I've been thinking about playing a Warforged that acts similarly to a Necromancer/Lich. Rather than turning beings into Undead, instead, he crafts them bodies so that they can become Mechanical Incarnations of their former selves. Really leaning into the Necrons form Warhammer for inspiration.
Haha! Thank you! I hope that wasn't too clickbaity, but I really want to grow the channel this year! It was either that or "Player species Deep Dive" like..."Deep Dive: Warforged" to indulge my pure adoration of alliteration, but I feel like more people would be interested in being 'convinced' to pick a warforged. Either way...thanks for watching!
i had a fun warforged that was a tiefling, basically she dies at a young age her father brought her back to life after years of making this new body and that inspired her to become a artificer. was a fun character sadly though only hit level 4 before too many people leaving and DM called it there.
My DM wasn’t very up for the idea of a robot in their campaign. We then came up with the idea that my character was a puppet animated with a type of magic (maybe like Pinocchio). Basically, there are always thematic work arounds for allowing certain things into your game so that it’s generally not an issue.
the moment my dm told me about warforged and mentioned they usually have a hidden weapon built into their arm, i was sold. after playing around me and my dm decided to turn my character into a side villain. the character was a rouge with the healer feat, and had proficiency with a herbalism kit, and had a pet dog named Captain. the character was a serial killer who used a modified arm-blade this being a needle that did a d1 of piercing , and can inject one flask of fluid as an action. so i made sure to collect poisons, and slimes from dungeons and load them up. It was a lot of fun playing the secret bad guy and it was cool getting to eventually have my "IT WAS ME DIO!!" moment. So my character died but i passed on his pet dog as my dying wish.
I actually played a warforged for Rhyme of the Frostmaiden. As long as you work with your GM, you can make most things work. We decided that the extreme cold would freeze up his mechanical parts and if he got too cold he would freeze up in place and never be able to move again, frozen for eternity.
I can actully see a opportunity for warforged in more survival based campaigns,hes immune to natrual hazards so he can serve as a straight man to the partys hilarity when their fighting for survivial,it would even allow certian combat encounters to be made harder since the dm and players would always have atleast one person that is combat ready despite the setting.Though the players and dm would have to be willing to play up the contrast between the warforged who is totally chilling and the party who is constantly dieing to make it really interesting.
I'm currently working on creating a Draconic Warforged (Warforged Half-Dragon) who's also a Dragon Rider (homebrew class). He was created near the end of the War as an experiment by infusing the soul of a dragon and quenching the warforged in the blood of the same dragon. The day he was "born" a Brass dragon was also hatched and paired with said Character, then put in an alternate dimension where time moves faster. The only way they could get out of this pocket dimension is to bond as dragon and rider.
Fantastic video as always! Also a cool idea for a warforge is one made by a aquatic civilization! like ixitxachitls or sea elves and are made of coral or seaweed and have shells for armor!
Such amazing art and discussion! I love the Warforged, and you brought up so many amazing things about ways to play them, and I love the way you’ve used them in your world. I can’t believe how much awesome art was in this. as someone who loves your style this is amazing! Also I would definitely love to see one of these videos on Dragonborn.
Awh, thanks so much Robbie! This was really lovely to read! I'm so glad you enjoyed it and found it useful! I can't wait to get cracking with the dragon born video for you!
Great video! I'm interested in seeing what other videos are coming up next. Genasi always need more love, but I really want to see something about dragonborn too!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it Lennart! Don't worry, it looks like the dragonborn and Genasi are the most popular species on my list so they're very likely to come up soon! cheers for watching.
I'm returning to D&D for the first time in over a year and just so happen to be looking for information on my Necromancer Warforged. This was a happy circumstance coming across your video.
This was a really interesting video with amazing artwork. In my world, the equivalent to warforged is a species of automatons usually called the rusted. They were built by ancient advanced empires hundreds of years ago and were gifted sentience by the god of joy, but have been dormant for the past few centuries after a world-spanning calamity destroyed those civilizations.
Thanks so much George! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The Rusted sound like a great way of introducing something warforged-esque into your campaign! Great work!
I’m playing my first ever campaign as a Druid warforged created by a nature goddess, given to a dying elven race to protect their villages, but this warforged failed and stayed in the village for about a thousand years, carved wooden villagers because of how lonely he was, befriended the local Forrest wildlife, I guess it’s kinda like an iron golem who failed. I’m still creating the character so I’m not really sure how to kill off all of the villagers but hey if anyone has any ideas I’m all ears
I love the sound of your warforged character! Maybe the villagers died of some kind of curse or disease? Something that your warforged couldn't physically protect them from, and that's why they've learned some of the healing magic that Druids have access to?
@@ArcaneForge I really like that I’ll add that to my notes to think about, a disease would work really well because there are like three revenge stories in our campaign already lol.
I am new to DnD, and this has been the first thing I've discovered and have been dedicating research to, to master one for myself. I eagerly learning DnD for myself and my wife, our group of friends want to get into it. Thank you for being a truly magnificent creator and player of the subject
Thank you so much Tree Mann! I'm so glad that this was helpful! Let me know if I can help in any way. Also, make sure to check out my Discord if you want to talk to more people who might be able to help: discord.gg/KMmsyEeGkM
This is amazing! as someone that has been busy with illustration and unable to focus on campaign eps on youtube, this is the perfect combo of DnD, Lore, illustration and less than an hour content I need. Thankyou so much for giving me the perfect fix! can't wait for the next! :D
A few years ago I came up with a "Green Knight" concept using a warforged. In my version he wakes up with no recollection of his past and my whole short story is him debating then deciding that his past was irrelevant. "When people die and come back they call it reincarnation so maybe I should just be greatful to be here now. Now is what matters. Mother has a purpose for me." So he is brought back by the Raven Queen, who he refers to as "mother". His only concern or desire is to know if he has a soul. He really wants a soul. I'm using the oath of the Ancients paladin. He pays homage to The Raven Queen, mother and he is a Hexblade bound to Raven Queen again. So no conflicts between his patron and his God. It's all about what 'mother' wants. He loves his mother's, bringer of his life. His head is made of sandstone, a jackal head with thick green vines connecting his wood and steal casing. His hair is living ivy. Any metal is painted green. Maybe at Higher Levels he'll be plated with jade. His eyes glow a soft white from the sockets. He wears a cloak made of Raven feathers. Even though he doesn't need to breathe he has a fear of drowning. I am looking forward to playing him or it one day.
In my world the warforged were created as a response to a group of wizards creating symic hybrids (called warbred in my setting, and yes that's a work in progress) intending to use to conquer the empire the campaign I'm planning is set in while the regular army was of at war with a different kingdom. However they both made the "mistake" of not brainwashing them to their side so shortly after both armies realized that they were essentially slave armies and unified, so out of fear of this frankly enormous army the emperor ceded one particular archipelago of the west coast. This is also why biomancy is super illegal I'm my world.
