The Animal Heaven of Dungeons and Dragons - The Beastlands

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  • @MrRhexx
    @MrRhexx  2 года назад +121

    Because of the sponsor, I couldn't really change the video description (my bad lol) so here's the poll everyone gets to vote on this one: strawpoll.com/polls/BDyNj49R7yR

    • @kephalai
      @kephalai 2 года назад +6

      i'm so happy you're finally getting to all the outer planes dude :D been sorely waiting for you to cover all the heavens especially :D

    • @AndICanTalk2
      @AndICanTalk2 2 года назад +1

      Great videos. Really been enjoying these. I remember when the late 1e, start of 2e Manual of the planes came out. I read it over and over. Love these.

    • @Vaeldarg
      @Vaeldarg 2 года назад +2

      I think an interesting thing for a DM to treat something that might be locked away on the dinosaur-guarded plateau is to look to natural disasters: the part of nature that causes the animals themselves to flee in fear. So the power to create earthquakes could reside in the plateau, and the power to create hurricane-grade storms could be a secret inside Stormhold.

    • @JON_CORE
      @JON_CORE 2 года назад

      I was gonna buy hello fresh but then you said you had a gf... I laughed then you said it 2 more times... No need to lie brah

    • @mrloko4973
      @mrloko4973 2 года назад +1

      I love how the Nine Hells, which is probably the most lore rich plane in the FR alongside the Abyss, is the lowest one in the poll

  • @estebanrodriguez5409
    @estebanrodriguez5409 2 года назад +539

    Everytime you tell a dog they are a "good boi", the Wolf Lord gets stronger.

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад +1

      Wolf and Dog are not one and the same.

    • @roboticfish317
      @roboticfish317 2 года назад

      @@almitrahopkins1873 Blasphemy! You Filthy Heretic! My corgi is a great wolf and you can't tell her otherwise!

    • @MugiwaraLion
      @MugiwaraLion 2 года назад +17

      @@almitrahopkins1873 o rlly?

    • @snekkoheckko4466
      @snekkoheckko4466 2 года назад +10

      @@almitrahopkins1873 yes, but they are VERY close, like dogs and wolfs can successfully breed dog-wolf hybrids close

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад +4

      @@snekkoheckko4466 Yes, but in Native American Animism, which those Animal Lords were originally based on, Wolf and Dog are not the same. One represents ferocity and the other loyalty.

  • @bethanysmith5856
    @bethanysmith5856 2 года назад +284

    Animals reincarnate? Now I want to play a long lived character with a beast companion, who finds them again and again. it'll be an epic tale of love an loyalty!

    • @notreallydavid
      @notreallydavid 2 года назад +7

      and little green plastic bags

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад +33

      The reason animals reincarnate is because the beastlands was originally called the Happy Hunting Grounds.
      Native American Animism says that things like dogs never abandon its human after establishing its bond of loyalty. You only have one dog, but it has many bodies over your lifetime.

    • @yur0nf1r3
      @yur0nf1r3 2 года назад +7

      @@almitrahopkins1873 that's beautiful, thank you for this idea

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад +7

      @@yur0nf1r3 Native American Animism is full of things like that.
      All of the greater Manitou gave gifts to mankind after Coyote tricked the First into asking the question that split him into two, making him two animals with no greater spirit to guide them.

    • @dance_ofThaDEAD
      @dance_ofThaDEAD 2 года назад +1

      Aww

  • @Nyrufa
    @Nyrufa 2 года назад +227

    My headcanon is that the Forbidden Plateau is the resting place for animals who's species have gone extinct over time. Like some kind of divinely created wildlife preservation.

    • @christophermzdenek
      @christophermzdenek 2 года назад +38

      Forever ago, I ran a campaign on this plane, and that's exactly what I did. Made the area far, far larger, and it was all the exinct animals. It even had an ocean, filled to the brim with creatures. I homebrewed that there was an adjacent god to death, the god of extinction, and this was their realm. The irony, is that nothing stayed dead here. The party TPK'd an average of every 2nd session. The goal was to find out why they were there, and how to get back home.

    • @razzelmire2008
      @razzelmire2008 2 года назад +18

      For what world? In that case all animals can be there. If tigers go extinct on a world, would they go there? Some worlds dinosaurs are very common like on Eberron. I think the plateau is much more than that. Either a primordial being off dinosaurs lives there (such as Ubtao) or someone besides him.

    • @Nyrufa
      @Nyrufa 2 года назад +3

      @@razzelmire2008 Good question. Didn't consider that point.

    • @christophermzdenek
      @christophermzdenek 2 года назад +13

      @@razzelmire2008 for me, that was the interesting bit. I based it off of the real world. My justification was that there is a crystal sphere for Earth, and stolen humans from here in the Forgotten Realms. Sadly, the campaign collapsed, but at the end, they would have learned they were from Earth, and the divine Providence of the plane made them forget. Each of them had been zookeepers, or park rangers or such. Back in the 90s, it felt like an original idea. Certainly less so nowadays.

