ahhh, good old aboleths. my first D&D character was a dwarven wizard who ended up getting slime-slapped by one, cue one very unhappy dwarf being forced to ride around in a barrel full of water to avoid drying out.
@astrangeone
5 жыл бұрын
Lol. I'm just imagining the roleplaying opportunities. "Gods below, someone pour some ale into my barrel, I'm parched!"
@alezvolta
2 жыл бұрын
Axolotl in a bucket
@medramonmasquedecendres2966
5 жыл бұрын
The Mass-Effect Leviathan dialogue could also work -"They are only echoes. We existed long before" -"Then what are you?" -"Something more" Brain hurt
@mariedruckenmiller4601
5 жыл бұрын
Reapers as space Aboleths? I'd buy it far better than what we got.
@Ardorstorm
5 жыл бұрын
@@mariedruckenmiller4601 actually the reapers would technically be the gods, while aboleths are the leviathans from a mass effect 3 dlc, reapers and leviathans are absolutely not the same.
@sidetracker3496
4 жыл бұрын
@@Ardorstorm that'd imply that the Aboleths created the gods though which is kinda of a bit dumb.
@Raptorman0205
4 жыл бұрын
@@mariedruckenmiller4601 Reapers are to Leviathans as Geth are to Quarians.
@callumn2111
5 жыл бұрын
Anyone think Runesmith has been mind controlled by an aboleth.
@stripeybag6977
5 жыл бұрын
I thought the good people of House Dimir found his body stabbed to death in an alley.
@Doomroar
5 жыл бұрын
@@stripeybag6977 Now why would the good, benevolent, charitable, and innocent people of House Dimir even do that?
@willnorman-bargo
5 жыл бұрын
No he is one but not even he knows, yet.
@johnsnow9210
5 жыл бұрын
@@Doomroar mindsculpting is the greatest sin. Rape my body but leave my grasp of reality the fuck alone!
@catherinevo6060
5 жыл бұрын
Queek 75 me
@John_Doe974
5 жыл бұрын
"You might know them from being the second entry in the Monster Manual", They used to be the first entry in the Monster Manual. Rassafrassin bird people stealing our first slot in the Manual.
@andreasmuller4172
5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like aboleth propaganda, but ok.
@Bluecho4
5 жыл бұрын
[Insert "That's the Joke" meme here]
@newjerseyyouth4853
2 жыл бұрын
Grandma propaganda
@nikitamalikov6683
5 жыл бұрын
New character idea: wants to destroy the gods because he sees the suffering they commit unto the world. Finds an aboleth, aboleth searches him for his deepest desire, finds it's exactly the same as the aboleth's and doesn't even bother with mind controlling him. Boom. Instant warlock.
@phoos4029
5 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same. It could go with straight evil character or a well meaning one that see the dominion of the gods as a tyranny that needs to be overtrown.
@benthomason3307
5 жыл бұрын
@@phoos4029 an aathar
@Arenuphis
5 жыл бұрын
There's even some traits and stuff in pathfinder about being a gods-have-no-business-in-mortal-affairs-ist which gives you resistance to divine magic
@benthomason3307
5 жыл бұрын
@@Arenuphis "god's have no buisness in mortal affairs"? In a fantasy setting, isn't that pretty much the equivalent of being a Sovereign Citizen?
@jordanwhite8718
5 жыл бұрын
As the priests of tyr drag you off to jail for blasfeaming against the gods you yell I do not consent!!! I do not consent!!!
@theman6422
5 жыл бұрын
Cleric: oh I love the gods! They’re soooo cool and awesome! Aboleth: Ima end this man’s whole career
@simonh.4570
5 жыл бұрын
The aboleth and aaracokra are like arin and aaron in class
@Drekromancer
5 жыл бұрын
underrated
@Drekromancer
5 жыл бұрын
there can be only one
@jogiff
5 жыл бұрын
Not really, tons of names come before Arin. Abby, Alex, Andrew, Alan, Ajay ...
