Hi all. Mark here. I wanted to make a pinned comment to remind folks that whilst we don't mind constructive criticism, or people disagreeing with player choices/actions, we will *never* tolerate people being hostile, mean-spirited, or outright rude to our players (or me I guess) and such comments will be removed and offenders banned from posting.
Agreed, difference of opinion is common, but hostility and rudeness should be quenched asap. ps...I'm at the 1:15:00 point...am I going to be devastated Mark?...are you going to grab my little heart and squeeze...?
Its great that trott has singlehandedly managed to have the group add "ie" or "y" to the end of words with zero persuading. He's just done it that much.
Everyone is talking about Mark leaving us hanging. I'm freaking out about how focused and lethal Lucius became when someone took his little surrogate sorcerer sister
Hah, i knew the invitation was a setup, but i thought it was to Brookstone doing something against Rosalind or the smith. Totally didn't expect those Remnant guys. Though, i suspected they hunt the girl. I'm happy Brookstone isn't THAT bad.
@@TheBiggreenpig isn't that bad? He's a bad guy and his children are even worse. He's like an evil mob boss. He never gets caught getting his hands dirty because his minions, aka children and family, are the ones doing his dirty deeds.
I know you all did this five years ago but I'm only just finding it, and it's wonderful! If you'd have told me a few months ago that watching people play dungeons and dragons would make me cry I wouldn't have believed it. Thank you, and I can't wait to see the rest of this world and story!
so far i'm really happy to say i'm enjoying this series so much. Trott is, as always carrying the series with his experience and hilarious RP moments. His linkup with the other characters helps out a lot in moments where it could otherwise be quite dull. I think Lucius can only grow into a fantastic character. Tom is playing the role of the sort of cautious leader who people seem to look to for the final say a lot of the time but Quill has been a good voice of reason so far. Kim i'm so glad to say has made a rather enjoyable character in Nova. She still has some of her characteristics from the first dnd series, in which sadly a lot of people... myself included didn't like Jiutou at all and was generally quite a hard character to like but she's made me laugh a lot in Aerois! Rhiannon is a wonderful smiley addition to the team and for someone who is completely new to dnd has contributed excellently! I think she just need to be brought into the conversation a bit more by the others. Katie has been missing for a number of episodes, which is a shame and hopefully she'll be back to join the gang regularly too but has had flashes of funny moments and seems to be keeping people in line when they get a little too silly :P Mark you've really outdone yourself with the world building and wonderful characters in this one. Your range of accents is very impressive too ;D all in all i'm loving this campaign and please guys keep it up! :D
@@skeletalarkeus5728 Yeah, I think she is a shy person in general, plus being new to the system (which she picked up rather quickly and when she does RP it is quite on point!) AND being filmed--that's a lot of pressure! Trott has always carried High Rollers and I think this is the episode where I was like "yep, they've clicked. I'm invested now" and I love it!
HighRollers Aerois Timestamps SPOILERS! 1:27 D&D modules/official books coming out in 2018 2:33 Trott’s Puzzle Dwarven Island (“Knights & Knaves”) 5:49 Aerois Intro 7:06 Recap 8:20 Start 10:51 Egg cannibalism? Or nature? 11:55 Specifications/Corrections on Warlock Class 12:34 Nice hot plates 13:28 Pompus Mark impression 13:50 Metagame Guesses 15:14 Lucius’ father’s first name is going to be “Daddy” at this rate 15:57 MY IMMERSION! 17:10 Hammer techniques 17:51 Everyone fights for cake 19:30 Yes...power. Almost like a certain gauntlet + Echo sounds 21:18 Morning Lucius 22:41 Goes down the weapon list 25:00 Hungry...hungry...hipp- erm sword 27:40 Name suggestions bulletin board 29:08 Fusing with Gadwin’s hammer & visions 32:30 Opinion on Brett Brookstone & history 34:48 Name suggestion opinions 40:50 Emotional Investments 46:11 Plz No 47:03 Nnnnngh! 49:15 Quilvanastria 50:00 Wyvern hide armor info 52:40 “Fun” 53:25 Spruce up montage 1:07:08 Prince of awkward 1:09:13 Wise words... which is immoderately ruined 1:12:13 Serious change 1:14:56 Oh shit... NOOOOOOO Break Music 1:15:20 Aerois Main Theme 1:16:13 Violin version of Aerois Main theme 1:20:26 Piano version of Aerois Main theme 1:24:31 Evil Cardigan 1:25:27 Accurate Narrator Kim 1:35:55 Belief of the afterlife & gods 1:37:00 Quill taking the role of leader 1:50:00 Echo location 1:53:20 Robot hugs 2:01:40 Horse chase 2:04:54 Oh... lovely. Hopefully there are no mountain spiders 2:07:53 Horse talk + Mark impressions 2:11:14 NAT 20 Horse check! 2:14:00 Navigation Role Rules 2:20:35 Beastfolk info 2:31:09 Thing in the Ironweild 2:36:10 Shadow watching in the trees 2:39:30 NO ECHO! 2:40:47 Dwarves & Durgar/Knight & Knaves Puzzle solution
Where there is Light, there is Darkness. In Arrak we had Lightborn, and now in Aerois we have GOLIATH Shadowborn Assassins XD god I love this Campaign so very much. Things got intense.
