So because Baphomet was a blasphemicer once, the gods cursed him to become an immortal, gigantic hulking beast with powers & might. Sounds like something those divine imbeciles would do.
Could we possibly get a Yeenoghu, or an orcus video (however i get the feeling orcus would either be a long video or a multi part one but thats just me)
15:23 A clever Minotaur thought to humiliate the Lady of Pain by purposely getting Mazed, and then escaping in record time. She responded by making his 'maze' a single long corridor that it'll take him eons to reach the end of.
@@URBANDRAGON999 are you joking? Because what does final fantasy have to do with Dungeons and Dragons, they are different worlds and have different lore
@@mardshima2070 How's that justified? Triple proficiency bonus implies it's max level. A dumb alchemist is also amongst the best on the planet? Seems like a dissonant idea.
@sheparddog117 But you'd need INT to make DIY mentats. And proficiency bonuses confer level. And if Baphomet is just telling (not teaching) him how to make stuff, then why bother with the artificer class? Just give a minotaur the items and call it a day. You don't need a class to use potions.
@@jonathanwells223 That doesn't make sense though. If his character is partially defined by it's use of the science then he has to use an ordered method, otherwise he wouldn't be doing science.
@@jonathanwells223 his science is actually ordered cuz he was metoured by an Obyrith named Dwiergus. His hate for civilization is more on thinking political laws weaken the full potential of individuals in a society. He doesn't hate EVERYTHING, he actually likes to "keep" what he considers a strength. Science is one, and another is culture. He has a slight I terest in studying cultures.
@@gustavo3680 ehhh, definitely wouldn't call him good. Not evil sure, but he's not good. He'd slaughter a whole population for nothing more than the thrill of the chase.
daedric princes are not evil or good, think of them as less fucked up versions of the chaos gods from warhammer. yeah they may represent slaughter, or death, or just pain in general, or something like that but they also represent aspects of good such as honour, love, intelligence, etc they're more of a neutral entity(in the elder scroll there are a few daedric princes that dont fit this description but at least half do and its the closest comparison i could think of)
@@cjmarion6350 daedric princes don't just represent concepts they *are* concepts Sheogorath is madness, Boethia is betrayal. They are neutral because they are the very concepts that make up the world
I just wanted to point out something about Baphomet being on layer 600. According to the lore, layers of the Abyss were numbered in the order they were discovered, not how deep they are (in ADnD Planes of Chaos).
In other words, I ran Descent Into Avernus and didn't do the 2 main demon lords invading justice. I knew they weren't working together, but I didn't realize Baphomet and Yeenogu had such animosity between them.
baphomet "you see I'm hard at work striving to improve demon kind" yeenoghu "you still suck ya walking steak house!" baphomet "YOU'RE SO DEAD YOU BROKEN LAUGH TRACK!!!" (The true reason they hate each other)
Satanic Temple is also basically a secular group. They're focused on maintaining secular legal conditions by identifying laws that grant religious privilege, and using them to promote Satanism. The ones who pushed for the laws in the first place have no legal argument why TST shouldn't be allowed the same privileges as any other religion. It's an "if you allow them, you have to allow us" scenario, so the laws are generally dropped so no one is allowed. That's what separation of church and state really comes down to.
@@deitus1375 If you really get down to it they are Atheists. They don't believe in ANY god or gods, they don't believe satan is real, and they aren't "promoting satanism" with their public works, they are just trying to fight for the separation of church and state in the States. The whole point of using the term "satan" and the icon of Baphomet is because Mosaic religious persons easily know them and it causes a specific reaction. I don't personally agree with their use because it just tends to cause more confusion in those who have always just been told that anyone what doesn't believe in the same thing as them is "evil". But what they are doing is in the right direction, they encourage education and knowledge, they aren't out there trying to get converts.
@@PaulGuy They aren't "promoting" satanism, they aren't out there looking for new members or trying to indoctrinate. The modern day Satanic Temple, while trying to do good, is just cosplaying/acting Atheists.
I actually just last week had a player that is going to play a ranger/warlock pact of the Fiend. He wanted a nature-based patron and was going to use this guy. My player is not going to believe I thought of this before this video
Ah! Another MrRhexx masterpiece! Like all of his videos! And I am especially pleased to see videos on Demon Lord's, and I hopefully presume, Archdevils will be added to the list as well! I just figured that I'd throw in my 2 cents about Baphomet, or at least artwork featuring him, having a historic, and modern, real world presence! Many would erroneously assume that The Baphomet is Satan. The image of Baphomet, with the Goat's head, and hermaphroditic body, is actually symbolic of balance. One arms is raised, with the finger(s) pointing toward the Heavens, the other lowered, pointing toward the earth/ground, you could say even The Underworld. The goat head represents animals, where as the human body represents humanity. All living creatures upon Earth, are one it the other. We have the breasts, representing female, the phallus , or at least the phallic Cadacaues (I'm too lazy to look up the correct spelling at the moment,) and so on, and do forth! The Pentagram (it becomes a Pentacle, when placed inside a circle,) is also a sign balance, the top point of the star, representing The Divine, or the element if Spirit, with the other 4 points representing the four elements, brought to unity by The Divine. It is a symbol of order, and all things that are created, or sustained by order. The Pentagram can also be seen as a symbol of the feminine, as Venus orbits the Sun in a pattern that makes a Pentagram, if you map it's orbit. And Venus is traditionally linked to women.. It being placed upon the brow of a goat, which is close kin to ram's, which are linked to Mars, the planet often linked to men, speaks again of balance and duality! Female and male. The symbolism of balance and duality, is seen all over the icon of The Baphomet, if one is knowledgeable of Traditional mystical symbolism, and willing to take the time to look upon it, in contemplation! Neat stuff!
