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  • Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
  • Trevor and Ghostpig finally did it. They ended the terrible reign of the necromancer Skenk Mcgenk, time to celebrate!
    Music:
    Splashing Around by the Green orbs
    Island Coconuts by Aaron Kenny

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  • @morganatalley731
    @morganatalley731 5 лет назад +4864

    "The moral of the story is simple, if it was easy to kill a high level necromancer, ya didn't kill em." Love it.

    • @FeignJurai
      @FeignJurai 4 года назад +224

      Really, the moral could also be "if it was easy to kill *someone who can hire* a high level necromancer..." Since the spell can be cast on anyone who donates some flesh to the spell.
      This is really should be the favorite spell of royalty, and the best reason to hire a level 15 wizard.

    • @fishbot9902
      @fishbot9902 3 года назад +33

      and if it is a npc there is a good chance of it becoming a linch the second you look away

    • @domehammer
      @domehammer 3 года назад +58

      @@FeignJurai It would get suspicious when all the paintings of the various Kings throughout history of a Kingdom just look like the same guy.

    • @ymmijx6061
      @ymmijx6061 3 года назад +57

      @@domehammer why hide it? if you're a lv 20 ruling a nation it ain't hard to be immortal. that's why if you are world building a fantasy world you have to ask yourself: low power level or immortal rulers.
      my current pathfinder game has both actually. the highest level npc in the world is lv 13 and he's also one of the only immortals around

    • @farribastarfyre
      @farribastarfyre 3 года назад +19

      Just like a Spy in TF2. Always assume they used the Dead Ringer.

  • @dragonslair951167
    @dragonslair951167 5 лет назад +3912

    When a wizard transfers his soul into a youthful new body, sets up a pastry stand at the next town you'll visit, expends the time and the reagents needed to enchant every single one of the pastries with a Glyph of Warding, and waits patiently for you to arrive so they can detonate the equivalent of 500 tons of TNT in your face, you know you've gotten their attention.

    • @scribblerstudios9895
      @scribblerstudios9895 3 года назад +256

      Well yeah. I may have survived being cut in half but it still hurt like a SoaB. Aaaaaaaand wouldn't want him to come around again now would we? Aaaaaaaand the stain on an unbeatable necromancer's reputation for letting the one that destroyed a copy live.

    • @gwagwa7260
      @gwagwa7260 3 года назад +205

      He also took the time to bake all those apparently tasty death pastries

    • @thesongbird1679
      @thesongbird1679 3 года назад +163

      Nothing in the list of crazy revenge ideas says the death pastries cant at least be delicious

    • @iandick1364
      @iandick1364 3 года назад +136

      @@thesongbird1679 they aren't delicious. The wizard just used Prestidigitation to make them tasty.

    • @thesongbird1679
      @thesongbird1679 3 года назад +175

      Maybe. But i like to imagine that they are just carefully prepared and genuinely tasty. As a sort of "good job for defeating me" reward before KABOOM

  • @BlazeMakesGames
    @BlazeMakesGames 3 года назад +1057

    I just realized that when the lil' necromancer goes to give the guy a muffin, glyph of warding deactivates if you take the object more than 10 feet from where you cast the spell, so he essentially 'unpoisoned' the muffin by bringing it to him to help lure him back.

    • @user-demon420
      @user-demon420 Год назад +26

      not poison it was an explosion

    • @fishworshipper
      @fishworshipper Год назад +141

      @@user-demon420 Yes, the apostrophes were used to signify that the mentioned 'poison' was not a literal one, just that the food had been made hazardous, then then made un-hazardous.

    • @Quincy_Morris
      @Quincy_Morris 11 месяцев назад +7

      Don’t like that the good guy died here.

    • @somebodyrandom27
      @somebodyrandom27 11 месяцев назад +28

      Ooh, that's a really devious way to take advantage of a supposed limitation.

    • @jeremysmith7176
      @jeremysmith7176 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@Quincy_Morris I agree. What's the point of making his entire home town zombies if he is already dead

  • @myszusz6856
    @myszusz6856 5 лет назад +3861

    "I wouldn't poison a hero..."
    Explosions are more cinematic

    • @patrickkinsella1132
      @patrickkinsella1132 5 лет назад +131

      i would not poison a high level fighter either.. but dexterity saves on the other hand..

    • @323starlight
      @323starlight 4 года назад +61

      Patrick Kinsella pretty sure Trevor is a Paladin. He used Double Smite.

    • @Shifterwizard
      @Shifterwizard 4 года назад +56

      If he were smart, it'd be a slow-acting poison. That way he could eat it, have the hero eat it, and then explode both of them. He was gonna kill his young body anyway, why not mix poison in with the explosion just to throw him off even more?

    • @rikowolfin4984
      @rikowolfin4984 4 года назад +40

      @@Shifterwizard Multiple reasons, it's possible that a Paladin knew some spell to remove poison from the food, or could detect it some how which would give up the plan that the Necromancer was going to try and assassinate him. Much easier to lure the man with trust that nothing bad would happen to him into a trap that would almost assuredly kill him out right and if it didn't there was still no way for him to get information out of the now dead child clone body.
      Even still he had a back up plan, if all else fails, he now has an undead army as his personal body guards that the hero would have a hard time killing since they are people who were close to him.
      Poison is quick and easy, the problem with that is literally every adventurer is worried about poison in their food, they aren't however worried about explosions coming out of sweet vendor stands.

    • @geoshark12
      @geoshark12 4 года назад +5

      He survived

  • @nealjustus9500
    @nealjustus9500 5 лет назад +5021

    "lesson of the story if it was easy to kill the necromancer you didn't kill the necromancer"

    • @MarkofWisdom
      @MarkofWisdom 5 лет назад +130

      make sure you have some form of soul trapping or obliteration

    • @leyrua
      @leyrua 5 лет назад +78

      But what do you do to protect your own soul if you think you might die while fighting a necromancer?

    • @franktheprank7336
      @franktheprank7336 5 лет назад +56

      @@leyruathen clone yourself.....duhhh

    • @franktheprank7336
      @franktheprank7336 5 лет назад +75

      @@leyrua and then proceed to start an endless war against said necromancer.

    • @Fireclave
      @Fireclave 5 лет назад +59

      @@leyrua Simple. Don't die. While you're at it, for good measure, don't fail any of your saves. Easy, right?

  • @nizzlenotes3892
    @nizzlenotes3892 5 лет назад +7683

    I'm loving the Animated Spellbook Cinematic Universe.

    • @kazzy2974
      @kazzy2974 5 лет назад +96

      is skenk mcgenk thanos

    • @theduke3113
      @theduke3113 5 лет назад +155

      @@kazzy2974 Nah, he's just the first major villain, so I think he's Loki

    • @xXRickTrolledXx
      @xXRickTrolledXx 5 лет назад +71

      Nizzlenotes saw the clone coming a mile away. The innocent orphan routine is a little cliche, but totally appropriate given the Burly guy’s backstory lol

    • @generalbacon7476
      @generalbacon7476 5 лет назад +18

      It's better then the DCEU at least and he provably doesn't have a few million for a budget.

    • @taylorolson6228
      @taylorolson6228 5 лет назад +14

      IKR????? The earlier ones were great, but now there is story and its AMAZING!!!!

  • @ooccttoo
    @ooccttoo 5 лет назад +3139

    I love that Trevor is called "Twice-King" and he literally has two crowns, one on each shoulder. That's a wonderfully silly and fun bit of character design.

    • @PeterDivine
      @PeterDivine 4 года назад +213

      Well he couldn't be called Double King, that title's taken. And.... "he"... is very, very protective of it.

    • @noskalborg723
      @noskalborg723 4 года назад +37

      @@PeterDivine ah yes, a man of culture.

    • @kilikus822
      @kilikus822 4 года назад +23

      @@PeterDivine Skenk is doing our hero a favor. I can hear footsteps in the distance.

    • @sinnerthesinful552
      @sinnerthesinful552 4 года назад +4

      @@PeterDivine Can someone enlighten me here?

    • @ajmeyers5661
      @ajmeyers5661 4 года назад +22

      *_I love that Trevor is called "Twice-King"..._*
      Was...was called "Twice King". F in chat for poor Trevor--he was awesome while he lasted!

  • @FrostSylph
    @FrostSylph 4 года назад +663

    "Can I ask you, like, an adventuring question?"
    "Yeah"
    "Guess which spell i prepared this morning"

    • @siscokidder
      @siscokidder 4 года назад +25

      "Circle is Death?"

