0:13 yeah he is 0:21 Rhi is back 0:33 British applause 0:53 Sponsor: One Shot Wonders !- 2:30 Tom does a horrifying point 3:48 Rollers @ Insomnia Birmingham !4:49 Tom does it again 5:10 Where to find HighRollers & ITunes reviews 6:06 New Music thanks! !6:47 Lunar New Year (Mark pulls a blank, Trott covers it) 7:16 HAPPY BDAY MARK 8:42 recap 10:10 Crucible Dice (3-3 start) 11:43 Catching Rhi up & going over details 14:33 Team name suggestions 16:02 Convincing Ophelia 16:22 Going back to Ophelia Dsc 17:46 Meeting Ophelia, peoplewatching 18:30 Getting Ophelia to help 19:40 What counts as work? 20:09 Reasons for Ophelia to do this !21:04 Sects) 21:58 Telling Ophelia about Kyva !22:23 As good as the Clever Toad 23:14 Clothing shopping and Inquiries 24:05 Xan, Ophelia, and Gruff Judging the clothes 24:30 21 - Mystique in Duskrise. Clothes shop 25:25 Tom flames commoner clothing 25:45 Coil of the Dragon Dsc *(description)* !27:07 "The Lady of Death" :D 27:54 Asking priests about Mystique 28:22 2nd floor, Kyva's room, and Kyva dsc 29:48 Ophelia's Kyva meeting - 30:30 Talking Kelskaris and the Citadel deck - 31:36 What do you want? (Ophelia is confident) - 32:27 1st The Hound - 33:28 2nd The Reversed Fate - 34:13 3rd The Walker - 35:00 Picking a Card & Blessing Effect - 36:07 Kyva's interpretation - 37:11 Ophelia Contemplates - 38:17 Ophelia Confused - 38:39 Ophelia's Divine Chill 40:06 The Party asks about Ophelia's results 40:35 Kyva thanks Rowan 41:22 Ophelia Contemplates 41:49 Ophelia Confused 42:08 Ophelia Lashes out 42:35 Shopping anyone? 42:54 C O M P L E T E L Y R A N D O M 43:10 Feeling the blessing 43:48 Rowan is a believer 44:34 19 - House of Bindings (Saint Dethir lore drop [spelling?]) 46:47 Mystique Dsc 47:32 Talking outside the shop 47:57 Xan talks colors 48:39 favorite fish? 49:05 Favorite bird 49:53 Gruff dreaming nervously 50:40 Group is loitering, Gruff is a dad 51:06 Mystique inside Dsc 52:44 Passive Perception 53:19 Reactions: Xan + Ophelia - 53:41 Rowan - 53:55 Daisy - 54:05 Gruff (curtains) 54:21 Mystique reveals themselves + dsc 55:39 Talking with Mystique - 56:06 , 57:10 Newcomers - 56:24 Mystique is Garrick - 57:18 Spruce up (Just) the two (confidence test) - 58:00 Nyxxa Myst proper introduction - 58:19 Nyxxa knows Osseus. Agrees in pragmaticism - 59:21 Spelling for wiki team! - 59:52 Katie's been stealing Tom's Dice - 59:42, 1:00:24 Tom makes some history and deception rolls. No idea why. - 1:00:34 Rowan kisses the hand - 1:00:48 Nyxxa knows Gruff's lands - 1:01:14 Nyxxa has HEARD of Xantheus' name Auregan - 1:02:09 Conpliments Daisy - 1:02:36 Nyxxa confirms the colors - 1:02:57 Noticing Rowan's tattoo - 1:03:30 Budget !- 1:03:37 Rowan's gold miscalculation - 1:03:54 Gruff's budget - 1:05:02 Gruff's interest piqued w/ knights - 1:05:25 The other knights of the realm (ft some knigt jokes) - 1:06:22 Bisurcoat [i don't get the joke?] - 1:06:43 talking prices - 1:07:12 Small change - 1:07:41 Rowan doesn't want to disappoint - 1:08:07 Sir Griold confirmed hundreds of gold in clothing - 1:08:35 Practicality of Gruff's outfit - 1:09:39 Gruff wanted to be like Sir Griold - 1:09:55 Rowan's outfit style - 1:10:26 Deadline? - 1:10:49 Duke's favor gets them a deal with Nyxxa - 1:11:53 business in future - 1:12:09 Rowan wants sleeves - 1:12:48 Nyxxa is a gold loving dragon - 1:13:17 Daisy's Ribbon - 1:13:41 Measurements - 1:14:51 Goodbyes ft ~Auregan :) !