And as the bartender looks at it in horrified disgust the Tabaxi tries to sell the thing to them. While his friend snips the coin purse off the now distracted bartender's belt. As is the way of the Tabaxi.
"Okay we need a villain race, what do they do?" "Slavery?" "Good! Now what do these ones do?" "Slavery, but with 10% more magic" "GENUIS! now, what do we for the Tabaxi?" "They have a god called The Cat Lord. ... "That's it.'' "holy shit dude, HE'S A PRODIGY OR CREATIVITY!"
@@devforfun5618 Actually, his name is Y-H-W-H. The dashes are there to indicate that he's too much of a snob to tell people what the vowels are, because that's totally a positive quality you should look for when you're picking a deity.
“No cat has ever cared about safety.” My Cat: “I love you, but I swear if you move to quick I will scratch out your eyes and run to China, so help me god.”
“You’re playing a cat.” Honestly that’s gotta be one of the best ways to describe the beast like races. Lizardfolk, you’re playing a lizard, Yuan-ti you’re playing a snake, Kenku you’re playing a raven, Aacroka you’re playing a bird.
Ehhhhhhh, I don't know. I think the beast races' adherence to their animal inspiration varies. For instance, Gnolls are (usually) stupid murderers whose only social structure is "big man on top", but real life hyenas are A) matriarchal, B) Have an incredibly nuanced social structure complete with their own fucking NAMES (I mean, they're just like yips and barks, but each hyena has a unique combination that they and their pack use to refer to that specific Hyena. How cool is that?), C) Are intelligent enough to have a means of communication that borders on an actual (if very simple) language, and D) Are only aggressive sometimes because, you know, they need to eat. Kenku's intelligence is mostly just mimicry, but Ravens (and corvids in general) are actually VERY intelligent and creative. Though they can also mimic things. Yuan-Ti are WAAAAY more active than snakes. Depending on the lizard in question, a Lizardfolk might be LESS emotional than a real-life lizard. I've seen people play with big monitor lizards like dogs. They fucking play fetch with their 6ft lizard. But yes, Tabaxi are pretty much just cats. Except they don't try to murder you on a whim because you brushed your hand against them.
My favorite moment while playing a tabaxi: The party is sitting around a campfire and swapping stories. I say in my deep, purring voice: "I will now sing you the song of my people... MRRAAAOOOOWAAWOOO ARRRWWAAAA!"
I had to reread this, because the first time I read ass beard I thought it was some kind of horrible Dwarven mutation. Oh the horrors of trying to wipe properly with an ass beard...
Last video he uploaded he didn't have it and the previous video came out 2 days ago when I write this so if we assume he changed it after uploading that video maybe 2 days old or more recently.
Strictly speaking, Tabaxi are jaguar or leopard folk. And the Cat Lord is mentioned relatively often in Planescape material and other old books. But, who ever bothers with all of that anymore. Kitty people #1 (out of like a dozen)!
"Don't mean Gypsy in the offensive Romani sense" "Literally well known thieves and swindlers" So in other words... most definitely in the offensive Romani sense.
I just finished up a mini campaign with my tabaxi scout rogue. They have a hermit background and are known to work as a contractor for candlekeep (it’s a mutually beneficial arrangement) and go out and research flora, fauna, and ancient ruins/caverns (they know dwarven and undercommon from all their research). This arrangement is beneficial to them because they grew up in a caravan family with many children. As my tabaxi is a bit quieter and more reclusive, far more of an introverted personality, they often took off for their own “mini adventures” as a kid and self taught themselves the basics of being a scout. They did gain a mentor who is their sponsor for candlekeep and was given bracers of archery and a bag of holding from them to take on their journeys as an adult. When my character became an adult they left their caravan family behind, promising to send letters and journals filled with notes and drawings from their adventures back to keep their family informed, reassured, and amused by their antics. This is how their story starts. I gave my character a deep curiosity of the natural world and the past and they like to collect things. They don’t really steal, not really at least, though they obviously pick up stuff during a dungeon crawl. Most times they sell back the historical and magical items they don’t keep for themselves to candlekeep. Though valuables aren’t all they collect. My tabaxi is somewhat practical and also has a slight obsession with being over prepared. Their bag of holding is filled with tons of mundane items from shovels to spyglasses to pretty leaves. They will of course trade easily and if you gift them an item of practical value they will give you something in return (I did this with a silvered +1 returning dagger and gave the player a healing potion, my character can make them, and a poleof collapsing). They just keep tons of stuff on themselves at all times, even extra signal whistles and tents, and cold weather clothes. Heck, they have a costume even and soap (who buys soap? Or keeps empty vials for that matter? Or a whetstone?). My party members and the dm loved how my character turned out as he was everything practical but everything comedic too, especially when I would have him say “Wait, I think I got something for this” and dig so far into his bag of holding you could only see his lower body and swishing tail and occasionally a random item would be thrown out as he digs. It all came in handy eventually though he definitely lost some items along the way, mostly his ball bearings and some unlit candles he was using to mark the path. He plans to pick up some incense sometime soon as, now in the epilogue he is going to travel with the wizard to candlekeep (they realized they were headed the same direction). It’s been fun to play this character. Had no magic but it was amazing and powerful nevertheless and he served his party well with his many abilities. I really enjoyed playing him and hope to bring him back from retirement sometime. Oh and I should probably mention this. Part of why my dm loved this character is that he loved how creatively my character would use mundane items. He said they are under used and he hadn’t thought to use them the ways I would or would have my character use them and he would talk to his main dnd group (we were playtesting a dungeon in preparation for the main group) about some of the antics I got up to so they too might consider spending their excessive coin on such things and have fun with it. I genuinely was just doing this to test myself on how much trouble I could get into and how much I could break with as little magic as I could gat away with.
