Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Aboleth 

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@ Volstad-Germaine-Death to the Aboleths. They're all psionic fish punks!

@@darthchocolate7911 Bring it homonid!

It's just a fish with tentacles...always has been, always will be.

@@Thkaal Convergent evolution. It's not really a fish.

"I stole that dialogue" - Rune smith

@@rejvaik00 I made this comment before he uploaded that actually if I remember right?

The time might be over but the adventure never ends.

That is a bad-ass quote from Adventure Time (which was obviously deeply influenced by D&D) which is one of my all time fav shows

@@derekphelps138 Absolutely. The Lich is just one of those series antagonists that just _cannot_ be forgotten.

I was thinking the same thing

Multiple multiversi

It’s how WotC explains how MtG worlds and Eberron have their own cosmology yet also are now part of the D&D Multiverse. Each Crystal Sphere and it’s universe/world will either share some, all, or none of the core D&D Great Wheel planar structure and have its own multiverse. So far, Sigil the City of Doors and the Infinite Staircase, as well as the deep Shadow Plane, are the only “bridges” to these other multiverses. Maybe even Yggdrasil’s branches too, but only to worlds where a Norse deity is worshipped in some form.

Interesting... Wonder why?

I appreciate it 😊

loki Griffith i played diablo 3. In Texas there isn’t really anyone I know to play it with.

The one with duel persona?

@@joewhite6844 Yes! Every time I watch Whimsy's story, which must be around 30 times, I LMAO!

Just one world?

@@AJPickett Good point it should be Worlds.

They know that some planes of existence are so weird, the barrier between them takes on the form of pure thought and myth... stories.

@@AJPickett So Aboleths would find our universe, with its structured order, clockwork systems, and slow ineluctable slide towards total and complete entropy alien and wierd?

@@StarboyXL9 I think they would love it here.

As a Humanoid Creature I strongly disagree, Aboleth are Lawful Evil so they aren't going to really attack you without a reason. Aboleth don't go looking for trouble like the Illithids, you would have to cross their territory to get their attention. Not only that you have a better chance of making deals with the Aboleth than the other 2 so as long as you're not a Cleric or any type of person who worships the Gods since the Gods are their True Enemies. Aboleth are also a great source of knowledge since they have perfect memory... Aboleth are the most dangerous compare to the Beholders and the Illithids, but just because they are the most dangerous doesn't make them the biggest threat. Beholders will kill anything or anyone who isn't them individually, Illithids/Mind Flayers if you ain't them then prepare to get a tadpole put into your brain and lose yourself completely, or eaten as food, or worse watch your brain walk out on you literally. However being killed on sight and likely to die quick from 10 different rays is probably the best thing you can asked for compare to being a puppet for 7 days or less and go through a painfully transformation and no longer exist while a creature takes your body as its own, or dependent on water the rest of your life and hope that your master might find you essentially useful so he doesn't decide to eat you when he's hungry or punish you.

The Aboleth knows that it is a creation of another author that supercedes Gary Gygax. That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.

Aboleth traveled around the astral seas, came by Earth, looked through multiple realities, it inspire Lovecraft and dream plague/ inspire Gygax into creating D&D so nerds will dream up stories about them and feed them our collective physic energies.

Hey Shamus. Hmmm it is a subject I do really enjoy.. the whole idea of magical potions is awesome.

@@AJPickett Yeah, how do those work by the way..? Is it just a normal liquid infused with a heal spell (for example) or is it more of an alchemical thing? A video on various potions would be awesome too!

In my world, the 'disease' that turns you into an aboleth servitor or 'skum' is actually just the aboleth 'de-evolving' you back to your original state, since the aboleths of my world are responsible for accidentally creating all other life on the planet.

Gabranicus makes sense and sounds like the same lore. The Aboleths simply do it out of curiosity and disregard it once it becomes uninteresting.

The aboleth under the Isle of Dread still use glyphs. Of course this means - all aboleths can use glyphs.

Eh, being a slave to them wouldn't be bad? Like what would I be doing?

@@maximdrager3639Not being eaten when your work efficiency drops off?

@Dontreallycare5 but what's the work? That's what I mean, like, would they make me complete essays or smth??