Nice change of pace. In my world the Warforged were created as cheaper alternatives to iron golems and like them are powered by Ichor (like how the Transformers run on energon) however they are a new innovation (parts of my world are in transitional periods from medieval to steampunk) so there are only 12-20 individual across the world. However a small group have found the remains of Talos the first iron golem (who was the first prototype iron golem made of bronze) and plant to literally build an entire pantheon around him so the can truly be their own people. PS: I would love to see you do Hill Giants
@@ArcaneForge oh yeah incase you didn’t know Talos was a bronze giant that was made by Hephaestus which was commissioned by a king to gaur digs island and was one of the many obstacles faced by the Argonauts.
I once had the idea of a mage creating a golem and putting all his lifeforce into the spell in a bit for imortality; begging the question wether this resulted in a golem possessed by a somewhat amnesiac ghost or a sentient golem with false memories. That would also work for a warforged when you're in a setting were they aren't canon.
My warforged is named Flush. He's basically a walking furnace, with a homebrew magic flamethrower that has a charge system. For the multiple uses per long rest, I sacrificed my cantrips (he's an artificer). He was designed to flush things out of tight spaces.
Thanks so much Samwise! If you mean my own homebrew campaign world, then I'll be posting lore videos about that every month on Patreon; but if you're talking about Eberron, then you can check out the Eberron official book for 5e (there may be more than one by now) dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/eberron. I hope this helps, and thanks for watching!
Great new format, good going Josh In the light of new hype movie: Radioactive lizard vs. Big Monke, I'd recommend doing something on Gargantuas. I believe we have only one yt video on them by AJ Picket
I've had like this concept about an artificer warforge who used to be some experimental prototype that was abandoned in some dump for 40 years before escaping with an old wild west disguise and seeing how the underground gangs or corrupt people hurt or destroyed people lives decided to build bombs and weapons that shoot lighting to kill anyone who dared to hurt others.
I've got a character idea for the more magical warforged(sorcerers and wizards). A warforged with a magic core. I was thinking of having a warforged with a raw magic core that allows it to use magic. The idea is it is the eccense(essence?) of a very old and powerful creature like a dragon that was filled into a mechanical core. The core would glow several different colors and would glow a particular color before the warforged used a specific damage type or spell catagory. Was thinking this could work for an eldritch knight warforged. What do you think?
@@ArcaneForge I’m currently working on a new campaign setting myself and tbh I didn’t think I would put the Warforged in... but after this video, learning a lot about them, I think I’m gonna have to reconsider 😅
Warforged race in general is what made not only me getting into d&d but also my number 1 favourite race and not only that but they can work literally half the classes in d&d especially with the creativity goes far and beyond when making a character like this I can’t see anyone not playing this race if you don’t play it at least wrong then your mad go play it and don’t be quick to judge just because it’s overpowered and probably better than majority of races but that’s my eyes on it take it as a grand assault
Yet another great Arcane Forge video. I haven't gotten around to creating a warforged character yet, but I may try it now. My homebrew setting allows for them, as well as a homebrew race I need to cobble together called 'Nana Dolls'. Think human-sized dolls used as governesses for aristocratic families.
Ken....nana Dolls sound the most horrifying thing I have heard of. Bravo! I may have to feature something like that to make my players wet them selves with terror!
@@ArcaneForge Feel free to take the idea and run with it. I should get around to writing up a homebrew description and maybe a stat block for them. I've used them as NPCs, but I'm getting some great ideas for a horror one-shot.
This is definitely a nice change of pace from your usual Monster Mondays, not to say that I don’t enjoy those! I’d very much love to see your takes on other player races as well! I’m a fairly new DnD player so I’ve made only one character for a still-running campaign (a kobold), so I figured it’d be nice to see other people’s takes on why they decided to, or would want to play as one. A close second to another race I’d want to see would be kenku; idk if it’s because I’m just new so I’m in this weird phase, but I tend to think of character concepts for the less “civilized” races 😅
They're both awesome and cheeky, troublemaking species! I'll definitely make sure to cover them for you, Hopper! Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Oooooooohhhh, this gives me so many more ideas! I'm planning on playing a warforged bard who has instruments for body parts. Imagine them like a tuba warrior but as a robot haha I still gotta work on their story a bit buuut what I currently have is this: they're a very happy and energetic character and are fascinated by human(oid) emotions (especially joy/happiness) because don't fully understand them themselves. So their goal is to make as many people happy as they can cuz they love seeing people smile. Also, I could imagine there being fun rp opportunities with evil people who do cruel things and stuff
Why can you have a warforged home brew mechanic where they get worn down because of sand getting caught in there mechanics or cold rust or damaging their components and because they aren't a organic being they have to seek out resources like scrap metal or limbs to repair themselves
I've had the thought of a bladesinger but the old alternative bladesinger from the Complete guide to Elves. Lots of back story being taught this elf only fighting style by a master that he saved from death. Obviously a skirmisher fits best into this idea. It's not likely that I'll ever find anyone to play with up here tho. This is the wasteland for in person tabletop.
My 3.5 warforged was my favorite character. He was a warforged warlock named Sentient Armored Machine Unit 5 or S.A.M.U.5 for short. He was created by the rogue secundus modron on Mount Celestia using Moradins soul forge. No pact needed and when the experiment was over the modron just casually tossed him into the prime where he found himself in the realms. Actually played him into demigod-hood with the cold portfolio. By the end of it I was vying to take over in the north as the good spirit of winter and steal followers from the frost maiden.
I know it would be a long video but "Why should you play a Genasi" just sounds brilliant. especially since my dm said hes done with warforged in his campaigns lol
This is gonna be a great series! The only problem will be deciding on a race lol! In my campaign there is a gargoyle type war forged infused with blood and created by vampires.
My setting has no single origin for them but the term warforged is a blanket term for various magically animated humanoid constructs throughout history and around the world, and various empires and people have made these types of beings as labor forces, soldiers, and other purposes, but most by now have outlived their original purposes and have to integrate into society. The different makes of warforged are mechanically the official, UA, and a few homebrew stat blocks of warforged. They can be made of almost any material and can mod themselves.
We started playing 5e with Everron and I decided to go with a Warforged sorcerer of wild magic. He was brand new created at the beggining of the campain. Its creator was clearly making it in undergrownd and when he was about to imbuing it with magic, a wild magic event triggered, and he (a tinker gnome) fused/merded into the warforged leg, now looking like a tiny Han Solo in carbonite in its leg XD
@@ArcaneForge if you want to see him, I did a drawing of him (I'm waiting for the party to give me a good description of their characters to make theirs as well ^^). instagram.com/p/CQuPU8rjCHv/?
I'm DMing for a Warforged Rogue named Valentine, who was a spy during the Last War and now works as a detective in the post-war. So imagine a warforged with a noir detective getup and a cigar perpetually hanging out of jaw-hinge thing.
I'm working on a variant race/class of the warforged called warframes (not like the video game). I made them SO much more mechanical with different components and mods. One day once I finish it I'll try and put it out there.
@@ArcaneForge I'm loving it so far. It's solid fit for a cleric and it's been a low maintenance choice which is great for a first time player like me. The video was very helpful 😊
@@ArcaneForge speaking of which, you mentioned appearance, so you could make them look grotesque, almost partially undead in appearance but with Warforged rules, like the revenants in Doom. I’m thinking they could be enemies in my campaign as well or they would probably make really cool city guards.
