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The Story of D&D's Forgotten Dog Race
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024
- Did someone say Dungeons and Doggies? This week on Monster of the Week, we are talking all about the Lupin race in Dungeons and Dragons! They have a storied history going all the way back to original D&D, reaching into AD&D and beyond into 3rd edition! This player race of canine folk have a special place in the hearts of many old school D&D players as well as fans of the Mystara setting, so I hope you find them compelling too! Whether you're an aspiring golden retriever paladin or more a yorkie rogue, the lupin race has got you covered!
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0:00 - INTRO
02:02 - WHAT IS A LUPIN // THEIR BONKERS PUBLICATION HISTORY
10:28 - IT'S A DOG'S LIFE // ECOLOGY OF THE LUPIN
14:31 - COMBAT // GAME MECHANICS
17:03 - PLOT HOOKS
20:04 - HUMBLEWOOD TALES IS DOPE!
21:05 - SMOOCHES // FINAL THOUGHTS
Thanks for watching everyone! What is your favourite breed of dog to play as a lupin, and how would you make the character??
If you're looking for another similarly ignored race to cover check out the endless realms setting. Has a bunch of "strange" races. The ulvar kyr have become some what of a favorite
Also thank you for this. Lupins have been my favorite race for years and few dms will let me use them
Normal dogs I just use as canon fodder.
Not sure I would do that to dog PEOPLE. So.... I'll have to think about it.
For Lupin, I'd probably go Husky or Great Dane. That said, I came here to mention "Animal Adventures" by Steamforged Games, which gives you player options for awakened cats and dogs that are compatible with D&D 5e.
So we have French dog people, called Lupin.
I'm going for the low hanging fruit baby!
He will be a Berger Picard (intelligent and independent French breed) that is a Rogue/Thief and their name shall be Arsène.
Arsène (the) Lupin!
@@emeraldcityelicitor2281
... I have 1 thing to say to that. PERSONA!
Party members seeing the Lupin necromancer searching for bodies:
-"what da dog doin?"
Digging for bones
Well I just got a funny/heart breaking tale for a quest idea thank you
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus "didnt i do it for you, kermie?"
And is a necromancer Lupin who just wanted his best friend alive again since a tragedy
@@joaoguilhermeassim you’re getting it
Honestly, I know of someone who would include one of these in his campaign as an excuse to have the character talk using "doge-speak". Much scary, very adventure.
The fact there isn’t a master thief npc in my game known only as “lupin the 3rd” who comes from a line of criminals is a crime.
@@RomanvonUngernSternbergnrmfvus Lupins are too goodest of bois to crime.
@@kayohwai he aint stealing he's fetching
Ugh... I got annoyed just reading your comment. LoL.
You must have the patience of a saint.
Also the French thing might actually have more to with the werewolf hunting and be inspired by the Beast of Gevaudan which is considered the first werewolf story
Personally I think it was primarily just wanting to use "Renardie" as a place name, working from that to foxes, then realizing they had an existing canine-humanoid race in the setting and saying "close enough"
@@RoninCatholic I can see Renardie being a mix of Lupin and Kitsune from Pathfinder (unless there's a D&D fox race I'm forgetting?)
@@thesunwillneverset A male fox can be called a dog, and foxes are canines (just not canidae more specifically - that is, morphologically and behaviorally they are 100% dogs, they just aren't descended from _wolves_ as domestic canines and other compatible species are). Plenty of breeds of regular dog look close enough to a fox to work, and really we don't need an endless list of sub-races and sub-subraces for every minor iteration of appearance on a broadly defined template for a highly abstract game.
Also, there's a race of anthro foxes in the Humblewood campaign setting for 5e (and Humblewood also has the good sense to just say to go with something "close enough" for the races as listed; a porcupine would just use the hedgehog race, the jerboa race also stands for mice, rats, rabbits, and other small prey mammals, the raccoon is as good a fit as any for ferrets or such like...)
@@RoninCatholic That's completely valid, and I understand that foxes are canines and very similar to dogs (both genetically and in appearance/behaviour), yes.
Wrong the first werewolf story goes back on ancient greek when the King Lycaon disrespected Zeus by offering him manflesh as tribute angered and disgusted he turned Lycaon into half man half wolf, giving him a wolf for a head.