@@maximdrager3639 depends on what your good at. If nothing, you’ll probably just end up at an underwater quarry digging materials to build cities with maddening geometries and runes that gradually drive you insane. Or a disposal scout sent onto land to find better skilled slaves. If your lucky and combat effective, maybe they will set you up with a chuul garrison and send you off to fight their enemies.

Aboleths are a LE retirement home.

You forgot to add 'extremely' in front of 'smarter than you part' lol!

Splish, splish, splish…"he's precious."

@Jujubear's Adventures Puffin Forest :)

No. :)

The paraelemental plane of salt sucks for anyone. It's touching the water and ooze elemental planes though :P Negative elemental plane is 3 removed from salt. Water>>Salt>>Ooze>>Dust>>Negative. It only touches negative when you view it from the poles of air and earth, not the prime.

Indigo Julze lets get meta. And the caretaker could be Ambrose Bierce

WotC 3.5e system for both D&D and Star Wars, my game shop drop Vader and a few dozen storm troopers into Castle Ravenloft, we even had a Gith spelljammer fleet attack a star destroyer and faced of against the Emperor and Vader.

That is some smurf epic stuff.

I mean... yeah.

You can never play Aboleth TOO well. Heck, I think that if their empire even slightly resembled what they were actually capable of, we'd all be speaking Aboleth right now.

I have not read the books yet, but I am aware of the story line, it appears in the lore here and there.

Alignment lawful evil. AD&D2ndE Planescape campaign setting, and 5e Descent into Avernus, .. Aboleths make some nice and tasty Soul Stones. Humans used to hunt bears with spears for sport, and hunt sharks with spear guns and fishing lines. What do fiends of the lower planes go fishing for ?

Haha! Sort of so crazy he is sane.

So...what you're saying is..... I'm an aboleth.

@@Thkaal Do you have whiskers? Are you a good swimmer? Do you have three eyes? If you answered yes to any of these you may be an Aboleth and not realize it.

@@eros5420 whiskers....check. good swimmer.....check. three eyes......check

Lol! "Hi boss"

GODS!? *three eyes glow with evil in the eternal darkness*

@@AJPickett haha that made me smile thanks.

Elminster owes me $20

It projects psychic presence and energy through the water, one byproduct of that is that it manifests ectoplasm, which is fairly nasty stuff (though not poisonous per se).

AJ Pickett if they can summon biological material in the form of ectoplasm, could they not then construct a familiar made of pure psychic energy, or reconstruct and reshape other lifeforms at a whim? It basically seems like they have the stone ship ability but with flesh. Which honestly makes them even more terrifying, instead of poly morphing you into another shape, they telekinetically reassemble you into another life form entirely.

I suppose so.

The Aboleth might appear to do so on a small scale, but their grand objective is always total domination, including any lesser beings they "soften" with offers of allegiance.

@@AJPickett what if a illithid and Aboleth combined?

There are great old ones included in the mythos well Cthulhu is and possibly Nyalarthotep.

Lurker Warlock in a newer unearthed arcana seems better than GOOlock.

The Aboleth remind me strongly of the Great Race of Yith, with their alien minds and incredible psychic abilities. The alien scientific inventions and their ability to traverse time and space like we would move from one room to the next. Perhaps, a splinter group of Yith decided to project their minds into the Aboleth and created this fantastic race?

Roger roger :)

I dislike nerdarchy cause of cool thumbnails then when I click its giggling bearded old dudes I need images and info on a subject not what they got

Yeah, but the Prime Material plane where D&D goes on is not very much like our universe at all, so, it doesn't really matter aside from your own personal bias... if you want the planet to have formed the usual way, gone through all the slow steps of evolution, and have had no gods, primordials and magic involved, that's entirely under your control :)

For me, the attraction to aboleths is more about the mind bending reality of these creatures. I like alternate reality theory stuff, and as a reasonably new DM, I'm still looking for an interesting way to break the fourth wall without breaking immersion. My campaign already has a far realm arc, so I'll probably use one if these buggers in it.

A player with a anti-psyconic helmet is going to demolish them all. Just like in Baldurs Gate 2 , when you get one to slaughter the Mindflayers.

Writing a new campaign and i’m stealing this - awesome idea!