Watching Rhi go from newbie player to a 7 minute speech on hope and the final hope for peace. My heart, you are all what keep me going on bad days thank you so much!
The most powerful part of rhi's speech for me was how Lucius thinks that she is inherently hopeful, but the speech is about how her hopes were shaterred time and time again. She doesn't commit to hope because it's natural to her, she commits to it because she knows she can, and she knows she must
I would point out that this IS what hope is. To pick yourself up when things are at the darkest. Though Sentry's earning hope is certainly hard come by. But that's the thing that truly makes those kind of virtues valuable.
Man I love Mark as a DM. I have always held the idea that a DM should admit their mistakes (done it myself, numerous times) but it's nice to see a mainstream, popular DM acknowledge that DM's can fix their own mistakes, rather than punishing their players for their own mistakes. Bravo Mr Humes sir. 🙂
Mark honestly is one of the best DM's out there. He really is God tier as far I'm concerned. HIs opening "I've thought about this, it wasn't fun and I didn't like it so here are we are going to change it" is just so absolutely huge. He might have listened to his players, he might have just thought about it.. but what comes out of it is essentially "it wasn't as good as it could have been, here are we are going to change it. Is everyone cool with it?" It's how every DM should be. He spends so much just trying to make sure everyone is having fun and it's the best D&D session they could be a part of. Not everyone can make their players cry, but they can make sure everyone is having fun and enjoying the game. That is him at his core.
Not just fixing mistakes. I don't think the previous rules we're "wrong" just not as good as they could have been, and more importantly not as FUN. Everyone in the world, not just for DMing, could benefit from being a bit more introspective and reflective about what they do. Asking yourself "Was this a good thing to do?" isn't a bad thing, or a weakness. Sometimes the answer is "hell yeah it was awesome" and sometimes its "Well, maybe I could have handled X better, I know for next time."
The way they all described the attacks on the forge, and how they were all competing to see how much damage they could do is the most anime thing I've seen in a long time
Everytime Rhi speaks as Sentry I get a frog in my throat. Sentry is so inspirational and Rhi presents that so well with every word. The hope speech was so emotional and so incredible
This episode was an absolute BANGER. Rhi delivered one of the best moments of the whole show... again! As a side note, can we get the post game chat back at the end of the youtube version? I don't know if it's only me but I have been jumping over to the twitch vod at the end just because i really like having that wind down discussion. Thanks for all you guys do
Me: "I haven't checked in on High Rollers in a long time, maybe I'll see where they're at now..." The vid: Lucius is a peacock now! Me: "...Of course he is."
I hope one day someone could recreate this story into a book, or movie trilogy, or series. The story of Aerois is priceless and so many people would benefit from experiencing it.
Honestly, I think a novelization would suit Mark's style best. His descriptions are best left to individual imagination. I'd be disappointed to see any depiction but the one in my head.
Mark's story telling is amazing. The way he's incorporated Ayla's backstory is just amazing. Kudos to you all. I wish that one day I can be half the DM as Mark.
The fact that you start this out with a very cool retcon for the purpose of literal fun is great! As a player, and fan of this show and Mark as DM, that is a great mentality.
This was an incredible episode and all the cast had such wonderful moments. Rhi's speech of hope was beautiful, and how she's grown as a player being newer to the game, it's wonderful. Also shout out to the great line from Katie "That sounds traumatic, but I'm down for it" what an amazing line 😂
This is one of the best episodes of any roleplay I've ever been fortunate to witness. Mark, as always your creative creations bring forth goosebumps and awe. Hats off to Rhi for a magical roleplaying moment. Brought me to tears. Thank you kindly, all of you, for sharing this with the world.
I first discovered high rollers 5 weeks ago when I watched the first episode of aerois. Since then, I have watched 4-5 episodes every single day and have finally caught up. I feel like I know all of the characters so well now. Sentry and lucious have kept me watching. Sentry is consistently the MVP in my opinion and lucious is just awesome!! Aila is savage, i would definitely want her on my side. Not sure how to feel about this new supa-nova though!!! And poor quil, for ages he couldn't fly and now everyone can fly in some way including lucious who has completely taken everything about him and outstaged him. He's a bird but a better looking one with 2 of his own wings 😂
Jesus, that check was a DC 1 after Rhi's fantastic fucking speech, oh my god. IT LITERALLY JUST GETS BETTER. The reveal of The Astoria was phenomenal, this entire episode was so goddamn cool.