Good eye. A lot of the symbolism seemed familiar, but I hadn’t given it that much thought. Now that you mention it, the image of one raised armed pointing to heaven, and one pointing down to earth, is an unmistakable reference to The Magician in the Tarot de Marseille, and the “As above, so below.” concept, central to nearly all ‘magic’/occultism/mysticism/alchemy/etc. The Tower of ‘Science’ is much more fitting then, as historically, ‘science’ and ‘medicine’ were *very* vaguely defined, and included alchemy, ‘magic’, astrology, etc. Only in the Enlightenment and Modern era did ‘science’ begin to take on a purely naturalist/materialist definition as today, where previously it was strongly, if not exclusively, associated with more esoteric, mystical concepts. Little to no distinction between astronomy, medicine, chemistry, and ‘the sciences’ (in the modern sense) and astrology, ‘magic’, alchemy, etc was recognized. All students of uncommon ‘knowledge’- dubious or otherwise- were often equally esteemed as ‘educated’ ‘men of learning’. At least as late as ca. 1600, the Queen of England employed the likes of Edward Kelley (if you played Nioh, you’ll know that name- and the real guy was almost as creepy as his video game depiction...), a somewhat (in)famous- and legitimately insane- self-proclaimed ‘magician’ as a trusted advisor- though the exact nature of ‘advice’ he provided the Queen remains a matter of some debate to this day... (Sex. It was totally sex... Queen was thirsty AF...) I don’t know if it was official art, but I remember the video also showed various pentagrams, et al inscribed with Hebrew characters, which would almost certainly refer to Jewish Kabbalah, ‘angelology’, the supposed ‘book of enoch’, etc. Similarly, the goat’s head, inverted pentagram/pentacle, other ‘satanic’ imagery correspond to current day occultism/‘satanism’/et al, which is strongly influenced by Aleister Crowley (as in Black Sabbath’s classic “Mr. Crowley”) and his ‘Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn’- a somewhat ridiculous, but pretty awesome name, you gotta admit. Crowley was in turn strongly influenced by ‘classic’ occultism, particularly cartomancy (‘fortune telling’) and the Tarot de Marseille, and would go on to incorporate Kabbalist and other traditions to produce his own version of the Tarot, commonly known as the ‘Golden Dawn Tarot’, properly the ‘Thoth (something) Deck’, IIRC. Most notably, if not the original source, he was at least responsible for popularizing the aforementioned “As above, so below.” line, directly referencing the Tarot’s ‘Magician’/II Major Arcana. Which will sound familiar to anyone who’s played the ‘SMT: Persona’ games, as they borrow *heavily* from the Tarot, hermeticism, Kabbalah, etc combined with concepts from Jungian Psychiatry. Yes, really. It’s definitely... strange... but somehow it works. Point being, though I would not at all describe myself as a devotee of magic, satanism, occultism, etc, the mythology is quite interesting. Seeing various connections and obscure references buried in the deep lore of whatever fiction is great. Incorporating such inspirations and details makes for a world that really invites you to explore and appreciate the complexities and depth and effort that have gone into it. Overall, it’s the kind of rewarding experience that keeps me coming back for more. Maybe I’m weird. I imagine that the kind of people who are here watching Rhexx’s 25 minute lore video detailing the history of a DnD monster would probably get where I’m coming from, though. Lol. Cheers. 👍
@@KyleJordanGaming I'm just now seeing your comment! It's great! I just couldn't even begin to properly respond to it! Except to say again, that it's great! And, the one thought that sticks with me, is how crazy it is, that there were ritual magicians, in courts and churches, actually summoning angels and demons, and no one seemed to give a damn! Yet! They were snatching women, and in some cases, men, left and right, to falsely accuse them of Witchcraft! I didn't even think of how The Tower of Science would tie in with the real world Baphomet! I was solely speaking on the most common depiction of him. Which I think night have been illustrated from Eliphas Levi! Although I could be wrong! Most of my studies have revolved around Traditional (non-Wiccan) Witchcraft, Traditional Paganism, folklore, Folk Magic, particularly in Europe and The Us, as well as the mythology of some countries. I have a very general knowledge of Ceremonial/Ritual Magic. Partially thanks to my ex bf, who claimed to summon and devour (it's a real practice,) devil's, but didn't have the balls to break up with me, in person! 😆 Or at all for that matter! Otherwise, my knowledge on the matter is mostly involving the few aspects and practices of it, that are commonly seen in modern Witchcraft practices. It's an interesting subject, for sure!
Since you're currently on the topic of the abyss, I think a really cool idea for a (potentially) short video is talking about the 666th layer of the abyss. I really enjoy your content and hope that you continue making awesome videos like these in the future. :D
@@General12th from what i understand its not the last layers its just the furthest explored, the abyss itself is believed to be infinite in its layers. at least im pretty sure thats right
@@cjmarion6350 This is basically correct. The layers are numbered in order of discovery (and escape, so they can actually be documented), they often have nothing to do with any sort of "structure" inherent in the plane. So higher numbers don't necessarily mean deeper, although often is does. The 666th layer is simply the 666th one documented.
I’m not 100% sure but in older editions Tharizdun is supposed to be chained there. I also would love to watch a video about the lowest level documented!
You’re REALLY helping me with my out of the abyss campaign! I wanna learn more about the abyss please! There isn’t much info online about it. Thank you so much!! I’d love to see and appreciate any demon lord stuff honestly
The minotaurs who somehow found a spelljammer and know how to correctly use it: You have a moment to talk about our lord and savior. That wasn't a question, that was a statement.
True Story: the layers of the Abyss are numbered in the order that they were discovered, not based on some "depth" hierarchy. There are an infinite number of layers of the abyss, and they connect in infinite ways. Conceiving of them as being "above" or "below" each other is misleading.
Definitely looking forward to The Pale Night! I'll be DMing a campaign soon and one of my players is fascinated with incorporating her into his backstory. I'm also interested in learning a bit about Balors, it looks as thought they'd have some connection to Baphomet as well. Great channel you have here! :)
It's definitely a Rhexx video if I'm hearing that the bloodthirsty 20ft tall minotaur built like a brick wall and carrying a Glaive called Heartcleaver....is also an extremely skilled geneticist and master of incredibly complex secret magics.
