In this week's Monster Lab we go in depth on the ancient aliens known as the aboleth, one of the more underrated of monsters in all of Dungeons and Dragons.
I have gathered the most astounding and insightful from the Candlekeep scholars of the Forgotten Realms, spanning across all six version of D&D.
Living embodiments of eldritch horror, the aboleth offer a level of complex narrative depth rivaled by few other creatures and yet are one of the least studied or understood, well today we fix that!
Its origins and lore of course. But we will also uncover some surprising and well hidden abolethic secrets from past editions of Dungeons and Dragons.
From the birth of gods and the apex of evolution, to the fetid bogs of the nine hells and world domination. The aboleth lore will surprise!
And I am confident most of you - maybe all of you - will learn something new today about the great aboleth!
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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
03:19 Chapter 1 - Thalassophobia
05:23 Chapter 2 - Inspiration
08:16 Chapter 3 - Abolethic View of History
10:16 Chapter 4 - Origination Lore
15:37 Chapter 5 - Alien Anatomy: Overview
18:07 Chapter 6 - Alien Anatomy: Physical
20:54 Chapter 7 - Alien Anatomy: Reproduction
25:21 Chapter 8 - Alien Anatomy: Skin
29:38 Chapter 9 - Alien Anatomy: Communication
34:22 Chapter 10 - A Beautiful Mind
37:55 Chapter 11 - Dispassionate Domination
46:29 Chapter 12 - Aboleth Variant Species
53:57 Chapter 13 - Mind Over Magic
56:13 Chapter 14 - Running An Aboleth
Additional Video Links:
The Blood War - https://youtu.be/TeRribVn4ik
Forgotten Realms History Vol 1 - https://youtu.be/2VLHvCwEEx0
Forgotten Realms History Vol 2 - https://youtu.be/TkBpapZKjTo
Forgotten Realms History Vol 3 - https://youtu.be/YXT5d5Leb2s
Forgotten Realms History Vol 4 - https://youtu.be/1yJRzfXpKOc
Forgotten Realms History Vol 5 - https://youtu.be/XjCGZ85Y_Qw
Nine Hells Vol 1 - https://youtu.be/eaNcM03RU2k
Nine Hells Vol 2 - https://youtu.be/tlScHi98Ik8
Nine Hells Vol 3 - https://youtu.be/WyMROfxGfto
Nine Hells Vol 4 - https://youtu.be/K0FBDo_LT2Q
Nine Hells Vol 5 - https://youtu.be/TFYPopPYXaQ
Nine Hells Vol 6 - https://youtu.be/7wuuEMZsuzk
Nine Hells Vol 6.5 - https://youtu.be/jr4xaqJB5og
Infernal Story Lore: Asmodeus - https://youtu.be/kcZ3Y5eCf8Y
Deities and Demigods: Akadi - https://youtu.be/K2sKD5h0VCE
Dragon Gods: Asgorath - https://youtu.be/2vvXEbDiQMs
Monster Lab: Nupperibo Devil - https://youtu.be/Jipub8fnmpM
Monster Makeover: Zombie Lore - https://youtu.be/hStGQI1zllw
Baldur's Gate 1 Story - https://youtu.be/LCcma-WqyFg
Baldur's Gate Lore - https://youtu.be/gbmbIoS2R50
Baldur's Gate Dead Three - https://youtu.be/ZmEN-2OYV2A
Baldur's Gate Taverns - https://youtu.be/E7hxP19UMGE