Sentry: *sinks axe into shadowy guards shoulder and carves into chest* "Ahhhhhhh" *chops hand off another guard* "Brings back..." *kicks guard through door then decaptitates him* "Old memories" *throws axe into Demos' chest* "Yep, just like old times" *begins to cry*
IT'S A QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT AND I DON'T THINK I'VE LAUGHED THIS HARD IN A LONG TIME. I probably woke some one up but it was worth it! Fcking love Lucius😂
I actually had a friend who had to do that in one of our campaigns. His character was extremely depressed and apathetic, and had to "roll to care" when going into initiatives to see if he even bothered doing anything lmao, it was great
General charisma check, the lower the result the less empathy you feel. That's how I would do it. If you're trying to hide your emotions to APPEAR apathetic, however, that'd be performance.
wow wasn't expecting bunny girl to be anything more than exhausted after what happened in combat, but ok mark you take her from 0 to 60... so surprised nova didn't go "well i could use some snuggling after how my day went, but that's as far as it goes" love melf's acid arrow, it's my second favorite to ice knife, due to it's ability to cuase damage even on a miss. found it surprising quilk didn't end up using word of radiance this episode, guess tom has a new favorite cantrip?
It’s so funny how all his enemy NPCS always say “You’re in too deep” “You’re out of your element” “You should never have come here” “You’re in over your head” Etc.
I will say one thing, it's hilarious seeing Americans attempting to pull off an English accent, its even more hilarious seeing someone with an English accent attempting an American accent, sounding as southern as all heck. Seriously though love ya guys.
I know people say that combat is the least fun/interesting part of DnD but I REALLY enjoyed the combat this episode! It felt really dramatic and tense, and I feel like it had plenty of RP in it.
@@grandmastercultistofben Some people maybe. But as the OP pointed out it becomes an RP/storytellers nightmare when you make the mistake of letting that aspect drop. Some people assume that is how you do it and it can make combat much more bland. Not to mention the time sink. Combat happens really quickly with the 6 second turns/rounds but often takes the most time IRL.
I love these remnant guys that Mark plays, always makes me laugh cos they're so corny. "ice shot" *fires*. It's like an anime lol. They're so expositional whilst they're getting hit/trying to fight. But I love it
Can we all agree that Trott's expression at 2:53:58 is hilarious. now I have to clean my desk because I spilled my milk all over it when I jump because of Trott's scream and then I died of laughter when I rewatched at minute to understand what just happen and Trott's expression
From the point of finishing this I have 100 episodes left to go..... It will be a while. But I am really happy I chose to watch it over watching the recaps
LightningwingDragon I’d recommend Fantasy High on college humour The first 8 episodes are free on their RUclips channel but the next 9 episodes you have to get their monthly service called Dropout It’s pretty cheap but you can just get the week long free trial and then binge it and then cancel it. But they have other good shows and Matt Mercer appears on a few episodes of Um, Actually so maybe you’ll like it
OMG THAT SCREAM AT THE END XDXDXDXD I just imagined it all anime style, the creature appears, Lucius is stunned, then the camera suddenly shifts to a birds eye view of the house as he screams, followed by the end card XD
ok furloughed from work 202, binged watched since the start, makes a change from Netflix. Last time i was into D&D was AD&D 1st edition so im old ;-) but loving the series so far (no spoilers please) lets see how far i can get before have to i go back to drudgery and grime.
So presumably, the Eterna are the source of Starbane's power, and the (main) plot of the campaign will be the party stopping the remnant from gathering all of the Eterna otherwise Starbane will break through the cradle.
i would hazard a guess at vala either being a descendant or reincarnated from siasca, or in some other way has the power to restore the aeterna (possibly linked to aetherium?) , and that in restoring a fragment of tian'gong with valas power, the remenant will use/abuse the power of the restored, but will-broken tian'gong to destroy the cradle and allow for the return of starbane, or that vala can simply absorb the power of the eterna and they want to make a bomb of her...