I always miss the live broadcasts but all the same I have been so looking forward to this High Rollers VOD, especially with the cliff-hanger that the last episode ended on! Come on, Storm Chasers!
I’m reminded on one of my favorite Warhammer 40K quotes. "One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness, One last blade forged in defiance of fate, Let them be my legacy to the galaxy I conquered, And my final gift to the species I failed."
I've been saving a couple of episodes for after my surgery because I knew nothing would pass the time like a few good episodes of HR but man do I wish I had cried a little bit less. Amazing episode from everyone involved!
Spoilies: We need the guardians to work on the ship, there’s no other option. I don’t care what anyone else says, this is the perfect way to give them a purpose similar to what they were designed for :0 - also we all love the great storytelling and stuff and the Astoria is the thing that made me smile the most this entire series.
This sort of stuff really inspires me. Rhiannon isn't like the most technical player, but time after time she improvises lines and scenes, that major studios spend millions and months creating. And she's very clearly having fun doing so. I hope I can become more like her in my games (and in live honestly).
Nova making all those attacks with her echo reminds me of the end of KH2 with Sora and Riku deflecting all those Lazer blast things. I imagine them swapping places with each attack. Cutting and slashing. God I love this shit
It took me a very long time to realize you can block the lazers with both of them. I got so used to the triangle triggers that I didn't realize I could press x too. 😂
2:03:13 "A world that no longer need heros" Got me ugly crying at work, damnnnnn 2:03:19 "i would very much like you to make an ability check with whatever you damn well fucking want" Now I'm laughing my arse off with tears and snout on my face, dammit Mark
1:49:55 I used any dice and did binomial calculator to determine. Nova actually had a 77.5% to hit the 21 AC with the D20+D4+13. Getting 0 crits even with Hexblades curse happens 31% of the time, but 10 or more hits out of 11 attacks happens 25% of the time. A perfect round of 11 is 6% though
Mark, you're forging one hell of a story here. Incredible challenges for high level play like I've never seen. Woven together masterfully with these incredible players. I can't wait to see how this all ends.
I really appreciate Mark taking the time to retro-fix the skill challenge to make it more fun for the players at the start of the session. It's a great example of a GM interacting with their players to make the experience more fun for them. If I won lotto I would love to buy Mark a beer and have a chat about gaming. Great episode.
Stormchaser is a Frigate. Astoria is an Airplane Carrier. Astoria may be able to carry a large amount of civilians, but it is a *bad* idea. It is not a castle. It is a warship. If you take on civilians, you put them into danger by going into battle. I have the same complaint about Enterprise-D. But in Astoria's case, it's even worse. Since it is powered by a piece of the World Engine, it's not even an emergency evacuation vessel for Aerois. If the World Engine is destroyed to keep it out of Starbane's hands, then the Astoria will likely lose power. If you take the whole World Engine on the Astoria, you make it a target for Starbane, including all the civilians on board.
Y'all need to keep the donations at the end in on RUclips. Now RUclips won't know about the exclamation point with marks face as the point called Exclamation mark!
Will say while not as immense as the citidel "mass effect" definitely got the same vibe from the Astoria as like a hub or centralized meeting place for all of erois perhaps even a redeemed valkirian and empire or what's left
I do not know yet if he did this or not but i would absolutley have this give them expertise in the relevant skills. Arcana, insight, history, persuation, all weapon attacks(?) and i forgot the last one. As all the things flow through you.
I know Mark had his own parameters, but if Tom had said he wanted a visual/spiritual representation of his Wayfinders Guide playing back the memories he has (and probably using Legend Lore from it) I would have allowed it as a clever way to obtain knowledge from his perspective.
I missed you too Mark ‼️Oh, also first! Great news about the next campaign! Great reset Mark, always handy to have a time goddess around for that kind of thing.
What a cool way to up the stakes on an encounter - make the players really work on the rp character stuff Spoilers When a giant warship has better city planning than most of north america...