@guilhermerafaelzimermann4196
5 жыл бұрын
@@jogiff aboleth also comes before arin
@NiraSader
5 жыл бұрын
Shut up A Aron
@burningbronze7555
5 жыл бұрын
I mean if the aboliths were nicer and less mutation happy they would probably be well liked as wise sages but alas why they hurt others in there quest to kill the gods.
@lizardperson9648
5 жыл бұрын
Because others try to hurt them in the quest made by the gods.
@pauldeddens5349
5 жыл бұрын
Its not entirely their fault, i would throw everything i have at some monster eel that slid out of the water They could put a caution tape fence around their lairs "WARNING, BIG ABOLETH, BUT IM PEACEFUL BROHAM" and that would fix all the issues
@NimhLabs
5 жыл бұрын
And at this point, I'm gonna share a Puffin Forest video xD [ kzitem.info/news/bejne/zYmnv5mHgXyToWU ]
@lizardperson9648
5 жыл бұрын
@@pauldeddens5349 so, they should do extra work to deal with your agressive prejudice? That's racist.
@pauldeddens5349
5 жыл бұрын
Good point
@minimmats
5 жыл бұрын
Additional snippet of lore: apparently their brains never stop growing in response to the storage of memories. The larger their brain grows, the bigger and longer they get.
@benthomason3307
5 жыл бұрын
There's _got_ to be a cutoff point to that
@minimmats
5 жыл бұрын
@@benthomason3307 Supposedly not. An aboleth's brain extends down the length of the inside of its body instead of solely being encased in its skull. So as the brain grows, the body lengthens. I suspect that any kind of injury to an aboleth's brain (and by proxy the memories it holds) is a good way to earn its everlasting ire.
@benthomason3307
5 жыл бұрын
@@minimmats but as new generations are continually born with more and more starting memories...
@minimmats
5 жыл бұрын
@Ben Thomason They are native to the elemental plane of water - there could be billions of ever expanding young aboleths in the depths of that inhospitable plane.
@benthomason3307
5 жыл бұрын
@@minimmats even if the aboleth themselves are ever-expaning even from generation to generation, the environments they live in are not. yes the plane of water is infinite, but the caves the aboleth live in are not.
@zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcba0
5 жыл бұрын
The deepest lore is spoken in deepspeech.
@Mechagodzilla128
5 жыл бұрын
That's deep dude.
@blixer8384
5 жыл бұрын
This means Aboleths can clearly and viscerally remember their parents having sex.
@roguepsykerhaaker4813
4 жыл бұрын
Their parent, and I think it'll mostly just be a bit sad
@melonhead238
4 жыл бұрын
It’ll be like watching your parent maturbate to themselves but it’s also you. Because you retain their memories and any feelings that are entails with it
@HumbleMemeFarmer
5 жыл бұрын
You know, as far as Eldritch Horrors go, I always thought Aboleths were the best to use. Smart, patient, and sufficiently terrifying, when sushi is mentioned.
@gabrielrussell5531
5 жыл бұрын
3:31 "A Lawful Aberration?" Most are Lawful. Beholders are Lawful, Illithids are Lawful. Only Slaadi are Chaotic.
@ireneshelton3661
4 жыл бұрын
Where do aboleths fall?
@hand-drawnanimations8763
4 жыл бұрын
@@ireneshelton3661 Aboleths are lawful evil
@ireneshelton3661
4 жыл бұрын
@@hand-drawnanimations8763 thanks
@anonymousoff-brand7538
3 жыл бұрын
a lawful aberration? it's more likely than you think.
@jobisTheWorst
4 жыл бұрын
Beholder= Imagination Aboleth= memories Mind flayers= emotions
@johntheherbalistg8756
Жыл бұрын
Oh man, they're all just pieces of our Id.
@RandomlyQuestionsThings
5 жыл бұрын
What if: Aboleths, Beholders and Mind Flayers became one to defeat the Gods?
@NimhLabs
5 жыл бұрын
Okay, but one of those Mind Flayers is going to have to be a Swashbuckler
@RandomlyQuestionsThings
5 жыл бұрын
@@NimhLabs That's fine
@Greywander87
5 жыл бұрын
The Abeholithid. Or did you not mean literally becoming one?
