Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Theros
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- The new world setting for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons is Theros, adapted from the rich lore of the Magic the Gathering card game multiverse. Theros is inspired directly by ancient Greek myth and legend, as well as modern films and comics such as Wonderwoman and Clash of the Titans.
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Ah the ever expanding number of locations to visit with a spelljammer.
SMH, when I suggested a Homebrew campaign inspired by the myths and legends of Ancient Greece, my friends laughed and said such a setting wouldn't work because it would cut out most of what made D&D what it is. Now look what we have here!
Lmao that’s why I love Theros
Yeah even Theros notwithstanding I don't see what problems your friends would have with that. Since Olympus, Tartarus, Hades/ the underworld, the titans and the majority of all Greek monsters have been Canon in d&d for several editions. They just havent gotten as much attention in 5e
@@agentchaos9332 for that matter, even jesus and buddha and shit exist in dnd. Canonically, you can travel from the forgotten realms to earth using teleportation or spell jamming technology.
12:45
Look closely at the picture of Arixmethes (the island), you may notice that it is on the back of a kraken (the actual Arixmethes).
I was wondering about that!
Seems they're not fans of her dabbing...
That is both terrifying to think about as a citizen and awesome to behold as a would-be attacker
"I don't understand why you worship Bigby's Clenched Fist"
You would too, if it floated over your house while you slept.
Finally! A Greek underworld portrayed correctly!
You should do a video on the pantheon of Theros. Lots of interesting gods and stories in there.
It’s really cool how mtg settings are coming to dnd. I’ve never really played mtg because of how expensive it is, but I’ve always loved the art and the lore
So we have a proper D&D world of Greek Mythology! Oh boy this is going to be a wild book. Now I feel a little bitter about Irish Mythology not being popular enough to get a world setting in 5E .
Ooooh! That would be a good concept to explore.
Not sure if id consider Theros official greek mythos more like " greek like mythos"
Get to writing, could be the next big developer ;p
I seem to recall that the Fomorii (Fomorians) were of Celtic Mythos? As well as the Firbolgs (not as they are currently in D&D, but still)
Perfect timing its wind down time for the night
All of this MtG crossover material is going to force me into actually playing the card game!
That was there plan the whole time!!!
“Even Wonder Woman”
Thinks of Linda Carter
''Back when the earth was new, and humankind was down on its luck...''
"And everywhere gigantic brutes called titans raaaaaaaaan amok"
@@The_Lag_Monster Haha exactly what I was thinking as he started to describe the history of this setting x3
I must say the setting has grabbed my interest. Hope you make more vids fleshing out the places and lore AJ. Great video. 🍻
If I remember correctly notable locations include:
Meletis (think Athens)
Akros (think Sparta)
Setessa (think Wonder Woman's home, not gonna bother spelling it, I will fail to do so)
Skophos (Minotaur's Labrinth, only it's a city, aka a polis, for the minotaur that inhabit Theros)
Nykthos (realm of the gods)
Gods and Goddesses of Theros:
Heliod, God of the Sun
Erebos, God of the Dead
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Nylea, Goddess of the Hunt
Thassa, Goddess of the Sea
Klothys, Goddess of Destiny
Karametra, Goddess of the Harvest
Phenax, God of Deception
Pharika, Goddess of Afflictions
Keranos, God of Storms
Kruphix, God of Horizons
Emphara, Goddess of the Polis
Iroas, God of Victory
Mogis, God of Slaughter
Athreos, God of Passage
Xenagos, God of Revels (deceased, killed by Elspeth Tirel)
Two of the known Titans (elder Giants) are Uro, the Titan of Nature's Wrath and Kroxa, the Titan of Endless Hunger
Wonder Woman's home is Themiscyra.
Intriguing setting. Interesting how the seas of this very *Greek* world are teeming with Kraken, a very *Norse* monster (I blame Clash of the Titans, I mean what, was Cetus not a good enough monster to eat a chained princess? XD)
Yeah, I think we can basically throw all the mythologies together, pour a bottle of moonshine over them, dust it with powdered steroids and then set it on fire... I am strangely ok with this.
