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The 7 Lost Rings of Mhzentul | D&D Artifact
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Күн бұрынEpisode 149, let's talk about the Wizard Mhzentul and his Seven Lost Rings! These magical artifacts were created in the 1300s of Forgotten Realms History. Lost when Mhzentul died, could they find a way into your campaign? Check out Volo's Guide to All Things Magical for more information on these and other artifacts tied to the Forgotten Realms!
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@flynndenby 4 жыл бұрын
Jorfden it is.
@drano9862 4 жыл бұрын
My mind still goes to Jorfden tbh.
@matthiasstaber9216 4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jorfden, great content ❤️
@MrCSeiberlin 3 жыл бұрын
Heh... I've never seen 'Jordan' spelled this way and can't find the variation on any baby name site (I was curious). Either his parents were bad spellers or it really is Jorfdan.;-) If it is a big deal (seems to be since he has that little disclaimer every video) I would legally just change it. Considering it's word origin, in Greek it is Iordanes, Latin Jordanus, Hebrew Yarden,, Arabic Al-Urdunn, Italian Giordano, Jordão in Portuguese, Jordán in Spanish, Jordan in German, Jordaan Dutch, Jourdain in French, etc.... Yeah I'd go with if it was a family name someone just screwed up the spelling because it doesn't seem like anybody every inserted a 'ph' into Jordan. Or it is Jorfdan;-)
@psi9000 3 жыл бұрын
MrCSeiberlin lol, exactly!
@MisterNineEleven 3 жыл бұрын
"THE PH IS SILENT!!!!" Me: Yorf-don
@KeacePeeper 3 жыл бұрын
Yorfdon sounds like the name of a Gnome or Tiefling or so
@jordanlyon9291 4 жыл бұрын
I thought the ph stood for player handbook which is considerably light on lore, and with this being a lore channel it was fitting. But now it's extra unique
@hermeticbear 4 жыл бұрын
I honestly thought your intro was going to be about how the Mh in Mhzentul is silent.
@cinnamoonfang6104 4 жыл бұрын
first 48 seconds made me laugh.
@carastone1897 4 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering who is pissing him off enough to have him yammer on about silent letters in the first place. Like its a simple concept who needs it explained?
@DarkAutumnScribe 4 жыл бұрын
I laughed with the spelling of W-H-A-T...
@dricul 2 жыл бұрын
But why tho? 😄
@cernunnos_lives Жыл бұрын
The silent PH is supposed to be silent and accentuated with a rising in sounding after the D to A sound. It's in many northern Indo European languages and Siberian dialects.
@seoulpeterson432 4 жыл бұрын
IDK why, but I always say Jord-Phan in my head, despite knowing it's Jordan.
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
everyone does!
@billberndtson 4 жыл бұрын
Jorphdan, that was hilarious. Well, you can't give anyone a hard time pronouncing "sherbet" as "sherbert" because if your name can have silent letters why not invisible ones? This very example was pointed out to me in reference to my last name when I was being pedantic. :)
@khingzluv 4 жыл бұрын
"if the ph wasn't silent my name would be JorFdan" impeccable logics sir.
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
I had to spell it out for the people ;)
@matthewford4617 4 жыл бұрын
Find the Path is a spell in 5th edition as well, its 6th level
@ns0557212 4 жыл бұрын
This was the best intro of ALL TIME!!!
@cinnamoonfang6104 4 жыл бұрын
Can you make a video about Xanathar? I heard that many beholders actually assumed the name Xanathar. I'd like to hear more.
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
I talk about him in my Undermountain video! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpyoibilt6jJfYU.html
@cinnamoonfang6104 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan I think its more like you mentioned him rather than talking about him. I'm quite sure there's more to Xanathar's than that, and what's the deal with the goldfish, what the thieves' guild has accomplished, ect.
@paulcoy9060 4 жыл бұрын
(Jorf) "Whisper is a cool name." (me 3 years ago) "I gonna name my Tiefling Warlock, 'Whispers Of Ash'."
@fairytalejediftj7041 4 жыл бұрын
It's actually pronounced Mul. The H, Z, E, N, T are silent.
@alecwelker4353 2 жыл бұрын
Admit, the ph is in your name because your parents are pranksters and knew you would have to explain it forever and they found that idea hilarious 😂😂
@gelbadayah.sneach579 4 жыл бұрын
Magic items lying in piles, unused by their owners? Nah. I always liked to determine treasure ahead of time and have that gnoll draw a flame tongue as combat begins. It really spices up the battle!