- 1:15:11 Rowan wanted some copper change 1:15:47 Xantheus teased about being a LORD, he's being mysterious again 1:16:43 Gruff and Kim being overlaid there 1:17:51 Quick Aquillo's alchemical trip 1:18:25 Hoping for a peaceful night (not gonna happen) 1:18:53 Aquillo himself dsc 1:19:24 Aquillo shop dsc 1:20:12 Tom wants some banana medicine 1:20:30 3 items explained: - 1:20:39 Vitality Potion - 1:21:09 Healing Salve - 1:21:48 Weapons Oil 1:22:20 Prices 1:22:39 Xantheus' Latent Gold Dragon powers 1:23:50 How much in stock and misc items 1:24:41 Bring items to Aquillo! - 1:25:33 How to make Vitality potions - 1:25:53 Xantheus tries to barter (Persuasion check) 1:27:09 Vitality potion mehcanics further 1:27:30 potion me (physical props) 1:28:19 Full on Healing potions are insanely rare and powerful 1:28:56 Time passes !!1:29:17 Mark SNORTS, party finds i very amusing 1:29:46 Halfling technician dsc 1:30:39 Teresa Lavendale convo, learning about the last party 1:31:13 Which guild attacked? 1:31:47 Perception checks for Carpenter guild 1:32:54 Safe... Paws 1:33:09 Introductions to party 1:34:04 How long for each lamp? 1:34:52 How many People to fight? (Ft Tee is a new lamplighter) 1:35:38 Leaving the inn (The carpenters have already) 1:36:16 MCDM Retainer: Tee (Tom takes control) 1:36:45 Going to the location of the broken lamps. Battleground DSC 1:37:46 Carpenters' guild appearing Dsc & end 1:38:34 Sponsor: Roll & Play Press MAPS SHOWCASE 1:40:25 Part 1 Recap, Part 2 Start 1:40:58 Mark stands up [I was wondering why he was standing up when I popped in live] 1:41:14 Battlemap Dsc & Highlights 1:42:02 The party thinks about the cotton candy guild while Mark sets up 1:42:28 Carpenter dsc (gangs of new york) 1:43:11 , 1:44:46 INITIATIVE - 1:43:18 Tom's bag of Chaos, unhinged dice, Mark DESPISES IT - 1:44:16 Tom spent 40£ on this - 1:44:31 Kim is given the cursed dice, rolls around with it *Round 1* 1:45:05 Opening speech 1:45:36 Tom's response 1:45:54 Gruff (entangle) 1:48:35 Teresa (Ice ray) 1:50:38, 1:52:15 Daisy (Knife throw readied) - 1:50:57 Lethality in damage types explained 1:53:34 Lieutenant (calls in minions, Get in here) - 1:54:12 CD (crucible dice) ability: Get in here (CD 4-2) - 1:55:00 Daisy's lethal reaction !1:57:26 Ophelia ("Ah. A feast") - 1:57:43 Ophelia Acrobat flip (Inspiration spent) 1:59:42 Xantheus (Tremors) - 2:00:19 Party disappointed in Tom 2:03:25 Rowan (Bardic inspiration + mote) 2:04:49 Enforcers (dash through diff terrain) 2:05:35 Guild Lackeys summoned 2:06:15 Get 'em Round 2 2:06:50 Gruff (attack) !2:08:42 Teresa (Tom forgets #1, Ice ray) - 2:09:50 Artificer class 2:10:14 Daisy (Dagger Throw) - 2:11:04 Daisy is a killer (wcyd) 2:11:59 Lieutenant (guild sweep, bleeding) - 2:13:12 Stubborn endurance - 2:13:28 Concentration - 2:13:55 Bleeding condition explained 2:14:18 Ophelia (reckless bite with sauce) !- 2:15:22 Bite dsc, Ophelia loves it, party uneased !- 2:16:06, 2:16:45 "JFC SHE JUST BIT ME" - 2:16:50 Kim is scaroused 2:17:00 Xantheus (chaos bolt) !- 2:17:25 Wang one out 2:19:41 The party has batman lethality !!2:20:14 Rowan's insane insult (Vicious Mockery), the party play it up 2:21:24 Enforcers (attacks) - 2:21:37 Teresa (Tom) shields Gruff - 2:23:08 Ophelia bleeds slower 2:23:40 Minions !- 2:23:46 Tom laughs at "Beat em" ( he is actually 12 ) - 2:24:14 Carpenters' guild suspiciously zalous about lamps Round 3 2:25:04 Gruff (wack) !!- 2:25:27 Kim's BRUTAL, UNKNIGHTLY natural 1. Crew leans into it. [WIP] 0:00:01
Judging by his reactions to questions about himself, I'd say Xantheus' family is into some shady business. The kind of business that you don't talk about in public. Like a mafia family.
