The New D&D Monster That Changes Everything

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  • Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024

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  • @DungeonDad
    @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +110

    Thanks for watching everyone! What monster would you like to see show up next?
    edit on 6/26 - I CALLED IT. LET'S GOOOOO: ruclips.net/video/v6lncsjhYRI/видео.html

    • @TheIdealofGreed
      @TheIdealofGreed 3 месяца назад +4

      *Note: as of 3 days ago on June 17, this marks the 1 year anniversary since I started asking for the Darklight video, back in the Brown Dragon video* 🎉
      Day 31(or 35, further information pending, as it seems I missed a few) of Darklight request, but in the tristanspaulding timeline it's day 107

    • @ltcinsane
      @ltcinsane 3 месяца назад +4

      I guess your lucky WOTC didn't send the frighteners around instead i guess you rolled natural 20's on your persuasion checks! :P

    • @skippy9273
      @skippy9273 3 месяца назад +2

      I love the Anzu demon from the dragon magazine article on Pazuzu

    • @TheIdealofGreed
      @TheIdealofGreed 3 месяца назад +2

      Nehaschimic Dragons - crazy monsters that do things like growing until they cover the entire field/"universe from your perspective."
      Found these from the Draconic Abomination tv trope page, which says they're from The Immortals Handbook: Epic Bestiary 3rd-Party rulebook.

    • @MauricioLuigui
      @MauricioLuigui 3 месяца назад +4

      CONGRATULATIONS @DUNGEONDAD!!!🎉🎊🎆 I'm really happy for you that Wizards Of The Coast did a collaboration with you. Dont be modest YOU ARE AWESOME and you know it. For the next creature could you do either "The Prince Of Frost" or "The Cat Lord" (Now I want his stats block after This video 😅).

  • @eliotoole4534
    @eliotoole4534 3 месяца назад +357

    Imps can turn into a rat so an infernal mouse is not out of the question.

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +106

      We now have the campaign’s BBEG

    • @Jimmy-p9n
      @Jimmy-p9n 3 месяца назад +2

      Mighty mouse

    • @galdalversgravekeeper5158
      @galdalversgravekeeper5158 3 месяца назад +12

      Or a cranium rat colony that has grown strong enough to be completely independent of the mindflayers

    • @J3Puffin
      @J3Puffin 3 месяца назад

      Particularly if there’s some metal attached… Iron, perhaps

    • @luizf.p.andrade993
      @luizf.p.andrade993 3 месяца назад

      Infernal sphinx but it’s a horny guy’s head on a rat’s body (also it’s tiny).

  • @heathharris2545
    @heathharris2545 3 месяца назад +273

    A sphinx of wonder based on my cat would be able to sleep through anything and be able to increase her weight tenfold, but only when she is stepping on someone's crotch.

  • @notanotaku1101
    @notanotaku1101 3 месяца назад +175

    A sphinx of wonder based on my cat would absolutely gain a bonus on surprise attacks against ankles

    • @llewelynshingler2173
      @llewelynshingler2173 3 месяца назад +7

      Kitty Technique! Trip attack on mortals carrying food!

    • @CerotheDemon
      @CerotheDemon 3 месяца назад +2

      That’s incredible and adorable lmao

  • @AJPickett
    @AJPickett 3 месяца назад +140

    They kind of look like they would be at home on the Astral plane, perhaps perched on warm islands with astral color pool portals, watching the veil to the realm of dreams.

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +44

      Oh to be a peaceful sphinx on the astral plane

    • @qrow8638
      @qrow8638 3 месяца назад +6

      The man of ecological lore is here in the comments.

    • @Harrowed2TheMind
      @Harrowed2TheMind 3 месяца назад +8

      @@qrow8638 Did we all read that in his voice ?

  • @jamesmerkel1932
    @jamesmerkel1932 3 месяца назад +53

    As much as I have a hard time supporting wotc official material anymore, this is pretty dope! Congrats on the sponsorship

    • @Howler196
      @Howler196 3 месяца назад +3

      Yhea, like in my opinion i really don't like most new stuff in one DnD, like what they did to some races. Removing alignments sure. But usually whe we talk about mondters, creatures, etc they always end up making cool stuff. However i hate the idea of changing the sphinx we know from a guardian to a god like thing that you'd make a pact with,. But adding a new sphinx type that would be even more powerful then the others that you'd make a pact with, that yhea, I'd like. And of course i like the kitty sphinx

  • @CyColt
    @CyColt 3 месяца назад +158

    Dungeon Dad: This video is Sponsored by Wizards of the Coast.
    Me: *Starlord face zoom in* What?

