Humans in D&D - Forgotten Realms Lore | Part 1

Episode 94 we're tacking Humans in the Forgotten Realms. Well part 1 anyway!

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[Jorphdan]

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[baddonkey]

I read once that a elf-mage can memorize greater 100 page spells in 50 years but a human mage did it in less than a we don't always have tomorrow

[gabrielrussell]

Short version: Callishite: Arabic. Chondathan: Mediterranean. Illuskan: Norse. Tethyran: Western-Europe.

[jasonkiesling]

Forgotten Realms Expert. Everything you need to know right here. Beautifully explained in easy to understand linear style. Really appreciate a great Youtube Channel.

[derekburge]

Yeah, I'm definitely having SG1 show up in my next game. Thanks for the inspiration!

[TenositSergeich]

It should be noted that Calishites' ancestors were brought to Faerûn by their genie lords in -7800 Dale Reconing, and were mostly taken from Zakharan Peninsula. As Zakhara was Enlightened circa 800 DR, it shows that the land always had connection with genies, and that while acknowledging shared descent, Calishites and modern Zakharans would not have all that much in common in terms of culture nowadays, even with shared prolonged genie influence. Cultural posturing seems to be innate to both ethnicities, though.

[ericcloud]

Thank you for uploading these videos, I've been following you since your 5th video, & everything has improved. They are great sources of lore for me and many DMs. Keep it up brotha!

[bebop]

wow your videos are somehow almost always magically relevant to content i'm working on. 10/10 lol TY
I was just thinking up potential human and faerun creation stories. My custom game lore is already a little different.
In my game almost everything came from AO. His original form became that of reality itself. His skin and bones turned into earth & stone, his breath filled all space, Ao's heart became the prime material and from it's veins ran the blood of creation.
Almost all races propagated from this changing aqueous form and were sent to mold to the land. As they spread out to new lands the individuals began inheriting traits from areas they adapted to. Eventually their forms settled like hard clay and they became the different origin races of AO's universe. Humans are late descendants of those that did not mold to any particular land, they are a generic and adaptable race with alot of potential for individual personality .
At least that's the story some folk tell

[HattoReyMono]

- Chondalwood... CORMYR....
*Eyes wide open*
- ...Dalelands and the Moonsea
*Slowly fades*

...Nah, not (fully) true. Great video! I'll use this info for detailling my characters better. Thank you sir

[dannydicheeto]

There's a reason that all liches are assumed human unless told otherwise

[TheRogueCommand]

I choose to think it functions similarly and hilariously like pieces of fiction where multiple pantheons and creations coexist: everyone had the same idea for making people

[agsilverradio]

0:44
That is a distorted map of Earth! :)
Autralia was scaled up, Africa and North America were scaled down

[austinjimenez]

Im new to this whole DnD and I Came looking for ideas to base my human rogue/wizard like character. Being new I know nothing about how my character would come to be but this definitely gave me ideas of how to go about explaining it

[scavone]

Shout out to the Chondalwood! Represent what! what!

[chronorebel_greatgryffon]

Will you make a video specifically about Cormyr ?

[paperbullet]

Maybe cover a few notable heroes from each of these races?

[thepurehealer]

Humans are the coolest =w= we get feats

[nobo]

it's because human have such short lifespans compared to other races that they were able to embrace new ideas faster as each generation die off, and live long enough to build upon it, not because they were genius that could do 10 times more than a elf with the same amount of time at least that would have been a more realistic take in my opinion

[Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

Humans become really focused on one thing, whereas elves live so long that they can afford to be distracted by many things, but as a result never specialize in any particular things. This is why humans become diverse, because they focus intensely on different things knowing that their time is short.

Humans fight wars because when one culture seeks to undermine another culture, either side feels "oppressed", making their lives a waste, having focused on their own one thing and then seeing it disrupted or destroyed. They don't want it to go to waste, so they'll sacrifice themselves and end the lives of others who get in the way. From that comes all the moral foundations that generally drive mankind.

Elves are not as warlike as humans - after all, they live long lives, and so value it more than humans; and even evil elves will avoid direct violence for fear of their own deaths, and tend to prefer long plots. However, they are all vulnerable to sin at an individual level, which can instill in them, even sometimes in the good ones, the desire to manipulate other intelligent species to get what they want. An elf has lived such a long life that they have surely sinned and redeemed themselves many times over. Elves don't place as much value in relationships with shorter lived creatures, but highly prize relationships with their own kind. This leads to the view that they're "racist", which isn't always true, though there is a certain inescapable smugness that is carried with every elf. Elves will engage in family vendettas, as long lives lead to long memories; Evil elves do so enthusiastically as a means to power and influence, and failing that, a kind of consequentialist fanatacism, while Neutral elves will do so begrudgingly out of shame, guilt and loyalty, whereas Good elves will devote significant time to making amends and ensuring peace, only volunteering to fight the inescapable battles that would retain the trust necessary to ensure peace. Most elves desire freedom from social obligation and tend to found communities based on mutual respect and standards that come before any terms of employment or socioeconomic governmental policy.

[KJ-uduf]

Do you have any videos on THE GREAT OLD ONES