There's a big universe out there... I'm sure the party (Iron Sloths? Maybe someday) will find it in their best interests to try and stop the remnant from destroying the cradle... but maybe they won't be able to. Just a theory, would be interesting to see the Aerois campaign, go Beyond Aerois.
47:20 Neither Sleep, nor Light are concentration. They should not have ended. The Sleep had 8 rounds remaining, the Light had 59minutes 54 seconds remaining.
Anyone know if Mark has shared any of his creations (arcane cromat subclass, night frost forms, etc,) on dnd beyond? Would love to give them a look over for my own games.
Nope. D&D Beyond doesn't have a function for me to retain ownership of my creations or make money from them (which I need to, because this is my full-time gig now and I got bills to pay son!) - I usually post everything up on my Patreon and DMs Guild when it's finished, so welcome to check that out!
so is katey slowly phasing herself out of highrollers or has there just been a long series of unfortunate intrusions on her schedule? because ive noticed A LOT of episodes where she couldnt make it.
Katie mentioned on twitter that she's been having a rough time with personal stuff recently so her absences were either because she wasn't feeling up to being on a livestream or because she'd gone to Scotland to spend time with her friends and family back home. I don't think she's leaving High Rollers, she's just struggling rn and needs some extra love and support sending her way
I think goad is perhaps to strong a word. He certainly suggested it though. I just wish he hadn't mocked him for it after the fact. Even in jest I thought it in poor taste.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue doesn't he literally say something like "just hit him or something." While pressuring Tom to hurry up his decision with a character Tom didn't even know how to play? Sounds like goading to me. But yeah making him feel bad afterwards was just extra lol
@@MartinCancholaJr To be fair, it was a collective goading by the group to melee attack, Mark has a habit of his NPCs turning on whoever attacked last turn if they're in range, and Mark allowed Galen to roll death saves (albeit rapid fire ones), which all failed. It was a fair death. Although he died and there was a bit of teasing, I think it was in good faith and Tom didn't really comment on the OOC teasing (although he was horrified that the character got killed)
I noticed that whenever Quill does anything the NPC's all decided he's the biggest threat and target him, but when another person does a lot of damage the NPC's rarely are that concerned. Even when Quill is unconscious in a previous episode the giant shadow dude targeted him and took out his eye
That's more on the PCs for not using any tactics. The enemies are just using basic tactics to take out a healer. Why is Quill using spells that pull enemies closer to him? Why is Quill in a position to get smacked all the time?
Previously he misunderstood how disengage worked and thought it gave you more movement. Recently the comment section has corrected this misunderstanding so he now knows that disengage just prevents you from getting opportunity attacks against you when you move away from enemies that turn
I just realized Kim's weapon is the same name as China's first space station. That's an awesome connection if intentional (I know Kim is not Chinese but it could still be the source of the name)
@@zaroc You get your full turn. She was right next to the bad guy. All she had to do was stand up, and she'd get all her attacks as normal. If he's going to DM, he should know the f***ing rules.
Sentry:
*sinks axe into shadowy guards shoulder and carves into chest*
"Ahhhhhhh"
*chops hand off another guard*
"Brings back..."
*kicks guard through door then decaptitates him*
"Old memories"
*throws axe into Demos' chest*
"Yep, just like old times"
*begins to cry*
That would be emotionally overwhelming for a being who has lost so much time
LUCIUS AND HIS SCREAM!- IM CRYING
thought he was going to of died
IT'S A QUARTER PAST MIDNIGHT AND I DON'T THINK I'VE LAUGHED THIS HARD IN A LONG TIME. I probably woke some one up but it was worth it! Fcking love Lucius😂
I love him so much
I came from the podcast just to see that exact moment!
2:53:55
Mark: "First things first-"
Tom: "-im the realest"
Time stamp?
Mark: "This cloak, its almost like a big cowl, it covers up half his face..."
Lucius: "Like a big cow, you say?"
Kim dying from Trott's relationship innuendos is the cutest thing ever xDD
43:32 "Is there a roll for apathy?"
Best line ever.