Fun video! Though if it was time-consuming to do so much art for it, I wouldn't mind if future "Why should you play?" videos use the same art time-lapse format as Monster Mondays.
In an Eberron novel there are dragon shards. in the thorn of breland book. a shard retains another personality. soul shard giving life. or ancient druidic guarden. psionicly fuel suit of armor. a divers suit with a specialized duty. magical prophesies. vary levels of cost and functions.
Now that you mentioned a purple worm, I'd also like to show you another old aedition monster, 'Leveller (Bodendruker) Basically it's carnivorous kaiju elephant that has cthulhuesque face and appetite for underground greatures like bullettes and Purple worms. I'd love to give links to few sites and fan-made sheets that made me interested but my comments keep dissapearing if I do that, so hope this comment wont
My DM let me play as large creature war forged Palafin. When time came to fight against gargantuan creature, the party member used magic to make me grow in size. Best fun I have ever had in combat.
They didn't mention the Warforged in the Players Handbook, or the Monster Manuel. Maybe there's another book I could find that has the Warforged in it.
Hey Byron! Of course! I forgot to mention that I think in the video. The Book you're looking for is "Eberron: Rising from the last war" which you can find just here ( dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/eberron ). There should be copies on amazon or at your local games shop!
EXACTLY. There is always a way. Always! It CAN work. You just need to figure out how. This is absolutely a hill I’m willing to die on. Players and DMs need to work together on concepts like this. I’m very much against gatekeeping content - I’m not unaware of the reasons people give for it - but it’s a bugbear of mine and a DM who remembers rule zero and put it at the heart of everything they do should at least attempt to find a way to help their players have their fun the way they want to, as long as it doesn’t disrupt the actual fun of other people. Don’t allow stuff that lets the game degenerate into unplayable chaos, but an idea like Warforged? Embrace it! For instance, in my game, arcane necromancy is currently illegal. No clever reason for it; a big set up for a possible plot thread the players might face later is the fact that my Vecna-proxy got a whole bunch of Evil Wizard in the setting’s peanut butter and ruined it for everyone. He was defeated at great cost, etc. etc, various cliches abound, and so on. So what does one of my players want to play? The warlock with the undead patron. Why? He wants to cast Finger of Death, because he is a total dick. 😉 and yes, I told him that any warlock can cast it... he doesn’t care because he likes the thematic resonance. He also knows that necromancy is illegal (currently). So, I have a problem, except that I don’t. That’s a MASSIVE storyline right there! I can use that! I can build that situation into my game and we can have fun exploring it. Will he become subject to the ire of the law? Will he redeem necromancy? Will it basically become lost in the hurly-burly of the adventure? Nobody knows. But it’s going to be a blast finding out. And that’s why warforged should be in every single game, no matter what level of magic exists there. That’s why no player’s desires in the game should be “NOPE”ed. It’s all sparks to be put into the game, in the hope that something catches fire! So... TL;DR: I agree, 100%. There should always be a way. Not “No”. Instead, say “Yes, and...” Much more fun. This is amazing content, boss. Love it! So much art, and so many grand ideas!
I enjoy a certain amount of juxtaposition so the idea of a Warforged medic in a survival-heavy setting appeals to me. Imagine a Cleric with a good Medicine skill and proficiency with the Healer's Kit. I would be responsible for keeping the rest of the party alive and would feel guilty if someone died from exposure to the elements.
Metal is rare in dark sun so a warforged made of that material would be in danger in a whole different way in that setting. For one thing they would have a hard time replacing parts but also people would be eyeing them up like they were a walking bar of gold.
Bit of a weird request, but I just found out about an rpg game called demon: the descent which is part of the world of darkness games (like vampire the masquerade) and it has one of the most intriguing premises I’ve heard of in a long time of playing ttrpgs, and I’m curious if you would consider taking a stab at a version of it’s biotechnical horror aesthetic?
Oooohh that definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in! Let me see if I can fit it in and I'll try and get around to it for you Griffin! Thanks so much for the suggestion!
@@ArcaneForge thanks for considering it! There’s very little artwork for it but I feel like there is a lot to work with off the concept of a matrix like God Machine and it’s corrupted programs (demons) that are trying to hide from it in the guise of humans.
I need more of these videos in my life! In my steampunk setting, warforged are constructed illegally by individuals for any number of reasons. These constructs are almost always partially biological. While they have an outer armor of thin metal plates, an internal skeleton, and mechanical muscles filed by azurite (a discovered energy crystal that fuels the technology) they have the internal organs of a human. If someone is making one of these, they obtain and preserve the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, and a few other systems with necromancy magic and way too much alcohol. These biological bits are magically linked to the inorganic exterior. Finally, they must kill a humanoid and extract its brain. Pins constructed of the stomach lining of a stillborn, soul eating god, (although few know of that part) are inserted into the brain to prevent the soul from leaving. The memories, personality, and thoughts of the soul dissolve and the soul is like that of an infant, only with adult intelligence. These creatures do need to eat, sleep, drink, and breath to maintain their biological parts. These constructs often wake up as if an infant in an adults body. They are bombarded by senses that they have never felt before and a body they have never used. They often later learn language and how to survive. What their purpose is lies in their creator’s hands. I have the idea for a warforged character following this lore. They were abandoned after their awakening. The disguise their strangeness with ornate clothing and a expressionless, androgynous porcelain mask. They are fascinated by the concept of life and death and seek to learn its secrets. So, this person, now a necromancer, found a new calling: to become human. Now, whenever they kill someone, they take part of their body. They seek to eventually replace their inorganic body with flesh to become fully human. The name they took was “Verum Hominem” meaning “real human” in Latin. Great video! Hope you see this.
Thank you for such an easy to follow back ground and some ideas througn in. ive been flicking throuhg to find something thst doesnt have shouting and flashing pics and words covering the screan. Im dislexic 66 year old... So no help during younger years . Just stand at back of class facing wall.... Right... My lovely son over these last few years of lockdown etc. Huge op on my part, guided me onto board games then D&D. Hook line and sinker moment. Oh how i love my Pretty dice. we play on line ...DM in Sweden. we in england. im a Wood Half Elf private investigator. Has meant spells but can be one of the people at the back and assistine the mad fighters we have. Yes a rbbit 6" tall....... Off subject. My son is now going to start up a new campain with him as DM. He does others too. So im going solo, but with a lovely group of peopl. we will be around a table too.. scarey.. Son has set me up as a Monk. I really loved the idea of a robot. thought of this before he talked of Warforged. So thats how i will beginn. The Charactor can easily be written out if im finding things difficult. Your explenation has really inspired me, I thank you for that. To have an insite of the background fits perfect with how i want to play my charactor. We begin soon. Just the others to form their chosen charactor. Two newbe's could mean the game slower but son is playing as if all beginners. Others understand and excited to go back to basics. A long msg sorry. I feel ive missed out in so much fun. So pllease keep to your none madness posts. Plenty of people like me who need info without the complicated (roll d6....... d20... d4... add this to your whatever) yes important but less is more.. Il stop now. thank you.