Oh my god... a year and a half of vids just to finally catch up to the live show. I've been watching your videos everyday since around this time last year! I cant believe I've finally caught up! I feel like some sort of hunter tracking this party down just to always be a step behind!
1:27 - D&D modules/official books coming out in 2018 2:33 - Trott’s Puzzle Dwarven Island (“Knights & Knaves”) 5:49 - Aerois Intro 7:06 - Recap 8:20 - Start 10:51 - Egg cannibalism? Or nature? 11:55 - Specifications/Corrections on Warlock Class 12:34 - Nice hot plates 13:28 - Pompous Mark impression 13:50 - Metagame Guesses 15:14 - Lucius’ father’s first name is going to be “Daddy” at this rate 15:57 - MY IMMERSION! 17:10 - Hammer techniques 17:51 - Everyone fights for cake 19:30 - Yes...power. Almost like a certain gauntlet + Echo sounds 21:18 - Morning Lucius 22:41 - Goes down the weapon list 25:00 - Hungry...hungry...hipp- erm sword 27:40 - Name suggestions bulletin board 29:08 - Fusing with Gadwyn’s hammer & visions 32:30 - Opinion on Brett Brookstone & history 34:48 - Name suggestion opinions 40:50 - Emotional Investments 46:11 - Plz No 47:03 - Nnnnngh! 49:15 - Quilvanastria 50:00 - Wyvern hide armor info 52:40 - “Fun” 53:25 - Spruce up montage 1:07:08 - Prince of awkward 1:09:13 - Wise words... which is immoderately ruined 1:12:13 - Serious change 1:14:56 - Oh shit... NOOOOOOO Break Music 1:15:20 - Aerois Main Theme 1:16:13 - Violin version of Aerois Main theme 1:20:26 - Piano version of Aerois Main theme 1:24:31 - Evil Cardigan 1:25:27 - Accurate Narrator Kim 1:35:55 - Belief of the afterlife & gods 1:37:00 - Quill taking the role of leader 1:50:00 - Echo location 1:53:20 - Robot hugs 2:01:40 Horse chase 2:04:54 - Oh... lovely. Hopefully there are no mountain spiders 2:07:53 - Horse talk + Mark impressions 2:11:14 - NAT 20 Horse check! 2:14:00 - Navigation Role Rules 2:20:35 - Beastfolk info 2:31:09 - Thing in the Ironweald 2:36:10 - Shadow watching in the trees 2:39:30 - NO ECHO! 2:40:47 - Dwarves & Duergar/Knight & Knaves Puzzle solution
Maybe she was thinking of Quarkstars Which would be a hypothetical star made entirely of highly compressed quarks, thus being extremely dense. It's also a pretty cool name. I'm more bothered by Mark's pronunciation of "chitinous" (It's Kite-in, not Chit-in)
Amazing episode!!! The brutal murders of yusef and corin was exquisite DMing - getting such a great reaction from the players. I was wondering a little where the story was drifting to, and then BAM a gut-wrenching plot twist. Mark you are a mad genius
Exactly a chicken is about as different from a falcon as a human is from a cow! he is a falcon person NOT a chicken person! Also why is he omnivorous and not carnivorous? I suppose just the way the Aarakokra are on this world.
@@valasafantastic1055 You can be omnivorous but not eat birds nor meat. He could be OK with fish and insects alongside fruits and vegetables, that would make him omnivorous, and that is a fair diet for several types of bird. Also, being a sentient bird, it's logical that he hates eggs as food.
Omigod! The guy they had dinner with has 6 children but only 4 were there! The boy and girl with the Goliath could’ve been his children and the other guy might have been a miner that worked for him. Edit (from reply): plus Brett said his children could hunt and survive in the forest (one had a bow?). Maybe he actually is involved who knows Edit 2: and if he is it may not be voluntary or because he’s evil
Ellie Rose That's genius, it all makes sense, as the father said that he taught his older children how to hunt and survive in the forest and they are the same age. I bet this big shadowy dude is working for the Remnant and Brookstone helped him all the way...
Nice catch! That sounds very plausible. Even if true that doesn't necessarily mean Brett is evil (not implying you said that). He's a family first guy and could have had his family threatened if he didn't cooperate.
True, typical family first guy as you said, fueled by his troubled past, he would do everything not to lose his family again, even if that means helping in kidnapping and (potential) murder...especially if it's about some strangers that appeared a few days ago.