I'd make it a charisma check personally. See how convincing you can be at doing very little
No it's either an intelligence or wisdom save then the charisma for either performance or deception to see how well you hide your apathy
I actually had a friend who had to do that in one of our campaigns. His character was extremely depressed and apathetic, and had to "roll to care" when going into initiatives to see if he even bothered doing anything lmao, it was great
General charisma check, the lower the result the less empathy you feel. That's how I would do it.
If you're trying to hide your emotions to APPEAR apathetic, however, that'd be performance.
I’ve just realized that Aerois is Final Fantasy. Airships, spaceships, bunny people, and Quill is just a chocobo!
If it was Final Fantasy, Quill would be a _Moogle!_
Mark said before this campaign started that it was heavily inspired on Final Fantasy in regard of geography, technology and races
I wonder if lucious will ride him
Jolly Trickster 😏
@@MondomondoTime Yes Goku I'm a mother fucking Yoshi!
Starts 6:18
Recap at 13:41
Break ends 1:38:14
Thank you!
Doing the Lord's work!
MAY YOUR DAYS BE FILLED WITH EVER-LASTING JOY AND HARMONY AND NIGHTS BE FILLED DELIGHT AND GOOD REST
High Rollers Version of Flando Maltrizian
Thanks allot
"Look I'm part rabbit ..." DIES. This is amazing, Mark. Amazing.
Lucious' intimate moment with the bow was so hilarious hahaha i had to watch it thrice
I like how Tom is constantly tryi to get inspiration by pointing things out
wow wasn't expecting bunny girl to be anything more than exhausted after what happened in combat, but ok mark you take her from 0 to 60... so surprised nova didn't go "well i could use some snuggling after how my day went, but that's as far as it goes"
love melf's acid arrow, it's my second favorite to ice knife, due to it's ability to cuase damage even on a miss.
found it surprising quilk didn't end up using word of radiance this episode, guess tom has a new favorite cantrip?
It’s so funny how all his enemy NPCS always say
“You’re in too deep”
“You’re out of your element”
“You should never have come here”
“You’re in over your head”
Etc.
They also frequently tell the party that they are going to kill them.
Big skyrim vibes 'i'll make a fine rug out of you cat!'
Watched you in Critical Role and decided to check this out. Now I have two DnD shows to watch per week. Love you mate
Ditto
i'm actually on a Crit Role break. Sooo happy to have found this.
Ditto Ditto
What the hell the Dad :( he seemed so sad last game poor NPC man.
Considering the high likelihood that his daughter is already dead perhaps now he may find peace
Mark you cant be angry at Tom when you're the one who hit Galen
Wasn't anger. If anything he was rubbing it in.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue think it was a joke
I will say one thing, it's hilarious seeing Americans attempting to pull off an English accent, its even more hilarious seeing someone with an English accent attempting an American accent, sounding as southern as all heck.
Seriously though love ya guys.
Tom puts his foot in it virtually every episode...lol
I know people say that combat is the least fun/interesting part of DnD but I REALLY enjoyed the combat this episode! It felt really dramatic and tense, and I feel like it had plenty of RP in it.
combat can be just as fun and interesting. you just need a good DM
sylvnfox and good players!
People only dislike combat because it requires quick thinking, a specific turn order and theres always a chance you could die
I kind of like combat the most this is my first campaign the only other d&d I know of is the drizzt do'urden books but this is fun
@@grandmastercultistofben Some people maybe. But as the OP pointed out it becomes an RP/storytellers nightmare when you make the mistake of letting that aspect drop.
Some people assume that is how you do it and it can make combat much more bland. Not to mention the time sink.
Combat happens really quickly with the 6 second turns/rounds but often takes the most time IRL.
Did I just watch Lucius flirt with a bow...?
I'd call "flirt" a bit flattering...
A great DM, he rewards self sacrifice by the characters and punishes negligence or lack of attention. Well done Mark!
Time stamps:
6:18-Stream Starts.
1:31:00-Break Begins.
1:38:14-Break Ends.