Warforged can certainly work in a survival setting with a little work. Instead of consuming normal food they might have to consume oil and/or alcohol (for you Futurama fans out there). When other characters must sleep the Warforged could be doing mandatory self maintenance and so on.
im currently playing a warforged artificer named Mender and its one of my favourite charcaters when we got to higher levels(level 15) our dm gave me a docent and i of course called Gerald
Even though a Warforged does not need to eat, sleep, or drink anything. Then should not you just limit what they do need then. What a Warforged does not have unlimited supply when come to what powering them. That power source is limited thus they have to constantly resupply to it as if they ever run out then what happens is they go offline completely. They are basically fully deactivated without the ability to think, move, or act anymore. They remain offline until someone or something else manages to resupply them enough of their power source to come online again. The dangers to a Warforged going offline is that while they are offline they are completely at the will of whoever finds them as they alter, erase, or remove anything and they will never know it happened. Another idea that Warforged could have an unlimited power supply however a built in flaw to ensure that they can not venture too far from where they were stationed originally is that their consciousness is tied a limited produced resource that they must have on a normal basis. Like how humans can go weeks without food but only days without water. A Warforged that does not have this limited produced resource will lose their consciousness and just revert back to being mere automaton that can only follow orders unable to think on their own until supply with said resource again. However similar and properly worse then the previous idea is that once they revert back to just a mere automaton if they do not get said resource within next 24 hours to restore their consciousness to normal. That version of themselves is forever gone and the next time they regain their consciousness its a brand new one that has no memories of their previous self at all.
How to off-set the survival aspect problem: I have am unused Warforged Devine Soul Sorcerer. Their physical stats are garbage. They aren't going to do so hot when it comes to skill checks or saving throws for str or dex. They have an AC of 12, and Sorcerer means no armor proficiencies. A d6 hit die means they wont hit triple digits until the mid teens levels. If I want AC and a good physical stat that isn't con, I'll have to use all of my ASI to buff dex, discouraging taking feats like Tough to buff health, or other ASIs to buff spell casting mods. They're absolutely a support character. Functionally only really useful for (twin) casting healing and/or buffing spells. This character being a warforged is really only for rp (and con buff.)
I love Warforged, but people tend to misunderstood them. They aren’t robots, they are living, sentient, humanoid constructs kept alive by alchemical fluids. No gears, no software, no power cores, etc. They are more like Pinocchio than C-3PO. They don’t sleep or eat or breathe. They still have to rest or take levels of fatigue, at least in 5e. They didn’t in 3.5e. They work just fine in survival settings. They freeze and rust. They just don’t need food. You could argue they need replenishment of alchemical fluids but that isn’t specifically in any editions description.
I like warforged being effectively if a WMD needed to find a hobby. Like you aren’t allowed to make more but the ones that were already made have literally nothing better to do. Like some decided to figure out the difference between “yes sir” and “yes mam” and stumble upon gender carving their wooden chassis accordingly. Some heard about a crusade and as such dedicated themself to a church just to be technically part of an army again. And others might just choose a direction and wonder off into the wilderness becoming druids fascinated with natures beauty getting in touch with their tree side
I've been thinking about playing a Warforged that acts similarly to a Necromancer/Lich. Rather than turning beings into Undead, instead, he crafts them bodies so that they can become Mechanical Incarnations of their former selves. Really leaning into the Necrons form Warhammer for inspiration.
When I hear this I think of Siths from Star wars
Trazyn the infinite. You just made Trazyn the infinite your player character. Great, now i need to make Ghazkull thraka.
You want to play Michael Afton in DnD
WE NEED THE CHAOS GODS
Thundercats did it first
I don't need extra reasons to play warforged!
But extra arcane forge vids are always welcome :)
Haha! Very true. They're cool enough already! I'm glad you enjoyed the video though!
Now this is a good idea! Not just "Player Monster Monday".
And that title should appease the RUclips algorithm. ;)
Haha! Thank you! I hope that wasn't too clickbaity, but I really want to grow the channel this year!
It was either that or "Player species Deep Dive" like..."Deep Dive: Warforged" to indulge my pure adoration of alliteration, but I feel like more people would be interested in being 'convinced' to pick a warforged.
Either way...thanks for watching!
i had a fun warforged that was a tiefling, basically she dies at a young age her father brought her back to life after years of making this new body and that inspired her to become a artificer. was a fun character sadly though only hit level 4 before too many people leaving and DM called it there.
Awh, that's a shame that you didn't get to play her for too long but maybe you can bring them to a new campaign one day!
Thanks so much for watching!
My DM wasn’t very up for the idea of a robot in their campaign. We then came up with the idea that my character was a puppet animated with a type of magic (maybe like Pinocchio). Basically, there are always thematic work arounds for allowing certain things into your game so that it’s generally not an issue.
That immortal king of your story was all like: "Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort!"
Lmao! Bravo!!!
Too good. Literally lol
Suffocation, no breathing!
the moment my dm told me about warforged and mentioned they usually have a hidden weapon built into their arm, i was sold. after playing around me and my dm decided to turn my character into a side villain. the character was a rouge with the healer feat, and had proficiency with a herbalism kit, and had a pet dog named Captain.
the character was a serial killer who used a modified arm-blade this being a needle that did a d1 of piercing , and can inject one flask of fluid as an action.
so i made sure to collect poisons, and slimes from dungeons and load them up.
It was a lot of fun playing the secret bad guy and it was cool getting to eventually have my "IT WAS ME DIO!!" moment. So my character died but i passed on his pet dog as my dying wish.
ye my dm allowed me to use an armblade and homebrewed it as a flame tongue
I actually played a warforged for Rhyme of the Frostmaiden. As long as you work with your GM, you can make most things work. We decided that the extreme cold would freeze up his mechanical parts and if he got too cold he would freeze up in place and never be able to move again, frozen for eternity.
I can actully see a opportunity for warforged in more survival based campaigns,hes immune to natrual hazards so he can serve as a straight man to the partys hilarity when their fighting for survivial,it would even allow certian combat encounters to be made harder since the dm and players would always have atleast one person that is combat ready despite the setting.Though the players and dm would have to be willing to play up the contrast between the warforged who is totally chilling and the party who is constantly dieing to make it really interesting.
I really like "deep dive" content. Exploring lore and things like that really give a lot of ideas a chance to come to light.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm so excited to make more!
I'm currently working on creating a Draconic Warforged (Warforged Half-Dragon) who's also a Dragon Rider (homebrew class).
He was created near the end of the War as an experiment by infusing the soul of a dragon and quenching the warforged in the blood of the same dragon. The day he was "born" a Brass dragon was also hatched and paired with said Character, then put in an alternate dimension where time moves faster. The only way they could get out of this pocket dimension is to bond as dragon and rider.
Your anatomy diagrams near the end of the video are so inspiring and helpful for me
I'm so glad you liked it Jack! I really enjoyed drawing those parts in particular as well I have to say!
Suggestion for monster Monday maybe you could do one of the less represented demon lord like Dagon or Pazuzu.
Excellent choices! We're getting to some good demons now! Thanks for the suggestion and for watching!
I second Pazuzu (you ungrateful gargoyle, I put you through college, and THIS is how you repay me?!)
Fantastic video as always! Also a cool idea for a warforge is one made by a aquatic civilization! like ixitxachitls or sea elves and are made of coral or seaweed and have shells for armor!