Hey Guys, just wanted to say I love your work, keep it up! Certainly a different dynamic with these new characters, and Mark love the world you have created. Love to see the story pick up and see a bit more decisiveness from the characters overall. Thanks!
So I started this after catching up with your Curse of Strahd campaign - this has been great background noise, with some good character moments, but this episode? I am now PAYING ATTENTION! I can't believe I only have 60 episodes to catch up on (i got caught up on CR in less than 2 months so 60 episodes is not a lot) and i really can't wait to be able to join you live. I have really enjoyed seeing how everyone is getting into character slowly, forming a group so naturally it's just *chefs kiss* - Mark you're awesome!
Absolutely fantastic campaign and content in every way possible. Loved it since the beginning. But I love heavy sided stories, and this has been my favorite episode so far. Love seeing Quill take a more serious tone
I am watching this in 2020, - it's my first DnD campaign that I watch. I really like it, and with the stable incident I realised how much I've started to care about the characters. Thanks to you all Highrollers!
I've said this before, but damnit Mark! You nail the region neutral accent so well. I don't know if you're gifted or worked hard, but it's awesome. Nice job on your Merrick!
as a dungeon master myself, I commend the evil break timing well-done sir and the smile as he said "nothing goes wrong" so much tention its perfection good show!
It's sad that it's only been 10 episodes and most of them have been missing a player due to other obligations. Hope there's some rescheduling done soon.
Another session without Katie, I worry she's slowly phasing out of High Rollers, which is sad. Though Rhiannon is great so there is that. Hopefully I'm wrong though.
Chris: 'Look for this purple blast' Me, going all investigating like: *looks at Mark's facecam* pURPLE BACKGROUND LIGHT I SPOT PURPLE LUCIUS THERE IS PURPLE HERE
New to DnD and super late to this amazing game, cant wait to watch it all. But Mark being a horse has made my gosh darn day. Love your content and you guys make the best party. #BlazinSquad
Valla is just reminding me more and more of my current DND character Scarlett. Upon the party's adventures, they were helping a group of people against some danger. Meanwhile, my character stopped and decided to rest after all the previous events, the worst decision ever, as she then decided to keep exploring..... to which She bumped into a past party member (Dms character) who had gone missing, her protector. He had been possessed and actually kidnapped her, taking her to her half-brother.... making her dissapear from her party as eventually, she was kidnapped by her half-brother, and the possession over that party member dissolved, leaving him with guilt.... and finding the party to tell them how he had failed to protect her. Long story short: Scarlett was kidnapped when left alone, and her protector had gone missing. Just like Valla got kidnapped when her protectors was killed. Scarlett has untapped magical powers bestowed by a Phoenix, Valla has unknown, possible sorcery magical powers. Scarlett is being hunted by her God parent Hades, (yes she is a demigod), Valla is being hunted by the court of shadows (maybe?) for some reason assuming she is special. Scarlett and Valla are both the youngest in the group, both with family non-existent (scarlett didnt know about her god parent..... her non-bioligcal parents got killed).... The DM told me he got inspiration from High Rollers.... now i understand bahahah..... bad idea to watch now :P
Turning a powerfully magical blacksmith's hammer into a trinket that lets you cast Scorching Ray once per day - at the cost of reducing the damage of a Hexblade's weapon seems... insane to me. I get that Nova would want to feed her sword any kind of magic she came across if it asked her to, but I feel like it's foolish for the others to agree to this. It kinda just seems really wrong to "eat" a magical tool that has so much possible utility, not to mention value in terms of trade.
My initial thought when Mark said that there were blood and bodies was that Valla accidentally set off her knife spell. I'M CRYING AND TOO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN THIIIIIIIS Rihannon calling Echo her little branch baby was cuute also I'M SAAAAAAAD now.
Yea it's a bit distracting or messes with immersion just a bit. But since most of them seem to be aila it isn't too bad (since it's 1 player, not rotating. I'm not dissing her)
I know I'm late to this, but sudden realisation at 2hr28 that the two helping the Goliath through the woods is probably the brookstones that were at "work" during dinner
I think I know what the creature we're tracking is. *Possible spoilers below.* It's a Shadar-Kai Shadow Dancer from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. It has to be: spiked chain, tall, grey skin, *literal shadow dancer* . I may be wrong, so don't mark my words. I'm guessing it's from the Court of Shadows, and I'm totally open to debate and discussion. Please share your thoughts! Edit: Goliath? Maybe. But Mark isn't always truthful to his players...
I was thinking I get this Pre Civil war vibe from his voice acting like what would it be like if there was a north and south kind of Civil war happening in Aerois :D
Sorry to detract from the episode but I kinda want the full party back together more consistently. It feels like the times all five players have been present has been few and far between. Full party dynamic lost :/
Sadly the team have jobs and live outside of HighRollers and sometimes that's going to take priority over the game. Katie will be back when she can, but there may be times when she or others can't attend. Just like a real D&D group. ;)
Spoilers for episode prior to 1:27:00 Quill's new mission reach level 20 cleric get 50,000 gold worth of diamonds learn true resurrection and bring them back
Actually they just need resurrection 2x 1000gp diamonds and the body (just a piece actually). I assume the body would be easy to be found if the church buried them, it’s 7th level, and has a 100 year limit.
