Netheril - The Most Powerful Civilization in Dungeons & Dragons - D&D Timeline

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[GeekftheWeek]

Karsus Folly better known as eff around and find out. A maneuver so fantastically short sighted that mages of the realm still measure catastrophic stupidity by units of Karsus.

[ribtickles]

FINALLY IVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN RUNNING A CAMPAIGN BASED AROUND NETHERIL THIS IS PERFECT!!!

[gawayne]

This series is why I've made High Archivist Rhexxus an NPC in my world

[michaelkimberling]

28:59 I played in a game once where a large southern desert was the direct result of a god of death being born there it used to be a fertile plains and forests. If blood was spilled on its sands there was a chance of undead pulling themselves out of the sand below to attack you.

[justnoob]

Elf: That magic is too dangerous and powerful!
Human: dibs

[zomagewow]

Given how all the deserts on Toril are magical scars, special mention should be made of the Dark Sun setting, where the life-draining magic turned the entire world of Athas into a barren wasteland. Perhaps Toril would've suffered the same fate if all the destructive magic usage was kept unchecked.

[Pharoah]

Not killed. Entombed. Legend has it the goddess cursed Karsus to be aware all this time. To witness his folly, to think of what he did wrong and to watch his world crumble as he watched on in helplessness

[helixxharpell]

I absolutely love all these younger DMs out there getting excited about Netheril. Wish Ed could read all these posts. 😊
My campaign back in the early 90s was entirely based on Netheril but started in 1371DR. Now that I'm DMing again my new "younger players" are getting to run thru the 2nd plotline I built 30 yrs ago. Starting again back in 1371.
Sorry, just feeling nostalgic tonight.
Thanks Mr Rhexx for posting this video. Excellent research you've done here. I tip my arcanist hat to you!

[omargerardolunamorales]

You should do one of Greyhawk too, the first setting of D&D and it was created by Gary Gygax himself, mostly I tell because some of the most legendary villains come from there, Acererak, Vecna, Iggwilv, Tharizdun, and most of all this villains became multiversal in all Dungeons and Dragons Multiverse, sort of like the Dragon Gods that are appearently the most present Gods in all of the Settings.

[ARandoDude]

Played a game where i was a necromancer from netheril popping into dnd 5e time line. being trapped in a coffin as a re-born (Failed complete ressurection). for some 2-3 thousand years reduced from 20 to lvl 3 with a new magic system. playing an old skeleton guy from a few thousand years was a hell of a fun time. still my most favourite character to play by far.

[HumanoidCableDreads]

The Terraseer is mentioned again in the history of Forgotten Realms, his name is Arthindoland and he led a city called Oreme. This is all mentioned in "Serpent Kingdoms".

[Kormelev]

So happy the Sharn get some spot light in a D&D video. Considering they did in 600 years what the Netherese couldn't do with all their magic; it is a wonder the world hasn't changed more due to Sharn.

If you want a game mechanic understanding of what the sharn are capable of; the 3rd edition version listed them as a base CR6 or so but stressed that this was more like a template. All sharn had levels in arcane and divine spell casting. They had a racial trait where if a sharn got 1 level of an arcane class, then they automatically got 1 level in a divine class. Their ability to reach though portals at will for touch attacks or aim spells at awkward angles isn't to be underestimated either.

[sean]

Great vid so far, makes Forgotten Realms lore so much more approachable

[daniell]

Netheril is pretty essential to setting up the world of Faerun. I think they are inspired by the Roman Empire, with the rags to riches story and of course the dramatic fall. I didn't know the full story on Ioun becoming an undead Elder Brain essentially, that is pretty interesting. He is like a distillation of all the worst traits of Netheril: pride, a desire to avoid death, and supremely self-interested. Even with the Terraseer forewarning the Netherese, their fall couldn't be avoided.

[onlycorndog]

TLDW: Netheril was powerful until some arrogant prick used magic to crash the universe's OS. It's okay though because Mystra turned magic off and on again and that did the trick.

[fullmetalaltergeist]

Funnily enough, this uploaded just after I had finally finished watching through most of your D&D lore playlist... guess I'm not quite done yet!

[tebbix]

After playing BG3 and getting involved in the D&D world for the first time these videos are truly amazing and I’m so invested in the Forgotten Realms lore❤

[YeaItsMeMatt]

Damn you crushed that reading of the gnome child. Really tugged at the heart strings... 🥺

[pepperino-hotterino]

I did know that Ioulaum was still alive as an Elder brain, but i think i totally underrated his power.

[bradreed]

22:43

When one person on the Wi-Fi decides to download a huge game and it slows everything else down.