I'm glad they included an explanation as to *why* the city and it's layout shift (both manually and magically), cause when I initially heard about it shifting without reason, my first thought was "that seems like an oddly chaotic way for a layer to function in a lawful aligned plane."
An endless city, constantly under construction, stifling heat, touching metal will blister your skin, and the cops are corrupt? Dude, you just described Houston, Texas.
5e Virgin Lore: Asmodeus & Tiamut are the only True Deities in hell 2nd & 3rd edition Chad Lore: there's an entire street of newborn lesser dieties on the second level, Sekolah lives under the ice of Stygia, and the Elder Evil that created all Aboleths is just chilling in Minauros.
3:30 I feel it's worth pointing out that 2e, the path to Dis isn't just "near" Tiamat's lair. It's actually *inside* it. Literally a map of Tiamat's Lair from the book Fires of Dis shows that it has a large central room with a good number of chambers branching off if it: one for Tiamat, one for her hoard, one for each of her five mates. But also located at the back of the central room is the giant iron door that lets into Dis. It wasn't just some abishai in the way. You literally have to walk through Tiamat's living room, passing by her and each of her consorts' bedrooms, to get to Dis. And she's the only one who can open the door.
lmao more like my current job 😂... 😭 We've rearranged the damn store front completely 5 times in the past 3 months or so because corporate keeps changing their mind about what's standard...
Oh! So the city wasn’t always owned by Dispaiter. There is a Devil turned Demon (can’t recall the name) who used to rule that layer and was tricked out of ownership by Dispaiter. He then went on to become a Demon and has a layer of the Abyss. I can’t recall his name but it’s something I found a long time ago when looking up lore stuff for a campaign.
If you and your party ever find yourself in Dis, be sure to pick up a couple of big sacks of Dis Nuts. They are the saltiest in the outer planes and considered a delicacy in most places. Not to mention that succubi absolutely love to scarf them down; you never know when Dis Nuts could get you out of a sticky situation!
day 5 of whishing for a video about psionics: how it works exactly? how it differs from magic?Does it affects the Weave whatsoever? and many more questions and enlightment I so seek about a forgotten and apparently filled with many mixed information in the lore that only may almighty MrRhexx elucidate.
There is also a pre-written called Chains of Asmodeus that was release relatively recently on DMs Guild that’s all about going through the layers of hell.
Just wanna say I’ve been watching for like 10 years now and you’re by far my favorite RUclipsr. I’ve seen you grow and change content and I’ve been here for it all. I backed your kickstarter for the module and bought almost all of your books. Fantastic! You’re fantastic. Thanks for making some excellent content and for caring about your community!
Fun fact, those repentant souls have a chance to be reborn as a tiefling-like creature known as a hellbred. They're a PC race appearing in 3.5e's Fiendish Codex: Tyrants of the Nine Hells.
Hmm, this Iron Tower reminds me a lot of Franz Kafka's "Das Schloss". A tower that is always in sight, just ahead, but never seems to get closer. Very Kafkaesque.
Am i crazy or have you not done a "what they don't tell you" vid on goblins? I get they're pretty well covered but you do the best lore/culture breakdowns on the Tube imo and i'd like to see your take on them, as i'm currently playing a Barbarian/Druid wildman who speaks goblin and want to know how to properly interact with them
I vaguely remember an opposite description - with the entrance to the layer being a giant spiral staircase that coiled around Dispater's tower and down onto the streets, while the tower itself had no doors or windows.
This is partly why he's going to be the effective final boss of my campaign, so few monsters are as blatantly invulnerable in their lair yet "accessible." Party's job isn't to kill an archdevil, it's to escape with an archangel. They _might_ kill Titivilus as he makes a last-ditch attempt to stop the party from actually succeeding and get even more credit with Dispater, but once the correct room is found the boss man is going to fully take advantage of his admin powers and walk straight to it and turn the fight into an escape mission by no-selling every attack thrown at him. Also, like many objectives in the campaign, the party handling things poorly is likely to actually make powerful evil entities more capable of moving against the bolstered forces of good in the epilogue. In this case, without a liar in his ear, there's a fair chance that the good party will accidentally convince Dispater of the truth that Titivilus was the one that so recklessly brought the party into the prison in the first place just for some political maneuvering, enlightening him to the downsides of delegation and making him become more active in politics in following centuries.
