Heracles: I was tricked by Hera into serving the gods. Kratos: I was tricked by Ares into serving the gods. Heracles: Want to fight me for my lion head boxing gloves ? Kratos: Works for me.
@@jackielinde7568 Yep, that is the point. Heracles' strength rarely solves his problems alone. He needs to think things through or receive inspiration from Hermes or Athena. Its because these tales had an educational purpose built into them, in accordance to the greek Paideia.
Hey, you forgot the best part of the tasks. The tasks weren't all given at once. They were made up on the spot. Not only were they made up, but they were told from a bronze pithos in the floor that the king hid in because he was terrified of every single monster and artifact heracles brought into the poor guy's castle. Oh, and the tasks weren't based on time. They were based on number. There were supposed to be 7. This poor king, shivering in his bunker at this almighty demigod had to tell heracles that his tasks didn't count because he got help not once, not twice, but three times.
@@Rustikreign U both are history nerds. If you want accurate history find a real history channel or watch bestgore (bestgore gives history in a racist insulting way though)
The way I heard it was the same with the improv quests but 10 was to be the plan but the hydra and the cattle were not counted (He had help with the Hydra and he got paid for the cattle) so two more were given, one was for the hell hound but I can't remember the other one.
Heracles: *Flies into a rage and kills everyone he loves.* Heracles Nephew: You know, suddenly I'm glad you don't like me that much. Heracles: Shut up and drive my chariot.
@@marcelloammirati2184 they where well known lovers. There was an army that used them as example of why they should use lovers in the battlefield, as they would protect each other, Extra History has a video on that army, but I don't remember the name.
We went for the greek pronunciation of Herakles because we're using the greek version of the myths and not the slightly tweaked Roman version. But since spell check is insisting that Herakles is not a real word, we decided to still title the episode Hercules, the Roman (and much more popular) spelling. THANKS ANCIENT ROME (And Disney but I still love some of those musical numbers so I'm just gonna give them a pass) - A
Heracles blasted through the quests so quickly that he left the DM scrambling for content. DM decided that two of his labours didn't count because he had help and came up with two more.
Heroism to the ancient Greeks didn't mean "Extreme Do-Gooder" as much as it meant "Ultimate badass" If you could uproot and throw trees without effort, you'd probably get called a hero, even if you were throwing them at small children.
I was thinking follower actually, haha. I add a subset of follower called "chattel", where I have my players put their horses, mules, cart-oxen, etc. Where that gets really tricky is if they get slaves. I guess you could just go Oregon Trail where everything is just a masterlist.
@@maximsavage If you are playing a barbarian (fitting for Herakles). you can get your strength and constitution to 24 there is a skill that increases the cap.
Come on, we all know Heracles’ INT stat would be well above a 3. He kept coming up with clever solutions to his problems. His WIS stat would be a 3, reflecting his inability to make a will save.
Yeah there's different greek writers and different translations, and some omit parts, so there's so many different varieties of even the birth of Athena, to the trojan war, it's all really confusing but interesting at the same time
Galgioffo SooS I recognized Scar but I didn’t know the mythology behind it. I knew Hercules was a great hunter. So I thought it was a way of showing his skill at hunting.
I demand Hercules/Heracles character sheet to be properly updated when the next part is out, and in full display. On top of that. I also demand... A SHRUBERRY!
Hercules was originally supposed to only complete 10 labors but Eurystheus added two more to the tally as he deemed the killing the hydra and cleaning out the Augeas Stables invalid, due to the fact that Hercules had help with the former and did the latter for pay which was inappropriate as he wasn't supposed to get paid for doing penance.
You should read the wiki page on Hercules, its basically: then he killed him, he met the ... and killed him, he also killed the..., after that he killed the ... too, he felt cheated, so he killed him, after that he also killed... and .... At the end he killed ... and died of...
Im glad that a youtube channel actually refers to hercules' name as heracles (greek form) not Hercules (roman) espically when reviewing GREEK mythology
Heracles: I was tricked by Hera into serving the gods.
Kratos: I was tricked by Ares into serving the gods.
Heracles: Want to fight me for my lion head boxing gloves ?
Kratos: Works for me.
Heracles: I was tricked by Hera into doing things that should have gotten me killed.
