What Happens When a Human is Lost in The Far Realm From D&D?

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  @DungeonDad · 2 years ago · pinned

  :_DadDragonPog:Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed all the horror themed monsters we talked about this month. What monsters would you like to see show up on the channel in the future?

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  @dododojo905 · 2 years ago

  Idea based off of your warped humanoid idea: the uvuudaum doesn't see itself as being hostile to the material realm. It got stuck in the Far Realm, learned of how the Far Realm can corrupt other planes, and came back to warn everyone. However, it was too warped already, and it's warning accidentally contained the eldritch corrupting truths that it was trying to avoid in the first place.

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  @disgusted-by-youtube-policy · 2 years ago

  This was my wizard/warlocks patron for years.<br>People with truesight watching him read/write in his spellbook while muttering to himself might see an astral Uvuudaum behind him like a shadow, hands on his shoulders, the spike driven into his head.

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  @Medea112 · 2 years ago

  A fun detail from the Epic Level Handbook for the Uvuudaum:<br><br>Epic Level monsters also have access to epic level feats. One of these feats is Spell Stowaway. This feat allows the feat-holder to be affected by a certain spell if it was cast by someone within 300ft. The idea being that if a wizard cast Haste on themself and someone with Spell Stowaway for the Haste spell was within 300ft, then the feat-holder would also gain the effect of the Haste spell.<br><br>So picture a wizard, seeing their friends driven mad by this creature&apos;s aura of confusion. The ranger just got launched into space. The barbarian has taken so much Wisdom drain they might become an NPC by next round. The cleric is blocked off by a Wall of Force. The wizard knows time is running out and casts Time Stop to try and cast some buffs.<br><br>The Uvuudaum has Spell Stowaway for Time Stop. <br>Time cannot protect you.<br><br>Embrace the madness.

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  @GeraldtheIII · 2 years ago

  Idk why but I love the idea of having a horror game set in the far realms where the party is traveling with an npc who is slowly losing their humanity and turning into a uvudam or even doing that to a player while slowly giving hints as to what is happening.

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  @Nihilix89 · 2 years ago

  You talking about this creature at the beginning as being a robe wearing ex-humanoid made me think...It would be kind of cool if this was the Far Realm Aberration equivalent of a Lich.

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  @BaneOfTheJoestars · 2 years ago

  Just cast a couple spells on a barbarian and they&apos;ll be able to throw you into space as well

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  @Solsamsa · 2 years ago

  The fancy clothing looks like it was tailored to fit it, like it had commissioned it, or bought it from a far realms tailor.

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  @frankly_earnest · 2 years ago

  I feel like there&apos;s a fine line to tread as a DM with Eldritch horror; it&apos;s difficult to maintain the ambience of dread all the way up through the fight with the Eldritch source...but this monster gives a great array of tools to use that help with that.<br><br>Alternatively, if campy horror is your thing, you can use it as a cosmic traveling merchant, or even a Far Realm colosseum gameshow host where the winners get nailed to the sky 😅<br><br>Thanks, DD!

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  @Judgement_Kazzy · 2 years ago

  The teleport into space is very cool and op and all, but going in i really hoped that it just hooked people with its giant claw face and yote them into the sky at escape velocity.

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  @johngleeman8347 · 2 years ago

  I love the uvuudaum and epic spells. Sadly mortals are barred from casting them in the FR (by order of Mystra herself), but of course our spike-headed friend cares not what the goddess of a disgusting orderly reality thinks. XD

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  @mmb17346 · 2 years ago

  Given my experience with this monster, your explanation of them being former humans is really oddly on point. Me personally, I see the clothes and the Uvuudaum really reminds me of Nyartholotep in how it is shaped, one of the most &quot;human&quot; figures in the Lovecraft mythos. <br><br>What did I mean by &quot;oddly&quot; on point? This is the most memorable monster in the game for me. The second to last major encounter in a 7 year campaign happened like this: We were betrayed, surrounded, overwhelmed, and our keep burned. Our barbarian pulled out a flask of something we got in someplace like Carceri, a flask of &quot;Blood of the Ancient Gods,&quot; and drank it, transforming instantly into an Uvuudaum (who our barbarian player got to play). It dominated our ranger, and smoked all the enemies with its aura of confusion while we escaped. A party of 3 17th level characters now, we didnt think we had a chance except that one of those party members was a wizard. We called in a favor with an epic level wizard mentor, who cast some powerful ritual spells while we tried frantically to lock down the area of the approaching monster. We ended up literally glassing an area to get rid of the thing after we trapped it, breathing a big sigh of relief, stopping the far realm incursion and getting our full party back.

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