    • @regretfulpixel7737
      @regretfulpixel7737 3 года назад +30

      @@siscokidder no, it was glyph of warding
      *Explosions ensues

    • @seanblackburn6046
      @seanblackburn6046 3 года назад +34

      Ah yes, an OotS reference. Bless your little heart

    • @theonegod277
      @theonegod277 2 года назад +19

      *Hands note*: "I memorized explosive runes this morning"

    • @timsmith618
      @timsmith618 2 года назад +6

      "Wait a minute, you didn't misspell i-" *BOOM*

  • @Berd
    @Berd 5 лет назад +3135

    I am a big fan of where this is heading

    • @topdogjr0068
      @topdogjr0068 4 года назад +30

      Berd
      Hi philbert

    • @gabejones8112
      @gabejones8112 4 года назад +39

      Berd likes Zee Bashew!?!?!????

    • @williamodom6479
      @williamodom6479 3 года назад +12

      Hey um 👉👈 can we get a collaboration with y’all please

    • @noahosborne6454
      @noahosborne6454 3 года назад +1

      da fuk are you doing here?

    • @droidarmy7092
      @droidarmy7092 3 года назад +2

      Berd I wanna see you play dnd

  • @tmdiz4579
    @tmdiz4579 5 лет назад +1546

    I know Trevor and Ghostpig survived the explosion! They will come for you Skenk Mcgenk.

    • @eoincampbell1584
      @eoincampbell1584 5 лет назад +127

      Well Ghostpig maybe did, since he's incorporeal.

    • @Watchin4story
      @Watchin4story 5 лет назад +108

      He's at least level 13 I'm pretty sure he survived the warding glyph. Also, If he's level 17 Circle of power makes all magic do no damage if you succeed the throw.

    • @eoincampbell1584
      @eoincampbell1584 5 лет назад +73

      @@Watchin4story It didn't seem like just one glyph, they were all over every pastry.

    • @SpontaneouCombustion
      @SpontaneouCombustion 5 лет назад +104

      TMdiz It’s implied they survived, it literally ended with him saying “Oh look at that here’s everyone from your home village as a zombie”referring to the guy who got glyphed and he will send the zombies on him.

    • @endel12
      @endel12 5 лет назад +37

      IWatch4Story Clone is a pretty high level spell, so whatever warding glyph Skenk cast probably had a lot of +1d8s added to the damage

  • @oliverpearce2338
    @oliverpearce2338 4 года назад +714

    I remember... we were in a long running campaign. We were a party of six. A human rouge, an elf monk, a half orc barbarian, an aasimar cleric, a half elf warlock, and a changeling wizard. We were around level 15 16 area, and we no longer feared death. It was a mild inconvenience, a day trip to fix it. Then, our cleric got roasted alive by an ancient red dragon. No one took it seriously at first, we killed the dragon and began talking about ressurection when the dungeon master told us, "Okay, who casts the spell?"
    The table went dead silent as we all realized what'd happened. Essentially every npc healer was hunted down by an group of evil inquistors earlier in the campaign, and there was nobody who could cast the spell.
    Of course, our wizard wasn't going to let his fiance go quietly, and he got out an object he had made earlier when he found an old book in a Necromancers tower.
    He used magic jar. The dungeon master was about to say it doesn't work like that, then the wizard pointed out that we'd seen a lich harvesting the souls of the recently dead in the exact same way, so why couldn't he?
    The wizard explained his plan, the dungeon master thought about it. It was rule of cool at its finest, but we'd been playing these characters for so long it felt wrong to just kill them off. Besides, his plan made some sense.
    So the wizard harvested her soul and trapped her in a jar. In game, the party erupted into an argument, the monk and barbarian were furious, but the warlock and rouge sided with the wizard.
    Outvoted, the sat back as they recovered her body, and brought her back to their hideout. The group split up for a few months in game time as her new body grew. Then, one day, the cleric opened her eyes and broke free from her tank. Her battle scars and tattoos were gone, her body entirely untouched. Well, except for one thing. Her god wouldn't speak to her and she had emerged as a fallen, rather than a scourged.
    But she was alive.

    • @benjaminc924
      @benjaminc924 2 года назад +47

      Holy shit

    • @EzekiesAcheron
      @EzekiesAcheron 2 года назад +23

      Why would she be a fallen? There's nothing wrong with cloning yourself.

    • @Arkimedus
      @Arkimedus 2 года назад +146

      @@EzekiesAcheron There's no canonical dnd lore 'need' for it to change an Aasimar like that, but there's a variety of interesting theoretical in game reasons/justifications you could make up for why it'd have happened, though most prominently/importantly, its a good and actually impactful narrative development (not to mention its fucking cool).

    • @NeilSonOfNorbert
      @NeilSonOfNorbert 2 года назад +6

      @@EzekiesAcheron I mean gods can be dicks, if your Deva serves a god who thinks clones(or soul shenanigans, ie "You were supposed to be Mine Now!") Are icky they could be compelled to abandon you making you fallen.

    • @EzekiesAcheron
      @EzekiesAcheron 2 года назад +10

      @@NeilSonOfNorbert Yeah pretty much

  • @nikos731
    @nikos731 5 лет назад +870

    "This is Ghostpig. He helped".
    Literally. That was a good one. :)

  • @ThePenguinForge
    @ThePenguinForge 5 лет назад +4429

    "Oh look! It's everyone from your hometown, but zombies."
    *_whimsical music_*

    • @MunchKING
      @MunchKING 5 лет назад +73

      Wow 5th ed REALLY opened up on the limits on how many Zombies you can have...

    • @bsmith6784
      @bsmith6784 4 года назад +22

      @@MunchKING maybe the mask thing he put on has something to do with it?

    • @bradleyprimeau8663
      @bradleyprimeau8663 4 года назад +61

      @@MunchKING it did the exact opposite of that. Of course that's only if you want to CONTROL them all, you're, as always free to make as many as you want

    • @guyperson7487
      @guyperson7487 4 года назад

      We’ll meet again

    • @leyrua
      @leyrua 4 года назад +62

      @@bradleyprimeau8663 we actually made this a plot point in our campaign. Necromancer's have a really bad rep because they tend to "misplace" undead that are no longer under their control.

  • @thevoidlookspretty7079
    @thevoidlookspretty7079 5 лет назад +1962

    I subscribe to the idea that there’s nobody listening and the Necromancer is just insane.

    • @darkdawnbringer
      @darkdawnbringer 5 лет назад +108

      Silly human...
      That is where the zombies are for... XD

    • @SageofStars
      @SageofStars 5 лет назад +99

      Wait...this statement implies that Necromancers don't have insanity as a class feature. Next you're going to tell me Paladins don't grow a stick up their butt naturally.

    • @calladreus6391
      @calladreus6391 5 лет назад +11

      @@SageofStars NO thay don't unles your a chareter that has a weird curse for some random reason or there a type of plant

    • @d73w80
      @d73w80 5 лет назад +15

      @@calladreus6391 Paladins are plants confirmed

    • @Phelan666
      @Phelan666 5 лет назад +11

      @@SageofStars You'd have to roll oath of ancients for that.

  • @Artrysa
    @Artrysa 5 лет назад +215

    Well, I'll be damned. It IS everyone from my home town, but zombies. Well played.

    • @AvangionQ
      @AvangionQ 7 месяцев назад +1

      Next level evil.

  • @Josh-99
    @Josh-99 5 лет назад +1821

    Keep in mind that it's not just a Necromancer wizard that can pull off this trick -- it's pretty much any high-level wizard. It's also worth mentioning that -- rules as written -- there is no limit to the number of times that a wizard can use the Clone spell; it's constrained only by time and resources (it requires 120 days and 3000 gold). As such, a powerful wizard can extend their life indefinitely using clones that are grown to develop at a youthful age.
    Great series of videos! I really love the work.

    • @cyborgcatrj6794
      @cyborgcatrj6794 5 лет назад +145

      Always an easy setup for a campaign. Either the players or the villains are trying to track down and destroy the horcrux- I mean clones of a powerful wizard. The second gets more mileage because there are a ton of opportunities for double crosses and investigative quests, as the players need to figure out which site the villains will target next.

    • @MetalGlitch
      @MetalGlitch 5 лет назад +118

      Would it be possible to use the Wish spell to cast clone without spending the material components? If I understand Wish correctly, you could make a clone of yourself or your companions daily with ease once you got your 9th level spell slot.