@@jackielinde7568 Yep, that is the point. Heracles' strength rarely solves his problems alone. He needs to think things through or receive inspiration from Hermes or Athena. Its because these tales had an educational purpose built into them, in accordance to the greek Paideia.
Kratos:punching heracles to death
@@DANCNQN6072 punching father to death
Kratos: *kills the entire Greek Pantheon*
Hey, you forgot the best part of the tasks. The tasks weren't all given at once. They were made up on the spot. Not only were they made up, but they were told from a bronze pithos in the floor that the king hid in because he was terrified of every single monster and artifact heracles brought into the poor guy's castle.
Oh, and the tasks weren't based on time. They were based on number. There were supposed to be 7. This poor king, shivering in his bunker at this almighty demigod had to tell heracles that his tasks didn't count because he got help not once, not twice, but three times.
shut up boomer
@@peterchung2262 sir this is not a boomer moment i say you are the true boomer.
@@Rustikreign U both are history nerds. If you want accurate history find a real history channel or watch bestgore (bestgore gives history in a racist insulting way though)
The way I heard it was the same with the improv quests but 10 was to be the plan but the hydra and the cattle were not counted (He had help with the Hydra and he got paid for the cattle) so two more were given, one was for the hell hound but I can't remember the other one.
@@peterchung2262 I'm 24. Renew your Alzheimer's meds, boomer.
Heracles: *Flies into a rage and kills everyone he loves.*
Heracles Nephew: You know, suddenly I'm glad you don't like me that much.
Heracles: Shut up and drive my chariot.
Well, he liked him enough to do the horizontal dance with him in various situations
@@enlightmentxv1548 the fecking *W H A T ?*
@@marcelloammirati2184 they where well known lovers. There was an army that used them as example of why they should use lovers in the battlefield, as they would protect each other, Extra History has a video on that army, but I don't remember the name.
@@enlightmentxv1548 Sacred Band of Thebes.
@@marcelloammirati2184
>X,D WHEEEEEEEZ!!!!!
We went for the greek pronunciation of Herakles because we're using the greek version of the myths and not the slightly tweaked Roman version. But since spell check is insisting that Herakles is not a real word, we decided to still title the episode Hercules, the Roman (and much more popular) spelling. THANKS ANCIENT ROME
(And Disney but I still love some of those musical numbers so I'm just gonna give them a pass) - A
you should start doing new myths not known ones like some vikings saga
The Japanese call him BAASAAKAA
I applaud you for using his original Greek name!
Pure Herasy I say
@@hadtrio6629 Did they not start with the Aesir war?
The crab that became the consteallation must have been a cousin of Tamatoa. He'd also rather be shiny.
He’s always happy as a clam.
well he was just a drab little crab once
Hercules: “I have an Intelligence of 3. I know what I’m doing”
Me
He was actually really smart.
3 isnt too bad honestly. int is a dump stat for most toons in d&d anyway
@@MusaMansu that's what I been saying
Spoiler Alert: The DM is gonna call shenanigans on two of the labors
But but! I rolled a 20!
Let's just say the original myths don't put the glad in gladiator.
Sharon's Artistic Corner But did they make for great theater?
@@gamewatch6861 Yeah... one might say the masses were in fact, entertained.
game watch In my opinion YES
@@NotABot55 Was he bold?
No one braver, as much as it hurts the guy on my thumbnail
So Heracles kicked a crab so hard he gave the sky Cancer!
Goooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
wait what
BECAUSE CANCER IS THE SIGN OF THE CRAB!!
Hercules is pronouned her qu lees
@@crazygiraffe723 that's his roman name. His Greek name is ironic. Glory of Hera. Despite her being the one that Shag him in the ass
Heracles blasted through the quests so quickly that he left the DM scrambling for content. DM decided that two of his labours didn't count because he had help and came up with two more.
Heracles and the quest for loot sounds like a typical MMO day or DnD sesh
The guy was the original Skyrim character. Seriously the amount of sidequest he done is rediculous.
they even have a character sheet for him!
I appreciate that they’re calling him Heracles since were talking about the Greek hero, not his Roman counterpart
I just realize that logically
Heracles did not cared about his nephew since he was not included in the “killed everyone he loved”
Then why would they bang?
It could be his nephew wasn’t there at the time, so he missed the rampage
Hereclease, the ULTIMATE Murder-Hobo.