@RandomlyQuestionsThings
5 жыл бұрын
Greywander oooh, I mean becoming one creature my good friend! To defeat the gods on which they stole their rightful homes
@nevermakeruniversity7066
5 жыл бұрын
They're qualities are all contradictory to working together. Beholders are fiercely independent. Though they have slaves, they are constantly anxious about others who could kill them. Mindflayers utilize a hive mind and would likely demand to implant all others with tadpoles which I can't imagine Aboleths and or Beholders being alright with in the slightest. Finally, Aboleths want domination of all others as they rule reality, and both Mind Flayers and Beholders hold slaves as they desire to rule as well. Point is, none of them would let the other control, or implant, them in order to work together "properly" in their minds. I believe they were intentionally designed this way.
@uglyweirdo1389
5 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about Aboleths? Aboleths.
@philosopherdragon123
5 жыл бұрын
An Aboleth wrote this comment.
@uglyweirdo1389
5 жыл бұрын
@@philosopherdragon123 Careful you don't get probed 🐙
@johnsnow9210
5 жыл бұрын
That brain dick? Have you sen puffinforest vid about the aboleth or the senile lich?
@uglyweirdo1389
5 жыл бұрын
@@johnsnow9210 He was just a real nice guy.
@johnsnow9210
5 жыл бұрын
@@germangamer7377 lmao, i would shit my pant pants at anything under lvl 5 if i ran into an aboleth lol. 1 failed save and 🐧🤯😱☠
@jimbillyjenkims
5 жыл бұрын
R'lyeh. I pronounce it Raleah. ... Which actually sounds like an amazing girl's name. I wish I thought of it two years ago.
@flemlius3507
4 жыл бұрын
"Go visit your Grandmother" Me during Corona: "No. I don't think I will."
@TheMany42
3 жыл бұрын
Yup, you've convinced me. Next time I make a G.O.O. Warlock it's going to be an Aboleth Patron. It just makes sense. Not like they're really going to care as long as I honestly respect them which is easy to do for N or LN as I normally play them and he's getting the neat-o powers. Act as 'my masters' hand in the above-world to speak for them or investigate interesting things going foreword. Man, that fits my usual play style actually pretty easily. "SERVANT, READY AN APPROPRIATE LAIR FOR MY SPAWN." "Kiddo is ready to move out on their own? Sure! I can use Shatter and Eldritch Blasts to carve a channel and redirect this river into these abandoned Dwarven mines. Would it be possible to earn access to the Mold Earth cantrip or the Shape Stone or Stone Wall spells so I may do a better job for you? If not that's fine, you're the boss, but it'll take significantly longer to complete."
@thecrustyone1503
5 жыл бұрын
I love these basically videos, I always find monsters in d&d way more interesting than I thought, and I hope runesmith makes more.
@chesthoIe
4 жыл бұрын
2020 update: Don't go visit Grandma, help her stay alive.
@arcanejazz
5 жыл бұрын
Runesmith, I have already subbed, but I want to say I LOVE YOU. You have such a great sense of humor and put these monsters into such a relatable context. You realize this makes you a Mystic Theurge with all good mental stats, right?
@onebilliontacos3405
2 жыл бұрын
I was planning on playing as a an aboleth who grew up with out the knowledge of it past and eventually wound up in a city that contained five others along with a gigantic number of other misfits as well as gigantic number of your average playable race. This city would have been immense and would have contained everything from drow, pech, and genasi to surface elf, dwarf and humans (as long as they are kind), but now knowing just how powerful and important these fellas are, I’m. It sure if that would work.
@CL30
5 жыл бұрын
Ahahaha "greedy bird bitch" sums up how I talk about creatures in the MM Definitely going to go write an aboleth short campaign (or quest series). Thanks for the inspiration!
