 Howdy how's it going? My name's Davy Chappy and no, this isn't a re-upload. I just haven't made a lizard folk guide before, despite our collective unconscious believing it otherwise. What I have done in the past is talk about the lizard folk briefly in my guide to Volo's Guide to Monsters. But the reaction to do an entire video on the lizard people, and also the Kenku, but come on people, they're talking birds. That is their lore. Has pushed me to expanding my thoughts on the Scalies into a full-fledged lore guide. So, as always, keep in mind that a lot of this is just my opinion. So, if you feel like it's actually a good thing that lizard people run the country, feel free to run your games however you want. And real quick, I'd like to give a shout-out to my new patrons this month. Trevor Weirgau, Zalamancer, Thur, JT, Stevens, Nick, Tyler Gorzelski, Eric Schaefer, Cameron, Jared2312! Thank you so much for pledging to my Patreon. While lizard folk may not have any feelings in their cold, dead hearts, you can be assured that I have all the feelings for you. But with that out of the way, let's begin. So, lizard folk are the reptilian species of tribal seclusionists that want nothing to do with the rest of the world, and yet everybody still keeps trying to make fan art of them. The life of a lizard folk is one of total swampitude. As to evade the lustful eye of deviant art, they've parked their lizard societies inside of remote and desolate places like swamps, forests, and the Catholic Church's HR department. It's all lizard men there. And they do their best to ignore the rest of the world, and only focus on their own survival. Lucky for them, lizard folk are fans of Gloria Gaynor, and they will survive. Being part crocodile, the lizards have a very impressive biting jaw, and also like a crocodile, they're high deflex bullets. Coupled with the evolutionary knowledge that stick plus pointy equals spear, a single lizard folk can be coming out of its shell and it'll be doing just fine. And this makes them a completely self-sufficient society that really does not care about whether or not cannibalism is appropriate for the general audience. And this is just partly due to the fact that lizard folk are cold-blooded reptiles that can't really process emotion the same way that humans do. To a lizard folk, things don't hold sentimental value. It's either a thing that works or a thing that doesn't. A person is violent and you should react accordingly, or it is nonviolent and you should appreciate the simplicity. Either by leaving it alone or eating that person. This means that outsiders interacting with lizard folk will get the same crocodile smile for the entire time that they're there, and they'll never know whether that's meant to be a good thing or a bad thing. To a lizard folk, you're just a thing, and honestly, you might be an edible thing, so don't stick around too long. Luckily for lizard folk, this lack of emotion tends to really help them in the mode of survival. Some lizard folk might be walking down a marshy trail when all of a sudden, oh my god, a frog chemist! Meh, a lizard folk doesn't care. It just registers that this is a dangerous threat, but lizard folk were born to no-no fear. If the lizard folk loses a leg in the fight, it'll register that this is a major inconvenience and that its dancing career is over, but it won't be upset so much as just disgruntled. The only thing that lizard folk seem to actually care about is dragons, as they see them as the leaders of the scaly hierarchy and they treat them as such. Much like Olimar whistling at a pack of nearby Pikmin, a dragon that stumbles into a nest of lizard folk has just acquired an accidental army of devout worshippers that will heed that dragon's beck and call because, well, there actually isn't a reason. Lizard folk just consider dragons to be both superior and also close enough on the fur affinity search index that they may as well just be friends because why not? It is worth noting that the language that the lizard folk use is draconic, implying that the dragons have helped their species grow and now the lizard folk are paying it back by being literal slaves, but as a 5e, that lore just doesn't really exist anywhere. What it does mean, though, is that you can usually tell if a dragon is in the area based off of whether or not the lizard folk actually acknowledge your presence. Like I said before, lizard folk are extremely territorial by nature, but they're not violent out and out, so if you run into a group of lizard folk that want to invite you in for a pot of crocodile gumbo, there's a chance that it's not a trap and that they're just being positively influenced by a dragon, but if those lizard folk instead decide to attack you right on site, then hold on to your ass, cheeks, because that's a bad dragon. Beyond that, the lizard folk don't really play a part in the history of the world, spending their lives being born, wandering around for a while as little sociopathic children, which is to say children, and then growing into one of three positions within the clan. The first position is where the vast majority of lizard folk end up, so it doesn't get a name, you're just a lizard folk. Your job is to ensure the survival of the clan by hunting, foraging, crafting, and fighting for the survival of your people. There are no specialties in lizard folk culture. Everybody has to be good at everything or else you suck at being a lizard, and that makes everyone equal in the eyes of the clan. But if you want to be more equal than everybody else, then you have the option to go the route of the shaman. A role that confuses me, because lizard folk are supposed to be purely analytically minded, so why the hell do they have religion? Although, I guess that sort of makes sense when magic and gods 100% for real exist, so it's worth picking up theology as a survival tool. In any case, these shamans ensure that the tribe follows the xenophobic ways of the lizard folk god Semuanya, who blesses them with knowledge of crafting, hunting, and seasoning people who wander too close to home. If Semuanya finds their worshiping to be worth Gordon Ramsay's seal of approval, then they might boop one of a clan's little lizard babies before it hatches out of his shell, granting it the powers of a super lizard and ensuring its rise as the king or queen of a tribe. But shamans need to be careful, for if they are unfaithful in their shamanistic ways, they might hear the call of Cess Enoch, the evil lizard folk god, that heard that lizard folk are easy to enslave and wanted to get in on that action. When Cess Enoch takes over a village, they send down a prophetic envoy by way of booping their own little lizard baby, and while that child will carry the same strength and power as one touched by Semuanya, it will soon prove to be wicked at heart, and it will spiral the clan down a dark path of raids and general bad vibes for which the lizard folk are so often stereotyped. And it's that stereotype that keeps the rest of the world and arms length away from anywhere that the lizard folk have decided to set up shop. Most races want nothing to do with the lizard folk, and considering that the crocodiles can only be found in the remote alleys of Skype messaging systems, they're not inclined to change that view. The only time that humans, elves, dwarves, and all the other fantasy races of the world ever interact with the lizard folk are when they are either forced to, either because the scalies park their home in the elves backyard, or because the local farmer can't go out and collect his beets without getting attacked by a Spider-Man villain. In either case, the usual response is pretty straightforward. Kill them all and let God sort them out. But if that particular society isn't a bunch of stab-happy murder hobos, it is possible for them to find another option. Lizard folk aren't bad by nature. It's their analytical minds that mean that, yeah, they are likely to see a person wandering into their swamp and think, ooh, food, but when they're faced with an opposing threat that can either wipe out the whole clan or just be enough of a problem that staying there is unfeasible, the next logical conclusion is to seek peace with the angry peasants, either by agreeing on clearly marked borders that neither side will cross, or even deciding to go as far as to be friends and trade goods. This, honestly, is the best outcome that you could have with the lizard folk. Since lizard folk fight for their clan, and if they consider you an ally of their clan, then they'll fight for you, too. And there is nothing better than having a friend that considers you an absolute snack. But then I'm about to do it. I hope you enjoyed this video. 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