    • @Nyrufa
      @Nyrufa 2 года назад +12

      @@christophermzdenek Our earth being a crystal sphere is officially canon. In fact, Elminster himself makes regular visits to our world to have conversations with the creators of D&D. It also explains how gods from real world pantheons found themselves transported into the D&D settings. Of course, this also means that it is canonically possible to have an 'isekai' series set in D&D.

  • @TheStormRogue
    @TheStormRogue 2 года назад +193

    Fitting this would come out today. We put our cat down this morning. May she roam the beastlands with wonder.

    • @agsilverradio2225
      @agsilverradio2225 2 года назад +14

      Awe, I'm sorry about your cat.

    • @sharlharmakhis280
      @sharlharmakhis280 2 года назад

      🫂

    • @ZahnwehZombie
      @ZahnwehZombie 2 года назад +1

      I had lost my cat a couple of days ago too, and I think this would be an amazing place for her to know as her place of fun and freedom. Of course, I wonder if it is possible for an owner of a cat would be able to be with their companion in the afterlife as well.

    • @sharlharmakhis280
      @sharlharmakhis280 2 года назад +4

      @@ZahnwehZombie if the afterlife doesn't let us reconnect with our pets I'm not going. 🫂

    • @ZahnwehZombie
      @ZahnwehZombie 2 года назад +5

      @@sharlharmakhis280 I know that the lore had stated that the animals regress into a more feral state when they enter the plane, but I like to think that even then the connection of a loving owner and their cherished companion should still remain. And if you add that the owner in turn gets to turn into an animal as well, I just see the afterlife for the two to be nothing more than them frolicking and playing in the beautiful forests of the Beastlands. Complete equals. And that just sounds perfect in my eyes, I would love to join my dearest girl in the afterlife as a cat, and just be able to bask in the sunlight alongside of her.

  • @idontno6d105
    @idontno6d105 2 года назад +315

    it never ceases to amaze me how in-depth and well-thought out the upper planes of planescape continue to be. the beastlands in particular seem like a genuinely fun place to visit or heck even run a monster hunter-like campaign in. the mordhai provide a fantastical interpretation of clouds and the air in general, the forbidden plateau is a mystery left open to interpretation by the DM that can be explored by the players, and Stronmaus gives players a destination for safe haven and an opportunity to meet with a power (something I think is cool for players to do). Thanks for doing this series, Rhexx, and I hope your cat gets better.

    • @Teekayhuey_TK
      @Teekayhuey_TK 2 года назад +1

      Hey just a question I can't fine the poll That Mrrhexx spoke about can you help?

    • @louie6562
      @louie6562 2 года назад +1

      @@Teekayhuey_TK Same, and I followed the instructions

    • @dlastkatipunero2185
      @dlastkatipunero2185 2 года назад

      Needs more fleshing out and synergy with other planes and overall lore

    • @razzelmire2008
      @razzelmire2008 2 года назад +3

      Prepare for 5e to butcher the hells out of this setting it if they make a setting book for it.

    • @idontno6d105
      @idontno6d105 2 года назад +7

      5e definitely handles its multiverse and planar settings with less passion and care than 2e did, the most I expect if anything is a Manual of the Planes that goes more in-depth regarding the individual layers of the planes while only going really in-depth with the 'popular' planes. I used to bash 5e in the comments of these plane videos but I decided to stop because I felt it was getting repetitive, but criticisms are definitely warranted.

  • @Grabnok
    @Grabnok 2 года назад +75

    Imagine an Oath of the Ancients Paladin (Forest Paladin) having the heartfelt desire to pet at least one of every creature in the Beastlands.
    This unfortunately gets him killed a lot as a petitioner, but his God (or multiple gods) just can't help but enjoy watching him so they just keep bringing him back.

    • @rhemorigher
      @rhemorigher 2 года назад +22

      "Please don't try to pet the t-rex."
      "Oh, I'm gunna!"
      **Sigh**

    • @derpknight3023
      @derpknight3023 2 года назад +3

      But why?

    • @rhemorigher
      @rhemorigher 2 года назад +9

      @@derpknight3023 Gotta.

    • @Grabnok
      @Grabnok 2 года назад +10

      @@derpknight3023 They deserve to know that they are loved.

  • @herpderp9774
    @herpderp9774 2 года назад +29

    The first layer Krigala sparked a memory for me.
    I don't know how many people remember the game Warriors of the Eternal Sun, a 2nd edition D&D computer game but basically our peoples castle gets transported to a heavily forested land inhabited greatly by beasts and beastmen where the sun never ever sets.
    I never heard it confirmed in the lore of that game but now I am thinking it definitely was supposed to be set here.
    Crazy after so many years to see such a strong connection to such an old game.

  • @JRandaII
    @JRandaII 2 года назад +222

    In my next campaign I’m headed to the Beastlands to retrieve the soul of my pet owl who just died…

    • @Elmithian
      @Elmithian 2 года назад +12

      Shush, if you have the spell level to go there, you likely can just resurrect the ol'bugger

    • @JRandaII
      @JRandaII 2 года назад +24

      @@Elmithian yeah, but I also wanna play around in the Beastlands, lol…

    • @Elmithian
      @Elmithian 2 года назад +5

      @@JRandaII Okay, that I concurr to.