Hi great video and can't wait to read and hopefully run Sands of Doom. No matter how long it takes, just can't wait. Keep up the amazing work, been watching your vids for a while now
Wanna just say I bought monster classes… uh… the one with the dragon in it. I’m gonna give it a try in a game I’m playing when the party does some spell jamming. (A Pirate effectively born and raised doesn’t belong in space, at least if you ask him.) so I look forward to giving it a shot!
So dis is the 2nd layer, yup dis is pretty important it seems. Yes dis is a long drawn out joke, but i don't care because i like it. Anyway dis is probably the most interesting and funny named layer
I just finished Descent into Advernus with my group last night, Zariel broke her sword and my one friend had a wish spell and reforged the sword but since Asmodaus checks every wish spell, I sent him to Nessus to make a deal to take over in her place. Absolute epic ending
I was thinking you missed one of my favorite parts of Dispater/Dis, but I realized that's not current D&D lore, since we're Forgotten Realms based. Though, Dispater has the Chalice of Heironious, which is known to few to be the deva daughter of Heironious, a Greyhawk god.
If you make a handout for being able to play as an ooze and a beast, I will buy that right up. As for beast, I don't think that would be too hard, necessarily, just have them walk the path of either becoming a beast lord or maybe even walking the path of awakening (i.e. have been affected by the awakening spell).
Thanks so very much once more MrRhexx! Excellent vid! I have a query I'm hoping you might find time to address, possibly it's even significant enough to warrant a video? I understand that there is (still) great confusion on where the EVIL Gods live with 5E. I don't know ANYONE (with perhaps the exception of Ed Greenwood of course) on YT, with as much knowledge of the Forgotten Realms (or D&D for that matter), as you retain. Might it be possible for you to provide your understanding, of where the Evil Gods kick their boots off and relax? I know some of the lesser deities inhabit The Nine Hells and I think there's also a few in The Abyss but the Big boys and girls (i.e. Bane, Bhaal, Mask, Cyric, etc) I honestly have no clue anymore. Any assistance you may find time to provide, would be heartily appreciated by me and perhaps by a few other fans here as well? :)
I love your videos. seen everyone, hit like on everyone. occasionally go through and make sure I didn't miss a like. I would love to see you work with/at larian studios!
Hey will you ever do pathfinder content? Like explorer lore of the pathfinder world? Maybe on specific creatures. I myself watch this content so I can implement stuff into my Pathfinder world. I'm sure the other way around would be cool for DnD players
Check out my PDF Store here! mrrhexx.store/ Hope you guys enjoyed the video :D
Hey, how have you been? Hopefully, everything is alright at home. Thank you for all the wonderful stories and in-depth lore about the forgotten realms
Sir, please when you get to the 7th level of hell, please add some details on lilith. I'd really like to know her history.
a series on every criminal organization in d&d would do great for your channel
Moar. 🤤
I buy pdf if u gib moar!
5:33 blood for the blood god skulls for the skullthrone in the glory of corne
Did you know that the city of Dis, is actually famous for it's fruits, many evil entities love the taste of Dis Pear
Dis is a good joke
Dis the city is famiously known for its agriculture and produce. One of the local favorites is Dis Nutz
Devil fruits eh?
And if you want to get a lower price, you're going to want to find a dis-count.
just make sure to not eat their local grown nuts, not fit for human consumption
I'm glad they included an explanation as to *why* the city and it's layout shift (both manually and magically), cause when I initially heard about it shifting without reason, my first thought was "that seems like an oddly chaotic way for a layer to function in a lawful aligned plane."
Can’t wait to hear dis.
Executor!
hear dis nutz
An endless city, constantly under construction, stifling heat, touching metal will blister your skin, and the cops are corrupt? Dude, you just described Houston, Texas.
Is it also inhabited by devils per chance?
@@PhantomGato-v- High Latino population so yes
Texas is Satan's armpit
😂
New City, Who Dis
Dis nutz!
