Spirit Warrior: The Weird Story Behind D&D's Strangest Monster

The spirit warrior is one of the most unique monsters from D&D history I've ever seen. This creature originally got its start in AD&D 2E with Spelljammer, and ever since has remained one of the strangest monsters ever put to print in D&D. So before I converted it to 5E D&D, this week, I took a deep dive into this fascinating creature's lore, ecology, and publication history to uncover everything, and I mean literally everything, there is to know. Special thanks to Newton Ewell, the creator of the spirit warrior, for agreeing to join us on today's episode! #DungeonsAndDragonsLore #DnD #MonsterLore The D&D 5E stat block for this monster - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q... 2nd Channel:    / @dungeondad2   Join the Dungeon Dad channel to get access to fun emojis and support the community:    / @dungeondad   Patreon -   / dungeondad   Discord -   / discord   Twitter -   / dungeonpapa   Reddit and the monster archive -   / dungeondad   Facebook -   / dungeondad   All graphic design for this channel was done by the talented Akira Arruda. To contact her for graphic design work, check out her website here - www.AkiraArruda.ca Most artwork in this video is provided courtesy of Wizards of the Coast. All other artwork is sourced below. If you own a piece of artwork that appears in this video and you would like it removed, please e-mail me at [email protected] and it will be redacted immediately. Spirit Warrior:   / willpottorffart   Elven Army: https://bopchara.artstation.com/proje... Sunblade elf: https://www.artofmtg.com/art/sunblade... 00:00 - INTRO 01:26 - TITLE CREDITS I GUESS 02:42 - PART 1 // WHAT IS A SPIRIT WARRIOR? 06:30 - PART 2 // FORGING THE WARRIOR 17:58 - PART 3 // A BRIEF TANGENT ABOUT OBSCURE 80'S ANIME & THE ORIGINS OF THE SPIRIT WARRIOR (I THINK) 22:23 - PART 4 // A CHAT WITH NEWTON 30:16 - PART 5 // COMBAT 34:10 - PART 6 // PLOT HOOKS 38:54 - FINAL THOUGHTS // A SURPISE SORT OF 43:03 - NEXT TIME ON DUNGEON DAD