    • @elegantoddity8609
      @elegantoddity8609 2 года назад +8

      He probably wouldn't want to go with you though. Beastlands is all about running wild and free. He'd still be friendly to you tho.

    • @Vengalis
      @Vengalis 2 года назад +1

      I would just go there and be uinited with the pet there instead :D Where else will you feel so alive?

  • @alexwisz9527
    @alexwisz9527 2 года назад +137

    Yes! The plane of Jumanji!
    It's so under discussed or used for how interesting it can be. I'm excited for this episode.

    • @aguytheycalldave
      @aguytheycalldave 2 года назад +11

      Be careful, you're stuck there until you roll a 5 or 8

    • @bkane573
      @bkane573 2 года назад +4

      Until….someone else rolls a 5 or 8.

    • @Slugcatsam
      @Slugcatsam 2 года назад +1

      I like this, may use it as a pure jungle plane with jungle animals but weird

  • @corneliaaurelli1603
    @corneliaaurelli1603 2 года назад +156

    "Humans can also go here after they die" So this is where furries go. This is their heaven.

    • @notreallydavid
      @notreallydavid 2 года назад +13

      until they get thrown out

    • @D--FENS
      @D--FENS 2 года назад +26

      The alignment of furries most often matches that of Carceri... where they belong.

    • @luisg8756
      @luisg8756 2 года назад +6

      Nobody:
      Druid/Bard: Who wants to fluff?

    • @saeyabor
      @saeyabor 2 года назад +15

      No, they yiff in Baphomet's layer of the Abyss. This is a heaven for animals and people they vouch for, not for the reason Megan's Law needs to be extended to pet stores.

    • @claraclenky9843
      @claraclenky9843 2 года назад +11

      Depends
      Half of ‘em the ones who just like humanoid animals can go here
      The other half?
      We don’t talk about them 🙂

  • @bethanysmith5856
    @bethanysmith5856 2 года назад +32

    1st thought when I started listening: this sounds like a druid or ranger's paradise
    Halfway through this I still think that

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад +8

      The beastlands were originally neutral. It was the Happy Hunting Grounds before the scrubbing of real-world deities and pantheons from AD&D. You can tell by Father Bear, who is Grandfather Bear in Native American Animism.

  • @loot5532
    @loot5532 2 года назад +26

    5 or so years ago, I bought the PHB for dnd 5e. I saw near the very back, a brief list of extra-planar locations in a great wheel. The Beastlands caught my eye immediately, but I never actually looked up what it was, because it seemed kinda obvious, and it was always a "I'll look it up eventually" section of lore in my head. Thank you so much for making this video, and showing such an incredible place to experience.
    This is, by far, the most perfect place I've ever heard of in all the realms of fantasy.

  • @probablythedm1669
    @probablythedm1669 2 года назад +16

    Me: Knowing how some "lovable" animals behave. "Wow...there's a lot of animals not be going to heaven ", including but not limited to; ducks, dolphins, seals, penguins, otters, and hippos...

    • @zekehunter2473
      @zekehunter2473 Месяц назад +1

      House cats, Dogs, Orca, Otters again because theirs crimes need repeated, etc

  • @craigschnibben6543
    @craigschnibben6543 2 года назад +15

    My favorite Dwarven deity, Thard Harr, has a realm in the Beastlands and according to the lore, spends his time hanging out with the critters.

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад +4

      The wild elf deity Rillifane Rallathil also lives on the beastlands, even though his “home” is technically in Arvandor.

    • @craigschnibben6543
      @craigschnibben6543 2 года назад +1

      @@almitrahopkins1873 I think one of my favorite forgotten realms books was the old 2e Demihuman deities along with alot of the planescape supplements. Lots of good in-depth info.

  • @boylesmono5764
    @boylesmono5764 2 года назад +31

    Taking account of my real life personality and stats I would be reborn as an Amoeba on the Beastlands

    • @Ian.420
      @Ian.420 2 года назад +3

      3/4 of humanity would turn into rats or leeches in the beastlands.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +7

      @@Ian.420 They'd have to be good-aligned for that. They'd go to the Lower Planes as wriggling larvae instead.

    • @youtubestudiosucks978
      @youtubestudiosucks978 2 года назад +1

      @@daviddaugherty2816 no way, humans obliviously get turned into parasites and all kinds of nasty bacteria and virusses

    • @oqo3310
      @oqo3310 2 года назад +3

      that epic moment where you turn into E. Coli

    • @Technotoadnotafrog
      @Technotoadnotafrog 2 года назад +2

      Ah yes. Aasimar Plasmoid.

  • @jamesaust3272
    @jamesaust3272 2 года назад +15

    I love these breakdowns. Any compliments I get while DMing, I 100% attribute to your breakdowns. You put decades worth of lore and history into a nice neat and entertaining video that I can pick and borrow from.
    Thank you!

  • @Rygore_BoldHeart
    @Rygore_BoldHeart 2 года назад +11

    Absolutely Beautiful. Constant sunsets and sunrises in a single place sounds really cool. 🌇 🌅 🌆 🌄

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +2

      Brux is my favorite layer for just that reason.
      I'm doing a 5e Planescape campaign and that's the second place I sent the PC's. They were hunting down an unnatural creature related to one of their backstories. One of them tried to pick a fight with the Cat Lord and almost got them all killed.
      For the record, the first place I sent them to was the Abyss. I had to show 'em who's boss somehow.

