I was hoping that you'd discuss her changes throughout the editions. She was a demigod in 1e, lesser deity in 2e, intermediate in 3e, and in the War of the Spider Queen novels, she undergoes a transformation into a greater deity.
Rhexx making this video: "So anyways, Lolth is..." Spider in the corner of his room: "I can See you~... Spread my tales and worship me well, humans..."
@@danny_decheeto8300 *spider rolls nat 20 on reflex* your newspaper seem to be able to hit the spider, if it not for the fact the spider just catch it with for arms and parried your attack... Now you have one angry spider
I just wanted to say that Lolth has (as of 5e) ascended to the status of a Greater Deity. She's even more broken now, guys, heavens know how Eilistraee and Vhaeraun are going to defeat her.
Asmodeus has a fiendish Tarrasque, a wand of spheres of annihilation, and fusion warheads. They're all locked in Nessus though. You could ask him but.. it'll cost you. (Frankly, detonating a fusion warhead in the demonweb pits would be pretty. All those burning webs.)
@@sagesheahan6732 Yeah, but Lolth is not exactly important in the Blood War. Frankly, she's kind of helping him out by keeping the other Demon Lords busy.
they have another sibling! Vandria Gilmadrith! but uhh she the elven goddess of grief so she's not super widely worshipped we're uh, we're kinda screwed, it'll be an uphill battle even if they unite their worshippers.
@@kiltedcripple OK, that part was bloody *weak.* It said she was never a big deal and tore down both her and the twins. Thank Shashelas that is only canon for the Drizzt books!
I got a buddy of mine the full physical collection of the drizzt books and he loves them. He loves them so much he now hates loth with a burning passion and made a whole campaign that took us a year to do but in the end my character held down a temporarily weakened loth as I sacrificed myself to have the tarrasque eat both her and I so she would permanently die. It was an awesome game
Agreed. There is no where else I can find the information about these creatures unless I buy all the books and editions and do the research for *each* creature and plane of DnD. MrRhexx's channel is a blessing for all of us who are just starting. I disagree though, his channel deserves 2M subscribers.
totally, unlike other lore youtubers, he don't simply read the wiki and actually explains stuff, show the lore, what changes have been made, interresting facts and etc.
@@linksstruepower7443 Lol, gotcha. I was curios if I happened to stumble across one of my party members expressing their concern over my Drow Cleric on RUclips. No such luck tho.
@@TheFuriousBrother yeah he gives us the recipe of how one would kill them, like all their weaknesses and rival that might help kill him, but I would like to hear how he’d personally use would go trough with doing it.
@@simonwesterlund2151 Generally, it would be inadvisable to directly confront these creatures. Rather, it is best to undermine their authority and to convert their followers out from under them. Lolth is unusually active with oppressing her followers, complicating matters. Elistre, Lolth's primary drow deity competiton, is more about showing drow a better life than directly confronting Lolth, so if you attempt to convert drow, do so towards Elistre to empower Lolth's greatest enemy and sap Lolth's strength. That said, you will find yourself on Lolth's hit list the moment you bring up Elistre, so you will have to speak in codes. To be honest, the only effective way for an adventurer to bring about Lolth's demise is to trick her into instagating a conflict directly with multiple other deities of comparable strength simultaneously. Lolth is wise, but she is a devious, selfish, sadistic scemer who revels in others' undoing. All you need to do is convince her up to poke the wrong bear at the same time as you set her up to provoke a greater deity and to contact Elistre to make sure a suitable replacement is available for when Lolth gets taken down. Then get out of dodge and hope the coalition can deal with her. All things considered, your allies are more liable to turn on you for it than Lolth seeking retribution, as if she survives, she'd probably prefer to give you one of her tests rather than kill you, as you would have successfully schemed greater deities into meeting their demise at her hands, making you immeniately useful to her in the longrun.
So hook Elistre with multiple greater dieties? Great idea! Also damaging her holy territories would be great. Also the divine sense blocking would be great since if you worship a God like Morradin then perfect. Although she's a greater diety now so fk...
My friends and I playing Out of the Abyss, we summoned 7 demon princes and a Lot of lesser demons inside Menzoberrazan. Was pure chaos. We might had pissed Lolth a little bit.
If the priestesses and magelords of menzoberranzan still retained their power, it could conceivably drive off those demons. So players and DMs seem to forget that drow have a well-earned reputation for faring better than most races against demons. Especially in the underdark where their magic and weaponry are at full strength. Remember they mass-produce weaponry that can effect extra-planar creatures far easier than other communities because of their faerez- radiation powered adamantine weapons. Not to mention their demon-lore. Their schools train them on how to fight such things because they are more likely to encounter demons since they literally worship,mate, enslave, and traffic with them more commonly in their cities than most races. Most nobles wield weapons strong enough to hurt greater tanari. The houses on menzoberranzan's ruling council equip their soldiers with weapons ranging from +2 to +3 enchantment and most high priestesses are practiced in banishing extra-planar entities. They are literally taught the true-names and strengths/weaknesses of demons and devils during their training at the academy. Sure demon lords are trouble, but menzoberranzan is one of the places on Toril where demonic victory is no sure thing. Besides, most demon lords and generals aren't too keen on attacking a center of Lolth's worship because there would be retribution for it in the abyss by their goddess and her minions if she didn't sanction the assault.
@@oliviawilliams6204 it's not about who's stronger, it's about who's more terrible. For instance, Vecna is almost certainly the most powerful lich to ever exist, but Acererak is just the absolute _worst_ It's not a concrete power; it's a feeling in your soul.
No. Lolth is bad, but she doesn't want to destroy the multiverse. There are worse gods than her. She still craves power and dominance over creatures and gods,but there are gods/primordials/elder evils who want to END everything. They are the worse because in some cases they can do it and are only held in check by prisons of their minds. Creatures like Shar, Tharizdun, or Kronus.
Time to sink some fangs into Drow lore. Edit: I usually don't care too much for videos that list stats, but I can make an exception for a god, and holy hell, Lolth's stats are crazy. No wonder so many mortals want to become gods in D&D. Broken powers for days.
@@bayoubilly5176 I love the story of Corellon and the rest of the elven pantheon really. I get the impression that he could have destroyed Lolth already, but his care for Eliastree led him to give her a chance to save the Drow. Drow can be redeemed, but it is a tricky path and the individual has to desire it.
I've been calculating what kind of creature would be far stronger and I would say an Astral Dragon if it's old enough as it has likely created its own spells and possibly become a god.