    • @Josh-99
      @Josh-99 5 лет назад +162

      @@MetalGlitch That's correct. The basic functionality of Wish is to replicate any spell of 8th level or lower. Of course, once you are to the point of being an Arcane caster with access to 9th level magic you are cheating at the game anyway.

    • @lebanemcarl68
      @lebanemcarl68 5 лет назад +68

      @@MetalGlitch the wish spell can cast lower spells with no components, but you still need a vessel to protect your clone.

    • @MetalGlitch
      @MetalGlitch 5 лет назад +92

      @@lebanemcarl68 Would the Wish spell make the container, since it replaces material components? If so, could you specify where the container was?

  • @Composureman
    @Composureman 5 лет назад +663

    well, now I'm gonna have to channel Link form Zelda every time I enter a dungeon.
    "Are there pots?"
    "Yes."
    "I start smashing them and I don't stop."
    "..."

    • @TheCraftySam
      @TheCraftySam 5 лет назад +97

      "You have angered the pots. Roll Initiative."

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck 5 лет назад +75

      "The pot are all mimics. You are devoured immediately."

    • @cavareenvius7886
      @cavareenvius7886 5 лет назад +61

      There was a chicken in one of those pots....He doesn't look to happy....

    • @Composureman
      @Composureman 5 лет назад +9

      @@cavareenvius7886 :O

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck 5 лет назад +5

      @@cavareenvius7886 Cucco

  • @WannaComment2
    @WannaComment2 5 лет назад +1849

    "...and this is Ghost Pig. He helped." lol, nice throwback!

  • @_NobodySpecial_
    @_NobodySpecial_ 5 лет назад +374

    Dear diary
    Today i memorized exploding runes

    • @FrostSylph
      @FrostSylph 4 года назад +10

      I understood that refrence.

    • @DerexWolfheart
      @DerexWolfheart 3 года назад

      @@FrostSylph whats the reference?

    • @Kobrag90
      @Kobrag90 3 года назад +5

      @@DerexWolfheart Order of the Stick

    • @DerexWolfheart
      @DerexWolfheart 3 года назад

      @@Kobrag90 ty

    • @jesseroach7978
      @jesseroach7978 3 года назад +5

      "There's flowers in the fields...
      There's sand in the dunes...
      You have just read,
      Exploding runes..."

  • @TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat
    @TwoGoblinsInATrenchCoat 5 лет назад +206

    I love how McGank read up on his facts, referencing a bunch of deeds he probably didn't know about before getting killed. Also, how did Skank McGank miss the rise of Trevor, The Strahd Slayer, VENGEANCE, the Hero of Calimshan, etc., etc.? Was he not reading the Dalestead Gazette for the last 12 years?

    • @kevinbarber2795
      @kevinbarber2795 2 года назад +32

      He’s a busy guy; he’s got lots of evil that needs his attention. If villains payed that kind of attention, few if any heroes would ever make it far.

  • @prettycoolguy3206
    @prettycoolguy3206 5 лет назад +809

    Another great use: Have a friendly quest giving NPC who is a high level Wizard. If the party TPKs in a particularly bloody fight they can all wake up coughing a spluttering naked in a mysterious place. The wizard walks out and greets the party "Well I did tell you that tomb was dangerous. Now, lets talk about how you're going to repay me over tea and biscuits".

    • @JohnSmith-ex8iw
      @JohnSmith-ex8iw 4 года назад +121

      This is going to be the perfect twist for my campaign. What would make it really fun though, was the wizard goes crazy somewhere along the way and tries to kill the PCs. Sleep with your armor on, boyos.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад +60

      @@JohnSmith-ex8iw he would have to wait till they got injured to harvest that 1^3 inch of (spell target) flesh thats harder to get than a stray hair of drop of blood

    • @JohnSmith-ex8iw
      @JohnSmith-ex8iw 4 года назад +7

      @@kellynolen498 Or he could use a spell focus.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад +57

      @@JohnSmith-ex8iw nope i just checked it consumes the components so a focus wont work well not officially anything but you know how it is anything can happen with dm's or Magic

    • @jiwrath
      @jiwrath 4 года назад +34

      That just makes me think of Borderlands, because the respawning mechanic is called the New-U station and everytime you die, you old body vanishes and a new one is made.

  • @maniacmagge2568
    @maniacmagge2568 5 лет назад +2370

    Team's necromancer: "so eat his soul then just to be safe? Got it"
    Mage: "What?! No! Just, I don't know... capture it or something"
    Necro: "but then he has a chance in the future even if I turn him into a zombie"
    Mage: "but- no... I just..."
    Necro: "listen I didn't fail 4 yrs of cleric school for nuthin, I know what I'm doing
    **SOUL SUCKING SOUNDS**

    • @eris902
      @eris902 4 года назад +312

      "I didnt fail 4 years of cleric school for nothing" is my new catchphrase

    • @fluffking2311
      @fluffking2311 4 года назад +65

      oh god... Imagine P. M. Seymore reading this like his Humans are spaceorcs or God creates things series XD

    • @fangorn23
      @fangorn23 4 года назад +40

      I swear I heard a dustbuster sound in my head for 'soul sucking sounds"

    • @JohnSmith-ex8iw
      @JohnSmith-ex8iw 4 года назад +8

      Well, I just had my dinner. I wouldn't mind a rabbit's soul for dessert.

    • @jacobfreeman5444
      @jacobfreeman5444 4 года назад +13

      @@fangorn23 I was thinking something indecent. Because when your slurping up souls like speget you should play it up as much as possible.

  • @ryanwaughman8492
    @ryanwaughman8492 4 года назад +161

    Had a player with clone. He didn't tell the party he had it and prepared a younger self during free time. He then committed suicide to inhabit the clone and when the party found his body they assumed that this child, wearing their companions equipment, who had shown up out of nowhere, had killed him. So they proceded to kill the clone resulting in a PK.

    • @blakebell8533
      @blakebell8533 2 года назад

      Looks like he was asking for it, honestly. Should have hidden the body better at least

    • @ryanwaughman8492
      @ryanwaughman8492 2 года назад +7

      @@blakebell8533 Oh no, he hid it well. Just TO well to the point that it backfired when he went to join back up with them after digging up the equipment that they buried with him after the failed resurrection

    • @TheRallycore
      @TheRallycore Год назад

      Was this like a discord game where people can't tell the difference between an NPC and a player?

    • @ryanwaughman8492
      @ryanwaughman8492 Год назад +11

      @@TheRallycoreThe way we had it play out was, just before we had a 2 week IRL break while I figure out what we were going to do next, we decided on a certain amount of downtime and everyone would let me know what they wanted to do. He PMed me saying that this was what he was going to do. After the break we got together and basically said to the group that he couldn't make it to that session and he said to start without him which they were fine with.
      Game time rolls around and we start. We go over what everyone had done during the downtime and when it comes to his turn I say that no one in the party had seen him in a while which was strange. They decide to go look for him, situation above unfolds. He found it so hilarious that he wanted it to be canon and that was that. he had a backup character ready thank god. We debated if we should keep the truth from the group but decided to tell them what they had just done after we realized neither of us were going to be able to keep a straight face after they said they wanted to RP a full funeral session

    • @TheRallycore
      @TheRallycore Год назад

      @@ryanwaughman8492 Ah

  • @Mr_Maiq_The_Liar
    @Mr_Maiq_The_Liar 4 года назад +440

    Why even bother becoming a lich and needing to feed on human souls when you can be an immortal clone mage

    • @DerexWolfheart
      @DerexWolfheart 3 года назад +16

      because u run out of flesh eventually

    • @haku8135
      @haku8135 3 года назад +99

      @@DerexWolfheart It just takes a cubic inch of flesh from the creature being cloned.
      If your original body dies and you pop into a clone, you are now that clone and you would then want to create a duplicate from said clone. Meaning you'd take the flesh from the clone then, meaning you only need to take a little bit from your current body and you can easily create a couple clones (especially if you have a cleric willing to heal you. Regeneration is even BETTER, cause you can make a LOT of clones from an entire bloody arm.)
      Ideally you'd create a demiplane, store 2 clones in there along with some basic equipment you'd need like an extra spellbook and some clothes, then if you get killed you pop into one of the clones. Now even if you get killed again before you can start making another clone you've already got a backup to go into.
      Boom, immortality.

    • @lordfelidae4505
      @lordfelidae4505 3 года назад +25

      @@haku8135 only 2? I’ve got 50!

    • @douglasphillips5870
      @douglasphillips5870 3 года назад +42

      Also, if you always clone yourself at a youthful age your character will never age out

    • @jonathancampbell5231
      @jonathancampbell5231 3 года назад +4

      ​@@lordfelidae4505 Remember Manshoon.