@Jam-Beat 4 жыл бұрын
Gelbadaya Sneech I mean yes, but NO.
@tb4495 4 жыл бұрын
I LOVED YOUR OPENING!!! One of the BEST opening EVER! Clever, entertaining, creative..... THANK YOU! Anyone else agree?
@englishpride2406 4 жыл бұрын
At 2:35, that cat side-quest poster was funny. 😄
@SGashesNetwork 4 жыл бұрын
I’m really glad you remind me about the silent ph, I honestly forget all the time🤷🏻♀️
@flamebrindger3984 4 жыл бұрын
The silent PH will always bug me, but I'll still enjoy your videos. 😂
@psi9000 3 жыл бұрын
Sunkensees agreed
@jscorprew 4 жыл бұрын
And now I have the starting point for coming up with the next campaign. Thank you!
@Pandaemoni 8 ай бұрын
I forgot all about about Flamsterd's Flamestrike, which, as a kid, I misread and thought was "Flameterd's Flamestrike."
@raymondnichols4564 4 жыл бұрын
I always thought the PH was silent because the Player’s Handbook didn’t have the lore from you were presenting.
@xpgaines 4 жыл бұрын
Hi, my name is THOMAS. The “h” is silent.
@horizonkage 4 жыл бұрын
I insist on pronouncing the H. Were would we be witout tem?
@AlVainactual 4 жыл бұрын
If you were Greek it wouldn't be. :P
@skaterjoe1669 3 жыл бұрын
my names Hruaia. no oh the letters are silent.
@RIVERSRPGChannel 4 жыл бұрын
Nice history lesson and good information This can be used to start a whole campaign.
@waldorf66 10 ай бұрын
The intro section felt like a Vsauce video :D Also great content as always
@Jorphdan 10 ай бұрын
steal like an artist 😅
@frederickgleicher1385 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jorphdan ! I love your videos since they seem to be an excellent way of catching up on the Forgotten Realms since last I played. Have you thought about doing a video about the Pools of Radiance? How about the city of Phlan ?
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
Pool of Radiance was a game yeah? Maybe, haven't thought about it nor have I played it. City of Phlan!? I'll add it to my list thanks!
@frederickgleicher1385 4 жыл бұрын
It was, and I am a little confused here. I thought the Pools of Radiance were apart of the Forgotten Realms canon, but I can find little reference to it.
@little-wytch 6 ай бұрын
There was actually an alternative alphabet designed for English, called Shavian, that fixes issues like silent letters lol. Just thought you might be interested in that. Great vid :)
@gcampoverde Жыл бұрын
Oh, my, that intro totally killed me, hahahaha
@greenguy369 Жыл бұрын
For future peoples, since his opening was so snarky and unhelpful: the "PH" was his attempt to stand out on the internet/an inside joke with his real life friends. It is not the legal spelling of his name. He spoke about this on the live stream. You can go watch them all to find it.
@unbreakablelag 4 жыл бұрын
I once convinced a group of children that there were 26 silent q’s in front of every word in the English language, and people just didn’t use them because it would take too much time.
@osirisgem 4 жыл бұрын
You know that when i first started watching you there were a few times when you didn't say the opening blurb about the ph and I think I made some comment about it every time. So when I saw this, it was magical.
@IndorilNerevar-MoonandStar 4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that intro caused me to ascend to a higher state of consciousness.
@takarahayashi4124 3 жыл бұрын
if you parents didn't want you to be called Jorfden, they'd spell your name Jordan.
@psi9000 3 жыл бұрын
Takara Hayashi agreed
@simpleevan3583 3 жыл бұрын
Jorf dan sounds like a cool viking name for a skald
@lowenergyvideos4658 4 жыл бұрын
I thought this was turning into a ep of Vsauce there for a second but I got a PSA and then some geek stuff, not too shabby Jorf!
@SoaresPatrick Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I'm not alone.
@johnjones6115 4 жыл бұрын
My hypothesis was that you have your PHD and thought it would be neat to put it in your name, which it would be.
@grinskopf34122 4 жыл бұрын
I think it is a PhD in a field which doesn't give him a job, so he can't apply his expertise...which is why his PhD is silent.
@misomiso8228 4 жыл бұрын
Commenting here on the last Saturday Morning DnD Show - really liked the last podast particularly discussion on the DnD live event. I think WotC are right to try and bring more people in; it's right that they have a 'Marketing' event, but I think it's also important to give back to the community. Would be better maybe to have a kind of 'DnD Con' with invites to community members, as then WotC can have their community event AND still be able to have their 'reach out' moments.
