Yuan-Ti | D&D Monster Lore | The Dungeoncast Ep.90

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  • čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
  • Some of the most evil, messed up looking monsters have slithered their way into The Dungeoncast this week. Will and Brian are talking about the Yuan-Ti and their ferociously unpleasant demeanors. Cold, calculating, and brutal to the core - its everything you need for mid-level play.
    “Snakes… why’d it have to be snakes?”
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    Talking Points: ESP, Low Cast Voldemorts, Snake Aesthetic Workshop, A Perfect Serpentine, This Isn’t Even Their Final Form (Like Frieza: The Sequel), Making Pet Friends, Will’s Story Corner, A Snaking Suspicion, Emotional Discourse, Dendar And Friends, The OG, Abomination Approved, Sssnake Power
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  • @impartialthrone2097
    @impartialthrone2097 Před 2 lety +6

    Btw, the trope of getting a snake drunk to kill it comes from Japanese Shinto mythology. The god Susanoo uses sake to get the 8-headed serpent Yamata-no-Orochi drunk and then cut its heads off.

    • @mitchryan257
      @mitchryan257 Před rokem +3

      Something about Storm Gods killing serpents in myth. Susanoo kills Yamata, Thor kills Jormanhundr, Baal Zebul killed Lotan, Marduk killed Tiamat, Indra killed Vritra, Perun killed Zmey, Tarhunt killed Illuyanka, etc.

    • @LokiSilverFlame
      @LokiSilverFlame Před 6 měsíci

      @@mitchryan257 This trope is one of the oldest stories humans have told each other, usually associated with bringing life-giving rains or freeing the fresh water the dragon was hoarding and ending drought.

  • @llamacandy9894
    @llamacandy9894 Před 6 lety +38

    yes, lol it feels like every episode is something that ive been wanting to learn more about, its probably just that this is a good channel

  • @mite2531
    @mite2531 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Criminally underrated youtube series 🔥

  • @NamelessKing1597
    @NamelessKing1597 Před 6 lety +16

    When they compared Dendar to a Pokémon I expected it to be Gengar because it’s also associated with nightmares (and the spelling).

  • @belainegibsson.2082
    @belainegibsson.2082 Před 6 lety +37

    Thissss episssssode wassss a pleassssant ssssssurprissssse.

  • @Disciple89ify
    @Disciple89ify Před 4 lety +3

    Issa from the Belgariad story is the Snake god and he is constantly asleep. He only wakes up when really powerful people command him to wake up, like his high priestess Salmissra.

  • @danielrowan4716
    @danielrowan4716 Před rokem +1

    I’m using Yuan Ti in my current campaign via the ADnD module I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City, the first appearance of the Ophidian monstrosities. I’ve tweaked their spell abilities and natural abilities to make them far better are disguise, charm, and infiltration. Those that have scaly skin have a natural camouflage ability that makes them extremely difficult to spot in their native terrain (jungle). I’ve given them Sleep (Improved for Abominations), Charm Person, Change Self (Pure Bloods only), Forget, Phantasmal Force, Hypnosis - a heavy illusion bend. They make outstanding spies / assassins with their stealth, spell abilities and poison expertise.

  • @novyx1
    @novyx1 Před 4 lety +3

    I got a Yuan-Ti tattoo when the 2nd monstrous manual was out. This episode was awesome.

  • @MySerpentine
    @MySerpentine Před 2 lety +2

    LOL Your point about the only thing worse than the Aztecs being the conquistadors was brilliantly true.
    And Dendar is obviously Jormungandr.

  • @leorictristram4894
    @leorictristram4894 Před 3 lety +3

    I homebrewed Demogorgon to have 1 ape head and 1 snake head. and thats what my yuan-ti worship. there is currently some philoshophical debate on whether it has always had a snake head or somehow it was changed.

  • @InfamousJoe
    @InfamousJoe Před 6 lety +13

    So, short rest is code word for "let's get stoned" right?