    • @stratometal
      @stratometal 3 месяца назад +15

      My same reaction.

    • @chrisgonsalves3581
      @chrisgonsalves3581 3 месяца назад +21

      When WotC actually starts getting in touch with the community, you know they must be desperate. Lmao
      They're lucky Dad here was nice enough to loan them some of his nerd cred.

    • @Wintermute909
      @Wintermute909 3 месяца назад +27

      From what i understand, Wotc have basically given a bunch of popular d&d youtubers a preview copy of the phb, but they had to sign a nda and agree to only review the agreed upon bits of the new phb (until a certain date or until Jeremy crawford talks about it in the preview interviews wotc are doing now).
      So far (iirc) the youtubers I've seen are: the dungeon dudes had the new rogue subclass, treantmonk had the changes to the fighter class (& possibly more), d4 deep dive had the paladin changes, and Ginny D had the new bard subclass.
      I'm certain a whole bunch more youtubers had other bits, but I've just missed them)
      Personally (while I'm not a fan of wotc) I think it's a genius move as everyone gets a preview and everyone isn't talking about the same thing at the same time.

    • @myrehmisk
      @myrehmisk 3 месяца назад +1

      So the usual sphinxes serve the same function as dungeons.

    • @brettwood1351
      @brettwood1351 3 месяца назад +2

      @@Wintermute909 So they actually learned something from their last few debacles?

  • @matthuck378
    @matthuck378 3 месяца назад +44

    Glad they put non-evil familiars in there for pact of the chain.
    We've been houseruling that for ages, haha.

    • @brettwood1351
      @brettwood1351 3 месяца назад +7

      Remember not everyone that plays a warlock wants to be an Edgelord folks. Some of us want to run with a goodly or neutral patron. And added cat shennanigans will make that all the better.

    • @adambielen8996
      @adambielen8996 3 месяца назад

      To be fair Psudodragons and Sprites aren't even and usually lean towards good.

  • @retro_crasher
    @retro_crasher 3 месяца назад +47

    A dnd warlock who made a bet with a sphinx, betting he can find his way back even if he looses his memories. For the cost of giving up his memories, ge will be guarded by this mysterious shadowy kitten, lurking in the shadows almost unseen, yet sometimes at night glistening like the stars above. After he looses his memory he is just like a stereotypical klutz of a rogue, but with incredible luck. Later on as he discovers this strange astronomical mystery, can he make his way to the celestial sphinx that gave his power?

  • @Aleph02
    @Aleph02 3 месяца назад +66

    8:08 If it's doing that much damage, one of the party members is in for a rude awakening when they let it sit on their lap.

    • @derekstein6193
      @derekstein6193 3 месяца назад +17

      The Sphinx of Wonder becomes the deadliest trap in the game when it shows off its belly.

  • @Zer0Doxy
    @Zer0Doxy 3 месяца назад +47

    I was about to make a flirty comment about how are you the most beautiful thing on screen with all the abundant kitty cat imagery and then you called Manky YOUR cat. YOUR cat?

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +32

      He signed the papers giving me sole custody yesterday 🤷‍♂️

    • @Zer0Doxy
      @Zer0Doxy 3 месяца назад +12

      @DungeonDad But sir! Do not make me thumbs down you. Good day.

  • @QuinnTheGM
    @QuinnTheGM 3 месяца назад +76

    This is incredible! If anyone deserved to reveal a monster, it's you!

  • @caarthikraj8184
    @caarthikraj8184 3 месяца назад +81

    It's weird that I've never thought of a Sphinx before in terms of DnD, especially when it's so iconic. Nice to see that they're revisiting it.

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +18

      I am genuinely stoked to see what they do with the sphinx. I think there will be some very cool stuff on the horizon 🤞

    • @TheOptimismprime
      @TheOptimismprime 3 месяца назад

      Vox Machina helped me with that

  • @OtherMcNutt
    @OtherMcNutt 3 месяца назад +70

    Congrats bro it's cool af to be the first person showing this off

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +29

      Thanks! I am stoked they sent me such a cool little creature too!

  • @Fromaginator
    @Fromaginator 3 месяца назад +20

    Big ups to WotC giving the realest DM and D&D content creator that sweet sweet advanced phb copy!