Asmodeus is the one with Fusion warheads. Which, I would totally steal from the 9th layer of hell just so I could detonate them on the 600th layer of the abyss. Me: "Science this you warped demonic minotaur freak." Asmo: "You could've just asked for them... for a price. 😈"
@@sagesheahan6732 Bare in mind that it was Asmodeus himself who declared the maze was unsolvable, before trapping Baphomet inside... it only took him 10 years to solve it, then he yoinked the entire labyrinth into the Abyss with him!
Intriguing, I always knew there was more to life and i have also been looking for a way to find not only protection but a way to be influential to the human society, wish to do more and give more than i am doing now, always feel like i was born for something greater. .
oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them
@@haynesatteh4463 Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting.
Every time, man. Every time I think I'm learning about something I'll never use, you say ten things about something I barely understand that make me wanna build a campaign around it. Thanks again.
Baphomet is my absolute favorite demon lord and I had him make an appearance in the past I wish I knew about the Magic of Heartcleaver at the time. I would love to see you follow up with Pale Knight.
Baphomet: “Look at this weakling cultist, he has no natural weapons.” Monk Cultist of Baphomet: **Punches a hole through a brick wall** Baphomet: **Surprised Pikachu Face**
Check out the 3rd party source book Grimm hollow campaign guide, they have a fantastic transformation into vampire's as seen from a players perspective, as mostly the base 5e vampire's become DM controlled
@@jessecannon8196 well it says by your allingment changing its not u anymore so dm takes over but what if u already were lawful evil beforeheaf? And i want mr rhexx to mske a video on it :()
@@veteran673 Well, any sane DM will still take control. Vampires are way too powerful player wise. You could argue the reason for the loss of player control is because vampires don’t have souls.
@@m3k569 yeah, Ulbert definitely takes inspiration from the mythic Baphomet due to being a demonic goat-headed spellcaster (plus the relicts he made look like multi-armed Baphomet statuettes).
I’ll be honest this is legit the first time a monster from dnd has scared me. The fact that this guy has real historical relevance scares me a bit. But I’ve enjoyed using him as a final boss for my players
Love the lore vids brother...your are the best. I was one of over 11000 proud backers for Dungeons of Drakenheim it is very well done and all of the extras were more than worth the price...the Dungeon Dudes are killed it.
Great video! Reminds me a LOT about the game I had with friends, table-top, pathfinder "Wrath of the Righteous". I walked in not knowing a single thing about the background of the adventure, so inspired by World of Warcraft, I created 2 Minotaur, a paladin and a barbarian (both female), friends since childhood. It was curious to see the development. The paladin had to fight against the racist idea of humans accepting a Minotaur as a paladin, but the barbarian had an even worst time fighting for its own free will, with how many clerics of Baphomet tried to mind control and corrupt her throughout the entire campaign. (good thing I was allowed to roll for stats and apply the Minotaur traits over, for as long as it was balanced, and I had a good Will safe thanks to stats. We know barbarians ain't the best when it comes to resist mind control)
2:47 Hey, I know that place... Since the Mythic Odysses of Theros source book was published, there's now a second minotaur deity in the form of Mogis, one of two gods of war on the plane of Theros. I have a feeling these two might get along on occasion, since Mogis is all about violence, though they may butt heads over the methods.
There is also [lawful] evil Sargonnas from old Dragonlance. Now he would clash with both Mogis and Baphomet, for while he is a god of war and vengeance, minotaurs of Krinn honour him as Sargas, avatar of power gained through brute strength and held with honor. Essentually, patron of civilized minotaurs.
1) so there is not much of a chance for a minotaur iconoclast in faerun? (speaking as a tauren fan here) 2) ji - noghu? shi - noghu? I thought it was pronounced Yee - noghu (as in Yeet - noghu) which makes sound like a yapping hyena...
I just started playing my character who serves Baphomet, and there should be a session today. This couldn’t have been better timing! (And Baphomet might actually make an appearance in the campaign!) AND pale night?! This keeps getting better, as he’ll eventually become a paladin for her!
I love watching lore videos! Do you have any lore videos about the time lords? I was talking about the concept of not messing around with time magic with the kids yesterday
Personally I’m excited to learn eventually what I didn’t know about Graz’zt. Regardless this was fascinating, Baphomet definitely didn’t strike me as the scientific type, but hey appearances and even actions are often deceiving.
All who likes this video are templars and all who dislike is the pope and his followers XD. If you don't get the reference then lets just say this demon in real myths was the scapegoat that allowed the pop to essentially destroy the templar order
The art in the thumbnail and at 5:30 is not Baphomet, it's the Satyr from the game Oathsworn; Into the Deepwoods, by Shadowborne Games. The artist is Dongjun Lu.
God a big part of me wants to sit down and REALLY put forth the effort to research and create a badass DnD campaign. With crazy twists and connections, interesting NPC's, and force the players to really think about the decisions they have to make. Like Witcher 3, where the choice isnt always perfect but its the lesser evil. Watching this episode got my mind racing on SOOOO many cool ideas. His failed creations that he has left in the maze would be prime territory for very cool unexpected allies. (if the party played their cards right). the arena within the maze would also be so damn fun to create stuff. the story telling seems infinite.
I thought the numbering of the layers of the Abyss was arbitrary. The layers are hypothetically infinite, and the known layers have been labeled by the order they are found and identified. This of course makes some layers consistently low in number because they are easier to get to, and efforts have been made to try organizing the layers for mortal understanding, but such efforts have largely been unsuccessful given the truly chaotic nature of the place.
Thank you so much for this video, I've seen it 3 or 4 times now. I've been running my party through a homebrew game where they have to face off against all the Demon Lords, and this video saved me for the Baphomet fight
My first encounter with Baphomet in D&D was from way before I played the game, just doing lore research because apparently I have always been like this. It could have been a homebrew wiki, but regardless it had this cool idea that he was the product of the true chaos of the Abyss in that he was gentle and kind and it was Yeenoghu's constant violence against him that drove him mad. Fun stuff.