Now DIS is what I've been waiting for
Now Dis is where the fun begins!
5e Virgin Lore: Asmodeus & Tiamut are the only True Deities in hell
2nd & 3rd edition Chad Lore: there's an entire street of newborn lesser dieties on the second level, Sekolah lives under the ice of Stygia, and the Elder Evil that created all Aboleths is just chilling in Minauros.
Basically mean the same thing, if not way worse
We built dis city
On rock and roll!
Well played
We built dis city 👍👌😎 incredible Taste
On burnt charcoaaal
We built Dis city on Vrocks and Gnolls?
Showing a pokeball when he said slaves cracked me up.
3:30 I feel it's worth pointing out that 2e, the path to Dis isn't just "near" Tiamat's lair. It's actually *inside* it. Literally a map of Tiamat's Lair from the book Fires of Dis shows that it has a large central room with a good number of chambers branching off if it: one for Tiamat, one for her hoard, one for each of her five mates. But also located at the back of the central room is the giant iron door that lets into Dis.
It wasn't just some abishai in the way. You literally have to walk through Tiamat's living room, passing by her and each of her consorts' bedrooms, to get to Dis. And she's the only one who can open the door.
new achievment unlocked, make a dis nuts joke to dispater
I feel like its definitely been done lmfao. I wish i could see his reaction.
Imagine being punished by being forced to deliver the mail in the City of Dis.
still safer than New Vegas
mail delivering devil: what is Dis?
The other Devil: Dis Nuts!
Sounds like a real dis-aster
It's where evil pizza delivery drivers go when they die.
After this series, I'd love to see a series on the elder evils & star spawn. 👽
I think you meant to say : "After dis series" :)
@@cubescihist6737 touché, salesman
You have no idea how beneficial your videos have been to my dnd campaigns. Both as a player and a DM.
As its pronounced in full MrRhexx accent
Dis is what they don't tell you about the city of Dis.
The place is the spitting image of my last job.
What were you, a delivery driver in Baltimore?
Which mill did you work at?
lmao more like my current job 😂... 😭
We've rearranged the damn store front completely 5 times in the past 3 months or so because corporate keeps changing their mind about what's standard...
Did it leave a Dis-taste in your mouth?
Oh! So the city wasn’t always owned by Dispaiter. There is a Devil turned Demon (can’t recall the name) who used to rule that layer and was tricked out of ownership by Dispaiter. He then went on to become a Demon and has a layer of the Abyss. I can’t recall his name but it’s something I found a long time ago when looking up lore stuff for a campaign.
A city forever in construction? Sounds like most cities, lol.
Accurate representation of hell.
Welcome to Chicago
Every time you said Dis in the video, i follow up with Dis nuts in my mind, it had to be done XD
"Me:Have you ever heard of the City of Dis?
Wendy's employeer: -City of Dis? What City of Dis?
Me:City of Dis Nuts" *bad joke drumm ensue*
Bad d(r)um shhhhhh
If you and your party ever find yourself in Dis, be sure to pick up a couple of big sacks of Dis Nuts. They are the saltiest in the outer planes and considered a delicacy in most places. Not to mention that succubi absolutely love to scarf them down; you never know when Dis Nuts could get you out of a sticky situation!
day 5 of whishing for a video about psionics: how it works exactly? how it differs from magic?Does it affects the Weave whatsoever? and many more questions and enlightment I so seek about a forgotten and apparently filled with many mixed information in the lore that only may almighty MrRhexx elucidate.
hell yeah new lore dropped baby
Yup dis is a lore drop
You used the Wizards With Guns music! I thought I was going crazy for a moment.
There is also a pre-written called Chains of Asmodeus that was release relatively recently on DMs Guild that’s all about going through the layers of hell.
do you intend to talk about hellbred in this miniseries? Their concept is simultaneously intriguing and tragic
Just wanna say I’ve been watching for like 10 years now and you’re by far my favorite RUclipsr. I’ve seen you grow and change content and I’ve been here for it all. I backed your kickstarter for the module and bought almost all of your books. Fantastic! You’re fantastic. Thanks for making some excellent content and for caring about your community!
Dude, where you've been?