@@bayoubilly5176 correlon cast her out and banished her when she was a lesser goddess under his sway. She's lot more power now and she got her vengeance on him for that disrespect. Sure he could still defeat her, but that's because he's a WAR/Magic-God. Lolth isn't a direct conflict sort of god back then and neither is she today.
I'd love to hear about the god of the lycanthropes that was mentioned, it sounds interesting. I loved this video though, thank you for keeping us up with this cool lore
I know she's sadism incarnate.... but everytime I see her gain another scope of power, I can't help but feel happy for her. Ambition is only as good as the success it brings.
@@ManiyaVinasshe knows that Ao would most likely intervene that and I feel like if humanity does have a God that made them their either dead, well hidden, or the luminous being because fuck you it's funny
I think she cares more about the underworld than the overworld, also the surface of the material plane was claimed by way to many greater gods. There's always a bigger fish.@@ManiyaVinas
One of my favorite videogames, Warspear Online, actually has both types of Drow, good and bad, but unfortunately they don't have an equivalent of Lolth or Eilistraee
Um Brasileiro aqui sushsjs to mestrando uma campanha em underdark tbm o timing é perfeito "A Brazilian here, I'm DMing a campaign in underdark as well (out of the abyss) the timing is perfect"
Great video! To any interested, The War of the Spider Queen; a six novel series is phenomenal. It opened my eyes to Drow, their culture, the Underdark and Lolth. Really great read.
You said once that a god's power deppends on it's portifolio. The god of shadows was relatively weak, while the god of darkness was very strong. The god of forests would be very weak when compared to the god of "Wild Nature" since that is an immensely better portifolio . If that's the case, just how powerful the portifolio of "Spiders" would be? I think not much honestly. For me, she is putting on an act to appear more powerful than she actually is!
She also has “drow” as a domain, and is devoutly worshiped by them. Any deity would want to project strength, but you have to admit there is some real strength here.
@@igorgabriel2972 as far as the "entire race" goes she is still as good as Khurtulnak, the god of Kobolds. Lies, Deceit and Betrayal sound like strong portifolios for an evil god, but when you compare it to things like: Murder, Decay or Corruption you can see what i mean. If anything, being god of Lies, Deceit and Betrayal just support my theory that she is putting on an act
@@Dile0303 I dont know if she still has it but i think she once had fate as part of her portfolio along side divination. i think she was gifted these from when she was still "good" furthermore she has a reputation for trying to killing minor powers to add onto the list of many minor portfolios. that being said you are right in that it can be inconstant on how strong she should be.
Google "lolth full portfolio". Chaos is a powerful one many forget. On par with life or death.(on edit) She's a greater diety I believe they juuuust officially nerfed as she was getting way too big. Novel wise she's a full greater power now. Succeeded quite well tossing the demons out and stealing all their domains. Succeeded 100%. Literally every diety in the abyss now fears her. Apparently she even gives the far realm the Willies a bit.
Hmmm. My Curse of Strahd campaign just beat Strahd and finished him in his resting place. I'm taking the Lunchbox Heroes route and having them come up against Vampyr's avatar. I think after that I want to let them march on Vampyr himself. God videos like this one are Incredibly helpful in this process!
Karsus could have been defeated by the ancient circles of high-mages of the past. (Pre-second sundering). Even gods were not safe from their Selu-taar rituals.
"If you say Lolth's name at loud, she can them extend her senses toward you." PC drow sorceress in Baldur Gate 3: "I'm gonna pretend to be Lolth in front of this giant spider. What can possibly go wrong?"
Awesome video! Though personally, I have to say I’m glad that for the most part 5th edition moved away from giving gods stats, as I think that it gives the false impression that they can be killed in a practical sense, as well as sort of limiting what you can do with a deity. Of course, the law of DM supersedes any published stats anyways, so it doesn’t really matter, but I agree more with the current design philosophy regarding the stats of deities. That all being said, this was a very interesting and well put-together video and I enjoyed listening to it! Keep up the great work my dude.
Man these lore videos of yours are too good. Even though i have never played dnd i can easily sit through all the stats/abilities that i do not know what they actually are and get a pretty good glimpse about them. Now as far as your throat issue goes when doing these long videos i'd suggest u do them in two or three parts to not hurt yourself too much. But keep 'em long :)
Suggestion for the merch store: Could you include looser fits? I find them to be more forgiving in terms of fit (it's always a hassle finding a tight t-shirt that works just fine for your body) and I find they are a better canvas for artwork (since the artwork is less affected by your body's curve).
Just discovered your site - in a word, WOW! Only got a few minutes in to the Lolth vid and subscribed! Speaking of Lolth, I'm so glad I saw your vid because Her stats that I've come across before (including Q1 (+5econversion), D3 (+56e conversion), and various Homebrew sites) have never felt like they had Her up to par - then I saw your vid! Again, WOW! Reason for searching Lolth stats: I've created a major extension to the Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure that revo;lves around Her and the alien Xenomorphs She has brought through a portal inj Her bid to overtake Faerun (She is in guise as the Xenomorph Hive Queen)... After the PCs final encounter with Her as the Hive Queen where Her 'disguise' is unmasked, hopefully (they haven't got there yet, I'm still running my campaign) they will banish Her, and She'll go back to Her Demonweb for a time... Next I'm adapting D1-D2 and D3 for them to continue their pursuit of Her/stop the Drow rising up to keep harassing surface-dwellers, then plan to link that to Expedition of the Demonweb Pits, before, finally, the PCs will actually encounter Her fully in an adapted Q1 - but She needs to be BIG and way more POWERFUL than any version of Her I've found to date... Your description of Her and Her stats/powers is exactly what I've been looking for - I took notes on all you reiterated, but I was hoping you had or could direct me to an (online) stat sheet for Her with all the stuff you mentioned, etc. I can use the D3 5e-conversion of Her for spells, but I'd prefer if you could link me to a complete picture of Her stats/abilities/spells/actions/etc , if possible. Q: also, where did you get all the info on deity levels, etc? Thx in advance
Cool video, I knew almost nothing about The Demonweb before. What They Don’t Tell You About Yuan-Ti would be super cool, they’re the villains in my upcoming campaign and I’d really like to learn more about them. Great work on these vids!!!
Frankly considering what we know about Lolth and her influence im shocked she doesn't take it step further by making your Drow character vomit up spiders or setting your entire inventory on fire so you have to fight the spiders naked. I guess Lolth has diminished influence outside of the Under Dark otherwise Minthara would have been spider chow.
Yeah! I have a player in my campaign who's half possesed by Lolth (just for funsies for her), and I needed some more character to give to their interactions.