"If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life." As a Barbarian, I'm assuming that Ophilia enjoys combat, at least a bit. She could use that as her validation for the "work" they're doing. Shes not working, shes just tagging along to satiate her blood lust, both figurative and literal.
Gruff: What about this cloth? It looks very durable and has a nice black color. What would a cloak made of it cost? Tailor: That's a drapery, my dear. It's not for sale. I love Gruff.
I feel like that of all the magical damage types, radiant probably makes sense to be nonlethal. Showing mercy and restraint feels appropriate for wielders of holy magic.
Makes sense to me, also a skilled user could probably keep lightning damage non lethal, like a taser. Would probably argue for an arcana check if the stakes were high.
Probably the best DM on the planet, with a wonderful, wonderful cast to work with. Well done all, wish I was in a position to reward your entertainment.
Mark: "It's like Garak from DS9" Me: IMMEDIATELY perks up at the prospect of one of the most complex and nuanced characters ever portrayed being depicted in this game
1:42:04 The Baker's Guild Damn, there's at least a dozen of them! Wait no, there's one more lurking in the shadows...no, it couldn't be... Baker's dozen?!!!
Played a Pirates of Shipgrave Reef game, our first boat, The Hero's Gamble, was one that had been salvaged from the wrecked boats that washed up, and when we hoisted the colours all we had was 'granny's patchwork quilt. The name Patchwork Pirates stuck
Holy shit! Been binge watching high rollers for about a year and a half and now suddenly caught up! Inspired to create my own Starforged adventure posted online, have laughted out loud and been brought to tears. You guys are all absolutely brilliant! Also anything I post might actually have relevance. I suggest, The Pillers. Will be trying to catch any of the next ones live!!
Ophelia being a ~fancy~ acrobatic Barb who loves dancing, her rages could really look like a dance of death! That map in the sponser slot with the dragon's skeleton looks really cool, I hope it gets used during this campaign
They used to have char sheets accessible last season and have deliberately removed them. I vaguely recall a reason being provided though I'm not confident I remember what it is and wouldn't want to spread misinformation. But they might be deliberately leaving it opaque.
Ohh my god I feel like I have to go back and rewatch those episodes of lightfall now. I never got into og Yogs stuff but I've been watching HR since almost the beginning, but also been watching Minecraft shit since S2 of empires and most of the Life series since then. Very cool for me to find out they've overlapped ☺️
I watched this on the unlisted livestream but wanted to put my thoughts on the main vid too. That bleeding mechanic at the end seemed quite unfair. Once the pressure of combat was gone they should have been able to remove the stacks in an rp sence instead of using every available source they had to hopefully remove a single stack. Definitely room for some major tweaks here Mark
2:43:09 Daisy kicks a field goal....Its long its hard......its through the posts 2:51:40 Daisy with a DKO Outta nowhere Might as well just call her Daisy Orton 🤣🤣🤣
No spoilers ahead, I promise. Funny how in Aerois these silly goobers all joked of being a team of Paladins, but now in Altheya none of them are Paladins.
Murder Hobos, my lord, war criminal Nova would be proud. It makes me think what the Duke Ignarius would do when he finds out that a bunch of newbie adventurers came into his city and started street fighting and killing members of valuable city guilds. He might just hire those with a dukes’ favor to hunt them down. 😂
This from a D&D veteran of over 40 years, with 38y of DMing experience, the levels of bleeding from Guild goons made zero sense. Overcomplication w/o reason does not add to the scenario.
Mark: "you know what this game with a ridiculous amount of mechanics and rules," Also Mark: "Well Let's add more mechanics and rules to this game that'll make it easier and quicker..." Seems like a lot of damaging mechanics for a fairly low level party and get rid of items a team of relative glass cannons can use to get up downed allies if they go to zero.
I hate to be critical as I love the group, but I feel like Tom is overshadowing the group, he’s always very keen to RP which is great, but seems to want to speak even before mark finishes. Would love to see him rein back a bit and let these other characters come through more, I feel like we’ve seen less of them compared to the same points in campaign 1 & 2.
