Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Aquatic Races
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- Aquatic races of the world of Toril, specifically the nations of the Sea of Fallen Stars, or as they call it, Seros. A primer on aquatic species to give some idea of their politics, conflicts and alliances.
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Sahuagin - 0:54
Sea elves - 2:11
Just a mention of merfolk at 2:50 - there is a video about it out already
Marine Hobgoblins - 2:59
Shalarin - 3:40
Tirtens - 4:40
Malenti - 6:16
Locathah - 8:40
Ixitxachitl - 10:47
Morkoth - 12:57
Kuo-toa - 16:36
Scrag - 17:45
Tortle - 18:53
Edit: Warning, I don't know if I got them all right.
Thank you!
Thank you 😊
@Ahmad Sebastian definitely, have been watching on kaldrostream for since december myself :D
@Ahmad Sebastian Yup, I've been watching on kaldroStream for since november myself :D
@Ahmad Sebastian definitely, been using Kaldrostream for years myself :)
There's also Darfellan, which are basically sea Goliaths, Yurians, which are crab people, Merrow, which are like Merfolk Ogres, and Aventi, which are like a whole society of Water Genasi descended from Humans.
perfect timeing with the new "Ghosts of saltmarsh" book releasing this past tuesday
1:04 “Darker on the back and lighter on the belly” this is known as bilateral coloration and is very common for aquatic species because if you are looking down at them below the dark of their back will blend in with the depths versus if you are staring at them from above then the light of their belly will blend in with the brightness of the sky
The seaweed is always greener
In somebody else's lake
You dream about going up there
But that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you
Right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin' for?
Seaweed?
In a lake...
Read that again, but slowly
I love how there's just as many diverse races and adventuring potential underwater as on land.
I still think it's hilarious these "Aquatic Races" are still bipedal humans. Having hair like we do, is a trait you'd want to get rid of fast.
The seaweed is always greener,
In somebody else's lake...
I'm currently developing an entire campaign set 100% in the plane of water. This could not have come out at a better time. Thanks a lot for all your awesome videos!.
Oh boi
Is it me or is it when ever mystra dies, its a way for wizards of the cost to change the way magic works
Pretty much.
It's done on purpose.
@@VengefulJarl To the degree that A. Mystra is provably the only god in Faerun that matters. At all.
B. This is why she no longer exists.
Yep
Those Aqua-Hobs are probably gunna be the next thing I make a PC(Player Character) variant for. Always been a big fan of Hobgoblins as a playable race, so a water breathing variety means I can play as a Hob in seafaring campaigns. Nice.
That was the first thing I thought of doing.
I had no idea there quite so many undersea races, and I consider myself a bit if a race/monster expert, lol. Some seem a little redundant but with this many options you could easily run a really fun underwater campaign with a highly varied group of adventurers.
Damn I would love to see an underwater campaign
On the issue of aquatic weapons, i have some factual solutions.
First, orachalcum. A naturally occuring alloy of copper and gold. It got its name because it occurs in chalk beds. Very corrosion resistant. Also, any aquatic aquatic managing to get fire/heat immunity would become masters of working volcanic glass. Given some of the heavier alkaline metals present, would be as resilient as tempered glass. Given the deep whale graveyards, there would also be plentiful whalebone weapons, and narwhal tusk lances
Kauri wood doesn't rot in water.
AJ Pickett hope it don’t float
LOVING these under water videos!!!!!!!!
Thank you, I love aquatic races and monsters. Good for a island and boat adventure
I'm currently using the Aquaman movie to put together a fun underwater session this video will help me complete it much appreciated.
Good stuff. Looking forward to more aquatic ecologies. Thanks
I wish there was more in the way of full books for biome-specific creatures, or an easier way to find aquatic information. Setting a campain in a pocket realm adjacent to the plane of water is proving to be more research than I initially bargained for
That being said, this video has been the most helpful jumping-off point I've found
Under water settings are interesting because ya can really play up an alien environment.I like to imagine that the lower down towards the oceans deepest crevices you get the more savage barbaric and alien the people get.