I got the first Grim Hollow book, just to check it out, even though I never expected to play a D&D 5E game. Shortly after, I got the Pathfinder 2E books. Holy CRAP, the transformation mechanics are easy and fun to port over to PF2.
Wow, I have always thought less of Lolth because i deemed her uninteresting for some reason. You changed my mind to say the least. Also! Could you talk about talos and his storm lords at some point? He is my favourite deity!
awesome my Stolkholm Syndrom drow slave came across a wish spell and might be able to interact with Lolth tomorrow. sending this too the dm to help him prepare what he can
Mr. Rhexx, I started watching your elder scrolls lore and mod vids, I love how much of a fan you clearly are of both that and D&D. These vids are awesome to listen to as I prep for my sessions, your deep dives are so thorough and easy to listen to. Thanks!!!!!
I remember playing a level 30 campaing with 4 people total. we were demigods trying to gather divine power we killed her in pathfinder it was an epic fight.
I am so sad of the recent drow retcon. Several years back I ran a homebrew "Restoration of Aurneshee" campaign. You see lolths fall and creation never sat quite right with me. I dont mind lolth and drow being evil but I never liked the circumstances that it happened "naturally". So in this campaign the PCs discover ancient histories that piece together the true story of Corellon and Lolth. A third goddess homebrewed Named Naulodii (the ever maiden, first sun goddess, bytopia) was Aurneshee BFF and encouraged the couple. The overgods warned corellon that elves were to OP (after the titans caused a ruckus) and had to be toned down or they would take action. He refused, elves were beautifu and he the most beautiful. So they poisoned Aurneshee but the poison would only work if her heart which was pure could be broken. So when she gave birth to Vhearun( who had no defense in the womb), Corellon grew angry, he banished Volkur and turned away from her, briefly looking to other goddesses that might give him a child. After some soul searching Corellon returns to Aurneshee with apologies and is sure he can set things right but the damage is done and aurenshee pure heart was broken and the poison rushed in. After lolth came to be, Naulodii set a path to separate Aurneshee from lolth. A work of countless millennia, Naulodii has waited until lolth gained enough power to separate into two divine beings. Waited for a certain band of adventurers that just might pull it off...
@@sadwingsraging3044 I've always homebrewed adventures back when I played. But thats back in 3 and 3.5. I feel WOTC have long lost their way. Things that were memes have come to pass. Every thing that was good is now evil, what was evil is misunderstood. The corperate entity hates the geeks of old and is in love with the real weirdos.
Hey MrRhexx thank you so much for doing this episode. I needed information about lolth because she was mentioned. in a ritual the witches of my campaign seek to bring her back to life because she was defeated. Right now my players are trying to find ways to stop the ritual and this video was very needed should they fail. I love your work
I fucking love this channel!! Keep doing your best, but don’t push yourself to your breaking point. We prefer you keep making the videos you love at a healthy pace so that you can keep going for as long as you can as opposed to you hating your work, burning your self out, and getting out of the game before you wanted to!! Please take care of yourself and we will support you the whole way!!
The most powerfull spell that i ever see is "dragon killer" a spell that can do 20d12 damage take 2 rouds to cast and only lv 19 mages can cast, very scary that she can do more than it
I love your dnd lore video I been trying to get into dnd I have actually played a game but I am playing the mmo neverwinter thank you for all the great videos
They shouldn't have. A Nat 1 on an attack roll is supposed to be an automatic miss regardless of modifiers, the same way a Nat 20 is supposed to be a automatic hit, regardless of AC.
@@letsplaysvonaja1714 Sure, all rules are at the discretion of the DM for the benefit of the game or the enjoyment of the players. Personally wouldn't enjoy being robbed of one of the core balancing aspects of 5e's combat system, in the 5% chance that an attack, regardless of the power of a creature, will still miss. Once you have a creature that can hit a player regardless of their roll, at that point you're just rolling to see if they crit, which is a little dickish.
Technically wouldn't work, as the goddess of magic at the time (which became Mystra), willingly sacrificed herself in order to save the Weave from collapsing. Lolth ain't offing herself for ANYTHING.
@@Menzobarrenza The weave collapse because karsus choose to be mystra and was overwhelm by the sheer power of the weave , if he had chosen Lolth, a lower than mystra rank deity , he would have been ok maybe , and even if he didnt , nothing mayor would have happen , maybe some drow or spiders would have died but nothing else , Lolth is not that important for the fabric of reality as say "The Goddess that keeps one of the main forces of reality in check" that is mystra Really , almost any deity would not have had any real impact in the world but he choose THE ONE that did
@@ramondelgado4927 the thought process behind me casting it is getting the portfolio and then giving it to Elistre, the Drow part. Will that work? No, maybe, possibly. But it would be fun to try. XD Also I totally used the wrong name its Karsus's Avatar not Folly.
@@Auriorium there isn't a mortal alive strong enough to cast it except The Ssrinshee or Larloch..maybe The TeeraSeer. Not only that,but you're forgetting how difficult it is to get the material components and also how Lolth's link to her portfolio is likely to warn her of your attempt before you make it. Remember she was once a goddess of fate and even foresaw the time of troubles.
If you guys want some neat homebrew statblocks for deities, I recommend the "Ulraunt's Guide to the Planes" series on the DMs Guild. Currently, there are only 2 books, but include rules for not only fighting deities (while technically not possible in canon DnD lore, but its your game so you can choose to allow it) and levelling up your characters beyond level 20 to compensate. If nothing else, the books have some baller art for the chosen deities.
Brother, take care of your voice. Do long videos in sections with plenty of rest and tea between. The Warhammer Loremaster I follow permanently injured himself doing hour long vids. Take care of you. You're a treasure.
Next one you are legally obligated to cover is Talos, I really want to see how you cover the patron god of raw unfiltered elemental chaos with the gods of frost, sea and savagery under him
Since you mentioned the Elder Scrolls lore, I was wondering when, or even if, you plan on going back to ES lore videos. I definitely prefer the D&D videos, and I can’t blame you for doing what works for your channel, but I also know that there are those out there that miss the ES videos Rhexx. As always, love your content, and I’m glad you’ve finally been able to open up a store to further diversify yourself!