1:55:55 Just imagine being in a battle and the opponent saying something and youre like 'Cant say anything its not my turn sorry man'
I love these remnant guys that Mark plays, always makes me laugh cos they're so corny. "ice shot" *fires*. It's like an anime lol. They're so expositional whilst they're getting hit/trying to fight. But I love it
Tom has the worst luck. First he loses an eye as Quill, and then he straight up died as Galen.
Mark really wanted some elf bunny action.
Can we all agree that Trott's expression at 2:53:58 is hilarious. now I have to clean my desk because I spilled my milk all over it when I jump because of Trott's scream and then I died of laughter when I rewatched at minute to understand what just happen and Trott's expression
Oh my LORD I died me and lucius screamed at the exact same time 😂
I may have splurged and bought both sets of dice and the calendar/poster.. you guys are amazing. Thanks for this great series!
From the point of finishing this I have 100 episodes left to go..... It will be a while. But I am really happy I chose to watch it over watching the recaps
I'll habe to watch even more episodes to catch up. But watching recaps is not an option
OMG that trot scream saved my life.
Truly Thank you very much.
I can only imagine Nova's reaction...why must we wait so long...
LightningwingDragon
I’d recommend Fantasy High on college humour
The first 8 episodes are free on their RUclips channel but the next 9 episodes you have to get their monthly service called Dropout
It’s pretty cheap but you can just get the week long free trial and then binge it and then cancel it. But they have other good shows and Matt Mercer appears on a few episodes of Um, Actually so maybe you’ll like it
OMG THAT SCREAM AT THE END XDXDXDXD
I just imagined it all anime style, the creature appears, Lucius is stunned, then the camera suddenly shifts to a birds eye view of the house as he screams, followed by the end card XD
Only in the world of Dungeons and Dragons, one can talk to a bow without being looked at too weird
Lucius and the Bow I'd ship it
2:35:36 Trott's prophetic fistbump
I just want to say as a Texan your voices are half the reason i watch i love you guys and want to send mark a hat only if he wears it on stream.
Hell yeah I will!
@@HighRollersDnD send me an address and I'll get it out to you.
@@HighRollersDnD oh I need your hat size just measure your head in inches I'll handle the rest
two people with two sentient being items...what could possibly go wrong lmao
2:53:57 possibly the best thing i've ever seen from Trott
i highly agree
Can Lucius/Trot do any wrong
2:32:06 Tom feels the sting of failure.
Poisoned condition only gives disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls
46:46 Thanks Tom Hazel ... savage Mark XD
Holy shit! It took me this long to realize Mark is Cali from critical role campaign 2!!!!! Damn! ❤
No one ever talks about Louisiana and it makes me happy that my State got some representation
I was dieing at the southern accents, just amazing 👏.
TROTT IS RUDDY AMAZING!!!!!
Love you guys. Enjoy all the fun DND antics.
ok furloughed from work 202, binged watched since the start, makes a change from Netflix. Last time i was into D&D was AD&D 1st edition so im old ;-) but loving the series so far (no spoilers please) lets see how far i can get before have to i go back to drudgery and grime.
Really enjoying the series so far. Keep it up!
The bow reminds me of Mordin Solis from mass effect.
So presumably, the Eterna are the source of Starbane's power, and the (main) plot of the campaign will be the party stopping the remnant from gathering all of the Eterna otherwise Starbane will break through the cradle.
i would hazard a guess at vala either being a descendant or reincarnated from siasca, or in some other way has the power to restore the aeterna (possibly linked to aetherium?) , and that in restoring a fragment of tian'gong with valas power, the remenant will use/abuse the power of the restored, but will-broken tian'gong to destroy the cradle and allow for the return of starbane, or that vala can simply absorb the power of the eterna and they want to make a bomb of her...
TheHarleyEvans. That makes Sense. I really want to see Nova blow up a star though. The Irony.
There's a big universe out there... I'm sure the party (Iron Sloths? Maybe someday) will find it in their best interests to try and stop the remnant from destroying the cradle... but maybe they won't be able to. Just a theory, would be interesting to see the Aerois campaign, go Beyond Aerois.
