Hidden Spells - Rituals of Complement - D&D 

Lich: "Pile of bones after a hundred years? But I use moisturiser"

Now I imagine a field of sumo elves fattening themselves to be able to enchant a larger mass of weapons for their army.

"10 pound long swords" I hope the enchantment is making them a reasonable weight because that's a sword only an Goliath could swing!

"Broken-ass oathbow" the most accurate statement evah

I love this video series. I would love to watch Dwarvish magic too. The Runes enchantments and famous dwarvish smith and stonemason

ELVES: DONT WANT TO FORCE THEIR WILL ON NATURE Also Elves: Let me use my magic singing to LITERALLY FORCE THE FOREST TO GROW EXACTLY HOW I WANT IT TO, IN ANY SHAPE I CAN IMAGINE.

I watch a lot of lore channels covering a wide range of subjects. No one makes video like you and your unique sound/vocal styling is just so amazing to listen to.

Wait a minute don't the drow have their own version of high Magic based on the sacrifice of sentient creatures?

Watching these spells, magic and weaves videos makes me wonder ... what stupid things are Orc shamans or warlocks capable of?

I love that you basically have a cult of followers who see you as a god of knowledge and love your videos

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

Crazy how these videos go into greater detail than most D&D/Forgotten Realms wikis

As these videos come out, I am slowly reworking the elves in my homebrew setting. Keep it up!

I really dug that he used the lich from Adventure Time. Also speaking of good liches, the priests of Dumathoin can become archliches in 2nd edition.

OH i just thought of something. Dwarves are revered for making magic items by moradins blessing. It would be cool if you did a video on that.

This must be how the Standing Stone was created. It’s size signifies the deal between the elves of Cormsnthyr and the humans of the Daleland.

I wonder what you will do when you get to the other races like orcs and dwarves. Will you brake off into multiple videos to explain their stuff like you did with the elves

In short, as a race, elves are stupidly OP. I guess that is where the arrogance comes from.

I'm still loving this lore for Elves and their High Magic. Some of these spells are simply beautiful in their intent and power. I didn't expect myself to be so touched here but I am. It is hard to imagine humanity ever becoming as selfless as the ancient elves were. Thanks for the video Rhexx.

Rituals of Complement are an excellent narrative tool. I had my party conduct one to wield the power of an ancient dragon who was in their twilight and wanted to pass it on. She chose the party, who impressed her with their inquisition into the death of her mate centuries ago, as opposed to her offspring, in whom she saw far too much greed and lust for power. I tailored each part of the ritual to the strong suits of the characters. The rogue was a high-wisdom character that was very interesting philosophically and ended up being the most mentally stable of the group, so his role was to serve as a kind of psychic pillar that the others could lean on while the ritual took place. The dragonborn barbarian was of draconic lineage, so his blood served as the bridge between dragon and mankind (everyone else in the party was human or half-elf). The artificer had to build a housing artifact for the dragon's power, as their bodies weren't capable of containing all of it even between the six of them. Time was of the essence, however, as the artifact would take decades of work and study to build and the dragon needed to be alive to give her power over willingly. So the chronurgy wizard had to wield some of the dragon's power to create a time stasis for the artificer to be able to do the work. The paladin had a few roles; his blade would be reworked into the artifact. He had spent the campaign fighting evil and doing good with his blade, so this would serve as a psychic imprint on the artifact that would give it some semblance of sentience, to avoid it being misused. He was also required to, at the very end of the ritual, plunge the blade into the dragon, forever staining his hands with the blood of a creature held to be divine by his church (he was Oath of Ancients and the dragon lorded over the forest where his order was situated.) Finally, the wildfire druid had to sacrifice his wildfire spirit to reforge the paladin's blade, channel the massive amount of magic at work, and ultimately become the soul of the artifact, a spirit which would burn down the dragon dynasty and usher in the age of mankind's stewardship of the world. I was pretty happy with how it went, and my players still talk about it long after the campaign ended.

This is by far my favorite ongoing series of videos on YT. Thanks for putting together all of this great info! Really helps get the creativity flowing for world-building.

This was so cool - still quietly hoping for the other hags videos though

"10lb longsword" ...which is 4x the weight of a typical longsword. D&D is funny.

Nice Terraria art at the beginning

I love the music that plays in the background of these videos.

