What They Don't Tell You About Dracoliches - D&D

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    The cinematic pieces come from 3 different games, the dracolich attacking the city is from the Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG called "Neverwinter". Hence, that video is perfectly canon as to how the dragon looks and behaves; the woman accompanying the dragon is a lich hiding under magic.
    The cinematic with the adventurers defeating cultists is (i believe) also from the same MMO, but a particular expansion of the game. It is from the Hoard of the Dragonqueen and Rise of Tiamat storyline.
    The cinematic with the ice skeletal dragon is from World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King cinematic.
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  • @freeweebhentai7304
    @freeweebhentai7304 Před 4 lety +1667

    Step 1: DRAGON
    Step 2: LICH
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: PROFIT

    • @defensivekobra3873
      @defensivekobra3873 Před 4 lety +33

      They are cooler liches, perfect for an campaing with a lot of vampire mages, mummy lords, liches, death tyrant beholders for you to fight, or for a party who thinks liches are too lame

    • @kevinsuazo3251
      @kevinsuazo3251 Před 4 lety +7

      @Free Weeb Hentai what inspired you to come up with that name, it's amazing!

    • @goldfish0616
      @goldfish0616 Před 4 lety +1

      Explain the plan one more time.

    • @dragonballtalk8527
      @dragonballtalk8527 Před 4 lety +2

      Giant two headed Cyclops werewolf mummy lich

    • @PisaMansodeCapoeira
      @PisaMansodeCapoeira Před 4 lety

      *GROFIT

  • @gweenbean1905
    @gweenbean1905 Před 4 lety +1042

    Dragonborn Undying Warlock, whose patron is a Dracolich that is also their Draconic ancestor.

    • @dovahkiin_brasil
      @dovahkiin_brasil Před 4 lety +122

      Well.... on the normal version of D&D dragonbornes hate to depend on others entitys powers. This means that you never see Dragonborne Warlocks or "totally not divine warlocks" AKA clerics
      But if the DM wants you can even impregnate a elemental soo nobody cares

    • @boerhcauldur1873
      @boerhcauldur1873 Před 4 lety +36

      Stealing this and anti normal heros are the best kinda heros

    • @thesquish8657
      @thesquish8657 Před 4 lety +51

      Too bad dragonborn arent related to dragon in anyway much like kobolds. Dragon borns were slaves of dragons in a alternate reality then came to our world.

    • @gweenbean1905
      @gweenbean1905 Před 4 lety +9

      @@thesquish8657 Are you talking about Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms?

    • @bradleyprimeau8663
      @bradleyprimeau8663 Před 4 lety +20

      @@thesquish8657 depends on the setting, according to the 3.5e book races of the dragon kobald are related to dragons, dragonwrought kobald even more so and dragonborn are created in a ritual by bahumat.

  • @Gollvieg
    @Gollvieg Před 4 lety +2393

    Human funeral: He died too young T_T
    Dragon funeral: Remember when he got so drunk he went crazy and flattened a mountain, dried up a sea and sired a hundred half-dragons? That was a great decade. ^_^

    • @StarboyXL9
      @StarboyXL9 Před 4 lety +36

      XD

    • @chazmars78
      @chazmars78 Před 4 lety +198

      Remember when he transformed into a cat and got so drunk he burnt the bar down with his breath weapon in cat form?

    • @THEOBSERVER-1
      @THEOBSERVER-1 Před 4 lety +165

      @@chazmars78 just imagine explaining to the insurance company that your bar was burned by a fire breathing cat.

    • @dashiellgillingham4579
      @dashiellgillingham4579 Před 4 lety +85

      @@THEOBSERVER-1 Well, I know what I'm doing to my party of Imperial Epic Economic Investigations (IEEI, pronounced like constipation) Agents next time we meet. Thank you internet, you have rescued me from writer's block.

    • @crownprince76
      @crownprince76 Před 4 lety +5

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!

  • @unoriginalumbrella8111
    @unoriginalumbrella8111 Před 4 lety +402

    You know Dracolich's are secretive and badass when not even the Demonprince of Undeath knows how to make them.

    • @sethkrueger5472
      @sethkrueger5472 Před 4 lety +42

      I'm pretty sure orcus probably could come up with his own way to make undead dragons, his hole thing is to fuck around with things with death

    • @thomasfarmer1730
      @thomasfarmer1730 Před 4 lety +2

      Its mindblowing that you guys take this fictional stuff way too..LMAO 😂🤣

    • @DanielTorres-hc4jo
      @DanielTorres-hc4jo Před 4 lety +62

      @@thomasfarmer1730 dnd is literally for roleplaying, it's more fun when you put more into it, otherwise, we get guys like you '-'

    • @Suo_kongque
      @Suo_kongque Před 4 lety +5

      Seth Krueger except for the fact That many dragons are already more powerful than he is

  • @Nyghtking
    @Nyghtking Před 4 lety +890

    "A dragonoid body"
    Kobolds have dragon blood and I believe are considered dragonoid so...
    and any soul and inhabit a necromantic fueled dragon body so...

    • @ender_lord1202
      @ender_lord1202 Před 4 lety +218

      I once had a character concept that a full grown dragon was polymorphed/reincarnated into a kobold but since he still had the mind of a dragon he would do things like jump off high places thinking he could fly or announce his totally intimidating presence when he entered a room.

    • @Sophia-vk5bq
      @Sophia-vk5bq Před 4 lety +60

      Some Kobolds have dragon blood, who often become sorcerers. They didn't universally or even as a majority descend from dragons.

