman he truly loved was kitiara uth matar whose dragon mount skie also known as khellendros had developed feelings for her as well.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Soth
Barbarian: *Lays back in chair as a pair of bar maids glom onto his muscles* Now then, ladies, where were we before-
*Horrid singing in the distance.*
Paladin: "That doesn't sound good. We should go investigate."
Barbarian: "No. No, no, no, no. No! I literally just got back here! You are not dragging me away from these two a second time, you understand?!"
Rogue: "What? Afraid big fella? You two ladies wanna do a coward?"
Barbarian: *Looks at barmaids* "Fine! I'll do it, then these two get to go mountain climbing."
Bar maids: *Look at the barbarian in confusion.*
Barbarian: "I meant my... just be here when I get back, then I'll show you what I mean."
Bar maids: "Oh okay!"
*A few minutes later.*
Barbarian: "I swear to Uthgar if this is just a really bad bitch singing I'm going to take that shiny sword of yours and ram it right up your-"
Death knight: "Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-he-yyyyyyyy did I think it was a good idea?
To poison Garrick's fooooood? I-"
Barbarian: "Shut the fuck up!"
Death knight: "You interrupt my melody?!!"
Rogue: "Sounded more like a tarrasque mating than a melody."
Death knight: *Starts barreling towards the barbarian.*
🖤🖤🖤💀
@@baddragon7057 Barbarian: *Spits out blood* "Look if this is all over me interrupting your song can I just say... fuck you, your singing sucks."
Death Knight: *Stomps on barbarian's wound.* "Fuck you!"
Paladin: "Wait why were you singing?"
Death knight: "Because every night I am made to sing by Tyr to remind myself of my betrayal of my brother-in-arms, who I had known since childhood, because he was to become grandmaster of the order, a spot I deserved! So every full moon I am forced to sing a melody of my crime!"
Paladin: "No I mean why do you have to sing?"
Death knight: "What?"
Paladin: "You heard me. Why do you have to sing? I mean Tyr doesn't strike me as the type of god with singing in his portfolio."
Death knight: "Well... I... I don't know! It's the rules!"
Barbarian: "Actually I have a question too."
Both death knight and paladin: "What?"
Barbarian: "Why the fuck didn't you attack him while he was wailing on me?!"
Paladin: "Because in accordance with my vow to Helm I cannot attack an opponent who is not facing me or who is distracted."
Barbarian: "What?! You-"
Rogue: *Backstabs, critting the death knight, killing him.*
Paladin: "But he can."
@@gasmonkey1000
I need to know how the story ends 🔨💪
@@MB-dk6hk Barbarian: *Chugs entire barrel of mead* "You call that booze? Water is stronger than this!"
Bar maids: *Glom onto barbarian's muscles*
Barbarian: "Oh yeah. I forgot." *Picks up barmaids and carries them up to a room, closing the door with his foot.*
Rogue: "So Tyr punished that guy by making him even more powerful? How is that a punishment and how could a god who's supposed to be good do that?"
Paladin: "He made the deathknight more powerful, not more intelligent."
Rogue: "So I noticed but that doesn't answer my question. Why did Tyr bring someone who was willing to kill their own brother back to life and give him powers? He's supposed to be good."
Barbarian: *Muffled by door* "What do you think of Mount Meat?"
Barmaids: *Ooohing and awwing*
Paladin: "Because I know who that idiot was. He tried poisoning his brother yes. But he mixed up the two glasses and drank the poison himself."
Rogue: "Wait, how?"
Paladin: "I don't know but he managed it."
Mr.Rhexx: Doesn't shout-out MediocreAtBest
Me: I feel a disturbance in the force...
@tylerx2f01 : He says the names of his patreon donors at the end of every video to thank them for donating. For the longest time, at the end of his shout-outs, the last person he said was MediocreAtBest.
I thought it was Medi-OgreAtBest
@@jcmick8430 I thought it was Meaty-Ogre-At-Best
I'm not sure how the name is actually spelled.
@@CptnJaymz I thought it was Meaty-Ogre-At-Best too, for the longest time.. then I realized he was probably saying MediocreAtBest lol
Good God: "lol, my follower disrespected me. guess all of the existence die now"
What they don't tell you about abyys? I need that :o
Thank you !
