Got introduced to these guys back in 3.5 and fell in love with them near instantly. When I write stories with them I've gone between base line hunter/gatherers to temple societies that may or may not be associated with Yuan-ti
I really love them. I like the unique relationship with yuan ti they have. Like there enemies kinda some times, they can both be working together under certain condition. If you see one you can almost guarantee you’ll see the other. I enjoy them both a lot!
I once played a Lizardfolk bard. It was fun roleplaying with the irony of a purely survival focused being who nonethless knew how to play a lute as his main weapon.
Nah, he was a wanderer. His backstory was that he was an outcast in his youth due to his greater intelligence and uncommon interests in the culture of the tribe's prisoners. After too much neglect and abuse by the tribe, he left the swamp and matured on the fringes of civilization, learning some shred of emotion but mostly keeping his reptilian instincts.
That’s interesting. I like how you forged the abuse as a, detriment to your own survival. I find lizardfolk particularly interesting in how they interact with their own. Using that negativity in a creative way to hinder your survival to push you away from the tribe dose two things. First it shows how different your character is from the tribe being able to interpret the abuse for what it is. The second thing is that it shows strength of self to go it alone and feel that is a better way for you to survive. Like a better land for you to grow. I like it. I usually see lizard folk differently, it’s always so cool for me to see them in the perspective of others.
i also loved playing Lizardfolk. i was a grave domain cleric, which was amazing fit for the race. As a cleric, i always had one hand free for spells, since i could use bite. his natural armor is great for starting gear (you can sell your backround armor for extra gold), or for bijamas. my favorite ability is by far making those simple weapons and shield. found an NPC and equip him. raise some undead (not me though), gear them up. and the flavor is amazing. dm allowed me to make from humanoids parts, since i was canibilizing them. i was a very friendly character all and all and never aggressive unless attacked. but whatever dead creature he found, he would eat it (goes well with grave domain cleric. nothing gets wasted.
I'm currently playing a lizardfolk druid in a campaign. I originally used the character in a previous campaign, but had to drop out around lvl 4, and coincidentally I joined the new campaign at lvl 4, so I found it interesting to continue his story. I tried to introduce a lot of lore into my character and his behaviour as a lizardfolk. Some examples: - his name is Korth, which is draconic for "Danger", because he's a druid - magic-users in lizardfolk society are rare and dangerous (hence "danger"), and to protect the tribe, they must first prove capable of controlling their powers - lizardfolks are adults at 14, and then set out on a Proving, where they need to survive alone outside the tribe, and bring back a trophy to prove their value as a mate - males tend to go hunt, females tend to stay and protect the tribe and hatchlings - the more food one could provide, the more females they could support, and thus get more hatchlings. Survival of the fittest. - they ritually eat their own dead, usually this meat is shared between the closest relatives, in the belief that eating their meat and organs and such gives some of their strength to the consumer, and they remain "part of the tribe" this way. - to let meat rot is a waste and a grave insult. To not consume a kill, is to say "you have no value, not even as food", "your meat is rotten". In a society where nothing goes to waste, this is as big an insult as it gets. - the dead must be processed, one way or another, to prevent the undead from spawning (also "your meat is rotten"). Undead are one of the greatest insults to nature and must be purged. - they don't know the value of money or what we'd usually consider "riches", as they are practically minded and barter rather than use currency. A lizardfolk might offer a precious diamond just as easily as a polished button, because they're both shiny, and softskins like shiny things - the division between softskins and scalykind. Lizardfolks have natural armor, and have respect for any creature with natural armor. Softskins, like humans, elves, dwarves, etc. have no such natural armor and are thus considered weak, unless they compensate it with actual armor. Ingame, a fighter with chainmail or plate armor will get respected as a warrior smart enough to compensate his natural weakness, while a rogue or bard with leather armor might be seen as weak. Sometimes they can be seen as "hatchlings" to be protected, as if their scales have not grown hard yet. So there is the perception of weakness of being unprotected, but could trigger a paternal response because of this. And a condescending/coddling behaviour, as these are just little children in a lizardfolk's eyes. - dragonborn gain a lot of respect, and even the lowly kobold has some, as being part of the draconic family. A regular kobold could get instantly recognised and respected for their draconic heritage, while a pompous elven noble in lavish clothes would be seen as weak and disrespected as such. - an entire story about Semuania, the lizardfolk god of survival, which I combined with the Sarrukh from D&D lore. The story is not the official D&D lore, but since lizardfolk don't have a written history, and since these events span a few tens of thousands of years, I adjusted it to have a creation story for the lizardfolk to tell. - Semuania is not worshipped, but revered. Semuania does not care about anyone, he does not care about the lizardfolk that worship him, but he is the pinnacle of survival, the ultimate lizardfolk that can chew through ancient dragons like they're a cracker. No lizardfolk expects anything from their god, but he is honored for his power. - the emergency rations are the friends you made along the way That's about all the lore I can remember right now. Hope it helps with anyone wanting to make a lizardfolk character with some extra depth.