    • @andrewthegeek6522
      @andrewthegeek6522 Před 4 lety +69

      So make a campaign around a kobold who is on a quest to become a lich and the players must stop him

    • @Sophia-vk5bq
      @Sophia-vk5bq Před 4 lety +12

      @@andrewthegeek6522 sounds good to me.

    • @andrewthegeek6522
      @andrewthegeek6522 Před 4 lety +8

      @@Sophia-vk5bq one-shot or full campaign?

  • @truemind1018
    @truemind1018 Před 4 lety +530

    "death is inescapable and all forms of longevity will stop working after a while"
    *laughs in clone spell*

    • @MystFox1314
      @MystFox1314 Před 4 lety +63

      Except your soul just got yeeted by a greater being :(

    • @ezzardeyethief
      @ezzardeyethief Před 4 lety +71

      Laughs in True Polymorph: Draco Lich.

    • @dovahkiin_brasil
      @dovahkiin_brasil Před 4 lety +51

      *Laughs in ascended god/god's champiom*

    • @priamneville5899
      @priamneville5899 Před 4 lety +97

      True Polymorph -> Ancient Gold Dragon -> Relearn Wizardry -> More Clones -> Becoming a 9th level Wizard-Dragon. Build an empire. Fight evil across the cosmos as an unstoppable being of good. Profit.

    • @theblazingcrusader6322
      @theblazingcrusader6322 Před 4 lety +21

      Priam Neville my groups dm finds that when our characters are Demi gods at high levels so this little chart speaks to me on a spiritual level.

  • @Primordial_Radiance
    @Primordial_Radiance Před 4 lety +817

    That awkward moment when you find out your wife/husband is actually a pollymorphed dracolich...

    • @gufosufo337
      @gufosufo337 Před 4 lety +171

      Thats why she is so cold in bed

    • @TerrariaGolem
      @TerrariaGolem Před 4 lety +51

      @@gufosufo337 *this*

    • @zacharyhawley1693
      @zacharyhawley1693 Před 4 lety +55

      So you laid them so hard their soul left their body?

    • @ogrefeet6077
      @ogrefeet6077 Před 4 lety +68

      If the husband gets an erection is it a Boner

    • @NoOne-mj2gj
      @NoOne-mj2gj Před 4 lety +67

      That would just make me love her more cuz tht means wifey is a bad ass ...never mind the ego boost tht so powerful a being chose to keep me lol

  • @indignantlamentation6307
    @indignantlamentation6307 Před 4 lety +177

    "Sounds like a terrible idea." -Klauth, Ancient Red Dragon

    • @arnox4554
      @arnox4554 Před 4 lety +8

      Was this in Neverwinter Nights?

  • @pyronicdesign
    @pyronicdesign Před 4 lety +689

    dracoliches are so much more interesting in their creation than they are in actual gameplay.

    • @thatsnotgonewellatall5517
      @thatsnotgonewellatall5517 Před 4 lety +26

      Unless you make them a good guy

    • @zacharyrodriguez4348
      @zacharyrodriguez4348 Před 4 lety +22

      @@thatsnotgonewellatall5517 why would anyone do that?, There should be no nice liches

    • @thatsnotgonewellatall5517
      @thatsnotgonewellatall5517 Před 4 lety +73

      @@zacharyrodriguez4348 think about it. Good dragon born forced to contain the soul. They come back. Still good but with that craving and not knowing what happened to them

    • @Grinnar
      @Grinnar Před 4 lety +9

      This comment can be applied to all lore.

    • @OdinXivraj
      @OdinXivraj Před 4 lety +46

      Use the lore and the creation to build it up over the course of a campaign. Than when your players finally face it all that lore and build up makes it super interesting to encounter. Just droping a Dracolich into your game and saying here fight this is going to make it boring. But same can be said for anything really.

  • @misakamikoto8785
    @misakamikoto8785 Před 4 lety +535

    You'll hear that? Pick your own God now and start praying! Ain't nobody want to end up on the wall of shame!

    • @thejamman4070
      @thejamman4070 Před 4 lety +31

      My Rogue keeps almost dying, so maybe I should.

    • @krimverse5903
      @krimverse5903 Před 4 lety +36

      Well if they have something similar to a machine god, I'll pray the fuck out of machines to please the omnisiah! Though I wonder what you can do in that afterlife with said machine god?

    • @Espartano692
      @Espartano692 Před 4 lety +23

      @@krimverse5903 There's Primus, but I'm not sure he is 100% a deity or just has the power level of one

    • @cavareenvius7886
      @cavareenvius7886 Před 4 lety +17

      @@krimverse5903 Go with Primus. But I don't think he listens to prayer. And if he does, then good luck not to upset him, because he is the most picky God of them all.

    • @RabidlyTaboo
      @RabidlyTaboo Před 4 lety +17

      There's Primus but he wouldn't want anything to do with the will full and fickle souls of humanoids. He rules the plane of time I think and his minions are increadibly specific in form and function, each serving a particular role or task with a strict hierarchy of who can command who or perform specific jobs. Our souls wouldn't fit into that in 99.999% of cases, I don't think.
      But fuck it, this is d&d. Do w.e.