A mad wizard searches the secrets of were biology with extremely dangerous transformative magic, and decides to use his family is his experiments, one being his daughter who is a friend to the party. Can you help save her "Edward...?"
i get that reference
You SOB..I get that reference; Its even worst if the Wizard is a Transmutation Wizard.
You bastard! Why would you do that?!
I applaud your ruthlessness. 🤣 I might have to think about it...hmm..
We do not talk about that event.( sobs)
"It's only episode four; Nothing bad ever happens in episode four."
- Real quote from a reaction channel just 2 minutes from the moment.
I just realized a lupin bounty hunter with a hangman golem would make a great npc duo as they are both normally lawful and their traits work really well together
Poor Laika! Such a tragic hero! That doggo was truly out of this world!
That pun. it hurts.
One of the biggest Russian stars…
They did it to a guy too. They knew the rocket didn't have good heat proofing, and needed repairs. They told the cosmonaut that he was getting on the rocket or his newly married best friend was. If you ever hear the scream or see the pictures it'll haunt you. The body came down intact, but in rough shape.
@@goatyqt4553 idk which is worse, yours or his XD
if there's an afterlife im adopting Laika
Alternate idea for a source of the enmity between Lupin & Werewolves: What if Werewolves were created by experiments ON the Lupin by a dark wizard in an attempt to create an army of sleeper agents to spread chaos & destruction for the wizard's demonic masters. That's why he also added the infectious trait to lycanthropy, to have random agents of chaos helpless to the chaos the transformation would cause. Indeed the same plane hopping dark wizard may have started all they various strains of lycanthropy by doing such experiments on other animal humanoid races like using nezumi to make wererats for example. A plane hopping adventure to track him down to find an ultimate cure for lycanthropy multiverse wide would be an epic quest for Lupin & other races who are potentially confused for lycanthropes.
Interestingly, in Mystara, the setting that introduced Lupin, the history of lycanthropy IS that it was invented by plane-hopping conquering wizards (the Alphatians).
Though, as said in the video, the canon for that setting is that Lupins came from Lycans and not the other way around.
Funny that he specifically said Puppy Paladin because in the campaign I run one of my players is a telepathic golden retriever Paladin. Though as a secret to even him his true form isn’t a dog but a Solar (PS Josh if ur reading this you saw nothing you heard nothing and you are nothing)
Aww :(
@@joshuabevins8244 now I’m scared cuz I can’t tell if this is an alt account or some other person named Joshua
@@andrewguerrero6635 Same last name? If so you could change things.
Hahahaha😂
I can’t tell you how much I really really want a French dog race now…
Or Japanese thief dogs. (Lupin? Get it
Bulldogs with Brooklin accents? Why no French Bull dogs?
@@HALchannel108 *Zenigata voice* "LUUUPIIIIIIN"
Play a poodle
Play a Frenchie duh lol
Lupins are literally humankind best friend in my campaign. Karameikos (another of Mystara's countries) has a lycanthrope pandemic. Being called a dog is even a compliment. A monk in our group belong to that race and he came and went in the most badass way possible: Helping the party to found their stolen loot and defeating a 9th level Warlock. A good boy, indeed.
The first thing I thought of when hearing the description is:
Good-aligned werewolf culture exists, so that's an instant plot hook.
I’d love to combine the fact that Moon Dragons have an army of Lycanthropes. This could cause the Lupins to ask for the party’s assistance to stop them during a full moon phase where they’re doing a hostile takeover. The lupins could have a lot of really cool French weapons and ships and stuff that the party can use.
Everything is coming together!
You could have them allied with a Moon Giant
Or a sun dragon leading an army of Lupins. I mean, cmon, how many dogs just LOVE to sunbathe? I know mine does
French poodle navy and army. I love it.
Fun fact: Dragon Magazine gave the same multitudinous breed treatment to the Rakasta-the cat people from Mystara's invisible moon. It included the player option of "Rakastadons," saber tooth tiger-people. As...player characters.
Another fun fact. The rakasta article is how I found out about the existence of clouded leapoerds, which up that point was a "big cat" I had never heard of. Their tails are as long as their bodies. Tangential learning ftw.
0:36 - two cat races... but it is nothing when you compare it to the amount of elves.
Dont forget the three bird races. Aarakocra, kenku, and now owlin
@@korvincarry3268 Just imagine the fun you could have with a Lupin chasing a Harengon around only to realize after catching it "Sniff sniff* Wait, you're not a wearbunny..... Sorry about that, saw a half man half rabbit thing and got a little over excited...."
