Where is that source material? Googled but found nothing

For the record, their creators name is pronounced shik-there-auk-past. I got that from a Dragon magazine from the early 90's that did a feature on the yaun ti.

AJ: I’ve been looking for this information, thank you!

Kinjo Sten I found this article. You have to scroll down a ways, but there are several listings for Yuan-Ti Osssra smoke. Now I want to make a Yuan-Ti Pureblood villain with proficiency with Poison Kit. ☠️ www.realmshelps.net/stores/poison.shtml

Yuan-ti use essential oils

Steven Universe reference

I find “Snapple”(TM) to be much better.

snek peeps

Thanks Jon :)

Agreed it's not easy to find a good Yuan-ti video AJ Pickett did a good job making this video :)

Jazirian? I vaguely recall that she might be an enemy of the chief Yuan Ti god, but she is a serpent goddess (and possibly the sister of Asmodeus, but that's a really old bit of lore that might not be up to date).

@@Nemo12417 I kind of like to use all the different lore of the gods to keep them more real and confusing. "Yes all reptile gods were once one" "wasn't that God the sibling of Asmodeus? Is Asmodeus a reptile?" "I don't think so? I've never actually seen Asmodeus and I'd like to keep it that way"

Logan, Logan, Logan, now, now, I am quite sure Mr.Asmodeus will like to met you. He is a very polite and social man who is into making,.. bargains and deals. Very good, deals, some of the best deals you can ever get within one's life time,

Nyrufa I’m playing that right now I’m Descent into Avernus. I started Bard and at 2nd went to celestial warlock. Loving the role switch and introduction to a goodly patron.

kris palermo Sorry already serving Dispator and his daughter she provides better deals and he provides new magic enchantments and inventions

what did u find?

Links or it didn't happen

@@TheWasd1234 no doubt, some snake people rule 34

Wrong time code, or are you referring to the "Vampire Bunnies" by Dark Natasha?

you are most welcome

Yuan-ti

Sure, loads of parallels there.

Most welcome!

Sounds alot like the aztecs be honest

@@VengefulJarl Yep. And I ran many campaigns with my version of Aztecs as my New World antagonists (evil empire, but modified to be evil god inspired or otherwise, not actual historical Aztecs to be non-offensive)

@@That80sGuy1972 why care about offending the descendants of Aztecs? They were slavers and cannibals. Spanish conquistadors were pieces of shit as well.

@@VengefulJarl I've always seen them as a mix of Aztecs and Egyptians

Sounds like a cool concept. If I bend the rules of 3.5e, I could pull a magic dagger that has Raise Dead cast on it.

Black Lotus Street Peddler: "The only snakes I know of are those of Set and his cursed towers. Their evil has spread to every city. Two or three years ago it was just another snake cult, now... they're everywhere. It is said that they are deceivers... they murder people in the night... I know nothing."

" I would sell Haga to a slayer such as you?"

Thanks Kurt :)

Some of them do.

The only lifespan they mentioned is in reference to Purebloods who are stated to have a similar lifespan to humans and Anathemas who are biologically immortal, so perhaps Malisons and Abominations might have lifespans comparable of Elves.

You mad man I'm in

Magic items, art objects related to their gods, things offered as tribute from raids and the like.

Thanks Chris.

@@AJPickett can the yuan ti work in different settings like a different a futuristic time period or a more fallout like setting .

@@mariobalestrieri7488 Anything can work in a different setting if you are good enough.

​@@mariobalestrieri7488 if insane scientists are splicing rattlesnakes with coyotes and producing a viable new species, I don't see why a particularly amoral one wouldn't do the same with humans

How did that go?

@@agustinvenegas5238 so far so good. We've had people come and go except for the above mentioned player and a wild magic barbarian. They didn't explore a old Sarrukh temple i had planned out but with the player situation i let them both awaken animals and give them sidekick classes. In the purebloods case he has a winged snake that was a infant when it was awakened so that has been interesting to play out.