I'm currently playing a Tabaxi Beastmaster Ranger. He has no fur. Yes, he is Bingus. And his animal companion is Big Floppa. Bingus actually does still have eyebrows, but he never emotes, and he has the voice of a Khajiit that's been chainsmoking since birth.
Oh my fuckin God Just because someone plays as a animal like race dosen't mean they're a Furry There are more reasons why someone would play as a Lizardfolk, a Minotaur, a Dragonborn, an Aracockra or Kenku, or any other race based on an animal They could like the asthetic They could want to feel like something that's not human or Elven or anything like that They could like the lore around the race Playing an animal race in D&D doesn't and shouldn't automatically make people assume your a fuckin Furry
I chose Tabaxi because I can relate to them. He’s easily distracted and lazy. My character is enchanted by shiny objects even if they aren’t worth anything, they just need to be shiny. He’s also a charlatan who likes to convince people that the random junk he’s selling is actually worth something. He has gold but doesn’t really know it’s true value, to him they are just shiny pieces.
@@bubalackgaming8892 My first char was a tabaxi, but I didn't play it as a cat, he was a more serious character (given, the whole campaign was serious and there weren't any idiot chars)
-You're sleeping peacefully -You're woken up by a rustling sound somewhere in your room. -"It's nothing", you think, going back to sleep. -Just before you close your eyes, you see a sillouette of a man standing over your bed. -Then you hear the words you'll never forget: Easy Roller Dice -The sound of those words still send shivers down your spine to this day.
Cat Lord had a stat block in ADND. Monster Manual 2 maybe? There wasn't much lore, but he appeared as just a fancy man who summoned and controlled cats at will. I was always so curious about where he came from!
I just started a campaign and one of my players is a tabaxi, so this does help me understand a bit more about tabaxi, even though they really just act like cats. Go figure
Tabaxi: the only people who play them are people who want a character that can climb on walls, and furries (who will most likely say they are the other type)
It’s funny that I’d never play a character like that for fear for the assumption lol there’s kind of a race like that in WoW and I’ll refuse to ever pick it for that reason lol xD
@@Raumes513 Indeed, and tabaxi are probably one of the best races if you want to play a rouge, monk, or maybe even bard, here is what they get: +2 dex, +1 cha, darkvision, the ability to double your speed once per turn but if you use it you have to move 0 feet before you can use it again, climbing speed of 20 feet, claws that deal 1d4 unarmed damage, auto proficiency with perception and stealth, and finally the ability to speak common and one other language of your choice.
Naw, I play one right now because I really connect with the love of stories for RP purposes. Also, I find animal heads far easier to draw than humanoid ones if I want to make character art. Same reason I played a minotaur in a previous game.
The Cat Lord also appeared in Planescape (Monstrous Compendium I), where she (actually a cat lady) was one of the animal lords of the Beastlands. She was a "quasigod", who could shift between human and panther forms, and she was busy helping the cats and other felines throughout the multiverse. Also, an animal lord may die, and then another spirit takes its place. So we may have different Cat Lords throughout D&D editions.
They'll be fascinated by dust, until they sneeze with a *_"Kahjeet!"_* and accidentally knocks down the final wall of their rectangular house right as it was about to get put in place.
I have a tabaxi named Kuro and he’s one of my favorites His fixation is people, meaning humanoid races and cultures. He’ll jump from one to another depending on where he is, and it makes him so fun to play. He’s a monk/moon druid and he fights using his claws and martial arts, and also uses wild shape to become like a bear and shit. By far one of my favorites
What would M'aiq say if he was in Dungeons and Dragons? "Feats? No, M'aiq only has his paws for travel. Feets are optional." "Spellcasters used to be so serious, so prepared. Now, they are all more spontaneous." "Some people will call themselves 'Pathfinders', but they are always following behind." "So many different classes in these lands, and yet none with any prestige." "People claim such strange ancestry. M'aiq only knows his father named M'aiq." "When a friend dies, it is tragic, but I have found a new one is met shortly after. When they move, that is difficult." "Have you ever battled a Gazebo? I doubt it. Few live to speak of such conflicts." "Sanity is overrated. Honor is invaluable. M'aiq does not keep track of either." "People in this land will lie when first they meet a stranger. M'aiq enjoys this custom." "Can you persuade me? M'aiq has his doubts, though when you put it like that..." "Sweet Rolls are valuable. You would be at an advantage to have two rolls." "M'aiq is more than proficient in all his fields of expertise." "Skill does not come with rank. You may find that skill is pushed to the background." "Firearms? Arms made out of fire? M'aiq does not believe these stories." "M'aiq is transient, yes, but peaceful. M'aiq brings wisdom, not mayhem." "M'aiq does not know all the rules of this land. This is for the lawyers to know." "M'aiq would rather be a servant in a shack than the master in a dungeon." "Munchkins sound cute and friendly. Do not be fooled by this." "If a road has many branches or if it is straight as a rail, it does not matter. It will lead to warm sands." "M'aiq heard a gatekeeper was executed. He has met many charming people since." "M'aiq is in need of a long rest. It would be a shame if M'aiq's rest was interrupted."
Guys for those panicking, Hyenas are not Felines. You're not dumb. They are Hyenadae, which is a suborder of feliformia. Felines are another distinct order of feliformia.
I'm playing a thief rogue-bard right now. It's nice to have tons of points in dexerty and charisma and have magic that benefits by your charisma. I recommend it a lot!