If I wanted to be the goodest boy, I'd play a skinny white Labrador who loves to swim named Caleb, in honor of a good doggo from a while ago I knew. I don't know if I'd make him a Ranger or Fighter, but being a generally helpful sort of fellow would be his main goal. We definitely need the Lupin.
Or if I wanted to a weird weird DM, I'll introduce a schnauzer Barbarian with a heavy German accent.
But Lupin is supposed to be a thief.
Please don’t make a Schnauzer Artificier with the Alchemist subclass and a strong German accent. That would be too much.
make it a transmutation wizard with that name
Its actually been bugging me how often games will have multiple cat races but never a dog race, and thats not just in dnd but alot of games
It's weird too cause tabaxi are all encompassing of feline species, you can make them a panther, a tiger, cheetah, or based on your own cat. Then you have Leonin who are specifically lions.
Mystara, the same world the Lupins come from, had the Rakasta, which were cat people and also received the same Dragon magazine subrace treatment as their Lupin rivals.
@Jenna_Talia That is because Leonin are from an mtg setting, and that is the cat race of the plane they are from.
@@Jenna_Talia i would argue that leonins are comparable to big cats like lions, panthers and tigers, while tabaxi are more in line with cats of the smaller variety. But thats just my excuse to have big cat lineages in my homebrew campaign setting.
Even as a cat person myself I do agree that there should be a dog race. And the lupine sound amazing. I'll be making sure to carry my bit of the torch for 5th edition dungeons & dragons so that way my players can also enjoy this fun race. :-)
Never played a game of DnD and (maybe) never will, but who knows.
I just like the Lore behind it and i really like the way you are presenting it!
I'm so glad that the algorithm showed me one of your videos and now i can travel in this fantasy world once a week.
That means a lot! Thanks so much for watching 😃
I just made a Lupin Rogue called Huck Kobeagle Finn.
No, he's not a thief, he uses the class to be a detective! His line is "I am a detective, but above all i am a student, because knowledge is infinite... And i am not."
He is a character that i created when i was a kid because i watched a lot of detective shows... Why he's a dog? Because i love dogs (also, it's obvious what breed he is hahahaha).
Thank you Dungeon Dad! Now i can finally make my good boi come to life! ^^
Why does no one remeber the Mystara Red Steel box set?
It's where I first found the Lupin race. Also the Tortle race.
But all and all. Awesome video.
One of the only mystara 2e products I remember. It was pretty good and I think of it whenever I here about the new rubidium critical role stuff
@@dracoesk696 I remeber it cause of the races. And a odd suit of armor. The subdermial armor. I think it was found in the box set.
Yep I think that was one of the cool mutations you could get. Box set came with a cd of music too.
@@dracoesk696 I remeber making the subdermal armor part of a coming of age ritual. And yes I half a Lupin. Named Bubba. (After my dog at the time) siberian husky.
Shave bald to end the childhood. Add the subd armor. And left the hair grow back in. It's was part of his back story.
Nice. My mistake. I really liked the whole dune like spice addiction aspect of red steel, and I can't remember if was withdrawal or kind of an o.d. of the stuff that made you mutate. I thought the subdermal armor was part of that.
That sub-races bit is amazing why don't they add that back in like the tiefling rolling table it's so cool! I would never have found this without this video too!
I like the idea of a lupin as the loyal bodyguard to someone, especially a weaker person
Maybe you could pull a Darth Vader/Palpatine relationship, with the lupin being Vader and the BBEG being more of a manipulative Palpatine type
I'm **absolutely** including a travelling merchant named Rover in my next campaign. Now the hard part is deciding what breed he should be...
Chiuaua. or pug.
Beagle, please make him a dorky beagle! Hahahahahaha
Make them an irish wolfhound, i like the idea of a tall lumbering hairy merchant often being mistaken as a firbolg from afar. Could even give em an irish accent!
Gotta be an absolutely huge St. Bernard, right? Gotta be able to carry all their stuff without it being a problem!
Corgi
Oooh, the Idea of a faction of rogue werewolves who actually oppose Strahd and the other evils in Barovia is great. Imagine needing to broker a peace between the Keepers of the Feathers and this other rogue faction of werewolves.
The Voyage of the Princess Ark was epic! WotC should do a reprint of the series. A special Lupin breed also shows up in the very last issue of the series which was released many years later when Paizo was running Dragon Magazine.
