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	They were subsequently updated for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] as monsters in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix, made a 3rd edition debut as a template (and thus a playable race) in [[Dragon Magazine]] #339's [[Creature Catalog]], and had their penultimate appearance as monsters in 4th edition's Monster Manual 3. Most recently, they've shown up in 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes".		They were subsequently updated for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] as monsters in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix, made a 3rd edition debut as a template (and thus a playable race) in [[Dragon Magazine]] #339's [[Creature Catalog]], and had their penultimate appearance as monsters in 4th edition's Monster Manual 3. Most recently, they've shown up in 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes".

	The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.		The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are ''not'' vrocks; they are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.

	More variable details that are harder to pin down relate to how the curse works. For example, Top Ballista implies that nagpas can reproduce, whilst in other sources, they're described as sterile. The nagpas of the Vulture Peninsula are known to be cursed with immortality, incapable of dying from old age and reincarnating when slain through violence, and the nagpas of 4th edition share this trait, but other nagpas don't have this ability mentioned. The AD&D and 3e nagpas suffer from wanderlust and can sense whenever anyone within 100 miles is talking about them, but this isn't present in the Basic and 4e versions. The 4th edition version has a seemingly unique curse in that [[Slaanesh\|they crave wealth and bodily comforts, but can never sate those cravings]].		More variable details that are harder to pin down relate to how the curse works. For example, Top Ballista implies that nagpas can reproduce, whilst in other sources, they're described as sterile. The nagpas of the Vulture Peninsula are known to be cursed with immortality, incapable of dying from old age and reincarnating when slain through violence, and the nagpas of 4th edition share this trait, but other nagpas don't have this ability mentioned. The AD&D and 3e nagpas suffer from wanderlust and can sense whenever anyone within 100 miles is talking about them, but this isn't present in the Basic and 4e versions. The 4th edition version has a seemingly unique curse in that [[Slaanesh\|they crave wealth and bodily comforts, but can never sate those cravings]].
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	Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. Still, some things remains solid.		Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. Still, some things remains solid.

	All nagpas are cursed, and ~~all of them~~ hate this curse intensely. As a result, they are drawn to a lifestyle of nomadic wandering, searching for obscure for magical lore of all kinds in order to one day find the powerful magic - a Wish or greater magic - that can restore them to their original forms. They're extremely antisocial, and tend to be cynical and selfish, but most would rather avoid picking fights: even if they will come back afterwards, the disruption to their search often isn't worth it. The one exception is if they think someone has figured out their ancient secrets - nagpas are deeply ashamed of their state, and want to ensure that '''nobody''' ever finds out their origins. Even the nicest of nagpas, which admittedly isn't saying much, will resort to murder in order to cover up the truth about where they came from.		All nagpas know they are cursed, and hate this curse intensely. As a result, they are drawn to a lifestyle of nomadic wandering, searching for obscure for magical lore of all kinds in order to one day find the powerful magic - a Wish or greater magic - that can restore them to their original forms. They're extremely antisocial, and tend to be cynical and selfish, but most would rather avoid picking fights: even if they will come back afterwards, the disruption to their search often isn't worth it. The one exception is if they think someone has figured out their ancient secrets - nagpas are deeply ashamed of their state, and want to ensure that '''nobody''' ever finds out their origins. Even the nicest of nagpas, which admittedly isn't saying much, will resort to murder in order to cover up the truth about where they came from.

	In addition to their spellcasting abilities - nagpas don't lose any of their magic when transformed - they traditionally gain various magical abilities.		In addition to their spellcasting abilities - nagpas don't lose any of their magic when transformed - they traditionally gain various magical abilities.

1d4chan>Kirbanzo at 19:31, 25 February 2022

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	The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.		The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.