Yeah see that's the thing with Challenge rating...it REALLY falls about with that logic, especially at high level. I've seen fighters go toe to toe with Ancient Dragons and nearly kill it in a single round of melee combat by themselves. What the CR probably doesn't take into account (which it doesn't consider for monster CR when challenging a party) is magical items. So sure Stat wise and ability wise a PC may be considered level 12 but you throw into that a PC fighter who is fully decked out with a +3 weapon, +3 full plate, A cloak of protection, winged boots and a ring of protection with the great weapon master feat. You've got someone that can throw out EIGHT attacks in a single round with a (assuming strength is 20) +9 to hit if using GWM feat (which is +15 without it) and dealing 2d6+18 damage (or 2d6+8 so even if the fighter rolled minimum damage on all attacks that's still 10 damage per attack and 80 damage in a single round). And they can do that two rounds in a row. If fighter gets even remotely close to a Lich (which is a CR21 creature) they can literally kill it in a single turn or at least severly hurt it if it blows it's reaction on the Shield spell. God forbid their a Samurai which can make all their attacks that round be at advantage meaning you're going to be criting on at least 1 or 2 attacks usually. I'd say a fully magic item'd out PC would be at least CR18. I've seen a party of 4 level 17s demolish an Ancient Dragon in about three rounds even with the DM playing it smart.
Hey MrRhexx, can you make a video on what they don't tells us about Allip? I'm in a campaign right now where one of the players got turned into one and my character got a nat 20 on the check to see what I know about it. Thank you love these videos.
I love the videos you do on the gods, monsters and lore, all of this is great, keep up the great work. This is super late comment, but I was curious if you ever thought of doing a stat block for the creatures you cover or not? I'm certain someone could sit down and listen again, make one themselves, but I was curious if you might do one since you've made this amazing video too!
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Please do lore on humans, dwarfs, gnomes, halfings, goblins 🙏
Can you please do a video on bahamut he’s so much more interesting than Tiamat
I love your voice mate!
Out of pure curiosity, what makes El your favorite goddess?
I really wanted that Arenyes shirt on charcoal or black. the White only made me a little sad.
"Gods could use their senses to touch or smell you from a distance if they wish."
Gods of Law: AH YES. SMELLS LIKE JUSTICE.
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@@dannymerfeld7711 I swear when I read OP I said 'Zeus has entered the chat'. lmfao.
I was hoping that you'd discuss her changes throughout the editions. She was a demigod in 1e, lesser deity in 2e, intermediate in 3e, and in the War of the Spider Queen novels, she undergoes a transformation into a greater deity.
that would have been a really cool thing to at least bring up in passing
It was a lot of gushing about divine powers.
@@ddrake283 looks like she is becoming a sylvanas of Dnd :D
I was personally waiting for this topic as well, but this is a wonderful video in 5e
The wiki says that after the second sundering she became a lesser deity again.
"today is the day we delve deep into her"
After the Tiamat video I honestly expected some nsfw detail about her.
Yeah I'd rather not...
That's what SHE said?
Phrasing!
Phrasing!
Rhexx, King of Lore. Lolth, Queen of Spiders. Their children? Eight-legged Books...
Arachnitomes. :)
@@sagesheahan6732 YOINK! Stealing that for my setting.
Nah he is devoted to Eilistraee and for good reason.
@@kylesavage4525 Lol.. punny
Hotel, Trivago
Rhexx making this video: "So anyways, Lolth is..."
Spider in the corner of his room: "I can See you~... Spread my tales and worship me well, humans..."
*rolls up newspaper*
@@danny_decheeto8300 I see you worship the god of pest control nice
@@fodavoh2264 *evil control
That and I already squish a lot of spiders so I have practice
@@danny_decheeto8300 *spider rolls nat 20 on reflex* your newspaper seem to be able to hit the spider, if it not for the fact the spider just catch it with for arms and parried your attack... Now you have one angry spider
@@danny_decheeto8300 "Oh, I'm sorry...was that your auntie?
"And that must mean that's your uncle then, huh?"
I just wanted to say that Lolth has (as of 5e) ascended to the status of a Greater Deity.
She's even more broken now, guys, heavens know how Eilistraee and Vhaeraun are going to defeat her.
Asmodeus has a fiendish Tarrasque, a wand of spheres of annihilation, and fusion warheads. They're all locked in Nessus though. You could ask him but.. it'll cost you.
(Frankly, detonating a fusion warhead in the demonweb pits would be pretty. All those burning webs.)
@@sagesheahan6732 Yeah, but Lolth is not exactly important in the Blood War. Frankly, she's kind of helping him out by keeping the other Demon Lords busy.
they have another sibling! Vandria Gilmadrith!
but uhh
she the elven goddess of grief so she's not super widely worshipped
we're uh, we're kinda screwed, it'll be an uphill battle even if they unite their worshippers.
They've already beaten her... they've retconned the existence of huge new communities of drow where Lolth is nobody. :)
@@kiltedcripple OK, that part was bloody *weak.* It said she was never a big deal and tore down both her and the twins.
Thank Shashelas that is only canon for the Drizzt books!
I got a buddy of mine the full physical collection of the drizzt books and he loves them. He loves them so much he now hates loth with a burning passion and made a whole campaign that took us a year to do but in the end my character held down a temporarily weakened loth as I sacrificed myself to have the tarrasque eat both her and I so she would permanently die. It was an awesome game
Badass!
How did you get past 15 miles of observation without being hit with a divine blast?
@@evannibbe9375he crouched
@@BugginKing The Terasque also crouched
@@BugginKing long as the eye is shut he's invisible, it's the rules
really wish this channel was at 1M. It deserves it! so under appreciated in the DnD YT community IMO. you’ll get that 1M soon!
It went up by one. Thought I had subbed before now, guess YT is removing my subs from people again.
Agreed. There is no where else I can find the information about these creatures unless I buy all the books and editions and do the research for *each* creature and plane of DnD. MrRhexx's channel is a blessing for all of us who are just starting. I disagree though, his channel deserves 2M subscribers.
totally, unlike other lore youtubers, he don't simply read the wiki and actually explains stuff, show the lore, what changes have been made, interresting facts and etc.
@@410adelson Don't know if your into Dead by Deadlight but Pixel Bush does a good job with that lore.
That Elistraee tee does look nice but I would NOT wear that in public. To say I'd get weird looks is an understatement.
Maybe I should just put it into a pajama and not necessarily a shirt xD
@@MrRhexx a poster would be neat with some fancy script that says who she is
I ordered that shirt and will proudly wear it in public XD
@@Lupin8340 well SOMEONE'S gotta be That Guy at the LGS, I suppose
@@Lupin8340 well SOMEONE'S gotta be That Guy at the LGS, I suppose
The fact that Lolth can just take control of Drow make me very concerned to stand close to my party's cleric
You wouldn’t happen to be in a Roll20 Lost Mines of Phandelver campaign would u?
@@HangrySiren Roll20, yes.
LMoP, no.
It's a homebrew campaign.
@@linksstruepower7443 Lol, gotcha. I was curios if I happened to stumble across one of my party members expressing their concern over my Drow Cleric on RUclips. No such luck tho.