Also Mystara
An entire desert community of Egyptian themed Doberman lupin who refer to themselves as the Sibuna, engaged in a life or death struggle for the valuable river waters/sacred temples(treasures therein) against their archrivals; Werecrocodiles who call themselves the Kebos.
The Kebos killed Sibuna pups during their monthly transformation, and normally would have turned the killer(s) over to keep the peace, but by the time the transformation was over, the Sibuna were razing villages of innocents and publicly executing any Kebos they find. In retaliation, the Kebos, being able to navigate the river, have begun polluting it and catching all the fish to starve the Sibuna city.
Who do you support?
Second act twist!
The advisor to the Sibuna ruler set up the deaths, in order to start a mass culling which, through all the bloodshed will awaken a primeval spirit that sleeps within the river. What they don't know is that deity is already awake, and is taking the form of the Kebos' current chief, who grows fat on the blood of his chosen people, and will soon be ready to take his revenge, wiping out the whole Lupin civilization. No compromises will be made.
NOW who do you support?
P.S. Think about potential Lycan/Lupin mummies. Or even Weremummy lycanthropy.
Its worth noting that Mystara, the same setting the introduced Lupins, also had an "Egyptian" jackal-headed race named Hutaakans, who had crocodile-men as slaves.
@@MichaelHaneline Genuinely had no idea. That's pretty cool.
@@gammagong9435 I didn’t expect you to. WotC mostly has pretended Mystara never existed, so people that didn’t play D&D in the 20th century usually haven’t even heard of it. It is a really cool setting, but it got a little too silly for some people’s tastes and also about half of its nations were just real world cultures rewritten to be magic and it got unintentionally very racist sometimes in how it presented those cultures, so I kind of get why WotC might not too much attention drawn to it…
Awhile back, I basically had Shirley from Courage the Cowardly Dog show up as a traveling merchant at a festival selling "junk." Looks like I have a stat block now if ever needed.
If you wanna get extremely technical in terms of 5e dog races; Shifters are half wereWOLVE and Khenra from Plane shift Amonkhet are Jackals which are definitely a type of dog.
Jackals are not dogs, though they are cannids. As are dingos, wolves, and foxes. They are all distantly related, but they are not the same.
And where does that leave Jackalweres? How but the distinction of Lycanthropes and Loup-garou from regular werewolves? The plot Thickens
@derekstein all members of the candid family are dogs. Domestic dogs, dingoes, wolves, and jackals are part of the "true dog" branch of the family, but every member of the dog family can be called a dog. Arguably you don't call the other members dogs when comparing them to domestic dogs, to avoid confusion, but it's still fair to call them dogs. Just as lions and tigers are cats.
Most "true dogs" like jackals, wolves and domestic dogs are super closely related, being in the same genus (canis).
0:50 “Biologically speaking, they’re most related to mongoose”
*proceeds to show a Meerkat*
(Which is a type of mongoose ;) also finding stock footage of mongooses was weirdly hard?)
Another interesting hook with this race would be in Exandria with the Blood hunter order of the Lycan and the relationship between the two, seeing how both are society's built around the extermination of lycanthropes. The different ways each deals with Lycan could derive conflict or even a tenuous allyship.
These are the guys I keep hoping get a revival. Especially since gnolls aren't getting redeemed anytime soon.
0:20 Very untrue; Ted From Nerd Immersion is often talking about how much he wants an official dog race again. Love your shirt by the way! My Lupin Character would be some kind of street mutt Rouge who lived in a major human city and dealt with the dangers Lypins faced during Werewolf and Witch Hunts, yet actually wants to help Werewolves gain control over their transformations since one; People will still go after them both as long as they exist both out of the real dangers and to gain power, and two; Lupins are living proof Werewolves can assert control over their transformations.
I 100% @‘d Ted on Twitter when I released this video. He deserves to be happy.
@@DungeonDad I think I heard him talk about a Celestial(?) Dog race in one of his top 10s races from 3.5 he wants in 5e, but you didn't mention that, any ideas what I'm talking about or am I just making things up?
I'm really glad I found this video. My first D&D character was a Lupin in 3.5. It was really fun, but unfortunately, I had to quit the campaign, so I never got higher than lv 3. I hope they make a comeback eventually or something similar.
I finally played DND for the first time recently and my character was a paladin who was cursed with the face of a dog. Wish I had this! Maybe next time.