I've been lookin forward to this

Yo will u mention the time that the elves made contact with the far realm

1:20 Ahrmaesuol 3:10 Ghaatiil 5:45 Ialyshae’Seldar’Wihylos 10:06 Fhaor’Akh’Tel’Quess 13:33 N’Maernthor 15:12 N’Tel’Orar 18:33 Oacil’Quevan 21:06 Quamaniith 23:12 Suyoll

What's interesting is when they undergo the ritual to become an undead some of the extremely powerful ones have an ability called self Resurrection in which they can literally resurrect themselves to full living status the lore names at least three that I can think of

Quamanilith: Someone commented the other day that in Storm King's Thunder, it's NEVER addressed what the Nightstone was actually for. I sit perhaps a remnant of some agreement?

I’d love to see the next series of videos be about the Kalashtar, Quori dream spirits, and other races present in the new Eberron book.

Now I really want a Baelnorn in my campaign!

damn, sounds like that last one covered is something the legendary drizzt would love

I love these videos, so relaxing to watch. If you run out of idea, all those "well known" magic items were new to me (I'm new to DnD).

Who the hell dislikes the videos, this content is gold

Great! Thanks a lot! I think that creating HighMoor is of course a big thing, but not the biggest ones. If You wanted to turn on the appetites, You should mentioned rather Dracorage Mythal, or First Sundering (ok You mentioned Banishment of the Dhearow's, which was done by the elves also). Why those: - Think about how the Elves rescued Toril from the Dragons chains over the 26 000 years ago before standing stone? They created a mythal with a range over the whole planet! Dracorage Mythal! It binds the view of the King Killer Star with the rage of dragons, turning them into non intelligent beasts for the time when the comet is seeing (usually couple of weeks). And this is how Elves destroyed Dragons empires and their hegemony over the Toril. Beat this! - Ok First Sundering a.k. creating Evermeet was also apocalyptic event in the range of the whole planet, even planes (Evermeet is combined of parts: Aryvandor, Feywind, Toril). Damn, I can't wait next episode! I'm waiting for it for 8 episodes now...

Thanks again good Sir. Some of these spells mentioned are truly jaw-droppingly 'broken' ! When you consider what that "Corrosion/Erosion" Spell could do to a city that has um, upset the Elves, makes one wonder what other safeguards are upon its use. Probably a good thing the Drow can't access it, for whatever reason... 😱

"Hmm, that's weird the elven city should be right here, but its definitely not glorious city full of elves right in front of me. Well, maybe I can ask the inhabitants for directions."

The Smurfs are actually elves whose home is protected by N'Maernthor xD

A great in-depth look at the rituals themselves!

Your dnd games have to be really amazing at this point. You have to have so much lore in your brain now

"10lb longswords" what the hell. . .

Interested if any of these spells, specifically 'Hidden Homeland' and 'The High Revival, Restoration' could be done by Elvish Druids in charge of protecting a forest and the creatures within it.

I watched this video over a year ago and have kept the final spell you mentioned, Suyoll, in my mind this whole time. I ended up writing up the lore and personality and appearance of a character I'd love to play if I ever had the chance to play a proper RP-focused D&D campaign with friends, a neutral good Drow noble that escaped from the Underdark and sought a way to reconnect with his ancestors and go to Arvandor when he died. The idea of a Drow so sympathetic to the plight caused by his people and the resentment and desperation and sadness is all so angsty that I can already taste the tears of if I ever got the chance to roleplay him begging the high mages after a long journey to aid him in becoming something other than a Drow.

Great video! Stuff I wish I knew when I was running my game, some I'll definitely use if/when I run again. Excellent work as always, thanks!

What about the stuff they don't tell you about drow, eldarin or other kinds of elves?

Mystra....'Noone is allowed to use above 9th level spells!!!" Corellon & Elven High Magic, "Hold my evermead."

Could you use the Quamanith spell to craft armour? That would be an impressive way to keep soldiers/knights loyal to the cause they represent.

Take a shot every time High magic is said in the video. PS: Love the vid thanks for doing these lore gatherings.

Ayyy is that lunar cultist fan art or something right at the beginning I freaking love terraria

Ritual of complement: literally elven 11th level!

I wonder what kind of sacrifice or deed a Drow would have to do or make in order for high elves to grant them The Revival. Major story hook for a character or plot for a session

That ritual you said could be used to hide Elven cities? Yeah, that instantaneously had me thinking of "The Labyrinth"

Now imagine that the planet itself is just one giant Quamaniith. A promise between the gods and mortals.