Sick video, the image of the gnoll fighting the minotaur was great. MrRhexx, please make a video on Zargon, or on Great Mother (was skipped in your two video special about beholders).
I love all your life Videos can’t wait for more! Thanks for all your work! Id like to see a video where you go over all the demon lords briefly and their layers in the abyss
“I’m just excited to see my lord and savior Baphomet. Represented in such glorious Italian stone. I do hope his eyes gaze upon me and that my allegiance is recognized. I dunno. Notice me senpai. Notice me”
Just fyi, DM Lair streams created an adventure "more blood for baphomet" I think last year. Great labyrinth mechanism and several encounters. Plus is a rare high level (tier 4) adventure module!
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will you be doing lore of dwarfs and men?
So because Baphomet was a blasphemicer once, the gods cursed him to become an immortal, gigantic hulking beast with powers & might.
Sounds like something those divine imbeciles would do.
You gotta to graz’zt next 😍
Could we possibly get a Yeenoghu, or an orcus video (however i get the feeling orcus would either be a long video or a multi part one but thats just me)
Been waiting for a video on Baphomet, keep up the good work man :)
The Abyss: the oldest anarchy server in Dungeons and Dragons.
Baphomet the most notorious griefer in the Abyss
@@Mister_Citrus he uses entity hacks which is why he’s so good with mazes
Obox-ob, former admin of the server tried to patch the bugs but couldn't, this lead to Demogorgon to use backdoor to be admin.
There's an mmo?
@@Tsunamiieh it's a reference to a minecraft server.
15:23 A clever Minotaur thought to humiliate the Lady of Pain by purposely getting Mazed, and then escaping in record time. She responded by making his 'maze' a single long corridor that it'll take him eons to reach the end of.
Hmm what a sore loser she was. Not sportswomanlike to even try a fair contest of wits.
Sick
Minotaurs in DnD: can perfectly navigate in mazes
Minotaurs in Myth: "I've seen this corner 354 times and I am sick of it"
In fairness, the minotaur was the only creature that could navigate the labyrinth without aid. It just couldn't get out of the labyrinth.
He's technically not a minotaur... he's a dragon with the head of a goat. They reveal this in most Final Fantasy games
@@URBANDRAGON999 are you joking? Because what does final fantasy have to do with Dungeons and Dragons, they are different worlds and have different lore
@@URBANDRAGON999 That has nothing to do with Dungeons & Dragons, nor mythology surrounding the guy.
@@URBANDRAGON999 final Fantasy is Not Greek mythology are you dense?
BBEG idea: A Minotaur Alchemist who adheres to Baphomet's scientific side.
A warped version of Daedalus and the Labyrinth. Neat.
Gonna be kind of hard given how Baphomet's mutated followers have such low INT.
@@monsieurdorgat6864 Give it 6 INT but triple its proficiency bonus for INT check and save.
@@mardshima2070 How's that justified? Triple proficiency bonus implies it's max level.
A dumb alchemist is also amongst the best on the planet? Seems like a dissonant idea.
@sheparddog117 But you'd need INT to make DIY mentats. And proficiency bonuses confer level.
And if Baphomet is just telling (not teaching) him how to make stuff, then why bother with the artificer class? Just give a minotaur the items and call it a day. You don't need a class to use potions.
"I hate civilization but I love the careful methodical ordered process of scientific development" -Baphomet probably
To be fair it's probably more along the lines of those Nazi experiments 'hey let's sow twins together and see if they don't die'
He doesn’t operate by an ordered method, he just throws shit at the wall to see what sticks
He is a big fan of Dr.Stone
@@jonathanwells223 That doesn't make sense though. If his character is partially defined by it's use of the science then he has to use an ordered method, otherwise he wouldn't be doing science.
@@jonathanwells223 his science is actually ordered cuz he was metoured by an Obyrith named Dwiergus.
His hate for civilization is more on thinking political laws weaken the full potential of individuals in a society.
He doesn't hate EVERYTHING, he actually likes to "keep" what he considers a strength. Science is one, and another is culture. He has a slight I terest in studying cultures.
Thanks for the shout out man, had a blast doing the Collab with you! Lots of people are loving the system too! 💜👍🏼
🤣yall are crazy
Look at how wholesome bahumet is!
He believes its not about the destination, but the journey to murder that counts.
much more wholesome than jehova who said "don't kill" and then command Israel to kill whole towns, even the kids and babies
He reminds me of Hircine, daedric prince of the hunt. But Hircine is a bit less, outwardly evil
Hircine is much more good-aligned and fair. I don't think he got that dark science element to him either.
@@gustavo3680 ehhh, definitely wouldn't call him good. Not evil sure, but he's not good. He'd slaughter a whole population for nothing more than the thrill of the chase.
@@louiesatterwhite3885 yes, he is not good at all, but im sure he doesn't have any world destruction plan like baphomet
daedric princes are not evil or good, think of them as less fucked up versions of the chaos gods from warhammer. yeah they may represent slaughter, or death, or just pain in general, or something like that but they also represent aspects of good such as honour, love, intelligence, etc they're more of a neutral entity(in the elder scroll there are a few daedric princes that dont fit this description but at least half do and its the closest comparison i could think of)
@@cjmarion6350 daedric princes don't just represent concepts they *are* concepts Sheogorath is madness, Boethia is betrayal. They are neutral because they are the very concepts that make up the world
Demon Lord: *Yoinks Goristro
Baphomet: I'll allow it
“It’s free advertising!”
@person person or an art dealer
I just wanted to point out something about Baphomet being on layer 600. According to the lore, layers of the Abyss were numbered in the order they were discovered, not how deep they are (in ADnD Planes of Chaos).
In other words, I ran Descent Into Avernus and didn't do the 2 main demon lords invading justice.
I knew they weren't working together, but I didn't realize Baphomet and Yeenogu had such animosity between them.