  • @PinkWytchBytch
    @PinkWytchBytch 2 года назад +8

    Dude I’m just gonna have my character LIVE here with Father Bear, like duck yeah my dude pass the peace pipe please

  • @ZesTheMaze
    @ZesTheMaze 2 года назад +24

    A PLACE LIKE THIS EXISTS?! one god in my homebrew world called gudbrand (viking and Guils wars 2 norn inspired) who had a bear, wolf, eagle and lynx pet when he was alive his followers follow the spirits of gudbrand's pets more than gudbrand himself. and if you die as a bear spirit follower (cleric or barbarian) you will go to the beastlands as a bear.

  • @brotheralaric7177
    @brotheralaric7177 2 года назад +13

    20:31, father bear, i like that name .
    also that make me think, could this place be some heaven for Druids who doesn't have some gods, but venerate some concept such as nature, wildness, animals, plants, etc, i don't really know how it work in 5 edition, just remembering that in 3.5 druids could choose to not have gods such as obad-Haï and Ehlonna but worship those concept .

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +7

      Yep, I'm pretty sure that's exactly what a fair number of the petitioners are.

  • @Grabnok
    @Grabnok 2 года назад +7

    31:40
    So...any animal companion will bail on you regardless of the situation? They don't retain any sort of loyalty they might have developed?
    Or is it more of a situation like they're overwhelmed by the wildness of the plane and just sprint off and can't even control themselves?
    Obviously he mentioned they come back when it's time to leave, so I guess there's something there

    • @Technotoadnotafrog
      @Technotoadnotafrog 2 года назад +6

      I guess it's like unleashing a dog at a dog park. Sure, they still like you, but this is their chance to run free, and they can't resist frolicking.

  • @petre1758
    @petre1758 2 года назад +30

    Ok ok. What about Animals that got Awakened on the Material? Do they still reincarnate? Do they loose their personhood when they die? Do they come to the plane as petitioners or animals? What if an Awakened animal began worshipping a God, or sold their soul to a Devil? How does that effect their relationship to the beast lands?

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +3

      These questions really aren't answered.
      I'd effectively treat them as people at that point. It's worth noting, though that an awakened animal is still an animal, with the same instincts. They're just also intelligent.

    • @ifjNagyMiklos
      @ifjNagyMiklos 2 года назад +3

      Every being lose their memories when they die, so it doesn't really matter if an animal was sentient or not, they go here by default. If they worship a deity or make pact with a devil, than they end up as anyone else who did the same.

    • @platinumdragon3007
      @platinumdragon3007 2 года назад +2

      I don't know what the actual case is (or if it was ever even explored in any official material) but I would argue that an Awakened animal is for all intents and purposes an intelligent, sapient creature, and is therefore "judged" as a humanoid would be. An Awakened animal is smart enough to understand morality. As for losing their personhood, whether a person keeps their memories and/or personality in the afterlife is kind of ambivalent and dependent on circumstance in D&D.

  • @AMCrayfish
    @AMCrayfish 2 года назад +33

    So glad you do these videos. There's so little content on the planes in 5e, especially the heavens.

    • @ifjNagyMiklos
      @ifjNagyMiklos 2 года назад +4

      Or almost anything Planescape related beside "those" three planes...

    • @kephalai
      @kephalai 2 года назад +2

      yes i am so happy.. and thankful...

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +2

      Shameful is what it is. Every other edition has had a version of the Manual of the Planes and 2e straight-up had a whole setting devoted to that stuff.
      5e has a short chapter in the DMG. Arborea, for example has 1 paragraph and that's yoinked basically word for word from the introduction of the Arborea section of the Planescape Planes of Chaos guide. In fairness, that plane's main inhabitants were retconned out of existence because Wizards needed a name for their admittedly cool season-based fey.

    • @user-vm9xz4kv9z
      @user-vm9xz4kv9z 2 года назад

      @@ifjNagyMiklos Three? The Abyss, Nine Hells and...?

    • @ifjNagyMiklos
      @ifjNagyMiklos 2 года назад +1

      @@user-vm9xz4kv9z Celestia is popular too. Not compared to those two, but sure is way more than Carceri or Arcadia or Acheron...

  • @GryphonDes
    @GryphonDes 2 года назад +5

    I do so adore these! They let me remember and reminisce from those glorious days of 2nd edition where so much of my life was spent as a gamer hehehe -- I love my 5E but man, 2nd ED just slammed with its art and lore!

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +3

      Agreed. I play 5e because I love the gameplay, but I cherry pick everything else I love from other editions. I've converted so many creatures from 2e and 3e and I use almost no 5e lore.

  • @grizstockman8002
    @grizstockman8002 2 года назад +30

    That is cool d&d has this, really sweet and nice to think that the four legged family have a place to go.

    • @jacobweatherford4696
      @jacobweatherford4696 2 года назад +6

      Best part is ive heard animal companions get their own part of the beastlands.