  • @christerpherewilhite2019
    @christerpherewilhite2019 Před 4 lety +318

    Could you just do a bulk episode of undead in D&D for October.They are one of the most intersting aspects of D&D to me

  • @lincolnrayes6464
    @lincolnrayes6464 Před 4 lety +128

    That Tiefling in that cinematic is the real mvp, what a power move

    • @kaiandresrussomunne5319
      @kaiandresrussomunne5319 Před 4 lety

      What is that from? I want to watch it

    • @lordeiswolf5506
      @lordeiswolf5506 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kaiandresrussomunne5319 its from a game intro, just search after neverwinter mmo

    • @lincolnrayes6464
      @lincolnrayes6464 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kaiandresrussomunne5319 From Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG called "Neverwinter" his got them in the description if you want to know the other ones :)

  • @TerrariaGolem
    @TerrariaGolem Před 4 lety +168

    We should have a *Video of Every Known Werecreature* for Halloween.
    Were Rats, Were Bear, & Were Ravens have cool lore.

    • @youtubingjaguar5082
      @youtubingjaguar5082 Před 4 lety +5

      Where are the stats for wereravens? They sound AWESOME and could be extremely fun to play. ;)

    • @tautau1a
      @tautau1a Před 4 lety +3

      Yes, but only if there's a screenshot of the talking mudcrab of Morrowind talking about weresharks. Because comic relief.

    • @breadlyweapon9612
      @breadlyweapon9612 Před 4 lety

      @@youtubingjaguar5082 Curse of Strahd

    • @1228carlito
      @1228carlito Před 4 lety

      @@youtubingjaguar5082 the original was Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts (AD&D 2nd Edition, Ravenloft Accessory). they had wereravens listed there

    • @TerrariaGolem
      @TerrariaGolem Před 4 lety

      @@youtubingjaguar5082 like the guy above said, curse of strahd

  • @billysbilbolag2050
    @billysbilbolag2050 Před 4 lety +121

    I've been searching for info and stats for Draco-liches all day because I have plans on introducing one in the campaign I'm running. This was perfectly timed!

    • @Essex121514
      @Essex121514 Před 4 lety +10

      Some adventurers are about to get a hurt REAL bad.

    • @Whatsthis848
      @Whatsthis848 Před 4 lety +4

      I was actually thinking of using one in my campaign, but after hearing this it won't fit very well. Unless I give my necromancer an item designed to control it. May just have to go with an undead dragon though.

  • @kidyomu89
    @kidyomu89 Před 4 lety +4

    Yo imagine being a little peasant child and seeing an undead T-Rex sprint up to a dead dragon and devour its body and then start using magic. Protodracolich.

  • @pickleproductions2010
    @pickleproductions2010 Před 4 lety +41

    7:30 "Seduce the dragons"
    *Dragonborn Bard Joins the chat*

    • @Sgt-Wolf
      @Sgt-Wolf Před 4 lety +2

      I don't want to see his browser history.

  • @benikenbenniken760
    @benikenbenniken760 Před 4 lety +94

    MrRhexx, every one of you videos fuels a new D&D plot point in my campaign. Your research is astounding and much appreciated. Please continue with these histories and expound upon us more secret knowledge.
    (I just hope my players don't start watching your videos :P)

  • @sanddry738
    @sanddry738 Před 4 lety +82

    Liches are some of my favorite monsters in D&D. It’s great to know how different yet alike Liches and Dracoliches are in terms of rituals

    • @luizhenriquealves9755
      @luizhenriquealves9755 Před 4 lety

      But since his video on mummies, is there such thing as dragon mumies or dracomumy lords?

    • @sanddry738
      @sanddry738 Před 4 lety

      Luiz Henrique Alves
      dnd-wiki.org/wiki/Centaur_Mummy_(5e)
      So apparently Tales from the Yawning Portal had a centaur mummy...
      So yeah perhaps a dragon *could* be possible? As long as draconic magic doesn’t interfere or a new process has to be done like with dracolichdom rituals. You’d also have to have literal metric tons of salt and herbs for the embalming process though...

    • @krispalermo8133
      @krispalermo8133 Před 4 lety +1

      AD&D2e lick was at lest a 18th-level wizard or cleric.
      In 3.5e they are 11th-level spell caster, and it does not say what spells are needed. They just need something to hold their Soul in.

    • @Sgt-Wolf
      @Sgt-Wolf Před 4 lety

      Yeah undead monsters burn up very nicely.

  • @WalrusWinking
    @WalrusWinking Před 3 lety +20

    I know one thing if I lived in D&D's world I'd be a true church goin' boi.

    • @James11111
      @James11111 Před 3 lety +9

      Especially when you're fully able to bitch slap people with the power of your god.

    • @jarlaxle3588
      @jarlaxle3588 Před rokem

      As a moral nihilist and egotistic hedonist I would probably be the only human servant of Lolth.

  • @misakamikoto8785
    @misakamikoto8785 Před 4 lety +123

    MrRhexx
    actually watch Overlord!!!

    • @heitorpimenta6504
      @heitorpimenta6504 Před 4 lety +4

      In the case of overlord those dragons were skeletal dragons, not dracoliches, would skeletal dragons have the same resistance to magic?

    • @THEOBSERVER-1
      @THEOBSERVER-1 Před 4 lety +1

      @@heitorpimenta6504 Yes, they have the same magic resistance.

    • @sinnerthesinful552
      @sinnerthesinful552 Před 4 lety +2

      @@heitorpimenta6504 it's funny, because in Overlord people can only cast spells up to level 5

  • @StarboyXL9
    @StarboyXL9 Před 4 lety +64

    17:58
    Ahh, I see you are a man of culture as well...
    ALL HAIL THE SURPEME ONE! ALL HAIL THE GREAT TOMB OF NAZARICK!