  • @genijable
    @genijable 5 лет назад +2079

    Wow there is a story line over multiple RUclips videos. Great
    How did I not notice it earlier?

    • @katzewerfer63
      @katzewerfer63 5 лет назад +29

      Yeah spell components to help action to finally clone with glyph of warding thrown in for good measure Good Times

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 5 лет назад +4

      Better watch the old ones again ;)

    • @bobbobbing4220
      @bobbobbing4220 5 лет назад +5

      low wisdom score i bet

    • @WraithMagus
      @WraithMagus 5 лет назад +10

      There were also several before these, including the character Zee Bashew was playing before critfailing several athletics checks and swan diving off a waterfall before having to roll up Skenk McGenk, which led to following the story of his companion, and the Mage Hand video.

    • @stretopovermind9680
      @stretopovermind9680 5 лет назад +4

      Roll perception.

  • @ToonedMinecraft
    @ToonedMinecraft 5 лет назад +1422

    There was no body, judging by the rules of cinematography, Trevor's still alive.

    • @irontemplar6222
      @irontemplar6222 5 лет назад +77

      @Wirlock no. No body means that if you didnt see the body they are still alive. If you see the body they are dead, but can be revived in d&d.

    • @fancyb.p.6122
      @fancyb.p.6122 5 лет назад +29

      I really liked him. he seemed nice

    • @XperimentorEES
      @XperimentorEES 5 лет назад +39

      @@irontemplar6222 Not necessarily for either case; the disintegration spell doesn't leave a body if it kills, and true resurrection doesn't require a body to revive someone from the dead. Granted the later is high end both in level and in requirements to cast.

    • @irontemplar6222
      @irontemplar6222 5 лет назад +21

      @@XperimentorEES**facepalm**
      we are talking about the events in the video. Distigrate was not used in the video. and we didn't see the body of the hero therefore via the tropes of storytelling we can infact infare that the man is not dead.

    • @GoodRogue
      @GoodRogue 5 лет назад +9

      @@irontemplar6222 Man, these folks? Super fun at parties, I tell you that!

  • @blockhead134
    @blockhead134 4 года назад +22

    I love the detail that he's wearing the symbol of Hoar, god of vengance

  • @anon0092
    @anon0092 4 года назад +27

    "If it was easy to kill a high-level necromancer, you didn't kill' em" ...aaand that's just gonna go in my DM notes...

  • @BM03
    @BM03 5 лет назад +1830

    You've done goofed, Zee Bashew. A few years from now you'll be working double time after a kick starter to make a whole animated series about these characters you've brought to life. This saga must carry on.
    Also bring the Goblin. You gotta have the Goblin.

    • @perrycarters3113
      @perrycarters3113 4 года назад +24

      Okay but, quick question:
      Can they do a crossover episode with the Critical Role animated series?

    • @PureGoldNeverCorrodes
      @PureGoldNeverCorrodes 4 года назад +15

      Perry Carters which way would you do it? Animated spell book is best scripted, Critical Role is best organic.

    • @RedwoodTheElf
      @RedwoodTheElf 4 года назад +22

      @@perrycarters3113 I'd love to see Skank McGank guest appearance on Critical Role.

    • @gagecowart7157
      @gagecowart7157 4 года назад +2

      @@PureGoldNeverCorrodes I think he meant the upcoming critical role cartoon. Which is probably gonna be scriptes

    • @PureGoldNeverCorrodes
      @PureGoldNeverCorrodes 4 года назад

      Gage Cowart I think it would be better if they did a D&D session semi-organically (can’t let them do whatever they want entirely, this _is_ a prequel after all), and then animated visuals for the recorded audio. But we’ll see.

  • @LucanVaris
    @LucanVaris 5 лет назад +594

    To ensure the Clone remains undisturbed, use Demiplane and a container of some form of invisible ink. Place the clone in the pocket dimension that Demiplane creates, close your eyes, and scribble and/or splash the ink on a wall. That way, even if someone mind-reads you in an attempt to find the pocket dimension that holds your clone, they won't be able to know "all" the details of the room, because even you yourself will be clueless. Since they lack intimate knowledge of the room, they can't find/enter it.
    (Word to the wise: Might need to have a Plane Shift spell or similar on hand as well, in order to get back to your original world.)

    • @squattingheads
      @squattingheads 5 лет назад +30

      Demiplanes are tiny. Planeshifting there will most likely get you close to the room anyway

    • @Mothwater
      @Mothwater 5 лет назад +2

      .

    • @LucanVaris
      @LucanVaris 5 лет назад +129

      For those that are wondering about the invisible ink, there's a very good reason why it not only has to be invisible, but you also have to keep yourself from seeing the ink as you apply it randomly to your Demiplane. You see, there are various different ways to read a Spellcaster's mind and/or scry for any of the Spellcaster's planes. If any of those ways succeed, someone can gain the knowledge necessary to access your plane, due to having the memories you possessed of that plane.
      Note: magic in general also tends to be very finicky with patterns (hence why spellcasting often involves complex finger-waggling, intricate spell circles, and precisely-carved runes). By having the pattern of the invisible ink splatter be both randomized and unknown, this means that, even if the mind reader in question could gain photographic memory of *your* memory of your Demiplane, your own memory of the intricate patterns of the invisible ink are a little bit... "fuzzy," to say the least. Since the mind reader can't learn what you don't know, and can't study the memory or location to figure out where every last splatter of ink landed, he can't learn the intricate pattern of the ink, and thus lacks the necessary knowledge to get into your domain.
      Of course, this might lead one to wonder "but how do I get back in?" Well, since you're the spellcaster who created the Demiplane to begin with, you can easily use the spell to open a door back into that specific Demiplane, if you don't feel like making a new one. You yourself don't need to know the patterns. It's just that anyone else reading your mind will have to know. Of course, they can always try to control your mind and try to make you open the Demiplane, but casters tend to resist and/or have alternative ways to counteract that. Plus, mind control effects tend to require a more direct engagement, compared to scrying effects, thus giving you more of a chance to fight back.
      TL;DR: When it comes to protecting your Demiplane, sometimes ignorance is bliss.

    • @marclytle644
      @marclytle644 5 лет назад +13

      Could always just cast a spell of forgettfulness on yoruself that removes the last X number of hours before you placed the clone(s) in the pocket dimension.

    • @LucanVaris
      @LucanVaris 5 лет назад +43

      @@marclytle644 About the closest "spell of forgetfulness" spell I could find was Mind Wipe, which deletes the last 10 minutes of your target's memories. The downside is that you have to be very precise about your timing, if you don't wanna forget that you even conjured up the Clone and/or Demiplane to begin with.
      Plus, if you're being mentally manipulated by someone else, they'll likely notice signs of you having tampered with your own memories, and may try to restore them. Better in that case to simply have never remembered the exact details, than to remember and try to forget.
      Finally, the kinds of memory-related spells that could apply might use up either reliable spell slots, expensive spell components, necessary spells known, and/or any combination of the above. Why go through all that, when you can just grab a small bottle of invisible ink and a blindfold?