They're rivals to such an extent that I would gladly side with Baphomet for the sole reason of screwing over Yeenogu
I would have side with Yeenogu. That crazy laughter Is something to respect
baphomet "you see I'm hard at work striving to improve demon kind"
yeenoghu "you still suck ya walking steak house!"
baphomet "YOU'RE SO DEAD YOU BROKEN LAUGH TRACK!!!"
(The true reason they hate each other)
“Fear the Old Blood...”
i love you for this reference
We are born of the blood
Made men by the blood
Undone by the blood
One thing, at the beginning that was the Satanic Temple, not the Church of Satan. Different entities.
Satanic Temple is also basically a secular group. They're focused on maintaining secular legal conditions by identifying laws that grant religious privilege, and using them to promote Satanism. The ones who pushed for the laws in the first place have no legal argument why TST shouldn't be allowed the same privileges as any other religion.
It's an "if you allow them, you have to allow us" scenario, so the laws are generally dropped so no one is allowed. That's what separation of church and state really comes down to.
Came to say this.
@@PaulGuy so they are satanists?
@@deitus1375 If you really get down to it they are Atheists. They don't believe in ANY god or gods, they don't believe satan is real, and they aren't "promoting satanism" with their public works, they are just trying to fight for the separation of church and state in the States. The whole point of using the term "satan" and the icon of Baphomet is because Mosaic religious persons easily know them and it causes a specific reaction. I don't personally agree with their use because it just tends to cause more confusion in those who have always just been told that anyone what doesn't believe in the same thing as them is "evil". But what they are doing is in the right direction, they encourage education and knowledge, they aren't out there trying to get converts.
@@PaulGuy They aren't "promoting" satanism, they aren't out there looking for new members or trying to indoctrinate. The modern day Satanic Temple, while trying to do good, is just cosplaying/acting Atheists.
The moment I start getting intrigued by this demon lord this video appears
I actually just last week had a player that is going to play a ranger/warlock pact of the Fiend. He wanted a nature-based patron and was going to use this guy. My player is not going to believe I thought of this before this video
The machine watches, the machine knows
He a horny boy
You are the Chosen one
Pushing of the agenda
Ah! Another MrRhexx masterpiece! Like all of his videos! And I am especially pleased to see videos on Demon Lord's, and I hopefully presume, Archdevils will be added to the list as well! I just figured that I'd throw in my 2 cents about Baphomet, or at least artwork featuring him, having a historic, and modern, real world presence! Many would erroneously assume that The Baphomet is Satan. The image of Baphomet, with the Goat's head, and hermaphroditic body, is actually symbolic of balance. One arms is raised, with the finger(s) pointing toward the Heavens, the other lowered, pointing toward the earth/ground, you could say even The Underworld. The goat head represents animals, where as the human body represents humanity. All living creatures upon Earth, are one it the other. We have the breasts, representing female, the phallus , or at least the phallic Cadacaues (I'm too lazy to look up the correct spelling at the moment,) and so on, and do forth! The Pentagram (it becomes a Pentacle, when placed inside a circle,) is also a sign balance, the top point of the star, representing The Divine, or the element if Spirit, with the other 4 points representing the four elements, brought to unity by The Divine. It is a symbol of order, and all things that are created, or sustained by order. The Pentagram can also be seen as a symbol of the feminine, as Venus orbits the Sun in a pattern that makes a Pentagram, if you map it's orbit. And Venus is traditionally linked to women.. It being placed upon the brow of a goat, which is close kin to ram's, which are linked to Mars, the planet often linked to men, speaks again of balance and duality! Female and male. The symbolism of balance and duality, is seen all over the icon of The Baphomet, if one is knowledgeable of Traditional mystical symbolism, and willing to take the time to look upon it, in contemplation! Neat stuff!
Good eye. A lot of the symbolism seemed familiar, but I hadn’t given it that much thought. Now that you mention it, the image of one raised armed pointing to heaven, and one pointing down to earth, is an unmistakable reference to The Magician in the Tarot de Marseille, and the “As above, so below.” concept, central to nearly all ‘magic’/occultism/mysticism/alchemy/etc. The Tower of ‘Science’ is much more fitting then, as historically, ‘science’ and ‘medicine’ were *very* vaguely defined, and included alchemy, ‘magic’, astrology, etc. Only in the Enlightenment and Modern era did ‘science’ begin to take on a purely naturalist/materialist definition as today, where previously it was strongly, if not exclusively, associated with more esoteric, mystical concepts. Little to no distinction between astronomy, medicine, chemistry, and ‘the sciences’ (in the modern sense) and astrology, ‘magic’, alchemy, etc was recognized. All students of uncommon ‘knowledge’- dubious or otherwise- were often equally esteemed as ‘educated’ ‘men of learning’.
At least as late as ca. 1600, the Queen of England employed the likes of Edward Kelley (if you played Nioh, you’ll know that name- and the real guy was almost as creepy as his video game depiction...), a somewhat (in)famous- and legitimately insane- self-proclaimed ‘magician’ as a trusted advisor- though the exact nature of ‘advice’ he provided the Queen remains a matter of some debate to this day... (Sex. It was totally sex... Queen was thirsty AF...)
I don’t know if it was official art, but I remember the video also showed various pentagrams, et al inscribed with Hebrew characters, which would almost certainly refer to Jewish Kabbalah, ‘angelology’, the supposed ‘book of enoch’, etc. Similarly, the goat’s head, inverted pentagram/pentacle, other ‘satanic’ imagery correspond to current day occultism/‘satanism’/et al, which is strongly influenced by Aleister Crowley (as in Black Sabbath’s classic “Mr. Crowley”) and his ‘Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn’- a somewhat ridiculous, but pretty awesome name, you gotta admit.