Have you tried VaatiVidya?
@@RodrigoTakehara I believe he meant the plane.
I'm surprised nobody points out how most of their helmet makes them looks like Rafaam.
*THE SUPREME ARCHEOLOGIST.*
I think it is more the other way round. seeing as they came first :)
Love all the dark souls clips, especially seeing Artorias
Now I'm imagining playing a Death Knight PC, one of the fallen Paladins trying to undergo a life of redemption.
Lots of good roleplaying opportunities there.
I think I'm gonna prepare that character right now, just in case a DM ever lets me do that
Alternatively, you could play an Undying Warlock sworn to serve a Death Knight that's trying to redeem themself by sharing their power with you. Kind of a "life coach", or rather "undeath coach" I suppose, trying to help them be a better person and do good to repay what they've done wrong.
I actually ran one that was a Paladin of Pelor. Didn't remember that he was dead, never took off his helmet. Was a hammy goodie-two-shoes hero with constant headaches. His identity got revealed when a giant smacked his head off with a hammer, and he went to pick it up. Long story short, a wizard once found him and stuck the Helm of Alignment-Shifting on him, with a hypnotic suggestion to never take off the helmet, unless something bad would happen. Headaches were a result of Pelor not liking undead.
He ended up finally dying whaling on the BBEG, and was laid to rest redeemed in Pelor's eyes.
By the time you become a Death Knight, it's already too late. An Anti paladin, maybe, but a Death knight? Probably not.
@@raymondking214 Rhexx literally said that it's possible for Death Knights to be redeemed.
@@raymondking214 Lord Soth, the most iconic of all death knights in all D&D lore, redeemed himself. It was how he managed to escape Ravenloft.
Talking about death have made me remember the Dead Three.
For anyone wanting to answer: What are some of your opinions on Bane, Myrkal and Bhaal?
Awesome characters. I love their origins. That being said, they pale in comparison to the One God. I know they came back at one point, too, but I do not recall how.
@@VampyricDoge14 I do not know how Bane and Myrkal came back but I do know that Bhaal did it through his children, the Bhaalspawn.
We--ell, you might as well ask me what my opinion of Baldur's Gate (the game) is.
They were a fun start for Descent into Avernus, one of my players is a cleric of Kelemvor so he got some cool moments with dead three followers on their interpretation of death.
@@antonakesson Bane did it through his son a demi-god who he later absorbed. Not sure on Myrkal but think may be tied into the crown of thorns.
The most powerful and sad story of Death Knight was Lord Soth. It was beautiful and tragic. He wasn't just regular death knight though. He was death knight that was able to command other death knights. And the truly sad part is Lord Soth wishes to redeem himself and not be a death knight, but it is futile hope as he is forever cursed to relive his fall every night and be told his story by banshees. :)
Salamanders would be great to know more about. They are my favourite elemental and they have an interesting history with efreet and azers.
Great video as always!
"Death Knights are likely to attack any creature that interrupts thei so-"
*Gets an Ad*
The Gods are a metaphor for Government. Everything they do to help hurts the people that follow them.
I wanted to ask why is necromancy evil people are afraid of necromancy they're not afraid like of pyromancy. there scared of someone resurrecting the deda but not of a person capable off burn down their house in a Snap of a finger. Why?
Because instead of just killing you; necromancers are able to kill you, bring you back for purposes of servitude, and then do whatever they wish with your slowly decaying corpse.
Because while a pyromancer could burn your house down, they could also create the fire you use to cook food, or forge metal, or keep you alive in a freezing environment. It’s like asking why people aren’t afraid of kitchen knives. Sure, you could get stabbed by one, but that not it’s only, or even primary, purpose.
Necromancy on the other hand is used almost exclusively by people with bad intentions, and the magic that is used usually comes from planes that are evil. You could use a zombie to protect a village, but for every one necromancer who is “good” there are a few dozen bad ones. Plus, undead not controlled by a master (excluding ones like liches or vampires) inherently seek to kill any living thing it finds. It’s just what they do.
-Mark there were more zombie guards here before did you recast the control undead spell before 24 hours were up
-Ummmmm
People fear what they dont understand. And as death is often cited as the greatest mystery, it just makes sense.