  • @ValeBridges
    @ValeBridges 3 месяца назад +25

    1:49 good thing he got permission, otherwise the Pinkertons might've been sent after him

    • @Uhhhhhhhhhhh6
      @Uhhhhhhhhhhh6 2 месяца назад +2

      You're aren't truly a well known brand with a iconic product that's beloved by everyone until you have your own personal mafia!

  • @UnpredictablyAutistic
    @UnpredictablyAutistic 3 месяца назад +10

    The gang turn into mice by enraging a wizard and the big bad is the wizard's sphinx of wonder chasing the gang around until the spell wear off or they got out of the wizard tower. Sounds kinda funny

  • @honestkyn718
    @honestkyn718 3 месяца назад +21

    Congratulations on the sponsership! must be sweet to be the one to reveal it first

  • @kobold_sushi_executive_chef
    @kobold_sushi_executive_chef 3 месяца назад +18

    WOTC watching the lore speculations like "write that down, we need this done by February"

    • @llewelynshingler2173
      @llewelynshingler2173 3 месяца назад +1

      Let's hope Lore isn't racist

    • @ahorseofcourse7283
      @ahorseofcourse7283 3 месяца назад +3

      Of course they'll be done by February, ChatGPT is extremely good at stealing other folks' work and combining it really fast.

    • @verdurite
      @verdurite 3 месяца назад

      @@ahorseofcourse7283 accusing them of using AI without evidence hurts the actual artists and writers who worked on these books, you aren't helping anyone

    • @High-LordHarza
      @High-LordHarza 3 месяца назад

      ​@@llewelynshingler2173I was about to wonder why it would be and then I remembered the AI stuff

    • @llewelynshingler2173
      @llewelynshingler2173 3 месяца назад

      @@High-LordHarza I was more referring to the Lore Cutbacks in the leadup to Monsters of the Multiverse being attributed to a hasty attempt at avoiding racism accusations, but AI might balls it up and WOTC, being a company using AI would send the balls upped stuff to print

  • @TheIdealofGreed
    @TheIdealofGreed 3 месяца назад +14

    7:28 I mean, a small creature strong enough to wreck buildings and throw things at you sounds like it might make an interesting thing to have chase your players as they have to flee

    • @DarkBlackGod14
      @DarkBlackGod14 3 месяца назад

      I mean.... It would, but at low levels you straight up have no chances to run from this, at mid you can fight it off, and at high you can oneshot this. So whats the point? DM have to railroad it really hard, or make so many plot hooks and adjustments to make it a sucessfull and organic chase sequence, that it would be far easier and faster to use different creature(stronger but unable to fight for example), or create entirely new one, than to make it work with that. I mean, this cat literally can fly and straight up murders any class at lvl1(whitch it is supposed to be for)

    • @TheIdealofGreed
      @TheIdealofGreed 3 месяца назад

      @@DarkBlackGod14 I was listing a general idea, not talking about the Wonder Sphinx.
      Double D is also mentioning it's not a physical powerhouse, so if you're using a Sphinx of Wonder for this purpose you'd already be restatting it to make it that strong

    • @brettwood1351
      @brettwood1351 3 месяца назад

      @@DarkBlackGod14 If we run with the idea of it having a cat colony that it's leading, you can look at all the other kinds of cat monsters in the setting. I imagine there's a lot of stuff there that can serve as muscle while it's more the slippery mastermind you've got to track down.

  • @masterpiece1817
    @masterpiece1817 3 месяца назад +6

    Oh man I thought this was gonna be about the Criosphinx or Hieracosphinx

  • @joshuazane3210
    @joshuazane3210 3 месяца назад +5

    The tinfoil hat routine was Monty Python level silly, but it also had me chuckling the entire time. Well played. 😄

  • @rustys6106
    @rustys6106 3 месяца назад +6

    Ooooooo movin' on up! congrats on the sponsorship. It's great to know wotc is supporting great content creators like yourself

  • @JazzyBassy
    @JazzyBassy 3 месяца назад +9

    Congrats on the sponsor! They are very cute and I would love to present more riddles in dungeons to a warlock with this familiar. Also wanna say the new statblock format looks neat, less wasted space on chunky red dividers and unnecessary words, it's also cool that the saves directly in the ability array and the trigger and effect of a reaction is more specific at a glance.