  • @endma100
    @endma100 Před 4 lety +30

    17:09 that’s a really good adventure time lich fan art

    • @frog4880
      @frog4880 Před 3 lety

      That lich it's one of the most cool cartoons (not anime) villans

  • @TheSaintMystic
    @TheSaintMystic Před 4 lety +136

    I would love to hear about a normal lich too. Ive wondered what the manual left out about them

    • @singularity1130
      @singularity1130 Před 4 lety +3

      Until then maybe Dawnforgecast can satiate your lust for knowledge of the forbidden arcane?
      czcams.com/video/TwCk_HKsPM8/video.html

    • @mauriceanderson5413
      @mauriceanderson5413 Před 4 lety +4

      Manannan anam slavic mythology has this concept. Koshi or something like that its called. Its a dark mage that tied his soul into the needle and hidden it in some mythical place and is technically immortal because of that.

    • @iamdream2562
      @iamdream2562 Před 4 lety +1

      @Manannan anam Koschei the Deathless is who he's talking about

    • @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571
      @tanyanikolaevagizdova6571 Před 4 lety +2

      @@mauriceanderson5413 He had baba yaga put his soul inside a needle, put the needle in an egg , the egg in a duck , the duck in a hare , the hare in a locked iron chest and the chest on a magical island that changed location.

    • @fuckoffannoyingutube
      @fuckoffannoyingutube Před 4 lety

      @Manannan anam LotR did it first :D and that is mostly based on mythology.

  • @ethanotoroculus1060
    @ethanotoroculus1060 Před 4 lety +53

    This is a huge coincidence- in one of my most recent campaigns, the main antagonist was titled _"The Draconian Necrobear."_
    It was just as terrifying as it sounds. I loved every minute of it.

  • @LazerLord10
    @LazerLord10 Před 4 lety +118

    What was the part at 20:00 from? It's always neat to see those big dragons fully animated.

    • @MrRhexx
      @MrRhexx  Před 4 lety +59

      It's from the Dungeons and Dragons MMORPG "Neverwinter". It is a cinematic representing the climactic end moment of the 5th edition adventure Rise of Tiamat.

  • @rachdarastrix5251
    @rachdarastrix5251 Před 3 lety +3

    You know, I love how the music is calming, peaceful, and melodious.
    Mean while you are describing what is literally the most terrifying thing that could ever happen to me.

  • @Saffy226
    @Saffy226 Před 4 lety +67

    What if the old body of the dragon was in a different plane?
    Example: The protodracolich is on the material plane while the draconic body is in the plane of water?

    • @RevengeofGothzilla
      @RevengeofGothzilla Před 4 lety +15

      The same as if the dragon's body was disintegrated, they would have to seek out powerful magic to get it back, and would feel an overwhelming urge to do so.

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 Před 4 lety +1

      What if the body was completely consumed by magic or transformed into something that can't be eaten?

    • @eugenehoitt3250
      @eugenehoitt3250 Před 4 lety +4

      @@andresmarrero8666 treat the body the same as if disintegrated. PDL would be driven to bring the body back someway, luke a wish spell.

    • @andresmarrero8666
      @andresmarrero8666 Před 4 lety +1

      @@eugenehoitt3250 now that brings to mind a somewhat devious setup.

    • @MoonMoverGaming
      @MoonMoverGaming Před 4 lety

      Better find a portal.

  • @WarhavenSC
    @WarhavenSC Před 4 lety +23

    One weird trick to live forever that deities don't want you to know about!

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Před 4 lety

      Tiamat is a deity... that's actually her shown in the scenes where he's talking about The Well of Dragons, the 5-headed dragon

    • @LordMortanius
      @LordMortanius Před 4 lety

      The dozens of gods of undeath would say otherwise. The draconic pantheon has a god of undeath, after all.

  • @nielsdejong
    @nielsdejong Před 4 lety +33

    Yes! I simply love this series of yours. They way you describe the lore always makes it so interesting :)

  • @missdeadite9696
    @missdeadite9696 Před 4 lety +17

    also the dragon could just use a legendary action and a legendary success to make the process work. they did give ancient dragons those abilities in 5th ed.

  • @AlexJohnson-eb6wl
    @AlexJohnson-eb6wl Před 4 lety +81

    "The falactory will provide a new body"
    So its a falactory factory?

    • @TwentySeventhLetter
      @TwentySeventhLetter Před 4 lety +17

      I wonder if they make phylactaid, I'm phylactose intolerant

    • @cantthinkofname7291
      @cantthinkofname7291 Před 4 lety +5

      Puns...you gotta love em.

    • @CorvusCorone68
      @CorvusCorone68 Před 4 lety +2

      @@germangamer7377 bad enough there are ppl plotting to make REGULAR armies of undead, now we have to deal with an army of liches? undead mages? there will be some major paranoia in that army, if the world isn't destroyed by it they'll destroy each other and maybe the world in the process

    • @James11111
      @James11111 Před 3 lety +1

      Phylactory*

  • @probablynotasith5355
    @probablynotasith5355 Před 3 lety +6

    Personally i love the idea of someone like Strahd having a black market deal with the Cult, sending out bottles of his blood with the vistani to trade for things like spell tomes(He IS a wizard after all.), magic idems, and assorted other things to pass the eons in Barovia. Sudoku maybe. :P

  • @originalShorai
    @originalShorai Před 4 lety +51

    So theoretically if a Spiritgorger, a humanoid lich stuck in it's Phylactery, was placed near a Dragon Skeleton for long enough it could become a Dracolich? So my question becomes: Does it keep the powers that a Lich has, other than reconstitution, that a Dracolich doesn't? The same question for if a willing living dragon lets the Lich possess them? What would happen if a Vampire, Mummy, or other powerful Undead(including a full Dracolich) are thrown into the mix? Is it possible for a Dracolich to become a Demi-lich? So many questions.