Omg, mark im super impressed with your southern accent lmao. Im from the states and ive practiced and studied accents so my compliments to you, one of my absolute favorite DMs
Hi all. Mark here. I wanted to make a pinned comment to remind folks that whilst we don't mind constructive criticism, or people disagreeing with player choices/actions, we will *never* tolerate people being hostile, mean-spirited, or outright rude to our players (or me I guess) and such comments will be removed and offenders banned from posting.
Agreed, difference of opinion is common, but hostility and rudeness should be quenched asap.
ps...I'm at the 1:15:00 point...am I going to be devastated Mark?...are you going to grab my little heart and squeeze...?
...
And what I meant was quelched, not quenched ^^
WOW, Go read comments on Critical Role videos. Funny thing about playing D&D in public you get positive and negative comments about your play.
Karl Cross Read the comment properly.
Its great that trott has singlehandedly managed to have the group add "ie" or "y" to the end of words with zero persuading. He's just done it that much.
when the dinner was interupted I tought to myself: '"shit they found the cows"
Haha! New to the stream, trying to avoid spoilers, but I thought the same thing!!
😂
Same thing I thought 🤣
Me tooo
I was so certain Trott was going to get arrested just like in the lightfall campaign.
Everyone is talking about Mark leaving us hanging. I'm freaking out about how focused and lethal Lucius became when someone took his little surrogate sorcerer sister
"What if he never makes it back is what I'm saying"
I am in very much agreement with Lucius. "What if he never gets back [alive].." Im good with that. *Grins menacingly with a flamethrower*
I want more times where Lucius acts like that (also seeing how his nanny’s old job was not surprising that it rub off on him.)
Trott's rp of Lucius is just gold. That being said, Mark's rp of Trott rping Lucius is also gold
"He might be emotionally invested" in literally his own son, im crying
Cierra Frantz poor Lucius
I love lucius and trott
"Are you sure"
"I am horse."
Fun with talking with animals.
That was the best part!
"Nothing goes wrong"
Literally the most suspicious way Mark could have said that
CoreSanity101 nothing goes wrong except 2 out of 4 of the people you traveled with is dead and 1 of them is kidnapped
Hah, i knew the invitation was a setup, but i thought it was to Brookstone doing something against Rosalind or the smith. Totally didn't expect those Remnant guys. Though, i suspected they hunt the girl. I'm happy Brookstone isn't THAT bad.
@@TheBiggreenpig isn't that bad? He's a bad guy and his children are even worse. He's like an evil mob boss. He never gets caught getting his hands dirty because his minions, aka children and family, are the ones doing his dirty deeds.
Nova: “I need an Adult”
Quill: literally two years old
Lol
4 I thought but still
@@Lostangel1000 mhm yea
I know you all did this five years ago but I'm only just finding it, and it's wonderful! If you'd have told me a few months ago that watching people play dungeons and dragons would make me cry I wouldn't have believed it. Thank you, and I can't wait to see the rest of this world and story!
so far i'm really happy to say i'm enjoying this series so much.
Trott is, as always carrying the series with his experience and hilarious RP moments. His linkup with the other characters helps out a lot in moments where it could otherwise be quite dull. I think Lucius can only grow into a fantastic character.
Tom is playing the role of the sort of cautious leader who people seem to look to for the final say a lot of the time but Quill has been a good voice of reason so far.
Kim i'm so glad to say has made a rather enjoyable character in Nova. She still has some of her characteristics from the first dnd series, in which sadly a lot of people... myself included didn't like Jiutou at all and was generally quite a hard character to like but she's made me laugh a lot in Aerois!
Rhiannon is a wonderful smiley addition to the team and for someone who is completely new to dnd has contributed excellently! I think she just need to be brought into the conversation a bit more by the others.
Katie has been missing for a number of episodes, which is a shame and hopefully she'll be back to join the gang regularly too but has had flashes of funny moments and seems to be keeping people in line when they get a little too silly :P
Mark you've really outdone yourself with the world building and wonderful characters in this one. Your range of accents is very impressive too ;D
all in all i'm loving this campaign and please guys keep it up! :D
I agree they need to try and bring Sentry into the conversation more. Loving this campaign though
@@skeletalarkeus5728 Yeah, I think she is a shy person in general, plus being new to the system (which she picked up rather quickly and when she does RP it is quite on point!) AND being filmed--that's a lot of pressure! Trott has always carried High Rollers and I think this is the episode where I was like "yep, they've clicked. I'm invested now" and I love it!
Lol the horse RP was hilarious.
"Do you have an entire world in your head like I do?!" So good!