I can kinda see why you think this, but I don't really agree with you tbh. I feel like it's just a mix of Trott, who has previously favoured bombastic, larger-than-life PCs playing a much more gentle and quiet character with Rowan. And Xantheus, being the "face of the party" Mechanically speaking and in his personality. As for having seen less of Kim, Trott, Rhi and Katie's characters than we had at this point in Aroes or Lightfall? That's not true, in fact, in my opinion, we've had the most even spread of character backstory and development out of any of the 3 main campaigns. Lightfall was an absolutely incredible campaign, but the start was rocky to say the least. By episode 11 nearly half the episodes were focused on the quest to revive Jiutóu [My favourite character of any HR campaign] She even had her own solo episode. As for Aerois [or Aeoris xp] the first 11 episodes were definitely more "balanced" than Lightfall, but Katie was straight up missing from more than half of them! Either way, i feel like you're missing what, in my opinion, really makes Mark's DMing outstanding and that is his use of character-focused arcs. From Elora's Winter Spire political intrigue and Nova's Espionage arc in Vortinssar. To Sentry rediscovering Solwynn and becoming the prime and Cam facing the ghosts of his past Greybell. These arcs all centre around a particular character and therefore a particular person at the table yes, but they do so in a way that draws the other characters, players and us at home in all while learning more about said characters in a fun and organic way. Sorry for the wall of text, I'm just really passionate about this group and about Mark as a DM in general :)
@@cleverly9575 Absolutely loved your wall of text so please no apologies, I had a big smile on my face reading and remembering those moments. I must admit, my take on campaign 1 was ill-remembered, as I was reading what you wrote, I recalled Jiutou’s revival, Trell’s arc into the underdark and various other points, really agree with you on the matter of Mark’s dming about building stories with the PCs. Mark is doing an amazing job of giving us just enough 1-1 time with PCs to let them come through, Rhi and Kim’s characters are so different from campaign 2 it’s amazing, I love how Mark and the PCs often lean into those backstories. My comment was born more out of observing group lead interaction with NPC’s, I feel horrible making this a negative point as I loved Qillek and Tom in campaign 2, but I feel like Tom is really steering a lot of these engagements, perhaps without giving others the chance. It could be a bad take as it’s still early on and the group dynamics are still developing!
I've missed Rhi!! She's just so much fun & adds a little giggle throughout the episode that I can't help but join in with
I agree. Very sweet!
“Do you want a coin for the clever toad?” That timing was brilliant 😂
Katie's hair in this episode looks incredible. The highlight from the light on the wall behind her is magical.
"Ah a feast, how kind" Yes Rhi quote of the episode!
0:13 yeah he is
0:21 Rhi is back
0:33 British applause
0:53 Sponsor: One Shot Wonders
!- 2:30 Tom does a horrifying point
3:48 Rollers @ Insomnia Birmingham
!4:49 Tom does it again
5:10 Where to find HighRollers & ITunes reviews
6:06 New Music thanks!
!6:47 Lunar New Year (Mark pulls a blank, Trott covers it)
7:16 HAPPY BDAY MARK
8:42 recap
10:10 Crucible Dice (3-3 start)
11:43 Catching Rhi up & going over details
14:33 Team name suggestions
16:02 Convincing Ophelia
16:22 Going back to Ophelia Dsc
17:46 Meeting Ophelia, peoplewatching
18:30 Getting Ophelia to help
19:40 What counts as work?
20:09 Reasons for Ophelia to do this
!21:04 Sects)
21:58 Telling Ophelia about Kyva
!22:23 As good as the Clever Toad
23:14 Clothing shopping and Inquiries
24:05 Xan, Ophelia, and Gruff Judging the clothes
24:30 21 - Mystique in Duskrise. Clothes shop
25:25 Tom flames commoner clothing
25:45 Coil of the Dragon Dsc *(description)*
!27:07 "The Lady of Death" :D
27:54 Asking priests about Mystique
28:22 2nd floor, Kyva's room, and Kyva dsc
29:48 Ophelia's Kyva meeting
- 30:30 Talking Kelskaris and the Citadel deck
- 31:36 What do you want? (Ophelia is confident)
- 32:27 1st The Hound
- 33:28 2nd The Reversed Fate
- 34:13 3rd The Walker
- 35:00 Picking a Card & Blessing Effect
- 36:07 Kyva's interpretation
- 37:11 Ophelia Contemplates
- 38:17 Ophelia Confused
- 38:39 Ophelia's Divine Chill
40:06 The Party asks about Ophelia's results
40:35 Kyva thanks Rowan
41:22 Ophelia Contemplates
41:49 Ophelia Confused
42:08 Ophelia Lashes out
42:35 Shopping anyone?
42:54 C O M P L E T E L Y R A N D O M
43:10 Feeling the blessing
43:48 Rowan is a believer
44:34 19 - House of Bindings (Saint Dethir lore drop [spelling?])
46:47 Mystique Dsc
47:32 Talking outside the shop
47:57 Xan talks colors
48:39 favorite fish?
49:05 Favorite bird
49:53 Gruff dreaming nervously
50:40 Group is loitering, Gruff is a dad
51:06 Mystique inside Dsc
52:44 Passive Perception
53:19 Reactions: Xan + Ophelia
- 53:41 Rowan
- 53:55 Daisy
- 54:05 Gruff (curtains)
54:21 Mystique reveals themselves + dsc
55:39 Talking with Mystique
- 56:06 , 57:10 Newcomers
- 56:24 Mystique is Garrick
- 57:18 Spruce up (Just) the two (confidence test)
- 58:00 Nyxxa Myst proper introduction
- 58:19 Nyxxa knows Osseus. Agrees in pragmaticism
- 59:21 Spelling for wiki team!