  • @sectopod1172
    @sectopod1172 2 года назад +18

    MrRhexx, with the natural change that planar travelers undergo when traveling to/through the Beastlands, would it have any unique interactions with some races like the Yuan-ti, given their unique nature as human-snake hybrids; or the tabaxi, with how they are felines with a humanoid form? It might not but Its just a thought that came to me when you talked about that. Cool video though, love all the detailed info you give about the varying planes and their inhabitants.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +10

      That sort of thing wasn't as common in 2e, so in my DM judgment I'd say their natural animalistic features and instincts would be more pronounced.
      That plane calls to the wild part of every living thing, I'd say it would be stronger if you were already part animal.

    • @jensstaal
      @jensstaal 2 года назад

      Yeah and demonic stuff like minotaurs. I wonder how they would change in the beastlands. In fact many demonic places in the abyss also seem to be full of life, like the swamp of juiblex and zuggtmoy

    • @AlyssMa7rin
      @AlyssMa7rin Год назад +2

      I would, as a DM, rule that the Tabaxi would feel a mild compulsion to walk on all fours, and to give into that would cause them to transform gradually into some form of feline the longer they allow that instinct to Rule
      As for Yuan’ti, their serpentine features would become rapidly more pronounced (esp since Yuan’ti seem to tend toward chaos) until they would progress to an End-Stage Yuan’ti Anathema. Then, they may begin to shrink and diminish in form until they resemble a particularly large serpent
      This would only be if the players were to give in to their ‘nature’

  • @Sathier
    @Sathier 2 года назад +2

    The Beastlands would be the perfect setting for a wholesome "My pet died too early :( and now we risk life and limb to bring him back for cuddles!" type adventure, and now I have all I need to make it a reality. Fantastic work, MrRhexx, as always. Your videos have absolutely legendary commentary.

  • @InquisitorThomas
    @InquisitorThomas 2 года назад +39

    Gods: Okay the Beastlands are going to be in the Good planes because predation is natural.
    Mind Flayers and Vampires: Okay can we go to the Upper Planes?
    Gods: No, we hate you.

    • @ifjNagyMiklos
      @ifjNagyMiklos 2 года назад +17

      Beastlands: We hate Gods too.

    • @andrewohagan2962
      @andrewohagan2962 2 года назад

      Well Vampires are undead which is inherently evil, and whilst eating brains might not be inherently evil, although eating of aware creatures is commonly considered evil, they also enslave other species which is evil

    • @Gabe600
      @Gabe600 2 года назад +4

      not wanting to ruin the joke but vampires are not natural thet are undead and an affront to the cycle of life

    • @johnathanmartin1504
      @johnathanmartin1504 2 года назад +1

      @@Gabe600 Yeah, and Mind Flayers are aberrations, literally the most unnatural you can get. They are from the far realm (think Cthulhu and Lovecraft as a plane of existence).

    • @almitrahopkins1873
      @almitrahopkins1873 2 года назад

      The Beastlands were originally the Happy Hunting Grounds in 1st edition. It was true neutral, if I recall correctly.

  • @thestalost8486
    @thestalost8486 2 года назад +37

    Ah yes. The All dogs go to Heaven episode

    • @arx3516
      @arx3516 2 года назад +2

      And cats.

    • @bkane573
      @bkane573 2 года назад

      No, this is heaven.
      Cats, being evil, go to hell.

    • @symeon5518
      @symeon5518 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@bkane573I don't need to hear this cat slander just because you don't get along with animals.
      Anybody who talks shit about cats shows they are not good at bonding with anything that isn't biologically predisposed to like you even if you treat them badly

  • @zakosist
    @zakosist 2 года назад +8

    This makes me feel like I really wish I could go there, more than any other plane so far. If flight is not possible, what about naturally flying creatures like birds, bats and certain insects?

    • @silverstar4505
      @silverstar4505 2 года назад +8

      I think he means magic that manipulates air, and that includes flight

  • @mtk064
    @mtk064 2 года назад +3

    I’ve been wanting to play a mastiff as a race and this video opened up so many possibilities for background that I would never considered before.

  • @Heron11177
    @Heron11177 2 года назад +13

    We had a high level adventure and I chose the Beastlands to be the second home for my Druid of The Moon
    I'm so glad to hear more about that plane that I fell in love as soon as I heard about

  • @demetrinight5924
    @demetrinight5924 2 года назад +3

    I wonder if this is where beast people go when they go to heaven. The Harengon, owlkin, and tortles would fit in well here.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +1

      As intelligent creatures they also go to the divine realm of their god and/or the plane that most closely matches their alignment.

  • @dboot8886
    @dboot8886 2 года назад +15

    So it's a heaven full of the goodest bois? Yup, *YUP!* Fuck Elysium, fuck literally spending every day sitting in the lap of the DnD Godess of Thighs, I am going to animal heaven, becoming a deva, and claiming the Pantheon of 'Headpats', and I'm doing nothing but that forever for every goodboi.