@@HangrySiren wouldn't that have been fun?
She can't actually, look to new lore presented in Hero by RA Salvatore
I would love playing in a campaign run by you. Such attention to detail.
I'd be happy with just seeing a online game, if the players would be up for it. But being one of the players would be fantastic indeed.
Players: "Give us a challenge already. We could beat Gods!"
DM: .....
You can start with something easy like Tiamat or Demogorgon
You should do a series where you try to figure out a way to kill a specific Evil god/Demon Lord/ Devil lord.
Would be fun to listen to.
The ways to kill gods are explained in his 3 parts series about gods. And for specific powerful godlike creatures it is in their own videos.
@@TheFuriousBrother yeah he gives us the recipe of how one would kill them, like all their weaknesses and rival that might help kill him, but I would like to hear how he’d personally use would go trough with doing it.
@@simonwesterlund2151 Generally, it would be inadvisable to directly confront these creatures. Rather, it is best to undermine their authority and to convert their followers out from under them. Lolth is unusually active with oppressing her followers, complicating matters. Elistre, Lolth's primary drow deity competiton, is more about showing drow a better life than directly confronting Lolth, so if you attempt to convert drow, do so towards Elistre to empower Lolth's greatest enemy and sap Lolth's strength. That said, you will find yourself on Lolth's hit list the moment you bring up Elistre, so you will have to speak in codes. To be honest, the only effective way for an adventurer to bring about Lolth's demise is to trick her into instagating a conflict directly with multiple other deities of comparable strength simultaneously. Lolth is wise, but she is a devious, selfish, sadistic scemer who revels in others' undoing. All you need to do is convince her up to poke the wrong bear at the same time as you set her up to provoke a greater deity and to contact Elistre to make sure a suitable replacement is available for when Lolth gets taken down. Then get out of dodge and hope the coalition can deal with her. All things considered, your allies are more liable to turn on you for it than Lolth seeking retribution, as if she survives, she'd probably prefer to give you one of her tests rather than kill you, as you would have successfully schemed greater deities into meeting their demise at her hands, making you immeniately useful to her in the longrun.
So hook Elistre with multiple greater dieties? Great idea! Also damaging her holy territories would be great. Also the divine sense blocking would be great since if you worship a God like Morradin then perfect. Although she's a greater diety now so fk...
let not forget those wonderfully hard to destroy artifacts.
Your 2 Drow/Lolth videos are ver appreciated, since my party is about to enter Menzoberranzan
My friends and I playing Out of the Abyss, we summoned 7 demon princes and a Lot of lesser demons inside Menzoberrazan. Was pure chaos. We might had pissed Lolth a little bit.
Meh, sounds like just another Tuesday in Menzoberanzan.
Yeah probably. But the real nightmare is that any survivors can just roll up like: Yeah here's your bill for destroying our city lmao.
Sounds more like Lolth allowed it to happen because she enjoys Chaos
If the priestesses and magelords of menzoberranzan still retained their power, it could conceivably drive off those demons. So players and DMs seem to forget that drow have a well-earned reputation for faring better than most races against demons. Especially in the underdark where their magic and weaponry are at full strength. Remember they mass-produce weaponry that can effect extra-planar creatures far easier than other communities because of their faerez- radiation powered adamantine weapons. Not to mention their demon-lore. Their schools train them on how to fight such things because they are more likely to encounter demons since they literally worship,mate, enslave, and traffic with them more commonly in their cities than most races. Most nobles wield weapons strong enough to hurt greater tanari. The houses on menzoberranzan's ruling council equip their soldiers with weapons ranging from +2 to +3 enchantment and most high priestesses are practiced in banishing extra-planar entities. They are literally taught the true-names and strengths/weaknesses of demons and devils during their training at the academy. Sure demon lords are trouble, but menzoberranzan is one of the places on Toril where demonic victory is no sure thing. Besides, most demon lords and generals aren't too keen on attacking a center of Lolth's worship because there would be retribution for it in the abyss by their goddess and her minions if she didn't sanction the assault.
Nah. She was enjoying the fireworks.
That Eilistraee video inspired my most recent character, a Drow Bladesinger, and I'm really proud of how she turned out
Lemme give you the cliff notes on Lolth: She is just the absolute freakin worst. XD
Basically she's...Lolthsome.
I REGRET NOTHING!
Meh, Shar is another evil goddess, who is much stronger
@@oliviawilliams6204 it's not about who's stronger, it's about who's more terrible. For instance, Vecna is almost certainly the most powerful lich to ever exist, but Acererak is just the absolute _worst_
It's not a concrete power; it's a feeling in your soul.
No. Lolth is bad, but she doesn't want to destroy the multiverse. There are worse gods than her. She still craves power and dominance over creatures and gods,but there are gods/primordials/elder evils who want to END everything. They are the worse because in some cases they can do it and are only held in check by prisons of their minds. Creatures like Shar, Tharizdun, or Kronus.
She is absolutely awesome. Her drow society is cool.
Time to sink some fangs into Drow lore. Edit: I usually don't care too much for videos that list stats, but I can make an exception for a god, and holy hell, Lolth's stats are crazy. No wonder so many mortals want to become gods in D&D. Broken powers for days.
Just imagine how powerful correlon is. He cast her out.
@@bayoubilly5176 I love the story of Corellon and the rest of the elven pantheon really. I get the impression that he could have destroyed Lolth already, but his care for Eliastree led him to give her a chance to save the Drow. Drow can be redeemed, but it is a tricky path and the individual has to desire it.
I've been calculating what kind of creature would be far stronger and I would say an Astral Dragon if it's old enough as it has likely created its own spells and possibly become a god.
@@daniell1483 as someone with an ex wife ...(lolth is correllons) sometimes even when they go evil you have to show mercy... Heh.
@@bayoubilly5176 correlon cast her out and banished her when she was a lesser goddess under his sway. She's lot more power now and she got her vengeance on him for that disrespect. Sure he could still defeat her, but that's because he's a WAR/Magic-God. Lolth isn't a direct conflict sort of god back then and neither is she today.
I'd love to hear about the god of the lycanthropes that was mentioned, it sounds interesting. I loved this video though, thank you for keeping us up with this cool lore
Agreed
I know she's sadism incarnate.... but everytime I see her gain another scope of power, I can't help but feel happy for her. Ambition is only as good as the success it brings.
"Sadism incarnate" would really be Loviatar, technically.
If she is so powerful why hasn't she conquered the world
@@ManiyaVinasshe conquered the underworld, is that not impressive?