@RodrigoCML7
5 жыл бұрын
Man the Aboleth in BG2 was one of favorite parts of the game. I always remember him/her/it fondly
@zenitram514
5 жыл бұрын
I needed this for my campaign I'm working on. Thanks
@milliondollarmistake
5 жыл бұрын
As someone who has never played DnD I'm surprised at the amount of aliens and shit that appear
@Mazaroth
5 жыл бұрын
Wait, mindflayers are the reapers of D&D? Where's Commander Shepard when you need one?
@Randomdudefromtheinternet
5 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see a kingdom ruled by an Aboleth.
@SladePate
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Logan, very cool!
@renisvibing
5 жыл бұрын
Our current campaign (about a year now!) is shaped around a cult attempting to summon the eldest aboleth! What we’ve learned is they’re basically going to flood the plane we’re on, and promises power/respect for this summoning.
@jwarner1469
2 жыл бұрын
I hate and love all of these “Basically…” videos. On the one hand they are extremely informative and fun to listen to. On the other.. I want to run a adventure with each of these creatures as the main antagonist, but only have so much time..
@Klespyrian
5 жыл бұрын
I see you with that MTG Damnation art
@kasadeya3754
5 жыл бұрын
Alright notation I run a couple of games in one of them had Abeloths as a major force in the campaign. With a few light alterations. One included a high level sorcerer(11) vampire abeloth. This led to hailrous scenario of the party attempting to befriend this secret society. It’s gone strangely well. As a major plot was this branch of abeloths had only recently been freed, so they were investigating
@MythicMorningstar
3 жыл бұрын
Creativity is a rather kind word for beholders
@bardssinisterstories2607
5 жыл бұрын
I don't see aboleths as evil after this. I just see them as god hating space eel banana gods.
@joelwriter9583
5 жыл бұрын
I’m visiting my grandma right now.
@derickviana9831
5 жыл бұрын
Loved the Adventure Time "Before there was time" bit.
@idontno6d105
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, Aboleths seem really easy to implement into my world (which I actually made using world anvil). Now I'm going to go write an Aboleth campaign.
@charliehoke1956
5 жыл бұрын
1:10 Hey jerk thats my line
@nelsonhoyle3204
5 жыл бұрын
As soon as I can I will rain donations down upon you Runesmith. Keep up the great work
@brodiedaniels7509
5 жыл бұрын
That line from adventure time remains me of the warlocks hurl through hell.
@Kachumbo
4 жыл бұрын
I watched all of your videos and now I want more 😭
@Ash_6614
2 жыл бұрын
"Before there was nothing, there were monsters" ayyy I get that reference
@nekoskiroplayer
5 ай бұрын
I like how slapping the skin off a human is not a death sentence but a double death sentence. Unless you have a magical or innate swim speed, a creature can't swim for more than 8 hours a day (DMG) before you start taking exhaustion. Sure you can breathe and trudge around on the bottom while the aboleth mind microwaves you from a safe distance or you can go up and become a fried fish and chips basket.
@Alinias
2 жыл бұрын
"I wonder what Mindflayer poo is like." This man here, asking the questions we mere mortals are to simple to even realize we didn't know.
@thematthatter673
3 жыл бұрын
The Mass Effect reference earned you a subscriber
@insaincaldo
4 жыл бұрын
So they plan to give gods the Jyggalag treatment, but probably expect them to die.
@chukyuniqul
4 жыл бұрын
Imma have an aboleth knock on the figurative reality glass of the world my players are in to basically tell them "yo the continent you're in is kinda funky and its ripples in space disturb our place's feng shui so kindly fix that sharp-ish. Basically I'll have this all-powerful alien act like your neighbour from the floor below who is also tryina help you find what causes that leak that also ruins their kitchen. In case any of you wamt spoilers, it's a dracolich that reanimates in random dragonlike bodies. He's separated the continent and trying to get his hands on one last dragon skeleton to destroy it so that he may become an immortal tarrasque.
@gwin2719
3 жыл бұрын
Man the KZitem adverts for your videos are fucking wild 😂
@KennyIsUndead
4 жыл бұрын
Should the "Lurker in the deep" Warlock ever be official I so am going to play a warlock with a patron named Carl.