  • @matthewbennett1972
    @matthewbennett1972 Před 14 dny

    “Welcome to Snakewood oops I mean Lakewood church “

  • @gravelock6667
    @gravelock6667 Před 3 měsíci

    If i remember correctly there is a pre built campaign where you are trying to stop yuan ti from releasing Dendar. If you fail she escapes from the ruins and flies toward the sky growing exponentially until she swallows the sun then the world

  • @himboghost629
    @himboghost629 Před 5 lety +3

    How I pronounced Yuan-Yi vs how they say it
    Them: Y N T
    Me: You aren't tea

  • @TyProwant
    @TyProwant Před 5 lety

    I just discovered you. I subbed cause this content is what i need to help me form my next session so thank you for making my planning go by much faster.

  • @noahpreuss2795
    @noahpreuss2795 Před 6 lety +13

    Purebloods are fun to play.

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Před 6 lety +1

      Noah Preuss But that advantage on all spell saves is seriously overpowered, Personally I’d much rather play a Malison because I think their much cooler looking.

    • @noahpreuss2795
      @noahpreuss2795 Před 6 lety +3

      Inquisitor Thomas I mean other races get that too.

    • @noahpreuss2795
      @noahpreuss2795 Před 6 lety +3

      I just like poison immunity.

  • @joukiboi079
    @joukiboi079 Před 6 lety +5

    Love this channel guys.

  • @himboghost629
    @himboghost629 Před 5 lety +5

    Can't wait for 6e when Lizardfolk and yuan-ti have a there own language

    • @ixisnyx6860
      @ixisnyx6860 Před 3 lety

      ​@The Infinity Sock
      They actually had their own language back in older editions.
      The script was draconic but the language was yuan-ti. Like how dwarven uses giant script but is not spoken as giant.
      5e is the first time they've been given a language set that is not yuan-ti specifically.
      They also had infer vision instead of dark vision, which was pretty cool.

  • @jimhenvick3607
    @jimhenvick3607 Před 4 lety +2

    This has been helpful. I’m bringing my party to an Island to rescue a characters’s brother from a “trap map” , so they know its a trap but they don’t know anything else. The island is full of yuan-ti who have passed out these treasure maps all over. They attack the land parties and then enslave them and sacrifice them with the purposes of bringing their Demon God (Sseth) back and giving them power.

  • @bart4759
    @bart4759 Před 5 lety

    Thanks guys. I’m running a warlock/wizard/ranger that is an anthropologist of the Yuan-TI and Kuo-Toa. Very helpful for RP!

  • @telforenyte7632
    @telforenyte7632 Před 2 lety +1

    praying in snake jazz

  • @benway23
    @benway23 Před 11 měsíci

    Thank you for your work.

  • @mythicology5439
    @mythicology5439 Před 3 lety +1

    I love Yuan-ti abomination

  • @EmethMatthew
    @EmethMatthew Před 5 lety +1

    This is pretty cool, so much stuff to use...

  • @flspacebear
    @flspacebear Před 6 lety +5

    Thanks again for da' content!

  • @thevoidcritter
    @thevoidcritter Před 5 lety +5

    yuan-ti, or sneople

  • @SHOTRED555
    @SHOTRED555 Před 6 lety +1

    It's funny I remember you saying how the drow is way too dark but the yuan-ti is just as dark or more. I think the drow society is really interesting just as much of the yuan-ti.

  • @GoblinBait
    @GoblinBait Před 6 lety +5

    I'm with Brian on this, down with the beardless pointy ears

  • @atomicnectar
    @atomicnectar Před rokem

    Everyone underestimates Bobby one arm

  • @cadecook8067
    @cadecook8067 Před 6 lety +1

    In my friends campaign I was a asimar barbarian that swam in yuan-ti blood and I mutated into a pureblood and gain their stats

  • @freman007
    @freman007 Před 5 lety

    My Druid's second favourite shape is a giant snake. He'd probably manage fine around the Yuan-Ti.

  • @gregfry3103
    @gregfry3103 Před rokem

    SNAKES ON A FLAME!