The narration: the amorphous gellatin eats everything in its path
The slide: Kirby voring armies of waddle dees
I believe a death knight's song is sung by banshees. These banshees used to be the people who committed evil acts that helped bring about the knight's fall from grace.
I grew up on Dragonlance, specifically Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman's books, which involve Lord Soth. They're absolutely worth looking into for inspiration for a Death Knight.
I need to use these guys in a game sometime.
Yes indeed
My step-dad sicked a death knight on the party once...
He got mauled by a celestial honey badger for most of the fight.
@@hunterrhoades1813 by the humble summon monster spell? Really?
defenseive kobra I kid you not.
@@hunterrhoades1813 did they use any kind of buffs on it whatsoever? Like smite evil for damage equal to your hit Dice is Nice as is Magic resistance but not something that Will help much against a high level foe, was it like a dire badger, did you just get really lucky, was it distracted?
Awesome video! Really inspiring for a higher level campaign quest!
I'd love to see more videos on undead creatures like skull lords or vampires
As you asked us what monsters we'd like to hear you talk about in the future
May I please request the guard drake from Volo's guide
Where did the footage at ~ 5:15 come from? Curious..
Cinematics for the Neverwinter MMO
"binding your soul on your wespon"
Sounds like an Hexblade to me.
I wouldn't mind hearing more about the Yuan-ti.
They are my favorite race in the setting, and it honestly surprises me how little most DM's I've met know about them, and how dismissive they are of them as a whole, cause there is so much cool stuff about them.
The Deathknights of Crail? And their grandmaster, Dreadlord Proletius?
Is this an pop culture reference or an request for a topic?
@@defensivekobra3873 A reference, my good sir
@@GameboyMega splendid, my Good sir, have a Nice day
@gameboymega Long ago in the distant future they were a force for the light...
Atop a hoard of undead eagles? Do they happen to be slaughtering peasants with deadly impunity?
In 3.5 they were templates that you add to a creature (assumes humanoid but never explicitly stated if I remember right). They also gave the only way, as far as i have been able to find, to gain undead turning immunity. The biggest gameplay weakness for undead was not a factor for the deathknight.
What about Gargoyles, Oni, or Minotaurs those have a lot of juicy lore going back, or even a race that has yet to get the 5e treatment where you could give a reason for why it should, The Darfellan, a literal race of Orca “Killer Whale” people.
love your channel Rhexx, I've been recommending it to all my friends. Some ideas for you: maybe you could do a series on the various races, What They Don't Tell You About Drow... What They Don't Tell You About Dwarfs, etc. How about a series on the Gods too? We always hear so much about Mystra, what's really going on with her ya know? And that Lloth, she's something, huh? Also, I'd like to know more about some of the various heroes of D&D, you know... the big ones, the greats. That might be straying into copyright material though so I understand if those aren't an option. Keep it up Rhexx!
Theoretically, could my Human Barbarian become a death knight?
That might be some other early DnD monster. I actually homebrewed an Undead Barbarian called a Draugr. Think what'd happen if you fused a Wight with a Barbarian and gave it a good dose of PURE RAGE!!!!
Sorry for the yelling, that was just me illustrating how they'd say everything. Like a Zombie with Undead Rabies. They can come about a couple ways. When a Barbarian goes through the same thing a Wight did, making a deal with a Dark power of Undeath to fight forever, or they're revived by a powerful necromancer. The most prominent way though would be through a rage so potent that they literally just get back up and fight beyond the point of death. Needless to Say, Draugr are powerful. Not as Strong as a Death Knight, but they also have a similar undead servant thing to their Life Drain like a Wight.
I made them based on the Norse equivalent of the Zombie. Honestly it helps embody the Norse's affinity with being flipping metal. Their zombies don't shamble about mindlessly looking for food, they run at you swinging a weapon half as big as a car. You try beating that with a Lucille. He'll beat you with sword that'd stop a train. Have fun.
@@Master_E444 Thank you so much, I actually forgot about draugrs :( But they are actually perfect for my barbarian, since he hails from the north!