He dis appeared
He took a break from RUclips when all the OGL shit with WOTC was going on because he didn't know if he was gonna be able to keep doing this.
He went to the 9 hells so he could research for these videos. Very brave of him.
Fun fact, those repentant souls have a chance to be reborn as a tiefling-like creature known as a hellbred. They're a PC race appearing in 3.5e's Fiendish Codex: Tyrants of the Nine Hells.
The level of lore, imagery and editing in these videos is astonishing. There's nothing like this in RUclips.
Hmm, this Iron Tower reminds me a lot of Franz Kafka's "Das Schloss". A tower that is always in sight, just ahead, but never seems to get closer. Very Kafkaesque.
FINALLY. I was waiting for this vid. Made my evening
Don't ya mean "I was waiting for DIS vid"?
1:42 ROCK AND STONE BROTHERS, ROCK AND STONE
I love the art from the Magic Card 'Act of Treason' here, great art throughout!
Dis's concept always sounded like it belonged in a Chaotic realm, but still a cool setting
13:18 I have played waaaay too much MTG, that's Diabolic Tutor.
So Rhexx have you ever done a lore video of your favorite monster???
I can already tell, Dis will be a good one. On a serious note, your content makes my day and satisfies my obsession with in deep lore
When you finish up the nine hells would love a hobgoblin video!! Or a neverwinter video!!
ive been follwoing since 2020 and watched far older videos and man, the diting has come a long way, it looks really nice now, keep improving homie
Ay I recognize that picture in 20:52. That’s the Belakor art from the mtg precon
Hey guys. Haven't been here for a hot minute. Have we done a 'what they don't tell you about Cyclopses' yet?.
loving the series
Anxiously waiting for the next layers! Awesome work!
YESSSSS I am going to love this series
The tower functions like the Eiffel Tower in any movie set in France.
Havent watched it yet but wanna chime in.
Lotta room for lore in this sorta extra planar themed video series. Gonna be great
Am i crazy or have you not done a "what they don't tell you" vid on goblins? I get they're pretty well covered but you do the best lore/culture breakdowns on the Tube imo and i'd like to see your take on them, as i'm currently playing a Barbarian/Druid wildman who speaks goblin and want to know how to properly interact with them
I vaguely remember an opposite description - with the entrance to the layer being a giant spiral staircase that coiled around Dispater's tower and down onto the streets, while the tower itself had no doors or windows.
so excited for Minauros as i plan on featuring it into my homebrew game
11:15 the devil that sold that adventurer that shield got a good laugh
These are great for people who want to play fiend warlocks.
Ive been waiting for Dis for quite some time
woo, - ive actually taken to to rewatching your videos while i do chores and stuff, so glad to see more.
Dispater in his Iron Tower in Dis was basically a god. Such huge bonuses lol
This is partly why he's going to be the effective final boss of my campaign, so few monsters are as blatantly invulnerable in their lair yet "accessible." Party's job isn't to kill an archdevil, it's to escape with an archangel. They _might_ kill Titivilus as he makes a last-ditch attempt to stop the party from actually succeeding and get even more credit with Dispater, but once the correct room is found the boss man is going to fully take advantage of his admin powers and walk straight to it and turn the fight into an escape mission by no-selling every attack thrown at him.
Also, like many objectives in the campaign, the party handling things poorly is likely to actually make powerful evil entities more capable of moving against the bolstered forces of good in the epilogue. In this case, without a liar in his ear, there's a fair chance that the good party will accidentally convince Dispater of the truth that Titivilus was the one that so recklessly brought the party into the prison in the first place just for some political maneuvering, enlightening him to the downsides of delegation and making him become more active in politics in following centuries.
Hi great video and can't wait to read and hopefully run Sands of Doom. No matter how long it takes, just can't wait. Keep up the amazing work, been watching your vids for a while now
The legend has returned
Wanna just say I bought monster classes… uh… the one with the dragon in it. I’m gonna give it a try in a game I’m playing when the party does some spell jamming. (A Pirate effectively born and raised doesn’t belong in space, at least if you ask him.) so I look forward to giving it a shot!
