High Rollers: Aerois

[@catswithlasers]

Nova's Tiangong to Starbane's Tiangong: "Are you familiar with the thought experiment, ‘The Ship of Theseus?’ in the field of identity metaphysics?"

[@XSacredX27]

I require elaboration

[@xiuhwho]

@@XSacredX27 If a ship has all it's pieces replaced piece by piece is it the same ship? And if not, at what point does it stop being the same ship? Is it as soon as a single piece is replaced? Is it after 50% of the pieces are replaced?

[@ChronoBolt]

@@xiuhwho additionally, if an exact replica is constructed using the removed parts, is it now the original ship?

[@jayfng123]

Ow... ow... brain not smart too much good...

[@Mike-oc6vs]

Mark is always making himself cry, we see how much thought he gave into these characters and also playing it very well.

[@clailia21]

Mark YOUR MIND. This is such a well-crafted world and story, I wish Aerois was a videogame so I could play in this world too. Also, a hug from Sayanna sounds amazing

[@cyranojohnson8771]

For the purposes of giving back, I am taking a shot at being One of Those Timestamp Mofos. Thanks to High Rollers for all the great entertainment. SPOILERS below the thingie. And I have learned that I have no idea how to spell most of the names in this campaign, so bear with me. 1:17 Sponsors and Announcements 5:54 Calling Birdie (Not a Flying Toy) 6:41 Greatest Ad and Most Huggable Merch EVAR 8:43 Other items (Starbane coffee mug et al) 10:55 DUN DUNS 11:56 Recap begins 13:32 Episode begins 16:15 Valla reveals Starbane's scrying 19:33 Tassidar manifests 20:40 Lucius, Valla, and consequences 22:31 Tassidar, scrying and nondetection 24:57 How humanoid trades work 26:03 Max is conflicted 28:14 You're welcome, from Tassidar 29:01 Valla's back and can cuss and make portals 37:31 Tassidar speaks his piece 46:43 Helios manifests 49:51 Tian-Gong's divergence is a miracle 52:18 The Aeterna on growth, adaptation and change 55:16 This is all a bit much 58:08 Max is definitely not taking off the armor 59:34 The last Tian-Gong shard on Aerois 1:03:00 Tassidar is a whole mood 1:04:08 Lucius' sisters 1:06:25 Rana becomes a Storm-Chaser 1:07:45 Hopefully this one doesn't crash 1:08:51 Putting it bluntly 1:10:16 Valla knows about certain things 1:13:36 A masterclass in Persuasion 1:16:48 The awesome power of Real Dice 1:18:25 On the subject of optics 1:21:50 Danica lays down some parameters 1:25:19 What's next 1:26:51 BREAK 1:36:19 There's more to Starbane than you know 1:39:36 Calus(sp?) the Astral Adventurer and the tragedy of Gideon 1:43:18 Siaska... the only one he'll listen to? 1:49:41 The damage of sacrifice, and opening the door 1:57:30 The Halls of Infinite Resplendence 2:03:30 Lucius brings the feels 2:04:00 Valla's transformation 2:05:31 The twisted Titans 2:09:00 Titan mini-dungeons, beeyotch 2:11:08 Locating the demiplanes and gathering strength 2:20:29 Nova takes a moment 2:25:00 Return to Horizon... and awkward messages 2:29:55 Danica is business casual and entirely unbothered 2:32:18 To free the Beastfolk 2:36:30 Curious news for Sentinel Prime 2:39:23 Let's hope for good news and not another moral quandary 2:42:50 Into the mid-city 2:46:20 Ultron, but also the Geth 2:52:11 Outro and Donos

[@ElimLacuna]

nice work, my dude

[@scorfadontis8110]

Great job, ty

[@Trumppoll]

Chris Trott gets Mark. So much emotion. 2:02:40

[@thatmooseman]

Marks Beautiful Face 0:00 Episode Start at 0:04 Sponsor at 1:17 Announcements at 5:21 (quill plushie 5:55) DUN DUNS at 10:58 Recap starts at 11:57 Recap ends at 13:33 Break start at 1:26:52 Break ends at 1:36:13 Gameplay ends at 2:49:44 Ending donos at 2:53:50

[@notsu4935]

The man, the legend, Themythicmystic strikes again.