HighRollers Aerois Timestamps SPOILERS!
1:27 D&D modules/official books coming out in 2018
2:33 Trott’s Puzzle Dwarven Island (“Knights & Knaves”)
5:49 Aerois Intro
7:06 Recap
8:20 Start
10:51 Egg cannibalism? Or nature?
11:55 Specifications/Corrections on Warlock Class
12:34 Nice hot plates
13:28 Pompus Mark impression
13:50 Metagame Guesses
15:14 Lucius’ father’s first name is going to be “Daddy” at this rate
15:57 MY IMMERSION!
17:10 Hammer techniques
17:51 Everyone fights for cake
19:30 Yes...power. Almost like a certain gauntlet + Echo sounds
21:18 Morning Lucius
22:41 Goes down the weapon list
25:00 Hungry...hungry...hipp- erm sword
27:40 Name suggestions bulletin board
29:08 Fusing with Gadwin’s hammer & visions
32:30 Opinion on Brett Brookstone & history
34:48 Name suggestion opinions
40:50 Emotional Investments
46:11 Plz No
47:03 Nnnnngh!
49:15 Quilvanastria
50:00 Wyvern hide armor info
52:40 “Fun”
53:25 Spruce up montage
1:07:08 Prince of awkward
1:09:13 Wise words... which is immoderately ruined
1:12:13 Serious change
1:14:56 Oh shit... NOOOOOOO
Break Music
1:15:20 Aerois Main Theme
1:16:13 Violin version of Aerois Main theme
1:20:26 Piano version of Aerois Main theme
1:24:31 Evil Cardigan
1:25:27 Accurate Narrator Kim
1:35:55 Belief of the afterlife & gods
1:37:00 Quill taking the role of leader
1:50:00 Echo location
1:53:20 Robot hugs
2:01:40 Horse chase
2:04:54 Oh... lovely. Hopefully there are no mountain spiders
2:07:53 Horse talk + Mark impressions
2:11:14 NAT 20 Horse check!
2:14:00 Navigation Role Rules
2:20:35 Beastfolk info
2:31:09 Thing in the Ironweild
2:36:10 Shadow watching in the trees
2:39:30 NO ECHO!
2:40:47 Dwarves & Durgar/Knight & Knaves Puzzle solution
You are a blessing Sir/Madam
The moments when the players are bickering amongst eachother and you have Mark in the background trying not to laugh
Yeah
I love those moments
A miner, and Brett’s two oldest, a girl and a boy. How convenient they were missing from dinner. DAMN YOU BROOKSTONES
Damn you brookstone
Yeah I still think they did it. Also, Bret sent his youngest to get wine. Distracting Rosalina from the back? Possibly?
deer man: we've had a lot of trouble with humans, my clan was driven off
Brett with all the mounted "deer" heads in his home:...
Mark (describing assailant of the priests): “He had gray skin, tattoos, and a long chain with a blade”
Me: It’s Kratos...
Ryan Gil nah Kartos is too busy training BOYYY
its froggos.
Me who has watched too much Critical Role: Evil Grog?
Where there is Light, there is Darkness. In Arrak we had Lightborn, and now in Aerois we have GOLIATH Shadowborn Assassins XD god I love this Campaign so very much. Things got intense.
I ship Lucius and Sentry as Friends. because damnit. They get along so well.
It makes me feel refreshed. How simply delightful those two can be.
I can't wait for Quill to have a mechanical arm and become Berserquill
Wouldn't it be a mechanical wing? Let's hope he doesn't get wax feathers
Fullmetal quill
Quill Briggs.
Ahhh Project Flock Together
2:41:51
"We have a lot of problems with humans"
None of them are humans
I would've been in deep shit, I only run human, orc, or dwarf
'Spirits?' 'Yeah there are shapes wandering around'
Me: 'rICHAAAAAAARD
OMFG!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
1:27:03 for podcast listeners kim is trying to find a way to hide marks body after killing him
No one watching the podcast will see your comment.
@@jimmydavis1775 he was making a joke
'you ready to use that'
'sure am...'
'Let's go.'
Favourite lines so far in the campaign!
Are you sure ... I am horse.
I realised that the forest was being played as a dungeon by Mark, and I thought "They are going to die"
Yeah, the two year old paranoid bird is “clued up”
He is 4. Just maths. Valla said she was 15 and quillek said she was 11 years older than him. He corrected to 11 after saying 13 originally
Baby bird 🐦
Oh my god... a year and a half of vids just to finally catch up to the live show. I've been watching your videos everyday since around this time last year! I cant believe I've finally caught up! I feel like some sort of hunter tracking this party down just to always be a step behind!
1:27 - D&D modules/official books coming out in 2018
2:33 - Trott’s Puzzle Dwarven Island (“Knights & Knaves”)
5:49 - Aerois Intro
7:06 - Recap
8:20 - Start
10:51 - Egg cannibalism? Or nature?