  • @VectorxMan
    @VectorxMan 3 месяца назад +6

    When you mentioned the fallen bit and the shinx of wonder trying to amass arcane energy/magic, that made me think that if the ritual went awry or was fouled up with evil magic, then it my ascend into a Rakshasa. Edited for typo.

  • @cannonfire0187
    @cannonfire0187 3 месяца назад +8

    The celestial tressym

  • @frankly_earnest
    @frankly_earnest 3 месяца назад +3

    Dude...WotC sponsor? 😱 Congrats!!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Also, Manky Fighting/Fairy type confirmed. This is a cute little addition, and I will never say no to any Warlock pact expansions.
    I could see this fitting into so many places, and your ideas kind of fill up the spectrum I was already piecing together in my brain. My only other thought was that it would be interesting to consider what would happpen to sphinxes whose deities have died or been removed from the pantheon. I feel like I'd want them to turn into prankster/poltergeist-y cats with a celestial spark...that maybe an unwitting party member could unlock and bring back to life on accident 😁 Metaphysically, the idea would be that these former sphinxes carry some divine whisper or echo of their former patron, so it could resonate or trigger when the right kinds of things happen.
    Thanks, DD! Keep it up 👏🏽

  • @1000Tomatoes
    @1000Tomatoes 3 месяца назад +4

    I completely expect for flying cat familiars with good damage to be popular for multiple reasons.

  • @j2minerblacksands881
    @j2minerblacksands881 3 месяца назад +6

    Plot ideas: A sphinx's god has died, so it is forced to become a sphinx of wonder & acts as the head of a urban resistance fighting against water power had killed there previous master. Maybe it is a infernal cult to a greater demon lord, a 'evil' god, or some sort of outsider that needs to be put in there place.

  • @commanderblackheart5856
    @commanderblackheart5856 3 месяца назад +2

    Day 38 of asking for the Grue from Zork to get an episode of MotW.
    We are near another milestone

  • @keantully-mclelland1383
    @keantully-mclelland1383 3 месяца назад +5

    In now need to make a character with this as a familiar and give it Danny devitos voice

  • @TheNanjotha
    @TheNanjotha 3 месяца назад +4

    Hey, as an aside thanks for doing these videos. I really enjoy them and have genuinely built entire campaigns off of videos. I’m doing one now with Pale Night , and your Pale Knight idea was critical to my creative process.

  • @levigolding4253
    @levigolding4253 3 месяца назад +7

    Fuck yeah new dungeon dad!

  • @ISS600
    @ISS600 3 месяца назад +5

    Now this is a monster truly up my ally as a DM and a D&D player. I LOVE these kinds of things so I am all for this! Thank you Dungeon Dad for something amazing!

  • @mysticalfooxs
    @mysticalfooxs 3 месяца назад +9

    Woah!! Would love it if you covered other mythical creatures, maybe like Norse ?

    • @blights5468
      @blights5468 3 месяца назад +3

      He’s done some cool conversions of a few different folk lore mainly often ignored ones from Asia and South Pacific

    • @mysticalfooxs
      @mysticalfooxs 3 месяца назад +2

      Ooh I'll go watch those, that sounds cool!

    • @justinterry8894
      @justinterry8894 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@blights5468my favorites are the wicker man and the gosibokero or how ever you spell the giant skeleton yokai's name.

    • @crybaby6736
      @crybaby6736 3 месяца назад

      hi

  • @johntheherbalistg8756
    @johntheherbalistg8756 3 месяца назад +2

    WotC knows who you are? That's neat. Congratulations getting your hands on this cool cat, and, as always, my compliments on your video quality

  • @brendan-kfp7.62mmminigun4
    @brendan-kfp7.62mmminigun4 3 месяца назад +3

    Going to use it as one of the factions in my city. Give it a Headband of Intellect to boost it's intelligence even higher (it was the original treasure it was guarding) and a varient Staff of the Woodlands that that can cast Awaken spell once per day. It uses the staff to amass an army of intelligent cats and is a ridiculously wealthy intelligence network that sells people's secrets for money. Early on they convinced the whole city that having a cat in the home is fashionable, so everyone from the nobility to the poor have at least one cat in the house. I have this idea that in a city fought over by criminal masterminds, dragons, aberrations, and heroes...one of the factions is a CR 1 flying housecat. I'll even have them be a reoccurring NPC for the party, where it just hangs around them when they're in town obstinately for scratches, all while sending human mercenaries to give them quests that push it's own objectives.