@@AJPickett I've no problems wuth mixing mythologies, my issue comes from people forgetting the origins of things. Those who forget history etc etc lol
Cetus needs more love. its not like Greek myth lacks sea monsters so that we have to steal from other folklore.
What did Cetus look like?
@@llewelynshingler2173 The Cetus was variously described as a sea monster or sea serpent. Other versions describe Cetus as a monster with the head of a greyhound and the body of a whale or dolphin, and a divided, fan-like tail. It is often depicted fighting Perseus or as the mount (animal being ridden) of a Nereid.[6]
13:42 This is an absolutely gorgeous piece of art, but those animals do not look happy about this woman's dancing at all😂
Bear: "Hey! It's been 3 days. Enough already! The drums are keeping my kids awake"
Tiger: "Booooo! No one cares!"
I'm into both D&D and MTG, so seeing books coming out like Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica and Mythic Odysseys of Theros is exciting to me. A blending of my two favorite hobbies. I've even managed to get a few of my MTG playing friends to try D&D because of them.
Long time magic fan (game and more so lore) and glad to see Theros as a setting for DnD! Cant pick between a cleric or Kruphix or a paladin of Iroas. Glad to see your able to sort out the information from all the different sources and the lack there off they introduced with the newest set.
Choose the eldest god; the most powerful god.
Kruphix announced the Silence, where the Gods were forced to not interfere in mortal affairs.
This is the only instance of any of the gods, outright having control over the other gods.
The cat folk aren't unique to this magic setting but they do have a big place in most planes they exist. I want to see annistrad setting. I could see it be something like raven loft
There several settings on drivethruRPG
@@AJPickett thanks. I more like adapting settings to my own games. I just want to see how they would adapt the vampires and werewolves from That to d&d
one of the first custom campaigns based on mtg were in innistrad, however with ravenloft is already an equivalent
I wonder if they'll cross over to Mirrodin/New Phyrexia eventually? That Plane rides the line between Science Fiction & High Fantasy as much as Spelljammer.
I am very much hoping they do, as that is one of the best MtG elements if you ask me.
Honestly, as much as I like Theros and Ravnica, this is way more interesting as a unique setting.
*breaths in new phyrexian*
Not Phyrexians
That's worse than the Borg in how disgusting the artwork was on the MtG cards
Elesh Norn was dope tho
Basically a Skull Lord
I've been working on a classical-era-themed setting for a few years now (gotta use that Minor in Classical studies somehow). At first I was a bit upset WotC put this setting out, but I'm very curious to see how they adapted traditional "Medieval" D&D elements to the "Ancient/Classical-era" setting.
The Dragon+ article went into mapping Theros, I think we're going to get more than just Meletis.
Great!
So the land of hero's and demi gods! Awsome
Dionysus FTW. Let’s get intoximacated!
Hmmm... try Pharika? In the past, Xenagos could have worked, but he very very ded.
Yeah Party God is dead. Sorry.
I personally wouldn't mind some magic the gather lore especially Seeing how fluent you are with this.
You had me at Wonder Woman XD
One of the designers of Theros knew nothing about Greek Mythology when they worked on it, they said it was their Achilles Horse.
*feels actual pain* WTAF!?
I think it will be interesting to see how Magic is divested between Divine & Arcane to support 5E class distinction if MTG setting here is as you've indicated. I think if they merge options into a single class of spellcaster that could be problematic. But I am intrigued to see where this is headed and am open to seeing a new campaign setting. Guess those Warforge won't come crashing into my FR game for awhile. What's that ? Is that a Spelljammer ?
Just a guess, with the past cards from this setting, being the source of this information...
Casters that have been in Theros, include: druids, shamans, clerics, wizards, paladins and bards.