Feliformia (also Feloidea) is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia (also Canoidea, "dog-like" carnivorans).
Runesmith... I’ve been commenting this stuff for all of your past videos, but basically: Every time you upload it scarily relates to something I need. This has gone on for like your past idk 20 videos or so. And this video broke the streak because there’s nothing I need D&D related that requires Tabaxis. By the way, completely unrelated but you’re probably my favorite D&D creator, like legit your content is sick and I can binge your stuff without getting bored. Like gg man, your stuff is great 👍
On Amazon you can get plastic sets for about $20 if I remember correctly. Stone and metal sets are going to be a lot more expensive though (I lucked out with an amethyst set for about $50), but you could get some very beautiful sets if you're lucky.
the khajiit are based on the tabaxi not the other way around. TSR first published the tabaxi in the fiend folio back in 1981. the elder scrolls arena (the first game in the series) came out in 1994
“If you’ve got a fascinating tale, you can turn it into literal wealth by talking to a Tabaxi”. Scott Cawthon: Oh darn, the global economy’s destabilized again.
I've got a Tabaxi Bard in my character backlog that I'd like to play. I want him obsessed with filling out his own life's story with adventures to outshine all others. He'll occasionally excuse himself to go cough up a hairball, which he considers to be a most distasteful act to do in front of others. I'll have him go College of Glamour and seek to emulate the majesty of the displacer beast, his favorite magical creature.
I played an awakened cat once. Some of the highlights include jumping into and then scattering the wizards paperwork to a loan for which he was applying, jumping from rope to rope on a bridge, then falling off and cartwheeling through the air to the river below, sleeping in places inconvenient for others, and of course, extorting a man for money by knocking things off his high shelves.
Hold up. . .hyenas are feline? they most definitely are not. I'm a game ranger with a Bachelor's in Nature conservation. Hyenas are of the family Hyaenidae, which technically neither feline or canine, however its is much closer to the canine family. This is due to tooth structure and toe formation, as well as pack dynamics. Teeth is closer to dogs than cats, they don't have retractable claws and there bone structure is closer to dogs than cats, and in hyenas the leader of the pack is female, which is the same as dogs, while cats have males as the leader. Man whoever told you they are feline is just plain wrong.
Man you are such an amazing content creator you are by far my favorite in the DnD community and probably my favorite you tuber in general you should have at least a million subs with the amount of quality content you make.You’re the best man
I'm a tabaxi warlock in my current game named "Sails for Tails", and I have a lot of fun when I get the opportunity to RP as him. Frankly, I'll likely keep him around to use in a bunch of games and one shots over the years to come. He's my shot at a non-evil warlock who serves a Marid noble lady in exchange for forgotten stories of the sea that only the water itself knows. He honestly doesn't care about how the party's loot is split, he just wants to collect stories and participate in adventures that are worthy of stories themselves to bring back to his home village.
I made a tabaxi bard who was a saber tooth tiger (I know their leopards but come on it’s fantasy) who has to become the college of blades after he got kicked out of a formal bard college since his large fangs disabled him from playing the flute, so he took it to string instruments, namely a guitar with two obsidian axe heads he sharpens with his fangs on the sides
It sounds like if you want to play a Tabaxi properly, multiclassing should be something that happens often, along with random magic items going missing in exchange for a dead mouse so the tabaxi can use it buy food
So in my first actual DnD game I played (fizzled out) I ended up settling on an Inquisitive Tabaxi Rouge. However, because I didn't know what I was doing I pretty much played it very stupidly, and the catman ended up having an irrational fear of doors, believing it could be a mimic (don't mention the fact he's never faced a mimic). This led to him shooting a trapped door and being blinded for a few minutes, and the first thing that came to my head was "The world is dark now." Wanna reuse the character cause they were just a bunch of fun.
My First Character was a Tabaxi. Pirate Captain Jasper. Swashbuckling Lion Wizard. He traveled the world looking for items and stories to bring home. To remember his home, he carried a yarn ball made of threaded cat hairs provided by his family. It is called his Uushi, and has the distinctive smell of cat. After leaving home, he was taken in by a wizard as a 2nd apprentice. Alas the wizard would infect their minds with the whisperings of demons while they slept, thus enables him to access his spells through memory. (Op i know.) He loved his adventures so much, he sought out to become a lich, and have adventures forever 💚🖤
My Catfolk artificer in D&D: We're called "Tabaxi" My Catfolk rouge in Skyrim: No, we're called "Khajit" Mae in my NitW playthrough: Will the both of you shut up? We're just cats. end of story.
When I make a story line with an Collusem story that's based on actual gladiators that were basically athletes Tabaxi, minotaur, and some other races are the most prevalent athletes. I usually make my Tabaxi type Tiger or panther. Two of the deadliest cats they also don't mind water and the Collusem will have Navel nights like the actual Collusem and that way they can particularly without being afraid of the watet
You're not out of touch, mate. I've spent literal months roleplaying as Undertale Multiverse characters with just one other person. I'm still not over it. It's my life now.
“Hyenas are not members of the dog or cat families. Instead, they are so unique that they have a family all their own, Hyaenidae.“ I’m not smart or anything I just looked it up animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/striped-hyena
You guys are funnier than me. I gotta get back on my game.
Can you do channgelings
Can you do kenku?
@@protatogamer9874 nighty night nutght
Can you do "Can you do" ?
@@andrefernandez3644 dayly day day time
The DM who only prepped 30 minutes before the campaign:
In a distance land, whose location is distant and on land.