I wish the party members of my lizardfolk could understand this... they keep complaining about wanting to bury the dead and thus provide the undead armies another member.
@@FaerieDragonZook my DM gave me something gruesome last session. Actually, it's pretty messed up and I don't want to get banned from YT, so lets just say: I didn't kill it, but waste not want not.
I got a lot of love for the lizardfolk and ranger just feels so right to me. You put it with the gloomstalker and I get this like image of like a ranger hunting in like the depths of a swamp with just skimming the surface like an alligator
I have a Gloomstalker Ranger Lizardfolk, and it's a lot of fun. Also is nice to multiclass a couple levels of Fighter to be able to double the ambush through Action Surge, and maybe three levels of Assassin Rogue...
Did you know that in Magic the gathering there's a subgroup of Lizard folk called Viashino whom are decedent from dragons, some of which posses more dragonic traits than lizard-like to the point of possessing breath weapons? For the Algorithm
FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!! Yes I am aware they were gonna be in guild masters guide to ravnica. Though they didn’t have the breath weapon. I thought they were cool but I guess they just weren’t cool enough, for everyone to keep them in.
I had the idea of a Lizardfolk Fighter, who was raised by Dwarves when they saved his egg from bandits. And his goal is to just explore cool areas, and fight strong opponents. And if asked 'Wait, if you were raised by Dwarves, how do you know Draconic?', 'The dragon gods taught me in my dreams'
Languages are funny in D&D. It could be you saw the writing and you can just read it or it seemed familiar to you. The real question is how dose a lizardfolk act when he is raised by dwarves, considering its lizard brain thought process.
Lizardfolk are such a slept on race and I can't articulate how much I desire to play one. I'm torn on what class, though. I either want to play a Predator like Lizardfolk Ranger (depending on the party I'll be a Gloom Stalker, a Beastmaster with a Giant Lizard, or a Drakewarden) that is more akin to an alligator/crocodile for amphibious warfare and ambush tactics (also camouflage) or a Barbarian who charges raging into combat and looks like a smaller Tyrannosaurus Rex or Allosaurus.
Personally I am partial to the ranger so I am super biased. Lore wise barbarians have a lot of emotions considering how alien the mind of a lizard folk is. I 💯 would go Ranger. Either of those 3 work. Lizardfolk gloomstalker emerging from the water for that ambush!