Crowley was in turn strongly influenced by ‘classic’ occultism, particularly cartomancy (‘fortune telling’) and the Tarot de Marseille, and would go on to incorporate Kabbalist and other traditions to produce his own version of the Tarot, commonly known as the ‘Golden Dawn Tarot’, properly the ‘Thoth (something) Deck’, IIRC. Most notably, if not the original source, he was at least responsible for popularizing the aforementioned “As above, so below.” line, directly referencing the Tarot’s ‘Magician’/II Major Arcana. Which will sound familiar to anyone who’s played the ‘SMT: Persona’ games, as they borrow *heavily* from the Tarot, hermeticism, Kabbalah, etc combined with concepts from Jungian Psychiatry. Yes, really. It’s definitely... strange... but somehow it works.
Point being, though I would not at all describe myself as a devotee of magic, satanism, occultism, etc, the mythology is quite interesting. Seeing various connections and obscure references buried in the deep lore of whatever fiction is great. Incorporating such inspirations and details makes for a world that really invites you to explore and appreciate the complexities and depth and effort that have gone into it. Overall, it’s the kind of rewarding experience that keeps me coming back for more. Maybe I’m weird. I imagine that the kind of people who are here watching Rhexx’s 25 minute lore video detailing the history of a DnD monster would probably get where I’m coming from, though. Lol.
Cheers. 👍
@@KyleJordanGaming I'm just now seeing your comment! It's great! I just couldn't even begin to properly respond to it! Except to say again, that it's great! And, the one thought that sticks with me, is how crazy it is, that there were ritual magicians, in courts and churches, actually summoning angels and demons, and no one seemed to give a damn! Yet! They were snatching women, and in some cases, men, left and right, to falsely accuse them of Witchcraft! I didn't even think of how The Tower of Science would tie in with the real world Baphomet! I was solely speaking on the most common depiction of him. Which I think night have been illustrated from Eliphas Levi! Although I could be wrong! Most of my studies have revolved around Traditional (non-Wiccan) Witchcraft, Traditional Paganism, folklore, Folk Magic, particularly in Europe and The Us, as well as the mythology of some countries. I have a very general knowledge of Ceremonial/Ritual Magic. Partially thanks to my ex bf, who claimed to summon and devour (it's a real practice,) devil's, but didn't have the balls to break up with me, in person! 😆 Or at all for that matter! Otherwise, my knowledge on the matter is mostly involving the few aspects and practices of it, that are commonly seen in modern Witchcraft practices. It's an interesting subject, for sure!
Yeah historically Satan was depicted as a dragon or wyvern
Of all the Demon Lords, I think Baphomet has the best physical design in D&D. Just me?
Since you're currently on the topic of the abyss, I think a really cool idea for a (potentially) short video is talking about the 666th layer of the abyss. I really enjoy your content and hope that you continue making awesome videos like these in the future. :D
This! I want to learn about the last and darkest layers especially, but all the Abyss is glorious!
@@General12th from what i understand its not the last layers its just the furthest explored, the abyss itself is believed to be infinite in its layers. at least im pretty sure thats right
@@cjmarion6350 This is basically correct. The layers are numbered in order of discovery (and escape, so they can actually be documented), they often have nothing to do with any sort of "structure" inherent in the plane. So higher numbers don't necessarily mean deeper, although often is does. The 666th layer is simply the 666th one documented.
@@PaulGuy thats what i though but i didnt want to assert something as fact when i wasnt sure
I’m not 100% sure but in older editions Tharizdun is supposed to be chained there. I also would love to watch a video about the lowest level documented!
With the sheer dedication and power of this man's videos it always shocks me when he doesn't have a topic, another good one!
Labyrinths, laboratories… I wonder if the lord of beasts likes labradors!
"...Edwaaaard"
@@evankurasu3190 Man and I was just having a good day...
Thanks so much! I am currently writing an homebrew campaign about the abyss and demon lords and your videos help a lot!
I'm running Out of the Abyss right now so this is great! I'd love to see more about Zuggtmoy and Jubilex too.
You’re REALLY helping me with my out of the abyss campaign! I wanna learn more about the abyss please! There isn’t much info online about it. Thank you so much!! I’d love to see and appreciate any demon lord stuff honestly
Baphomet is perhaps a very scary D&D demon but a very awesome one as well.
Current game we're going to be running is an all religious party so I wonder what my dm will do when I show up with a ranger/cleric of baphomet?
....probably won't allow it as i don't think baphomet can make clerics?
@@lukelblitz3627 In older editions, certain demon princes can have clerics
ranger warlock would be more fitting. go with either noble or hermit and you can be evil aragorn before he was king or something like that
Beastmaster ranger minotaur, right? Pet bull mount named "Taurus"?
Now I want to play a werewolf minotaur. A COMPLETE BEAST!
No, a Minotaur werebull - whose name is feared throughout the lands: Cow².
what would a minotaur werewolf look like? a mixture of man, wolf and bull? does he have a human form?
Can you hold two curses at the same time or you would die?
I think the first one stops the second one from taking hold. Sort of like a colony of bacteria pushing out a smaller colony of bacteria.
I mean, Shifter with the Barbarian Path of the Beast and you're good to go really.
Thank you for putting me in one of your videos. I feel honored
My Lord. I didn’t expect to see you here!
How big is ur maze btw? Just wanna know.
Baphomet? More like babymet lol ya big baby
"minotaurs worship Baphomet"
My good minotaurs in my homebrew setting: We don't do that here
Kiri-Jolith
Mielikki or Nobanion might take on good aligned Minotaur worshipers.
The minotaurs who somehow found a spelljammer and know how to correctly use it: You have a moment to talk about our lord and savior.
That wasn't a question, that was a statement.
I'd also like a video on oh-bog-zob.(The former prince of demons.)
True Story: the layers of the Abyss are numbered in the order that they were discovered, not based on some "depth" hierarchy. There are an infinite number of layers of the abyss, and they connect in infinite ways. Conceiving of them as being "above" or "below" each other is misleading.
The last time I was this early, Gary Gygax was writing Tomb of Horrors
Definitely looking forward to The Pale Night! I'll be DMing a campaign soon and one of my players is fascinated with incorporating her into his backstory. I'm also interested in learning a bit about Balors, it looks as thought they'd have some connection to Baphomet as well. Great channel you have here! :)
You’ve just made this demon lord this DM’s new favorite monster.