I’m gonna use that and see how my players react I mean that is when we can play dnd again
I'm reporting this comment, as I do not need that kind of attacks towards my person
"...a legendary warrior who's Kung Fu skills were the stuff of legends...."
This is the best possible way to start a campaign.
Me who prepped for 0 minutes before the campaign:
Tabaxi be like: "Nya…" *vomits a half-digested rodent on the carpet*
(=ↀωↀ=)
Accurate. That's how my friends play tabaxi.
@@tiazoh the only way
And as the bartender looks at it in horrified disgust the Tabaxi tries to sell the thing to them.
While his friend snips the coin purse off the now distracted bartender's belt.
As is the way of the Tabaxi.
Paladin: no no no no! *picks up tabaxi and carries it away from the rat*
Lawful Evil Tabaxi BBEG who seeks to erase Mondays from existence and secure all the lasagna in the realm for himself.
"'twas nary a curtain in all the realms that laid un-clawed..."
And then decided to kick around a wolf shifter instead
Obviously garfield
I'm sorry Jon.
You misspelled Chaotic good. Easing Mondays is for the good of humanity.
This gives me hope to one day see "basically Kenku" in my notifications.
One day my friend, one day...
It'd be funny if he only used clips from his other videos to make it
PLEASE. I think he briefly mentioned them in one video though.
Me too brother, me too
I want to see Keanku Reeves
"Okay we need a villain race, what do they do?"
"Slavery?"
"Good! Now what do these ones do?"
"Slavery, but with 10% more magic"
"GENUIS! now, what do we for the Tabaxi?"
"They have a god called The Cat Lord.
...
"That's it.''
"holy shit dude, HE'S A PRODIGY OR CREATIVITY!"
I feel like saying... Welcome to humanity. Not that different from real life history.
Just saying, naming them the Tabaxi makes me think they're roll-your-own chainsmokers.
the christian God is called Lord, if we dont create names why would cats do ?
@@devforfun5618 Actually, his name is Y-H-W-H. The dashes are there to indicate that he's too much of a snob to tell people what the vowels are, because that's totally a positive quality you should look for when you're picking a deity.
@@dylandarnell3657 If you want the actual reason, it’s because Hebrew doesn’t denote vowels…
"In a distant land, whose location is distant and on land."
"Every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes."
Together we can _stop_ this!
Tabaxi bard: And then he said, "I turned myself into a pickle." Scariest shit I've ever seen.
I'M PICKLE RICK!
I unironically used that in curse of Strahd to beat the hags in the old bonegrinder
Please tell me his name was Rick
“No cat has ever cared about safety.”
My Cat: “I love you, but I swear if you move to quick I will scratch out your eyes and run to China, so help me god.”
Nah they don't care about what THEY do being safe.
Next vid
Basically: Summoning 32 constrictors and having two horses, six chickens, and a mastiff named Cheespuff help you defeat Evilus Maximus
...with friends.
But he gets polymorphed into a sheep before you can.
Better protect the crab, or he may drop Concentration, and you'll have Evilus Maximus back on your hands.
Oh yeah. That
“You’re playing a cat.” Honestly that’s gotta be one of the best ways to describe the beast like races. Lizardfolk, you’re playing a lizard, Yuan-ti you’re playing a snake, Kenku you’re playing a raven, Aacroka you’re playing a bird.
Raven got more creativity than a Kenku, I'm afraid.
Also you just differentiated birds and ravens...
Ehhhhhhh, I don't know. I think the beast races' adherence to their animal inspiration varies. For instance, Gnolls are (usually) stupid murderers whose only social structure is "big man on top", but real life hyenas are A) matriarchal, B) Have an incredibly nuanced social structure complete with their own fucking NAMES (I mean, they're just like yips and barks, but each hyena has a unique combination that they and their pack use to refer to that specific Hyena. How cool is that?), C) Are intelligent enough to have a means of communication that borders on an actual (if very simple) language, and D) Are only aggressive sometimes because, you know, they need to eat.
Kenku's intelligence is mostly just mimicry, but Ravens (and corvids in general) are actually VERY intelligent and creative. Though they can also mimic things. Yuan-Ti are WAAAAY more active than snakes. Depending on the lizard in question, a Lizardfolk might be LESS emotional than a real-life lizard. I've seen people play with big monitor lizards like dogs. They fucking play fetch with their 6ft lizard.
But yes, Tabaxi are pretty much just cats. Except they don't try to murder you on a whim because you brushed your hand against them.
@@weezact7 The Tabaxi can be appeased with a nice story just like cats can be appeased with a morsel of food.
@@ArmoredChocoboLPs or catnip.
My favorite moment while playing a tabaxi:
The party is sitting around a campfire and swapping stories.
I say in my deep, purring voice:
"I will now sing you the song of my people...
MRRAAAOOOOWAAWOOO ARRRWWAAAA!"
"may your travels guide you to warm sands" -some Kajit
Well tabaxi are basicaly kajiit
Also my nomadic desert dwelling tiefling lol
Khajiit has wares if you have coin.
@@eric_moore-6126 wares. just to help out.
Ma’iq the liar
Technically, hyenas aren't cats either, just closer in relation than to dogs
That's true. They're more related to the mongoose, but they're still in the family feliformia.
Fun fact: some hyenas are affected by catnip.
I had to look this up because my setting is "everything's allowed". Hyenas are their own thing.
Yep, meant to say that, thank you.
@@MadamFoogie Feliformia is the suborder of Carnivora that they are in. Their family is Hyaenidae.