	More variable details that are harder to pin down relate to how the curse works. For example, Top Ballista implies that nagpas can reproduce, whilst in other sources, they're described as sterile. The nagpas of the Vulture Peninsula are known to be cursed with immortality, incapable of dying from old age and reincarnating when slain through violence, and the nagpas of 4th edition share this trait, but other nagpas don't have this ability mentioned. The AD&D and 3e nagpas suffer from wanderlust and can sense whenever anyone within 100 miles is talking about them, but this isn't present in the Basic and 4e versions. The 4th edition version has a seemingly unique curse in that they crave wealth and bodily comforts, but can never sate those cravings.		More variable details that are harder to pin down relate to how the curse works. For example, Top Ballista implies that nagpas can reproduce, whilst in other sources, they're described as sterile. The nagpas of the Vulture Peninsula are known to be cursed with immortality, incapable of dying from old age and reincarnating when slain through violence, and the nagpas of 4th edition share this trait, but other nagpas don't have this ability mentioned. The AD&D and 3e nagpas suffer from wanderlust and can sense whenever anyone within 100 miles is talking about them, but this isn't present in the Basic and 4e versions. The 4th edition version has a seemingly unique curse in that [[Slaanesh\|they crave wealth and bodily comforts, but can never sate those cravings]].

	Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. Still, some things remains solid.		Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. Still, some things remains solid.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 01:53, 18 January 2022

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	'''Nagpas''' are an ancient and yet obscure race of cursed humanoids native to [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They resemble flightless humanoid vultures, having the heads of man-sized vultures atop withered, skeletal frames covered in shriveled, parchment-like skin, with claw-like fingers and toes, and with a very distinctive and unpleasant smell, likened either to "bird droppings, mustiness, dust, and old chemicals left on a wizard’s shelf too long", or else "dust, bird droppings, and spoiled milk".		'''Nagpas''' are an ancient and yet obscure race of cursed humanoids native to [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They resemble flightless humanoid vultures, having the heads of man-sized vultures atop withered, skeletal frames covered in shriveled, parchment-like skin, with claw-like fingers and toes, and with a very distinctive and unpleasant smell, likened either to "bird droppings, mustiness, dust, and old chemicals left on a wizard’s shelf too long", or else "dust, bird droppings, and spoiled milk".

	Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.		Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film ''[[The Dark Crystal]]'' is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.

	That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a [[Tabi]], a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute. And [[Frank Mentzer]] likely knew it, embargoing both the nagpa and the tabi from the [[Companion Set]] which he won't do for the [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] [[malfera]].		That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a [[Tabi]], a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute. And [[Frank Mentzer]] likely knew it, embargoing both the nagpa and the tabi from the [[Companion Set]] which he won't do for the [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] [[malfera]].

1d4chan>Zimriel: technically malfera, as from a dream dimension, might belong to that less-famed segment of HPL's oeuvre

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technically malfera, as from a dream dimension, might belong to that less-famed segment of HPL's oeuvre

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	Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.		Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.

	That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a [[Tabi]], a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute. And [[Frank Mentzer]] likely knew it, embargoing both the nagpa and the tabi from the [[Companion Set]] which he won't do for the ~~Cthulhoid~~ [[malfera]].		That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a [[Tabi]], a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute. And [[Frank Mentzer]] likely knew it, embargoing both the nagpa and the tabi from the [[Companion Set]] which he won't do for the [[H.P. Lovecraft\|Lovecraftian]] [[malfera]].

	After their debut, nagpas went on to appear in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.		After their debut, nagpas went on to appear in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 04:29, 12 September 2021

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	Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.		Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.

	That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a Tabi, a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute.		That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a [[Tabi]], a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute. And [[Frank Mentzer]] likely knew it, embargoing both the nagpa and the tabi from the [[Companion Set]] which he won't do for the Cthulhoid [[malfera]].

	After their debut, nagpas went on to appear in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.		After their debut, nagpas went on to appear in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.

1d4chan>Zimriel at 04:27, 12 September 2021

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	'''Nagpas''' are an ancient and yet obscure race of cursed humanoids native to [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They resemble flightless humanoid vultures, having the heads of man-sized vultures atop withered, skeletal frames covered in shriveled, parchment-like skin, with claw-like fingers and toes, and with a very distinctive and unpleasant smell, likened either to "bird droppings, mustiness, dust, and old chemicals left on a wizard’s shelf too long", or else "dust, bird droppings, and spoiled milk".		'''Nagpas''' are an ancient and yet obscure race of cursed humanoids native to [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They resemble flightless humanoid vultures, having the heads of man-sized vultures atop withered, skeletal frames covered in shriveled, parchment-like skin, with claw-like fingers and toes, and with a very distinctive and unpleasant smell, likened either to "bird droppings, mustiness, dust, and old chemicals left on a wizard’s shelf too long", or else "dust, bird droppings, and spoiled milk".

	Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in ~~the~~ D&D Expert module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.		Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in Zeb Cook's [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons\|D&D Expert]] module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.

	That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a Tabi, a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill.		That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a Tabi, a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill. In the Expert line, marketed to ten-year-olds, officially there weren't demons (yet); but [[Tom Moldvay]] himself had broken that code in [[X2: Castle Amber]]. Cook, perhaps, was trying to be cute.

	After their debut, nagpas went on to appear ~~in the Creature Catalog,~~ in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.		After their debut, nagpas went on to appear in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.

	They were subsequently updated for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] as monsters in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix, made a 3rd edition debut as a template (and thus a playable race) in [[Dragon Magazine]] #339, and had their penultimate appearance as monsters in 4th edition's Monster Manual 3. Most recently, they've shown up in 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes".		They were subsequently updated for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] as monsters in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix, made a 3rd edition debut as a template (and thus a playable race) in [[Dragon Magazine]] #339's [[Creature Catalog]], and had their penultimate appearance as monsters in 4th edition's Monster Manual 3. Most recently, they've shown up in 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes".

	The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.		The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.

1d4chan>Stephenlucas600: Undo revision 685520 by I LOVE gardevoirs! (talk)

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	'''~~THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE~~''' ~~ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY. Their largest periods~~ of ~~activity seemed~~ to ~~be around~~ the ~~time SILVAGUNNER was terminated~~, ~~when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments~~ and ~~are in no way affiliated~~ with ~~JOEL)~~.		[[File:Nagpa.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmm!]]
			'''Nagpas''' are an ancient and yet obscure race of cursed humanoids native to [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They resemble flightless humanoid vultures, having the heads of man-sized vultures atop withered, skeletal frames covered in shriveled, parchment-like skin, with claw-like fingers and toes, and with a very distinctive and unpleasant smell, likened either to "bird droppings, mustiness, dust, and old chemicals left on a wizard’s shelf too long", or else "dust, bird droppings, and spoiled milk".

	~~They operated out~~ of ~~the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until~~ it ~~was terminated~~ in ~~2014~~, ~~after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner~~ in ~~September~~ of ~~2016 before returning to SilvaGunner~~ in ~~June of 2018~~.		Any possible connection to the Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but it's worth noting that Skeksis appeared in film in 1982, whilst Nagpas first appeared in the D&D Expert module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master of the Desert Nomads]]" in 1983.

	~~== CHANNELS ==~~		That module hinted they were demonic in some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a Tabi, a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing, LOLing all the way; if any PC follows, it's instakill.
	The ~~original forums appeared~~ to ~~function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS~~, ~~MEME showcase~~, ~~and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion~~.

	~~{{awesome}}== EVENTS ==~~		After their debut, nagpas went on to appear in the Creature Catalog, in both the AC9 and DMR2 printings, and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons.
	~~The VINESAUCE MEME events that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE held were known for being diverse and involved~~, ~~due~~ in ~~large part to their incredibly strong YTP scene. These events would involve VINESAUCE-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade~~, and ~~some that still don't! They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments~~, ~~with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS~~.

	~~In later years~~, ~~an event known~~ as ~~GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69~~, and ~~MEME Wars~~, as of ~~2019~~.		They were subsequently updated for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] as monsters in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix, made a 3rd edition debut as a template (and thus a playable race) in [[Dragon Magazine]] #339, and had their penultimate appearance as monsters in 4th edition's Monster Manual 3. Most recently, they've shown up in 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes".

	~~== HIGH~~-~~QUALITY RIPS and MEMES ==~~		The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half-elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness or hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue in which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to be caught out and punished for their treachery.
	~~Some HIGH~~-~~QUALITY RIPS appear~~ to ~~have seen releases or updates in 5th~~ and ~~6th edition. Note that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE seem~~ to ~~have been most active between 2012~~ and ~~2019~~.

	* GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO		More variable details that are harder to pin down relate to how the curse works. For example, Top Ballista implies that nagpas can reproduce, whilst in other sources, they're described as sterile. The nagpas of the Vulture Peninsula are known to be cursed with immortality, incapable of dying from old age and reincarnating when slain through violence, and the nagpas of 4th edition share this trait, but other nagpas don't have this ability mentioned. The AD&D and 3e nagpas suffer from wanderlust and can sense whenever anyone within 100 miles is talking about them, but this isn't present in the Basic and 4e versions. The 4th edition version has a seemingly unique curse in that they crave wealth and bodily comforts, but can never sate those cravings.
	* GRAND DAD 3: THE GAUNTLET OF ASS (FEATURING SMOL NOZOMI, ~~TITO DICKMAN~~, ~~SPONGE~~, ~~HE THICC~~, and ~~SANS UNDERTALE)~~
	* GRAND DAD 4: GRAND DAD IS GOD
	* GRAND DAD 5: DEATH TO 1D4CHAN

	~~GRAND DAD IS LOVE~~		Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. Still, some things remains solid.
	~~GRAND DAD IS LIFE~~
	~~GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI~~		All nagpas are cursed, and all of them hate this curse intensely. As a result, they are drawn to a lifestyle of nomadic wandering, searching for obscure for magical lore of all kinds in order to one day find the powerful magic - a Wish or greater magic - that can restore them to their original forms. They're extremely antisocial, and tend to be cynical and selfish, but most would rather avoid picking fights: even if they will come back afterwards, the disruption to their search often isn't worth it. The one exception is if they think someone has figured out their ancient secrets - nagpas are deeply ashamed of their state, and want to ensure that '''nobody''' ever finds out their origins. Even the nicest of nagpas, which admittedly isn't saying much, will resort to murder in order to cover up the truth about where they came from.
	~~FOR MEMES~~
	~~FOR VINESAUCE~~		In addition to their spellcasting abilities - nagpas don't lose any of their magic when transformed - they traditionally gain various magical abilities.
	~~AND FOR~~
	~~SILVAGUNNER~~		The ''Top Ballista'' version of the Nagpa has what we would now call spell-like abilities granting access to Darkness, Paralysis (Lawful only), Create Fire, Phantasmal Force, Polymorph Self and Animate Dead. It also has a unique Corruption attack, which is essentially a Disintegrate that only affects objects, and Magic Resistance up to 20%.
	[[~~Category: Meme~~]][[~~Category~~: ~~GRAND DAD~~]][[Category: ~~GRAND DAD Fantasy~~]]
			The AD&D Nagpa has a Magic Resistance of 15% and loses its Phantasmal Force, Polymorph Self and Animate Dead abilities. However, it now has the ability to create a unique Nagpa Staff, a magically melded mixture of wood and iron that has increased damage (1d8) in a nagpa's hands and functions as a Ring of Storing, capable of holding three spells from 1st-3rd level. It also has the ability to bite for 1d8 damage if desperate.

			The 3rd edition Nagpa is as close to its AD&D version as possible. It has a bite attack, the spell-like abilities of Combust, Corruption, Darkness, Hold Person (Lawful) and Silent Image, spell resistance 6 + arcane caster level, a curse of wanderlust, and the ability to create Nagpa Staves. In this edition, they function as a Cold Iron weapon and have the powers of a Minor Ring of Spell Storing. They also count as +1 weapons when wielded by nagpas.

			The 4e version comes in two flavors. The Nagpa Corruptor is a 9th level Controller who uses its Withering Staff, Withering Blast, Devouring Fire, Corrupting Curse and Enervating Blast powers to lay waste to foes with necrotic damage, weaken them, and hurl them around the battlefield. The Nagpa Carrion Lord is a 14th level Artillery that swings a necrotic Rotting Staff in melee, tries to blast foes from afar with Bolt of Putrescence and Rain of Ruin (single-target necrotic and ranged burst of acid), uses Consuming Shadows to simultaneously sear foes with necrotic damage and create a visual barrier, and phases through walls with Ghostly Escape if cornered.