@Wakeuptired 4 жыл бұрын
Hello Jorfden
@kylecaraway8662 2 жыл бұрын
Now your name will forever be Jorfden the lore master. Lol
@Notsidgaming 4 жыл бұрын
Such a great video. For grammar and for dnd. I love learning of these magical artifacts. The shroud of mystery is so interesting.
@jokerswild469 4 жыл бұрын
I paused the video after that into for about 5 minutes to contemplate life
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
it's heavy man...
@tb4495 4 жыл бұрын
I did the same thing!
@darthludicrous99 4 жыл бұрын
Well don't contemplate for too long because the longer the Icon of Sin stays on Earth, the stronger it becomes!
@honestgoblinproductions5663 3 жыл бұрын
my next D&D character will now be Jorfdan
@cypher9r 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jorfden!
@CobaltBlueMask 3 жыл бұрын
That’s the most badass description of your name, period flat I’ve ever heard. Well done mate. 👍
@andreguia1731 Жыл бұрын
we have seen this in GoT with "Ser (Sir)" and "Maester (Master or Magister)" - words changed a little so it sound "fantasyisty" (eek!) but still similar enough that we understand what they mean when we read it
@NoZignature 4 жыл бұрын
I thought he had like a phd and wanted to flex it but "subtly"
@dilsoncamacho4100 4 жыл бұрын
ORRRR we call call you Jorp ! Or even Jorph (Jorf), for short !
@Rob-147 5 ай бұрын
Great video jorf!
@johnstuartkeller5244 4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful opening. Made my day.
@FoxItAll 3 ай бұрын
Alright then.... IT'S JORPHDAN TIME!! TARRASQUE-A-SAURAS!!
@ericboyd5348 2 жыл бұрын
Nice summary!
@Eric-kb2xt 4 жыл бұрын
I thought the PH was silent to make a pun for PHD
@craigtucker1290 4 жыл бұрын
None of Mhzentul's rings, nor his spellbook, are artifacts which is why these items were not presented in the artifact section of Volo's Guide to all Things Magical. They are unique magical rings and a unique spellbook, nothing more. It would be difficult to bring them into a later edition of the game since each edition has steadily lost the richness and diversity of spells that these rings contained. At best one could create an altered simulacrum that really only shares the rings name rather than the abilities of the original rings and concepts, though I suspect one could get close with a few of the rings. The current edition does not resemble or function like the edition these rings were borne from, nor does it have the diversity. This makes it difficult to import some of the earlier edition magical items.
@upsidely 4 жыл бұрын
And if all that crafting were done in 5e, he'd have had to have started as a small child and worked non-stop the rest of his life to craft like half of those rings XD
@Aven410 4 жыл бұрын
As the comedian Eddie Izzard said "I say HERBS and not 'ERBS, why? Because there's a Fu$%!# "H" in it!"
@StevenMichaelCunningham 4 жыл бұрын
...........I have twenty appendages......twenty....*smiles knowingly*
@Zaknyfein 3 жыл бұрын
All you NEED to to is say my name is Jordan...That's all you have to do and we understand.
@user-qy8kk8yx4q 4 жыл бұрын
Wait a minute, you can find a ring like this in bg 1, right? I may be confused, but it seems to be one of them.
@user-bl5xe3ch4n 4 ай бұрын
Thank you
@TheShadowwalker007 2 жыл бұрын
But where did the “PH” come from or was just created for the first time in this use case?
@scottcampbell9515 4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was because you had a PHD. JorPHDan. *shrugs*
@specs6637 4 жыл бұрын
So I’m gonna he suing these in my next campaign
@coreyburton8 4 жыл бұрын
I thought it was some kind of chemistry joke about acid /bases
@cliffhanger94 4 жыл бұрын
My name is Voldemort. My whole name is silent.
@tj1993rx7 3 жыл бұрын
I was always curious is that PH was a birth name or added later like many young people do to differentiate themselves. Regardless the videos are always entertaining! Thanks for posting another interesting video.
@jrwise100 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid!
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@cassandramuller7337 4 жыл бұрын
The beginning is so funny to me. Many of the "silent letters" you mention aren't silent in German :P
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
Germany is leaps ahead of the United States ;)
@cassandramuller7337 4 жыл бұрын
@@Jorphdan Or behind. English once pronounced all these letters but stopped progressively during the Middle to Early Modern English period. In that sense we're probably behind but that does not necessarily have to be a bad thing :D
@AJPickett 4 жыл бұрын
Seriously considering naming a kitten whisper.