Since nothing was really hashed out as far as what the patron wants ive been working on some conflict he will mysteriously be called to the upper planes to help with. I think something to do with the planar lizard folk who the Sarrukh tried to enslave just to find out they bit off more then they could chew, still have to stat them out

khaastas

Simple. You metagame the monster to know things it should not be able to know, and don't explain to the players how it knows it... because it is smarter than them.

@@AJPickett Good idea. I think the DM will not go for it though but if I am ever in that situation I might use that trick. (Our group has a metagaming armistice between DM and players)

Thanks

Yessss! Enjoy thissss :)

Dispassionate bureaucrats eh? Yeah, Hobgoblins would find a very fine foe in the Yuan-ti!

I will!

That sounds awesome, I am stealing that idea.

Yeah, thanks to great advice, feedback and help from viewers, I've been at this for three years and gradually getting better at it.. the old videos are a good comparison, maybe one day I will go back and rework them to improve the quality, but the content is still good for the most part.

Broodguards, also known as histachii, are humans who have undergone the ritual of transformation but have been found unworthy, degenerating into hairless, near-mindless reptilian monsters. The yuan-ti employ these wretches as watchers over egg-broods and other demeaning tasks. They first appeared as the histachii in Dragon Magazine #151 ("The Ecology of the Yuan-ti" by David Wellham, 1989). As they are only partially converted humans, they don't have a lifespan any longer than one would expect for a human. The Yuan-ti tend to value the lives of their Histachii slightly higher than common slaves, because the Histachii are fanatically loyal to their masters.. they don't express this as love, of course, they are just super protective and will willingly sacrifice their own lives to save any Yuan-ti. Broodguards are not intentionally created, per se, they are the result of a failed transformation. Wretchlings are created the same way, they are humanoid, scaly, have snake eyes and fangs, patches of fur and are almost mindless savages, driven by a desire to kill. Tainted Ones are the result of the transformation ritual going as planned. Tainted ones are human agents of the yuan-ti who have willingly undergone a ritual of transformation to make themselves yuan-ti, gaining a venomous bite and slight psionic ability. They retain their human appearance but often develop reptilian mannerisms, such as frequently licking their lips or drawing out sibilant sounds as they speak. They first appeared in Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn.

the anathema apeears in that one too!!

You mean like the Tabaxi and Aasimar? :DYes, I will eventually cover all of the monsters in Volo's guide.

I'm always interested in hearing how people have put monsters to work in their games, feel free to let me know how it went!

+AJ Pickett (The Mighty Gluestick) was thinking of haveing themin a hidden tunnel system under an urban area ploting to take it over through stealth guile and beeding

I just assume they ate all the ratfolk and wererats down there first :D

Many of them have legs

It would be interesting if some of their structures required you to climb smooth sheer walls or simply stretch out fifteen feet to progress to certain areas.

Oh, sorry Sir Kane, this vid was made some time ago, I don't have that info on file.

@@AJPickett No worries brotha! Also thank you again for making that Hellfire Wyrm video I requested last year. I am going to put that into an anime trailer I am working on This season. Also I wanted to know if I could thank you by making your name a pub in the background of one of the scenes of the trailer? If not no worries =)

@@thashadowspawn of course you can ☺️

Also, I would like to know if the Yuan-Ti are capable of breeding, why do they need the black broth?

The black broth is for creating new bloodlines of superior Yuan-ti, I don't think they can create them naturally. Ophidian is the word you are after ( forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Ophidian ) and yeah, not sure what name you are spelling out there for the god that merged with the abyss.

Plus wouldn't breeding with Outsiders and Dragons help their solve their fertility issues?

I think that would be considered as going away from their preferred/worshipped snake-features though.

@@Melina_Evarblume_Seelie I've could have sworn there were mentions of gnoll headed mariliths that served Yeenoghu, could there not have been serpent headed varieties of the outsiders to keep the snake aspect strong m? (maybe not the Lillend) but I'm sure they could have still breed until snake features were the predominant feature and not to mention the caste system they have now would encourage that anyway.