- 59:52 Katie's been stealing Tom's Dice
- 59:42, 1:00:24 Tom makes some history and deception rolls. No idea why.
- 1:00:34 Rowan kisses the hand
- 1:00:48 Nyxxa knows Gruff's lands
- 1:01:14 Nyxxa has HEARD of Xantheus' name Auregan
- 1:02:09 Conpliments Daisy
- 1:02:36 Nyxxa confirms the colors
- 1:02:57 Noticing Rowan's tattoo
- 1:03:30 Budget
!- 1:03:37 Rowan's gold miscalculation
- 1:03:54 Gruff's budget
- 1:05:02 Gruff's interest piqued w/ knights
- 1:05:25 The other knights of the realm (ft some knigt jokes)
- 1:06:22 Bisurcoat [i don't get the joke?]
- 1:06:43 talking prices
- 1:07:12 Small change
- 1:07:41 Rowan doesn't want to disappoint
- 1:08:07 Sir Griold confirmed hundreds of gold in clothing
- 1:08:35 Practicality of Gruff's outfit
- 1:09:39 Gruff wanted to be like Sir Griold
- 1:09:55 Rowan's outfit style
- 1:10:26 Deadline?
- 1:10:49 Duke's favor gets them a deal with Nyxxa
- 1:11:53 business in future
- 1:12:09 Rowan wants sleeves
- 1:12:48 Nyxxa is a gold loving dragon
- 1:13:17 Daisy's Ribbon
- 1:13:41 Measurements
- 1:14:51 Goodbyes ft ~Auregan :)
!- 1:15:11 Rowan wanted some copper change
1:15:47 Xantheus teased about being a LORD, he's being mysterious again
1:16:43 Gruff and Kim being overlaid there
1:17:51 Quick Aquillo's alchemical trip
1:18:25 Hoping for a peaceful night (not gonna happen)
1:18:53 Aquillo himself dsc
1:19:24 Aquillo shop dsc
1:20:12 Tom wants some banana medicine
1:20:30 3 items explained:
- 1:20:39 Vitality Potion
- 1:21:09 Healing Salve
- 1:21:48 Weapons Oil
1:22:20 Prices
1:22:39 Xantheus' Latent Gold Dragon powers
1:23:50 How much in stock and misc items
1:24:41 Bring items to Aquillo!
- 1:25:33 How to make Vitality potions
- 1:25:53 Xantheus tries to barter (Persuasion check)
1:27:09 Vitality potion mehcanics further
1:27:30 potion me (physical props)
1:28:19 Full on Healing potions are insanely rare and powerful
1:28:56 Time passes
!!1:29:17 Mark SNORTS, party finds i very amusing
1:29:46 Halfling technician dsc
1:30:39 Teresa Lavendale convo, learning about the last party
1:31:13 Which guild attacked?
1:31:47 Perception checks for Carpenter guild
1:32:54 Safe... Paws
1:33:09 Introductions to party
1:34:04 How long for each lamp?