That's a really cool idea, Moonring! I'm glad you liked the video!
I really enjoyed this and would love to see more of this series
Thanks so much Derek! I definitely will make more!
This is my fav video you’ve ever done! The player race I’d love to see most is firbolg
I'm so glad you liked it, Jo! I'll definitely make more, and I can't wait to do the Firbolg!
cheers for watching.
Loved the new video and also linking it to your own campaign and homebrew worked really well.
Thanks so much, Peter!
This is so cool! I love seeing all your thoughts on warforged and all the possibilities!
Thanks so much Flare! Do you have a preferred species you'd like to see next time?
Such amazing art and discussion! I love the Warforged, and you brought up so many amazing things about ways to play them, and I love the way you’ve used them in your world. I can’t believe how much awesome art was in this. as someone who loves your style this is amazing!
Also I would definitely love to see one of these videos on Dragonborn.
Awh, thanks so much Robbie! This was really lovely to read!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and found it useful! I can't wait to get cracking with the dragon born video for you!
looks at warforged
Looks at a tech priest who has ascended
Me: you sure you’re not related?
Praise the omnisiah!
Great video! I'm interested in seeing what other videos are coming up next. Genasi always need more love, but I really want to see something about dragonborn too!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it Lennart! Don't worry, it looks like the dragonborn and Genasi are the most popular species on my list so they're very likely to come up soon!
cheers for watching.
Great video! Always happy to see you in my subscription box.
Always happy to see you in my comments box! Thanks so much for watching!
I'm returning to D&D for the first time in over a year and just so happen to be looking for information on my Necromancer Warforged. This was a happy circumstance coming across your video.
This was a really interesting video with amazing artwork. In my world, the equivalent to warforged is a species of automatons usually called the rusted. They were built by ancient advanced empires hundreds of years ago and were gifted sentience by the god of joy, but have been dormant for the past few centuries after a world-spanning calamity destroyed those civilizations.
Thanks so much George! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! The Rusted sound like a great way of introducing something warforged-esque into your campaign! Great work!
Another really good counter to "they're too advanced" dms is just taking the full metal alchemist route and be armor with a soul bound to it
I LOOOOVVVEEE me some FMA. Great call!
An amazing video! Cant wait to see more player characters and the spin you put on them.
Thanks so much Taha! I'm already started on my next video in this series! It may take a while But I can't wait to finish it off!
I’m playing my first ever campaign as a Druid warforged created by a nature goddess, given to a dying elven race to protect their villages, but this warforged failed and stayed in the village for about a thousand years, carved wooden villagers because of how lonely he was, befriended the local Forrest wildlife, I guess it’s kinda like an iron golem who failed. I’m still creating the character so I’m not really sure how to kill off all of the villagers but hey if anyone has any ideas I’m all ears
I love the sound of your warforged character! Maybe the villagers died of some kind of curse or disease? Something that your warforged couldn't physically protect them from, and that's why they've learned some of the healing magic that Druids have access to?
@@ArcaneForge I really like that I’ll add that to my notes to think about, a disease would work really well because there are like three revenge stories in our campaign already lol.
Thank you for sharing your ideas, your drawings and world building are awesome
I am new to DnD, and this has been the first thing I've discovered and have been dedicating research to, to master one for myself. I eagerly learning DnD for myself and my wife, our group of friends want to get into it. Thank you for being a truly magnificent creator and player of the subject
Thank you so much Tree Mann! I'm so glad that this was helpful! Let me know if I can help in any way. Also, make sure to check out my Discord if you want to talk to more people who might be able to help: discord.gg/KMmsyEeGkM
This is amazing! as someone that has been busy with illustration and unable to focus on campaign eps on youtube, this is the perfect combo of DnD, Lore, illustration and less than an hour content I need. Thankyou so much for giving me the perfect fix! can't wait for the next! :D
Thanks so much Anime Thoughts! I release a video every monday at 10:00 AM (UK time) so I hope they'll be useful to you!
Cheers for watching!
Going deep on some of the outside the norms races would be great!
I really like your backstory for the Cogs. Very creative and emotional
Thanks so much! They're deeply entrenched in my lore and I love being able to do that for the player species.
A few years ago I came up with a "Green Knight" concept using a warforged. In my version he wakes up with no recollection of his past and my whole short story is him debating then deciding that his past was irrelevant. "When people die and come back they call it reincarnation so maybe I should just be greatful to be here now. Now is what matters. Mother has a purpose for me." So he is brought back by the Raven Queen, who he refers to as "mother". His only concern or desire is to know if he has a soul. He really wants a soul. I'm using the oath of the Ancients paladin. He pays homage to The Raven Queen, mother and he is a Hexblade bound to Raven Queen again. So no conflicts between his patron and his God. It's all about what 'mother' wants. He loves his mother's, bringer of his life. His head is made of sandstone, a jackal head with thick green vines connecting his wood and steal casing. His hair is living ivy. Any metal is painted green. Maybe at Higher Levels he'll be plated with jade. His eyes glow a soft white from the sockets. He wears a cloak made of Raven feathers. Even though he doesn't need to breathe he has a fear of drowning. I am looking forward to playing him or it one day.
Really loved the depth of this one, even if we didn't get to see you drawing. It's a sort of sword of format for me, as I adore both.
I'm glad you liked it all the same Atomicus! Maybe I could blend a bit of footage of the drawings in from time to time.
In my world the warforged were created as a response to a group of wizards creating symic hybrids (called warbred in my setting, and yes that's a work in progress) intending to use to conquer the empire the campaign I'm planning is set in while the regular army was of at war with a different kingdom. However they both made the "mistake" of not brainwashing them to their side so shortly after both armies realized that they were essentially slave armies and unified, so out of fear of this frankly enormous army the emperor ceded one particular archipelago of the west coast. This is also why biomancy is super illegal I'm my world.
That's such a god idea! Damn! Great worldbuilding, Jay!
@@ArcaneForge Thank you! This is the my first time trying to make a homebrew campaign setting.
Nice change of pace.
In my world the Warforged were created as cheaper alternatives to iron golems and like them are powered by Ichor (like how the Transformers run on energon) however they are a new innovation (parts of my world are in transitional periods from medieval to steampunk) so there are only 12-20 individual across the world. However a small group have found the remains of Talos the first iron golem (who was the first prototype iron golem made of bronze) and plant to literally build an entire pantheon around him so the can truly be their own people.
PS: I would love to see you do Hill Giants
I love everything about this! Always great to use inspiration from the franchises you're fascinated with!
@@ArcaneForge oh yeah incase you didn’t know Talos was a bronze giant that was made by Hephaestus which was commissioned by a king to gaur digs island and was one of the many obstacles faced by the Argonauts.
I once had the idea of a mage creating a golem and putting all his lifeforce into the spell in a bit for imortality; begging the question wether this resulted in a golem possessed by a somewhat amnesiac ghost or a sentient golem with false memories. That would also work for a warforged when you're in a setting were they aren't canon.
That's a really cool idea Styrax! I love this so much! Thanks for sharing.
My warforged is named Flush. He's basically a walking furnace, with a homebrew magic flamethrower that has a charge system. For the multiple uses per long rest, I sacrificed my cantrips (he's an artificer). He was designed to flush things out of tight spaces.