  • @phobophobia1070
    @phobophobia1070 5 лет назад +35

    "Ever hear of a Glyph of warding?"
    BOOM

    • @OliverurFace
      @OliverurFace 4 года назад +1

      What did it do to cause the explosion

    • @louiesatterwhite3885
      @louiesatterwhite3885 4 года назад +2

      @@OliverurFace here is glyph of warding, thank goodness copy paste is a thing.
      Glyph Of Warding
      3 abjuration
      Casting Time: 1 hour
      Range: Touch
      Components: V S M (Incense and powdered diamond worth at least 200 gp, which the spell consumes)
      Duration: Until dispelled or triggered
      Classes: Bard, Cleric, Wizard
      When you cast this spell, you inscribe a glyph that harms other creatures, either upon a surface (such as a table or a section of floor or wall) or within an object that can be closed (such as a book, a scroll, or a treasure chest) to conceal the glyph. If you choose a surface, the glyph can cover an area of the surface no larger than 10 feet in diameter. If you choose an object, that object must remain in its place; if the object is moved more than 10 feet from where you cast this spell, the glyph is broken, and the spell ends without being triggered. The glyph is nearly invisible and requires a successful Intelligence (Investigation) check against your spell save DC to be found. You decide what triggers the glyph when you cast the spell. For glyphs inscribed on a surface, the most typical triggers include touching or standing on the glyph, removing another object covering the glyph, approaching within a certain distance of the glyph, or manipulating the object on which the glyph is inscribed. For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most common triggers include opening that object, approaching within a certain distance of the object, or seeing or reading the glyph. Once a glyph is triggered, this spell ends. You can further refine the trigger so the spell activates only under certain circumstances or according to physical characteristics (such as height or weight), creature kind (for example, the ward could be set to affect aberrations or drow), or alignment. You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password. When you inscribe the glyph, choose explosive runes or a spell glyph. Explosive Runes. When triggered, the glyph erupts with magical energy in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on the glyph. The sphere spreads around corners. Each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw. A creature takes 5d8 acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage on a failed saving throw (your choice when you create the glyph), or half as much damage on a successful one. Spell Glyph. You can store a prepared spell of 3rd level or lower in the glyph by casting it as part of creating the glyph. The spell must target a single creature or an area. The spell being stored has no immediate effect when cast in this way. When the glyph is triggered, the stored spell is cast. If the spell has a target, it targets the creature that triggered the glyph. If the spell affects an area, the area is centered on that creature. If the spell summons hostile creatures or creates harmful objects or traps, they appear as close as possible to the intruder and attack it. If the spell requires concentration, it lasts until the end of its full duration.
      At Higher Levels: When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, the damage of an explosive runes glyph increases by 1d8 for each slot level above 3rd. If you create a spell glyph, you can store any spell of up to the same level as the slot you use for the glyph of warding.

  • @TheKaiyash
    @TheKaiyash 5 лет назад +68

    "Oh look it's everyone from your home town except zombies!"
    Best thing is the music that does not fit AT ALL

    • @meeperdudeify
      @meeperdudeify 4 года назад

      What do you mean? Isn't it the most glorious thing for these poor downtrodden peasants to be able to take part in a cause greater than their own small ambitions?

  • @neog8029
    @neog8029 5 лет назад +368

    "Oh look! It's everyone from your hometown, but as zombies!"
    *_Happy music intensifies_*

    • @LordThomasPassion
      @LordThomasPassion 5 лет назад +16

      It's happy in perspective of The Necromancer

    • @waterhorse928
      @waterhorse928 4 года назад

      I feel like your profile picture has already experienced this. Minus the happy music, that's new.

  • @Wodferd
    @Wodferd 5 лет назад +618

    Yuuuuup.
    High powered Martial bad guys are a problem.
    High level magic bad guys are an extinction event.

    • @Eddie42023
      @Eddie42023 5 лет назад +66

      a necromancer as an extinction event? I see a nested loop there.

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 лет назад +91

      Theres only so many people a Lv 20 fighter can stab in a day.
      But a Lv 20 Wizard is functionally immortal and can level cities with meteor swarms and near endless fireballs.

    • @Eddie42023
      @Eddie42023 5 лет назад +60

      @@2MeterLP Necromancer steps: kill, unkill, repeat.

    • @Bluecho4
      @Bluecho4 5 лет назад +42

      @@Eddie42023 "...the dead reviving the dead, on and on down the years...forever..."
      -Darkest Dungeon, Narrator (Necromancer Boss 3)

    • @squattingheads
      @squattingheads 5 лет назад +32

      Eddie42023 that’s why every worldbuilding needs antimagic zones, magic hating deities, jealous outer beings and necessary bonds to demons or Fey to gain those powers. The warlock will need those clones more than he thinks while the king/fighter has a nice life

  • @synapris
    @synapris 5 лет назад +38

    i really dont care about d&d, just watching them because they are so well made. subscribed.

  • @Liide12
    @Liide12 4 года назад +268

    "I wouldn't poison the hero of Calimshan!"
    Too many resistances / ways it could go sideways?
    Or not nearly the level of decorum demanded for his grand reprisal?

    • @scribblerstudios9895
      @scribblerstudios9895 3 года назад +8

      pardon my late response but I believe the awnser to that question is. Yes.

    • @RotaAbyssian
      @RotaAbyssian 2 года назад +2

      I think depending on the level, Paladins can be largely immune/ just laugh off all but the PPPPPHHHHHHUCKiest of poisons. Them or Monks. Either way it's much harder to casually shrug off an H-Bomb.

  • @AdraTheGhost
    @AdraTheGhost 5 лет назад +862

    Well i guess we know a glyph of warding video is coming

    • @bobajaworski6839
      @bobajaworski6839 5 лет назад +6

      Yes it will.

    • @cubicengineering4715
      @cubicengineering4715 5 лет назад +20

      I hope they tease more future spells like that, or maybe a little more subtly.

    • @Abdega
      @Abdega 5 лет назад +25

      I guess that foreshadowing could be a glyph of *warning*

    • @dairoleon2682
      @dairoleon2682 5 лет назад +4

      @@cubicengineering4715 To be fair, it's not like you can be subtle with Explosive Runes.

    • @Eddie42023
      @Eddie42023 5 лет назад

      @@Abdega ouch.

  • @TGNXAR
    @TGNXAR 5 лет назад +204

    "Oh, look! It's everyone from your hometown, but zombies!"
    Yes, completely in character.

  • @loupax
    @loupax 5 лет назад +69

    “As long as the soul is willing to return”
    Now I wonder if it’s possible to create a clone of another creature against their knowledge, and when they die bargain with their soul for access to the cloned body.
    But even if it isn’t I’ll probably use this idea somewhere :P

    • @spamcatcher1034
      @spamcatcher1034 4 года назад +3

      The Adventure Zone had this happen

    • @leyrua
      @leyrua 4 года назад +21

      I used this on one of my players. The idea was that the NPC who pulled this on him knew the player wanted to live at any cost, and was going to try to press him into his service upon his revival. Unfortunately for the NPC, the player managed to stay alive for so long that by the time their clone activated, they were way too high level for that NPC to contend with anymore. It was great.

    • @android19willpwn
      @android19willpwn 4 года назад +7

      It's absolutely possible to create a clone of another creature without their knowledge, so long as you get get the flesh component from them (one cubic inch). As for negotiations, you'd probably need something like Soul Cage to conduct that with, otherwise they'll just go to their clone on their own.

  • @NationalDevin
    @NationalDevin 4 года назад +12

    Jokes on you Mr. Necromancer
    I was harshly bullied in my hometown
    *Engages with a rage*

  • @Battleguild
    @Battleguild 5 лет назад +62

    You know a Necromancer really hates you, when they are willing to not only spend 1 clone thwarting you but uses a 2nd for good measure.

  • @jaydenyamada2916
    @jaydenyamada2916 5 лет назад +482

    Oh look, it's everybody from your hometown but zombies! :D

    • @Danthar
      @Danthar 5 лет назад +10

      I laughed so hard

    • @damianstruiken2728
      @damianstruiken2728 5 лет назад +8

      Hate when that happens

    • @Lobsterwithinternet
      @Lobsterwithinternet 5 лет назад +7

      I don’t remember any kobolds or bugbears in my hometown.

    • @thewatcherinthecloud
      @thewatcherinthecloud 5 лет назад +14

      @@Lobsterwithinternet you must have had bad perception or didn't venture to the local sewers or nearby forests.

    • @KoiBoiRoi
      @KoiBoiRoi 5 лет назад +7

      I love the delivery. It's a total trash talk moment.

  • @cuki2010
    @cuki2010 4 года назад +31

    "buscuits, cupcakes, clones and candies!"
    .... really?

  • @louisdarden108
    @louisdarden108 3 года назад +41

    Necromancer BBEG: *Keels over dead in a couple rounds.*
    Most of the Party: "Hooray!"
    Wizard: "Hmmm.... I cast Animate Dead."
    Necromancer BBEG's Corpse: *Doesn't become a Zombie.*
    Wizard: "Guys, I have good news and bad news: the good news is that we can grab all his shit; the bad news is that he isn't actually dead, and he's probably going to try to kill us over the next few months."

    • @benjaminwahl8059
      @benjaminwahl8059 Год назад +4

      Animate dead does not work like that...

    • @JacksonJinn
      @JacksonJinn Год назад +3

      Ehh, debatable. "Inert" is a vague descriptor. More to the point, you could just cast Speak With Dead instead. Cheaper (3rd level vs 5th) and gets the point across much easier. There are those who argue Speak With magically, somehow recreates the spirit of the creature to answer questions, but then A) that raises the question of how much value a soul even is in game, and B) you could straight ask "Do you have a Clone."