Just in time for saltmarsh.
Indeed!
yay! I was waiting for this! I'm putting together a merfolk races handbook for my neice cause she wants to play a pirate mermaid.
One game there was "Under the Sea" from the Little Mermaid soundtrack playing at low level on a constant loop in the background, the DM had integrated it into the story as an aboleth psychically messing with the party (and players!) to try and drive them slowly mad.
It’s like you know what I need and provide it for me before I need it hahaha. Thanks again. You are amazing sir.
I am one with the D&D and the D&D is with me.
Oof, Morkoth are now the freakiest race A.J has lored...(shudder) Love your content mate kep it comin please ;)
1.) Is this consistant throughout most prime material worlds or just toril?
2.) How much contact/trade is there between the surface, underdark, and oceans/seas?
3.) Where do they get the spellcasters to lay eggs in them? Do they kidnap them or teach slaves/prisoners, or just rely on sorcerers?
1) Well, I am talking mostly about the Sea of Fallen Stars as a good example
2) Lots
3) They enslave them.
Hi @AJ Pickett. I know I'm not a supporter, but I've commented on a bunch of video's. I just wanted to say I really love your video's, they take me back to when I was a kid. D&D has changed alot since I played, but it taught me how to escape my life into an imaginary world and without that kind of escape I'm not sure I'd still be here. Thank you so much for what you do, my other world gets richer and brighter every time you bring out a new video :)
If you've watched a bunch of videos then you are a supporter 😊 If you leave a like on his videos you would be supporting even more! 😏💚
I just ment I'm not on patreon.
I don't know if these are in the specific world you were talking about, but Storm Giants are able to breath underwater, and as such have isolated societies towards the bottom of the ocean. If they aren't apart of the specific world you were talking about, that makes sense though. Also, another fun one would be Cecaelia or Octopodes.
I actually found a homebrew for Sea Giants that I'm using in my GoS campaign! They neutral and more intelligent than land giants
That was so much information AJ, will have to watch this one a few times. The pic @11:30, it had one eye over the top of the other eye with a scorpion tail. Its mouth runs side to side. Just like Leela's dad from futurama. (Looking forward to the Sahuagin video).
Thanks AJ & have a great day.
Some of these races would be fun if playable
Sea Elves is a great concept of race. Conected to the sea and marine lives like wood elves are conected to forests. Its sad that they are preasent only in several fantasy worlds and usualy arent important for stories. Like in Elder Scrolls (they are only mods with them in Skyrim, but some really cool one like mixing them with lovecraftian lore).
Here wuz Seamus!
Seamus be sick this day.
Seamus runs his game tonight.
Seamus isn't a quitter! Fight me microbes! I'll lose, but I'll fight them all!
Heal fast......your minions await!
@@michaelkelligan7931 I'm a quitter. I lost to the microbes. I've developed a chill and can't even speak through my chattering teeth. That's ok though, im gonna purge my home with lysol when i'm on the mend. That'll show them.
something i noticed wasn't mentioned. while kuo-toa do occasionally worship Blibdoolpoolp and demogorgan most worship gods of there own creation. there whole shtick is that if enough of them believe that a god is real it becomes real. hence there title as "god-makers"
Hey AJ! Hope you are having a good week😊 thank you so much for your content it was great like always. I drive tractors at my job so I just pull up your monster lore playlist and get all of the knowledge I can. Hoping to DM soon. Your calm voice is very easy to listen too which makes it easier for me to learn. Thanks again for all you do.
Can you do a video on just the sea elves, I can't seem to find one on just them (unless you already have one that I can't seem to find)? The vids on here all just add a little piece about them, like yours, to vids on the different types of elves on RUclips.
I will be exploring the core races in the not too distant future, Humans, Elves, Halflings, and Dwarves.
@@AJPickett That's cool but i just want to know as much as possible on the sea elves. i keep getting different stories from history to abilities, even the basics.