Quill's guiding bolt damage roll: "Go dice!" Lucius's chromatic orb damage roll: "Go dice!" Sentry's smite damage roll: "Random bullshit go!" 2:11:46 - Starbane's empire is the Zentradii, and the Macross has just showed up. 2:13:00 - "There's Ruby and Sapphire and Amethyst and Steven..."
EPISODE SPOILERS ..... When he started describing The Astoria, I had to think about Spaceball 1. "The ship is too big. If I walk, the movie will be over."
Funny how a character named 'Nova' has the absolutely most disgusting nova round of all :D Made me want to play Echo Knight just seeing that. Also, what a cheeky little DPS check for Mark to gauge how much damage they can dish out :D
I'm picturing the A.S.S. (I hate to do that but it makes sense to me) Astoria to be basically the Yamato (space battleship or otherwise) though this is mostly because I'm a massive history (especially 20th century naval) nerd.
Get the army of guardians to run the ship!!! The royal guard commander guardian dude (I forgot his name) could be the captain. The ship is solwynn after all!!
I know I'm late to the party (relegated to VOD Squad on account of life), and perhaps things have changed in the recent uploads, but yeah, I really miss the break chatter and end of session bants too. The YT uploads feel almost clinical without the gang's reflections and interactions, please bring them back
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Watching Rhi go from newbie player to a 7 minute speech on hope and the final hope for peace. My heart, you are all what keep me going on bad days thank you so much!
This is a good comment!
A world that doesn't need heroes is also the perfect statement for the villain doing what they do for "the greater good" character as well.
@@Blasted2Oblivion are- are we the baddies?
Who else's eyes got watery with that speech?
"A world that no longer needs heroes."
Damn. Goosebumps and head nod.
AGREED. This is what need DnD is made of!
The most powerful part of rhi's speech for me was how Lucius thinks that she is inherently hopeful, but the speech is about how her hopes were shaterred time and time again. She doesn't commit to hope because it's natural to her, she commits to it because she knows she can, and she knows she must
I would point out that this IS what hope is. To pick yourself up when things are at the darkest.
Though Sentry's earning hope is certainly hard come by. But that's the thing that truly makes those kind of virtues valuable.
Rhi speach on hope was amazing but there was part of me that wanted her just to say "hope is a warm plate"
"love is a free action"
Please put that on a t-shirt
Yes! This!
It's like the more wholesome flip side of DCA's "Crying is a free action"
Man I love Mark as a DM. I have always held the idea that a DM should admit their mistakes (done it myself, numerous times) but it's nice to see a mainstream, popular DM acknowledge that DM's can fix their own mistakes, rather than punishing their players for their own mistakes. Bravo Mr Humes sir. 🙂
Mark honestly is one of the best DM's out there. He really is God tier as far I'm concerned. HIs opening "I've thought about this, it wasn't fun and I didn't like it so here are we are going to change it" is just so absolutely huge. He might have listened to his players, he might have just thought about it.. but what comes out of it is essentially "it wasn't as good as it could have been, here are we are going to change it. Is everyone cool with it?" It's how every DM should be. He spends so much just trying to make sure everyone is having fun and it's the best D&D session they could be a part of. Not everyone can make their players cry, but they can make sure everyone is having fun and enjoying the game. That is him at his core.
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Not just fixing mistakes. I don't think the previous rules we're "wrong" just not as good as they could have been, and more importantly not as FUN. Everyone in the world, not just for DMing, could benefit from being a bit more introspective and reflective about what they do. Asking yourself "Was this a good thing to do?" isn't a bad thing, or a weakness. Sometimes the answer is "hell yeah it was awesome" and sometimes its "Well, maybe I could have handled X better, I know for next time."
The way they all described the attacks on the forge, and how they were all competing to see how much damage they could do is the most anime thing I've seen in a long time
Everytime Rhi speaks as Sentry I get a frog in my throat. Sentry is so inspirational and Rhi presents that so well with every word. The hope speech was so emotional and so incredible
I do hope that moonstar gets to see him in this state before they undo it. Fun siblings interaction.
"Mother... my mother." Just beautiful. This story is just so rich and full of meaningful moments.