			A teaser on Twitter in March 2018 revealed that Nagpa were returning for 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes" sourcebook. Here, they received yet ''another'' new origin story. 5e Nagpas consist of a cabal of 13 wizards that interfered with a ritual intended to avert a war between gods, hoping to steal power for themselves. [[The Raven Queen]] responded by cursing them two-fold; condemning them to an eternal misery as hideous vulture-like creatures, she also rendered them unable to ever learn anything, especially arcane lore, unless they plucked it from the ruins left behind by fallen civilizations and great calamities.

			...So, now they spend their eternity weaving subtle plots to bring down wide-ranging disasters and catastrophes, up to and including the destruction of entire civilizations, so they can pillage the wreckage for scraps of arcane lore to increase their power. Nice going, ya bird brain!

			The 5e Nagpa is a 15th level [[wizard]] with 120ft Truesight, the Corruption power (a 90ft 1-turn-long Charm Person that Evil creatures have Disadvantage against), and the ability to Paralyze all non-undead, non-construct creatures within 30 feet of it for 1 minute as a Recharge 6 bonus action.

			==Gallery==
			<gallery>
			File:Nagpa X4.jpg\|X4
			File:Nagpa AC9.jpg\|AC9, DMR2
			File:Nagpa MC Mystara.JPG\|Monstrous Compendium: Mystara
			File:Nagpa 5e.jpg\|5e
			File:Heydrech.jpg\|Top left: Heydrech, the Nagpa [[BBEG]] of ''Heart of Darkness'', an adventure included in ''Top Ballista''.
			File: Nagpa homebrew.png\|5e homebrew rules for a Nagpa PC
			</gallery>

			{{D&D1e-Races}}
			[[Category: Mystara]]

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	~~[[File:Nagpa.png\|300px\|thumb\|right\|mmmmmMMMMMMmmmmm!]]~~		'''THE GRAND DAD EMPIRE''' ARE a prolific VINESAUCE-centric MEME group based in BEDROCK CITY. Their largest periods of activity seemed to be around the time SILVAGUNNER was terminated, when they were hosting several unofficial VINESAUCE gaming events (which they assure you repeatedly are ''not'' official Tournaments and are in no way affiliated with JOEL).
	'''~~Nagpas~~''' ~~are an ancient and yet obscure race~~ of ~~cursed humanoids native~~ to ~~[[Dungeons & Dragons]]. They resemble flightless humanoid vultures, having~~ the ~~heads of man-sized vultures atop withered~~, ~~skeletal frames covered~~ in ~~shriveled, parchment-like skin, with claw-like fingers and toes, and~~ with ~~a very distinctive and unpleasant smell, likened either to "bird droppings, mustiness, dust, and old chemicals left on a wizard’s shelf too long", or else "dust, bird droppings, and spoiled milk"~~.

	~~Any possible connection to~~ the ~~Skeksis of Jim Henson's fantasy film "The Dark Crystal" is unclear, but~~ it~~'s worth noting that Skeksis appeared~~ in ~~film in 1982~~, ~~whilst Nagpas first appeared~~ in ~~the D&D Expert module "[[Desert Nomads series\|X4: Master~~ of ~~the Desert Nomads]]"~~ in ~~1983~~.		They operated out of the SilvaGunner YouTube channel until it was terminated in 2014, after which they appear to have transitioned briefly to GiivaSunner in September of 2016 before returning to SilvaGunner in June of 2018.

	~~That module hinted they were demonic~~ in ~~some way, like nerfed [[vrock]]s. The one the PCs meet has enslaved a Tabi~~, ~~a minor demon in Islamic lore. And his lair contains a pit to... somewhere. This nagpa will jump down into it if he's losing~~, ~~LOLing all the way; if any PC follows~~, ~~it's instakill~~.		== CHANNELS ==
			The original forums appeared to function as four services: preparation and communication in service of coming events, discussion about new HIGH-QUALITY RIPS, MEME showcase, and general VINESAUCE or unrelated discussion.