All I could think about when Nighfrost was talking about bonding was "BOND WITH ME JIMMY"
@2:00:00 ish - me wondering why Nova's sword can't do all the cool things Twang-gon can do😂
@2:01:55 correction, Death Saves are at the Start of Turn
Super cool and fun having the players take over npc's. I gotta try it out sometime ^^
Leave it to Lucius to flirt with a weapon.
Still waiting for when they all find a strange yet familiar golden Bracer in a remnants ship...
Different worlds. Also Crownrend is ruby set in steel so how gold? Unless you meant something else entirely?
47:20 Neither Sleep, nor Light are concentration. They should not have ended. The Sleep had 8 rounds remaining, the Light had 59minutes 54 seconds remaining.
František Vrána in the heat of the moment a lot of things can be forgotten. I think it’s lucky they didn’t forget anything else
Tom should have checked
Its common for DMs to end spells who's casters have fallen, especially if the caster has outright *died.*
@@someonessidechannel1485 it's common because that's how magic works.
Anyone know if Mark has shared any of his creations (arcane cromat subclass, night frost forms, etc,) on dnd beyond? Would love to give them a look over for my own games.
Nope. D&D Beyond doesn't have a function for me to retain ownership of my creations or make money from them (which I need to, because this is my full-time gig now and I got bills to pay son!) - I usually post everything up on my Patreon and DMs Guild when it's finished, so welcome to check that out!
Thanks for letting me know. Keep up the amazing work.
@@SherlockHulmes u are doing a fantastic job here, well done! Would love to see a detailed writeup of this world
THANKS TOM HAZELL
Does Vala gain exp and can she level up? I feel like she should but I'm also not sure if you (Mark) have something else planned.
Yes, her and Arval have both gained "Xp" but I don't think I'll always give them class levels.
@@SherlockHulmes Okay, thanks for the answer!
@@SherlockHulmes Is Valor Siasker?
@@SherlockHulmes Vala should become OP! She is learning so much by fighting with them!
so is katey slowly phasing herself out of highrollers or has there just been a long series of unfortunate intrusions on her schedule? because ive noticed A LOT of episodes where she couldnt make it.
I think just because of the holiday season there has been a lot of things going on for her, clearly she's having a blast
@@elijahbielefeldt-cada6639 i think so too but i worry.
this team needs katey
Katie mentioned on twitter that she's been having a rough time with personal stuff recently so her absences were either because she wasn't feeling up to being on a livestream or because she'd gone to Scotland to spend time with her friends and family back home. I don't think she's leaving High Rollers, she's just struggling rn and needs some extra love and support sending her way
Holy shit team. This was the best ep so far.
I must admit I war really mad that mark goaded Tom to use a melee attack with a low level mage then was like "now I can kill him."
I think goad is perhaps to strong a word. He certainly suggested it though.
I just wish he hadn't mocked him for it after the fact. Even in jest I thought it in poor taste.
@@MorinehtarTheBlue doesn't he literally say something like "just hit him or something." While pressuring Tom to hurry up his decision with a character Tom didn't even know how to play? Sounds like goading to me. But yeah making him feel bad afterwards was just extra lol
@@MartinCancholaJr To be fair, it was a collective goading by the group to melee attack, Mark has a habit of his NPCs turning on whoever attacked last turn if they're in range, and Mark allowed Galen to roll death saves (albeit rapid fire ones), which all failed. It was a fair death. Although he died and there was a bit of teasing, I think it was in good faith and Tom didn't really comment on the OOC teasing (although he was horrified that the character got killed)
I imagine the reason Arvel has a fighter level is because he's been adventuring with the crew. I imagine he didn't start with that
Right? NPC's should earn levels for tagging along with PC's on adventures.
I noticed that whenever Quill does anything the NPC's all decided he's the biggest threat and target him, but when another person does a lot of damage the NPC's rarely are that concerned. Even when Quill is unconscious in a previous episode the giant shadow dude targeted him and took out his eye
Looks like Mark has something against Quill
It is generally a good idea to target the healer.