@@ManiyaVinasshe knows that Ao would most likely intervene that and I feel like if humanity does have a God that made them their either dead, well hidden, or the luminous being because fuck you it's funny
I think she cares more about the underworld than the overworld, also the surface of the material plane was claimed by way to many greater gods. There's always a bigger fish.@@ManiyaVinas
One of my favorite videogames, Warspear Online, actually has both types of Drow, good and bad, but unfortunately they don't have an equivalent of Lolth or Eilistraee
I'm starting a campaign today with the Underdark theme. This will help a lot! You're the best!
Um Brasileiro aqui sushsjs to mestrando uma campanha em underdark tbm o timing é perfeito
"A Brazilian here, I'm DMing a campaign in underdark as well (out of the abyss) the timing is perfect"
@@jarlsnake6023 Brasil domina o dnd mundial kkkkkkkk
Great video!
To any interested, The War of the Spider Queen; a six novel series is phenomenal. It opened my eyes to Drow, their culture, the Underdark and Lolth. Really great read.
You said once that a god's power deppends on it's portifolio. The god of shadows was relatively weak, while the god of darkness was very strong. The god of forests would be very weak when compared to the god of "Wild Nature" since that is an immensely better portifolio . If that's the case, just how powerful the portifolio of "Spiders" would be? I think not much honestly. For me, she is putting on an act to appear more powerful than she actually is!
She also has “drow” as a domain, and is devoutly worshiped by them. Any deity would want to project strength, but you have to admit there is some real strength here.
She has an entire race of people as her portfolio, not to mention lies, deceit, betrayal, evil acts and many other things in her portfolio as well.
@@igorgabriel2972 as far as the "entire race" goes she is still as good as Khurtulnak, the god of Kobolds.
Lies, Deceit and Betrayal sound like strong portifolios for an evil god, but when you compare it to things like: Murder, Decay or Corruption you can see what i mean. If anything, being god of Lies, Deceit and Betrayal just support my theory that she is putting on an act
@@Dile0303 I dont know if she still has it but i think she once had fate as part of her portfolio along side divination. i think she was gifted these from when she was still "good" furthermore she has a reputation for trying to killing minor powers to add onto the list of many minor portfolios. that being said you are right in that it can be inconstant on how strong she should be.
Google "lolth full portfolio". Chaos is a powerful one many forget. On par with life or death.(on edit) She's a greater diety I believe they juuuust officially nerfed as she was getting way too big. Novel wise she's a full greater power now. Succeeded quite well tossing the demons out and stealing all their domains. Succeeded 100%. Literally every diety in the abyss now fears her. Apparently she even gives the far realm the Willies a bit.
I tell all of my fantasy enjoying friends about your channel. so much inspiration and knowledge comes from you! Thanks, Mr. Rhexx
Hmmm. My Curse of Strahd campaign just beat Strahd and finished him in his resting place. I'm taking the Lunchbox Heroes route and having them come up against Vampyr's avatar. I think after that I want to let them march on Vampyr himself. God videos like this one are Incredibly helpful in this process!
"Abilities and protections which far outmatch what is capable to mortals"... Karsus, "hold my beer"
Karsus could have been defeated by the ancient circles of high-mages of the past. (Pre-second sundering). Even gods were not safe from their Selu-taar rituals.
I've been playing d&d for 15 years and I didn't know about some of these things. ' tips hat to Mr Rhexx'
"If you say Lolth's name at loud, she can them extend her senses toward you."
PC drow sorceress in Baldur Gate 3: "I'm gonna pretend to be Lolth in front of this giant spider. What can possibly go wrong?"
So glad my favorite goddess is being discussed!
Immediately got an Erinyes shirt. One of my favorite monsters in DnD. Might just be my favorite.
Lolth's Tyranny: *Exists*
Eilistraeans: We can't expect our lady to do all the work.
Ah, a fellow man of culture! (loads M1911)
@@andreykuzmin4355 Respect, brother. _Loads M27_
Time to hunt some slavers.
@@kannonball5789 Hells yeah!
[ yochlol grins as a hoard of greater tanari and spider-abominations pour from a abyssal gate into the comments] "you don't say..."
Thanks for this!
Have always loved Drow lore and this was a lot of fun to watch.
Awesome video! Though personally, I have to say I’m glad that for the most part 5th edition moved away from giving gods stats, as I think that it gives the false impression that they can be killed in a practical sense, as well as sort of limiting what you can do with a deity. Of course, the law of DM supersedes any published stats anyways, so it doesn’t really matter, but I agree more with the current design philosophy regarding the stats of deities.
That all being said, this was a very interesting and well put-together video and I enjoyed listening to it! Keep up the great work my dude.
Man these lore videos of yours are too good. Even though i have never played dnd i can easily sit through all the stats/abilities that i do not know what they actually are and get a pretty good glimpse about them. Now as far as your throat issue goes when doing these long videos i'd suggest u do them in two or three parts to not hurt yourself too much. But keep 'em long :)
”I wonder where evil god is hiding their true devine form”
” *clears throat* which _layer_ is the evil god hiding their true devine form.”
nice
Suggestion for the merch store: Could you include looser fits? I find them to be more forgiving in terms of fit (it's always a hassle finding a tight t-shirt that works just fine for your body) and I find they are a better canvas for artwork (since the artwork is less affected by your body's curve).
Just discovered your site - in a word, WOW! Only got a few minutes in to the Lolth vid and subscribed! Speaking of Lolth, I'm so glad I saw your vid because Her stats that I've come across before (including Q1 (+5econversion), D3 (+56e conversion), and various Homebrew sites) have never felt like they had Her up to par - then I saw your vid! Again, WOW! Reason for searching Lolth stats: I've created a major extension to the Lost Mine of Phandelver adventure that revo;lves around Her and the alien Xenomorphs She has brought through a portal inj Her bid to overtake Faerun (She is in guise as the Xenomorph Hive Queen)... After the PCs final encounter with Her as the Hive Queen where Her 'disguise' is unmasked, hopefully (they haven't got there yet, I'm still running my campaign) they will banish Her, and She'll go back to Her Demonweb for a time... Next I'm adapting D1-D2 and D3 for them to continue their pursuit of Her/stop the Drow rising up to keep harassing surface-dwellers, then plan to link that to Expedition of the Demonweb Pits, before, finally, the PCs will actually encounter Her fully in an adapted Q1 - but She needs to be BIG and way more POWERFUL than any version of Her I've found to date... Your description of Her and Her stats/powers is exactly what I've been looking for - I took notes on all you reiterated, but I was hoping you had or could direct me to an (online) stat sheet for Her with all the stuff you mentioned, etc. I can use the D3 5e-conversion of Her for spells, but I'd prefer if you could link me to a complete picture of Her stats/abilities/spells/actions/etc , if possible. Q: also, where did you get all the info on deity levels, etc?