@@sorenr6080 I made it to fit a Northern Skyrim type setting? Some advice, if you want to use the Skyrim Type Draugr, use a Wight's stat block and replace their zombies with Skeletons and give them Cold Resistance. The Draugr Deathlord would be a Wight with better equipment, more damage, and a few magical abilities like Dragon shouts.
@@Master_E444 Thank you so much, You've been a great help!
@@sorenr6080 you're welcome. I've also been working on some Voodoo stuff. Dr Facilier is my favourite Disney villain and Baron Samedi is cool so I'll be making that aspect prominent.
I might include a reflavored and slightly modified Draugr as a revived Tribal Guardian reanimated by the Resident Voodoo expert as a massive powerful but feral guard dog using some talismans, special potions, and a few rituals to the Loa.
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I love how he basically described three something that Griffith from Berserk did at once.
too soon.
I was wondering if you could cover the Time of Troubles you mentioned in your last video and/ or Mystra/ Mystryl
He did tho
@@firesniperbullet2 When? I dont remember anything on the Time of Troubles from this channel
Curious about the honor still being intact on a death knight, specifically the part about never ambushing or attacking a enemy that has yet to ready there weapon. What if you never ready your weapon, will they never attack you? If you do not attack it can you just walk around it?
I’d you overwork yourself and switch to 2 videos a week I’d be perfectly ok with it. Take a break now and then.
great videos thank you
4th edition was a disaster
5th edition, well i REALLY hate
so my games now run in the 3.5e setting before all that nonsence of spell plague or what not.
I saw this notification and thought HELL YEAH instantly and came right away
The stat block for Death Knights in 5e is deplorable. Death Knights are completely immune to any heat based fire effect. They were forged in fire, after all. And it's cannon. When in Strahd's castle, Lord Soth encountered a juvenile aged red dragon. That dragon breathed fire in his face as Lord Soth let out a howling laugh. He then grappled the red dragon by the throat with one hand and told it he'd been forged in the fires of the Gods, then proceeded to beat the dragon to death with one hand.
That's in the novel that was written on him.
Yet the stat block is lacking this factor.
Additionally, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a kinder in the Dragonlance novels is a race of small, childlike people that are habitual kleptomaniacs that are completely immune to fear.
Tas once ran into Lord Soth. The fear aura emanating from Soth was so intense, that it terrified him to the core. Let's be clear, here. In a later novel, Tas is hiding with Moradin as they face a terrifying being that is killing all the gods. At one point, Tas encourages Moradin, father of the dwarves, to get his courage together to fight. The dwarven god cowers as Tas jumps out and stabs the great beast in the foot, then is promptly annihilated. He was fearless against a god that inspired crippling fear in a greater deity. Yet Lord Soth paralyzed him with fear.
AD&D 2nd edition Death Knights had a fear aura that ignored immunity and imposed a -4 to that system's saving throws versus death.
So Death Knights in my games are all fire immune and have fear auras out to 30 feet (like a paladin aura) that are at disadvantage on the save and ignore immunity to fear.
Woah. Where did those demon lord animations come from? Those are freaking awesome.
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I am desperate to find out more about Werebears in DND lore. Is their any way you could take on this topic? What kind of creatures would the call upon to help them fight against a powerful group of invading adventurers disturbing their forest? Why is it that they don’t have an evil alignment? What would happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were competing for the same forest or a green dragon! So many questions that I desperately need to be answered. Thanks so much for all of your videos. They have been so helpful already! Understanding the lore really helps me to create and run the world in a more engaging and authentic way!I am desperate to find out more about were
bear's in DND lore. What kind of creatures would they call upon to help
them fight against a powerful group of invading adventuriers disturbing their
forest. why is that they don't have an evil allighnemnt? what would
happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were compeating for the same
forest! so many questions that I desperately need answered. Thanks
so much! all of your videos have been so helpful already! I am desperate to
find out more about were bear's in DND lore. What kind of creatures would
they call upon to help them fight against a powerful group of invading
adventuriers disturbing their forest. why is that they don't have an evil
allighnemnt? what would happen if a werebear and a green
hag coven were compeating for the same forest! so many questions
that I desperately need answered. Thanks so much! all of your videos have
been so helpful already! I am desperate to find out more about were bear's in
DND lore. What kind of creatures would they call upon to help them fight
against a powerful group of invading adventuriers disturbing their
forest. why is that they don't have an evil allighnemnt? what would
happen if a werebear and a green hag coven were compeating for the
same forest! so many questions that I desperately need answered.