  • @expychristian
    @expychristian 3 месяца назад +2

    Congrats on the WOTC sponsor!
    Tbh I see Sphinxes as more NPC than monster. Given the, yknow, riddle testing and inevitable bone crunching doled out by the falsely-intellectual. Very DM behaviour xd

  • @kumiho4970
    @kumiho4970 3 месяца назад +2

    Forgive this wild hare of a request, but could you do a video on the jackalope, skvader and wolpertinger?

  • @NertNeverlander
    @NertNeverlander 3 месяца назад +4

    My sphynx of wonder would be quiet, patient and really fed up with kids but still look out for them lol

  • @JustinLowe-zg8xo
    @JustinLowe-zg8xo 3 месяца назад +3

    You need to do the Obsidian Dragon its so unknown

  • @skyshack4194
    @skyshack4194 3 месяца назад +6

    AYO, IS THIS A CANON LA GRAN GATA FROM THE UNSLEEPING CITY???

  • @deanospimoniful
    @deanospimoniful 3 месяца назад +2

    Sounds like they're overhauling Warlock familiars, giving Celestial Warlocks a little buddy of their own.

  • @StevoM08
    @StevoM08 3 месяца назад +2

    Dad: leap in Sphinx based technology.
    Me: Sphinx Tech… fuck that’s actually a good tech startup name.

  • @rasmusdegn9690
    @rasmusdegn9690 3 месяца назад +2

    Thank you for giving me all the tools i need to make add Garfield to my D&D setting's pantheon. I do however find it a little unfortunate that this little floofball doesn't have AI-nightmare-hands the way the Moon Dog does... Oh, i just realized the perfect foil for them...

  • @baxterdevin
    @baxterdevin 3 месяца назад +2

    Advances in Sphinx technology require the right equipment. I'm glad to see you have the proper protective headgear ❤

  • @juliasilverstone2626
    @juliasilverstone2626 3 месяца назад +2

    Dude, I LOVE your videos... ❤ you are a genius! Only peace and love for you from Germany... 💟☯✝☮🛐

  • @Blindy_Sama
    @Blindy_Sama 3 месяца назад +2

    Weird flavoring but you can also seeing as it is considered a celestial free flavor it as some kind of cat or even a transom that was a good kitty and maybe passed away after living a very good life or dying heroically and thus got turned into a celestial familiar I mean we already have flying cats but it could be a good flavor choice

  • @Jimmy-p9n
    @Jimmy-p9n 3 месяца назад +2

    Its doesn't really need any goal to be mischievious or harmful.
    Just got the zoomies

  • @nonexistendworm3449
    @nonexistendworm3449 3 месяца назад +2

    I once raid somewhere that there are wolf bodied and raven winged sphinxes but I never heard of that anywhere else, could be a new cold area variant if there are going to be more new sphinxes.
    Especial since dogs and cats are often depicted as enemies and the raven as a bad symbol or omen where as eagles are often a symbol of good.

  • @Tonymike99
    @Tonymike99 3 месяца назад +3

    @DungeonDad, I agree that there may be a new family of Sphinxes. Did you notice that this new sphinx has the alchemical symbol for air on its forehead? With that, we can only assume that there will be a water, fire, and earth too!

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +1

      That is a really good catch, I noticed the symbol but its significance didn't click for me at all. Here's hoping that this ends up being the direction they go with!

    • @Tonymike99
      @Tonymike99 3 месяца назад +1

      I certainly hope so!

  • @unyanizedcatboys
    @unyanizedcatboys 3 месяца назад +2

    17:33 Maybe next week you can talk about the mind goblin :^)

  • @BrownOwl2036
    @BrownOwl2036 3 месяца назад +2

    I absolutely LOVE that intro, such a great job!

  • @kobypeterson
    @kobypeterson 3 месяца назад +3

    Great stuff, dad! Come back soon...

  • @garryame4008
    @garryame4008 3 месяца назад +2

    WHY did they specify mod and save in the block? They made the stat block MORE complicated?! The numbers are identical too! I can't imagine that there will be many monsters with distinct mods different from their equivalent save. WOTC JUST NEEDED TO GET RID OF THE SCORE! AHhhhhh!

    • @daveshif2514
      @daveshif2514 3 месяца назад

      ya and the multiple colored, multi lined format of the attribute/mod/save blocks looks really distracting

  • @TheBlueKio
    @TheBlueKio 3 месяца назад +2

    Pronounced as 1 letter, And written with 3, 2 letters there are, and 2 only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue, and gray, I’m read from both ends, and the same either way. What am I?