  • @sinnison23
    @sinnison23 Год назад +2

    The Forbidden Plateau was created by Ubtao, the creator and patron god of Chult. He made the realm for his favorite children, dinosaurs, and on occasion will spend time there as a giant tyrannosaurus rex - twice the size of any mortal dinosaur to exist - in order to escape the pesterings of his mortal petitioners. It's also "home" to the dwarven god Thard Harr, Lord of the Deep Jungle and protector of the wild dwarves. He is Ubtao's only ally, and Ubtao was given exclusive domain over the humans of Chult by the Faerunian pantheon. They made an agreement which tasked him with guarding the Peaks of Flame, where Dendar the Night Serpent was imprisoned, anticipating the day she emerges to destroy Toril - devouring the fears and nightmares of everyone alive and eventually, the sun itself.
    Much of this is covered in _Powers & Pantheons_ (Eric L. Boyd, 1997; ISBN 978-0786906574).

    • @wavemaster4891
      @wavemaster4891 Год назад +1

      Wow I played a campaign that involved Ubtao and his Chult lands. Yet it never covered this info. Thanks!

  • @josephleibowitz8887
    @josephleibowitz8887 2 года назад +1

    I'm so glad you and other youtubers do these videos on the outerplanes! I am always suprised when I watch these because I am like "How is there not a campaign in this place yet??? oh well, now I will make one".

  • @Ambrosius_Maladas
    @Ambrosius_Maladas 2 года назад +2

    MrRhexx out here slipping in an animal crossing fanart piece in thinking no one would notice

  • @sadwingsraging3044
    @sadwingsraging3044 2 года назад +3

    Obviously we need a Dinosaur lore episode now.
    You _know_ you want to do it Rhexx!

  • @kaidorade1317
    @kaidorade1317 2 года назад +11

    A Heaven for animals? That’s wonderful!

  • @franzcapoeira
    @franzcapoeira 2 года назад +1

    I just love your videos. The ones about the planes are really inspiring me to dm a game for the players to campaign through the many different planes.

  • @TheAvatar5261
    @TheAvatar5261 2 года назад +2

    Ooo ya 33min video love your content. I have your Playlist on repeat all the time

  • @besteirolnerd2615
    @besteirolnerd2615 Месяц назад +1

    Your videos are already really nice to watch, I really like the way you narrate the lore and the rich lore itself just feels so engaging to me…
    But this video right here is special for me today. I had the displeasure to find my cat's corpse on our front yard, likely killed by a dog. My day was fine until I had to bury him.
    I just hope he actually gets to experience heaven…

  • @andreallaodeazevedo8101
    @andreallaodeazevedo8101 2 года назад +1

    So much FANTASTIC ART. I wish there would be a list showcasing all the artists exposed. Nice topic, congrats!

  • @Yk-qe8dz
    @Yk-qe8dz 2 года назад +7

    One things I'm curious about, what happen of Wild shape or beast flavored spell Does horn grow when you use bull strengh? Have a chance to turn feral when wild shape or feel the instinct of the animal you can turn to when you're in your "human" form as a druid ?
    If only being there make you feel more alive, that must be overwelming :O

  • @runningthemeta5570
    @runningthemeta5570 2 года назад +34

    A heaven for animals? Sounds like an interesting concept. I never really thought about what happens to animal souls when they die. I would’ve thought they’d get reincarnated as new animals.

    • @humanity600
      @humanity600 2 года назад +3

      In most cultures (especially Buddhism) that's typically what happens but in others like Judaism/Christianity there was a belief that they could go to Eden, though I think that part has died down.

    • @DannyDog27
      @DannyDog27 2 года назад +4

      @@humanity600 that would make sense in the same way that the souls of children go straight to heaven; neither of them have the moral agency to be considered evil.

    • @humanity600
      @humanity600 2 года назад +1

      @@DannyDog27 you're not wrong, however there are people who have considered such a state truly "pure"; that is, to be beyond good and evil, and thus the most eligible to go to heaven.
      PS: I'm not disagreeing with you, it's just an interesting concept to think about.

    • @Thetruepianoman
      @Thetruepianoman 2 года назад

      @@DannyDog27 Or purgatory

    • @bigz4339
      @bigz4339 2 года назад

      @@DannyDog27 unblemished souls.

  • @ednantais3263
    @ednantais3263 2 года назад

    Really love your videos, man. I'm so glad someone does this and in such detail. Please keep up the great work! Thank you!

  • @Lykangroux
    @Lykangroux 2 года назад +14

    If the afterlife is out there, send me to the Beastlands. I want to cuddle all the owlbears, lions, and dire wolves. Literal heaven.

  • @antwan1357
    @antwan1357 2 года назад

    This one , I love it . Thank you for making this it is really , really calming. Completely made my day better.

  • @geraldballinger6428
    @geraldballinger6428 Год назад +1

    your animal companions when you enter the beastlands:aight imma head out
    your animal companions when you are leaving the beastlands:bonjor

  • @MrVanillaCaramel
    @MrVanillaCaramel 2 года назад +7

    That was good, it's funny how each heaven or plane in D&D has its own distinct appeal.