1:34:52 How many People to fight? (Ft Tee is a new lamplighter)
1:35:38 Leaving the inn (The carpenters have already)
1:36:16 MCDM Retainer: Tee (Tom takes control)
1:36:45 Going to the location of the broken lamps. Battleground DSC
1:37:46 Carpenters' guild appearing Dsc & end
1:38:34 Sponsor: Roll & Play Press MAPS SHOWCASE
1:40:25 Part 1 Recap, Part 2 Start
1:40:58 Mark stands up [I was wondering why he was standing up when I popped in live]
1:41:14 Battlemap Dsc & Highlights
1:42:02 The party thinks about the cotton candy guild while Mark sets up
1:42:28 Carpenter dsc (gangs of new york)
1:43:11 , 1:44:46 INITIATIVE
- 1:43:18 Tom's bag of Chaos, unhinged dice, Mark DESPISES IT
- 1:44:16 Tom spent 40£ on this
- 1:44:31 Kim is given the cursed dice, rolls around with it
*Round 1*
1:45:05 Opening speech
1:45:36 Tom's response
1:45:54 Gruff (entangle)
1:48:35 Teresa (Ice ray)
1:50:38, 1:52:15 Daisy (Knife throw readied)
- 1:50:57 Lethality in damage types explained
1:53:34 Lieutenant (calls in minions, Get in here)
- 1:54:12 CD (crucible dice) ability: Get in here (CD 4-2)
- 1:55:00 Daisy's lethal reaction
!1:57:26 Ophelia ("Ah. A feast")
- 1:57:43 Ophelia Acrobat flip (Inspiration spent)
1:59:42 Xantheus (Tremors)
- 2:00:19 Party disappointed in Tom
2:03:25 Rowan (Bardic inspiration + mote)
2:04:49 Enforcers (dash through diff terrain)
2:05:35 Guild Lackeys summoned
2:06:15 Get 'em
Round 2
2:06:50 Gruff (attack)
!2:08:42 Teresa (Tom forgets #1, Ice ray)
- 2:09:50 Artificer class
2:10:14 Daisy (Dagger Throw)
- 2:11:04 Daisy is a killer (wcyd)
2:11:59 Lieutenant (guild sweep, bleeding)
- 2:13:12 Stubborn endurance
- 2:13:28 Concentration
- 2:13:55 Bleeding condition explained
2:14:18 Ophelia (reckless bite with sauce)
!- 2:15:22 Bite dsc, Ophelia loves it, party uneased
!- 2:16:06, 2:16:45 "JFC SHE JUST BIT ME"
- 2:16:50 Kim is scaroused
2:17:00 Xantheus (chaos bolt)
!- 2:17:25 Wang one out
2:19:41 The party has batman lethality
!!2:20:14 Rowan's insane insult (Vicious Mockery), the party play it up
2:21:24 Enforcers (attacks)
- 2:21:37 Teresa (Tom) shields Gruff
- 2:23:08 Ophelia bleeds slower
2:23:40 Minions
!- 2:23:46 Tom laughs at "Beat em" ( he is actually 12 )
- 2:24:14 Carpenters' guild suspiciously zalous about lamps
Round 3
2:25:04 Gruff (wack)
!!- 2:25:27 Kim's BRUTAL, UNKNIGHTLY natural 1. Crew leans into it.
[WIP]
0:00:01
doing the lord's work
Terrific job on the time stamps🙂👍
Man, its genuinely unreal how quickly I've glued my brain to each of these characters. I love them all so much already.
I'm an hour in and I'm clawing at the walls to know more about xantheus' family, origins, power and secrets
Judging by his reactions to questions about himself, I'd say Xantheus' family is into some shady business. The kind of business that you don't talk about in public. Like a mafia family.
Love that phrasing, 'I'm clawing at the walls to know'
"If you love what you do, you never work a day in your life."
As a Barbarian, I'm assuming that Ophilia enjoys combat, at least a bit. She could use that as her validation for the "work" they're doing. Shes not working, shes just tagging along to satiate her blood lust, both figurative and literal.
Gruff: What about this cloth? It looks very durable and has a nice black color. What would a cloak made of it cost?
Tailor: That's a drapery, my dear. It's not for sale.
I love Gruff.
Tbf drapery cloth can be nice to use in clothing
Gruff would be a huge fan of The Sound of Music
So glad to see the whole group together again! You guys are fantastic.
I feel like that of all the magical damage types, radiant probably makes sense to be nonlethal. Showing mercy and restraint feels appropriate for wielders of holy magic.
Makes sense to me, also a skilled user could probably keep lightning damage non lethal, like a taser. Would probably argue for an arcana check if the stakes were high.
mark said that it CANNOT be nonlethal but i i get your point
Probably the best DM on the planet, with a wonderful, wonderful cast to work with. Well done all, wish I was in a position to reward your entertainment.
Mark: "It's like Garak from DS9"
Me: IMMEDIATELY perks up at the prospect of one of the most complex and nuanced characters ever portrayed being depicted in this game
Yayyy I always look forward to my high rollers every week ❤ thank you for the awesome content!
I really hope I am not the only one. I absolutely love when I hear the sirens. I have absolutely no idea why. I just do ❤
THANK YOU. You've just confirmed for me that I'm not hearing things when I kept thinking there were sirens!
Wow, damn....when the dm over the table casts vicious mockery on Kim "that wasnt very knightly"
1:42:04
The Baker's Guild
Damn, there's at least a dozen of them!
Wait no, there's one more lurking in the shadows...no, it couldn't be...
Baker's dozen?!!!
If i had a nickel for every time Mark made an androgynous tailor, I'd have 3 nickels, which isn't much but it's weird that it happened thrice.
If you had three nickels, you still wouldn't have enough to buy anything from Makr's androgynous tailors.
This one is apparently the Ender Dragon too lol.
Unfortunately the woke themes are kind of forced and seem to come more often with each episode unnecessarily.
@@analyticalhealthandrogynous and non-binary people are all around you whether you like it or not
@@neongnome81 I think w/your blue hair and thoughts on life, your lines between fantasy and reality have become blurred.
