Forgotten Realms - The Black Obelisks ⏩ D&D LORE

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  • Опубликовано: 24 окт 2024
  • Trace the origins of the Black Obelisks back to the ancient civilization of Netheril and beyond. Discover their awe-inspiring powers, capable of defying the very laws of reality, including the astonishing ability for time travel. As we weave through the tapestry of forgotten realms, witness the otherworldly appearance of these monolithic structures, forged from obsidian, rune-covered stones, or mysterious black metals.
    Join us on this epic quest and discover the wonders of the Black Obelisks for yourself.
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Комментарии • 71

  • @logan9189
    @logan9189 Год назад +7

    The first useful bit of info I’ve heard about these things. Many thanks.

  • @BadwickProductions
    @BadwickProductions 5 месяцев назад

    Amazing job on this vod! Great info for all DMs trying to connect the 5e adventures

  • @pepperino-hotterino
    @pepperino-hotterino Год назад +36

    I am currently running a whole campaign based on these obelisks. Already 10 months in.

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +6

      That sounds like a blast!

    • @josephjohnson631
      @josephjohnson631 Год назад +2

      Would love to hear what you’re doing with them

    • @pepperino-hotterino
      @pepperino-hotterino Год назад +2

      @@josephjohnson631 i made some modifications and simplifications on the actuall lore. But in short these obelisks were created by the netherese and were used as big magical batteries storing huge amounts of magic that only the elves with their high magic ritual could compete.
      After the fall of Netheril Mystra limited spells to lvl 9 and also took away some of these powerfull artefacts including these obelisks. But Vecna who saw an opportunity stole some of them and with his knowledge and secrets in magic he is planing an ascention to greater godhood while using these obelisks as ankers. Over the 1800 years he slowly scattered them across Fareun without beeing noticed.
      The pattern they are scattered is a symbole of Vecna (Hand with an eyeball in palm).
      You can use some locations provided in the Wotc adventures or make your own and tie them up with locations of your PCs.
      But the players must find these obelisks find lost knowledge and confront Vecna at the end.
      Vecna will cast a ritual where all prayers prayed to diffrent gods inside this circle of Farun will go to Vecna instead.

    • @pepperino-hotterino
      @pepperino-hotterino Год назад +2

      @@josephjohnson631 i can go more into depth if you are interessted but i try to use Vecna as this mastermind who is pulling the strings and he has manipulated diffrent factions to work for him. You can also include factions that want to subvert Vecnas plans for example the giants seem to have vision of terrible things happening and are trying to steal the obelisks away.

    • @thenovicedm7966
      @thenovicedm7966 Год назад +1

      @@pepperino-hotterino I would very much like to read your detailed campaign idea and descriptions regarding the use of the Obelisks. I've been contemplating adding them to my current campaign and am just now gathering details and learning. If you have any docs to share I'd gladly wish to delve into them.

  • @popechucky
    @popechucky 11 месяцев назад +1

    Remember… these things have NEVER been explained, so a lot of the information will be like a ‘legends/myths’ story.
    I do enjoy how you did this🥰🥰🥰

  • @tychobrandsma2929
    @tychobrandsma2929 5 месяцев назад

    I love the lore about weavers and netheril, it's so freaking cool!

  • @DarkhopeGaming57
    @DarkhopeGaming57 5 месяцев назад

    Fantastic work, keep it up!

  • @themagicalcrablegs8537
    @themagicalcrablegs8537 Год назад +5

    The video quality is insane for a channel this small

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +2

      Thanks :). Always looking to improve with each new vid, so that is awesome to hear.

  • @capivaraorelhuda5868
    @capivaraorelhuda5868 Год назад +3

    Good job, mate! We`ve been needing more videos on these obelisks fr fr

  • @liquidweird6055
    @liquidweird6055 9 месяцев назад +2

    Headcanon: The weavers were really the illithids, but the Weaver lore is just the positive spin on it. Maybe just a different result of ceremorphosis of another race. The mind flayers hatred of magic comes from trauma at their fall

  • @SerendipityChild
    @SerendipityChild 3 месяца назад

    Thank you

  • @metalskirmish
    @metalskirmish Год назад +4

    This quality is great, i subscribed, this guy prolly needs it yall.