11:55 - Specifications/Corrections on Warlock Class
12:34 - Nice hot plates
13:28 - Pompous Mark impression
13:50 - Metagame Guesses
15:14 - Lucius’ father’s first name is going to be “Daddy” at this rate
15:57 - MY IMMERSION!
17:10 - Hammer techniques
17:51 - Everyone fights for cake
19:30 - Yes...power. Almost like a certain gauntlet + Echo sounds
21:18 - Morning Lucius
22:41 - Goes down the weapon list
25:00 - Hungry...hungry...hipp- erm sword
27:40 - Name suggestions bulletin board
29:08 - Fusing with Gadwyn’s hammer & visions
32:30 - Opinion on Brett Brookstone & history
34:48 - Name suggestion opinions
40:50 - Emotional Investments
46:11 - Plz No
47:03 - Nnnnngh!
49:15 - Quilvanastria
50:00 - Wyvern hide armor info
52:40 - “Fun”
53:25 - Spruce up montage
1:07:08 - Prince of awkward
1:09:13 - Wise words... which is immoderately ruined
1:12:13 - Serious change
1:14:56 - Oh shit... NOOOOOOO Break Music
1:15:20 - Aerois Main Theme
1:16:13 - Violin version of Aerois Main theme
1:20:26 - Piano version of Aerois Main theme
1:24:31 - Evil Cardigan
1:25:27 - Accurate Narrator Kim
1:35:55 - Belief of the afterlife & gods
1:37:00 - Quill taking the role of leader
1:50:00 - Echo location
1:53:20 - Robot hugs 2:01:40 Horse chase
2:04:54 - Oh... lovely. Hopefully there are no mountain spiders
2:07:53 - Horse talk + Mark impressions
2:11:14 - NAT 20 Horse check!
2:14:00 - Navigation Role Rules
2:20:35 - Beastfolk info
2:31:09 - Thing in the Ironweald
2:36:10 - Shadow watching in the trees
2:39:30 - NO ECHO!
2:40:47 - Dwarves & Duergar/Knight & Knaves Puzzle solution
A Quark is a subatomic particle that is a building block of atomic matter.
It has nothing to do with stars.
Maybe you meant Quasar?
Maybe she was thinking of Quarkstars
Which would be a hypothetical star made entirely of highly compressed quarks, thus being extremely dense. It's also a pretty cool name.
I'm more bothered by Mark's pronunciation of "chitinous" (It's Kite-in, not Chit-in)
Travis Himebaugh I’ve heard it pronounced a lot of ways
Shs did mean quasar. She suggestsd the name in an earlier episode with quasars and just messed it up a bit this time
NERD ALERT! NERD ALERT!
Its also the owner of a bar on a certain space station
they finally remembered the wyvern skin!!!!!!!!!
Amazing episode!!! The brutal murders of yusef and corin was exquisite DMing - getting such a great reaction from the players. I was wondering a little where the story was drifting to, and then BAM a gut-wrenching plot twist. Mark you are a mad genius
wow, I actually teared up at the groups reaction at the death of their friends.. Giant done screwed up messing with this group.
Qillek is a bird of prey, wouldn't he naturally eat smaller birds?
Not eggs, and religious reasons around the wind god that quill follows could be responsible for his distate of eggs
@@mme.veronica735 That's true...
@@jamessamps235 Nummy
Exactly a chicken is about as different from a falcon as a human is from a cow! he is a falcon person NOT a chicken person! Also why is he omnivorous and not carnivorous? I suppose just the way the Aarakokra are on this world.
@@valasafantastic1055 You can be omnivorous but not eat birds nor meat. He could be OK with fish and insects alongside fruits and vegetables, that would make him omnivorous, and that is a fair diet for several types of bird. Also, being a sentient bird, it's logical that he hates eggs as food.
Omigod! The guy they had dinner with has 6 children but only 4 were there! The boy and girl with the Goliath could’ve been his children and the other guy might have been a miner that worked for him.
Edit (from reply): plus Brett said his children could hunt and survive in the forest (one had a bow?). Maybe he actually is involved who knows Edit 2: and if he is it may not be voluntary or because he’s evil
Ellie Rose That's genius, it all makes sense, as the father said that he taught his older children how to hunt and survive in the forest and they are the same age. I bet this big shadowy dude is working for the Remnant and Brookstone helped him all the way...
Nice catch! That sounds very plausible. Even if true that doesn't necessarily mean Brett is evil (not implying you said that). He's a family first guy and could have had his family threatened if he didn't cooperate.
True, typical family first guy as you said, fueled by his troubled past, he would do everything not to lose his family again, even if that means helping in kidnapping and (potential) murder...especially if it's about some strangers that appeared a few days ago.
There was also Sammy, who went to the Brazen Heart around the time they died
Lauren Athanasiou Oh, time flies quick. It's been more then two months now, could you remind me who Sammy was and when do they mention him?