Warlocks, rangers and sorcerers, I have no clue, there may or may not be. If you mean artificers as part of your question, I also haven't found any of that class on Theros.
Speaking of warforged, I don't know if they're going to be considered "living" in the same way as warforged, but Theros does have some tower-sized "statues," that are golems. They're used to guard large passages/entrances.
If you look at dnd lore in the Forgotten Realms Faerun(the main setting of dnd 3.5 and 5) there isn't really a difference between Arcane and Divine magic. All arcane magic comes from Mystra's weave. Thus arcane is more a divine magic that requires a different style of devotion in the form of studying the tools Mystra left to the world instead of devoting oneself to Mystra herself.
So the lack of a distinction in theros wouldn't be that much of a hurdle I think
The weave is not the source, the weave is the structure. But, then again, what are the gods other than thought constructs in a mental realm given power from the collective will of thinking creatures?
@@AJPickett Aye. Mystra is the source, the weave is just a way to manipulate the energy and affect the world, I called it a source for simplicity's sake as a separation between divine and arcane but again, it's more or less a technicality that they are different. But it also lends credence as to why there is not much of a difference in the way the spell casters are structured
@@CryoXerxes
I believe you got that a little mixed up. Mystra is not the source of magic.
forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/History_of_Magic
Could you do this overview for every setting. I know about the forgotten realms but I’m know next to nothing to wildmount
Theros is interesting world to visit when the book comes out as the hole setting is laid whit great places and ideas to adventure.
But I would hope that Hasbro would some day do Mirrodin / New Phyrexia world as that semi artifact world has me hooked that very strange worlds idea that I havent fully managet to do ever in my games..
Wanst going to get it due to it not being in the forgotten realms but after watching this, holy cow this is awsome!!!
Thank TMG for this video theros is my favorite plane in mtg
I like the plane and lore but wasn't a big fan of the escape gameplay mechanic but I still got a bunch because I'm a fan
I'm loving the magic the gathering crossovers. I hope we get a Mirrodin setting next! Memnarch would be a great big bad.
Karn is certainly worthy of a lengthy lore video... man what a life!
@@AJPickett I thought the Leonin and Loxodon races were portrayed best in this plane setting as well. No disrespect to Theros, but I will when i think MTG leonin, i think of the razor fields and the Auriok as well lol.
I would love to see planescape for 5e. I have the 2e box which is great but a 5e update sounds awesome.
Hey AJ, I know this is off topic but if you could be any Gestalt Combo of Classes (that's taking two at once) what combination would you choose? I think I'd be a Rogue/Cleric!
Bard/Bard
@@AJPickett Artificer / Warlock! !
Bardbarian or barbarian/beastmaster
Sorry, serious answer. Eldrich Knight/Circle of the Moon Druid... Awoooo!
Sounds like a pretty fun setting. I'd love to play in it.
Not to be pedantic but the map you showed at 1:20 is not Theros but Innistrat, another plane inpsired / designed around horror literature.
Quite right, we couldn't find an official map of Theros released yet.
AJ Pickett there isn’t
I have scoured the internet for a map of kaladesh, but it is nowhere. I think only Innistrad, Ixalan and ravnica have maps
@@wrennthewizard144 I don't understand with all the millions they make they can't even make a simple digital map of each plane shame on them
dragon ball talk
They can’t even be bothered to print cards of better quality. So many of mine are curled.
@@dragonballtalk8527 I know some professional cartographers who would jump at the chance!
Beautiful story-telling, AJ! I really like this setting, it sounds mythic! 👍🏻
AJ: I think this was favorite video of yours, so far. I especially liked the images!
so Theros is basically Greek Mythology, the setting
Yes, Amonkhet is Egypt- the setting, Ixalan is South America with dinosaurs the setting.
They are not very creative anymore, though Eldraine is cool.
@@wrennthewizard144 Dinosaurs you say?
Markus Nävergård
Ixalan is weird.
It’s a mesoamarican empire with dinosaurs vs merfolk shamans vs conquistador vampires vs pirates.