	~~After their debut~~, ~~nagpas went on~~ to ~~appear in the Creature Catalog~~, ~~in both~~ the ~~AC9 and DMR2 printings~~, ~~and in Creature Crucible PC2: Top Ballista, which presented them as a playable race for Dungeons & Dragons~~.		{{awesome}}== EVENTS ==
			The VINESAUCE MEME events that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE held were known for being diverse and involved, due in large part to their incredibly strong YTP scene. These events would involve VINESAUCE-branded fan-made HIGH-QUALITY RIPS for SONGS that wouldn't exist for nearly a decade, and some that still don't! They also hosted some of the first KING FOR ANOTHER DAY tournaments, with fan HIGH-QUALITY RIPS.

	~~They were subsequently updated~~ for ~~[[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] as monsters in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix~~, ~~made a 3rd edition debut as a template (~~and ~~thus a playable race) in [[Dragon Magazine]] #339~~, ~~and had their penultimate appearance~~ as ~~monsters in 4th edition's Monster Manual 3. Most recently, they've shown up in 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome~~ of ~~Foes"~~.		In later years, an event known as GRAND FEST was hosting PREMIERES for GRAND DAD Fantasy, KING FOR ANOTHER DAY, GRANDmachine, HE THICC 69, and MEME Wars, as of 2019.

	~~The lore of nagpas has...fluctuated a little, since 1983, but the core of it remains the same. Nagpas are cursed individuals, human or half~~-~~elf mages punished for affronting the Immortals in some way, usually through great acts of selfishness~~ or ~~hubris -- [[The Voyage of the Princess Ark]] has one early issue~~ in ~~which it encounters an entire ''kingdom'' of nagpas, who were all cursed into their present state as a result of attempting to control a powerful being from the Sphere of Entropy during a civil war~~. In 4th edition, the nagpas were never humans, but were a servitor race of the [[archomental\|primordials]], created with "the cunning of [[devil]]s and the beauty of [[nymph]]s", who realized they were fighting on the losing side and offered to betray their creators to the gods during the [[Dawn War]], only to ~~be caught out~~ and ~~punished for their treachery~~.		== HIGH-QUALITY RIPS and MEMES ==
			Some HIGH-QUALITY RIPS appear to have seen releases or updates in 5th and 6th edition. Note that The GRAND DAD EMPIRE seem to have been most active between 2012 and 2019.

	~~More variable details that are harder to pin down relate to how the curse works. For example~~, ~~Top Ballista implies that nagpas can reproduce~~, ~~whilst in other sources~~, ~~they're described as sterile. The nagpas of the Vulture Peninsula are known to be cursed with immortality~~, ~~incapable of dying from old age~~ and reincarnating when slain through violence, and the nagpas of 4th edition share this trait, but other nagpas don't have this ability mentioned. The AD&D and 3e nagpas suffer from wanderlust and can sense whenever anyone within 100 miles is talking about them, but this isn't present in the Basic and 4e versions. The 4th edition version has a seemingly unique curse in that they crave wealth and bodily comforts, but can never sate those cravings.		* GRAND DAD 2: SPASTIC BOOGALOO
			* GRAND DAD 3: THE GAUNTLET OF ASS (FEATURING SMOL NOZOMI, TITO DICKMAN, SPONGE, HE THICC, and SANS UNDERTALE)
			* GRAND DAD 4: GRAND DAD IS GOD
			* GRAND DAD 5: DEATH TO 1D4CHAN