Mark slowing down when he tells visions and dreams is such a big mood
Wow that knights and knaves puzzle was utterly simple. "This guy lies." "Actually neither of us lie."
Garrett Stock I know... it was quite poor
"These are the labyrinth guards. One only tells the truth, one only lies, and one stabs people who ask tricky questions."
Tbh i was thinking myself in circles because everything in my head was telling me that id made a mistake, and that it was too easy to be right lmao.
Hey Guys, just wanted to say I love your work, keep it up! Certainly a different dynamic with these new characters, and Mark love the world you have created. Love to see the story pick up and see a bit more decisiveness from the characters overall. Thanks!
So I started this after catching up with your Curse of Strahd campaign - this has been great background noise, with some good character moments, but this episode? I am now PAYING ATTENTION! I can't believe I only have 60 episodes to catch up on (i got caught up on CR in less than 2 months so 60 episodes is not a lot) and i really can't wait to be able to join you live. I have really enjoyed seeing how everyone is getting into character slowly, forming a group so naturally it's just *chefs kiss* - Mark you're awesome!
Absolutely fantastic campaign and content in every way possible. Loved it since the beginning. But I love heavy sided stories, and this has been my favorite episode so far. Love seeing Quill take a more serious tone
Spiders with iron shells: *exist*
Nova with Heat Metal: 😶
2 episodes ago: funny cows
this episode: brutal murder
also this episode: funny horses
Aw Mark, you can tell he gets no joy from killing off his NPCs 😥
As a Dm nothing brings more joy than offing npc that pc love . Their pain is a DM's food
Mark's delivery of intense scenes is always so solid. I just felt a sinking pit in my stomach. evil DM powers!
I'm new to D&D and I find watching this more enveloping than anything on Netflix.
Rewatching/listening to this again for tomorrow. Forgot a lot of random tidbits here and there for sure. Looking forward to watching on Sunday.
Break ends at 1:24:29
I am watching this in 2020, - it's my first DnD campaign that I watch. I really like it, and with the stable incident I realised how much I've started to care about the characters. Thanks to you all Highrollers!
I've said this before, but damnit Mark! You nail the region neutral accent so well. I don't know if you're gifted or worked hard, but it's awesome. Nice job on your Merrick!
Fucking hell. This episode made me cry. Fantastic RP by the High Rollers team. I look forward to seeing more!
i can see nova saying " I WILL MEND YOUR FACE TO YOUR FACE" hits with blade
the power of the DM shines brightest when they break the hearts of the players and audience... (cali is still best girl)
I reckon Strange Folk should be the group name!!!
It just suits them and the western feel fits it too!!!
MARKKKUUUUUU SAN, I thought this campaign was quite slow placed but oooeeee you ramped it up in this ep Marku
Come on, Nova has heat metal and she is a scientist. I'm sure she could figure out something to keep warm in these outdoor events.
as a dungeon master myself, I commend the evil break timing well-done sir
and the smile as he said "nothing goes wrong" so much tention its perfection good show!
Lucius being very serious and stuff while eating a cookie is the best thing ever
I'm totally going to use this system to navigate through thick forest. I find it absolutely brilliant.
Oh wait I have a ranger in party, nevermind :D
Don't know if you guys have picked a name for the group already but I think you should go for the ✨ *THE VOYAGERS*✨
It's sad that it's only been 10 episodes and most of them have been missing a player due to other obligations. Hope there's some rescheduling done soon.
Another session without Katie, I worry she's slowly phasing out of High Rollers, which is sad. Though Rhiannon is great so there is that. Hopefully I'm wrong though.
Re: breakfast, I wouldn't think eating eggs would be any bigger a deal for Quill than drinking milk is for us.
Don't worry rhiannon, echo is a familiar, you can bring him back
I have had these d&d games playing all winter break they are great
1:27:00 THANKS MARK IM CRYING NOW DAMNIT
Chris: 'Look for this purple blast'
Me, going all investigating like: *looks at Mark's facecam* pURPLE BACKGROUND LIGHT I SPOT PURPLE LUCIUS THERE IS PURPLE HERE
New to DnD and super late to this amazing game, cant wait to watch it all. But Mark being a horse has made my gosh darn day. Love your content and you guys make the best party. #BlazinSquad
Valla is just reminding me more and more of my current DND character Scarlett. Upon the party's adventures, they were helping a group of people against some danger. Meanwhile, my character stopped and decided to rest after all the previous events, the worst decision ever, as she then decided to keep exploring..... to which She bumped into a past party member (Dms character) who had gone missing, her protector. He had been possessed and actually kidnapped her, taking her to her half-brother.... making her dissapear from her party as eventually, she was kidnapped by her half-brother, and the possession over that party member dissolved, leaving him with guilt.... and finding the party to tell them how he had failed to protect her.