  • @soultron4238
    @soultron4238 3 месяца назад +3

    Always great content from Dungeon Dad!!

  • @dahelmang
    @dahelmang 3 месяца назад +2

    I want to see one of these team up with a Faerie Dragon.

  • @Haidan199
    @Haidan199 3 месяца назад +2

    I would love to hear more about those sphinx’ that are from history, the one in the forest might be the one that catches my attention.

  • @jikkermanccini
    @jikkermanccini 3 месяца назад +3

    "Much to the sha-jrin of your party members"
    Never has such a typo been spoken aloud.

  • @TheGrognard-ej7vq
    @TheGrognard-ej7vq 3 месяца назад +2

    This baby would look SWEET painted on the side of a van....

    • @Zer0Doxy
      @Zer0Doxy 3 месяца назад

      That is almost word for word what I said lol

  • @WesleyMcLain-kj5if
    @WesleyMcLain-kj5if 3 месяца назад +2

    The plural of sphinx is sphinges. I wish I could be making this up.

    • @DungeonDad
      @DungeonDad  3 месяца назад +1

      Holy shit you're actually not joking. Huh....

  • @MauricioLuigui
    @MauricioLuigui 3 месяца назад +1

    CONGRATULATIONS @DUNGEONDAD!!!🎉🎊🎆 I'm really happy for you that Wizards Of The Coast did a collaboration with you. Dont be modest YOU ARE AWESOME and you know it. For the next creature could you do either "The Prince Of Frost" or "The Cat Lord" (Now I want his stats block after This video 😅).

  • @jayjonesrgaming
    @jayjonesrgaming 3 месяца назад +1

    Love this creature already! Gave an NPC I came up w last year a “fae cat” familiar that looks almost identical to this except it had no wings. I’m definitely changing that into a sphinx of wonder now though!

  • @rpghorrorstories
    @rpghorrorstories 3 месяца назад +2

    My cat-inspired Sphinx would be a rogue, who manages to paw his way into all sorts of unusual locales.

  • @LuizHenrique9406
    @LuizHenrique9406 3 месяца назад +1

    Based on my 4 cats, each Sphinx of Wonders would be:
    Mitch (Female, looks like a Ragamuffin): A Sphinx that pass the "Holier than Thou" vibe, gracious, sometimes likes to be by herself, but wouldn't mind anyone approaching her, and sometimes very demanding, also has a motherly or older sister vibe, since she's the oldest here. She also enjoys being outside, but never leaving the limits of the house. Her stats would have a higher focus on Intelligence and Dexterity and probably would be an sorcerer.
    Mona(Male, Tuxedo Cat): Second oldest, a Sphinx that is robust, but quite agile as well, he also was missing for like 3 or 4 months before reappearing again at home, since his name is based on Morgana from P5, he probably would be Rogue content, and to corroborate that, he is the only one that pulls the food bowl from the other cats when we haven't filled his bowl yet, he also hits the other cats sometimes, specially the orange ones. His stats would be focused on Dexterity and Strenght.
    Amendoim(Male, Tabby Orange): Twins with Paçoca, he is a CHONKY Sphinx, likes to play with the toys and sister, he also loves to steal erasers and toilet papers to play with them as well, he is quite destructive, especially to the paper rolls, and quite clumsy too, he also is the one that tends to be on the receiving end of Mona's slaps. He strikes me as a Tank, focusing on Defense and Charisma.
    Paçoca(Female, Tabby Orange): Twins with Amendoim, unlike her brother, she is quite slim and gracious as well, but so deadly with her tiny claws that are as sharp as blades, she also doesn't talk too much, unlike her brother again, but overall she's chill, sometimes she plays but not too much, she also has quite the death stare, looking like she wants to off you at any given moment. She definitely would be an Assassin focusing on Attack and Dexterity.

  • @PsyrenXY
    @PsyrenXY 3 месяца назад +1

    10:46 Non-magic users in 2014 5e can pick up a familiar using either Ritual Caster or Magic Initiate, hence that line in the Monster Manual. As far as awarding one in lieu of treasure, there's a rule for that in the 2014 DMG (pg 231) that lets you give out feats, including one of the above two, as a reward as well!