@@fossilizedbread1301 Whoops. I should have looked up more than just one example.
finally, I get to know more about D&D cat girls
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No your thinking of swift stride shifters
I think that's rakshasa tiefling.
You're thinking of Cosplay Succubus.
@@notabot3236 would Talyor Swift?
Was not expecting well-researched etymology in this cat person video. It's unironically impressive.
The fact that the Tabaxi personality resonates throughout this video *excites* me for Kenku and Tritons.
"Probably close to the Horizon"
_dATABASE, DATABASE-_
A man of taste I see.
@@conduit64 El psy kongroo, my friend.
Season 3 soon. Ah nice
The data is all gone!
Huzzah, a man of quality!
That online colab you did with JoCat was freaking fantastic!
Wait he did? Where? When?
@@bubalackgaming8892 ruclips.net/video/ANdG2DGm0CQ/видео.html
@@bubalackgaming8892 its been 3 years and you never got the answer ;_;
When did he score that wicked ass beard on his channel?
I just noticed-
today i think
I had to reread this, because the first time I read ass beard I thought it was some kind of horrible Dwarven mutation. Oh the horrors of trying to wipe properly with an ass beard...
Last video he uploaded he didn't have it and the previous video came out 2 days ago when I write this so if we assume he changed it after uploading that video maybe 2 days old or more recently.
It's the indicator that we are getting videos from "mirror universe" Runesmith.
"Curiosity killed the cat, but it died fulfilled." -Spoken at the funeral of my Tabaxi Cleric.
I love how you depicted the Cat Lord as Nyanta from Log Horizon
Can't wait for the S3 coming out in 2021!
I mean, he *is* a God in the heart of the young lady worshiping him, so close enough >:P
The best of the other world genre - bullying a legion of nerds into becoming a functional society
Nyanta would approve of being called the Cat lord
Yes! Seeing him reference log horizon makes me extremely happy
Strictly speaking, Tabaxi are jaguar or leopard folk. And the Cat Lord is mentioned relatively often in Planescape material and other old books. But, who ever bothers with all of that anymore. Kitty people #1 (out of like a dozen)!
"Don't mean Gypsy in the offensive Romani sense"
"Literally well known thieves and swindlers"
So in other words... most definitely in the offensive Romani sense.
I think he means "this is not an undeserved stereotype they are saddled with, it's actually true"
But idk.
the Romani Stereotype but if they were cats and the stereotype was actually true
When historically accurate stereotypes are now “offensive“ 🙄
@@Martick05545 because they no longer reflect the modern group of those people?
@@Martick05545 I find that Americans tend to see any negative portrayal of a minority group as offensive.
Like, sometimes people are just shitty!
2:05 so we know that he's a monk then.
20 monk/20 bard/5-6 barbarian
@@nicolaezenoaga9756 So a raging cat?
I just finished up a mini campaign with my tabaxi scout rogue. They have a hermit background and are known to work as a contractor for candlekeep (it’s a mutually beneficial arrangement) and go out and research flora, fauna, and ancient ruins/caverns (they know dwarven and undercommon from all their research). This arrangement is beneficial to them because they grew up in a caravan family with many children. As my tabaxi is a bit quieter and more reclusive, far more of an introverted personality, they often took off for their own “mini adventures” as a kid and self taught themselves the basics of being a scout. They did gain a mentor who is their sponsor for candlekeep and was given bracers of archery and a bag of holding from them to take on their journeys as an adult. When my character became an adult they left their caravan family behind, promising to send letters and journals filled with notes and drawings from their adventures back to keep their family informed, reassured, and amused by their antics. This is how their story starts. I gave my character a deep curiosity of the natural world and the past and they like to collect things. They don’t really steal, not really at least, though they obviously pick up stuff during a dungeon crawl. Most times they sell back the historical and magical items they don’t keep for themselves to candlekeep. Though valuables aren’t all they collect. My tabaxi is somewhat practical and also has a slight obsession with being over prepared. Their bag of holding is filled with tons of mundane items from shovels to spyglasses to pretty leaves. They will of course trade easily and if you gift them an item of practical value they will give you something in return (I did this with a silvered +1 returning dagger and gave the player a healing potion, my character can make them, and a poleof collapsing). They just keep tons of stuff on themselves at all times, even extra signal whistles and tents, and cold weather clothes. Heck, they have a costume even and soap (who buys soap? Or keeps empty vials for that matter? Or a whetstone?). My party members and the dm loved how my character turned out as he was everything practical but everything comedic too, especially when I would have him say “Wait, I think I got something for this” and dig so far into his bag of holding you could only see his lower body and swishing tail and occasionally a random item would be thrown out as he digs. It all came in handy eventually though he definitely lost some items along the way, mostly his ball bearings and some unlit candles he was using to mark the path. He plans to pick up some incense sometime soon as, now in the epilogue he is going to travel with the wizard to candlekeep (they realized they were headed the same direction). It’s been fun to play this character. Had no magic but it was amazing and powerful nevertheless and he served his party well with his many abilities. I really enjoyed playing him and hope to bring him back from retirement sometime.
Oh and I should probably mention this. Part of why my dm loved this character is that he loved how creatively my character would use mundane items. He said they are under used and he hadn’t thought to use them the ways I would or would have my character use them and he would talk to his main dnd group (we were playtesting a dungeon in preparation for the main group) about some of the antics I got up to so they too might consider spending their excessive coin on such things and have fun with it. I genuinely was just doing this to test myself on how much trouble I could get into and how much I could break with as little magic as I could gat away with.
I'm currently playing a Tabaxi Beastmaster Ranger. He has no fur. Yes, he is Bingus. And his animal companion is Big Floppa.