@@TheSinisterheroes That was pretty much my first thought! The mental image is so freaking cool, and Lizardfolk are a complete package between skills and survival traits, perfect for the Ranger! If I played anything other than the Ranger class it'd be due to party composition but I'll be quite adamant on staying the course in playing one regardless. After playing a Firbolg Moon Druid the past couple years someone else will have to take the reigns lol
I feel the same way, and I really enjoy the ranger. It was a surprise for me that I would love it so much especially considering my other favorite classes are the warlock and sorcerer
Today's character is inspired by chef Gaston Gourmand from the childrens cartoon wild krats this character's name is Grox Goremon a Lawful Evil Lizard folk Gloom stalker ranger who is a huge food fanatic chef who wants to try every single edible thing in existence especially meat and prefers to hunt and gather his own ingredients and nothing is off the table for ingredients especially humaniods he really enjoys the thrill of the hunt and really wants to try Dragon meat someday he can be a little bit eccentric at times especially with the spices he uses at times which can leave people feel uncomfortable and unsafe sometimes he really enjoys experimenting with he's recipes and one day wants to open he's own restaurant but that's a little bit difficult because not a whole lot of races are comfortable with cannibalism which he really can't understand why that's a problem he even keeps a recipe book of he's favorite experimented recipes and he made the book from paper, bones, fur and wood he made from various animals and trees wild krats was one of my favorite cartoons growing up so I have a lot of nostalgia about this character probably one of my favorite characters i have shared on this channel i hope you enjoyed it Sin
Since you like edgy... In my multiverse, there is a caste of artists, performers, artisans, and craftsmen in the lower planes that enjoy a degree of political immunity in the war, but often participate in intrigues and schemes. I had several missions that involved dealing with these beings. I think it can really spicev up your campaigns.
Indeed they do! Include such things as jealousy, unrequited desires, obsessive collecting habits, vice, addiction, caste prejudice. Basically, watch "dangerous liaisons" and "valmont". Then inject purest evil.
It varies based on plane of origin. Some are mortals. The party ran missions for a Craftsman who was half human one quarter daemon/yugoloth, and one quarter solar. He was commissioned by Malcanthet to craft a new weapon for her. It was a weapon called "the Velvet Scourge". Mission one was delivering a penis cut from a dead god of lust from malcanthet to the craftsman. The dead gods followers were trying to take it back.
No I did not. Odd coincidence I broke my arm when I was young and I remember putting the pencil into my cast which was on my left arm. So I think I was supposed to be left handed but breaking my arm so young forced me to be right handed
@Comedian Central was yours the reposting of the guys question? if it was i did and i responded to it but then i believe the guy took down the original post so my response must of been lost. if i remember it correctly the person in the statement had dark thoughts but had a reason to not be violent about achieving them. there seemed to be alot of hurt and hatred in the character, but in the end your judged on your actions and the average of those actions. so i believe that the character wasn't evil. i gave the reasoning that its ok to think that way but the character is not evil by D&D standards cus the character isnt outwardly looking to express pain suffering and death. with out the violent lack for compassion for the living your not evil by D&D standards.
Sorry to say That’s not true. What ever armor you wear does not interact with your natural armor. The way it works is if you put on medium armor and you have the plus 5 to dex then you only add the plus 2 to the armor as it is listed which your right about. When you have natural armor you add what ever ability score modifier to it as it is listed, Like the monk and barb both have an additional ability score modifier to add besides dex. So when you put on medium armor while having natural armor you end up with what ever the higher ac is. So in this case it would probably be the lizardfolk natural armor. Wearing the medium armor dose not restrict your bonus to natural armor. You get which ever is highest not a combination of the two. I hope that helps
Got introduced to these guys back in 3.5 and fell in love with them near instantly. When I write stories with them I've gone between base line hunter/gatherers to temple societies that may or may not be associated with Yuan-ti
I really love them. I like the unique relationship with yuan ti they have. Like there enemies kinda some times, they can both be working together under certain condition. If you see one you can almost guarantee you’ll see the other.
I enjoy them both a lot!
I once played a Lizardfolk bard. It was fun roleplaying with the irony of a purely survival focused being who nonethless knew how to play a lute as his main weapon.
Lizardfolk bard? Man that’s out there! Did he live in a city?
Nah, he was a wanderer. His backstory was that he was an outcast in his youth due to his greater intelligence and uncommon interests in the culture of the tribe's prisoners. After too much neglect and abuse by the tribe, he left the swamp and matured on the fringes of civilization, learning some shred of emotion but mostly keeping his reptilian instincts.
That’s interesting. I like how you forged the abuse as a, detriment to your own survival. I find lizardfolk particularly interesting in how they interact with their own. Using that negativity in a creative way to hinder your survival to push you away from the tribe dose two things. First it shows how different your character is from the tribe being able to interpret the abuse for what it is. The second thing is that it shows strength of self to go it alone and feel that is a better way for you to survive. Like a better land for you to grow.