@@wrennthewizard144 getting farhammer fantasy flashbacks.
@@wrennthewizard144 Ixalan is by FAR my favorite release to collect and use the card combos, and I have to say, I love the idea of a world where humans and dinosaurs co-exist... I would not want to LIVE there, but imagine the place, yes.
I love this video your a godsend
Ha! Nice reference, I get it.
Got the book and I think I’m in love with this setting. It’s perfect.
Are there dwarves in Theros and if so where can we find them?
Gorvar Hadgarson
Nope, not unless you make them.
Gorvar Hadgarson a dwarf planeswalker could make it there theoretically but otherwise nope
@@wrennthewizard144 Thank you!
There is a video on youtube of a steel rod being destoyed by lego(relatively fragile plastic), via motors and torque. I absolutely love the trope of hostile lawfull "benevolent" celestials trying to punish mortals. How exactly does on avoid the inevitability? How long can one do it for and if so... How does one do it without thurther incuring wrath? Is it perhaps even better to accept said punishments as all other alternatives will be worse? Would the celestials want to make it exactly this way? Divine law has rules, but does it have any limitations??? When that steel both bends and breaks at the sametime, are you really so sure of your own mortal machinations? They remind me of the lion cavalry in the biblical appocalypse. 🏛😵🗜🔩⚙😱🦁🔥🌋
How the Hell can you not like his videos??
They just hate me on a personal level, no matter what the video is about.
To be clear, how can anyone routinely partake of your videos and hard work (research and then quality recording AND editing- so much unsung effort to make something “watchable”) and then not “like” the damn video!? 🤷🏾♂️Too many views to like/dislike ratio for my opinion of your audience personally...😒
Professor Buttons I have an app that lets me "watch over" youtube videos at my leasure, however it forbids me from "interfering with them" in anyway. I alone do not possess such an app, there are many such as i bound from interfering with the genius of mortal amature creaters. Those cities deserved to be destroyed! It was benevolence and mercy!! Stop looking at me that way!? They were wicked!?!? 🏛😞😡⚡🏙🔥🌆⚡💥 Jokes aside, it's naturally easier to watch vids than like, type and even notice the obvious.
AJ Pickett Do they actually even know anything about you on a personal level? Or do they just comprehend your intire character and personality based solely on your taste in fantasy and fiction?
@@thedarkmaster4747 I can count the people who know me on a personal level on my two hands.
Nice vid as always. That's a lot of info , going to have to watch this one a few times.😁
Wait, magic the gathering and dnd are getting a offical crossover?
gideon crider have done already.
Both owned by Hasbro, so yes, we are seeing many crossover products, there are a bunch actually, not just the hardcover source books.
They already had ravnica this is second time I know of
I'm hoping that the Satyr race can work for a Faun...liked the faun bard I used for a while during 3.5...
And I'm more interested in Theros as a place to take a lot of the rules from for a greek themed setting rather than using it as a setting itself.
Fauns are Satyrs, pretty much. (would be funny of they were like the Halfling version of a Satyr)
@@AJPickett There used to be some major differences between them in the past and a lot mythologically there. Less likely to end up screwing with people for one...
My city has an Agora Market. The original Agora Market was in Athens.
Thank you for making this, Aj!
Superb round up of a lot of lore well done on this, my gf wants to run her first campaign and I’m recommending Theros and this video
Man I love these videos so much, they just put me in a good mood and help me as a DM
Would love to see tarkir
This video has me pumped. I loved Jason and the Argonauts as a kid. Thanks as always aj
This is the one source book I'd buy a physical copy of!
I bought the alt cover version just to have it lol
Great video AJ
Ah nice. I had now idea what Theros was. All I knew is that it looked like Classical Greece/Near East and that was cool enough for me.
Great cast AJ!!!