Like some say sea elves can't use magic but then other's say they can? I find them very interesting but It's confusing trying to find anyone actually explaining them completely.
@@AJPickett I'm looking forward to seeing those and the sea elves as well! You do such a great job covering all of the D&D races and well all of it really lol. Thanks for all you do!
It really comes in handy!🤓🤓
Also around the time that volos guide to monsters came out, since the triton became a player race in 5e, the adventures league had sone if their adventures set in seros, myth nantar i believe.
A very nice video AJ,it seems that very little has changed with the newer editions in comparison to 1st and 2nd ed. I'm heavily versed in all aquatic creatures over the last 30 years as the people of our world of the Black Company were predominantly sailors by trade. Thank you Kiwi,i'm looking forward to other videos on the various aquatic races!
*Relevant and Supportive Comment*
Does anyone know what one would call a fear of sunken ships?
(I don't know why, but for some reason I would be more terrified of swimming near a sunken vessel, than near a shark.
Aside maybe from a bull shark, they don't mess around.)
@@LurkerDaBerzerker submechanophobia, the fear of partially or fully submerged manmade objects.
AJ Pickett Definitely sounds fitting, and at the same time sounds so ridiculous.
I mean, what could be the reasoning behind such a fear?
(I can't remember who, but I someone who believed in reincarnation said that I could have died in a ship wreck in a past life.
However, I don't know too much about that.)
@@LurkerDaBerzerker Half the point of phobias are that they are irrational fears. They have little to no rational purpose aside from instinct.
I’m currently making a Angler fish version of the Banderhobb for a Sea Hag’s lair. I’m thinking about making it have a hypnotic effect if you look at its bioluminescent lure, kinda like the Umber Hulk’s eyes
My dark elf (I've mentioned this before in other videos) has made, through a very extensive process, a slime covering he can manipulate at will.
Being magically and telekinetically generated and manipulated, he can use this slime as a manifestation of his fighting abilities, can be used to project spells and magical abilities, and, most importantly to the topic of this video, can pass liquids through the slime barrier in many different ways to both breathe and fly very fast through the water and even manipulate surface tension to stand on water.
A very versatile weapon if I do say so.
This video was amazing! Thank you for producing a video like this for those interested in making an aquatic campaign.
Also, I’m so glad that due to community consensus, Tritons have been updated to have dark vision. 🐠 🔱
Sure thing!
Could you talk about the Shadar Kai? I'm using them for a character backstory and would love to hear all about there lore!
Check out the video on the Raven Queen, the Shadar Kai are an elven sub-race and I have yet to get to the Elves in general.
@@AJPickett thanks, I actually have watched that video! I was more curious about there society and personality in the great in depth detail you provide! But I agree that Elves should come first.
As the jaws theme starts im my mind.
Really amazingly comprehensive video. Huge thank you.
Now I really wanna run an underwater campaign where I can throw some adventures from Ghosts of Saltmarsh, but we do need way more aquatic races tbh
Thank you for this! Hoping to run a fully underwater campaign soon, and it feels like some of that lore is not touched often
Great video. I wasn't expecting the aquatic-favoring tortles, I don't know why. Veteran players in my campaigns cringe when they realize a monster encounter is a group of Scrags. Never underestimate them. Malenti in my campaigns are often used for subterfuge by Sahuagins against Aquatic Elves and their allies.
Wait, so D&D has never had a Cecaelia? That’s crazy.
I helped a younger player retool his character to fit Adventure League and Forgotten Realms He had the idea of a palidian with mood swings that worshiped a megalodon. So i suggested the second ed that claimed some sahuagin are born looking like aquatic elfs most are killed but some are used as spys. SO i recommended him being paladin of vengeance half elf aquatic variant a pirate of Pirates background after he was left at sea to die but when the other crewmen tried to kill him a Megalodon attacked the crewmen leaving a tooth. Sahuagin found him and the tooth after this they though he was chosen by Sekolah, sahuagin god of the hunt and he was descended of a sahuagin blood line for there go blessed him.