[@allie-ontheweb]

So glad there's still someone doing these ❤️

[@RobAllenB]

We need to start a trend of including a black staff in the background of vacation photographs.

[@ThePatchworkMonster]

Hell yeah that sounds epic

[@quicksilversea5210]

The RP! The Women, the myth, THE LEDGEND! Valla is back and better than ever!

[@Tamaranth404]

"Yeah but we have a delight that's empowered by Thor, so..." 😂😂😂 That one line got me so hard lmao xD

[@digitaljungle7154]

"I wasn't looking, I was peeking, I read everything." I don't know why but that was so funny to me. Edit: the time 2:23:58

[@michaelpeterson5545]

"You realize that your chance of surviving an attack by the Valkerian Empire (Spelling?) is very small?" Obviously Tassidar (Spelling?) has not watched the last several episodes...

[@natedogrules97]

This campaign is way more entertaining than any movie or TV show I've ever watched. I started Ep. 1 near June, 2020 and I'm desperately trying to catch up to watch one live before the campaign ends.

[@swarnendudas772]

1:17 Sponsors and Announcements 5:54 Calling Birdie (Not a Flying Toy) 6:41 Greatest Ad and Most Huggable Merch EVAR 8:43 Other items (Starbane coffee mug et al) 10:55 DUN DUNS 11:56 Recap begins 13:32 Episode begins 16:15 Valla reveals Starbane's scrying 19:33 Tassidar manifests 20:40 Lucius, Valla, and consequences 22:31 Tassidar, scrying and nondetection 24:57 How humanoid trades work 26:03 Max is conflicted 28:14 You're welcome, from Tassidar 29:01 Valla's back and can cuss and make portals 37:31 Tassidar speaks his piece 46:43 Helios manifests 49:51 Tian-Gong's divergence is a miracle 52:18 The Aeterna on growth, adaptation and change 55:16 This is all a bit much 58:08 Max is definitely not taking off the armor 59:34 The last Tian-Gong shard on Aerois 1:03:00 Tassidar is a whole mood 1:04:08 Lucius' sisters 1:06:25 Rana becomes a Storm-Chaser 1:07:45 Hopefully this one doesn't crash 1:08:51 Putting it bluntly 1:10:16 Valla knows about certain things 1:13:36 A masterclass in Persuasion 1:16:48 The awesome power of Real Dice 1:18:25 On the subject of optics 1:21:50 Danica lays down some parameters 1:25:19 What's next 1:26:51 BREAK 1:36:19 There's more to Starbane than you know 1:39:36 Calus(sp?) the Astral Adventurer and the tragedy of Gideon 1:43:18 Siaska... the only one he'll listen to? 1:49:41 The damage of sacrifice, and opening the door 1:57:30 The Halls of Infinite Resplendence 2:03:30 Lucius brings the feels 2:04:00 Valla's transformation 2:05:31 The twisted Titans 2:09:00 Titan mini-dungeons, beeyotch 2:11:08 Locating the demiplanes and gathering strength 2:20:29 Nova takes a moment 2:25:00 Return to Horizon... and awkward messages 2:29:55 Danica is business casual and entirely unbothered 2:32:18 To free the Beastfolk 2:36:30 Curious news for Sentinel Prime 2:39:23 Let's hope for good news and not another moral quandary 2:42:50 Into the mid-city 2:46:20 Ultron, but also the Geth 2:52:11 Outro and Donos

[@kuragari1297]

This needs to be up higher

[@captaintexican5993]

They are all becoming adopted family to a future Goddess and they don't eve realize it yet.

[@davidkoudelka10]

Anyone else love how the Stormchasers are absolutely fanboying(or fangirling in Sentry's case) over Nova and Thalia's relationship?😂😍💓

[@YamiYaiba]

"you can envision the characters however you want." 100%. Before seeing the official character art, how I imagined Sentry was EXTREMELY different than the art, and that's just not ever going to change.