13:15 I think making Weave Spirits simply isn’t possible anymore because such beings would need to be constantly a part of the Weave to maintain themselves, but the Weave is much harder to reach than it used to be... so any attempts to create new Weave Spirits might fail simply because the magic might not be able to create a permanent link between the Weave and the souls. Just my thoughts, I’m no D&D expert 😅

Have you done a video about liches? I'd watch it so hard.

This is actually the first time I've heard of a Valnor (Vælnor?), honestly a cool idea.

The opening image is the lunatic cultist from terraria

Could you make an oath-stone in the shape of a weapon or armor, further enchanting it with another high magic spell? It would be really heavy but unbreakable, unless you fail on your promise. I could imagine a paladin bearing something like that.

love these videos, I always get happy when I see you post. Would love to see a vid going over the different elven sub-races

15lbs long sword? I thought elves were supposed to make light weapons

Got to love the gridania artwork.

I find it so weird to see D&D treating the death of trees & molds as evil things! an old tall tree has to fall, so younger saplings can receive direct sunlight & grow. the fallen old tree will be decomposed by fungi, thus returning all those nutrients to the forest. another example is the ugly & stinking mangrove, which is one of the most important biomes, as it makes the transition from land & rivers to the sea, protecting each from the greater powers of the other environment.

Interestingly, Erosion/Corrosion would turn up in the archaeological record because there's nothing there. Even today, that's usually how things are found- post holes, differently colored soils or abnormal collections of materials for the region.

OK that hidden homeland spell can't stop tactical missiles

Man, all these elf videos have completely changed how i both view and play elves

Rituals seem so interesting I wonder how hard it would be to be a character that focuses on doing as many rituals as possible. The character would not care so much about what the ritual does as long as it does not stop the character from doing more rituals. On a side note, The background music reminds me of the angry grandpa prank video with the shadow people.

Soooooo, you're telling me I can make armor of promise stones that is indestructible as long as the promise is kept... my AC just launched through the roof

21:20 If an prommise between more than 2 people, represented by an elvish prommise-stone is broken by only one party, but the rest of them still honner it, does the prommise-stone get dammaged, but not destroyed? ... Also, does the prommise stone tend to have the terms of the prommise written on it in elvish, and/or depicted artisticly? ... Also, dispite elves supposedly tending to be chaotic-good in allignment, (which the whole community thing makes me question, on the ethics side) I'll bet that the lawfull-netral inhabitance of Mechinus love the concept of the elvish prommise-stones!

Now I want to make a party of 7 that are all high elves and can perform high elf magic.

Terraria fan art at the beginning, lol.

There's a massive problem with the one that hides their home operates on the supposition that someone is trying to find their home this means only people actively searching for that Elven realm will be sent astray people who accidentally find it however not so much that's why if you were lost in the woods you're far more likely to find an Elven home then if you're actually searching for one

I wonder if one could make an armor out of one of those promise stones. If it can't be damaged by practically anything short of a god or failure to uphold the promise in question, seems like it'd be a very effective shield or breastplate.

This makes me wonder what level of evil power creatures like elven Liches could do if they had access to high magic of this level. Of course on the flip side there’s the Balenorn

Not to be contrary, but I believe there's been a misunderstanding with the function of Suyoll. At 23:16-23:30 it seems like you're saying that the spell targets only elves, and it only fixes something that happened in the target elf's life or death. However, at 24:16-24:27, you mention how it could cure Strahd's Vampirism, though he is a human, not an elf, and you also mention that drow could be turned into normal elves. Any drow alive today was not cursed to be a drow during their lifetime/deathtime, they were cursed in their ancestors' lifetime. But then again, I may have misinterpreted the quote from 23:16-23:30, in which case, my argument crumbles to pieces.

You mean to tell me that the elves have the ability to undo their curse that they unfairly casted on the drow, severing them from their god, and forever damning them to trust a spider deity that forces them to struggle in life?!

I really do enjoy your podcast dude you keep me attentive and you know what you're talking about I've been playing D&D for well over, oh I don't Know, hi about 2.0!!! 😎

BROO! THIS IS SO COOL!

I love the videos, but i was wondering will you ever do lore for the pathfinder universe?

Every video is so informative thank you

I was wondering, how long is the duration of high magic spells and how many high magic castings could you do in one day? Also, can drows cast high magic?