    • @madmichael7250
      @madmichael7250 Před 4 lety +3

      Why would a full dracolich want to become a lich?
      To answer you actual question. ( Yhisbis mostly what I take away from spiritgorgers) I’d say that that as long as the creature has an intelligence of at least 1 (Don’t know how it would offer it’s body to the lich if it had 1 Int) it would have the process of becoming a lich (the effects the ritual has, not the ritual) happen to its body. This would result in the offerer’s body replacing the lich’s in the whole “body gets recreated” thing, linking its body and soul to the lichs phylactery. And when regenerated having the offerers and the lichs soul in the body.

    • @originalShorai
      @originalShorai Před 4 lety +7

      @@madmichael7250 The concept that the souls could exist cooperatively means that a Dracolich, who can't automatically reform their body, would see an advantage to gaining that power by working with a normal Lich. Mechanically they would act as one unit and any spellcasting ability or power the Lich has that the Dracolich doesn't would be applied, though I understand that this is only an advantage for physically focused Dragons like the Fang Dragon.

    • @madmichael7250
      @madmichael7250 Před 4 lety +2

      originalShorai in that situation the lich would have to to offer its body. In the end it would depend on which is offering to who. The lich offering to the dragon, would just have the dracolich knowledge. But the deacolich offering to the lich... a multitude of things could happen; the lich could be compelled to eat the dragons body and wish its back if it’s gone, or it could be the same as dracolich offering to lich, if the race isn’t draconic in nature it could... make one thing bad happen? Or good depending if it destroys the body’s. In this case it would be likely the dragon would return to the phylactry, but if the lichs body still regenerates it would most likely severe the connection and regenerate its body with a mind of its own. Also while they COULD cooperate, he does say that it almost always drives the host mad

    • @originalShorai
      @originalShorai Před 4 lety +2

      @@madmichael7250 I've always liked playing with the idea of character clones so I was just curious about making a merged Lich/Dracolich. To be fair though I think crazy is a given to begin with.

  • @Boomken76
    @Boomken76 Před 4 lety +20

    has to eat to refuel its spell breath, Now im wondering if the DK starter quest in WoW when you ride a "dracolich" was smart or just dumb luck as you had to eat mobs when you ran out of its fire breath.

  • @derrickshade4547
    @derrickshade4547 Před 4 lety +39

    Almost like holcruxes . Voldermot did the same thing by binding his soul into seven or more pieces so he can be immortal

    • @reverie5760
      @reverie5760 Před 4 lety +4

      i hope those spelling errors were on purpose

    • @derrickshade4547
      @derrickshade4547 Před 4 lety

      @@reverie5760 i know. I miss spelled

    • @JoshKnoxChinnery
      @JoshKnoxChinnery Před 4 lety +2

      WOAH SPOILERS BRO

    • @yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907
      @yanuchiuchihaanimegamesand3907 Před 4 lety +3

      @@JoshKnoxChinnery The final movie has been out for more than 5 years now

    • @rashakor
      @rashakor Před 3 lety +6

      Not almost like Horcruxes. JKRowling completely poached that entire part of the HP mythology from D&D. Voldemort is a pseudo or semilich with 7 phylacteries depending on the edition.

  • @jeremyvalderrama9867
    @jeremyvalderrama9867 Před 4 lety

    @MrRhexx I'm certain I've watched all your DnD vids, I don't think I could get tired of learning from you. Something about how you make everything so easy to understand is just satisfying. Thnx.

  • @cmoor8616
    @cmoor8616 Před 4 lety +3

    That darned puppy,
    always up to mischief,
    digging holes,
    chewing on fingers,
    Gaining the vengeful ire of a DRACOLICH

  • @TheRaiden316
    @TheRaiden316 Před 4 lety +31

    Important question: can a dracolich become a demi-lich? That would be truly epic.

    • @UmekCrafter
      @UmekCrafter Před 4 lety +3

      Normal demi-lich or Acererak type of Demi-Lich?

    • @thedarkmaster4747
      @thedarkmaster4747 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes.

    • @empoleonmaster6709
      @empoleonmaster6709 Před 4 lety +2

      @hien le don't click that link, it's to some kind of porn site as I just found out. time to run a virus scan now, instead of learning about demi-draco liches

    • @TwentySeventhLetter
      @TwentySeventhLetter Před 4 lety +4

      @@empoleonmaster6709 I'm glad I don't see that comment anymore

    • @TheBayzent
      @TheBayzent Před 4 lety

      Technically nothing prevents it.

  • @Nocturnal_talon
    @Nocturnal_talon Před 2 lety +1

    Honestly you should turn these into podcasts, I love using your videos to chill or to sleep since I've watched almost all of them already, your voice is super calming and all the podcasts I can find are super aggressive or high energy

  • @fourfours9928
    @fourfours9928 Před 4 lety +9

    Nabe vs Khajit
    If you have coin, he has wares!