[@Anuklosmos]

Poor Mark. I love that he is so connected to everything, but I feel for him when he gets so into them that he feels their sadness.

[@cooperhuss6823]

The amount of joy these episodes bring me y'all

[@o.d.d.5437]

Thank you guys for this amazing series that I wanna let you guys know that someday I will animate a High Rollers Aerois trailer and this may take a while since I want it to be both colored and well-drawn/animated and it may not be done yet when the Aerois campaign is finished but I have many ideas and hope you all will love it. Valla has grown quicker mentally and physically which makes me wonder has she received the special talk about the birds and the bees a.k.a. where babies come from? Rana has officially joined the Stormchaser crew, and I wonder how Lancien the aasimar on the stormchaser will interact with Rana, possible student-mentor relationship, and Rana will train Lancien how to use the celestial powers that lay dormant within?

[@gyrrakavian]

"But the bars of law and logic form a brittle cage indeed." Forge, Paranatural

[@yuzik01]

43:22 ah so this is why Tassadar is such a grump... he's got a literal stick up his ass! xD I just love the way Mark plays NPCs, especially the aeternas. I'm so happy they finally got Tassadar, it's always more fun with talking objects around!

[@TheGuzdar]

@2:25:00 quil teleports them back to horizon then mark say "no harm no fowl" so quil is no longer a bird :O. Does that mean he is back to 1 wing? :P

[@AlexRobles-tl4jd]

Only Lucius hugged Valla!? What is this!? I was expecting a group hug!

[@teelehansen4995]

I love how Vallah has been telling the storm chasers all these things they've already learned.

[@Markcrazeer]

Yes, i know this, i know that, i have realized that, gave the Pope a heart attack with that one. I know the plan, we need to Take you ANd siaska with us on a suicide mission to the far realm are you Ok with That?

[@lilylecours9327]

Vala is a half sister to all the Titans

[@chorum-writes]

I'm so glad I stumbled across High Rollers on Spotify! I love watching and listening to you guys, and although I'm far from caught up (technically, with Rhicaps

[@N3kr0n15]

"Best cleric" is a weird way to say "worst bard

[@catswithlasers]

"No excuse!" Me on the VOD Squad: Dammit.

[@Rain0T]

i feel you

[@nonam3party]

This is so immersive. So many emotions!

[@JoshPeel97]

with how much of this story i think is left i think we have at least another year of this campagin. This i am very happy about !!!!!

[@commentatorboy]

OMG!!!! this story is Sooooo much like tengen Toppan gurren lagann.!!! Thank you mark for creating this amazing story!

[@accade_acaso]

Thank you for the reference! I didn’t know this 2007 anime, I will enjoy it soon. Have a nice day, a big smile from an Italian friend :)

[@leozhou5242]

will Strabane become like another purple tyrant, when he retire he will go to a far away planet and become a farmer?

[@cald1421]

Thanos

[@micromonkey13]

To be completely honest, I kinda prefer them doing online, don't get me wrong I really enjoy them playing together around a table. But it seems alot more easy-going like, trot dose an incredible job keeping the stream going, the guys are relaxed and having fun and it's alot easier for us the viewers to see the roles and with the maps. I do miss the table top gameplay and them all around the table, but this works really well and for the most part seems overall easier

[@stevieharvey7803]

i kinda like them playing online too, but it’s their choice once things settle down

[@Crispi1260]

Yet another brilliant episode. Top tier RP. Great lore. Everything one could want.

[@cald1421]

Wow! Did not think we’d get Breeze appearing back this early! Wowie

[@Killerwolf3241]

Mark tryna give Lucius a pity pat on the back with his "maybe lucius' magic weakened it"😂

[@akumaakabane5276]

you have a army we have a delight

[@alex16cole]

Much love and good. Well done for picking up on Breeze. So what did Rook say?

[@GeneTay07]

And they did it again folks!