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a solid kitten name :D
@vengeful_lowky653 4 жыл бұрын
I honestly thought it was just a cultural thing, i got a friend named john but its spelled jahn, and my kids named Alrik but its pronounced Allrik. just figured it was a cultural/regional way of its spelling.We learn something new every day (if its a good day) :)
@michaelwalsh6276 4 жыл бұрын
Wait. Why is there a ph in the first place?
@pwftalkspodcast 4 жыл бұрын
The ph doesn't have to be silent. The j can be almost a y sound, if you go a Viking route with it. Lol.
@wanderdragon1075 4 жыл бұрын
But why is there a ph?
@Teekayhuey_TK 4 жыл бұрын
Jorphdan why would your parents do such a thing? Creating conversations of misunderstanding about the sound of your name. Imagine you in kinder garden telling the teacher how your name is writen for you get it right and being disregarded as wrong and laughed at in class.
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
kids can be so cruel
@Kazini_ 3 жыл бұрын
The ring of night.. gives night vision.
@thomasgoldthorpe1158 4 жыл бұрын
The name Jordan already exists though. You can't arbitrarily add letters to words that already exist and then complain that people say it wrong. If your parents did this to you they stitched you up.
@jamesallen7395 4 жыл бұрын
Oooookay I have some new campaign ideas!
@jamesmiles6484 4 жыл бұрын
P.H.D. in esoteric D&D lore. #MysterySolved.
@haroldsandahl6408 4 жыл бұрын
Misunderstood. It's Jorphdan with the Jordan silent, right?
@Ulrican414 3 жыл бұрын
Oh Yorfdon you silly you.
@ABeccaTag 2 жыл бұрын
Okay like I understand why the ph is silent what I don't understand is why who named you didn't spell it Jordan (as is the only spelling I've seen before you)...so you could get a keychain or something...
@savannahbrewer6161 4 жыл бұрын
any chance of a lore video on Icewind dale and the ten towns?
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
This is in the immediate future! Working on a few videos about the frozen north :D
@Bracus_Jawn 3 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know the source for the image at 5:16? I just thought it was really cool and i cant find it anywhere else
@Backup_Dice 4 жыл бұрын
Well I just got 5d10,000 ideas for my campaign. Thanks!!!
@AryadiSubagio 4 жыл бұрын
after that intro, I really thought the mh in Mhzentul is silent
@colinsmith1495 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome little tidbit of history there. I'd love to see it brought into a modern game. Too bad I'm playing Pathfinder right now.
@nightsky2165 4 жыл бұрын
Just starting your series, its gonna be a long road ahead
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
Welcome! Have fun! I'd recommend the playlists, they put the lore in a good order.
@beyonder5769 3 жыл бұрын
Do you have any info on the holy Avenger
@dnemc5794 4 жыл бұрын
as a non-native speaker, when i was younger i was told my name is pronounced a-arrow. like a-aron. good thing i know more english than they do. haha.
@Natsirt666 4 жыл бұрын
that intro though, lmao
@ichisichify 2 жыл бұрын
>the 2e art doesn't show how amazing these rings are iunno man i prefer it when magic items look fairly plain
@tristencovarrubias4950 4 жыл бұрын
So, you don’t have a PhD Jorphdan??
@dsillajr 3 жыл бұрын
Hey all I am saying is if there aint no body, then there aint no body dead. #MhzentulLives A guy can have hopes right???
@NinjaDeviant 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, if you're of nordic descent it could be pronounced as (Yourfdan) since it seems like J's often get pronounced as Y's
@sanctobellum290 4 жыл бұрын
But what if the mh is silent in mhzentul
@ryanlaurie8733 4 жыл бұрын
My question isn't why it's silent but why it's there. Your parents must have secretly wanted to drive people mad.
@gaslited 4 жыл бұрын
You are better than every other lore KZfaqr
@Tosolo-dh2co 4 жыл бұрын
And I always thought he said "The PH assailant"
@DrFranklynAnderson 4 жыл бұрын
Virgin KZfaq viewers: Jorfdan Me, a KZfaq chad: Jorp-h’dan
@Jorphdan 4 жыл бұрын
That's my Dune name.
@LifeEnemy Жыл бұрын
Up vote for the intro haha! I always wonder :p