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      Thanks and welcome to the channel :)

    • @metalskirmish
      @metalskirmish Год назад

      @@sleighthand thank YOU, and you're whole team. not sure who to thank but, yeah thanks for good content. no personal politics, no outlandish anything, no hype or hysteria or scandals. just good honest real wholesome content. again, thank you sir.

  • @D--FENS
    @D--FENS Год назад +3

    Good stuff. You appear to be hinting at this, but for anyone who might be curious, spell weavers live 600 years before needing to rejuvenate themselves. They can do so 6 times, for a total lifespan of 4200 years. Additionally, those furnaces in their nodes are fueled by intelligent souls. They created the gems of reversion so that they could restore the multiverse to the way it was at the time; this was a failsafe in the event that their bid for absolute power over reality didn't succeed... and it didn't. Instead, it destroyed their entire civilization.

  • @maidingermany
    @maidingermany Год назад +1

    I just subscribed, these videos are great, and I love to listen to the voice. As a Fan of Dragonlance, I know nothing about FR, then I watched the new D&D-Movie, and became curious about this world, so I found your Channel and Mr. Rhexx. I'm looking forward for new content.

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      Welcome to the channel and thanks for the subscribe :) Hopefully future videos help fill out everything you want to know about the Forgotten Realms and hoping to cover even more worlds down the road here

  • @SpiritWolf1966
    @SpiritWolf1966 7 месяцев назад

    I enjoy all Sleight Hand videos

  • @philcookies9470
    @philcookies9470 Год назад

    I am going to use this in a campaign I'm about to run. Thank you so much!

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      Sounds awesome! Glad to hear you enjoyed the video :)

  • @robertlowery7667
    @robertlowery7667 Год назад +3

    Is this just AI? Where’s this from exactly?

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      The voice is AI generated and the images are from Midjourney but the content and editing is done by myself a human. Sources are a bunch of the released books over the years and internet.

    • @Grimvant
      @Grimvant 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@sleighthand The content is interesting but "Sources are a bunch of the released books over the years and internet"; isn't very specific. Providing a list of sources and references would be nice for viewers to be informed about how much of it is cannon, imagination, or generative text.

  • @whooll
    @whooll Год назад +1

    Ok that was absolutely awesome

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      Thanks :). Glad to hear you enjoyed it

  • @masterofceremoniessydney
    @masterofceremoniessydney Год назад +1

    Where do you get these images from? They are gorgeous.

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +1

      The images are all created in Midjourney :)

    • @octo5042
      @octo5042 9 месяцев назад

      @@sleighthand They are really awesome

  • @AncientRylanor69
    @AncientRylanor69 2 месяца назад

    A Skull of Skullport patrolling the harbor

  • @lore5815
    @lore5815 Год назад

    Subscribed - We Will Watch Your Career/Videos With Great Interest :)

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +1

      Welcome to the channel and a big thanks for the subscribe :)

  • @Zalogowany001
    @Zalogowany001 Год назад

    Where can I find more information about this?

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      You can find more information in this great video from @Jorphdan ruclips.net/video/yQ1oBH7xzfE/видео.html

  • @jamesdavis4009
    @jamesdavis4009 Год назад +5

    Good coverage on The lore and am liking the content. However, I cant be 100% sure so dont want to sound accusing or negative, but these videos after a few are sounding like AI generated. Too much repetition and some lack of emotion in enunciations in words such as "oh!" Which should have more excitement, and way too much " dear listener". Again, please dont take offense as I do love the content but it just is these little quirks that if you are using AI, they need to be adjusted as using AI for effect is cool and understandable if you are. Again, keep up the good work, loving the content!