  • @jackofalltrades6061
    @jackofalltrades6061 Před 4 lety +6

    I don’t play D&D but I love watching these videos because I have always found mythical creatures interesting. Watching the video made me wonder is there a way to turn a dracolich back into a normal dragon or is it a permanent change.

  • @iericlopez8354
    @iericlopez8354 Před 4 lety +3

    I’m loving these videos everyone I see one I watch it as soon as possible and it makes my games so much better! Thanks for all the work you do and keep up the awesome content!

  • @intelli-gent9863
    @intelli-gent9863 Před 3 lety +1

    That story about the museum , I am definitely using that in my campaign.

  • @Greenotron
    @Greenotron Před 4 lety

    Love your recent D&D videos @MrRhexx!! Please keep it up! I sense that you have a strong calling for this! You have my blade!!

  • @pr0meteus
    @pr0meteus Před 4 lety +3

    Good inspiration and content as always! Thanks man! :)

  • @Torhrimr
    @Torhrimr Před 4 lety +3

    So happy to see another video in this serie. you do an amazing job catching my interest and delivering the information in such an entertaining way.
    Is it just me or haven't you done a video on pixies?

  • @Xcron
    @Xcron Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you so much for making this, man! Appreciated.

  • @laffuntilucry
    @laffuntilucry Před 4 lety +1

    This went over the afterlife, linked to your other video with info I may need when running a dracolich. You have yet again exceeded expectations. I learned even about the afterlife which I did not expect! Seriously love your work, it pushes my DMing and lore knowledge to the next level :)
    Thank you, you are my favorite lore master.

    • @ThePhilipish
      @ThePhilipish Před 4 lety

      Thats actually oretty much how it works irl too if your talking about the intro

  • @DoctorWrecks
    @DoctorWrecks Před 4 lety +15

    that Overlord reference XD

    • @MrRhexx
      @MrRhexx  Před 4 lety +10

      they have a lot of d&d references in there, i love it.

    • @DoctorWrecks
      @DoctorWrecks Před 4 lety +5

      @@MrRhexx you have good taste my friend ;)

    • @simoncasady-kahler1528
      @simoncasady-kahler1528 Před 3 lety

      @@MrRhexx ya the entire mechanics of ygdrassil is based on dnd

  • @geoleo965
    @geoleo965 Před 4 lety +8

    *_[Insert Joey Wheeler's creepy chin ad-modum.]_*

  • @shamusfarmer
    @shamusfarmer Před 4 lety

    Man, it boggles my mind how well informed you are... Even my best googling doesnt turn up 1/10th of the info you have on these subjects... Doesnt matter how many words you mispronounce, you amaze me!

  • @chaskaconcar-tavares1358
    @chaskaconcar-tavares1358 Před 4 lety +1

    Love your lore videos from skyrim to dnd, make the sessions i play with my friends alot more fun when I know all the ins and outs of lore. I was also wondering if you're planning on doing a goliath video anytime in the future, as they're a race with little explored on them and lots of interesting lore. But that aside i hope you continue making videos for a long time and thank you for doing it

  • @andrewthemaroon8608
    @andrewthemaroon8608 Před 4 lety +41

    Anyone else hear him say LICHerally rather than literally

  • @MacyMay4669
    @MacyMay4669 Před 4 lety +4

    I just started D&D with a Paladin and can’t wait to play next week 😍

  • @DCBruinsMedia
    @DCBruinsMedia Před 7 měsíci +1

    The next time I start a campaign it won't be in a tavern.
    It'll be at a great dragon's funeral. That kinda party sounds dope as hell and rich in opportunities for story hooks.

  • @thatonescottishguyd3876

    Really enjoyed this video :) keep up the good work, looking forward to the next one.

  • @tautau1a
    @tautau1a Před 4 lety +39

    "Why evil? Because they say that you have to be insane (chaotic neutral) to want to go through this process."

    • @tyrant4492
      @tyrant4492 Před 4 lety +13

      so most player groups?

    • @absolstoryoffiction6615
      @absolstoryoffiction6615 Před 4 lety +1

      Rise of the Nekrons (Warhammer 40k)

    • @wasteoftime5848
      @wasteoftime5848 Před 4 lety +5

      Bruh, no alingnment is a measurement of sanity.

    • @Hetsu..
      @Hetsu.. Před 4 lety +1

      @@wasteoftime5848 The only people who choose chatic neutral are insane lmfao

  • @007stareye
    @007stareye Před 4 lety +10

    15:47 "Настойка" means "tincture"... So, does this mean I can make boose out of dead drakoliches? This sounds quite in a russian style.

  • @lordvader9072
    @lordvader9072 Před 4 lety +2

    Been waiting for this too long. Finally some insight on these dragon liches.

  • @louiemercado5595
    @louiemercado5595 Před 4 lety +1

    Nice video clip on Sindragosa man!

  • @dracosdiabolis1769
    @dracosdiabolis1769 Před 4 lety +7

    So, a ettin is wondering some ruins of a cave/fortress looking for food. unknown to them as they find a "pretty rock" inside a "metal box" ……. One gets the rock and rubs it fondly. "Petty Roc....." After a few days and not finding a lot of food anywhere. "Roc... Why you talkin" to me?" after a couple more days of unable to find food. "Roc?? If me agree to help you, you can help stop our belly pains?" after a few moments "Don't tell the other guy, but me agree."
    the poor Ettin found and made the deal with a Soulgorger.