  • @dragolance
    @dragolance 2 года назад

    Love the video. The Beastlands are one of my favorite places in D&D it's was cool to learn new things I didn't know either. In my world I actually have a person who lives on the plateau with the Dinosaurs and I've tied them to prophecy for players to uncover.

  • @BackupPodcast
    @BackupPodcast Год назад

    One of your best videos for sure, I have watched about 10x now. Doing research for a beastlands oneshot for my table. Cheers

  • @zoloaftermidnight
    @zoloaftermidnight 2 года назад

    Words cannot describe how much I love these sorts of videos were we get more information about the many different planes of the D&D cosmos!

  • @RuenAllis
    @RuenAllis 2 года назад +2

    It bugs me so much that we have sll this important and interesting lore about the outerplanes but we don't have much info about them that is updated for 5E. We need a good outerplane book for dnd5e like a huge ass lore book.

  • @orgixvi3
    @orgixvi3 2 года назад +3

    Welp, if my party's barbarian dies, I know where she's going. She was raised by bears, lmao.

  • @golganion4469
    @golganion4469 2 года назад +4

    A plateau full of dinosaurs? I think I read that book

  • @ggdynfytugfy6892
    @ggdynfytugfy6892 2 года назад +3

    31:20- kinda losing it at the idea that summoning spells are now spells of “there’s a beast here, now”

  • @hkunamytatas
    @hkunamytatas Год назад

    Great video. Invaluable summaries and examples. Thank you!

  • @VerilyVerbatim
    @VerilyVerbatim 2 года назад +1

    7:20 'After a time, the primal changes fade, leaving the characters none the worse - except possibly for some ill-fitting clothes and damaged reputations'. In other words, whilst you may be forced into some 'perspective' of an animal form, you will eventually revert back to your original form.
    9:35 Actually, that's not true. The land is in a perpetual 'afternoon' (9:06), not noon/midday. It is not hot, just warm enough for all life to remain comfortable.

  • @waverebel9503
    @waverebel9503 Год назад

    This is actually perfect because I’m running a campaign where are you play as an animal in the humans are taking over so this is giving me so many ideas

  • @wavemaster4891
    @wavemaster4891 Год назад +1

    Thank You for this video, I just started looking into the brand new one dnd unearthed arcana about Ardlings', and they have been changed around (lore-wise of course) and now they come from these beast lands. I was ecstatic to find this video to learn all about these lands

  • @WexMajor82
    @WexMajor82 2 года назад +3

    And they decided for Spelljammer.
    More than 20 years since the last usable Manual Of The Planes.

    • @razzelmire2008
      @razzelmire2008 2 года назад

      You don’t want 5e touching Planescape. They’ll butcher it like the other settings.

    • @WexMajor82
      @WexMajor82 2 года назад

      @@razzelmire2008 Couldn't be worse than the one for the 4th edition.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад

      @@razzelmire2008 Agreed. I used to want that until "Spelljammer" was announced. I used to love that setting so much.

  • @BioHunter1990
    @BioHunter1990 2 года назад +2

    Talk about timing…
    I had to say goodbye to my best friend of 12 years on Monday. :(
    He’s in a far better place now. At peace. Maybe he’ll catch that rabbit he dreamed about.

  • @Hedron-Design
    @Hedron-Design 2 года назад

    Really enjoyed this. Much more than anticipated.

  • @chunky2017
    @chunky2017 2 года назад +1

    Yes!! I was waiting for this one!

  • @PinchyTheKittyGirl
    @PinchyTheKittyGirl 2 года назад

    Your cat is adorable and I hope she is feeling better. How appropriate to feature her in this video.

  • @williamjanak2013
    @williamjanak2013 2 года назад +1

    With the Winged Elves being there it makes me wonder where Harpies go in heaven. Anyway, good video as always.

  • @Nestmind
    @Nestmind 2 года назад +2

    This place is AMAZING

  • @Evenhand
    @Evenhand 2 года назад +1

    I'm a writer of fiction I absolutely love and appreciate your time to flesh out the planes.

  • @epicazeroth
    @epicazeroth 2 года назад +2

    Monster Hunter heaven sounds terrifying for anyone who wasn't like that in life.

    • @InquisitorThomas
      @InquisitorThomas 2 года назад +1

      Basically the Beastland is the Hipster Heaven that Beastmaster Rangers who think Arborea is too civilized go to when they die and nobody else.

  • @FirstLast-wk3kc
    @FirstLast-wk3kc 2 года назад +4

    I can't find the voting poll.

  • @joesimamura223
    @joesimamura223 2 года назад

    waiting for a beastlands video foe so long. ty bro awesome. also if u have a part 2 of this will also welcome ty very much

  • @mister_r447
    @mister_r447 2 года назад +3

    The fact that gods become weak in there would make it a good place for evil creatures to hide. Like devils, demons or liches.

    • @daviddaugherty2816
      @daviddaugherty2816 2 года назад +6

      One thing that gets floated around in Planescape is that the Outer Planes have lives and wills of their own. The Beastlands more so than most, as you might guess. That plane doesn't take kindly to the desecration of nature and the mere presence of such beings would do that.
      On the other hand, the Planes of Conflict guide also described an angel and devil who fell in love and holed up in a cave there posing as dragons, so it can go either way as you like.