I like it.
I usually see lizard folk differently, it’s always so cool for me to see them in the perspective of others.
i also loved playing Lizardfolk. i was a grave domain cleric, which was amazing fit for the race. As a cleric, i always had one hand free for spells, since i could use bite. his natural armor is great for starting gear (you can sell your backround armor for extra gold), or for bijamas. my favorite ability is by far making those simple weapons and shield. found an NPC and equip him. raise some undead (not me though), gear them up. and the flavor is amazing. dm allowed me to make from humanoids parts, since i was canibilizing them. i was a very friendly character all and all and never aggressive unless attacked. but whatever dead creature he found, he would eat it (goes well with grave domain cleric. nothing gets wasted.
I’m often finding people like lizard folk as clerics. Which I think is pretty out of the box for them, but it dose work really well
I'm currently playing a lizardfolk druid in a campaign. I originally used the character in a previous campaign, but had to drop out around lvl 4, and coincidentally I joined the new campaign at lvl 4, so I found it interesting to continue his story.
I tried to introduce a lot of lore into my character and his behaviour as a lizardfolk. Some examples:
- his name is Korth, which is draconic for "Danger", because he's a druid
- magic-users in lizardfolk society are rare and dangerous (hence "danger"), and to protect the tribe, they must first prove capable of controlling their powers
- lizardfolks are adults at 14, and then set out on a Proving, where they need to survive alone outside the tribe, and bring back a trophy to prove their value as a mate
- males tend to go hunt, females tend to stay and protect the tribe and hatchlings
- the more food one could provide, the more females they could support, and thus get more hatchlings. Survival of the fittest.
- they ritually eat their own dead, usually this meat is shared between the closest relatives, in the belief that eating their meat and organs and such gives some of their strength to the consumer, and they remain "part of the tribe" this way.
- to let meat rot is a waste and a grave insult. To not consume a kill, is to say "you have no value, not even as food", "your meat is rotten". In a society where nothing goes to waste, this is as big an insult as it gets.
- the dead must be processed, one way or another, to prevent the undead from spawning (also "your meat is rotten"). Undead are one of the greatest insults to nature and must be purged.
- they don't know the value of money or what we'd usually consider "riches", as they are practically minded and barter rather than use currency. A lizardfolk might offer a precious diamond just as easily as a polished button, because they're both shiny, and softskins like shiny things
- the division between softskins and scalykind. Lizardfolks have natural armor, and have respect for any creature with natural armor. Softskins, like humans, elves, dwarves, etc. have no such natural armor and are thus considered weak, unless they compensate it with actual armor. Ingame, a fighter with chainmail or plate armor will get respected as a warrior smart enough to compensate his natural weakness, while a rogue or bard with leather armor might be seen as weak. Sometimes they can be seen as "hatchlings" to be protected, as if their scales have not grown hard yet. So there is the perception of weakness of being unprotected, but could trigger a paternal response because of this. And a condescending/coddling behaviour, as these are just little children in a lizardfolk's eyes.
- dragonborn gain a lot of respect, and even the lowly kobold has some, as being part of the draconic family. A regular kobold could get instantly recognised and respected for their draconic heritage, while a pompous elven noble in lavish clothes would be seen as weak and disrespected as such.
- an entire story about Semuania, the lizardfolk god of survival, which I combined with the Sarrukh from D&D lore. The story is not the official D&D lore, but since lizardfolk don't have a written history, and since these events span a few tens of thousands of years, I adjusted it to have a creation story for the lizardfolk to tell.
- Semuania is not worshipped, but revered. Semuania does not care about anyone, he does not care about the lizardfolk that worship him, but he is the pinnacle of survival, the ultimate lizardfolk that can chew through ancient dragons like they're a cracker. No lizardfolk expects anything from their god, but he is honored for his power.
- the emergency rations are the friends you made along the way
That's about all the lore I can remember right now. Hope it helps with anyone wanting to make a lizardfolk character with some extra depth.