He set in my character of many and many players have found him interesting for a pregen for adventurer league
Absolutely amazing backstory!
@@Gryphon2026 Thanks, one thing i didn't mention Sekolah takes the form of a giant shark
@@Gryphon2026 I am playing it now in saltmarsh It is fun to see how the DM is handling a player war shipping a god that of one of the factions.
A great and very informative video. I know it might be quite an obscure race, but there is also the pahari from D&D 2nd Edition (both as a monster and as a playable race). Pahari are shapeshifting aquatic nymphs from Zakhara in Toril. In their natural forms, they are similar in appearance to beautiful mermaids, but they are also able to assume the form of a small fish and that of a beautiful human woman.
Are you saying that Ariel was also legged Ariel and Flounder at the same time?!?! #MindBlown ;)
Ah, yes the very thirsty boys
Well that's plenty of good information. Unfortunately my players are terrified of even small bodies of water.
As they should be! Kekeke.
And they should be
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They should hire you as a director for the season 8 remake of GoT.
(Note, I don't watch the show, and I despise their atrocious choreography.
Nonetheless, I feel that they got quite the raw deal.)
Nickolas Holmes Thank you. But I don’t think they should remake it. It’s the latest in a long line of great series that end with a shit show of a final episode. Like the Sopranos.
Not a Dog Haven't seen much of the footage, just been hearing about all the negatives.
(From multiple angles, I notice that there are differing opinions on what exactly was bad and what was good.)
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I cannot adequately express how impressive this is. I've listened several times. Thanks for your work.
12:57 Morgoth? Morkoth?
16:05
Star Trek logic, different color means different race, extra cosplay and make-up is a bonus
Fascinate learn one of these under seat races
Thanks for the video!
Man Ixitxachitls are so cool! I wonder if there are good aligned ones? Also excellent video
Ive been going over the sea of fallen stars book alot the last few months. My main story i have is a parody of the movie the abyss but instead of aliens i want to introduce descendants of a group of Jhammdath survivors who's ancestors adapted to the water despite not being a aquatic race. I guess Atlantis could be a easy comparison, but most of the psionics ill use are mostly based around water manipulation, hydrokinetic?
Im still deciding how the descendants should be as far as a race. Still human but using psionics to survive? Body adaptions to become aquatic humans? Transformations into some type of psionic water elemental form?
All quite possible.. perhaps they were transformed by Sea Elven high magic?
@@AJPickett i considered that, but i wanted to focus on my homebrew psionics ive been working on since wizards hasn't figured out what they want to do. Although, perhaps a last minute miracle or wish cast by a group of faithful of Auppenser?
How about the Maenads from 3.5?
Aquatic Races AKA Humans or Elves BUT BLUE!!!
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Very helpful
⚔️You create Gold my Friend ❤️
That AJ does.
When is your live stream I have an unrelated question:
How and what for specifically are the souls sent to bator used for? Do they make armor or something out of it? How does this process work? Does this process consume the soul?
I think they harvest them for magic or something.
but does that consume the soul like boof gone forever no afterlife or anything. is hard for me to imagine just not existing. seems more of a demon thing to do like consuming the soul.
@@willwrightcreatorofsims9813
This will be useful for a potential campaign set underwater.
Thanks so much for the maritime round-up!
Am i the only one who misses the idea of an eidolon summoner?
Either there's a glitch in the matrix or you're an Eldritch mage because I was writing out an underwater campaign to get my girlfriend into DND and you make this video just in time but even more concerning is every page for Tritons said they had dark vision and now it's gone. Please teach me your witchy ways.
good video AJ
@AJ Pickett - Will you talk about the Tako or Kopru in future videos
Sure.
@@AJPickett if your gonna talk about the Tako....dont forget the burrito,😂
Thanx
Can someone please make a name guide for these creatures. I can’t find a written name for them. I just need to know how to spell alll of these races
Sahuagin, Malenti, Kuo-Toa, Locathah, Shalarin, Triton, Merfolk, Sea Elves
I think that's all of them?