  • @Ixaxe
    @Ixaxe Před 6 lety +2

    Brian: I trust you
    Me: You fool, never trust anyone

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Před 6 lety +1

      D&D Rule #1: If an NPC is friendly then they’re either the main bad guy, a Mimic, Dooplganger, Succubus, or some other type of monster that can disguise itself.

  • @rexhex3700
    @rexhex3700 Před 6 lety

    This is where the Sticks To Snakes spell would be perfect for 5e.

  • @korvus1393
    @korvus1393 Před 3 lety +1

    The conquistadors, were not worse than the Aztecs.

  • @ixisnyx6860
    @ixisnyx6860 Před 3 lety +1

    A fun fact; In the yuan-ti language the word yuan-ti means the fortunate ones.

  • @danielharshman796
    @danielharshman796 Před 6 lety

    You guys should do an episode for every alignment and how characters should play them!

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Před 5 lety

      Daniel Harshman
      I can see doing an episode to explain the alignments, but remember Alignment should be descriptive, not proscriptive.

  • @Buquenque
    @Buquenque Před 4 lety +1

    Your videos are dope

  • @Falruk
    @Falruk Před 2 lety +1

    Why didn't you mention the Sarrukh, the creator race that created the Yuan-ti among many other scaled races?

  • @thevoidcritter
    @thevoidcritter Před 4 lety +2

    snake people, or sneople

  • @gloomy8795
    @gloomy8795 Před 4 lety

    Dendar is totally just asmo incognito

  • @krissnoe500
    @krissnoe500 Před 3 měsíci

    They should be further developed and not relegated to evil

  • @karicafort4904
    @karicafort4904 Před 4 lety

    Just watched this and im really interested. Thank you for this. Can you please link me to references, TIA

  • @jeremievivianagriffin9458
    @jeremievivianagriffin9458 Před 6 měsíci

    What do you think of a half blood yuan-tiefling?

  • @DBArtsCreators
    @DBArtsCreators Před 6 měsíci

    Isn't Draconic the "language of magic" in d&d?

  • @FlourEater
    @FlourEater Před 5 lety

    what would say would be suitable race for Yuan-ti to use as slave army for overall conquest of "lesser races", to use just to conquer, raid, bring slaves and in the end, being sacrificed for Dendar ?
    I am thinking maybe something also scaly ? Lizardfolk maybe ? Thank you !

  • @76jford
    @76jford Před 6 lety +3

    I rock Tom Ford

  • @bossbullyboy195
    @bossbullyboy195 Před 3 lety

    The Conquistadors were in no way worse than the Aztecs

  • @ItsJackDolan
    @ItsJackDolan Před 4 lety

    No mention of the progenitor races, what campaign setting is this lore from?

  • @imapotato2349
    @imapotato2349 Před 6 lety +2

    Can the yuan ti be necromancers? I'm a newcomer and I want to play as one

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Před 5 lety +1

      im a potato 234 in theory you could make anything in D&D a necromancer assuming you're the DM, of course a creature without limbs or a mind would be pretty hard. If you're a player you can find the racial traits to play a Yaun Ti Pureblood in Volo's guide to monsters, and Necromancy is optional subclass for wizards in the Player's Handbook. I imagine it wouldn't be too hard to convince a DM to allow you to play a Malison since they're very similar to the Pureblood except for the option to either use a bite or constrict attack, depending on if you're snake from the neck up or waist down. However convincing a DM to let you play a full blown abomination would be pretty difficult since they're really strong.

  • @SenorFatMan
    @SenorFatMan Před 5 lety +1

    Yuan-ti are diet green dragons?

  • @tishabyte
    @tishabyte Před 6 lety +1

    Snake top no arms lolol just some legs

  • @mitchryan257
    @mitchryan257 Před rokem

    The conquistadors were worse than the Aztecs? Doubt.

  • @GhostlyNomad130
    @GhostlyNomad130 Před 6 lety +3

    Gotta Work on that Elf'ist Brian. 2018 No Hate Legolas was like my favorite characters in LOTR

    • @belainegibsson.2082
      @belainegibsson.2082 Před 6 lety +1

      isaiah peterson *Legolas.