@@Melina_Evarblume_Seelie I just want the snake people to be a dominant world power again 🥲 Bring back the World Serpent!

@@christianrodriguez7534 Maybe they want you to think they aren't a dominant world power but they secretly are. That sounds like a Yuan-Ti move tbf.

A thing to keep in mind is that, unlike Vulcans in Star Trek, who have strong, violent emotions under constant control.. Yuan-ti have no emotions, they don't do evil because they hate, they do it because they don't care about anyone, or anything, other than themselves, and it's not like they are narcissists either, they just do whatever helps them survive, and they will exploit the emotions of others because it is a proven method to control emotional beings. So, is it possible to be a good Yuan-ti? For sure, the process of their transformation and methods of reproduction mean that there is physical mutation all the time, and there is no reason why a Yuan-ti could not be born with emotions, and empathy.. it could well be that they were born from an overlooked clutch of eggs after a Yuan-ti lair was slaughtered by a rival monster group, a band of heroes, or a ritual that went badly wrong (such as a demon summoning) and in that batch of hatchlings, one or two were different.. this was never detected by the Brood Guards and they somehow managed to escape murder by their fellow hatchlings to escape into the wild, perhaps they were raised by a ranger, druid, fey creature, or frontier family, who never knew what race they were, but could see they had a good heart. That being said, I would be sceptical about an Abomination or Malison being born this way, but a Pureblood.. sure, why not?

I'm currently playing a "good" Yuan-ti in a campaign with some friends, and I'm finding it quite enjoyable. Zana is a Yuan-ti bard that was born as a human in Yuanti slave stock and was discovered to have talents useful for spying. She earned her freedom when granted the rank of pureblood. She was converted to a pure blood in a dark ritual that cost her the life of her human friends and family. After witnessing this ritual, she rejected yuan-ti society, and left in self imposed exile. Her cold calculating nature comes out in fights that start to go south. Instead of staying to fight, she will abandon the party, (it's happened twice already). However she does return with help for the abandoned party members. Currently this is had led her to a tight spot because there is no time to get help. Does her master want her to return to society? I'll have to show this episode to my current GM.

@@AJPickett the yuan ti purebloods are not only my favorite but they also remind me a lot of the thin men and the advent speaker from Xcom.

@@AJPickett the yuan ti purebloods also remain me of culebras from dusk till dawn the series in some of their appearances.

They do. Some reptilian species have maternal instincts. Some form monogamous pair bonds.

Sseth is chaotic evil. He would strengthen them, and send them on the war path again. The land would be filled with elite death squads.

In some lore I think alot of the Yuan-ti are moving to worship Zehir since Sseth is failing them. I'm trying to flesh out a campaign where some Yuan-ti and other lizard races are trying to bring back the World Serpent in all its glory.. or at least some of it. Was listening to a breakdown of "against the cult of the reptile god" and wanted to flip it.

They are around

Dinosaur people? There's some, but the one I'm thinking of traveled from another plane/world

I get that reference!!

They absolutely can.

There’s some content by others that talk about the desert kingdoms of the yuan ti. They’re not limited to the black jungle

Crocodiles forming friendships with humans eh? That sounds like a REALLY bad idea.

Thanks Adrian :)

@@AJPickett you are welcome

Most humans are part neanderthal, so..

Heh, thanks mate :)

Same I hate them, just the sociopathic nature (if remember correct) makes me want to drop kick them out of existence

That moment in the game when the smiling merchant slides the blade into the innocent hostage, and then they take the hat of disguise off and you see the same smile, the forked tongue and the snake eyes.. yeah, these guys can be supremely creepy.

I'm not talking about the earth, I am talking about the fictional world of Toril, from the Forgotten Realms Table Top Role Playing Game setting.No offence taken, just wonder why this would be confusing?

His intelligence will win every debate of atheism

Huge dislike for being an ass