You rock bro. Please don't stop. I don't even play d&d. But have, for 25 years, loved the lore of it. Js
Arixmethes was destroyed because it's actually built on the back a slumbering kraken and one day it decided to wake up here's the card bud edhrec.com/commanders/arixmethes-slumbering-isle
1:15
Love how he starts talking about the plane of Theros while pulling up a world map of Innistrad
You know when someone refers to me in the third person, the comment is 💯 percent going to be trolling. 😅
Tarkeir too
Gavony
Stensia
Those are Innistrad.
@@AJPickett No but you actually were showing a map of Innistrad instead of Theros
1:25 the map used isn't Theros, its Innistrad. very different planes of existence, one is Greek themed, the other is Classical horror themed. jus a nitpick
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228654/Plane-Shift-Innistrad (FREE)
A perfect post dinner video
Next crossover definitely has to be Innistraad... Curse of Straad was close, but hoo boi depending on what era it's set it it could be pretty rough. Especially if they choose the eldrazi invasion
it's probably going to be zendikar
Both Zendikar and Innistraad have actually already been done as official 5e supplemental. Their popularity and success is why we got Ravnica and Theros. You can find several of the planes on WoTC website. Along with Ixalan/Kaladesh and others.
@@whcantrell3 yeah the planeshifts are pretty well known, i'm talking about an ACTUAL book for zendikar, no one is gonna play a setting out of pamphlet
@@yodanobunga9238 Not necessarily but I see your viewpoint. I just finished a Zendikar based campaign myself so the juices are still flowing.
I personally think that the Eldrazi coming to Innistraad is a bit too much. Cthulhu and werewolves are two different type of horror.
However, they could make it good by splitting the book in two part, like the Old Innistraad and the New Innistraad. It would be kinda cool~
I was going to try and talk some friends into doing tombs of annihilation but this tho!!!
I keep reading Theros as Theranos.
Nice editing RedNZblue!
Odyssey of the Dragonlords is a campaign / setting for D & D5 that also has a theme based on Greek myths. You might be interested in the book:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcanumworlds/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-5th-edition-adventure-b?lang=en
Pre ordered I can't wait
Dude great video! There was one fact you got wrong, and it was that Arixmethes was destroyed by Heliod. He did blow up a Polis, but it was named Olantin, apparently they got too smug.
Arixmethes got destroyed because it was built on the back of a giant sleeping serpent. Human error there....
Yeah, Arixmethes, the slumbering Isle. God I hate that card.
Random question. Anyone had a player backstory where they were magically taken from our current world and dropped into main d&d settings?
Had idea of a tabaxi druid bad guy, seeing our world as sign of how things will become if humans continue to multiply. Disguised as a housecat he/she transports a cat owner and environmental keyboard warriors or protesters into his/her homeworld. While also building for war on civilisation.
Using AJ's pink ooze as a familiar he/she already has a tribe of ghost halflings out finding more allies and artifacts.
The players hand book accounts for it's own limited scope! Make your own background. Choose a couple of skills, a language and a tool and call it whatever you want. You can choose one of the ribbon abilities from the other backgrounds(I think D&DBeyond requires you to do this) or make your own.
Oh, and players have no idea how they got there. Just wake up in forest and find a 'cat person' living nearby who offers to help.
I finally received my Mythic Odyssey’s of Theros book delivered last night.
First impressions?
AJ Pickett I need more time. I am not happy about Minotaurs being an evil race by default like the Drow, but I understand the reason being due to the role the Minotaur plays in Greek Mythology. I haven’t given it a solid read through yet. I really want to play a slutty Satyr Bard though... or a Triton 🔱 Wizard 🧙🏼♂️
@@sirwilliam4128 Triton Monk would-be my first character there.
AJ Pickett most intriguing...
@@sirwilliam4128 I will call him Sandy.
I love this book , this setting and you vids dude ! Keep it up , AND PLEASE if you can Do some research on the history here in theros . Winters heart is a particularly tantalizing mystery THAT MUST BE SOLVED !
The Returnef sound awesome.
Thinking of going as a Returned fighter, trying to remember who he was.