Thx in advance
Wow thank you so much!! Youre really saving me and my campaign by making these demon lord vids!!
Cool video, I knew almost nothing about The Demonweb before. What They Don’t Tell You About Yuan-Ti would be super cool, they’re the villains in my upcoming campaign and I’d really like to learn more about them. Great work on these vids!!!
Runesmith did make a video about Yuan Ti. I recomend it.
Check out AJ Pickett. He's got really great lore videos, and he's covered tge Yuan-Ti in good detail.
P.S. Really hoping they get covered here too.
@@milanmarkovic2721 Yeah I’ve seen that one, it’s pretty interesting
@@Menzobarrenza Sure will, thanks
In BG3 you can lie to a spider that youre Lolth, if you roll well and lie good she wont mind but if youre a bad liar she'll get angry.
Frankly considering what we know about Lolth and her influence im shocked she doesn't take it step further by making your Drow character vomit up spiders or setting your entire inventory on fire so you have to fight the spiders naked.
I guess Lolth has diminished influence outside of the Under Dark otherwise Minthara would have been spider chow.
Best lore channel around, keep it up! You inspire my dnd game like no other!
Yeah! I have a player in my campaign who's half possesed by Lolth (just for funsies for her), and I needed some more character to give to their interactions.
I got the first Grim Hollow book, just to check it out, even though I never expected to play a D&D 5E game. Shortly after, I got the Pathfinder 2E books. Holy CRAP, the transformation mechanics are easy and fun to port over to PF2.
Wow, I have always thought less of Lolth because i deemed her uninteresting for some reason. You changed my mind to say the least.
Also! Could you talk about talos and his storm lords at some point? He is my favourite deity!
you should read the dark elf saga, youd never have made this mistake my friend!
Lolth is actually a very interesting goddess. I kinda feel bad for her, but then I kinda don't because of what she has done.
awesome my Stolkholm Syndrom drow slave came across a wish spell and might be able to interact with Lolth tomorrow. sending this too the dm to help him prepare what he can
Mr. Rhexx, I started watching your elder scrolls lore and mod vids, I love how much of a fan you clearly are of both that and D&D. These vids are awesome to listen to as I prep for my sessions, your deep dives are so thorough and easy to listen to. Thanks!!!!!
Yo, MrRhexx, today I bought my first manuals of DnD to play with a few friends of mine. I discovered this game 2 years ago with your channel. Thanks 🙂
I've waited several years for this. Thank you.
Opened my first D&D MTG starter pack today got Lolth checked my RUclips notifications and saw you posted a Lolth video, today is a good day.
I remember playing a level 30 campaing with 4 people total. we were demigods trying to gather divine power we killed her in pathfinder it was an epic fight.
Another great video another request for dwarves and magic runes please.
Keeping up the request do if you wish and at your leisure.
Tomb of horrors is my favorite Greyhawk audiobook. I love all Ravenloft the most than Greyhawk and Dragonlance.
I am so sad of the recent drow retcon. Several years back I ran a homebrew "Restoration of Aurneshee" campaign. You see lolths fall and creation never sat quite right with me. I dont mind lolth and drow being evil but I never liked the circumstances that it happened "naturally". So in this campaign the PCs discover ancient histories that piece together the true story of Corellon and Lolth. A third goddess homebrewed Named Naulodii (the ever maiden, first sun goddess, bytopia) was Aurneshee BFF and encouraged the couple. The overgods warned corellon that elves were to OP (after the titans caused a ruckus) and had to be toned down or they would take action. He refused, elves were beautifu and he the most beautiful. So they poisoned Aurneshee but the poison would only work if her heart which was pure could be broken. So when she gave birth to Vhearun( who had no defense in the womb), Corellon grew angry, he banished Volkur and turned away from her, briefly looking to other goddesses that might give him a child. After some soul searching Corellon returns to Aurneshee with apologies and is sure he can set things right but the damage is done and aurenshee pure heart was broken and the poison rushed in.
After lolth came to be, Naulodii set a path to separate Aurneshee from lolth. A work of countless millennia, Naulodii has waited until lolth gained enough power to separate into two divine beings. Waited for a certain band of adventurers that just might pull it off...
WotC can get rekt.
@@sadwingsraging3044 I've always homebrewed adventures back when I played. But thats back in 3 and 3.5. I feel WOTC have long lost their way. Things that were memes have come to pass. Every thing that was good is now evil, what was evil is misunderstood. The corperate entity hates the geeks of old and is in love with the real weirdos.
@@josephjohnson5415 look up RPGPundit videos. Good guy. He was involved in the latest 5e creation. Funny too.
Hey MrRhexx thank you so much for doing this episode. I needed information about lolth because she was mentioned. in a ritual the witches of my campaign seek to bring her back to life because she was defeated. Right now my players are trying to find ways to stop the ritual and this video was very needed should they fail. I love your work
You're the only reason left to watch RUclips, bro.
Amazing video as always!
I wonder, from which plane will you start the outer planes serie?
2:38 "After 10000 years, I'm free! It's time to conquer Earth!"
I fucking love this channel!! Keep doing your best, but don’t push yourself to your breaking point. We prefer you keep making the videos you love at a healthy pace so that you can keep going for as long as you can as opposed to you hating your work, burning your self out, and getting out of the game before you wanted to!! Please take care of yourself and we will support you the whole way!!
Great timing rhexx I just helped my buddy make a character who could be after the guidance of lolth so this was perfect thank youu!!!
never played D&D but the 1st edition book was an entertaining look in our house as a kid. i love the over powered characters, well done!
Cant wait for the store expansion!
Imagine. Lolth vs Slaanesh
Thank you... for that horrific yet oddly arousing mental image.
@@marclytle644 haha spider silk bdsm goes brr
The beginning of this video made me realize I've been watching this channel for 4 years now
The most powerfull spell that i ever see is "dragon killer" a spell that can do 20d12 damage take 2 rouds to cast and only lv 19 mages can cast, very scary that she can do more than it
(Grins) Elven high-mage says "hold my feywine"!!! [ casts Ever'Sakkatien " the sundering"]]
I loved reading the drizzit books and I love that there is actual lore on her ❤️❤️
Something Mr. Rhexx and I have in common, we both love Eliestraee.(spelling might not be right)
I love your dnd lore video I been trying to get into dnd I have actually played a game but I am playing the mmo neverwinter thank you for all the great videos
Any idea on if I can look forward to that great mother (beholder god) video sometime? 😂 I loved this one tho, keep up the good work :)
"+19 to hit"
I remember the one time we fought a demon with +18 to hit
Damn thing hit me with nat 1 while my AC was increased by +2 to 19 XD
They shouldn't have. A Nat 1 on an attack roll is supposed to be an automatic miss regardless of modifiers, the same way a Nat 20 is supposed to be a automatic hit, regardless of AC.