Bingus actually does still have eyebrows, but he never emotes, and he has the voice of a Khajiit that's been chainsmoking since birth.
“I’m not a furry, I swear!”
(The rest of the party consisting of a Dragonborn, Kenku, Lizardfolk, and Minotuar) "Bruh, c'mon!"
You are now. Welcome brother or sister, we’ve been expecting you.😁
Me playing a leonin druid: its just for the extra mivement speed guys, i promise
Oh my fuckin God
Just because someone plays as a animal like race dosen't mean they're a Furry
There are more reasons why someone would play as a Lizardfolk, a Minotaur, a Dragonborn, an Aracockra or Kenku, or any other race based on an animal
They could like the asthetic
They could want to feel like something that's not human or Elven or anything like that
They could like the lore around the race
Playing an animal race in D&D doesn't and shouldn't automatically make people assume your a fuckin Furry
@@ancientreddragon5617 it 100% makes people assume it. But please... its just a joke, chill out, everyone knows not all tabaxi players are furries.
What I like about taxis is that they’re fast, and therefore good transportation.
They really took the wisdom of that hedgehog to heart.
I chose Tabaxi because I can relate to them. He’s easily distracted and lazy. My character is enchanted by shiny objects even if they aren’t worth anything, they just need to be shiny. He’s also a charlatan who likes to convince people that the random junk he’s selling is actually worth something. He has gold but doesn’t really know it’s true value, to him they are just shiny pieces.
"Doesn't care about the consequence of their actions."
Me: Well that was the shortest-lived character... didn't even survive the first session...
"Guys I saw something shiny at the edge of this cliff!"
-My first Tabaxi's last words
@@bubalackgaming8892 My first char was a tabaxi, but I didn't play it as a cat, he was a more serious character (given, the whole campaign was serious and there weren't any idiot chars)
It turns out hyenas aren't felines or canines they have their own family with similarities to both called Hyaenidae... The more you know!
So they are kinda like catdogs
I was hoping someone would point this out
@@monhunterz5430 Now you just reminded me of the cartoon opening. Noice.
Yeah, except they share much much more traits with canines
Do you want to play a furry Skyrim meme with ADHD? Well, have I got a treat for you!
-You're sleeping peacefully
-You're woken up by a rustling sound somewhere in your room.
-"It's nothing", you think, going back to sleep.
-Just before you close your eyes, you see a sillouette of a man standing over your bed.
-Then you hear the words you'll never forget: Easy Roller Dice
-The sound of those words still send shivers down your spine to this day.
If you ever make a video about Kenkus, you have to use clips of other videos you made to create it.
“Basically a YTP”
bruh. that's actually hype
Y e s
Cat Lord had a stat block in ADND. Monster Manual 2 maybe? There wasn't much lore, but he appeared as just a fancy man who summoned and controlled cats at will. I was always so curious about where he came from!
I just started a campaign and one of my players is a tabaxi, so this does help me understand a bit more about tabaxi, even though they really just act like cats. Go figure
Tabaxi: the only people who play them are people who want a character that can climb on walls, and furries (who will most likely say they are the other type)
And people who played Khajiit in TES. Just kidding, those are also still furries.
I literally want to play one to basically just copy something from skyrim, the khajiit merchants that hang out outside cities and sell you stuff.
It’s funny that I’d never play a character like that for fear for the assumption lol there’s kind of a race like that in WoW and I’ll refuse to ever pick it for that reason lol xD
@@Raumes513 Indeed, and tabaxi are probably one of the best races if you want to play a rouge, monk, or maybe even bard, here is what they get:
+2 dex, +1 cha, darkvision, the ability to double your speed once per turn but if you use it you have to move 0 feet before you can use it again, climbing speed of 20 feet, claws that deal 1d4 unarmed damage, auto proficiency with perception and stealth, and finally the ability to speak common and one other language of your choice.
Naw, I play one right now because I really connect with the love of stories for RP purposes. Also, I find animal heads far easier to draw than humanoid ones if I want to make character art. Same reason I played a minotaur in a previous game.
“J,ayzargo approves”
J*ay*zargo? You mean J'zargo?
I mistakenly let the tabaxii player in my campaign buy Boots of Speed. Now, I've got a Cat-Human with Zoomies
Plot twist: this was just an exception for Logan to show us cat videos
The Cat Lord also appeared in Planescape (Monstrous Compendium I), where she (actually a cat lady) was one of the animal lords of the Beastlands. She was a "quasigod", who could shift between human and panther forms, and she was busy helping the cats and other felines throughout the multiverse. Also, an animal lord may die, and then another spirit takes its place. So we may have different Cat Lords throughout D&D editions.
That Log Horizon reference, though... I laughed way too hard at that.
As I've stated, the BEST show - an army of degenerate nerds being bullied into competent leaders
They'll be fascinated by dust, until they sneeze with a *_"Kahjeet!"_* and accidentally knocks down the final wall of their rectangular house right as it was about to get put in place.
Are we just going to ignore the fact that he changed his logo and it looks amazing
The cat lord is more than like a animal lord, a sort of deity for particular type of animal, like a dog lord, an eagle lord, a pig lord, etc.
Thanks man, tabaxi don't have much known lore so thanks for DMs
I have a tabaxi named Kuro and he’s one of my favorites
His fixation is people, meaning humanoid races and cultures. He’ll jump from one to another depending on where he is, and it makes him so fun to play.
He’s a monk/moon druid and he fights using his claws and martial arts, and also uses wild shape to become like a bear and shit. By far one of my favorites
Hyenas are neither canine or feline. They’ve got a family all their own called “Hyaenidae”.