    • @derimperator3847
      @derimperator3847 Год назад +2

      Animate Dead is 3rd level, Raise Dead is the 5th one.
      But I think at least in 5e, none of the three spells here would actually do the job perfectly: Animate Dead requires only bones and has no connection to the creatures identity or soul, Speak with Dead requires a corpse but neither the creatures soul nor it still being dead, and Raise Dead/Resurrection/True Resurrection requires both consent and not being blocked from being restored to life.
      Interestingly enough, the wording of Revivify should allow raising the creature even if its soul is elsewhere? But Clone specifically prevents restoring the remains to life, so not in this case either.
      True Res also provokes some weird issues about what makes your body your body when it comes to casting it after destroying the remains; whether that would work is additionaly up to interpretation of a soul being 'free' i think.
      Anyone has got some other spells in their book?

  • @ifidio2
    @ifidio2 5 лет назад +86

    I love the horrific sight of the village turned into zombies overlaid with some cheerful/uplifting music.

  • @QuestionableObject
    @QuestionableObject 5 лет назад +257

    NOBODY GETS THE BEST OF SKENK MCGENK

  • @theamazingcatwizard3654
    @theamazingcatwizard3654 4 года назад +11

    “Biscuits cupcakes *clones* and candies!”

  • @Epsilonyx
    @Epsilonyx 4 года назад +4

    The gradual transition from stilted to smooth speech while narrating the spell description was a really nice and extremely understated touch

  • @TheGuardDuck
    @TheGuardDuck 5 лет назад +388

    And so Bashew's OC dies again... At least it wasn't orbital-class falling damage this time...

    • @junova7503
      @junova7503 5 лет назад +30

      This reference though.

    • @AdventofMechanus
      @AdventofMechanus 5 лет назад +13

      Calling it now, but Trevor ain't dead. Anyone who can do over 200 damage in one crit can (most likely) survive one glyph of warding.

    • @Aequitas_RJ
      @Aequitas_RJ 5 лет назад +23

      @@AdventofMechanus There were like 80 glyphs on that table. Every pastry had a glyph on it.

    • @TheGuardDuck
      @TheGuardDuck 5 лет назад +13

      Well, whatever was "supposed" to happen, I think we all want Trevor to survive so we can see more of their antics!
      What about Ghost Pig? Surely one little "boom!" can't do him any harm!

    • @theapexsurvivor9538
      @theapexsurvivor9538 5 лет назад +8

      @@TheGuardDuck nah, have Trevor die so we can see some cleric resurrection magic, and then have skank kill him again.

  • @Agikama
    @Agikama 5 лет назад +2109

    Did you just (inaudible) your own caption?

    • @crowsenpai5625
      @crowsenpai5625 5 лет назад +230

      It sounded like he said “clones”

    • @jacobfreeman5444
      @jacobfreeman5444 5 лет назад +179

      Indeed he did, to both. I think McGank was giving a warning shot to see if his prey will take a hint. I think the net result would be the same but if Trevor had picked up something was wrong McGank would likely applaud the diligence of our hero before luring in to detonate the glyph.

    • @pavarottiaardvark3431
      @pavarottiaardvark3431 4 года назад +38

      As if to make this perfect, the first time watching I thought the kid had said "biscuits, cupcakes, blondes and candies". Blondes aren't exactly a common baked good....but it didn't make me suspicious...

    • @tobybug779
      @tobybug779 4 года назад +36

      @@crowsenpai5625 I'm a bit late, but he *definitely* said "clones"

    • @brandnuczar8522
      @brandnuczar8522 4 года назад +26

      I heard scones...

  • @xboxman1710
    @xboxman1710 5 лет назад +148

    Great video but I was just looking at the spell and it says that you need a cubic inch of flesh from the target creature; does that mean Skank Mcgank has been melon balling himself to create all of those clones?

    • @RileyIsntDead
      @RileyIsntDead 5 лет назад +50

      He probably did it once, let the clone grow, then just straight up offed himself, came back to life, and started carving up his old body.

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад +13

      @@RileyIsntDead maybe but would that counts as the "target creature" still Because its your old body not your current one?

    • @Doribi117
      @Doribi117 4 года назад +14

      @@kellynolen498 I mean it is physically the same, so I don't see why not

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад +6

      @@Doribi117 but people can shape shift to be anything presumably that includes you that doesn't mean they can clone you with themselves

    • @Doribi117
      @Doribi117 4 года назад +5

      @@kellynolen498 well in that case the body is only physically similar via magic, I would assume the magic messes with the "You-ness" of the flesh sample in that case, like you are an almost but not quite perfect physical copy, thus making the clone fail in that case.

  • @JohnSmith-ex8iw
    @JohnSmith-ex8iw 4 года назад +40

    Imagine the barbarian has levels in wizard, and clones himself...
    MAGE WARS: Attack of the clones
    *star wars theme starts playing*

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 4 года назад +1

      If only you could have multiple active clones of the same character.

    • @zhanbolatmurzashov4001
      @zhanbolatmurzashov4001 4 года назад +3

      @@nullpoint3346 you could probably fracture your soul and that way have multiple active souls, like sofia from neverwinter nights 2

    • @louiesatterwhite3885
      @louiesatterwhite3885 4 года назад

      Considering clone is an eighth level spell, that's not a barbarian with levels in wizard, that's a wizard with a dip in barbarian. It takes at least 15 levels of wizard for 8th level spells

    • @taddad2641
      @taddad2641 4 года назад

      @@louiesatterwhite3885 could always have someone else do that for you.

    • @humorlessbutton7641
      @humorlessbutton7641 3 года назад

      @@taddad2641 Just use Simulacrum on the party's Barbarian, then you'll get yourself a clone army of Barbarians

  • @mr.outlaw231
    @mr.outlaw231 5 лет назад +200

    I see.... so what you are saying is...
    I should bring a demon along to consume the souls of necromancers?

    • @FlyingDominion
      @FlyingDominion 5 лет назад +32

      Or a Magic Jar spell.

    • @giraffedragon6110
      @giraffedragon6110 4 года назад +49

      Level 14 Conjuration wizard aka Me: "I'm about to do what we call a pro gamer move"
      The party: uhhh do you know how to beat him?
      Me: "I cast conjure greater demon at level 7"
      everyone else: NOOOOOOOOOOO

    • @PureGoldNeverCorrodes
      @PureGoldNeverCorrodes 4 года назад +7

      Or banishing smite.

    • @evannibbe9375
      @evannibbe9375 4 года назад +10

      Flynn Curtis I believe you mean either Magic Jar or Soul Cage (8 hours).

    • @louiesatterwhite3885
      @louiesatterwhite3885 4 года назад +5

      @@PureGoldNeverCorrodes the moment banishing semites duration is up the soul can return and go to the clone.

  • @BBBness
    @BBBness 5 лет назад +64

    Words to live by. "If it was easy to kill a high level necromancer, you didn't kill him".

    • @Eddie42023
      @Eddie42023 3 года назад

      In one of these comments is the key to countering this, ie: find the room with sealed vases, go whirling dervish BEFORE engaging the necromancer.

    • @BBBness
      @BBBness 3 года назад

      Sounds like, short, a campaign. A longer campaign if they hide their clones in a demiplane.

  • @DanielEastland
    @DanielEastland 5 лет назад +4

    Clone is one of the few spells from old school D&D that has remained super powerful through the many editions.
    And it can be used for so many different terrible things. Notice that it can be used on another creature and, IIRC, that creature doesn't need to be willing.

    • @Sarah12471
      @Sarah12471 8 месяцев назад +1

      To create the clone no willingness is needed, but the soul still needs to be willing

  • @mophia339
    @mophia339 4 года назад +69

    >(Inaudible)
    >Clearly says "Clones"
    Hmmmm...

    • @iafozzac
      @iafozzac 3 года назад +1

      He obviously says "scones"

    • @mophia339
      @mophia339 3 года назад +1

      @@iafozzac I'm watching you...

  • @WhyYouMadBoi
    @WhyYouMadBoi 5 лет назад +133

    Can't wait till he comes back in the next part. The Zeeverse is so interesting

  • @albertamalachi3560
    @albertamalachi3560 5 лет назад +168

    We need to gather brave people to stop this necromancer!
    While I sit at home, drink tea and enjoy some pastries.
    _looks at upload_
    Well, maybe not pastries. But still!

    • @jackielinde7568
      @jackielinde7568 5 лет назад +3

      Where is Team Fun Sized when you need them?

    • @swordhunter12
      @swordhunter12 5 лет назад +4

      @@jackielinde7568 Helping Skenk commit more atrocities.

    • @schonnj
      @schonnj 5 лет назад +2

      Don't trust the tea, either.