It sounds interesting, but the biggest issue with the returned is you kind of trade in everything for a second chance at life. Like personality, memories, etc. The only thing that sticks with you is skills and muscle memory, for most returned anyways. So most of them sort of compulsively wander the realm of Theros, just kind of doing whatever it is they did best before they died.
One of the things I find most interesting is how small the map is and how landmarks, move.
Sun Soul is a monk, not a warlock.
ah yes, my mistake.
@@AJPickett I think you were thinking Celestial Warlock
@@neogod29 I think I was.
This this right here is why I love this channel so much
1:13 Innistrad leaked! Next sourse book confirmed!
www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228654/Plane-Shift-Innistrad (FREE)
greetings master AJ! How fairs the mighty gluestick?
I love your videos they are so helpful
Glad you like them!
8 months, and still no mention of the Leonin video. :(
ruclips.net/video/WiR8825hbyM/видео.html
13:40 tag yourself! 😁
Whoa, i knew Theros is a thing but i never knew it's so epic!
but, AJ, do you have a video on Changelings?
Yes! Every humanoid video is actually about changlings you just have to go frame by frame to see the hidden notes!
Gonna bring back my boy XENAGOS
First maybe
You is first
Now now... no need to fight, this is not a competition. *throws ferrets into the ring*
Yay!
I am looking for the Leonin video but can't find it.
Edit: Leonin, because autocorrect
Drat, I knew I forgot something!
Same :(
11th
I wonder what all the things you said you’ll do in a future video but you haven’t gotten to are? I know Leonin and elves are on that list.
Guess I’ll have to watch all your videos in reverse chronological order to find out.
By all means, I would love to get that list when you are done.
@@AJPickettyou for a lot of videos but a few of them are Leonin, mechanus (but you go quite in-depth in your Modron video), eladrin and elves, The rest of the outer planes, and more monsters from Volos.
@@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar I can certainly do a few of those.
@@AJPickett you also mentioned that you might make a video on the winged elves and their home and god in not 1 but 3 different videos. I keep finding more of these, guess video ideas come faster than recordings do eh?
No live stream ?
starting in 29 minutes, as per usual.
You need to take this out of your planescape playlist
I say thee NAY mortal! *hurls thunderbolt*
Liar + ratio + get thunderbolted
Why?
Second
I looking forward to playing a Satyr Bard and seeing the DM cry as I try to seduce every Female NPC with my music intrusment :)
Keep your intrusments where I can see them pal.
@@AJPickett But the ladies wanna play with my Pan Flute :p
@@Artemisthemp Well, if you have consent, then who am I to stand in the way of your art?
@@Artemisthemp just don't do it in public
@@Fpwc2 I wonder if a Satyr consider the forest public.
🔥🖤🔥
Nick arquwive xD
Meh, I'll skip, seems Generic.
I dont like MTG mixed with D&D , its just a cash grab, and in my humble opinion is it is lazy on there part , because they could be making a whole new setting or updating the one that are already D&D fan favs like DARK SUN , or they could be writing about the undiscovered continents of Toril , but instead they give us this crap that no one but a few will buy. Wizard of the Coast are to busy virtue signaling how woke they are to put out books that are even worth crazy amounts money they want for there books , that are not that good.....
Not a d&d player, but new settings would be great to see once I can find time to play. However, any new setting they put out would probably be taken from the DMsguild or from D&D webshows, which means they'll collaborate with the creators of these settings.
Also, going woke and virtue signaling leads to companies going broke. Just look at Disney for example. They took a financial hit and will lose more with no thanks to the pandemic going around.
Explain?
@COMICBOOKJEDI uh what wokeness? can you give me an example?
@@Scortch-lo3xy From what I've heard there's almost no wokeness in D&D, but I have heard that it is in MTG from time to time or that's what I heard. However, some people who play D&D do try to force their woke politics from time to time.
@@zacharygadzinski3147 yeah but does comic book up there have any citations or what?