With hyenas - in a comment section- some one called them laughing doggos 😂😂
Oath of Redemption paladin Lupin, because everyone can be a friend if you try hard enough!
Naruto as a dog lol
I feel with spelliammers being in 5e, they can totally add the more exotic pc races
I do really like the idea of old regime french dogs.
i think that angle is most interesting rather than being another tribal. like, I could totally see a bouclear from the witcher kinda feel. like, them going on french nobility style hunts for werewolves, like from that french film brotherhood of the wolf. i mean, i think it would make especial sense that lupins would try to be very different from their original savage werewolf nature by going for an extremely refined sense of decorum and civility and cuisine and stuff.
I remembered that Man's Best Friend article with all the Sub-breeds some I thought were *brokenly* good lol.
I'm adding the lupine to my Spelljammer game when it come out I need me some good boys! 🐕
I was also curious why we haven't gotten a Wolf/Dog race yet, in 5e that is. Even with the Ravenloft related things, or even in Monsters of the Multiverse. Either way, I love the video and thank you for pulling these good boys from the past to have their time in DnD once again. Keep up the good work :D
Edit: I completely forgot, I am also gonna ask my DM, if I can play one of these since I am playing in Curse of Strahd right now. If my current PC dies that is. lol
There is also another dog D&D race unfortunately it's a planeshift race.The khenra of Amonkhet are tall and lean, with graceful
bodies and heads that strongly resemble jackals. Their
snouts are long and sharp, and their angular ears rise
straight above their heads. Their bodies are covered in
dark, sleek hair that ranges from the brown of the desert
sands to ebony black. Despite their sharp teeth, they
consider biting to be an uncouth and unworthy combat
tactic.
Nearly every khenra is born a fraternal or identical
twin, and a pair of khenra twins forms an extremely
close emotional bond unknown to most other residents
of Amonkhet. The death of one twin in training or the
trials causes a tremendous shock to the survivor, who
typically grows more aggressive and foolhardy in battle. The rare khenra who are born without twins are believed to have killed their siblings in the womb, and are
thus viewed as natural-born initiates, sure to achieve a
glorified death in the Trial of Zeal.
Strength and Zeal
Many khenra believe that they are created in the image
of Hazoret, and though they venerate all five gods in
the manner of all citizens of Naktamun, they have a
special affinity for the teachings and philosophy of the
god of zeal. These khenra share a deep love of combat, especially hand-to-hand fighting, and they devote
themselves to their training with particular intensity.
The familial bond experienced in the Family Temple of Hazoret’s monument is a part of every khenra’s
experience as one of a pair of twins. As such, these
khenra sometimes think of themselves as Hazoret’s
children even before they finish the fourth trial. For her
part, Hazoret seems to favor khenra among her viziers,
and some say that she shows particular favor to khenra
initiates who survive to reach the Trial of Zeal.
Other khenra choose to distance themselves from
Hazoret and the reckless battle frenzy she encourages.
They devote themselves instead to honing their physical strength, resilience, and adaptability, inspired and
guided by the teachings of Rhonas. These khenra have
a great fondness for wrestling (or tussling, as they often
call it), and they keep careful track of the matches they
win and lose against other initiates. They often seek out
matches against minotaurs, enjoying the challenge of
pitting their sinewy strength against the brute muscle of
larger and heavier opponents.
Amonkhet is one of my favorite MTG series. My favorite god is Kefnet.
@@totallynotamindflayer7296 Amonkhet is always interesting My favourite Deity in Egyptian mythology would always have to be the cursed end of the world. Apophis. However Anubis, and set are awesome as well . Egyptian mythology is . However if we are talking Mtg gods from Amonkhet it would have to be Bontu . I like sacrificing and grave recursion so natural fit there. However I feel like Rhionyas should be black more or less and bontu be green. but that's another time .
@Tenkai Noiba If we're talking about Egyptian mythology, my favorite god is most definitely Thoth, the god of knowledge.
@@totallynotamindflayer7296 Makes sense, Kefnut and thoth are basically the same god, and blue seems to be mind flayer in color so your a blue player. Probably Dimir, if i had 2 guess?
@@tenkainoiba2154 Dimir mostly, sometimes Gruul or Rakdos though. I like a varied play style.