This episode was an absolute BANGER. Rhi delivered one of the best moments of the whole show... again!
As a side note, can we get the post game chat back at the end of the youtube version? I don't know if it's only me but I have been jumping over to the twitch vod at the end just because i really like having that wind down discussion. Thanks for all you guys do
'A world that no longer needs heros' hit me in the soul, tear just starting flowing down my face.
Me: "I haven't checked in on High Rollers in a long time, maybe I'll see where they're at now..."
The vid: Lucius is a peacock now!
Me: "...Of course he is."
I hope one day someone could recreate this story into a book, or movie trilogy, or series. The story of Aerois is priceless and so many people would benefit from experiencing it.
Well, vox machina got an animated series. So, who knows?
Honestly, I think a novelization would suit Mark's style best. His descriptions are best left to individual imagination. I'd be disappointed to see any depiction but the one in my head.
@@YamiYaiba totally agree. Possibilities are endless when it is left to your imagination
Mark's story telling is amazing. The way he's incorporated Ayla's backstory is just amazing. Kudos to you all. I wish that one day I can be half the DM as Mark.
The fact that you start this out with a very cool retcon for the purpose of literal fun is great! As a player, and fan of this show and Mark as DM, that is a great mentality.
2:10:00 Mark, I hope you're pleased with yourself.
You made a grown-ass man cry.
This was an incredible episode and all the cast had such wonderful moments. Rhi's speech of hope was beautiful, and how she's grown as a player being newer to the game, it's wonderful.
Also shout out to the great line from Katie
"That sounds traumatic, but I'm down for it" what an amazing line 😂
Tom was so close to crying... he is a stronger man than me I balled my eyes out.
This is one of the best episodes of any roleplay I've ever been fortunate to witness. Mark, as always your creative creations bring forth goosebumps and awe.
Hats off to Rhi for a magical roleplaying moment. Brought me to tears.
Thank you kindly, all of you, for sharing this with the world.
I first discovered high rollers 5 weeks ago when I watched the first episode of aerois. Since then, I have watched 4-5 episodes every single day and have finally caught up. I feel like I know all of the characters so well now. Sentry and lucious have kept me watching. Sentry is consistently the MVP in my opinion and lucious is just awesome!! Aila is savage, i would definitely want her on my side. Not sure how to feel about this new supa-nova though!!! And poor quil, for ages he couldn't fly and now everyone can fly in some way including lucious who has completely taken everything about him and outstaged him. He's a bird but a better looking one with 2 of his own wings 😂
I think we all needed Sentry's little speech 1:57:00-2:03:39
Doing great work.
Jesus, that check was a DC 1 after Rhi's fantastic fucking speech, oh my god.
IT LITERALLY JUST GETS BETTER.
The reveal of The Astoria was phenomenal, this entire episode was so goddamn cool.
Rhi’s speech was incredible oh my god
When Kim mentioned the mending spell I almost started to chop up onions.
I always miss the live broadcasts but all the same I have been so looking forward to this High Rollers VOD, especially with the cliff-hanger that the last episode ended on! Come on, Storm Chasers!
I loved the opening sound of a zipper, and a few dice clacking. Cold chills.
That Omnislash was freaking epic.
I’m reminded on one of my favorite Warhammer 40K quotes.
"One unbreakable shield against the coming darkness, One last blade forged in defiance of fate, Let them be my legacy to the galaxy I conquered, And my final gift to the species I failed."
Oh this was a GREAT episode, one of those few Top Tier High Rollers episodes that I stick around for!
Nova with that attack is like Celebrimbor and Talion when you stun someone
I can't even say that the cow episode is the best episode as a joke anymore. That was truly amazing to watch!
“It’s like walking through a mall if that mall was also an aircraft carrier and had loads of guns on it”
That cracked me up so much
Every time I think I've seen the best possible episode of D&D I've ever seen, Aerois comes along with something like this.
Amazing DM, Amazing players. Beautiful story telling keeping it up High Rollers
Haven't finished the episode yet but I hope they get the strategist to be their "admiral"
The Ultimate Rhicap.... a SentRhicap perhaps
All hail Vala, Goddess of Retcons!!!