    • @senorali
      @senorali Před 4 lety

      Would the lich only be able to possess one of the two heads, I wonder?

    • @dracosdiabolis1769
      @dracosdiabolis1769 Před 4 lety +2

      @@senorali I would say the one that agreed to the term. the other is basically along for the undead ride. but be a lich himself.
      double your lichdom, double your DM fun.

    • @dracosdiabolis1769
      @dracosdiabolis1769 Před 4 lety +2

      @@senorali or at least comes back a death knight. lol a death knight that's connected to a dracolich. lmao

  • @PineappleBombs
    @PineappleBombs Před 4 lety +3

    I just got the thought of giving your player's a dracolich's phylactery and treating it like the stone of golorr but instead of wanting to be released it could be wanting to make a pact with the one that is attuned to it at the time.

  • @alexandersmith1777
    @alexandersmith1777 Před 3 lety +1

    Now I just got an epic vision of a Death Knight riding a Dracolitch into battle!

  • @AJarOfYams
    @AJarOfYams Před 3 lety

    Perfect Ad placement after the introduction. 10/10

  • @MainDwarf
    @MainDwarf Před 4 lety +3

    I love your lore videos do much! When do you think that you'll do another video on Giants?

  • @carlosn9080
    @carlosn9080 Před 4 lety +19

    Man, you have the BEST Lore videos, but. Have you think on make Pathfinder ones. Thanks for tour wonderfull work

    • @TriMarkC
      @TriMarkC Před 4 lety +1

      Don Uni Cornio Yes please!
      another way to achieve this, since so much of Pathfinder is based on D&D3/3.5, is to simply comment on additional Pathfinder sources for your lore. “Alternatively, if you include Pathfinder lore, X & Y can happen.”
      I’m a firm believer in using lore & abilities from all sources, & mixing them together to throw off my stats-memorizing players. “Hey, that’s not what X is supposed to do!”... “I never said it was X; you assumed that from my description.” They generally learn quick!

  • @gingerredshoes
    @gingerredshoes Před 3 lety

    Thanks, first time finding this channel and already got inspiration for my game. ✨

  • @Tpunkzilla
    @Tpunkzilla Před 4 lety

    I didn't know i've been wanting this video but now that is here i am happy.

  • @detektivespooder4609
    @detektivespooder4609 Před 4 lety +67

    You can bind your own soul into a golem or somekind armor, or with this you count lich to?

    • @nes819
      @nes819 Před 4 lety +18

      Most dietys of good alignment view such actions similar to lichdom. But the ones who dislike this the most are the ones asociated with death and the act of dying.

    • @detektivespooder4609
      @detektivespooder4609 Před 4 lety +8

      @@nes819 Aaaaahh... I see
      But then you can do it

    • @nes819
      @nes819 Před 4 lety +10

      @@detektivespooder4609 Indeed. A state of semi imortality can be achived in manny whays. The important question is if one is willing to suffer the conseqwences.

    • @erickchristensen746
      @erickchristensen746 Před 4 lety +6

      sem semmi Similar but not the same. The difference being that you become something different in the end, one is an undead and the other a construct.

    • @aarons2306
      @aarons2306 Před 4 lety +5

      Alphonse?

  • @jordanfleming7022
    @jordanfleming7022 Před 4 lety +3

    The wall of souls sounds cool. Imagine a campaign where an extremely powerful Lich and it’s undead army rip through the planes in an attempt to raid the city of judgement to eternally fuel it’s phylactery with the souls the city is built from.

    • @louiesatterwhite3885
      @louiesatterwhite3885 Před rokem

      Kelemvor, Jergal, and Myrkul would destroy them before they even get close.

  • @johnshoemaker5532
    @johnshoemaker5532 Před 4 lety

    Hey thank you so much for this video! It was great and i learned alot from it! I hope you have a great night friend!

  • @thatsamorais584
    @thatsamorais584 Před 4 lety

    I really needed this episode! Thanks!

  • @borisvandenbrink756
    @borisvandenbrink756 Před 4 lety +7

    my dude can u do one on false hydras? love ur content btw

  • @beblobthesquid3372
    @beblobthesquid3372 Před 4 lety +4

    great video as always but I'm still curious about the other kinds of true giants other than the hill giant of course, will we get those too just like we got all the true dragons?

  • @ianvincible111
    @ianvincible111 Před 4 lety

    Hi! I started watching your content about two months ago and I love it! You and A.J. Pickett greatly help me be a better D.M. and storyteller, so thank you!
    If I may, I'd like to request a topic. Could you please outline the difference between and ecologies of wyrms, wurms, and worms?
    Keep doing what you do, it's fantastic!

  • @killertrip10
    @killertrip10 Před 4 lety +1

    I really like the idea of a party wandering past a zombie dinosaur eating a pile of dirt and not wanting to mess with it. And as their adventures went on the field it was eating gets bigger and bigger, people start talking about it and eventually it turns into a dracolich.

  • @entothechesnautknight1762
    @entothechesnautknight1762 Před 4 lety +10

    21:35 um, exCuse you?
    It's called archeology when their grandkids are dead too

  • @justingibson4417
    @justingibson4417 Před 4 lety +5

    Got any art credit for the Devil with the red chalice? I've been looking for it but can't find the artist.

  • @1burek195
    @1burek195 Před 4 lety

    oh very nice! it's so nice to watch/listen your in depth explainations!!:) ty very much!