    • @blackguard5883
      @blackguard5883 5 лет назад +1

      Elminster? Is that you? How did you get over the whole _ash wraith_ thing? Are you feeling any better? How is the new Mystra doing? More importantly, how is _Alassra_ doing?

    • @SupernaturalDetective
      @SupernaturalDetective 5 лет назад

      Alberta Malachi Killer Queen has already touched the pastries

  • @jamalsankey6402
    @jamalsankey6402 5 лет назад +2

    Okay but can we talk about the sheer level of effort that must've gone into that pull back shot at the end? Absolutely stunning!

  • @HellishSpoon
    @HellishSpoon 11 месяцев назад +1

    that was actually kinda cold,
    my man rebirthed him self as a child tricked the hero and than blew him self along with his target and came back again with army of dead people, peak necromancer shenanigans

  • @JohanFaerie
    @JohanFaerie 5 лет назад +47

    "You ever heard of a glyph of warding?" XD GOT EM'

    • @FlyingDominion
      @FlyingDominion 5 лет назад +13

      "Here, read this"
      _I prepared explosive runes this morning_

    • @Nyrufa
      @Nyrufa 4 года назад +6

      At first, I thought the cupcake had a glyph, and exploded inside him. Then I realized everything on the stall was painted with glyphs!

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад

      @@Nyrufa he did eat one glyph cookie but i dont remember how fare glyphs of warding can move before they stop working

    • @draconiandude1
      @draconiandude1 4 года назад

      @@kellynolen498 10 feet

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад

      @@draconiandude1 then it probably was probably in range

  • @patrickbuckley7259
    @patrickbuckley7259 5 лет назад +129

    This was sadly inevitable...
    I hope the Twice king is still alive though. He was a fun character. Just think it could become a running gag!

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 лет назад +22

      Well, there are ressurection spells. Maybe Zee makes a spinoff for cleric spells.

    • @e4ehco21
      @e4ehco21 4 года назад +7

      Apparently presuming he's a high level paladin like we know he is he has too hp to die from that

    • @matthewbrandt5053
      @matthewbrandt5053 4 года назад +7

      He tanked that dude. Trevor is a hero with decent gear, skills and resources. Even if this body has fallen, be sure that he had some mages and clerics to prevent the Twice King from staying down.

    • @Eddie42023
      @Eddie42023 3 года назад +8

      @@matthewbrandt5053 To back up your point: Twice King, Hero of Calimshan, Strahd Slayer. Something tells me Trevor has recruited quite a bit of backup in twelve years.

    • @bleflar9183
      @bleflar9183 3 года назад +3

      Glyph of warding only does 5d8 damage. Even low level fighters would probably survive that.

  • @fissshy7
    @fissshy7 5 лет назад +5

    "Hey Jeff, are we the bad guys?"
    "Guurrrrrk, brrraaaaaainnssss..."
    "Huh."

  • @MrBoltstrike
    @MrBoltstrike Год назад +1

    I'd love to see a follow up of this featuring Soul Cage.
    That part, "If the soul is free and willing to return" just gets me interested in how different spell shenanigans interact.

  • @Lazkaroz
    @Lazkaroz 5 лет назад +92

    Played a Gnome Necromancer once who's sole objective was to get this spell, great fun~

    • @tylerhadar719
      @tylerhadar719 5 лет назад +2

      Ay yo I'm playing literally that this summer!

    • @truemind1018
      @truemind1018 5 лет назад +8

      did you scream "IMMORTALITY" before breaking out into a evil cackle when you got it?

    • @bubbaturps394
      @bubbaturps394 5 лет назад +2

      Of COURSE he did!

  • @GreatgoatonFire
    @GreatgoatonFire 5 лет назад +127

    Gosh DANG IT! Skänk Mäk Gänk reight of crimeful badness continues unabated!

    • @00784865
      @00784865 5 лет назад +9

      Why did i read this in PuffinForests voice?

    • @spiralhaze2070
      @spiralhaze2070 5 лет назад +10

      @@00784865 "I shall use this clone for the purposes of... evuhl!

  • @Fibonochos
    @Fibonochos 4 месяца назад

    Great way to bring back dead parents/spouses from a characters backstory, they were just a wizard living out their kinda immortality. Letting the player not be able to resurrect their loved one, but also lets you cause more emotional trauma by realizing that they have been alvir this whole time the player has been seeking revenge

  • @tharedhoodie2587
    @tharedhoodie2587 5 лет назад +5

    Probably one of my favorite spells in concept. Never been high enough level to use it though.

  • @hobowithabow9865
    @hobowithabow9865 5 лет назад +29

    There was this time when our entire group was held captive in like a super anti-escape hell dungeon and none of us didn't manage to figure out a way to escape.
    Then.
    The necromancer looked us straight in the eyes...
    Pulled out a sharp piece of bone...
    Said "oh well... I guess we need some backup"
    And friggin' stab himself in the head.
    Good thing that he came back with a ton of guards to save us a week later

    • @gabrielperron7403
      @gabrielperron7403 5 лет назад +1

      Valerio Milanesi fun my gm would have gone “it takes a 120 days to grow” so that’s like half a year so we would all be dead which sucks but glad to know some gsm are more lenient or am I reading the rules wrong

    • @saacinecrozma8317
      @saacinecrozma8317 5 лет назад +14

      @@gabrielperron7403 The necromancer presumably had already grown the clone earlier for an emergency

    • @kellynolen498
      @kellynolen498 4 года назад +1

      @@saacinecrozma8317 yes and the amount of time skips that happen in some adventures really makes this too easy

    • @louiesatterwhite3885
      @louiesatterwhite3885 4 года назад +3

      @@gabrielperron7403 clone could already be grown.

  • @Blizzic
    @Blizzic 5 лет назад +66

    Critical Role Campaign 1 spoilers
    "If it was easy to kill a high level necromancer, you didn't kill them."
    Hearing that right after getting to the episode where Delilah reappears gave me chills.

    • @thetgi4458
      @thetgi4458 4 года назад +6

      Blizzic I think I saw this episode quoted in the comments section when Delilah comes back lol

  • @catdragon1313
    @catdragon1313 2 года назад

    Omg “Biscuits, Cupcakes, and candies!”
    Clones. He said clones. 🤣 Zee you damn genius

  • @iconic762
    @iconic762 4 года назад +3

    “This here is me homunculus flesh puppet that me soul will transfer to in the event of me death. It’s got no soul insider it right now, so we keep it in a constant state a euphoria ter keep it from massacrin’ me customers.”
    -Mr Krabs

  • @matthewturner5178
    @matthewturner5178 5 лет назад +144

    Mini Skenk: Have you ever heard of a Glyph of Warding?
    Trevor Twice-King: FUUUU
    KABOOOOOOM!!!

    • @saltefan5925
      @saltefan5925 5 лет назад +3

      Best use of Glyph of Warding: Planeshift
      No explosions. No flash. Just a wrong step and one fighter-less party.

    • @LimSiege
      @LimSiege 4 года назад +1

      I have prepared explosive runes today.

    • @patheronaetherson2860
      @patheronaetherson2860 4 года назад

      I prepared Spell Runes with 1 Forcecage, 5 Sickening Radiances, 10 Cloudkills, 15 Stinking Clouds, 20 Hypnotic Patterns, 25 Feebleminds, 50 Hold Monsters, 75 Plane Shifts, and 100 Disintegrates over the course of several months in my Demiplane full of Clones as a security measure

  • @SariaMarie
    @SariaMarie 5 лет назад +35

    I love these! Half spellbook help, half cinematic universe

  • @MerlinAmbrosius17
    @MerlinAmbrosius17 Год назад +1

    The fact that he eats the whole cupcake wrapper and all is pretty funny

  • @Bearvalid
    @Bearvalid Год назад +1

    I love the evil villain shit, turning into a child clone of yourself to bait the hero into an explosive death trap only to have more clones at the ready for any time you might meet your end. A really supervillain way to use clone

  • @breadbyss5311
    @breadbyss5311 5 лет назад +179

    Another great episode, and great story

  • @codyallen2838
    @codyallen2838 5 лет назад +14

    The total length of this plotline is like under 10 minutes, and I've never gotten more joy out of anything. I adore these so much!

  • @angel-kitty-inuyasha
    @angel-kitty-inuyasha 4 года назад +22

    Question: If it's possible to grow the clone as a younger version of yourself, isn't that basically an option at immortality that *doesn't* involve lich-dom, and thus doesn't turn yourself into an undead that everyone wants to murder?