  • @poisoncap
    @poisoncap 3 месяца назад +1

    Oh, I am immediately adding these to my game. While I am not using a sphinx in my campaign, they will be meeting a lamassu, which is a similar type of celestial, good beings made to protect areas, like the sphinx. There WILL be sphinxes of wonder (sphinx of wonders?) That patrol the area near the temple the lamassu guards. But maybe some of them dislike their position and are bored! Wish for adventure!

  • @matthuck378
    @matthuck378 3 месяца назад +1

    We played around with an intelligent cat PC before. The cat took levels in sorcerer. Weird to balance a super low STR, tiny Size...And the fact they had to use mage hand all the time, for everything...But it was fun.

  • @Wintermute909
    @Wintermute909 3 месяца назад +1

    I've gotta admit it was a genius move on wotc's part to send out different bits to different youtubers to preview!
    (Standard disclaimer: I'm not a fan of wotc, especially the fiasco 6 months ago.......but I can still like something when they do it right)

  • @Rencol666
    @Rencol666 3 месяца назад +1

    Silly but not really campaign idea: you know cats consider themselves gods right? With this one its cranked up to eleven. Also, if cat's owner dies, and cat is left with its deceased master, it might eat the master. And that is exactly what happened here. A mighty celestial being/minor god had a pet sphinx of wonder and died because of reasons, sphinx absorbed it's master ('s power), grew in power, size and ambition. But power corrupts, and the car considered itself god even before it nomnomed on some divine cosmic energy. It embraced it's catness and it's allegience shifted from lawful good to chaotic neutral. This caused uproar in the realms of order, but also attracted attention of Rakshasas who found the situation hilarious and decided that they could use this newborn cat god for their purposes, pledging themselves to it, and unbeknownst to it, started corrupting it further. A celestial warlock (good way to introduce this class as well) made a pact with the original celestial deity, figured something went wrong and hired/joins group to investigate why his patron is not responding anymore, turning into fullblown rakshasa conspiracy and option to either embrace this new chaos god or join forces with true celestial powers to contain the situation

  • @mrSleepyOwger
    @mrSleepyOwger 3 месяца назад +1

    I like the idea of these little cats inheriting some of their (possible) creators quirks, just on a smaller scale - gifters of day-to-day little wisdoms, who can't help themselves, but talk in riddles and test their owners patience. Maybe they even protect some objects of power, too! It's just that those artifacts are cool looking feathers, their favourite mug and a sunny spot in the house. True celestial power were love for life and friends we made along the way, something like that :)

  • @thegameknight8916
    @thegameknight8916 3 месяца назад +1

    I still hope you can do Atropus justice, because if anyone can transform one of the most horrifying creatures, and arguably the most terrifying Elder Evil, into a nightmarish envounter, it is you. :)

  • @TyanFH
    @TyanFH 3 месяца назад +2

    Love your videos. Thank you.

  • @philurbaniak1811
    @philurbaniak1811 2 месяца назад +1

    👍👍 cool concept whether it's a single legendary creature or an entire magical species 🙂
    I won't even contemplate the gritty, feathery hairballs though 🫠
    Love to Manky!

  • @afrothekobold
    @afrothekobold 3 месяца назад +1

    as someone who's doing a session zero of a new campaign tomorrow (at the time of posting this comment), I look forward to scraping all these videos for new old monsters to use to fuck with my players

  • @rickn6923
    @rickn6923 3 месяца назад +1

    High Lord Fluffenbottom the Eternal shall reign over the cosmos with his celestial beans remaining ever pressed down upon the yolk he hath bequeathed upon man!
    Fear and Adore he who in his mysterious awe invoking aura licks himself without not a feck given!
    And for those who show true devotion, may not his wroth be brought down upon thee, for a great fool is the mortal who would dare raise himself from prostration before his holiness!
    And to those so unholy and foul who would dare to take up arms against his Lordship know that 9 times shall he Rise again to thwart any attempt at dethronement…
    And in the great hall shall the call ring out, Long May he Reign! 🐈

  • @jburkhardt2706
    @jburkhardt2706 3 месяца назад +1

    subscribed! shout out to WOTC for letting me discover new content creators this way. love this little guy (the sphynx, that is, not the creator, though he's pretty good, too).

  • @MemoristCed
    @MemoristCed 3 месяца назад +1

    Congratulations on the exclusive! You deserve the recognition, because you've got dedication and a genuine love for this game. Keep on with the good work!

  • @ThatGuy-TheEngineer
    @ThatGuy-TheEngineer 3 месяца назад +1

    A sphinx of wonder based on my cat would be blasting your face with a darkness spell, then zipping away to hide in a corner until you left. And honestly that could be an entertaining (and infuriating) monster to use.