It's definitely a Rhexx video if I'm hearing that the bloodthirsty 20ft tall minotaur built like a brick wall and carrying a Glaive called Heartcleaver....is also an extremely skilled geneticist and master of incredibly complex secret magics.
Asmodeus is the one with Fusion warheads.
Which, I would totally steal from the 9th layer of hell just so I could detonate them on the 600th layer of the abyss.
Me: "Science this you warped demonic minotaur freak."
Asmo: "You could've just asked for them... for a price. 😈"
@@sagesheahan6732 Bare in mind that it was Asmodeus himself who declared the maze was unsolvable, before trapping Baphomet inside... it only took him 10 years to solve it, then he yoinked the entire labyrinth into the Abyss with him!
Intriguing, I always knew there was more to life and i have also been looking for a way to find not only protection but a way to be influential to the human society, wish to do more and give more than i am doing now, always feel like i was born for something greater. .
oh well you can achieve that by being a part of the illuminatus brotherhood, i know it sounds like a mystery but there are ways you can actually get in contact with them
@@jamesbennett3843 hi, isn't the brotherhood a myth??
@@haynesatteh4463 Well it is not and you can't actually expect it to be open to everyone, but if you want to know more you can look up ANTHONY MARK SZYMON online you will find something interesting.
@@jamesbennett3843 oh really, i just saw his website, interesting.i will leave him a message.
I saw this video right as I started thinking of a character idea involving Baphomet 😳
Lolth! The Spider Queen! Araushnee, The Weaver of Fate! She is my favorite Deity and her Children are my most favorite people in D&D!
Yeenoghu: [Laughter]
Baphomet: “And I took that personally.”
The last confirmed layer of the Abyss is 665 which is a pit where you fall forever.
Interesting.
Every time, man.
Every time I think I'm learning about something I'll never use, you say ten things about something I barely understand that make me wanna build a campaign around it.
Thanks again.
Y ya dbgrdbyfxuu
Baphomet is my absolute favorite demon lord and I had him make an appearance in the past I wish I knew about the Magic of Heartcleaver at the time. I would love to see you follow up with Pale Knight.
Pale Night
Wish the best for you.
I'm so glad you gave Pale Night a shout-out... Looking forward to your video on her
My sis found these videos and tried to show then to me...little did she remember it was me who tried to present these to her years before.
Yeenogu vs Baphomet campaign is now brewing in the dark maze of my mind
Helpful correction: that was not the church of Satan but the Satanic Temple, they are two very different organizations.
Thank you! I see this all the time and it annoys me
This dude and Hircine in elderscrolls are probably best buds
Was wondering if youd do the genasi, now that you finished the elemental planes?
Happy to see more vids on the demon lords, regardless!!
Baphomet likes natural weapons, so he must be a lover of monks
Baphomet: “Look at this weakling cultist, he has no natural weapons.”
Monk Cultist of Baphomet: **Punches a hole through a brick wall**
Baphomet: **Surprised Pikachu Face**
Another great video another request for dwarves and magic runes please.
Thanks for The setting I have already supported.
Still waiting for vampires, mostly how it affects PC when becoming one
Check out the 3rd party source book Grimm hollow campaign guide, they have a fantastic transformation into vampire's as seen from a players perspective, as mostly the base 5e vampire's become DM controlled
@@jessecannon8196 well it says by your allingment changing its not u anymore so dm takes over but what if u already were lawful evil beforeheaf? And i want mr rhexx to mske a video on it :()
@@veteran673 Well, any sane DM will still take control. Vampires are way too powerful player wise. You could argue the reason for the loss of player control is because vampires don’t have souls.
Oooh yeah we want this!
Look up the WotC PDF Planeshift: Ixalan. They have a Vampire player race.
Been checking every couple of hours for the new video! So psyched
Fun Fact: In Overlord (the anime that has most of it's stuff based off of dnd) Ulbert Olain Odle, Demiurges creator 8s based off of this
@@m3k569 yeah, Ulbert definitely takes inspiration from the mythic Baphomet due to being a demonic goat-headed spellcaster (plus the relicts he made look like multi-armed Baphomet statuettes).
Finally, people are talking about Overlord with dnd. That show/light novel needs more recognition.
Plus it's Ulbert primary a magic caster.
Was I the only one who got reminded of Mr.Hyde when the Tower of Science was mentioned? Afterall, Hyde was a beast.
My favorite deamon lords are Zuggtmoy and her roommate Juiblex.
MY GOD! IM ALWAYS WAITING FOR A NEW VIDEO. THE HYPE IS TOO MUCH.
this video kind of makes me want to have Baphomet be the BBEG of my next campaign or at least a cult of his followers.
Every time you drop a video, I get so many ideas for campaigns I want to run.
Baphomet is the GOAT, literally
Clever ;)
The Baphomet chant would make lovely black metal lyrics. Imagine "death-growling" all that!
I’ll be honest this is legit the first time a monster from dnd has scared me. The fact that this guy has real historical relevance scares me a bit. But I’ve enjoyed using him as a final boss for my players
Favorite Demon Prince. ^_^ I am so happy you went over this guys. I am looking forward to you going over more of the Devils.
Hello, can you add something about hes relationship with Malar, in case there is any.
In the Forgotten Realms, Yeenoghu and Malar are Baphomet's two greatest enemies
Love the lore vids brother...your are the best.
I was one of over 11000 proud backers for Dungeons of Drakenheim it is very well done and all of the extras were more than worth the price...the Dungeon Dudes are killed it.
Great video!
Reminds me a LOT about the game I had with friends, table-top, pathfinder "Wrath of the Righteous". I walked in not knowing a single thing about the background of the adventure, so inspired by World of Warcraft, I created 2 Minotaur, a paladin and a barbarian (both female), friends since childhood. It was curious to see the development. The paladin had to fight against the racist idea of humans accepting a Minotaur as a paladin, but the barbarian had an even worst time fighting for its own free will, with how many clerics of Baphomet tried to mind control and corrupt her throughout the entire campaign. (good thing I was allowed to roll for stats and apply the Minotaur traits over, for as long as it was balanced, and I had a good Will safe thanks to stats. We know barbarians ain't the best when it comes to resist mind control)
2:47 Hey, I know that place...