  • @techpixvo
    @techpixvo Před 4 lety

    Such a good video. Gave me inspiration for my next campagin. Love your videos bro. Keep up the good work. Cheers from argentina

  • @Argonak1
    @Argonak1 Před 4 lety +4

    11:54-12:10 Could a necromancer reverse engineer that magic to extend his life? Instead of becoming a lich, imbibe himself with the souls of others?

  • @project4061
    @project4061 Před 4 lety +10

    I am curious as to where you get your sources. I know you directly reffer to some articles, and not others. I want to know what you see as still "cannon."

  • @omega311888
    @omega311888 Před 4 lety

    well done, sir! love your videos! as to the current monster manual not mentioning the dracolich's immunity to level 5 spells or lower, its just another example of the current writers "pussing down" many of the more dangerous monsters.

  • @stonedsimian2871
    @stonedsimian2871 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video. I love Lich, Necromancer, and any undead lore.

  • @bishopoftheteagods7393
    @bishopoftheteagods7393 Před 4 lety +5

    3:18 What about boneclaws? Just curious.

  • @Skin1in
    @Skin1in Před 4 lety +4

    We need more dragon's !

  • @volconis
    @volconis Před 2 lety +1

    What they don't tell you about dracoliches.... is the legend of Marook the half orc rogue that saved his adventuring comrades. The dracolich had surprised the group and opened with his breath weapon bringing several of the party to their knees. Thankfully Marook was climbing upon the ceiling being a stealthy half-orc rogue. Upon seeing his group almost die to the surprise round of the dracolich.... Marook knew that he needed to taunt the dracolich to draw it's attention. (since taunting is not really a skill of a rogue) Marook did the only thing he could think of... He lowered his pants and gave out the most fierce battle cry, "You're about to wish you had eye lids!" as he grabbed onto the skull of the dracolich. It was in this moment Marook saved his group valiantly as they escaped to live on to tell the legend of Marook.

  • @InternetSupervillain
    @InternetSupervillain Před 4 lety

    It's going to be very difficult to outdo urself on the video prior to this. That Rakshasa vid was awesome! Looking forward to watching you cover more outsiders.

  • @JD-mh8be
    @JD-mh8be Před 4 lety +4

    First time Dm trying to make a dragon lich my BBEG and I need those other ingredients or cool ideas for ingredients to have adventures be made around any tips?

    • @redpandah3309
      @redpandah3309 Před 3 lety +1

      Every single dragon has a treasury. So probably the most valuable object in treasury would nice. Buckets of dragon blood. It has to come from the same type of dragon that the one who wants to be a dracolich. Powdered dragon eggshell.

  • @gustvanlooy3741
    @gustvanlooy3741 Před 4 lety +3

    hi I'm a big fan and I was hoping if you could do some video's about gem dragon

  • @greeninferno1339
    @greeninferno1339 Před 4 lety

    Came for undead dragons, learned way more about death and post-death processes than I’ve ever known! (Awesome!)

  • @Verwunscht
    @Verwunscht Před 4 lety

    Exciting! Thanks for all the infos. :)

  • @TheHornedKing_27
    @TheHornedKing_27 Před 3 lety +4

    Just go write the runes in the stomach of a dragon then you’ll really be immortal...until the dragon dies that is but they live for thousands of year so you should be fine
    Edit: and you could make the dragon a dracolich and then they would be immortal as well

  • @Amishhellcat
    @Amishhellcat Před 4 lety +5

    can we get one on shadow dragons?`:D

  • @wholecookie126
    @wholecookie126 Před 4 lety +1

    14:30 what's that from? Looks awesome.
    Also, wicked vid as always, Rhexx. I will add this knowledge to my library, and patiently wait for more.

  • @jantrzeci1851
    @jantrzeci1851 Před 4 lety

    This D & D series is amazing!

  • @joserenatomigliorini4627
    @joserenatomigliorini4627 Před 4 lety +7

    Where are those clips from? I love the tiamat rising from the well

    • @empoleonmaster6709
      @empoleonmaster6709 Před 4 lety +1

      I too want to know

    • @mercedes6153
      @mercedes6153 Před 4 lety

      They're from Neverwinter and World of Warcraft :)

    • @Laff700
      @Laff700 Před 4 lety +2

      @@mercedes6153 Shame Blizzard sold its soul to the Chinese government.

  • @GuildedChunks
    @GuildedChunks Před 4 lety +3

    Mhh ? Can you control a lich with the potion of make from the "ash" of a Drocolich ?

  • @Chrissnox
    @Chrissnox Před 4 lety

    Hi there Rhexx
    I just wanted to thank you for an amazing CZcams page that have enriched our gameplay a lot.
    I just wanted to ask if you are going to do a “deep dive” or “what they don’t tell you” about Goliaths?
    I was thinking sense you did giants and firbolge parhaps you would do one for them as well.
    Again thanks for an amazing channel and keep up the great work.

  • @deadsparrow132
    @deadsparrow132 Před 4 lety

    I watched this video.
    Then I watched another of your videos about dragons.
    I went on and watched all of your D&D videos... again.
    Lastly, I returned to this video.
    ...
    ...
    ...
    I clearly have way too much time on my hands, but your videos are too great not to re-watch! xD
    How about some videos about spooky monsters for the month of Haloween? I'd love to learn more about boneclaws, nightwalkers, deathlocks or even about the City of Judgement ^^