  • @aaronj235
    @aaronj235 3 месяца назад +1

    Did this monster get created because everyone playing act 3 of BG3 found that flying cat on the roof eating messenger pidgeons and went WANT!

  • @ernestcline2868
    @ernestcline2868 3 месяца назад +1

    It would have been interesting, since it's already a 5E monster, if you'd converted it to a prior rules edition, such as AD&D.

  • @armorclasshero2103
    @armorclasshero2103 3 месяца назад +1

    I agree DungeonDad, sphinx deserves to be a celestial and a bigger part of the game. They're way cooler than humanoid angels.

  • @עומרשרייבר-ל4ר
    @עומרשרייבר-ל4ר 3 месяца назад +1

    A strange but cute little sphinx. Also yeah I agree with you on sphinxes being celestials, its just weird that a creature connected to gods so deeply is just a monstrosity.
    And a theory of mine about the new sphinx is that it might have something to do with the plane of air because the symbol on its forehead is the alchemical symbol for well, air. I guess we will have to wait and see.

  • @waffleman2211
    @waffleman2211 3 месяца назад +1

    One of these babies based on my cat would have some sort of Stealth bonus. Maybe expertise like a rogue, and a particular fondness for rogues probably

  • @sharondornhoff7563
    @sharondornhoff7563 3 месяца назад +1

    Awwww, your cat sounds wonderful! And I don't just mean in the sphinx-of-wonder meaning of the word: what a sweetie he must be. 🥰

  • @JessicaMorgani
    @JessicaMorgani 3 месяца назад +3

    I think my rednose pitbull could be a sphinx.
    He even meauws!

  • @ericdierolf8929
    @ericdierolf8929 3 месяца назад +1

    Isn't "god complex" already part of the regular CAT statblock? 😂

  • @snowboundwhale6860
    @snowboundwhale6860 3 месяца назад +1

    The idea of a sphinx of wonder attempting to become a greater sphinx and becoming corrupted in the process makes me think of it as a potential origin for manticores, or perhaps an explanation for why some sphinxes are monstrosities while others are celestials; both types exist but the monstrosity variants are the ones that originally were something else like a sphinx of wonder that tried turning themselves into a "greater" sphinx.

  • @xcreepercrafterx8016
    @xcreepercrafterx8016 3 месяца назад +1

    Just how. I seriously want to know how. I know you probably don't know, but if you do I would also like to know, great vid btw

  • @noahanania8301
    @noahanania8301 3 месяца назад +2

    I'm gonna play Kamikaze Kitty songs whenever one of these guys show up

  • @stingerjohnny9951
    @stingerjohnny9951 3 месяца назад +2

    Is it better toilet trained than the Odopi?

  • @DabbleDo
    @DabbleDo 3 месяца назад +1

    My cat as a sphinx would have a bite attack that it can only use out of combat, particularly when being showed affection, and once in combat it can only run away

  • @rpghorrorstories
    @rpghorrorstories 3 месяца назад +1

    So they don't have any good saves? Or is that something that a player chooses when they become a familiar?

  • @Freddy-xo1py
    @Freddy-xo1py 3 месяца назад +1

    There isn’t already a sphinx? How could there be Manticores but no sphynx.

  • @mrmuffins951
    @mrmuffins951 3 месяца назад +1

    This is so cool that they let you reveal a monster since that makes more sense for your channel unlike everybody else on RUclips getting a subclass

  • @harrymusson7266
    @harrymusson7266 3 месяца назад +1

    Major props to the artist. Got me to give an audible, "oh f*** yeah!" when I saw it

  • @TricksterModeEngaged
    @TricksterModeEngaged 3 месяца назад +1

    "what player feature is this linked to?"
    FRIEND

  • @JT7868
    @JT7868 3 месяца назад +1

    man I want to like the new kit but I can't bring myself to buy anything from Hasbro atm..

  • @zetomer5468
    @zetomer5468 3 месяца назад +2

    I have 2 cats; a tabby british shorthair named Jorik (a corruption of the russian word for glutton) and a scottish "fold"(recessive his ears are normal) Named Mordan (a corruption of the russian word for (animal) face/snout).
    The scottish would have a lot of physical strength and hp, especially on his bite attack, the tabby would be extremely fast and extra slash damage on his claw attack.
    Try guessing why.