    • @platinumdragon3007
      @platinumdragon3007 2 года назад

      Don't forget that D&D has as many evil gods as it does good ones. Deities are not synonymous with goodness in D&D. The Beastlands are still good-aligned, and full of powerful good-aligned beings, so fiends would definitely be in trouble if their presence there was discovered.

  • @kieraherndon4740
    @kieraherndon4740 2 года назад +4

    i think you forgot the secret poll at the end

  • @burghleyimeanberdly6513
    @burghleyimeanberdly6513 2 года назад +1

    I just noticed how much Magic: the gathering art you use and i'm not complaining

  • @autisticallyaccurate
    @autisticallyaccurate 2 года назад +1

    The Plateau sounds like The Lost World, Awesome!

  • @agentchaos9332
    @agentchaos9332 2 года назад +4

    This!! Thank you!! This was the only outer plane I couldn't find a decent lore video on

  • @ThePigguUwU
    @ThePigguUwU 2 года назад

    OMG Literally the first few minutes of your video gave me a wonderful adventure arc idea! Imagine that all the collective souls of Sylgar, Xanathar's prized and beloved goldfish, have gathered together in The Beastlands. Having been beloved so much by a Beholden changed them somehow, granting them collective abilities, including but not limited to, astral speech projection. In a desperate attempt to reach out to their former master in a desperate attempt to be by his side again, they unknowingly cause a huge amount of stress in the city of Waterdeep. There the Guild of Xanathar would hear of this phenomenon and gather an adventuring team of their guild members to search out and stop the source of this otherworldly threat, before news reachs Xanathar and destroying a long plot to keep the dangerous Crimeboss happy and docile

  • @nickybeingnicky
    @nickybeingnicky 2 года назад

    Thank you for your wonderfully in depth lore again sir.

  • @teejaygibson4315
    @teejaygibson4315 2 года назад +1

    Best dnd channel imo

  • @Xileph410
    @Xileph410 2 года назад

    0_0 Definitely my favorite plane so far, thanks for letting me know about it.

  • @janderson5773
    @janderson5773 2 года назад

    Love your work!!!!

  • @jackobanter4031
    @jackobanter4031 2 года назад +2

    At least now we know Mufasa went to a better place

  • @jackp9337
    @jackp9337 2 года назад

    Dude your videos are always fun to watch, personally I haven’t played dnd or pathfinder before, but I’m entranced by the lore, creatures, world, etc. I even bought your shirt and sweatshirt lol
    Also speaking of animals can we do a lore video about gnolls and their demon creator Yeenoghu someday please?

  • @finns23653
    @finns23653 2 года назад +1

    Big fan of the videos about different realms

  • @Myzelfa
    @Myzelfa 2 года назад

    I didn't know about the poll, but this was the plane I wanted you to cover next, so... neat.

  • @agsilverradio2225
    @agsilverradio2225 2 года назад +1

    Father Bear sounds like Ballu, from Jungle Book.
    ...
    The dinosaur plattow must be where the Land of the Lost TV seires takes place?
    ...
    The clouds on the plane, are ammalgimations of patitioners who couldn't settle on a single fursona.

  • @TheSecondAngel
    @TheSecondAngel 2 года назад +1

    I can’t wait for the monster of the multiverse and for you to cover it I love the lore

  • @jugujugu1
    @jugujugu1 2 года назад +1

    I am not going to lie, I thought this would be one of the things id be least interested in. But holy... the Beastlands became singlehandedly my favourite plane in DnD by far. Theyre soooo much more interesting than i thought

  • @youtubeseagull
    @youtubeseagull 2 года назад

    rhexx really crushed that commercial X-)

  • @nicholitadlock6768
    @nicholitadlock6768 6 месяцев назад

    The way you said, plateau was hilarious lol

  • @NSG0079
    @NSG0079 2 года назад

    I really enjoy when ambiguity is built into the lore with things like the nature of the mortai. Yes, the evidence presented points toward the 3rd answer being the "correct" one, but there's still room left for the players to discover an alternate answer that feeds directly into their game's story. I also feel that there should be some questions that no one knows the answers to in the setting; not even the gods.

  • @jerk1921
    @jerk1921 Год назад +1

    *4:06** Everyone knows that a point in every direction is the same as no point at all.*

  • @mrdeus2914
    @mrdeus2914 2 года назад +1

    Are you going to continue that series about the 3 strongest gods I really loved it

  • @juanpablopaolillo2049
    @juanpablopaolillo2049 2 года назад

    I loved the video. Thank you very much. :D

  • @FlamboyantFlamingo
    @FlamboyantFlamingo 2 года назад +2

    What about a video about gnomes? I hear they were Fae but rejected their immortality because they tired of it. Afterward each gnome continues to live until they have found no more joy in life. Would love to hear more and have a deeper understanding!

  • @mrguppys761
    @mrguppys761 2 года назад

    Now all notifications are active for this channel.

  • @guerilladesign8766
    @guerilladesign8766 2 года назад

    Love this content. Bring on more planar lore, please!

  • @rjjone2853
    @rjjone2853 2 года назад

    Thank you for the amazing content