Huh, looks like a Grimm monster. In Philippine mythology there's a sigben, a were-dog. As someone who knows almost nothing about D&D if you add Aswang in your campaign, they are a category of aswang.
I am pretty sure my favorite bit of research you have done for this video is finding the 11 page article with 37 subraces of real world dog breeds.
I can't stop imagining a Husky type Lupin as a famous and very dramatic bard
My dad was my dm for 1st edition I was born after 4th edition but grew up on 1st. My dad never left 1st edition and has several books and campaigns. He said he never played 3.5 edition because one he had no friend groups, and that was why he was never interested in 3.5, btw he plays 5th edition and is a pathfinder dm now. This man was a preteen when 1st edition came out.
Imagine a barbarian lupin that partakes in a little taboo and sort of tap into their ancestral licantrhopy to fight werewolves (required to play as a rottweiler) I feel like that'd be great for a character that other lupins think of as reckless and as super bad for optics but they are actually very aware of what they're doing and have the will to not get lost in the sauce of bloodlust so they take their class with a lot of respect and care
Thanks for this. I'm DMing Rise of Vecna and two of the characters are werebears with crazy high strength and AC. This race is just what I'm looking for.
Me I'm not really a dog person ... French dog people you say ? ... Hmmm you had my curiosity but now you have my attention
I'm running a game in Mystara, one of the PCs is a Lupin Barbarian. She is pretty fun.
I kinda want to create a Lupin rogue who isn't really any specific breed but an anthropomorphic version of that dog from Oliver and Co.
I am so using the bulldog bartender with a Brooklyn accent "I'm walkin here"
You forgot we have hippo people as well. I'm living for that thumbnail.
Great video as always!
Pathfinder 2e does have one. The shoony. They're are a rather pug like-humanoid. They are a very communal creature. Pathfinder 1e also had the rougarou who were humanoid with wolf heads, and I think they can transform as wolves too. And of course, they hate werewolves too.
I wish you would convert this to Pathfinder 2e, with the heritage representing the type of breed(guardian, hunters, shephers, workers, vermin hunters, wee folks, nomad) like present in this table.
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D&D and Pathfinder 1e also have the shifter and skinwalker.
@@KevinVideo The shifter, I wouldn't call it that way, but true for the skinwalker/beastkin especially in 2e where you can stay in hybrid form for as long as you want, with no problems(so spellcasting is still possible)
Here’s a homebrew race I’ve come up with: Mothkin (human-sized moth people).
-Ability Score Increase: +2 Intelligence, +1 Wisdom.
-Age: Start out as grubs for first 10 years of life, pupate for 1 year, before emerging as an adult for the remaining 55 years, staying in their prime for 50 of those years.
-Alignment: Gravitate towards neutral.
-Size: 4-5 feet on average and 60-120 lbs. on average, Small-Medium.
-Creature Type: Monstrosity.
-Speed: 30 ft., fly speed of 30 ft. Can only fly unarmored or wearing light armor and/or a shield.
-Language: Common, Telepathy 60 ft.
-Darkvision: Can see up to 60 ft. in dim light as if it was bright light, and can see in darkness as if it was dim light. Can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.
-Innate Psionic: Mothkin are innately psychic. Due to this, they can use their Intelligence as their spellcasting ability to cast certain spells innately. Starting at lv 1, they can cast Mind Sliver at will, starting at lv 3, they can cast Charm Person once per short or long rest, and starting at lv 5, they can cast Mind Spike once per short or long rest. As the spells are psionic in nature, conventional anti-magical effects don’t work on them.
-Compound Eyes: Mothkin make all sight-based skill checks with advantage, and have advantage on saving throws against being blinded.
-Natural Armor: The exoskeleton of mothkin increases their AC by 2, unless they’re wearing heavy armor.
Would love too see a simian/monkey race
There's the Hadozee from the upcoming Spelljammer books.
In other words, you want the phanatons from Dragon 339.
there's been a few!
"The dog people are French now"
Solatorobo creators: "Write that down! Write that down!!"
An npc idea I can think of is Droopy the Dog as a randomly encountered npc that does various jobs.
Would definitely like to make a Lupine shih-tzu character in the honor of my dear dog. He'll be a bard with climbing skills to the roof!
I absolutely want to make a Pact of the Good Boy Paladin! His master never came home from work so he sets out to find him and bring him home.
Love this! 🐕
0:39 I absolutely love this hyenas are not dogs rant. Preach, buddy!