Thanks so much! all of your videos have been so helpful already!
Death Knights are some of my favorite monsters, and this video makes me like them even more. I want to run a game with one as the main antagonist now.
BTW I'm loving the increased frequency of videos, but don't overwork yourself. As for suggestions for monsters, how about Yugoloths, Allips, or Astral Dreadnought? Or some of the planes that aren't really mentioned in detail in 5e, such as Pandemonium, Gehenna, or Elysium.
Idontno6 D Astral Dreadnaught? When did he do that? You mean the Astral Dragon?
he might not have. I looked it up and I didn't find it. I thought I edited my comment, I'll do that now
Great video. I like the idea of a Death Knight PC that actually seeks its own redemption. They have to do something heinous and horrible to fall, but as we all know the redemption arc trope is alive and well and good storytelling. A Zealot Barbarian that was literally too angry to die would be a good one. Or a once Lawful Stupid Paladin of justice who had a backwards view of justice.
I remember when I used to DM and one of my players said they would like to DM for a bit because it looks easy. I said sure, then I made myself a Death Knight character and convinced him that it just an evil paladin. He never looked into and I taught him a valuable lesson.
Or you might be a little bit of a jerk lol
That's uh... kinda shitty lol, you should have encouraged and helped your friend. Not try and pull a fast one on someone who didnt know any better.
9:02 Fid MrRhexx really use Undine from Undertale in this video about Death Knights, because that was the last thing I was expecting in this video.
I think deathknights have the problem of being less stellar villians than liches because they have unclear mechanics on their resurrection, and no clear way of permanently ending them, unlike a lich who has a set weakness and can die as many times as they need to accomplish their goal, a death knight is only ever one bad avalanche away from death and reliant upon DM shenanigans to return to the mortal plane. Something the players can do would help these creatures, like placing the sword in an antimagic field, or bringing it to a certain place, or casting the atonement spell on it or something would give the players a plan of action.
Could you do a video on Ravenloft and your thoughts on the dark powers? Specifically who / what might they be?
Have you done a video about my favorite race, The Drow? Or have I missed it? LOL
I realized that some if not most of the monsters could actually be used as adventurers. for example: the death knight could be looking for redemption for what it had done and sees that helping people with their problems as the answer.
Currently playing a Reborn Oathbreaker Paly/ Necro Wiz… pretty cool
Dude the evil reminded me of Darth Vader when it seems like he was becoming a seeming death knight by slaughtering a bunch of children. If I did that in a story the DM might even make me leave.
Take that harpies! Death knights don't even have singing in their stat blocks, yet they have a scarier musical talent then you ever would!
Can you please make a video on bladesinger
I thinks it's a very interesting wiz archetype and I would like to learn more about the lore
I appreciate you, and your efforts. Striking when the coals are hot is always enticing, however preventing burnout is key.
I wish you the best!
I just assumed that the death knight can do necrotic damage because of its evil divine smites like the improved divine smite ability.
5e death knights r shite. Bring back power word kill and giant fireballs.
What they don't tell you about Yuan-Ti (series?)
If you need any video sugestions then why not doing videos on the other types of giants. You already did hill giants so why not do a indeept look on the other types of giants as well.
I love your vids. I was wondering if you could do some on specific villains like Lord Soth, Acererak, Strahd, Xanathar, Tiamat, etc. There is so much information about them it’s astounding and I think you’re the best person to present it
Considering he only covers Forgotten Realms specific lore I don't think we'd ever get Lord Soth, but I agree.
Hey man, let me start by saying this channel is great and I love watching your stuff. So much so that I'm pleading with you; don't burn yourself out doing this. Your videos are worth waiting for. If you can, please, take your time, enjoy what you're doing, and keep doing it as long as you can even if you make fewer videos.
As for monster videos I'd love to hear more about my favorite monster, myconids.
But really? I'd love to hear about ways to achieve immortality that are well outlined in D&D materials. I love the idea of playing characters whose goal is to achieve immortality by good and/or evil means.