@@Digitize27 so what? Rules are meant to be broken
@@letsplaysvonaja1714 Sure, all rules are at the discretion of the DM for the benefit of the game or the enjoyment of the players. Personally wouldn't enjoy being robbed of one of the core balancing aspects of 5e's combat system, in the 5% chance that an attack, regardless of the power of a creature, will still miss. Once you have a creature that can hit a player regardless of their roll, at that point you're just rolling to see if they crit, which is a little dickish.
There it is, the long awaited video!
I love learning dnds gods. I hope we can see raven queen in future.
There is only one way to truly destroy Lolth, you just need to ask Mystra really nicely to allow you to cast Karsus's Folly XD
Technically wouldn't work, as the goddess of magic at the time (which became Mystra), willingly sacrificed herself in order to save the Weave from collapsing.
Lolth ain't offing herself for ANYTHING.
@@Menzobarrenza The weave collapse because karsus choose to be mystra and was overwhelm by the sheer power of the weave , if he had chosen Lolth, a lower than mystra rank deity , he would have been ok maybe , and even if he didnt , nothing mayor would have happen , maybe some drow or spiders would have died but nothing else , Lolth is not that important for the fabric of reality as say "The Goddess that keeps one of the main forces of reality in check" that is mystra
Really , almost any deity would not have had any real impact in the world but he choose THE ONE that did
@@ramondelgado4927 the thought process behind me casting it is getting the portfolio and then giving it to Elistre, the Drow part.
Will that work? No, maybe, possibly. But it would be fun to try. XD
Also I totally used the wrong name its Karsus's Avatar not Folly.
@@Auriorium there isn't a mortal alive strong enough to cast it except The Ssrinshee or Larloch..maybe The TeeraSeer. Not only that,but you're forgetting how difficult it is to get the material components and also how Lolth's link to her portfolio is likely to warn her of your attempt before you make it. Remember she was once a goddess of fate and even foresaw the time of troubles.
@@Menzobarrenza so what shes not the goddess of magic she would just be a powerful demon at that point
If you guys want some neat homebrew statblocks for deities, I recommend the "Ulraunt's Guide to the Planes" series on the DMs Guild. Currently, there are only 2 books, but include rules for not only fighting deities (while technically not possible in canon DnD lore, but its your game so you can choose to allow it) and levelling up your characters beyond level 20 to compensate. If nothing else, the books have some baller art for the chosen deities.
@Jimmy Jim ??
Brother, take care of your voice. Do long videos in sections with plenty of rest and tea between. The Warhammer Loremaster I follow permanently injured himself doing hour long vids. Take care of you. You're a treasure.
I never knew that Lolth was a conquerer of worlds...WOW
Dude that Ellistrae shirt looks sick.
Thank you for this very interesting video. SO MUCH information in there. It is amazing.
There's also the one where Vecna tries to break the laws of Sigil, but that's after the Lady of Pain whammies him iirc.
She was actually in an episode of the classic D&D cartoon in the 80's.
...I'm going to have to look for a really, _really_ big newspaper.
Next one you are legally obligated to cover is Talos, I really want to see how you cover the patron god of raw unfiltered elemental chaos with the gods of frost, sea and savagery under him
Thank you for doing these videos. I really do enjoy them.
I would love to see you dive into Eberron lore
Or Dragonlance lore.
Lolth tlu Malla, i need more!
Since you mentioned the Elder Scrolls lore, I was wondering when, or even if, you plan on going back to ES lore videos. I definitely prefer the D&D videos, and I can’t blame you for doing what works for your channel, but I also know that there are those out there that miss the ES videos Rhexx.
As always, love your content, and I’m glad you’ve finally been able to open up a store to further diversify yourself!
I regret missing out on the Elistree shirt. Loved this double feature, tho!
Yeah see that's the thing with Challenge rating...it REALLY falls about with that logic, especially at high level. I've seen fighters go toe to toe with Ancient Dragons and nearly kill it in a single round of melee combat by themselves. What the CR probably doesn't take into account (which it doesn't consider for monster CR when challenging a party) is magical items. So sure Stat wise and ability wise a PC may be considered level 12 but you throw into that a PC fighter who is fully decked out with a +3 weapon, +3 full plate, A cloak of protection, winged boots and a ring of protection with the great weapon master feat. You've got someone that can throw out EIGHT attacks in a single round with a (assuming strength is 20) +9 to hit if using GWM feat (which is +15 without it) and dealing 2d6+18 damage (or 2d6+8 so even if the fighter rolled minimum damage on all attacks that's still 10 damage per attack and 80 damage in a single round).
And they can do that two rounds in a row. If fighter gets even remotely close to a Lich (which is a CR21 creature) they can literally kill it in a single turn or at least severly hurt it if it blows it's reaction on the Shield spell. God forbid their a Samurai which can make all their attacks that round be at advantage meaning you're going to be criting on at least 1 or 2 attacks usually.
I'd say a fully magic item'd out PC would be at least CR18.
I've seen a party of 4 level 17s demolish an Ancient Dragon in about three rounds even with the DM playing it smart.
Your work are incredible and awesome, make my day better each time a see a new video! Keep it up!
Also, a video about Bahamut would be very cool!
Hey MrRhexx, can you make a video on what they don't tells us about Allip? I'm in a campaign right now where one of the players got turned into one and my character got a nat 20 on the check to see what I know about it. Thank you love these videos.
If we are going back to evil gods, investigating the kuo-toa and their creations would be a good way to describe demigod creation
I love the videos you do on the gods, monsters and lore, all of this is great, keep up the great work.
This is super late comment, but I was curious if you ever thought of doing a stat block for the creatures you cover or not? I'm certain someone could sit down and listen again, make one themselves, but I was curious if you might do one since you've made this amazing video too!
Praise The Spider Queen! Praise The Weaver of Fate!
Praise Lolth~!
Funny I use her in my Magic the gathering Arena mono black deck.
Sure this might be just a little late on the train but ill keep an eye out on the merch page. Would love an Eilistraee zip up hoodie someday.
This video made me feel like I was wrapped in Lolth's webs.
Like the video, would have been great to hear more of the origins and her fall from grace to become the spider queen though.
these are my fav kind of videos