This is really cool. Thank you. We have been missing dogmen since after 3/3.5. The cats got all the love in 5E and now Lupine are back with a vengeance.
Forgotten? They came into 5th edition with the Mystara conversion by Mr Welch. I haven't forgotten, neither has Mystara
**forgotten by the people who are supposed to be building the official products
I don’t know if that’ll fit in the title though hahaha
I have that book as well.
Lupins are my favorite player character race in the history of D&D, even more so than phanatons!
Bro Are You A Fucking Wizard!!!!! I Been Trying To Find A Gud D&D Lupin Race For Weeks Now, I Even Had Some A-holes Trash 🗑 A 5e Version Of The Race I Was Working On, Cuz I Was Trying To Keep It As Close To The Traditional Version, Negatives And All.
A traveling troupe of lupin entertainers would be incredible...think about it: a boxer lupin comedian, a husky lupin singer, etc.
6:47 that's no Lupin, that's prince Haldemar's retainer, Myozo, from the hidden moon of Myoshima. Shame upon the house of Dungeon Dad, a shame.
I think he was using it simply as an example of what the dragon magazine art was like
@@lordyathnon Well, a shame regardless. To be fair, that art is pretty funny to me though
a barbarian lupin who wisdom is low can totally be like this with my friends: Whose a good boy? Whose a good boy. I am! Yes I am
I hear your lupin necromancer, and I raise you: Chihuahua Lupin Necromancer. The party goes through hordes of undead, all the while being accosted by the far off wizard for how mediocre and small they are. Once they reach the grand hall of the necromancer, they turn around and... it's a Chihuahua that barely is a foot smaller then a kobold. they are still acting like they are the biggest thing in the universe though
Dang man, this hit me hard for my doberman that recently passed. I will be including a very direct reference to her in a future campaign, as a lupin NPC. Thank you for the amazing video/channel!
This is the single greatest re-discovery a of dog-nugen kin
Dungeon Dad: "There has to be at least ONE dog race in D&D!"
Wizards of the Coast: "There are other races?"
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I started my homebrew setting in 3rd edition, and when I did, I just had to include Lupins. Whenever I have a Lupin npc show up, it's 100% an excuse for me to do the worst fake French accent possible.
Finally a video that validates my need for a dedicated canine race in 5e.
I first ran across Lupins in the Red Steel supplement for 2nd. Ever since then they've been a regular race in my homebrewed world alongside the Rakasta
I really like the idea of a bulldog lupin who speaks like Winston Churchill
Great energy in this one! Really fun one!
I am preparing a Gaslight fantasy setting and I will, most likely, use them as a cute, naive Sherlock type character!
Honestly i would like a set prier on mystara and the like. It used to be THE setting for dnd.
A Friend mentioned Dungeon Dad reminds him about a more sane looking Shia la beof ... and now i cant unsee it =D
It is a requirement that if you play at least 3 Lupin characters in a campaign, the Third one must be a thief.
I don't get it.
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The funny thing is, I was just thinking about the lack of a dog race a couple nights ago
I have something similar to this for my group's setting!
They're a race called "The Neeldo". The Tabaxi of this world are dream hunters, of a sort, in that their god is a "Nightmare" that feeds upon other nightmares(Essentially the Cheshire Cat). The Tabaxi serve this god to protect themselves, and to help themselves live without fear, allowing them to survive in their relatively savage homeland.
The Neeldo, however, are decended from a group of Tabaxi who saught to slay their patron, and as punishment, were turned into Dog-men as a form of "Waking Nightmare".
Despite this, their descendants are relatively chill people, who keep to their own groups, but adapt to other traditions as needed, wirh many finding kinship with the Kalashtar(Which in our world, somehow, became the Native Americans)
Oath of Loyalty lupin, the goodest boy
This is one of your best videos, extremely underrated. I really like the idea of a Brooklyn Bull-dog XD.
Idea: Werewolf pc that goes to a lupin settlement to see if they have a cure or a way to control lycanthrophy
I love beastraces and i am absolutely adding Lupins to the list!!
I think that while Lupins can be any breed of dog, they tend to fall into certain categories that function subraces: herding Lupin who tend towards agricultural life, hunting Lupin are very social and are more aggressive hunters than others, guardians (protect their community), Companions (tend to be smaller and tend towards charismatic skills and have a preference for being bards). Pick what type of dog you want to play, look at what they were originally bred for (for example: golden retrievers are Hunters!) and that tells you what your subclass is!