Man I love these explanations super helpful and informative! Keep up the great work! You need a job in the d and d lore department lol.

Love all your content brother!!

skip to 8:53 for spooks

5:25 I had a lvl 10 rogue who used an oath bow Dealt around 90 damage a turn It was a good rogue

I have always wondered about Druidic magic.

Great Videos.... Would love to see a list of references for when I want to include some of this info in a campaign...

A LIch does NOT turn to dust over time, nor do they need to consume souls (they have no mechanism to even do that) A Demi-lich the more powerful and more advanced form of lich CAN consume souls but has no requirement to do so at all. also Liches can be good and lawful... A Demi-Lich is more powerful version of a lich, they have chosen to advance their form of undeath to a more pure and complete state. They are Epic level monsters of extreme power. Taken from the Epic level handbook itself. DEMILICH Diminutive Undead Hit Dice: 21d12 (130 hp) Initiative: +7 (+3 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative) Speed: Fly 180 ft. (perfect) AC: 51 (+4 size, +3 Dex, +5 natural armor, +8 bracers of armor, +2 ring of protection, +21 insight) Attacks: Touch +21 melee Damage: Touch 10d6+20 plus paralyzing touch Face/Reach: 1 ft. by 1 ft./0 ft. Special Attacks: Trap the soul, fear aura, paralyzing touch, 21st-level wizard spellcaster, Perfect Automatic Still Spell, spell-like abilities Special Qualities: Magic immunity, phylactery transference, turn resistance +20, DR 30/-, undead traits, acid resistance 20, fire resistance 20, sonic resistance 20, immune to cold, electricity, polymorph, and mindaffecting attacks. Saves: Fort +10, Ref +12, Will +17 Abilities: Str 10, Dex 16 (with gloves), Con -, Int 39 (with headband), Wis 24, Cha 20 Skills: Alchemy +38, Concentration +25, Hide +27, Knowledge (arcana, religion) +38, Knowledge (the planes, nobility and royality, history, local) +28, Listen +26, Move Silently +27, Scry +27, Search +38, Sense Motive +26, Spellcraft +38, Spot +26 Feats: Brew Potion, Combat Casting, Craft Wondrous Item, Enlarge Spell, Heighten Spell, Improved Inititative, Lightning Reflexes, Maximize Spell, Quicken Spell, Scribe Scroll, Spell Penetration, Toughness Epic Feats: Automatic Quicken Spell, Epic Spellcasting Improved Spell Capacity (10th), Tenacious Magician Climate/Terrain: Any Organization: Solitary Challenge Rating: 29 Treasure: Standard Alignment: Neutral evil Advancement: By character class Demiliches are wiser, older, and far deadlier than common liches. A demilich often appears as a single skull whose eye and tooth sockets have been fitted with costly gems. Other demiliches might appear as gem-encrusted bones of another type, such as a skeletal hand or spine. The gems gleam wickedly with the light of stolen souls being slowly devoured. Particularly powerful liches sometimes learn the secret of fashioning soul gems, and so evolve to demilichdom. Demiliches are free to roam distant planes in astral form, leaving behind their physical remains to brood in dark tombs of horror. In their planar wanderings, which span centuries, demiliches seek to discover all the secrets of the multiverse, and beyond, applying themselves to the study of epic spells, the location of unique artifacts, and the keys to release and control imprisoned abominations. Many pursue plans far deeper, which may eventually win them control of vast stretches of the multiverse, or even grant them the sparks of godhood . Demiliches speak the languages they knew as liches and as living creatures. Combat While demiliches are steeped in the knowledge of fell spells and defensive magic, they are usually content to trust to their innate defenses and magic immunity, as well as their ability to suck the soul right from the body of those who displease it. Trap the Soul (Su): A demilich can trap the souls of up to eight living creatures per day. To use this power, it selects any target it can see within 300 feet. The target is allowed a Fortitude saving throw (DC 36). If the target makes its saving throw, it gains four negative levels (this does not count as a use of trap the soul). If the target fails its save, the soul of the target is instantly drawn from its body and trapped within one of the gems incorporated into the demilich’s form. The gem gleams wickedly for 24 hours, indicating the captive soul within. The soulless body collapses in a mass of corruption and molders in a single round, reduced to dust. If left to its own devices, the demilich slowly devours the soul over 24 hours-at the end of that time the soul is completely absorbed, and the victim is forever gone. If the demilich is overcome before the soul is eaten, crushing the gem releases the soul, after which time it is free to seek the afterlife or be returned to its body by the use of either resurrection, true resurrection, clone, or miracle. A potential victim protected by a death ward spell is not immune to trap the soul, but receives a +5 bonus on its Fortitude saving throw. Negative energy protection is effective against the level loss. Fear Aura (Su): Demiliches are shrouded in a dreadful aura of death and evil. Creatures of less than 5 HD in a 60-foot radius that look at the demilich must succeed at a Will save (DC 19) or be affected as though by fear as cast by a 21st-level caster. Paralyzing Touch (Su): Any living creature a demilich touches must succeed at a Fortitude save (DC 36) or be permanently paralyzed. Remove paralysis or any spell that can remove a curse can free the victim (see the bestow curse spell). The effect cannot be dispelled. Anyone paralyzed by a demilich seems dead, though a successful Spot check (DC 20) or Heal check (DC 15) reveals that the victim is still alive. Spells: The demilich can cast any spells it could cast as a lich. This sample demilich was a 21st-level wizard (spells per day: 4/12/8/ 7/7/7/7/6/6/6/3). The three two spell slot is a 10th-level slot and available for 0-9th level metamagic spells. Perfect Automatic Still Spell (Ex): A demilich can at all the spells it knows without gestures. Spell-like Abilities: At will-alter self, astral projection, create greater undead, create undead, death knell, enervation, greater dispelling, harm (usually used to heal itself), summon monster I-IX, telekinesis, weird; 2/day-greater planar ally. Demiliches use these abilities as casters of a level equal to their spellcaster level, but the save DCs at all 36. Magic Immunity (Ex): Demiliches are immune to all magical and supernatural effects, except as follows. A shatter spell affects a demilich as if it were a crystalline creature, but deals half the damage normally indicated. A dispel evil spell deals 3d6 points of damage (Fort save for half damage). Holy smite spells affect demiliches normally. Phylactery Transference (Su): Headbands, belts, rings, cloaks, and other wearable items kept in close association with the demilich’s phylactery transfer all their benefits to the demilich no matter how far apart the demilich and the phylactery are located. The standard limits on types of items utilized simultaneously still apply. The sample demilich “wears” bracers of armor +8, headband of intellect +6, pink Ioun stone, ring of wizardry I, ring of protection +2, and gloves of Dexterity +2. Undead Traits: Immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, disease, death, effects, necromantic effects, mind-affecting effects, and any effect requiring a Fortitude save unless it also works on objects. Not subject to critical hits, subdual damage, ability damage, ability drain, or energy drain. Negative energy heals. Not at risk of death from massive damage, but destroyed at 0 hit points or less. Darkvision 60 ft. Cannot be raised; resurrection works only if creature is willing. Immunities (Ex): Demiliches are immune to cold, electricity, polymorph, and mind-affecting attacks.