Flush sounds like a cool character!
awesome video! i really love the illustrations!!
Thank you so much!
Oh my god I love the sound of this campaign world, where can I find out more about it?
Thanks so much Samwise! If you mean my own homebrew campaign world, then I'll be posting lore videos about that every month on Patreon; but if you're talking about Eberron, then you can check out the Eberron official book for 5e (there may be more than one by now) dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/eberron.
I hope this helps, and thanks for watching!
Wonderful input and flavor.
Thank you so much Jason!
Great new format, good going Josh
In the light of new hype movie: Radioactive lizard vs. Big Monke, I'd recommend doing something on Gargantuas. I believe we have only one yt video on them by AJ Picket
Oh yeah of course! That sounds like a good idea for a topic. I'll have to watch AJ's video to get me started!
1:59 Oh don't worry, the Warforged in my Icewind Dale campaign will still feel the sting of winter.
Just more... creative ways. ;)
I've had like this concept about an artificer warforge who used to be some experimental prototype that was abandoned in some dump for 40 years before escaping with an old wild west disguise and seeing how the underground gangs or corrupt people hurt or destroyed people lives decided to build bombs and weapons that shoot lighting to kill anyone who dared to hurt others.
I've got a character idea for the more magical warforged(sorcerers and wizards). A warforged with a magic core. I was thinking of having a warforged with a raw magic core that allows it to use magic. The idea is it is the eccense(essence?) of a very old and powerful creature like a dragon that was filled into a mechanical core. The core would glow several different colors and would glow a particular color before the warforged used a specific damage type or spell catagory. Was thinking this could work for an eldritch knight warforged. What do you think?
Amazing Video!! Loved it!
I'm so glad! Thanks for the support, Max!
@@ArcaneForge I’m currently working on a new campaign setting myself and tbh I didn’t think I would put the Warforged in... but after this video, learning a lot about them, I think I’m gonna have to reconsider 😅
Warforged race in general is what made not only me getting into d&d but also my number 1 favourite race and not only that but they can work literally half the classes in d&d especially with the creativity goes far and beyond when making a character like this I can’t see anyone not playing this race if you don’t play it at least wrong then your mad go play it and don’t be quick to judge just because it’s overpowered and probably better than majority of races but that’s my eyes on it take it as a grand assault
They're such a great species to play! They're one of my favourites I have to say!
@@ArcaneForge Drink to that
Yet another great Arcane Forge video. I haven't gotten around to creating a warforged character yet, but I may try it now. My homebrew setting allows for them, as well as a homebrew race I need to cobble together called 'Nana Dolls'. Think human-sized dolls used as governesses for aristocratic families.
By the way, I would like to see a dragonborn video, too.
Ken....nana Dolls sound the most horrifying thing I have heard of. Bravo! I may have to feature something like that to make my players wet them selves with terror!
@@ArcaneForge Feel free to take the idea and run with it. I should get around to writing up a homebrew description and maybe a stat block for them. I've used them as NPCs, but I'm getting some great ideas for a horror one-shot.
This is definitely a nice change of pace from your usual Monster Mondays, not to say that I don’t enjoy those! I’d very much love to see your takes on other player races as well! I’m a fairly new DnD player so I’ve made only one character for a still-running campaign (a kobold), so I figured it’d be nice to see other people’s takes on why they decided to, or would want to play as one. A close second to another race I’d want to see would be kenku; idk if it’s because I’m just new so I’m in this weird phase, but I tend to think of character concepts for the less “civilized” races 😅
They're both awesome and cheeky, troublemaking species! I'll definitely make sure to cover them for you, Hopper! Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
I am engaging to say that I like this video and would love to see the lizardfolk.
Thanks so much Sam!
Great stuff. I want more! Do Grung!
Looking forward to the Grung somewhere down the line! They're such awesome creatures!
Thanks so much for watching!
Oooooooohhhh, this gives me so many more ideas!
I'm planning on playing a warforged bard who has instruments for body parts. Imagine them like a tuba warrior but as a robot haha
I still gotta work on their story a bit buuut what I currently have is this: they're a very happy and energetic character and are fascinated by human(oid) emotions (especially joy/happiness) because don't fully understand them themselves. So their goal is to make as many people happy as they can cuz they love seeing people smile. Also, I could imagine there being fun rp opportunities with evil people who do cruel things and stuff
This is a really cool format, my vote is for Tabaxi
Thanks so much Philip! The tabaxi will be so cool!
Oh, I would love to see your thoughts and designs for Tortle!
I would Tortally love to draw some!!!
Why can you have a warforged home brew mechanic where they get worn down because of sand getting caught in there mechanics or cold rust or damaging their components and because they aren't a organic being they have to seek out resources like scrap metal or limbs to repair themselves
Ooohhh I love this idea! Great call!
I've had the thought of a bladesinger but the old alternative bladesinger from the Complete guide to Elves. Lots of back story being taught this elf only fighting style by a master that he saved from death. Obviously a skirmisher fits best into this idea. It's not likely that I'll ever find anyone to play with up here tho. This is the wasteland for in person tabletop.
one word to inspire warforged for a more classic fantasy based campaign
BIONICLE
Good grief! I'd totally forgotten about bionicle! What have I become?!?!
there's a really good bionicle-inspired warforged subrace supplement on DM's guild complete with functioning kanohi masks. dope stuff
@@guerolondon thanks for mentioning that, I'll have to look that up
My 3.5 warforged was my favorite character. He was a warforged warlock named Sentient Armored Machine Unit 5 or S.A.M.U.5 for short. He was created by the rogue secundus modron on Mount Celestia using Moradins soul forge. No pact needed and when the experiment was over the modron just casually tossed him into the prime where he found himself in the realms. Actually played him into demigod-hood with the cold portfolio. By the end of it I was vying to take over in the north as the good spirit of winter and steal followers from the frost maiden.
I know it would be a long video but "Why should you play a Genasi" just sounds brilliant. especially since my dm said hes done with warforged in his campaigns lol
I'm so excited to talk about the genasi. So much to cover but its all so good!
This is gonna be a great series! The only problem will be deciding on a race lol! In my campaign there is a gargoyle type war forged infused with blood and created by vampires.
Haha! Tell me about it! I'm glad I can get my patrons to decide for me for the most part!
I'm really glad you liked the first installment!
@@ArcaneForge I can’t wait to see what they come up with next!
Why you should play Gnomes? I am a staunch supporter of Gnome supremacy
How dare you! You know how I feel about gnomes!
...I will reluctantly make a video about those malign and vile creatures for you :P
Hope to see your campaign setting published one day.
My setting has no single origin for them but the term warforged is a blanket term for various magically animated humanoid constructs throughout history and around the world, and various empires and people have made these types of beings as labor forces, soldiers, and other purposes, but most by now have outlived their original purposes and have to integrate into society. The different makes of warforged are mechanically the official, UA, and a few homebrew stat blocks of warforged. They can be made of almost any material and can mod themselves.
Nice, plenty of great ideas.
Thank you :)
@@ArcaneForge Your welcome!