Since the Mythic Odysses of Theros source book was published, there's now a second minotaur deity in the form of Mogis, one of two gods of war on the plane of Theros. I have a feeling these two might get along on occasion, since Mogis is all about violence, though they may butt heads over the methods.
There is also [lawful] evil Sargonnas from old Dragonlance. Now he would clash with both Mogis and Baphomet, for while he is a god of war and vengeance, minotaurs of Krinn honour him as Sargas, avatar of power gained through brute strength and held with honor.
Essentually, patron of civilized minotaurs.
1) so there is not much of a chance for a minotaur iconoclast in faerun? (speaking as a tauren fan here)
2) ji - noghu? shi - noghu? I thought it was pronounced Yee - noghu (as in Yeet - noghu) which makes sound like a yapping hyena...
So many videos make me want to run whole campaigns around them. This one included
Its not about the murder its the journey lol brutal
"It's the friends we made along the way"
I just started playing my character who serves Baphomet, and there should be a session today. This couldn’t have been better timing! (And Baphomet might actually make an appearance in the campaign!)
AND pale night?! This keeps getting better, as he’ll eventually become a paladin for her!
I love watching lore videos! Do you have any lore videos about the time lords? I was talking about the concept of not messing around with time magic with the kids yesterday
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You mess with time too much and you may get a visit from an inevitable.
Great video. Baphomet has always been a favorite. You should take a look at Pazuzu
Personally I’m excited to learn eventually what I didn’t know about Graz’zt.
Regardless this was fascinating, Baphomet definitely didn’t strike me as the scientific type, but hey appearances and even actions are often deceiving.
All who likes this video are templars and all who dislike is the pope and his followers XD.
If you don't get the reference then lets just say this demon in real myths was the scapegoat that allowed the pop to essentially destroy the templar order
Yeenogu probably started life as an aspect of baphomet created by the first sentient dreams of gnolls
This is evil!
Poor baby don't look it up then it's simple
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The art in the thumbnail and at 5:30 is not Baphomet, it's the Satyr from the game Oathsworn; Into the Deepwoods, by Shadowborne Games. The artist is Dongjun Lu.
Literally running a part 2 for my one shot in an hour. The theme is saving farmers from mountain orcs, who are worshipping Baphomet. Perfect timing.
Abbys video (you made the next BBEG of my campaign - Demogorgon. Give me the rest man.) What is Graazt, good videos keep it goin
Yoooooooo, I'm hecking HYPED for more demon lore m8.
God a big part of me wants to sit down and REALLY put forth the effort to research and create a badass DnD campaign. With crazy twists and connections, interesting NPC's, and force the players to really think about the decisions they have to make. Like Witcher 3, where the choice isnt always perfect but its the lesser evil. Watching this episode got my mind racing on SOOOO many cool ideas. His failed creations that he has left in the maze would be prime territory for very cool unexpected allies. (if the party played their cards right). the arena within the maze would also be so damn fun to create stuff. the story telling seems infinite.
@dungeondudes love to see your book here. Right on! @mrrexx sir your are a treasure for the composition of all of these vids. Kudos!
Have you done Yeenoghu. I'm my player is taking a contract from Baphomet to slay Gnolls, and I love your deep dives.
"These hyena intestines make great decorations for my new pair of horns!"
I hope there’s another video coming about his origin story. I love these kind of secret lore stories about the strongest creatures in the multiverse.
I just wanted to say thanks for all of the great content, brother. It is Dad's a bit of beauty and mystery to a mundane life.
Man, if Eliphas Levi could see what people did with his drawings...
I thought the numbering of the layers of the Abyss was arbitrary. The layers are hypothetically infinite, and the known layers have been labeled by the order they are found and identified. This of course makes some layers consistently low in number because they are easier to get to, and efforts have been made to try organizing the layers for mortal understanding, but such efforts have largely been unsuccessful given the truly chaotic nature of the place.
Amazing timing... I've just started playing a minotaur in Dragonlance and I didn't know about this connection.
5:20-5:56 Goku and Baphomet would be great training buddies. With each being the absolute opposite of one's character compared to the other.
Thank you so much for this video, I've seen it 3 or 4 times now. I've been running my party through a homebrew game where they have to face off against all the Demon Lords, and this video saved me for the Baphomet fight
I'd love to learn more about Fraz Ur'blu. Thanks for making such awesome content!
My first encounter with Baphomet in D&D was from way before I played the game, just doing lore research because apparently I have always been like this. It could have been a homebrew wiki, but regardless it had this cool idea that he was the product of the true chaos of the Abyss in that he was gentle and kind and it was Yeenoghu's constant violence against him that drove him mad. Fun stuff.
Sick video, the image of the gnoll fighting the minotaur was great. MrRhexx, please make a video on Zargon, or on Great Mother (was skipped in your two video special about beholders).
I love all your life Videos can’t wait for more! Thanks for all your work! Id like to see a video where you go over all the demon lords briefly and their layers in the abyss
Just figured out the main arc for my horror campaign I’m dming! Thanks a million I was stumped for this one
“I’m just excited to see my lord and savior Baphomet. Represented in such glorious Italian stone. I do hope his eyes gaze upon me and that my allegiance is recognized. I dunno. Notice me senpai. Notice me”
At 0:52, all I could imagine is The LA Beast, have a good day! lmao
I am loving your demon lord series dude. I can't wait for you to do a video on Orcus.
Just fyi, DM Lair streams created an adventure "more blood for baphomet" I think last year. Great labyrinth mechanism and several encounters. Plus is a rare high level (tier 4) adventure module!
Great stuff! Another well done trip through the lore. Can't wait for Lolth!