corrosion magic would be a nasty siege weapon...

i would love to know your sources for this - prolly second edition iirc

12:40 that's a Dota image 😍😍😍

After the fall and Nethril and the restrictions put on higher level magic (level 10, 11, and 12 level spells) and the protections put in to potentially prevent further casting.... my question is this: can one still use elvern high magic? and if so does it differ from the way it was used before the fall of Nethril? Been doing research on epic magic, elvern high magic, ect. for my players and this concept somewhat confused me, whether or not it is still doable, and if so what has changed (if anything). EDIT: BTW I just wanted to throw this in: as usual loving this series and especially this detour on elves, helps any elvern players I might have understand the community better. Love your work, you are my favorite lore youtuber by far, and I look forward to see what you have in store :)

Orcs next?

I now want a shield made from the stone of an elvish promise

Humans: Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion. Elves: Oacil' Quevan. Humans: ...

I wonder if a vow stone would break in the guts of the Tarrasque (all while the vow itself is not broken of course). I guess not judging by this video, but I might need to re-watch the Tarrasque video...

I am loving your channel. Still can't find your video ' ritual of the myriad'

I miss the monster videos, i love those

24:27 Well, if that's not a good backstory/personal quest hook idea I don't know what is... A good drow and and an elf fall in love, and the drow seeks acceptance with their clan so they may be one in Arvandor... or something... I dunno

So for the magic item making spell, what if you managed to get like a lot of fat elf wizards?