That's more on the PCs for not using any tactics. The enemies are just using basic tactics to take out a healer. Why is Quill using spells that pull enemies closer to him? Why is Quill in a position to get smacked all the time?
All I heard from Trot is when he said "9 and 11" and immediately flashed back to 2001
Who was your favorite character last campaign
Mine was trellimar
That one orc was my favourite character
Definitely cam
mine was old lady trell, by a landslide
Zae___ _ falk
Tom's face while they were talking about Gailen 😂😂
Giving kim more sentient items first crownrend now even more lol
Her archetype revolves around sentient weapons
That is but one way to interpret Hexblade. As a medium to a warlock patron though it's really more of a vector to any number of backstories.
Oh poor sentry the baby has ptsd
The Highrollers are English so when Kim says Mark is wearing no pants, does she mean trousers or underwear…… I’m not sure which one is funnier
I cannot unsee in my headcanon that Demos has a Starbane poster in his room.
This episode was amazing!!
Damn I thought aila was gonna do it with the bunny lady
"First things first amarilis" TOM HAZEL I HEARD THAT LIL JOKE ;)
after all of these hours I've seen you guys play, I'm interested.
2:01:50 NO!!! Death saves are at the beginning!!!!!
I've known other actual plays that do it that way but can't find anything in the PHB that corroborates any time frame.
NPCs in this campaign seem a lot better in combat than the party lol
They have some shitty dice rolls
spellcasting with a gun, interesting idea, mind if I steal that mark
Looooove this episode. Great job everyone. But now we must wait until new year!!!!! Nooooooooo have a great Christmas to all the highrollers and fans
1:40:00 did Quil not have shield?
Somone explain what Mark ment when he said he was doing disengage wrong he doesn't explain what he means or I'm just tired somone explain plz 41:25
Previously he misunderstood how disengage worked and thought it gave you more movement. Recently the comment section has corrected this misunderstanding so he now knows that disengage just prevents you from getting opportunity attacks against you when you move away from enemies that turn
@@mme.veronica735 thanks it was just weird how he explained what he was doing wrong and it confused me
I love Sanna, I hope we see more of her.
Nooo don't go! It got so intense! I love you guys! Also, Tom is not allowed to control any more NPC's! (Jk, sort of jk) 💕
spoilers for way later in the campaign
sad rewatching this knowing Sanna gets killed (rather unceremoniously) by a mutated t-rex...
1:22:07 AM I MORE THAN YOU BARGAINED FOR YET
The best reaction is coming up by Nova😂 and Night Frost, to Lucius cant wait.
Cool! Now all Lucius has to do is find some item of clothing with an affinity for acid, and he'll have both his elements worn on his person.
I just realized Kim's weapon is the same name as China's first space station. That's an awesome connection if intentional (I know Kim is not Chinese but it could still be the source of the name)
*cough* (I'm half Chinese Malaysian - ie. Malaysian from Chinese descent) - Kim x
"Man tough dayyyy-bpbpbpbp" 2:46:15
Kim sounds like Arval but with a cold
Great episode.
Also, new music track!
1:21:24, could you imagine if sentry was standing next to nova with her flame lance and hit all three of them in that line 😲
You role death saving throws at the beginning of your turn
Kinda of a moot point, can't really do anything else on your turn
davie pool87 it’s that way because a nat 20 will raise you back to 1 hp and you get the rest of your turn.
@@zaroc You get your full turn. She was right next to the bad guy. All she had to do was stand up, and she'd get all her attacks as normal. If he's going to DM, he should know the f***ing rules.
43:37 Mark accidentally flipping off the camera.
Superb combat. Gripping
Man, I would love to be the 6th player in this group to play
I'm so glad Lucius is getting the bow.
Really hope these weapons don't end up being Crownrends.
#TeamRadiantTempest
if it is a n action for the thunder stone gun to reload and not for the big badddy and some better cantrips would be nice too lol
57:00
Run Valla run!