Your not wrong, and I hate it
Herakles
@@aleksandarvil5718 Yeah but I think it is pronounced herac-les not hera-clease.
yes
S no it’s *Herk the Jerk*
Chiron: I was once a great hero like you Then I took an arrow to the knee.
Rahsaan Footman I kinda of hate you for saying that but at the same time this is hilarious
Skyrimcles...
Now I live in pain because some DND character coated his arrow with purple stuff
Man, Mythological heros are always much bigger jerks than their Disney counterparts.
Always. They are always much more jerky than lovely Disney wants us to believe.
Hero back then wasn't a character trait it just ment anyone with extraordinary powers
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Heroism to the ancient Greeks didn't mean "Extreme Do-Gooder" as much as it meant "Ultimate badass"
If you could uproot and throw trees without effort, you'd probably get called a hero, even if you were throwing them at small children.
@@adolfodef (\
I belive you would put cattle under "treasure" assumeing they are useing 5e and the standard sheet.
I was thinking follower actually, haha. I add a subset of follower called "chattel", where I have my players put their horses, mules, cart-oxen, etc. Where that gets really tricky is if they get slaves. I guess you could just go Oregon Trail where everything is just a masterlist.
They aren't using 5e. You can't have any base stat above 20 in 5e.
@@maximsavage If you are playing a barbarian (fitting for Herakles). you can get your strength and constitution to 24 there is a skill that increases the cap.
Does Herc multiclass into Ranger? Might be some kind of homebrewed companion swarm.
im going to gusse your joking but if not thats a serioesy nit pick
Dark Souls' hydra in Ash Lake surrounded by crabs. From always showing prowess in all aspects of their games.
Come on, we all know Heracles’ INT stat would be well above a 3. He kept coming up with clever solutions to his problems.
His WIS stat would be a 3, reflecting his inability to make a will save.
No, he truly has an INT score of 3
It's just he always rolls a nat 20 whenever he makes an Intelligence check
It's the player who comes up with the clever ideas, not the character.
@@bananudoscomnutela8905 So Heracles cheats?
No! Keep the D&D style Character Sheet! I love it!! XD
It’s crazy how different everyone’s versions of these myths are.
Yeah there's different greek writers and different translations, and some omit parts, so there's so many different varieties of even the birth of Athena, to the trojan war, it's all really confusing but interesting at the same time
Love the D&D refernces hahaha
Great episode! The only thing missing was Hercules/Heracles with the Nemean Lion skin over his head.
So that explains Scar’s Easter Egg in Hercules.
Bro... you didn't know?
Galgioffo SooS I recognized Scar but I didn’t know the mythology behind it. I knew Hercules was a great hunter. So I thought it was a way of showing his skill at hunting.
I love listening to different people describing myths because some are majorly different but sometimes it is similar
3:11 thank you for reminding me to make my character sheet
I burst out laughing at the story of cancer. XD
And just saying, poor Chiron.
Heracles: Let me uproot a tree and use it to uproot other trees!
Three-Headed Idefix disapproves...
Why let a little thing like Impossibly mythical odds get in the way of a good crusade?
For redemption
good job.
was never this excited for greek mythology after playing ac odyssey
"Herk the Jerk" lmao
BenTheMaster Gaming and More! Jerkules
Any chance of getting any Egyptian myths in the future?
Dude I would love that!
Atlas Titan YAAASSSSS
4:13 crab YEET!
I loved all the D&D references, thank you
So in your RGP version of Herakles, you made Chiron take an arrow... in the knee? ;)
Was waiting for someone to reference this!
I’m so glad I like playing a lot of dungeons and dragons, so many good references
Totally relate to that, fit of rage murdered the whole... wait what?!
"I destroy the lion with the lion."
'Tree club of smacking' is by far the best name for a weapon ever made. Gods and men alike would tremble in fear at the one who wields such an item.
Truly a video so mythical it can only be seen by those who undergo their own trial (I.e. watch the playlist since its not on the video list yet).
Loved the photos and music! Didn’t know all that about Hercules, looking forward to the next instalment!
Love how you said Heracles as opposed to Hercules. Very much Greek time.
"Ma Boy!"
Okay that's a f*cking reference.
3:56 WHY IS THIS WHOLE HYDRA SCENES IS SO FUNNY
Kinda expected a World Anvil sponsor for this one with the character sheet joke there at the end.