Rhi at 1:49:56 with the "look at these big numbies" needs to be a TikTok sound
Watching aila try to hit the seed and do the least damage is very strange.
I've been saving a couple of episodes for after my surgery because I knew nothing would pass the time like a few good episodes of HR but man do I wish I had cried a little bit less. Amazing episode from everyone involved!
Spoilies:
We need the guardians to work on the ship, there’s no other option. I don’t care what anyone else says, this is the perfect way to give them a purpose similar to what they were designed for :0 - also we all love the great storytelling and stuff and the Astoria is the thing that made me smile the most this entire series.
Ok, i'm a little over a minute in and already Mark is talking about getting your balls stomped. I was NOT ready for that
This sort of stuff really inspires me. Rhiannon isn't like the most technical player, but time after time she improvises lines and scenes, that major studios spend millions and months creating. And she's very clearly having fun doing so. I hope I can become more like her in my games (and in live honestly).
Hadar and Brookstone, exact equals.
Haven’t they all ways been?
Novas connection memory was so great!
God damn sentry's speech brought a tear to my eye. That really hit you in the feels.
I love how Mark is trying to help the players by mentioning bless like 4 times
Weeping and cheering and cheering and weeping.
They're all such stars I love em
"It will rest with my brother Helios aboard the sun ship."
Did Palador change his name?
Aila just solving things with the power of hammer is impressive.
I can't wait for this to become an animated show. The creation of the star seed will be awesome to animate!
kim and rhi you have made me cry this week.
to all of you thank you for what you do
Nova making all those attacks with her echo reminds me of the end of KH2 with Sora and Riku deflecting all those Lazer blast things. I imagine them swapping places with each attack. Cutting and slashing. God I love this shit
It took me a very long time to realize you can block the lazers with both of them. I got so used to the triangle triggers that I didn't realize I could press x too. 😂
Best Dnd podcast on the net! Always so excited, never live
Nova (supposed ally of Eterna):
Nah can't think of anyone special....
Night frost: well then 😢
Or quill & sentry for a bit, or the little devil guy on the twin star, or Smeek, or Torman, 😂
2:03:13 "A world that no longer need heros" Got me ugly crying at work, damnnnnn
2:03:19 "i would very much like you to make an ability check with whatever you damn well fucking want" Now I'm laughing my arse off with tears and snout on my face, dammit Mark
Ah we are finally blessed with more high rollers oh frapcious day!
I'm going to ask. Is that a real word?
@@Blasted2Oblivion it's from it's from Alice in wonderland when they are having the tea party I think
@@malakai960 So it is a real word in that it is something that has been used before but likely has no meaning because the ones using it were mad.
@@Blasted2Oblivion yupp pretty much but aren't we all a bit mad nowadays
All I can say is 'Holy Shit'. This episode was too good!
1:49:55 I used any dice and did binomial calculator to determine. Nova actually had a 77.5% to hit the 21 AC with the D20+D4+13. Getting 0 crits even with Hexblades curse happens 31% of the time, but 10 or more hits out of 11 attacks happens 25% of the time. A perfect round of 11 is 6% though
Mark, you're forging one hell of a story here. Incredible challenges for high level play like I've never seen. Woven together masterfully with these incredible players. I can't wait to see how this all ends.
I really appreciate Mark taking the time to retro-fix the skill challenge to make it more fun for the players at the start of the session. It's a great example of a GM interacting with their players to make the experience more fun for them. If I won lotto I would love to buy Mark a beer and have a chat about gaming. Great episode.
Insane episode! The damage, the speech, all amazing stuff!
I held the tears back up till rhiannon said "a world that no longer needs heroes" and the flood gates opened
Stormchaser is a Frigate. Astoria is an Airplane Carrier.
Astoria may be able to carry a large amount of civilians, but it is a *bad* idea.
It is not a castle. It is a warship. If you take on civilians, you put them into danger by going into battle. I have the same complaint about Enterprise-D.
But in Astoria's case, it's even worse. Since it is powered by a piece of the World Engine, it's not even an emergency evacuation vessel for Aerois. If the World Engine is destroyed to keep it out of Starbane's hands, then the Astoria will likely lose power.
If you take the whole World Engine on the Astoria, you make it a target for Starbane, including all the civilians on board.