Happy Birthday, Mark. I'm particularly tickled to learn it's something we share.
Team name idea: the Patchwork Fist. Because they're a motley band. There's five of them, & they pack a wicked punch.🤘😆
Played a Pirates of Shipgrave Reef game, our first boat, The Hero's Gamble, was one that had been salvaged from the wrecked boats that washed up, and when we hoisted the colours all we had was 'granny's patchwork quilt. The name Patchwork Pirates stuck
Holy shit! Been binge watching high rollers for about a year and a half and now suddenly caught up!
Inspired to create my own Starforged adventure posted online, have laughted out loud and been brought to tears. You guys are all absolutely brilliant!
Also anything I post might actually have relevance. I suggest, The Pillers. Will be trying to catch any of the next ones live!!
I adore how every encounter has something special.
And seeing some MCDM stuff here makes me very happy
ANTI SPOILER BARRIER
Doing gods work
@@ajcecil3448 Scion's*
God works hard, but @mozzym770 works harder
Thank you again my friend :)
The hero we all need
FOR THE EMPRESS!!! FOR THE ALGORITHM!!!!
I've been refreshing RUclips for this.
Whooooop🎉🎉🎉🎉❤
Fantastic episode as always. Bleed seems waaaay too punishing, imo 😅
I agree. It makes things way too difficult if it happens too often.
Clothes shopping!
I would spend all my gold on an outfit if a dragonborn like that would speak to me in that way😅
Ophelia being a ~fancy~ acrobatic Barb who loves dancing, her rages could really look like a dance of death!
That map in the sponser slot with the dragon's skeleton looks really cool, I hope it gets used during this campaign
I agree with the others that after the combat is over the bleeding mechanic seemed too strong.
Radiant should be able to KO too, depending on spell level. In my opinion
Bleeding is kinda OP isn’t it?! :‘D what kind of wounds are these xDDD dealing that amount of damage
I have One Shot Wonders. I use it ALL the time now.
Happy birthday, Mark! May you master your day as well as you have mastered the game, and my heart ❤️
Was worried we'd get a meandering shopping episode, but the pace certainly upped in the second half.
A small request, would the PC's stats or at least HP be shown with their character art or after it? Would love to see them in the video!
They used to have char sheets accessible last season and have deliberately removed them. I vaguely recall a reason being provided though I'm not confident I remember what it is and wouldn't want to spread misinformation. But they might be deliberately leaving it opaque.
@@tobyhardcastle6830 Ah... That's kind of sad... But I respect their decision. Whatever reason it may have.
me: stop it, don't make me feel!
video: Is just showing the intro
Ophelia : look, I am hungry, you are tasty, don't make this difficult for everyone
I liked the weird dice, Tom
I'm loving the guild feud arc
Ophelia introducing herself will never get old
An idea for a team name that I like: the pillars of fate.
I can hear the JJBA music😂
It's funny that Martyn was the first guest appearance on HR, would be so good if he returned as Little Wood
Ohh my god I feel like I have to go back and rewatch those episodes of lightfall now. I never got into og Yogs stuff but I've been watching HR since almost the beginning, but also been watching Minecraft shit since S2 of empires and most of the Life series since then. Very cool for me to find out they've overlapped ☺️
Anyone know where Tom got his hand so those "unhinged dice" in 1:43:17
😫argh before we had Nova panic and screaming and now Daisy ! Put them through a boot camp please! 😂
I watched this on the unlisted livestream but wanted to put my thoughts on the main vid too. That bleeding mechanic at the end seemed quite unfair. Once the pressure of combat was gone they should have been able to remove the stacks in an rp sence instead of using every available source they had to hopefully remove a single stack. Definitely room for some major tweaks here Mark
"Give coins to your clever toad, oh city of plenty, oh city of plenty!"
Just watching the first parts of the battle. The road guild is going to be pissed lol.
Xan knows if the Arkenstone is near the city AND where any 106gp may be...
oof those bleeding stacks are brutal. You can easily lose a lot of hit points
Still laughing at Tom "I am *haunting*!!"
High Rollers: making D&D shopping fun.
Toooom! Read the spell, chaos bolt clearly states 2d8 + 1d6 of damage 😂
Everyone: ill try and close the wound or use magic.
Ophelia: let me drink more blood then I lose
Need… moreee……
I love the image of some thug standing suspiciously in an alleyway with a bandsaw
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2:43:09 Daisy kicks a field goal....Its long its hard......its through the posts
2:51:40 Daisy with a DKO Outta nowhere
Might as well just call her Daisy Orton 🤣🤣🤣
Sirloin ❤
Someone please tell Sam Riegal about the chaotic dice 😂
im sorry Are we just going to ignore the insane transition at 10:43
56:29 Only without the human-like features. But shouldn't they be _obsidian_ black in that case?