"Nephew and chariotier"
And lover, don't forget that part
Thankfully not in the same versions
He slay an invulnerable lion
He kills hydra
Steals a hind
gets drunk with a man-horse
I think the PC went a little off the rails there.
2:30 that lions’ faces describes me after seeing a new corona variant
BASAKA WA DARE NI MO MAKENAI. SEKAI DE ICHIBAN TSUYOI DAKARA!
▂▂▃▃▄▄▅▅!
hercules when he sees a tree "i'm gonna smack people with this"
I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MYTH FOREVER!!!
I demand Hercules/Heracles character sheet to be properly updated when the next part is out, and in full display.
On top of that. I also demand... A SHRUBERRY!
Nice one!
2:35 "Mah boi!"
Heracles my boah
The story of Heracles and Hippolyta always makes me sad.
I've been waiting for this since day one I watch your mythology videos for the first time
2:35 “After you scrub all the floors in Hyrule, then we can talk about mercy!”
3:42 one of extra credits' many miracles of art.
I came over from Legal Eagle and i have to say i'm loving these so far ! :)
Hercules: when you role a natural 1, ONCE!!!
He rolled a 1 on his wisdom save
when you kick a crab so hard that he became a constellation
That hydra is the best part of this video
Yay, Greek mythology!
Peasant: “Oh god there is a huge monster, what ever shall we do?!”
Hercules: “HERCULES SMASH”
"Oh demigod" actually.
Hercules is the plagiarised Roman version, this here is the Greek hero Heracles.
A common trend in Greek myth is that the guilty party (often a god [often Zeus or Hera]) rarely gets comeuppance
excellent video. The giant crab part killed me
I loved this video especially the dnd references
Hercules was originally supposed to only complete 10 labors but Eurystheus added two more to the tally as he deemed the killing the hydra and cleaning out the Augeas Stables invalid, due to the fact that Hercules had help with the former and did the latter for pay which was inappropriate as he wasn't supposed to get paid for doing penance.
6:47 better dead then this what a amazing friendship ❤
Excellent Trogdor reference!
Ahhh Herakles one of my three favourite ancient heroes
I really like how the Herakles Sprite looks
2:58 Athena looks like, "Boy you are so dense it took me this long just to get through to your dumb ass." hahahah
Glad to see more Greek mythology.
The 12 epic labors of hercules were my favorite fairy tale in my childhood.
3:45 Best animation I’ve ever seen
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
Dude, a God of War like game with this theme, I would buy it
Just so you guys know, this video is in the extra mythology playlist three times in a row.
You should read the wiki page on Hercules, its basically: then he killed him, he met the ... and killed him, he also killed the..., after that he killed the ... too, he felt cheated, so he killed him, after that he also killed... and .... At the end he killed ... and died of...
and he also laid with a bunch of women, and men too. It's basically just kill, se, kill, sex, kill, sex all the time.
Hercules really was one of the original DnD characters. 😆
I'm starting to think playing D&D with the Extra Credit team would be highly enjoyable.
Graham Baxter I exlusively play Kenkus.
@@josephmaslov3649 Love those little living mixer boards.
Love the character sheet framing XD
Im glad that a youtube channel actually refers to hercules' name as heracles (greek form) not Hercules (roman) espically when reviewing GREEK mythology
Helps with Byzantium understanding
I like this take on the legend as the ultimate rpg quest of all time
Love the hail hydra reference. A marvel fan, I see. 👍
Hercules when he hits the lion:
Lion: ooooof
I love all the D&D references here.
I liked the d&d twist keep it up boss
I liked the video as soon as I heard the correct name of the Greek demi god.
The artwork was just insane funny.
This really does just read like a D&D campaign.
So the number of heads that grows back if you cut off all of them in (2^n) x 9.
Ted-ed describes the labors in video game style, and you do it in D&D. I love RUclips.
Fantastic video!
2:34 Mah Boi! This tree is what all true demigods thrive for
It was 12 quests and 10 years sorry to correct but I'm a huge Greek fan of all things
He is probably going to go with the story where two quests were not counted due to having help and getting paid so two more were given
About time!!
Heracles is the ultimate dnd hero.
Cool! But that INT is definitely higher than 3 - he's cunning, that demi-god...