Dungeons and Dragons Lore: History of Netheril PART TWO

The mighty human empire of Netheril, with the discovery of the Nether Scrolls, saw a great number of very powerful arcanists and archwizards rise to dizzying levels of power, leaving a lasting legacy of spell magic still in wide use to this day.
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[justinbaskall]

The Mad Lad got it out before New Years... *looks down at hat* Im not eating this
Timestamps and Spoilers Below!


0:07 Intro, Become a Member / Patreon Patron
0:36 Overview Parts 1 and 2, (Link below)
1:48 Netheril, Empire of Magic (1996)
3:29 Congenio Ioun
4:34 Ioulam, the Excursion into Extinction, Mythalar
7:44 The First Floating City
8:39 Orc Invasion of Seventon, Gold and Platinum!
9:58 Lights, Running Water, and More Quasi-Magic items
10:56 Expansion into the West and the Illefarn Elves
12:25 Chronomancer and the Beginning of the Golden Age
14:17 Note on the Arch-Mages distrust of Divine Healing
14:47 Robbery of the Nether Scrolls (Link Below), Fall of Sunrest
16:40 Age of Discovery and Chardalyas
17:36 Spelljammer!
19:35 Difference between an Arcanist and a Wizard
23:41 Zwei, First Netherileze Spell Creator, Spell Duration Extension
24:01 Sadebrath, Reincarnation, Control Undead, and Tolodine (Tolodine's Killing Wind)
25:40 Noanar, the Flame Warden, Fireball, Delayed Blast Fireball, Fire Sheild, Wall of Fire
27:09 Trebbe, Basically invented half the divination school + globe of invulnerability
28:38 Vilate, whispering wind, Bind
29:36 Aska the Destroyer, Mending (ironically), Fabricate, Enlarge, Disintigrate, Glassee,
31:36 Lefeber, Minor and Major Creation, Lefebor's Weave Mythal, Contingency
32:26 Chronomancer, Invention Legacy, Reverse Gravity, Time Stop, Temporal Stasis
34:00 Proctiv, Move Mountain, Seal/Breach Crystal Sphere, a lot of the Transmutation School
34:57 Narlevac, Quantoul, Voadkyn Giants
36:27 Fourfinger, Control Weather, Enchant Weapons
37:32 Cragh, Deafness
38:21 Volhm, the Gentle Lady, Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Shocking Grasp,
40:00 Jarm, Mount, Magic Jar, Summon Swarm, Spectral Hands, Legend Lore
41:03 Smolyn and Anglin
42:12 Primidan and Chever
43:46 Keonid (a fair deal of the Enchantment School)
45:18 Dethad, the Death Lich, Clone, Finger of Death, More necromancy
46:53 Prug
47: 33 Dace
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Just a note, that picture at 19:35 is not a graphic, it is an actual picture of AJ translating the old-school spells into modern day 5e context. On top of the recording and finding all those pictures, and the madman did it in like a day or two. If that alone isn't worth a like on the video and maybe a subscription to the channel, idk what is.


Thank you to everyone who participated in the channel challenge to get part 1 of the History of Netheril, we missed the mark by a little bit but AJ was generous enough to give it to us anyways. Plus there is a part 3 planned somewhere down the line. If you want to get that, share this video around, lets get this discussion going.




As promised, the links.

[bitterzombie]

Imagine being one of the last netheril spell jammer ships in operation, returning from space and your empire is just gone

[rastamike]

Thank you for all that you do my friend

[dmstantastic]

Another incredibly enjoyable video! My 4 month old son also enjoys listening to your videos.
I am going to once again humbly request an ecology of Primordials if you would be so kind.

[CreatorCade]

I always loved the idea of making a floating city and if I could I would. However I would secure my little floating island with sturdy chains connected to surrounding mountains just in case it did decide to fall out of the sky.

[codybates]

Master Pickett, I would very much enjoy a part three. Especially considering the possibilities available near the end of Rime of the Frostmaiden. Your videos are always a huge help and the little embellishments help paint wonderful pictures in my head. I would be remiss if we missed out on the final part of the 'greatest' empire of faerun. Thank you for all of your efforts.