Love that lore man it’s amazing. Great job!!! Really spot on as well that lore all matches up with what I know.
I wish the party members of my lizardfolk could understand this... they keep complaining about wanting to bury the dead and thus provide the undead armies another member.
@@FaerieDragonZook my DM gave me something gruesome last session. Actually, it's pretty messed up and I don't want to get banned from YT, so lets just say: I didn't kill it, but waste not want not.
@@FaerieDragonZook right so wasteful
Lizardfolk are fun! I’ve played a lizardfolk fiend warlock in a halloween one shot last year.
That’s a wild pairing fiend warlock and lizardfolk
@PL-D2 that makes a whole lotta sense to me. very concise sticking to one interlocking idea. what species?
Their unarmed attack is a bite. So a lizardfolk monk using flurry of blows would just be munching on the enemy. That's awesome
yes and super early on its a bigger damage dice, and you can use dex for it.
I played a gloomstalker ranger lizardfolk as my first character and they actually worked really well as a combo.I would 100% recommend
I got a lot of love for the lizardfolk and ranger just feels so right to me. You put it with the gloomstalker and I get this like image of like a ranger hunting in like the depths of a swamp with just skimming the surface like an alligator
I have a Gloomstalker Ranger Lizardfolk, and it's a lot of fun. Also is nice to multiclass a couple levels of Fighter to be able to double the ambush through Action Surge, and maybe three levels of Assassin Rogue...
I played a lizardfolk wildfire druid that ate his troupe of circus performers when they died of frostbite
Mmmm circus ice cream!!!!!
A while back, I did a Lizardfolk Artificer. I kinda gave him the same personality as the Doc from Back to the Future. Really fun to play.
That’s awesome!!! Christopher lloyd is like my entire childhood
Did you know that in Magic the gathering there's a subgroup of Lizard folk called Viashino whom are decedent from dragons, some of which posses more dragonic traits than lizard-like to the point of possessing breath weapons?
For the Algorithm
FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!!
Yes I am aware they were gonna be in guild masters guide to ravnica. Though they didn’t have the breath weapon.
I thought they were cool but I guess they just weren’t cool enough, for everyone to keep them in.
I had the idea of a Lizardfolk Fighter, who was raised by Dwarves when they saved his egg from bandits. And his goal is to just explore cool areas, and fight strong opponents.
And if asked 'Wait, if you were raised by Dwarves, how do you know Draconic?', 'The dragon gods taught me in my dreams'
Languages are funny in D&D. It could be you saw the writing and you can just read it or it seemed familiar to you.
The real question is how dose a lizardfolk act when he is raised by dwarves, considering its lizard brain thought process.
Perhaps living by the Dwarven Clan's words of wisdom, 'There's always someone stronger' and 'Protect the defenceless from harm'
Lizardfolk are such a slept on race and I can't articulate how much I desire to play one. I'm torn on what class, though. I either want to play a Predator like Lizardfolk Ranger (depending on the party I'll be a Gloom Stalker, a Beastmaster with a Giant Lizard, or a Drakewarden) that is more akin to an alligator/crocodile for amphibious warfare and ambush tactics (also camouflage) or a Barbarian who charges raging into combat and looks like a smaller Tyrannosaurus Rex or Allosaurus.
Personally I am partial to the ranger so I am super biased. Lore wise barbarians have a lot of emotions considering how alien the mind of a lizard folk is. I 💯 would go Ranger. Either of those 3 work. Lizardfolk gloomstalker emerging from the water for that ambush!