Love the music!
What about the Aldani from tomb of annihilation
Wow. Guess what guys?
No mermaids...
ruclips.net/video/qiYpY1Z1j6s/видео.html (sorry for the crappy audio on that one)
Mermaids/merfolk were very briefly mentioned in the video (from roughly 2:50 - 2:57)
Locatha are the Wookiees of the sea.
i see what you did with the intro... jajaja cool video
O C E A N M A N
Nice intro!
@AJPickett can you put the list of aquatic races in the notes you discuss
The full script for each video is available for Patrons.
Oh I like it!
Wait five, I need sea sick tablets to watch this :p
I wonder if there is any coverage of 'Sea Dwarves'?
Thanks AJ.
If i were an aquatic society i would build floating islands with dangerous creatures that can't swim and travel around the ocean.
Are u going to do undersea monsters aj good work on this video
Yep, everything is fair game.
How can.A water playable character race fight on land with other players not a fish person
Many of them can operate on land fairly well, though some require regular immersion in water (every four hours) or they get exhausted and get pretty bad respiratory failure.
That's why it's best to play these when you are having a campaign involving ships
@@kendrickrochelanzot2053 Ok not bad a person could have multiple characters they created for different campaigns.like in the water adventures u could be your water guy and with other people in a different setting run your regular character
Did we ever get that Aquatic dragon?
I found a homebrew for Mantadrake that I'm using in my GoS campaign. Pretty cool
Any chance you would do a video on Dungeon Crawl Classics and your views of the game?
Unlikely Erik, I have not played it yet.
Surprising lack of size variation. No gnome size aquatic races nor giant size.
Nixies and Reef Giants fit both those.
Merrow are Large at least. And Storm Giants can also live in the sea.
They just recently put out a small playable race called the Locathah recently.
The aboleth are giant sized
Great, informative video, as always.
I realy like the background music. Where did you get it?
Epidemic Sound.
Thank you. I will look it up.
I'd love to find out where Sea Giants place in Aquatic society. I figure them and Storm Giants with Underwater or Coastal fortresses would definitely be a force in the area. As well as Ocean Striders. I don't know if they have a society per say, but I can see many of these good aligned races forming long lasting alliances against Sea Devils and Kraken and the like.
Reef Giants are more common underwater than the Storm Giants (only about 10% of Storm Giants live beneath the waves), not as common in Seros but in the open oceans and the northern reaches they are a very powerful faction.
@@AJPickett In earlier incarnations of AD&D and D&D, there were no "Reef Giants"... per se. Reef Giants were just Storm Giants that chose an aquatic life as they were able to breathe both air and water. Yes, I'm that old.
What about subek crocodile people from tome of beasts from kobold press or the shark people who look muscular as hell in the monster a day Manuel I.think it's called
dragon ball talk Selachian is the term they eat mermaids.
how about a bugbear video?
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hello AJ pickett , um can you make their economy and military system
Good question! How about the history of the Seros war?
@@AJPickett yes let me check it
I know want to make a water mage
You can like aquatic creatures if you want, but I just think they're all wet.
20 minute tongue twister😂😂😂
Where can I get the images as still slides?
Pause video, copy screen, paste in MSPaint, crop and save image file, open Google image search, upload MSPaint image file, Google displays matches found online, click and download the best one you can find.
How do you spell that Hobgoblin subrace?
I had no idea there were oceanic hobbos! D&D ecology is something else.
Koalinth.
AJ Pickett thank you!
Can I play as a sea dragonborn?
could it be?!?!?!?!
My Dude
and they say dreams dont come true..
How does one spell Ikanther? The good Kua Toa lookin dudes. Is it Likanther? Icanter? I couldn't catch it nor can I find them online
Skrighk its locathah
There was definitely an accent at play here, which I find hilarious. As to which person had the accent depends on where you're from.
Teach me about leprechauns