We started playing 5e with Everron and I decided to go with a Warforged sorcerer of wild magic. He was brand new created at the beggining of the campain. Its creator was clearly making it in undergrownd and when he was about to imbuing it with magic, a wild magic event triggered, and he (a tinker gnome) fused/merded into the warforged leg, now looking like a tiny Han Solo in carbonite in its leg XD
I absolutely LOVE this idea! Unpredictable magic made them, so they use magic unpredictably! Absolutely wonderful!
@@ArcaneForge if you want to see him, I did a drawing of him (I'm waiting for the party to give me a good description of their characters to make theirs as well ^^). instagram.com/p/CQuPU8rjCHv/?
I love him!!! You're very talented! I hope you won't mind me following your account!
@@ArcaneForge hahaha I don't mind at all, on the contrary!! Thanks for your words :)
I'm DMing for a Warforged Rogue named Valentine, who was a spy during the Last War and now works as a detective in the post-war. So imagine a warforged with a noir detective getup and a cigar perpetually hanging out of jaw-hinge thing.
That sounds incredibly cool! I love the sound of Valentine!
@@ArcaneForge I might request a drawing of him if I ever have enough money to donate to your Patreon 🤔
That's Nick, from Fallout 4
Love that voice. Awesome content
That's really kind of you to say! Thanks very much and thanks so much for watching!
Nice vid, thanks for making it.
I'm working on a variant race/class of the warforged called warframes (not like the video game). I made them SO much more mechanical with different components and mods. One day once I finish it I'll try and put it out there.
That's so cool! Let me know when you do! I'd love to take s look.
I just started playing dnd a few months ago and I play as a Warforged cleric :)
How are you finding it? Thanks so much for watching and I hope you found this video helpful!
@@ArcaneForge I'm loving it so far. It's solid fit for a cleric and it's been a low maintenance choice which is great for a first time player like me. The video was very helpful 😊
The campaign I’m designing is a cyberpunk horror setting with a more traditional fantasy portion in one region, so this would fit right in.
Awesome! I'm so glad that it'll be useful!
Cheers for watching.
@@ArcaneForge speaking of which, you mentioned appearance, so you could make them look grotesque, almost partially undead in appearance but with Warforged rules, like the revenants in Doom. I’m thinking they could be enemies in my campaign as well or they would probably make really cool city guards.
All of those options sound great! I definitely like the sound of some Frankenstein's monster style meat-forged!
I can say: DDO has managed rather well when it comes to warforged characters.
Which is nice to see, as they could equally have messed them up badly xP
Fun video! Though if it was time-consuming to do so much art for it, I wouldn't mind if future "Why should you play?" videos use the same art time-lapse format as Monster Mondays.
In an Eberron novel there are dragon shards. in the thorn of breland book. a shard retains another personality. soul shard giving life. or ancient druidic guarden. psionicly fuel suit of armor. a divers suit with a specialized duty. magical prophesies. vary levels of cost and functions.
Now that you mentioned a purple worm, I'd also like to show you another old aedition monster, 'Leveller (Bodendruker)
Basically it's carnivorous kaiju elephant that has cthulhuesque face and appetite for underground greatures like bullettes and Purple worms.
I'd love to give links to few sites and fan-made sheets that made me interested but my comments keep dissapearing if I do that, so hope this comment wont
Don't worry Dahaka, I always make sure to approve your comments when they get flagged for having links in them. Link on!
Just Google "Bodendruker" ANd you'll find some information! I can't post links
@@ArcaneForge HEllo? sorry but I need to know this comment is showing.
My DM let me play as large creature war forged Palafin. When time came to fight against gargantuan creature, the party member used magic to make me grow in size. Best fun I have ever had in combat.
i convinced my dm to add a homebrew fusion spell that i bribed him to make it used by paladins so now my war forge gets closer to pulling a gogeta
They didn't mention the Warforged in the Players Handbook, or the Monster Manuel. Maybe there's another book I could find that has the Warforged in it.
Hey Byron! Of course! I forgot to mention that I think in the video. The Book you're looking for is "Eberron: Rising from the last war" which you can find just here ( dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/eberron ). There should be copies on amazon or at your local games shop!
@@ArcaneForge luckily, I have a copy of that one. Thanks for the info! 👍👍👍👍
My favorite race!
EXACTLY. There is always a way. Always! It CAN work. You just need to figure out how.
This is absolutely a hill I’m willing to die on. Players and DMs need to work together on concepts like this. I’m very much against gatekeeping content - I’m not unaware of the reasons people give for it - but it’s a bugbear of mine and a DM who remembers rule zero and put it at the heart of everything they do should at least attempt to find a way to help their players have their fun the way they want to, as long as it doesn’t disrupt the actual fun of other people. Don’t allow stuff that lets the game degenerate into unplayable chaos, but an idea like Warforged? Embrace it!
For instance, in my game, arcane necromancy is currently illegal. No clever reason for it; a big set up for a possible plot thread the players might face later is the fact that my Vecna-proxy got a whole bunch of Evil Wizard in the setting’s peanut butter and ruined it for everyone. He was defeated at great cost, etc. etc, various cliches abound, and so on.
So what does one of my players want to play? The warlock with the undead patron. Why? He wants to cast Finger of Death, because he is a total dick. 😉 and yes, I told him that any warlock can cast it... he doesn’t care because he likes the thematic resonance. He also knows that necromancy is illegal (currently).
So, I have a problem, except that I don’t. That’s a MASSIVE storyline right there! I can use that! I can build that situation into my game and we can have fun exploring it. Will he become subject to the ire of the law? Will he redeem necromancy? Will it basically become lost in the hurly-burly of the adventure? Nobody knows. But it’s going to be a blast finding out.
And that’s why warforged should be in every single game, no matter what level of magic exists there. That’s why no player’s desires in the game should be “NOPE”ed. It’s all sparks to be put into the game, in the hope that something catches fire!
So... TL;DR: I agree, 100%. There should always be a way. Not “No”. Instead, say “Yes, and...”
Much more fun.
This is amazing content, boss. Love it! So much art, and so many grand ideas!
Haha! I saw the "read more" button and I knew you were going to be passionate about this!
Very worth the read!
Thanks so much for enjoying the video!!
@@ArcaneForge hah! Yes, apologies for the essay!
I enjoy a certain amount of juxtaposition so the idea of a Warforged medic in a survival-heavy setting appeals to me. Imagine a Cleric with a good Medicine skill and proficiency with the Healer's Kit. I would be responsible for keeping the rest of the party alive and would feel guilty if someone died from exposure to the elements.
Metal is rare in dark sun so a warforged made of that material would be in danger in a whole different way in that setting. For one thing they would have a hard time replacing parts but also people would be eyeing them up like they were a walking bar of gold.
just have to wait for afew months and you'll have enouph art of the other races for the "Why should you play a Changeling?" episode XD
Lmao! I may not even need to draw one full changeling for the whole episode! Good point.
Bit of a weird request, but I just found out about an rpg game called demon: the descent which is part of the world of darkness games (like vampire the masquerade) and it has one of the most intriguing premises I’ve heard of in a long time of playing ttrpgs, and I’m curious if you would consider taking a stab at a version of it’s biotechnical horror aesthetic?