Long story short: Scarlett was kidnapped when left alone, and her protector had gone missing. Just like Valla got kidnapped when her protectors was killed. Scarlett has untapped magical powers bestowed by a Phoenix, Valla has unknown, possible sorcery magical powers. Scarlett is being hunted by her God parent Hades, (yes she is a demigod), Valla is being hunted by the court of shadows (maybe?) for some reason assuming she is special. Scarlett and Valla are both the youngest in the group, both with family non-existent (scarlett didnt know about her god parent..... her non-bioligcal parents got killed)....
The DM told me he got inspiration from High Rollers.... now i understand bahahah..... bad idea to watch now :P
So glad i'm so far behind... It wasnt their death that made me cry, it was lucious being so distraught about failing them...
I’ve been enjoying this campaign so much
Turning a powerfully magical blacksmith's hammer into a trinket that lets you cast Scorching Ray once per day - at the cost of reducing the damage of a Hexblade's weapon seems... insane to me. I get that Nova would want to feed her sword any kind of magic she came across if it asked her to, but I feel like it's foolish for the others to agree to this. It kinda just seems really wrong to "eat" a magical tool that has so much possible utility, not to mention value in terms of trade.
My initial thought when Mark said that there were blood and bodies was that Valla accidentally set off her knife spell. I'M CRYING AND TOO EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN THIIIIIIIS
Rihannon calling Echo her little branch baby was cuute also I'M SAAAAAAAD now.
Poor friggim Rhi!!! You killed Echo and she was so distraught
Anyone else notice when dm’s describe food it makes yo hungry
I'm catching up and I'M SO UPSET RIGHT NOW MARK
Mark! U are the best DM I have ever seen!
At this point I think the number of episodes with the full crew is LESS then the number of episodes with players missing
Yea it's a bit distracting or messes with immersion just a bit. But since most of them seem to be aila it isn't too bad (since it's 1 player, not rotating. I'm not dissing her)
I know I'm late to this, but sudden realisation at 2hr28 that the two helping the Goliath through the woods is probably the brookstones that were at "work" during dinner
I think I know what the creature we're tracking is. *Possible spoilers below.*
It's a Shadar-Kai Shadow Dancer from Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. It has to be: spiked chain, tall, grey skin, *literal shadow dancer* . I may be wrong, so don't mark my words. I'm guessing it's from the Court of Shadows, and I'm totally open to debate and discussion. Please share your thoughts!
Edit: Goliath? Maybe. But Mark isn't always truthful to his players...
Omgosh I forgot they died!! Nooooo!!!! I’m rewatching and you made me f*cking cry again mark! Not fair 😢
I was thinking I get this Pre Civil war vibe from his voice acting like what would it be like if there was a north and south kind of Civil war happening in Aerois :D
Mark's Horse RP was on point.
Mark you cruel man... MAH HEART! YOU HAVE TEMPORARILY KILLED IT! GAH!
Seeing some Quality highrollers D&D always makes my week 🤓😁😁😁
MAYBE SPOILERS
Edit: I'm not crying I promise 😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😓😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Haven’t finished the episode yet but I would have traded the hammer to desa in exchange for her making armor out of the wyvern skin they found.
Sorry to detract from the episode but I kinda want the full party back together more consistently. It feels like the times all five players have been present has been few and far between. Full party dynamic lost :/
Sadly the team have jobs and live outside of HighRollers and sometimes that's going to take priority over the game. Katie will be back when she can, but there may be times when she or others can't attend. Just like a real D&D group. ;)
hope if this keeps up we get more of a Ashley Johnson situation and not another Matthew toffolo situation.
High Rollers DnD
I appreciate that and the response. Katie’s missed :)
Spoilers for episode prior to 1:27:00
Quill's new mission reach level 20 cleric get 50,000 gold worth of diamonds learn true resurrection and bring them back
He can never be a level 20 cleric, he's already taken one level of bard with his one level of cleric.
Emperor Paulpatine that is true though I wasn't aware at the time but also he doesn't actually need level 20 anyway he needs 17
Actually they just need resurrection 2x 1000gp diamonds and the body (just a piece actually). I assume the body would be easy to be found if the church buried them, it’s 7th level, and has a 100 year limit.
Omg, mark im super impressed with your southern accent lmao. Im from the states and ive practiced and studied accents so my compliments to you, one of my absolute favorite DMs
ECHO AHHHHHHHHH
mark is so so good God damn
I was Hopeing that my suggestion for "The Strangers" would stick
Nova "im useless"
Also Nova "Fire Bear
Team. Radiant. Tempest.
It covers all the bases, just do it already.
2:15:40 You can see the moment he remembers😅
The look on Mark's face at 1:07:12 is priceless.
Damn, I wonder if they could change the name to the fire bears!!!
*possible spoiler*
Mark you cruel bastard how could do that to echo!?
Bryan Cornejo You didn’t put the spoiler far down enough.
Poor Branchy Baby.
What happened to The frivolous five? Fitting name if you ask me.
CSI: Aerois