@Bayani01
5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget that Aboleth can be stones too! :P
@hjaltefrederikmelchiorssme4328
5 жыл бұрын
Can u pls delete this post? im maybe a little scared of my players are gonna see it
@olive6942
5 жыл бұрын
yes delete this
@hjaltefrederikmelchiorssme4328
5 жыл бұрын
Pls
@sofifyfofum
5 жыл бұрын
I’m about to start a game and the main antagonists are a beholder and an aboleth
@Styxer1008
5 жыл бұрын
We need basically hags please
@idle_speculation
Жыл бұрын
Just thought: if mind flayers were to capture an aboleth they could… a) turn it into a vessel for a mobile elder brain b) convert it into a living data storage system and research its eons of memories
@wyattlohr8199
5 жыл бұрын
I LIKED PUFFIN FORESTS VERSION OF THE WAY ABOLETHES LOOOOKKKK...I mean seriously, just look at Whimsy!
@benthomason3307
5 жыл бұрын
puffin forrest left out the crucial detail of the three eyes stacked on top of one another
@michaelginch9480
5 жыл бұрын
If eldrazi (like the ones from mtg) have dnd stats it would be cool to see a video on that.
@danielrobinson7872
Жыл бұрын
Aboleths came from before the beginning, and Illithids come from the end of time. I love creatures that have mysterious origins. LeShay are from a reality that no longer exists. Baernaloths are probably the most mysterious though, possibly the originators of all fiends across the multiverse and evil incarnate. Really hope they get more love in the future.
@Azriel884
6 ай бұрын
The original "I am Him" saying came from that pro bowler guy that hit a 300 in the championship match and said, "Who do you think you are? I AM!!", after hitting the final strike. 😂😂😂😂
@estebanrodriguez5409
3 жыл бұрын
Aberrations backstories are way more fun than all the others
@ThePhlegming
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize we have the same first name. RUNESMITH that is, of course! 1:33
@NERFTommy99
3 жыл бұрын
Everybody gangsta 'til the Silence from Doctor Who show up at the end.
@helpitscolduphereandtheres4836
5 жыл бұрын
You had my subscription at "bananaboleth"
@gabrielhermes1627
4 жыл бұрын
So, aboleths are just the dnd version of scp 3000
@barrybend7189
5 жыл бұрын
What if there's a lawful good Aboleth?
@E1_DE3
Жыл бұрын
3:51 I thought that was my microwave going off.
@regretsin8502
2 жыл бұрын
3:53 welp. guess I'm naming an Aboleth "Ozymandias"
@AceMcCrank
4 жыл бұрын
Idea to derail a campaign: Convince the Aboleths that they can have their own God, that can create their own domain for them to rule, so that they can gain themselves a new kingdom of their own. All they have to do is believe.
@Millstone1985
4 жыл бұрын
There is already a goddess of the aboleths, Piscaethces the Blood Queen, and they sometimes join the drow in the worship of the god of ooze and outcasts, Ghaunadaur aka That Which Lurks.
@mylittleblitzkrieg7585
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the Adventure Time lich reference
@bobsaget3841
4 жыл бұрын
Hey friends, please don’t go visit grandma.
@clickpause8732
4 жыл бұрын
I think the reason the Aboleths existed before the Gods is the same reason they think of themselves as ultra-gods: When there are no gods, reality is malleable, and thusly the Aboleths were able to exist as oceans of ‘sanity’, ordering the chaos of conceptual space into whatever the heck they wanted. Then gods came along and slapped their divine reality shlongs into the void, creating the fabric of reality, leaving the Aboleths literally floundering like fish. How to make eternal enemies in a nutshell.
@purplephoenix6554
5 жыл бұрын
That one Puffin Forest story is now more strange since I know what an Aboleth is.
@theanimalman44
5 жыл бұрын
So lets get a party of all Paladins. Dip them all into gunslinger. Then go all Warhammer 40k on the evil space nasties of D&D
@prettypancakes2359
5 жыл бұрын
My Goolock's patron is gonna be a big daddy aboleth, and this video came in real handy.