    • @giraffedragon6110
      @giraffedragon6110 Год назад +4

      I mean yeah, but then there's the cost issue of 3000 gold per preparation. Some tables may have you swimming in gold and platinum while others don't. Some wizards probably see it as "Cost effective" to enter lichdom and y'know devour souls.

    • @crowsenpai5625
      @crowsenpai5625 9 месяцев назад +2

      It’s a bit more expensive than the Lich Lifestyle, sacrificing gold instead of Souls, but as long as you’re not too death prone, you won’t need to pay it nearly as often as a Lich must feed their Phylactery, and sacrificing gold instead of people really helps keep away adventurers.

  • @quiteindeed6809
    @quiteindeed6809 5 лет назад +6

    Did he eat the muffin wrapper to? What a beast.

  • @danielknapp159
    @danielknapp159 5 лет назад +54

    i kind of suspected there was a good reason to scry on powerful enemies that were killed.

    • @sircastic959
      @sircastic959 5 лет назад +3

      Also, if you are of a high enough level, the Imprisonment spell is something to look into if you are dealing with something that can afford true resurrection.

    • @stanard_bearer
      @stanard_bearer 5 лет назад +1

      @@sircastic959 or if you're not high enough for imprisonment, take soul cage instead. it's quite it won't keep the soul forever but long enough for the macguffin to destroy it.

    • @dynamicworlds1
      @dynamicworlds1 5 лет назад +2

      @@feritperliare2890 you wouldn't put your urns in an area warded from scrying?

    • @feritperliare2890
      @feritperliare2890 5 лет назад +1

      DynamicWorlds there’s no such thing the best you could do is have the place itself be similar to a lot of places they know but technically scrying can’t be countered except one item I know in pathfinder and that shit works only for the holder and costs 40000 gold

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 лет назад +3

      @@feritperliare2890 "nondetection" is a 3rd level spell that protects you from any kind of detection magic (for 8 hours, no concentration). And if something is a 3rd level spell, someone powerful enough to make clones can enchant stuff with said nondetection.

  • @infernocanuck
    @infernocanuck 5 лет назад +51

    I can't wait to see everyone from my hometown again!
    Oh.

  • @NStripleseven
    @NStripleseven 2 года назад +1

    That moment when you’re a lich and you realize that wizards can just do stuff like this without having to bind their soul to some random object

  • @FizzleFX
    @FizzleFX 5 месяцев назад +1

    0:32 'killer of the *handsome* necromancer' ... -at this point he should have rolled for perception

  • @brosephnoonan223
    @brosephnoonan223 5 лет назад +22

    0:16
    _An oath fulfilled... Vengeance. Thy name is Ghostpig..._

  • @gentleshark972
    @gentleshark972 5 лет назад +20

    Biscuits, cupacakes, *clowns* and candies...
    Truly Zee knows the art of foreshadowing...

  • @fx232
    @fx232 3 года назад +1

    The only classes that can do this are wizards and bards (with magical bardic secrets). Imagine a bard that never stops singing, gets killed because everyone is sick of them, and then comes back the next day to sing some more with dozens more vessels prepared 😂

  • @levelynn3853
    @levelynn3853 10 месяцев назад +1

    I just realized something, there's like 40 glyphs of warding, a glyph of warding can never be moved more than 10 feet from where it's cast, my man sat there for 40 hours just casting glyph of warding over and over again on a random dock, occasionally long resting to get more spell slots to get more glyphs of warding. And also somehow knew big old Trevor would come by to that exact dock a couple days later.

  • @sebasculin3739
    @sebasculin3739 5 лет назад +22

    I'm invested now! What's next in this Spy vs Spy tale of bloody revenge.
    You work fast! I was watching earlier. Glad you enjoyed 'Here Comes the Foe'

  • @jonasn5
    @jonasn5 5 лет назад +15

    i LOVE this style! The story telling that screams DnD, the explanations through usage AND telling, the absolutely STUNNING artwork you got going. All in all, great job Zee!

  • @gentlyvee4062
    @gentlyvee4062 5 лет назад +1

    Oooook, I'm a super nerd cause I was more interested in the Glyph of Warding than the Clone spell for this. SO I did some math.
    Counting the number of cakes and pies that Skenk had on display in his stall I counted near 56 Glyphs, probably more cause the best I could do was just count the glowing cakes.
    With that in mind to cost Skenk at LEAST 11,200 gold for enough diamond powder (since Glyph of Warding does consume spell components on use)
    It took no less than 56 hours to ward all of the cakes.
    Now here comes the fun part.
    Assuming that Skenk REALLY wanted Trevor dead, he probably cast all these Glyphs at 8th level (Guessing that Skenk can only cast up to 8th cause he can use Clone)
    AND he is using Spell Glyphs instead of the stock Explosive Runes, probably using Fireball.
    Storing the Fireball spell at 8th lvl because as far as I can read Glyph of Warding only uses the one spell slot it takes to cast that spell and not more if using Spell Glyphs.
    The max damage a 8th lvl Fireball (13d6) can do is 78 fire damage
    Adding that up to the 56 Glyphs would amount to a huge 4,368 damage if Trevor failed all 56 Dex saves it took to half that damage, even if Trevor passed all the saves AND had fire resistance from something it would still be 1,092 damage.
    As for poor Trevor, I'm guessing he is a fighter with a 1d10 + CON for health for each level up.
    At lvl 16 (since Skenk would have to be 16 or 15 in order to only have 8th level spells) and have a perfect stat roll of 18 for his Con giving him a total of 19 cause he is a human and gets a free point in all stats AND some how got 1 more point for CON at his Character creation. Trevor would have a total of 240 HP.
    The only way for Trevor to not out right die from this attack, is if he managed to have fire resistance, make all 56 Dex saves, and every single Fireball roll the lowest damage of 13, thus resulting in 182 damage total. Just having fire resistance would insure that he wouldn't just straight up die but be knocked out until he makes all his death saves or someone heals him.
    Sorry for the wall, I just love putting math to some of the crazy stuff that can happen in D&D cause then it can actually happen for anyone!

  • @FeebleAntelope
    @FeebleAntelope 3 года назад

    0:19 "Biscuits, cupcakes, *clones* and candies!"
    Nice foreshadowing there... :)

  • @nikital.6523
    @nikital.6523 5 лет назад +21

    Those "clones" were not inaudible enough for me.
    ...
    Please, don't blow me up.

  • @SerpentVX
    @SerpentVX 5 лет назад +12

    Nocromancer v Necromancer would make a fun conflict.
    Nec 1 kills Nec 2
    Nec 2 transfers to his clone body
    Nec 1 raises Nec 2's old body
    Nec 2 releases loyal clone of Nec 1
    Repeat over and over = Chaos

    • @golmoshy
      @golmoshy 5 лет назад +2

      resurrection and the like depends on the soul being free and willing. if nec2 soul is in clone body it will not be free for resurrection. the best nec1 could do is use animate dead to get a generic skeleton or zombie. good idea nevertheless.

  • @lavendersugar143
    @lavendersugar143 3 года назад +1

    Man, Trevor pissed Skenk off so much that he spent not one but two clones in revenge already.

  • @envyre3747
    @envyre3747 4 года назад +2

    Consider this, it takes 1 hour to cast glyph of warding

  • @gigabyteguru2452
    @gigabyteguru2452 5 лет назад +19

    Next time on Dungeons and Bashew Zee:
    Will the Trevor Saga continue? Will the necromancer be truly defeated? Find out it the next exciting episode of Dungeons and Bashew Zee: True Resurrection, Rebirth of The Hero Sqwglth

  • @cage5577
    @cage5577 5 лет назад +6

    My favorite spell. It ensures we can be as stupid as we want with absolutely no consequences. *Goes off on quest to poke a sleeping red dragon with a stick*

    • @taddad2641
      @taddad2641 5 лет назад

      honestly i am surprised that the guy didn't take into account thewizard's necromancy bullshit.

    • @2MeterLP
      @2MeterLP 5 лет назад

      To be honest if you have 8th level spells like clone, the red dragon better take the poking without even looking at you wrong.

  • @cyborgcatrj6794
    @cyborgcatrj6794 5 лет назад +1

    Fun thing I figured out is that if your character is light enough, you can keep your clone in a bag of holding. When the coast is clear you climb out, put your clothes back on, and slit the throats of the sleeping adventurers who obviously looted your corpse.

  • @JimBimBum
    @JimBimBum 6 месяцев назад +1

    he stopped sounding amused when he said "but zombies"