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +6

      Thanks for the watch, and no worries at all I do use an AI voice for the videos so you are correct about that. As for the scripts definitely looking at varying up the writing more to cut down on the repetition. One of those things you don't really realize in the word doc 😂

  • @ProffessorYellow
    @ProffessorYellow Год назад

    kyuss? vecna? the old mind-flayer empire? why do some have creatures of great power (like one with a solar) inside? I can't help but think that they are all connected and currently in use for some ineffable plan.

  • @asyourequested
    @asyourequested Год назад +1

    Say dear listener one more time...

  • @kingmasterlord
    @kingmasterlord Год назад

    I want to use these as resonators to boost the signal off a mythallar past a mile

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +1

      A place near Icewind Dale might not be too bad a place to attempt this but I suggest proceeding with caution, you never know what might happen or when you might end up 😉

    • @kingmasterlord
      @kingmasterlord Год назад

      @@sleighthand oh that's the idea how else am I going to get a mythallar

  • @madjarov42
    @madjarov42 Год назад

    So this is cool, useful, and informative, but the "oh dear listener" and "these were not ordinary ruins, nay" and "o, how rare and wondrous verily i say unto thee" fluff is super cringe.
    Just gonna download and edit a transcript of this, because the info is great.

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      Definitely understandable and something I have been working on with each video. Created these to be as if you're sitting in a tavern during a play session with your character but came off heavy handed in the first iterations.

  • @gustaafargoan
    @gustaafargoan Месяц назад

    A lot of people prefer a real voice, not AI.

  • @JaxWylds
    @JaxWylds Год назад +1

    Are you an AI?

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад +1

      Haha no there is a person behind these videos, we have got some old Icewind Dale play videos on the channel from the beginning of the pandemic with faces. These lore videos though are using an AI voice, but scripting and editing are done by a squishy human.

    • @JaxWylds
      @JaxWylds Год назад +3

      @@sleighthand Nice writing tho! The accent is a bit uncanny and the tempo is staccato (or i have sensitive ears, idk). Keep perfecting your art. I'll be watching :)

  • @RainbowMuse2
    @RainbowMuse2 Год назад +1

    Is this AI generated?

    • @sleighthand
      @sleighthand  Год назад

      The voice is a voice generator but the videos are all put together by myself, a squishy human

  • @tigerrexer729
    @tigerrexer729 Год назад +2

    AI voice nowadays are morelike human.

  • @colorpg152
    @colorpg152 Год назад +11

    too much unnecessary verbose for my taste, i'm looking for lore not for a story, the music and poetry is distracting and prevents the information from being told clearly

    • @nephalos666
      @nephalos666 Год назад +2

      Agreed.

    • @Omensartwork
      @Omensartwork 11 месяцев назад +3

      You two sound like DMs, this is more for players to sit back and enjoy I'd imagine. Obviously a DMs gonna want something with some stats to get ideas of how to kill their players 😆

    • @colorpg152
      @colorpg152 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@Omensartwork well sort of its not horrible but the way he phrases things can make it really confusing like it makes it unclear whether they are immortal or not because of how he tries to make it too flowery, i'm not saying its terrible but just saying that a good entertainer can do it better like Esper the Bard and MrRhexx, he is using music and flowery language as a crutch and if he want to improve as a entertainer he needs to hear these pieces of criticism and improve his style.

    • @ChrisLawton66
      @ChrisLawton66 11 месяцев назад +2

      Ffs! This guy makes these available FOR FREE! He put a lot of work into it and you guys just come along and drop a hot turd on his work. Why not go find something you like and spread some positivity there.

    • @colorpg152
      @colorpg152 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@ChrisLawton66 its not free he is gaining view and subs and we are spending our time, also get off your high horse calling something art isn't going to make it immune from criticism, the video needs to be improve and no amount of name calling will silence me in that regard

  • @christophermott8901
    @christophermott8901 Год назад

    Vecna The Archlich cometh. Or Vance Carth' Ehlich in my game.