	~~Yeah, it's a bit of a mess. Still, some things remains solid.~~		GRAND DAD IS LOVE
			GRAND DAD IS LIFE
	All nagpas are cursed, and all of them hate this curse intensely. As a result, they are drawn to a lifestyle of nomadic wandering, searching for obscure for magical lore of all kinds in order to one day find the powerful magic - a Wish or greater magic - that can restore them to their original forms. They're extremely antisocial, and tend to be cynical and selfish, but most would rather avoid picking fights: even if they will come back afterwards, the disruption to their search often isn't worth it. The one exception is if they think someone has figured out their ancient secrets - nagpas are deeply ashamed of their state, and want to ensure that '''nobody''' ever finds out their origins. Even the nicest of nagpas, which admittedly isn't saying much, will resort to murder in order to cover up the truth about where they came from.		GRAND DAD WILL CONQUER THIS WIKI
			FOR MEMES
	~~In addition to their spellcasting abilities - nagpas don't lose any of their magic when transformed - they traditionally gain various magical abilities.~~		FOR VINESAUCE
			AND FOR
	The ''Top Ballista'' version of the Nagpa has what we would now call spell-like abilities granting access to Darkness, Paralysis (Lawful only), Create Fire, Phantasmal Force, Polymorph Self and Animate Dead. It also has a unique Corruption attack, which is essentially a Disintegrate that only affects objects, and Magic Resistance up to 20%.		SILVAGUNNER
			[[Category: Meme]][[Category: GRAND DAD]][[Category: GRAND DAD Fantasy]]
	The AD&D Nagpa has a Magic Resistance of 15% and loses its Phantasmal Force, Polymorph Self and Animate Dead abilities. However, it now has the ability to create a unique Nagpa Staff, a magically melded mixture of wood and iron that has increased damage (1d8) in a nagpa's hands and functions as a Ring of Storing, capable of holding three spells from 1st-3rd level. It also has the ability to bite for 1d8 damage if desperate.

	The 3rd edition Nagpa is as close to its AD&D version as possible. It has a bite attack, the spell-like abilities of Combust, Corruption, Darkness, Hold Person (Lawful) and Silent Image, spell resistance 6 + arcane caster level, a curse of wanderlust, and the ability to create Nagpa Staves. In this edition, they function as a Cold Iron weapon and have the powers of a Minor Ring of Spell Storing. They also count as +1 weapons when wielded by nagpas.

	The 4e version comes in two flavors. The Nagpa Corruptor is a 9th level Controller who uses its Withering Staff, Withering Blast, Devouring Fire, Corrupting Curse and Enervating Blast powers to lay waste to foes with necrotic damage, weaken them, and hurl them around the battlefield. The Nagpa Carrion Lord is a 14th level Artillery that swings a necrotic Rotting Staff in melee, tries to blast foes from afar with Bolt of Putrescence and Rain of Ruin (single-target necrotic and ranged burst of acid), uses Consuming Shadows to simultaneously sear foes with necrotic damage and create a visual barrier, and phases through walls with Ghostly Escape if cornered.

	A teaser on Twitter in March 2018 revealed that Nagpa were returning for 5th edition's "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes" sourcebook. Here, they received yet ''another'' new origin story. 5e Nagpas consist of a cabal of 13 wizards that interfered with a ritual intended to avert a war between gods, hoping to steal power for themselves. [[~~The Raven Queen~~]] responded by cursing them two-fold; condemning them to an eternal misery as hideous vulture-like creatures, she also rendered them unable to ever learn anything, especially arcane lore, unless they plucked it from the ruins left behind by fallen civilizations and great calamities.

	...So, now they spend their eternity weaving subtle plots to bring down wide-ranging disasters and catastrophes, up to and including the destruction of entire civilizations, so they can pillage the wreckage for scraps of arcane lore to increase their power. Nice going, ya bird brain!

	~~The 5e Nagpa is a 15th level~~ [[wizard]] with 120ft Truesight, the Corruption power (a 90ft 1-turn-long Charm Person that Evil creatures have Disadvantage against), and the ability to Paralyze all non-undead, non-construct creatures within 30 feet of it for 1 minute as a Recharge 6 bonus action.

	~~==Gallery==~~
	~~<gallery>~~
	~~File:Nagpa X4.jpg\|X4~~
	~~File:Nagpa AC9.jpg\|AC9, DMR2~~
	~~File:Nagpa MC Mystara.JPG\|Monstrous Compendium~~: ~~Mystara~~
	~~File:Nagpa 5e.jpg\|5e~~
	~~File:Heydrech.jpg\|Top left: Heydrech, the Nagpa [[BBEG~~]] ~~of ''Heart of Darkness'', an adventure included in ''Top Ballista''.~~
	~~File: Nagpa homebrew.png\|5e homebrew rules for a Nagpa PC~~
	~~</gallery>~~

	~~{{D&D1e-Races}}~~
	[[Category: ~~Mystara~~]]