Oooohh that definitely sounds like something I'd be interested in! Let me see if I can fit it in and I'll try and get around to it for you Griffin!
Thanks so much for the suggestion!
@@ArcaneForge thanks for considering it! There’s very little artwork for it but I feel like there is a lot to work with off the concept of a matrix like God Machine and it’s corrupted programs (demons) that are trying to hide from it in the guise of humans.
Warforged can rust, get sand in mechanism, it's fine for survival.
That's a really good point Dule! I'd not thought of that!
Yep, in survival campaign you can always introduce something they need for maintenance or similar. It's different but fun.
I need more of these videos in my life! In my steampunk setting, warforged are constructed illegally by individuals for any number of reasons. These constructs are almost always partially biological. While they have an outer armor of thin metal plates, an internal skeleton, and mechanical muscles filed by azurite (a discovered energy crystal that fuels the technology) they have the internal organs of a human. If someone is making one of these, they obtain and preserve the digestive, respiratory, circulatory, excretory, and a few other systems with necromancy magic and way too much alcohol. These biological bits are magically linked to the inorganic exterior.
Finally, they must kill a humanoid and extract its brain. Pins constructed of the stomach lining of a stillborn, soul eating god, (although few know of that part) are inserted into the brain to prevent the soul from leaving.
The memories, personality, and thoughts of the soul dissolve and the soul is like that of an infant, only with adult intelligence.
These creatures do need to eat, sleep, drink, and breath to maintain their biological parts. These constructs often wake up as if an infant in an adults body. They are bombarded by senses that they have never felt before and a body they have never used. They often later learn language and how to survive. What their purpose is lies in their creator’s hands.
I have the idea for a warforged character following this lore. They were abandoned after their awakening. The disguise their strangeness with ornate clothing and a expressionless, androgynous porcelain mask. They are fascinated by the concept of life and death and seek to learn its secrets.
So, this person, now a necromancer, found a new calling: to become human. Now, whenever they kill someone, they take part of their body. They seek to eventually replace their inorganic body with flesh to become fully human.
The name they took was “Verum Hominem” meaning “real human” in Latin. Great video! Hope you see this.
“A war known as ‘the last war’...“
I feel like this is a bit of a “the war to end all wars” and if so, what will the next official war be like😨😰😰
It definitely has the exact same energy doesn't it?
Thank you for such an easy to follow back ground and some ideas througn in. ive been flicking throuhg to find something thst doesnt have shouting and flashing pics and words covering the screan. Im dislexic 66 year old... So no help during younger years . Just stand at back of class facing wall.... Right... My lovely son over these last few years of lockdown etc. Huge op on my part, guided me onto board games then D&D. Hook line and sinker moment. Oh how i love my Pretty dice.
we play on line ...DM in Sweden. we in england. im a Wood Half Elf private investigator. Has meant spells but can be one of the people at the back and assistine the mad fighters we have. Yes a rbbit 6" tall....... Off subject. My son is now going to start up a new campain with him as DM. He does others too. So im going solo, but with a lovely group of peopl. we will be around a table too.. scarey.. Son has set me up as a Monk. I really loved the idea of a robot. thought of this before he talked of Warforged. So thats how i will beginn. The Charactor can easily be written out if im finding things difficult. Your explenation has really inspired me, I thank you for that. To have an insite of the background fits perfect with how i want to play my charactor. We begin soon. Just the others to form their chosen charactor. Two newbe's could mean the game slower but son is playing as if all beginners. Others understand and excited to go back to basics. A long msg sorry. I feel ive missed out in so much fun. So pllease keep to your none madness posts. Plenty of people like me who need info without the complicated (roll d6....... d20... d4... add this to your whatever) yes important but less is more.. Il stop now. thank you.
Found this to b super useful!
You don't need a reason to play Warforged. You just do it
Warforged can certainly work in a survival setting with a little work. Instead of consuming normal food they might have to consume oil and/or alcohol (for you Futurama fans out there). When other characters must sleep the Warforged could be doing mandatory self maintenance and so on.
im currently playing a warforged artificer named Mender and its one of my favourite charcaters when we got to higher levels(level 15) our dm gave me a docent and i of course called Gerald
Even though a Warforged does not need to eat, sleep, or drink anything.
Then should not you just limit what they do need then. What a Warforged does not have unlimited supply when come to what powering them. That power source is limited thus they have to constantly resupply to it as if they ever run out then what happens is they go offline completely. They are basically fully deactivated without the ability to think, move, or act anymore. They remain offline until someone or something else manages to resupply them enough of their power source to come online again. The dangers to a Warforged going offline is that while they are offline they are completely at the will of whoever finds them as they alter, erase, or remove anything and they will never know it happened.
Another idea that Warforged could have an unlimited power supply however a built in flaw to ensure that they can not venture too far from where they were stationed originally is that their consciousness is tied a limited produced resource that they must have on a normal basis. Like how humans can go weeks without food but only days without water. A Warforged that does not have this limited produced resource will lose their consciousness and just revert back to being mere automaton that can only follow orders unable to think on their own until supply with said resource again. However similar and properly worse then the previous idea is that once they revert back to just a mere automaton if they do not get said resource within next 24 hours to restore their consciousness to normal. That version of themselves is forever gone and the next time they regain their consciousness its a brand new one that has no memories of their previous self at all.
WARFORGED! oh hell yes
FUck! Malchiore plot spoilers... SHIT WHAT?
Awh yeah boi!
So basically I'm going for Mr. Arrow from Treasure Planet.
How to off-set the survival aspect problem: I have am unused Warforged Devine Soul Sorcerer. Their physical stats are garbage. They aren't going to do so hot when it comes to skill checks or saving throws for str or dex. They have an AC of 12, and Sorcerer means no armor proficiencies. A d6 hit die means they wont hit triple digits until the mid teens levels. If I want AC and a good physical stat that isn't con, I'll have to use all of my ASI to buff dex, discouraging taking feats like Tough to buff health, or other ASIs to buff spell casting mods. They're absolutely a support character. Functionally only really useful for (twin) casting healing and/or buffing spells. This character being a warforged is really only for rp (and con buff.)
I love Warforged, but people tend to misunderstood them. They aren’t robots, they are living, sentient, humanoid constructs kept alive by alchemical fluids. No gears, no software, no power cores, etc. They are more like Pinocchio than C-3PO. They don’t sleep or eat or breathe. They still have to rest or take levels of fatigue, at least in 5e. They didn’t in 3.5e. They work just fine in survival settings. They freeze and rust. They just don’t need food. You could argue they need replenishment of alchemical fluids but that isn’t specifically in any editions description.
I like warforged being effectively if a WMD needed to find a hobby. Like you aren’t allowed to make more but the ones that were already made have literally nothing better to do. Like some decided to figure out the difference between “yes sir” and “yes mam” and stumble upon gender carving their wooden chassis accordingly. Some heard about a crusade and as such dedicated themself to a church just to be technically part of an army again. And others might just choose a direction and wonder off into the wilderness becoming druids fascinated with natures beauty getting in touch with their tree side
Aasimar are a great race if you do this again :)
I'm so looking forward to covering the Aasimar! Thanks for the suggestion, Bolt!
I'm doing a warforged as basically an astartes