And a hook: Lupin, injured on a hunt...they were bit. Lupin would rather die than turn into a werewolf, if they cannot be cured by the next full moon...they might not make it to see the next one.
Love this, my 1st character was a Lupin Ranger with the Avenger background (Think Sasuke) who became a bounty hunter after his tribe was killed while he was on a hunt and he uses his day job (bounty hunter) to try and find the scent of the killer for payback (very Samurai Champloo). I deliberately created him to have a dynamic character development where he goes from being a chill happy guy, to a wreckless killer giving in to urges for revenge and wanted him to eventually find his way back to being a peaceful happy person down the line as his internal struggle with his trauma and grief.
Too bad the DM was complete garbage and I never got past level 4.
RIP Karnn Hekk (yes Hekk is a reference to Doge-talk, heck lol)
Oh, this was also a 3.5 game
Excellent video as usual!👍 also do you think you could do a video on the Kopru from mystara? They look like mindflayer mermaids.
Great suggestion!
Yes!! I can see an evil poodle necromancer, a meatie phelangie hanging from it's jaws covered in grave dirt leading a hard of skeletons and zombies.
He commands them to charge into the little village his howl breaking the nights air, then suddenly his arm shoots out snaching a particularly delicious looking rib bone from a passing skeleton tucking it in his belt after a cursory lick. Raising the dead is hungry work.
The real tragedy is the lack of Tibbits in modern D&D. Also, not having the Orange, Purple, and Yellow dragons.
Thankfully D-Dad did convert the yellow dragon earlier on the channel. That's one down.
@@KevinVideo I meant "officially." There's a lot of goodness from oD&D and Dragon/Dungeon magazines that is essentially homeless now and unlikely to be seen by the wider hobby because of that. Hat's off to 3rd Party creators like D-Dad here though; conversions and videos like this one is _one way_ these gems can survive. I have my own version of Tibbits (and subraces, feats, etc.) so I look forward to his version if/when he gets to them.
Ooh I haven't heard of tibbits. What are they?
@@BJGvideos halflings that can transform into common house cats. Not as a wildshape either, it’s a natural ability, although in 5e it’d probably be limited how often they could do it, I personally wouldn’t limit how long it lasts.
First saw the lupin in the Red Steel box set back in the day. Loved them then.
Lupin Necromancer just could not live without it's friends so it brought them back. The ultimate good boi. 😢
So, I was going to make a joke about making a Lupin Rogue with a french accent and who stole from nobility, as a nod to Arsene Lupin, as well as Lupin the 3rd. But then you mentioned They were canonically french, and I lost it.
The lupin is the perfect class for me! In my groups main RPG I'm a magic itens tank, that loyal ability would be great!
I remember seeing 2 dog races in D&D beyond, Lupin and Hundr. I lved Hundr since it listed a Dachshund on it and thus, it won my heart, since I've had doxxie for 15 years (RIP Reiska, fly high)
I liked Mystara. I had the Glantri Box Set. It was interesting. I still use one of the NPCs, regularly, in my games.
The race is very week (only valued at 23 on the DB scale). I would consider increasing their speed to 35 feet, as canine and lupine species are generally faster than other species. I would also consider giving them the Lycanthrope Slayer trait, as it is present in all of the stat blocks, and by the wording of the feature, the species isn't even proficient with their own bite. Also, in the case of the Lupin Sylvar, post VRGtR the Spellcasting trait was listed under actions and formatted the same as the Innate Spellcasting feature, with damaging spells being omitted and replaced with spell attacks listed in the stat block.
Personally, I am not a fan of the reorienting of the stat blocks, as it seems so wrong for a wizard to not cast wizard spells. I don't like the direction WoTC is going with stat blocks, as it adds new layers of complexity for new and old homebrew creators alike who are used to formatting stat blocks the way they had been formatted previously.
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Edit: "*The Laika were not a fully fleshed-out race...they didn't have their own culture or lore...*" Isn't that every race post-MPMotM?
I definitely agree that the race needs a bit more of a boost.
I could be wrong but I think creatures are always proficient in unarmed attacks by the rules.
I don't remember if that applies to natural weapons as well.
@@marmato9332Sorry, I forgot about that. You are always proficient with your unarmed strikes, although the trait must specify if it is a natural weapon if you are proficient.