@@TheSinisterheroes That was pretty much my first thought! The mental image is so freaking cool, and Lizardfolk are a complete package between skills and survival traits, perfect for the Ranger! If I played anything other than the Ranger class it'd be due to party composition but I'll be quite adamant on staying the course in playing one regardless. After playing a Firbolg Moon Druid the past couple years someone else will have to take the reigns lol
I feel the same way, and I really enjoy the ranger. It was a surprise for me that I would love it so much especially considering my other favorite classes are the warlock and sorcerer
Today's character is inspired by chef Gaston Gourmand from the childrens cartoon wild krats this character's name is Grox Goremon a Lawful Evil Lizard folk Gloom stalker ranger who is a huge food fanatic chef who wants to try every single edible thing in existence especially meat and prefers to hunt and gather his own ingredients and nothing is off the table for ingredients especially humaniods he really enjoys the thrill of the hunt and really wants to try Dragon meat someday he can be a little bit eccentric at times especially with the spices he uses at times which can leave people feel uncomfortable and unsafe sometimes he really enjoys experimenting with he's recipes and one day wants to open he's own restaurant but that's a little bit difficult because not a whole lot of races are comfortable with cannibalism which he really can't understand why that's a problem he even keeps a recipe book of he's favorite experimented recipes and he made the book from paper, bones, fur and wood he made from various animals and trees wild krats was one of my favorite cartoons growing up so I have a lot of nostalgia about this character probably one of my favorite characters i have shared on this channel i hope you enjoyed it Sin
I'm doing a lizardfolk battlemaster war cleric right now and I love it
That is sooo strong. It goes under the radar a lot but just that extra attack based on wisdom and cleric spells, are just incredible.
@TheSinisterheroes I'm thinking 6 lvls in fighter and also taking the war caster feet I'm going for the hardest thing to kill ac at lvl 5 is 19
Oh man that’s tough
Since you like edgy...
In my multiverse, there is a caste of artists, performers, artisans, and craftsmen in the lower planes that enjoy a degree of political immunity in the war, but often participate in intrigues and schemes. I had several missions that involved dealing with these beings. I think it can really spicev up your campaigns.
I do love edgy. Please tell me there some what insane and have machinations designed to ruin empires for their own sadistic joy!
Please tell me more!
Indeed they do!
Include such things as jealousy, unrequited desires, obsessive collecting habits, vice, addiction, caste prejudice.
Basically, watch "dangerous liaisons" and "valmont". Then inject purest evil.
What do they look like?
It varies based on plane of origin. Some are mortals. The party ran missions for a Craftsman who was half human one quarter daemon/yugoloth, and one quarter solar. He was commissioned by Malcanthet to craft a new weapon for her. It was a weapon called "the Velvet Scourge". Mission one was delivering a penis cut from a dead god of lust from malcanthet to the craftsman. The dead gods followers were trying to take it back.
Wow. I don’t know what to say. I mean poor dead god. And his poor followers. On a quest to retrieve the greatest sexual organ of there faith
Great video as always. Ty!
Thank you !!!!
I like your channel's name. Are you aware that 'sinister' derives from Latin, meaning 'on the left side' or 'left-handed'?
No I did not. Odd coincidence I broke my arm when I was young and I remember putting the pencil into my cast which was on my left arm. So I think I was supposed to be left handed but breaking my arm so young forced me to be right handed
@Comedian Central was yours the reposting of the guys question? if it was i did and i responded to it but then i believe the guy took down the original post so my response must of been lost. if i remember it correctly the person in the statement had dark thoughts but had a reason to not be violent about achieving them. there seemed to be alot of hurt and hatred in the character, but in the end your judged on your actions and the average of those actions. so i believe that the character wasn't evil. i gave the reasoning that its ok to think that way but the character is not evil by D&D standards cus the character isnt outwardly looking to express pain suffering and death. with out the violent lack for compassion for the living your not evil by D&D standards.
Put on an armor screws up your decks bonus so she have a plus five and throw on medium armor you only get the plus two so it doesn't always work
Sorry to say That’s not true. What ever armor you wear does not interact with your natural armor. The way it works is if you put on medium armor and you have the plus 5 to dex then you only add the plus 2 to the armor as it is listed which your right about.
When you have natural armor you add what ever ability score modifier to it as it is listed, Like the monk and barb both have an additional ability score modifier to add besides dex.
So when you put on medium armor while having natural armor you end up with what ever the higher ac is. So in this case it would probably be the lizardfolk natural armor.
Wearing the medium armor dose not restrict your bonus to natural armor. You get which ever is highest not a combination of the two.
I hope that helps