Does it count a fox too?
@@justnoob8141 No, foxes are canines.
I’m glad I’m not the only one that knew this
What would M'aiq say if he was in Dungeons and Dragons?
"Feats? No, M'aiq only has his paws for travel. Feets are optional."
"Spellcasters used to be so serious, so prepared. Now, they are all more spontaneous."
"Some people will call themselves 'Pathfinders', but they are always following behind."
"So many different classes in these lands, and yet none with any prestige."
"People claim such strange ancestry. M'aiq only knows his father named M'aiq."
"When a friend dies, it is tragic, but I have found a new one is met shortly after. When they move, that is difficult."
"Have you ever battled a Gazebo? I doubt it. Few live to speak of such conflicts."
"Sanity is overrated. Honor is invaluable. M'aiq does not keep track of either."
"People in this land will lie when first they meet a stranger. M'aiq enjoys this custom."
"Can you persuade me? M'aiq has his doubts, though when you put it like that..."
"Sweet Rolls are valuable. You would be at an advantage to have two rolls."
"M'aiq is more than proficient in all his fields of expertise."
"Skill does not come with rank. You may find that skill is pushed to the background."
"Firearms? Arms made out of fire? M'aiq does not believe these stories."
"M'aiq is transient, yes, but peaceful. M'aiq brings wisdom, not mayhem."
"M'aiq does not know all the rules of this land. This is for the lawyers to know."
"M'aiq would rather be a servant in a shack than the master in a dungeon."
"Munchkins sound cute and friendly. Do not be fooled by this."
"If a road has many branches or if it is straight as a rail, it does not matter. It will lead to warm sands."
"M'aiq heard a gatekeeper was executed. He has met many charming people since."
"M'aiq is in need of a long rest. It would be a shame if M'aiq's rest was interrupted."
3:47
Judging by that description, I think I might secretly be a Tabaxi.
Guys for those panicking, Hyenas are not Felines. You're not dumb. They are Hyenadae, which is a suborder of feliformia. Felines are another distinct order of feliformia.
I plan on playing a tabaxi based off my cat, Morgana. She'll probably be either a bard or rogue.
*Rogue
Rouge is a color.
I'm playing a thief rogue-bard right now. It's nice to have tons of points in dexerty and charisma and have magic that benefits by your charisma. I recommend it a lot!
Feliformia (also Feloidea) is a suborder within the order Carnivora consisting of "cat-like" carnivorans, including cats (large and small), hyenas, mongooses, viverrids, and related taxa. Feliformia stands in contrast to the other suborder of Carnivora, Caniformia (also Canoidea, "dog-like" carnivorans).
I heard other cat folk and thought "when was there a Basically Leonin video?" lol
I will now take the o from Leonin
Runesmith... I’ve been commenting this stuff for all of your past videos, but basically:
Every time you upload it scarily relates to something I need. This has gone on for like your past idk 20 videos or so. And this video broke the streak because there’s nothing I need D&D related that requires Tabaxis.
By the way, completely unrelated but you’re probably my favorite D&D creator, like legit your content is sick and I can binge your stuff without getting bored. Like gg man, your stuff is great 👍
Dang it, I just spent like 5 minutes looking at stone dice and wishing I had money
I don't even PLAY ttrpgs myself, and I STILL want them
On Amazon you can get plastic sets for about $20 if I remember correctly. Stone and metal sets are going to be a lot more expensive though (I lucked out with an amethyst set for about $50), but you could get some very beautiful sets if you're lucky.
@@rozu7772 you can get plastic sets for a lot cheaper. It’s metal sets that are around 20 bucks. And then stone sets tend to be around 60
the khajiit are based on the tabaxi not the other way around. TSR first published the tabaxi in the fiend folio back in 1981. the elder scrolls arena (the first game in the series) came out in 1994
“If you’ve got a fascinating tale, you can turn it into literal wealth by talking to a Tabaxi”.
Scott Cawthon: Oh darn, the global economy’s destabilized again.
thinking about that post that's like "tabaxi and khajiit are how we like to imagine cats would be as people, goblins are how they actually would be"
Ah Nyanta. I see you are also a man of culture uwu
I've got a Tabaxi Bard in my character backlog that I'd like to play. I want him obsessed with filling out his own life's story with adventures to outshine all others. He'll occasionally excuse himself to go cough up a hairball, which he considers to be a most distasteful act to do in front of others. I'll have him go College of Glamour and seek to emulate the majesty of the displacer beast, his favorite magical creature.
I realy apreciate the log horizon jokes, that anime has been gone for so long, thank goodness it is comming back in january.
I played an awakened cat once. Some of the highlights include jumping into and then scattering the wizards paperwork to a loan for which he was applying, jumping from rope to rope on a bridge, then falling off and cartwheeling through the air to the river below, sleeping in places inconvenient for others, and of course, extorting a man for money by knocking things off his high shelves.
Hold up. . .hyenas are feline? they most definitely are not. I'm a game ranger with a Bachelor's in Nature conservation. Hyenas are of the family Hyaenidae, which technically neither feline or canine, however its is much closer to the canine family. This is due to tooth structure and toe formation, as well as pack dynamics. Teeth is closer to dogs than cats, they don't have retractable claws and there bone structure is closer to dogs than cats, and in hyenas the leader of the pack is female, which is the same as dogs, while cats have males as the leader. Man whoever told you they are feline is just plain wrong.
Taxonomists seem to disagree with you considering they classified Hyenas as feliformia not caniformia
“They gain and drop interests on a whim”
Maybe I am a Tabaxi
I see you are a man of culture when you use Nyanta as a reference! Log Horizon will return to season 3 January
THE BEST NEWS!