No spoilers ahead, I promise.
Funny how in Aerois these silly goobers all joked of being a team of Paladins, but now in Altheya none of them are Paladins.
katie: how frickin dare you... ... ... fair enough
^^^ kind of my life experience
Don't you have to make a saving throw every turn in entangle?
Did the music change because the month is changing????????
Just realized, a carpenter yelling about Jesus. 😆
Id love to know what mark is using as the cards for the readings. Like is it a tarot card deck or is it a set he has made or found
He uses a deck of Oracle cards called the Citadel deck made by Fez Inkrite.
What deck is mark using for the reading/
Murder Hobos, my lord, war criminal Nova would be proud.
It makes me think what the Duke Ignarius would do when he finds out that a bunch of newbie adventurers came into his city and started street fighting and killing members of valuable city guilds. He might just hire those with a dukes’ favor to hunt them down. 😂
im ill its 01:54 , but i cant skip hr
cool
Where did Tom get the unhinged dice
1:44:04 I need these dice
🔖 2:10:00
oh hey, big zan
Chaos bolt is 2d8 +1d6 damage
This from a D&D veteran of over 40 years, with 38y of DMing experience, the levels of bleeding from Guild goons made zero sense. Overcomplication w/o reason does not add to the scenario.
"House of Bindings?" How could you not interpret it wrongly?
Just realizing daisy is a child and she out here killing people
4:50
Why is everything blue this ep?
Dzorg, for their initials. That's the awful group name idea I'm putting forward.
Mark: "you know what this game with a ridiculous amount of mechanics and rules,"
Also Mark: "Well Let's add more mechanics and rules to this game that'll make it easier and quicker..."
Seems like a lot of damaging mechanics for a fairly low level party and get rid of items a team of relative glass cannons can use to get up downed allies if they go to zero.
I hate to be critical as I love the group, but I feel like Tom is overshadowing the group, he’s always very keen to RP which is great, but seems to want to speak even before mark finishes.
Would love to see him rein back a bit and let these other characters come through more, I feel like we’ve seen less of them compared to the same points in campaign 1 & 2.
I can kinda see why you think this, but I don't really agree with you tbh. I feel like it's just a mix of Trott, who has previously favoured bombastic, larger-than-life PCs playing a much more gentle and quiet character with Rowan. And Xantheus, being the "face of the party" Mechanically speaking and in his personality.
As for having seen less of Kim, Trott, Rhi and Katie's characters than we had at this point in Aroes or Lightfall? That's not true, in fact, in my opinion, we've had the most even spread of character backstory and development out of any of the 3 main campaigns. Lightfall was an absolutely incredible campaign, but the start was rocky to say the least. By episode 11 nearly half the episodes were focused on the quest to revive Jiutóu [My favourite character of any HR campaign] She even had her own solo episode. As for Aerois [or Aeoris xp] the first 11 episodes were definitely more "balanced" than Lightfall, but Katie was straight up missing from more than half of them!
Either way, i feel like you're missing what, in my opinion, really makes Mark's DMing outstanding and that is his use of character-focused arcs. From Elora's Winter Spire political intrigue and Nova's Espionage arc in Vortinssar. To Sentry rediscovering Solwynn and becoming the prime and Cam facing the ghosts of his past Greybell.
These arcs all centre around a particular character and therefore a particular person at the table yes, but they do so in a way that draws the other characters, players and us at home in all while learning more about said characters in a fun and organic way.
Sorry for the wall of text, I'm just really passionate about this group and about Mark as a DM in general :)
@@cleverly9575 Absolutely loved your wall of text so please no apologies, I had a big smile on my face reading and remembering those moments.
I must admit, my take on campaign 1 was ill-remembered, as I was reading what you wrote, I recalled Jiutou’s revival, Trell’s arc into the underdark and various other points, really agree with you on the matter of Mark’s dming about building stories with the PCs.
Mark is doing an amazing job of giving us just enough 1-1 time with PCs to let them come through, Rhi and Kim’s characters are so different from campaign 2 it’s amazing, I love how Mark and the PCs often lean into those backstories.
My comment was born more out of observing group lead interaction with NPC’s, I feel horrible making this a negative point as I loved Qillek and Tom in campaign 2, but I feel like Tom is really steering a lot of these engagements, perhaps without giving others the chance.
It could be a bad take as it’s still early on and the group dynamics are still developing!
@@BetterKnownAsMalice glad we could both take a little trip down memory lane together, and find some common ground along the way at least
Daisy didn't kill anyone. I never saw any failed death saves.
It's because they were minions mechanically. They don't get death saves.