@MrRexx:
You missed the best article on Death Knights, and the king of them: *Bane Kargoth* from Dragon Magazine #79 (Setting Saintly Standards)!
Why are the comments up here? Either way, awesome video my dude!
Im pretty sure my dungeon master made a group of knights for the BBEG of the campaign either Death knights or Hell knights, my own paladin only surviving death at the hands of one by divine intervention from his goddess. Super eager to see which way it goes or if it's its own unique element in the future :)
Oh wow, now i feel even worse about my level 12 cleric single-handedly wiping out a whole crypt including the famous death night in it without ever getting close to it. Forbiddance is too powerful, and in AL it is game breaking.
The existence of the forbiddance spell is enough for wise dungeon dwellers to have holes over 30 feet deep with a net on top to escape from the effect.
I am actually playing a version of a death knight right now that my DM made for me. I was a paladin of Anubis and ended up angering the demon princes Kostchtchie and Graz'zt so they worked together to enthrall and corrupt my wife, brother, son and daughter to control/force them to kill me in my sleep. They took my souls shredded it then put the pieces into my killers body's transforming them into monsters. Anubis saved what was left of my soul by turning me into a death knight {Scourge Aasimar with a leveling hellfire orb using a death domain cleric like paladin who can switch between radiant/necrotic damage on a short rest} now I have to hunt down my soul pieces which slowly restores my body back to life while fighting all of my new darker instinct to see if I continue to be worthy while dealing with a justifiably freaked out party now that they have found out. Though i didn't know about the song i have got to work that into a session soon now thanks.
9:00 That's not a death knight, that's Undyne from Undertale, and she is quite alive. :-)
Finally, I’m really intrigued by death knights
Imagine coming across a fallen Paladin of Eilistraee performing their song
This reminds me when i killed my family and friends in skyrim to strengthen the ebony blade, i heard people find the weapon to distasteful and never use it...the things you do for power...
MrRhexx,
Do a "What They Don't Tell You Vampires in D&D!"
1e death knights.... the original TPK!
How to be a death knight
1. Become a paladin
2. Cheat on your wife
3. Don't talk to the Kingpriest of Istar
Wouldn't that just make your soul weapon your dong?
@@Punishthefalse I made a Soth reference, so probably not
Never knew of this, my closest representation was a Revanant Vengeance Paladin of Hore (The Destroyer, the God of Vengeance, Bounty Hunters, and Headsmen).
I plan on using this character if I ever have to play Strahd. He was killed by Strahd but he's the meme of the "Man literally too angry to die".
In the book knight of the black rose, lord soth is pulled into the Ravenloft setting and meets strad. It’s a amazing book and a good read, so as to not spoil anything soth comes across a dragon at one point and is disarmed. So soth fights a young red dragon with his bare hands and wins! Moral of the story: soth is an absolute badass.
Great video as always. Would LOVE to see a video about Rust Monsters sometime in the future!
A video about pit fiends would be cool.
Btw, could a wizard or some other full spellcaster do the same ritual, and have their soul bonded to their spell focus?
"I've got a bone to pick with you!"
One of my favorite monsters to use for RP, storyline, and setting up a creepy atmosphere...berbalang. I would love to see a lore video on them.
You're the best dnd youtuber, I mean if you consider yourself one
12:45 So Don Quijote is a death knight? good.
Ah perfect timing for my campagn. Thanks! Now that I know everything I have to for my campagn, I'd like to propose something I just really like. So please tell us what they don't tell us about Kobolds.
Vic Clement Runesmith and Taking20 have good videos about Kobolds.
I've homebrewed a death knight that I plan on using as the campaign I'm homebrewing's BBEG, where she acts as a lv 20 oathbreaker paladin. She gets all of the oathbreaker's abilities, as well as a pretty solid spell list with stuff like Banishment, Destructive Wave, Animate Dead, and Wrathful Smite. For the lich BBEG himself, I homebrewed him to be a lv 20 necromancer wizard, complete with a list of multiple spells he could use against the party.
One of my pcs is a paladin who murdered his lover, whe he found her with another man. My plan was "simply" to go oathbreaker. Now I know. He could be so much more.