[@gothmissstress]

I haven't reached the final episodes yet so here's my *guess* of what could be that "other thing" that Ciaska knew to stop Hadar. i think it is Valla. Ciaska probably wanted to sacrifice Valla to Hadar but Starbane was against it, so he looked for another way. and the only other idea that struck him (for some reason) is the world engine. nobody ever told us that Ciaska is genuinely good. i think at some point some of the NPCs said "But how do we know that Ciaska is *truly* the person like she is spoken about in the stories - that perfect person". It really got me thinking - yeah, just as Starbane isn't purely evil, Ciaska could easily also not be purely good

[@thatlycantomboy]

sorta disappointed(?) that valla is no longer “mid-teens demigod trying their best” but still glad she’s back

[@theeutecticpoint]

2:22:01-made me happy cry, I didn't see that coming. I dunno if you two discussed the possibility of that moment prior to the show, or whether Mark is a mind reader, but that was a magic moment :)

[@blakenelson8189]

guys I was thinking and what if the only way to stop Hadar is for Seaska to be destroyed by the world eater. So Starbane killed Seaska on her home world so she could be reborn later which would give Starbane time to figure out a way to kill Hadar without Seaska being destroyed. The fastest way is to use the world engine (because he thinks will work).

[@Random_Kelsey]

Perhaps! That makes a lot of sense.

[@TheRainstormer]

This makes a lot of sense. Heres my thoughts on your theory: Starbane knows in his heart that sacrificing Siaska is the only way to destroy Hadar but he loved her so much that he couldnt bring himself to let Siaska do the ultimate sacrifice so he killed her knowing she would reform one day. He then convince himself that the World Engine MUST be enough to destroy Hadar in Siaska's place even though he knows deep down this isnt gonna work but hes gonna go with that plan anyway ...... In my version of your theory im convinced Starbane knows very well that this whole World Engine plan isnt gonna work but he loves Siaska so much that he's gonna try anyway, risking the entire universe's fate just to cling on that love he has for his long lost Godess :p

[@Tryingcounts]

I think saskia sacrificed herself to save aerois the first time around ;] that's my guess.

[@SerenDipInT]

I Want A Quill Plushie!! 😭 it should come with a warning “don’t not put near pet snake” OMG, Sentry reaction “Who !?” it’s like reminiscent of The Guardian of the Galaxy when Star lord said his name and no one know of him lol.

[@kellygingrich4302]

What. An. Episode. Wow!

[@salamanda550]

Ooooh...Breeze finally shacked up with Hadar. Fucking fantastic!

[@julianmacias5074]

How did Helios stay silent as long as he did during the Tasadar conversation?

[@azarththekobold]

Damn, those "guardians" at the end are Cool!!!

[@lyonwhote]

Already so hyped for the biomutant dnd video sounds hilarious had to stop the moment I heard this lol

[@chintex_]

The Stormchaser current mission kinda reminds me of mass effect 3's war asset mechanic. Helping allies, gathering forces for a final confrontation etc.

[@joluoto]

Double ones! True snakeyes!

[@RossMKitson]

Those merchandise items. I'm only 10 mins in and chuckling away. Genius.

[@WAZAM7]

Does the Quil plushie have a magitech wing expansion pack?

[@stevieharvey7803]

maybe later if they do a second batch

[@dylanhughes9795]

Did anybody else notice that mark didn’t say how many shards starbane has? How many does he have??

[@CradleComedy]

So I might be wrong but I think I remember there being 13 shards for somereasom. If that is true then he should have 7 while Nova has 5 and there is the last shard North of Goldthrown

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Pretty sure its seven. I have no idea where but I remember hearing the number as thirteen in total at one point. Nova has five and one is missing. That is a total of six leaving seven in his hands.

[@swatkat2]

During that demon portal gate thing before the Vortensar trip/party dieing I think Mark had Kim roll perception and felt the rest?

[@cald1421]

Lmao did he hand wave this ageing up stuff cause he realized she was too young when the story began? I totally relate. Great episode!

[@deannekellogg8514]

Only 45:53 in but if the promise was to keep your people safe and it is just revealed that his plan will destroy your people do you still hold your word? He is violating his though he is unaware. You're now assisting destroying your self and people. Is this a logical conclusion? No, this is purly honor based and not logical at all. Just pointing that out. Breaking your word is a more logical but my opinion

[@deadinlive6731]

That sound at the start of the video...is that from mass effect ?