[Im-Not-a-Dog]

3:51 Congenio Ione, Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandfather to the Great Sage AJ Pickett.

[scottmcley]

Exploring the desert searching for a crashed Netherese city to retrieve the Mythallar sounds like a fun quest!

[Im-Not-a-Dog]

1 am waffles and Netherese history.
Wonderful.

[siege]

Thumbnail says part three, video says part 2! Heads up aj!!

[michaelmartin]

Fantastic narrative. As a huge fan of Faerun's history and D&D gamer since the 'red box' age (36 years), I love your videos and enthusiasm. Right on right on brother.

[rykadawnreaver]

OH MY GOD YES! Your first video was exactly what I was looking for and I needed so much more! Cheers and Happy New Year AJ!

[iugoeswest]

Wow! I just found your channel tonight..and just finished part 1!

[manarayofhope]

It, s been great year of D&D lore see you next year AJ

[Tovish]

Very interesting stuff! I hope the next one covers Rhaugilath the Ageless and his unique form of lichdom. He and Larloch have long been favorites of mine.

[arminiuschatti]

Thank you! This gives me incredible ideas for my campaign.

[mistrmaniac]

4:20 I'm sorry but you're going to have to reroll that d6.
6:00 Here we see Mel Gibson teaming up with two awakened Hill Giant poops to defend Scotland from the Orcs [as seen in Braveheart].
6:01 That Eagle is so badass, it fights on the ground on the front lines....
15:24 So wealthy and opulent were the Netheril, that they actually bought name brand toilet paper.
17:46 Oh wow, Disney's TaleSpin remake actually looks watchable. I hope Darkwing Duck is next.
20:19 He killed a 40K Space Marine and took his belt buckle!
22:46 The invention of astral heroin didn't cause the downfall of the Netheril empire, but it sure didn't help.
22:56 Leave it to a wizard overcomplicate a basic fart...
24:45 Quite suddenly, he realized that holistic medicine was a bad choice.
24:59 In the 'cooler' enclaves, medical marijuana was widely available.
26:46 Moses, parting the Red Sea to free the Jews.
27:48 The knob who invented the accursed Fushigi Ball.
29:13 Blurring the line between wizard robes and a regular old dress.
32:16 Moon Prism Power, Make Up!
34:22 The capture of a Golden Snitch.
35:01 Looney Tunes head trauma physics.
38:34 That wolf on the right is like "Good God I want to eat that rabbit. Curse you old man!".
43:15 The origin of Lobsterfest.
46:57 The very first non-Asian Dance Dance Revolution champion.
48:51 The secret truth of Dinosaur extinction.
49:24 I take a moment to consider making a post with this many irrelevant timestamps.
49:25 i do it anyway.

[brightglory]

Mr Pickett you are now my reference whenever I pick up a Salvatore novel and have no idea what a "shade" is or something similar.

[derekjoyce]

As you mentioned in your intro, this is indeed one of my favorite things to listen to during my daily commute. I base a lot of the content in my Homebrew campaign on what I learn through this video series. You have truly been a great influence on my work thank you.

[ThatsGuy]

Netheril is an interesting empire as are its archmages. I will stop saying my ancient archmages are OP and now say they are boring. Netheril would have a hard time translating to Loom of Magus in the way of spell levels. In Loom of Magus, all spells above level 9 in power are level 10... the only issue is cost and difficulty. Like the 10th level spell Wish II (aka Gods' Wish, Genie High Wish, Advanced Wish, Break Reality, etc) can do just about anything... it's a negotiation between DM and player. It has the negative side-effects and other costs of Wish (9th level) only the negotiation is what else the player is willing to pay up, going from a mere double negative of Wish to sacrificing his life to having other spellcasters cast Wish or Wish II in the same spellcasting, etc. Also, like other 10th level spells (I use a MP system), more MP's may be required to attain the effect. Generally, wizards cast spells costing 1 MP per spell level. Level 10 spells usually cost 10 MP but they can be higher.