Y'all need to keep the donations at the end in on RUclips. Now RUclips won't know about the exclamation point with marks face as the point called Exclamation mark!
Will say while not as immense as the citidel "mass effect" definitely got the same vibe from the Astoria as like a hub or centralized meeting place for all of erois perhaps even a redeemed valkirian and empire or what's left
170 damage for nova against the seed if she rolled the absolute worst. Wow.
Wow I'm almost scared to ask maximum
they got their first star destroyer^^
45:25 "I don't think this is intelligence" needs to show up on TikTok lol
I'm not crying. You're crying.
Definitely my favorite episode.
"quill? Am I a tree?"
I do not know yet if he did this or not but i would absolutley have this give them expertise in the relevant skills. Arcana, insight, history, persuation, all weapon attacks(?) and i forgot the last one. As all the things flow through you.
OK Mark, you didn't have to make me cry with Nova's foci memorise 😭
Ok, love this episode BUT i gotta be THAT guy, when are we getting Peacock Lucius official artwork? CUZ I'M CRAZY TO SEE IT XD
1:22:26 Mark really said “no bitches” to the rest of the party lmao.
Cryings a free action i saw it on a shirt :-P
I know Mark had his own parameters, but if Tom had said he wanted a visual/spiritual representation of his Wayfinders Guide playing back the memories he has (and probably using Legend Lore from it) I would have allowed it as a clever way to obtain knowledge from his perspective.
MARK SHERLOCK HULMES! You Are Brilliant! This was beautiful!
I'm pretty sure Kim has the record for most damage dealt in a single turn ever. Guinness I demand you recognize this.
I missed you too Mark ‼️Oh, also first! Great news about the next campaign! Great reset Mark, always handy to have a time goddess around for that kind of thing.
Y'all should post the TikToks as RUclips shorts. Do it for the views!
Listening to Mark think about how Quill is trying to infuse the knowledge foci really made me think of listening to the Sorting Hat.
Just imagining thunderstruck blaring as the historia appears
Goddam....first Rhi's speech, then Mark at 2:07:17. Who else got misty-eyed this episode?
What a cool way to up the stakes on an encounter - make the players really work on the rp character stuff
Spoilers
When a giant warship has better city planning than most of north america...
Quill's guiding bolt damage roll: "Go dice!"
Lucius's chromatic orb damage roll: "Go dice!"
Sentry's smite damage roll: "Random bullshit go!"
2:11:46 - Starbane's empire is the Zentradii, and the Macross has just showed up.
2:13:00 - "There's Ruby and Sapphire and Amethyst and Steven..."
What a fucking amazing encounter. I think I cried at every single persons memory they gave, but Rhiannon blew it out of the goddamn park!
EPISODE SPOILERS
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When he started describing The Astoria, I had to think about Spaceball 1.
"The ship is too big. If I walk, the movie will be over."
Interesting. My first thought was Alexander from FF9
I went to 'like an Imperial ship from 40K, but less evil.'
@@crouchingmarker You know, I was going to say that the empire are the good guys but then I remembered actually playing the game.
Funny how a character named 'Nova' has the absolutely most disgusting nova round of all :D Made me want to play Echo Knight just seeing that.
Also, what a cheeky little DPS check for Mark to gauge how much damage they can dish out :D
I'm picturing the A.S.S. (I hate to do that but it makes sense to me) Astoria to be basically the Yamato (space battleship or otherwise) though this is mostly because I'm a massive history (especially 20th century naval) nerd.
What I imagined was Alexander from FF9
Get the army of guardians to run the ship!!! The royal guard commander guardian dude (I forgot his name) could be the captain. The ship is solwynn after all!!
Bishop I think
I know I'm late to the party (relegated to VOD Squad on account of life), and perhaps things have changed in the recent uploads, but yeah, I really miss the break chatter and end of session bants too. The YT uploads feel almost clinical without the gang's reflections and interactions, please bring them back
Tom trying to hit an essay word count with his focus 😂
2:09:00 did Mark just Stargate Atlantis Solwynn
Rhiannon made me cry. Again!
Still miss listening to donations from these RUclips vods
IM CRYING AGAIN!!! RHI!!! So many wonderful moments