Man you are such an amazing content creator you are by far my favorite in the DnD community and probably my favorite you tuber in general you should have at least a million subs with the amount of quality content you make.You’re the best man
That kiddy pool pun is so underrated XD XD XD
I'm a tabaxi warlock in my current game named "Sails for Tails", and I have a lot of fun when I get the opportunity to RP as him. Frankly, I'll likely keep him around to use in a bunch of games and one shots over the years to come. He's my shot at a non-evil warlock who serves a Marid noble lady in exchange for forgotten stories of the sea that only the water itself knows. He honestly doesn't care about how the party's loot is split, he just wants to collect stories and participate in adventures that are worthy of stories themselves to bring back to his home village.
Finally the cat boys!
I very much appreciate seeing something from Log Horizon. Such an underrated anime
Good to know that I played my tabaxi "Chesirepool" correctly without reading anything about them.
Khajiit are actually tabaxi memes. (Tabaxi date to the Fiend Folio, published in 1981.) The rest is spot on.
what are the ODDS that this came out when I am playing a tabaxi druid every 1-3 Saturdays.
Same! I'm playing my first campaign as a tabaxi Thief rogue - bard
0:54 here's the video.
i have a hard time not choosing tabaxi because i am allergic to seeing the perception proficiency not filled in.
ah, a man of culture.
Nyanta representing all the cats at the "Horizon." Good stuff.
One of my characters died to these damn cats. And you know why? Because it thought it was fcking funny
Hecc yeh, Nyanta doesn’t get enough love!
Yes captain kitty chef is the best girl in log harizon.
I made a tabaxi bard who was a saber tooth tiger (I know their leopards but come on it’s fantasy) who has to become the college of blades after he got kicked out of a formal bard college since his large fangs disabled him from playing the flute, so he took it to string instruments, namely a guitar with two obsidian axe heads he sharpens with his fangs on the sides
Undertale. That's a name I haven't heard in a long time
And a bad time
I've been hearing it constantly since 2015
The Tabaxi Swordsman in your group: And then, this one shits you not, He turned his self into a pickle...
When you see this a minute after it’s released
When you see this 10 minutes after it’s released.
"17 hours ago"
@@ryedj707 I wasn't criticizing you, I was just joining the conversation with how old the video was when I found it.
@@eric_moore-6126 oh gotchyu. I misunderstood that woops.
love my Tabaxi bard, poor little guy had a lot more character development than I thought he would. Vikas is a pretty cool cat
Hyenas are not cats either. Hyenas belong to their own thing
It sounds like if you want to play a Tabaxi properly, multiclassing should be something that happens often, along with random magic items going missing in exchange for a dead mouse so the tabaxi can use it buy food
That reminds me, Log hoirzon season 3 incomming!
Wait! Season 3 is a go?!? Praise the anime gods!
PRAISE THE LORD
So in my first actual DnD game I played (fizzled out) I ended up settling on an Inquisitive Tabaxi Rouge. However, because I didn't know what I was doing I pretty much played it very stupidly, and the catman ended up having an irrational fear of doors, believing it could be a mimic (don't mention the fact he's never faced a mimic). This led to him shooting a trapped door and being blinded for a few minutes, and the first thing that came to my head was "The world is dark now."
Wanna reuse the character cause they were just a bunch of fun.
How many "Romani" do you know? Not to be confused with Romanians, a proud and well reputed people.
@@AuntieHauntieGames what do I have in my pocket?
@@AuntieHauntieGames you've been in my pockets to know that.
At 5:15 everyone is so focused on the storybook but the brat with the toothpick in the bottom left is just checking out the flying naked woman lol.
The return of easy roller dice, it's been so long
5:10
All causes of Tabaxi death
( lack of water ) 🤣
To the horizon is a joke to log horizon with the character. you sir have good taste
Me: oh yeah...it’s all coming together...
My First Character was a Tabaxi.
Pirate Captain Jasper.
Swashbuckling Lion Wizard.
He traveled the world looking for items and stories to bring home. To remember his home, he carried a yarn ball made of threaded cat hairs provided by his family. It is called his Uushi, and has the distinctive smell of cat.
After leaving home, he was taken in by a wizard as a 2nd apprentice. Alas the wizard would infect their minds with the whisperings of demons while they slept, thus enables him to access his spells through memory. (Op i know.)
He loved his adventures so much, he sought out to become a lich, and have adventures forever 💚🖤
My Catfolk artificer in D&D: We're called "Tabaxi"
My Catfolk rouge in Skyrim: No, we're called "Khajit"
Mae in my NitW playthrough: Will the both of you shut up? We're just cats. end of story.
So you want them to cat it out?
@@TheOtakuKat (finger guns) eyyy
Khajiit coolest name
When I make a story line with an Collusem story that's based on actual gladiators that were basically athletes Tabaxi, minotaur, and some other races are the most prevalent athletes. I usually make my Tabaxi type Tiger or panther. Two of the deadliest cats they also don't mind water and the Collusem will have Navel nights like the actual Collusem and that way they can particularly without being afraid of the watet
Hyena aren't feline or canine. They are hyenadae.
You're not out of touch, mate. I've spent literal months roleplaying as Undertale Multiverse characters with just one other person. I'm still not over it. It's my life now.
“Hyenas are not members of the dog or cat families. Instead, they are so unique that they have a family all their own, Hyaenidae.“
I’m not smart or anything I just looked it up
animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/striped-hyena
Thank for info☆