@macemurphy
5 жыл бұрын
My grandmother died recently and we're burrying her tommorow...so yeah...cherish the times.
@zacharyhawley1693
5 жыл бұрын
I don't use them. There are enough things hiding in the dark as it is. So, I'm saying the gods were damn sure to wipe them out for good.
@D1GItAL_CVTS
5 жыл бұрын
In a time, before time... *Intense Bionicle flashbacks*
@discipleoftzeentch8384
5 жыл бұрын
Watched a campaign where a wannabe god contracted a brood of aboleths to destroy/enslave the world (described in a way that seemed out of character for aboleths) and one of the brood was classic aboleth, patron material, and if not imprisoned in a demiplane (pierced by evil crystals, the classic) was probably stronger than the wanna be god (who happened to physically be an animated doll)
@identi8040
4 жыл бұрын
Ah, this reminds of the time I stabbed and destroyed all of an abolteths eyes...I wonder when they'll comeback so I can do it again
@noodlewater12
2 жыл бұрын
i made a tortle that had one of these corrupt the lake to mind control and turn him into an oath breakin paladin. one of my favorite critters in dnd but don't wanna fight one
@heavyweaponsguy6824
5 жыл бұрын
The "joke" must be brighter than dim then b/cit doesn't take much to get flagged.
@walterhaider869
Жыл бұрын
I've already visited grandma it was a 10hr drive.
@TomasCyr
5 жыл бұрын
The basically series is awesome
@WarlordM
5 жыл бұрын
And before there was nothing ... there were monsters. Adventure Time man, such a good show.
@madmandan4216
5 жыл бұрын
If an Aboleth feasted on dreaming Beholders, would they recall the dreams as true?
@Beefaroni_Bert
5 жыл бұрын
NOW WAIT A ABOLETHDAMN MINUTE. I USED THAT EXACT SAME SPELLING OF BROOSE IN A CAMPAIGN WITH A HALFORC BUDDY OF MINE!
@jonahyogman6282
4 жыл бұрын
Aboleth's seem pretty chill. I might make an aboleth npc
@zeratullotus2790
5 жыл бұрын
Three "Basically" in and SUB! obviously doing it right @Runesmith. Please don't stop ;)
@snapwyvern4937
3 жыл бұрын
Now that is a good Mass Effect reference
@GamerD00f
5 жыл бұрын
i have an idea for a campaign based on the last aboleth. basically all the other aboleths gave up and commited suicide or some shit. and this aboleth was actually a pretty cool dude, being chaotic good. basically rounded up a bunch of crazy motherfuckers who wanted to kill the gods and was like "ay you get cool stuff if you help me" and thats how it starts.
@ZombieNoodles13
5 жыл бұрын
It’s obvious one has a tentacle to his neck.
@NotCthulhu
5 жыл бұрын
Gotta get me some of that space-fish vagarko
@cthulhufhtagn2483
4 жыл бұрын
You don't understand, Runesmith... Their plan isn't about to begin... It's already begun... Its intricacies so complex that a human mind could not contain them, much less fathom them... The game...The greatest roleplaying game, they call it... They don't know the truth hidden beneath the lies... "Wizards of the Coast"...ha...they are naught but puppets... But soon... Very, very soon...
@Doctoranthetardis
5 жыл бұрын
Thou art god, I am god. All that groks is god.
@btchaplin7859
4 жыл бұрын
Can you do those depressed bird people we can only talk the soundboard next
@cookiestudios2565
5 жыл бұрын
im making a sandbox campaign and somehow (i havent figured out the details) while looking for johnny's apples then end fight space monsters on saturn's(saturn like cuz it itsnt the milky way) rings when wimsy the good aboleth (puffin forest inspired) saves the day and can morph into a flying fish. that could be an op npc but i am gonna nerf him lol
@DracoTheBlack
5 жыл бұрын
What are the odds and how bad an idea would it be to try and get an Aboleth to help you in your quest to kill a god?
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