    • @GhostlyNomad130
      @GhostlyNomad130 Před 6 lety +1

      Be Laine Gibs, Son. Yeah, whoops didn't notice the misspelling.

    • @Thedungeoncast
      @Thedungeoncast  Před 6 lety +2

      I should disclaimer that I do and always will love legolas despite his elven ways

    • @NamelessKing1597
      @NamelessKing1597 Před 6 lety +1

      Let me guess, you spelled it as if he has no legs.😂

    • @GhostlyNomad130
      @GhostlyNomad130 Před 6 lety

      Jayden Harrold Close. I accidentally put an A where the O supposed to be.

  • @haasztamas
    @haasztamas Před 6 lety +1

    Actual Harry Potter podcast when? 😂

  • @sith1986
    @sith1986 Před 5 lety +1

    The mayan too were almost as bad as the aztecs

  • @borg286
    @borg286 Před 4 lety

    An actual Hydra is immortal.

  • @NamelessKing1597
    @NamelessKing1597 Před 6 lety +5

    If they only change into snakes because of rituals, why do they have eggs?

    • @Thedungeoncast
      @Thedungeoncast  Před 6 lety +4

      Rituals are how they originally became purebloods and beyond. Also rituals are needed to ascend them through the various forms. They can and do lay eggs also. When Yuan-ti mate the spawn will take the form of the parent of the lower caste. For example, f a Malison and a pureblood have a brood, the brood will all be pureblood.

    • @omlo9093
      @omlo9093 Před 5 lety +1

      Or maybe just actual snakes. Hpw else do Yuan-Ti have so many snakes around to fill pits with?

  • @tenbutts
    @tenbutts Před 6 lety

    Do you guys have any thoughts on adventures league?

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas Před 6 lety +1

      Seiichiro Fujimoto my stance is that it’s good if you can’t form your own group or you’re just starting out, but I find certain aspects too restrictive, I find the rule that you’re character can only use from the player handbook and 1 other book really dumb and is only going to become more cumbersome as more books are introduced.

  • @fistimusmaximus6576
    @fistimusmaximus6576 Před 3 lety

    sasuke kun, licks lips.

  • @impartialthrone2097
    @impartialthrone2097 Před 2 lety

    Alright, if a Yuan-ti Anathema is biologically immortal, then dragons should be biologically immortal dammit.

    • @pugking4518
      @pugking4518 Před rokem

      That would not work to become a Yuan-ti Anathema you need to do a magic ritual to become one it's not a natural evolution even though Yuan-ti and dragons are related to each other I would say that Yuan-ti Anathemas are much closer to demons when it comes down to there behaviour and they can't breed another Yuan-ti Anathema only a magic ritual can do the job

  • @ryderigo694
    @ryderigo694 Před 6 lety +3

    Anybody else pronounce it like "Yawn-Tie"

    • @danorris5235
      @danorris5235 Před 5 lety

      Pre internet access, I absolutely did this. Still slips out if I'm not thinking about it. You're not alone.

  • @guilhermeschneider6855

    The Guy in white is mostly not Fun, a bit boring in fact, but the content is great

  • @christopherpugnetti5827

    Man I really wish the guy on the right would stop interrupting.

  • @_ericr
    @_ericr Před 10 měsíci +1

    Jesus, the host keeps interrupting the guest.

  • @robertvanderlinden1772

    Guy on the right is really annoying

  • @AAron-gr3jk
    @AAron-gr3jk Před 3 lety

    9:00 weak sauce... so you're saying that an empire built on conquest, slavery and ritual execution and regular cannibalism on children; a society responsible for Murdering all the indigenous people around them.... was somehow WORSE than the conquistadors (because conquest and colonization was wrong). Yeah pass. You're wrong. The conquistadores had lots of help from any civilisation still standing to get rid of the Aztecs.. because they were the civilization equivalent of assholes. This "all cultures are equally valid" shit is moral cowardice.