Miss your content sir
DO A VIDEO ON GNOMES THE MOST UNDERRATED DND RACE
Love the lore videos, keep up the amazing work, they're always so detailed!
There's a portal leading to Stygia in Icewind Dale in my campaign I'm running, quick, get to the Stygia part before they get there.
Godstreet was a cool bit of lore! Thanks!
So dis is the 2nd layer, yup dis is pretty important it seems. Yes dis is a long drawn out joke, but i don't care because i like it.
Anyway dis is probably the most interesting and funny named layer
Fun fact: Dis is actually an alternate Roman name for Hades! That is, like Greek mythology, both the name of the dude and the layer of hell
@@PhantomGato-v- cool
Thanks for the fast new upload
DID I HEAR A ROCK AND STONE?
I just finished Descent into Advernus with my group last night, Zariel broke her sword and my one friend had a wish spell and reforged the sword but since Asmodaus checks every wish spell, I sent him to Nessus to make a deal to take over in her place. Absolute epic ending
When I ran dispater, the lord of dis at one of my sessions I gave him the ability to cast vicious mockery. No reason apart from „the lord of dis”
"we built dis city on blood and gore"
Damn Rhexx that Signalis reference in the video was wild. I hope you liked the game!
Is anyone else here after the Vox Machina Season 3 premiere?
I was thinking you missed one of my favorite parts of Dispater/Dis, but I realized that's not current D&D lore, since we're Forgotten Realms based. Though, Dispater has the Chalice of Heironious, which is known to few to be the deva daughter of Heironious, a Greyhawk god.
Thank you for the video.
Rock and stone!
If you make a handout for being able to play as an ooze and a beast, I will buy that right up.
As for beast, I don't think that would be too hard, necessarily, just have them walk the path of either becoming a beast lord or maybe even walking the path of awakening (i.e. have been affected by the awakening spell).
Nice! Our journey continues!
I would love to see an episode on Pegasus and nigtmares
Who else is here because of Vox Machina Season 3?
Lore time has come
Great job as usual!
The Tower seems a lot like a fps skybox (like the sky image on custom maps in Half-life/CSS games).
10:43 That is one way to say it.
Amazing content like always.
When I see art of the city of Dis I can’t help but think of something like the Hell of Hazbin Hotel xD
Keep up the great work!
yay more hell!
The most dangerous thing that wasnt mentioned in the monster Manuel In the City is Dis Nuts!!
Thanks so very much once more MrRhexx! Excellent vid!
I have a query I'm hoping you might find time to address, possibly it's even significant enough to warrant a video?
I understand that there is (still) great confusion on where the EVIL Gods live with 5E.
I don't know ANYONE (with perhaps the exception of Ed Greenwood of course) on YT, with as much knowledge of the Forgotten Realms (or D&D for that matter), as you retain.
Might it be possible for you to provide your understanding, of where the Evil Gods kick their boots off and relax?
I know some of the lesser deities inhabit The Nine Hells and I think there's also a few in The Abyss but the Big boys and girls (i.e. Bane, Bhaal, Mask, Cyric, etc) I honestly have no clue anymore. Any assistance you may find time to provide, would be heartily appreciated by me and perhaps by a few other fans here as well? :)
I was just re-watching some vids and then bamn! This!! ❤
Dispater's paranoia extends to others, as proven by the Discord message blips that I kept getting fooled by while watching.
1:43 Did I hear a Rock and Stone?!
Do you get a cellphone reception?
As your party warlock if he's heard of Dis. Dis nuts.
Dis nutz
I looked for it. Why was this not in here?
I love your videos. seen everyone, hit like on everyone. occasionally go through and make sure I didn't miss a like. I would love to see you work with/at larian studios!
I think you should talk more about Dis nuts
the way to get in sounds like people doing the room randomizer stuff in pokemon games
I like to run Titivalus as also paranoid that Dispater is really manipulating _him_
How do devils on the second level make money? A little of dis and a little of dat! XD
Hey will you ever do pathfinder content? Like explorer lore of the pathfinder world? Maybe on specific creatures.
I myself watch this content so I can implement stuff into my Pathfinder world. I'm sure the other way around would be cool for DnD players