[@himatabbasi]

'Grave news'. Yes. He is quite literally lying in her sarcophagus now.

[@ooppen]

Quite grave indeed

[@himatabbasi]

Indeed

[@Greenfire714]

im 25 minutes late, better start watching now ! lol i already know this is gonna be a good episode as per usual

[@Trigun99]

Such a wonderful episode filled with laughs, cries, and spooks.

[@flutterg1035]

Im been waiting for this all week ahhhhh!

[@jakepurnell8640]

Why does the way tassadar speak remind me of Borris Johnson 😂😂

[@Brunhaam]

Is clear skies inspired from Deadfire? Or is that coincidence I was surprised to hear that phrase in the game 😂

[@swatkat2]

its because their previous campaign had some things involving skies and things obscuring them. Tom wanted to throw something in from then as a joke then it stuck. Coz Mark is a wild DM and just calls their bluff.

[@ojoshiro]

I just keep hearing "Garrus Vakarian". But then he would be easily distracted with some calibrating. Anyway. Better hurry up and get up to date. I'm only about a year behind now.

[@greenarrow1558]

Did quill ever tell the group about the Hadar vision with the group and starbane going to fight Hadar? Or am I just remembering the vision wrong. It was the one that started with quill chosing the colors/orbs and he picked the lightning one and the red/Hadar one.(not sure what episode it was from)

[@Crispi1260]

It was episode 106: The Valkyrian Ploy

[@greenarrow1558]

@@Crispi1260 did he ever tell them about it...I didn't think he did but maybe I missed it

[@thatlycantomboy]

Do you mean the vision that made Zarkira switch sides when she found out that Starbane’s plan is doomed? Because he told pretty much _everybody_ about that

[@greenarrow1558]

@@thatlycantomboy no...I thought there was another one that happened...it wasn't through the eye...I thought it was a vision on some sort

[@tobyhardcastle6830]

@@greenarrow1558 i don't remember him ever telling them about it either

[@Maccapacca2341]

Trotts line 🫠

[@sanddry738]

There’s so much huge setup for everything to come! I really hope they can tackle all the challenges but there’s an absolute butt-ton of stuff for sure. Can’t wait to see how they tackle jisela (sorry for butchering that)

[@Dracoswizard]

When nova threatened to take quills wing back if i was quill i would have started to unbuckle the straps and call her bluff . In my world if you make a threat even in jest its taken seriously

[@Zelmel]

Trott you fucking LEGEND!

[@nicholasmckee2038]

Very hyped for this episode

[@ThatFunnyMexican_]

Finally I’ve been waiting

[@mikolajkropinski276]

Maybe her way was to take the world engine and get new people from her child like quill a bird race sentry plus valla the engine is a plot she couldn’t tell him that poor guy

[@TwoSpoon]

OMG!!! Tassadar is Q from star trek!

[@JollyRanchersxx]

Okay commenting before end of episode but when will Vallah get to see her mom ;-;

[@JollyRanchersxx]

OH MY GOD YESSSSSS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Wooo! Been too long, super excited!

[@deannekellogg8514]

Is that a dinosaur polo Kim is wearing? That is so cool if it is

[@equiknoxsplays1442]

Almost caught up then I can finally catch this live

[@CosmiccNova]

I am so willing to fight Nova for Thalia’s hand in marriage 😳

[@TheBaldParakeet]

Praxis Valla!

[@SuperKlode]

Okay, I am far behind the current timeline, but calling it now, and apologies if it is still rather *spoilery* - Calis "killed" Siaska, because that way she could reincarnate over time, because the true way of stopping Hadar is by Siaska sacrificing herself or a Divine spark of herself, her daughter, with no means of ever returning, but that is just a theory a high roller theory :p

[@rozu7772]

Dang! Wish I wasn't broke or I'd get a little Quill plush.

[@AntlersAreCool]

I'm begging Trott to stop using the digital dice. They hate him. Two episodes in a row double nat ones. 🤣

[@spectra20000]

I thought the store was updating this Sunday, when I went and checked today Quill was sold out :( Maybe next time

[@himatabbasi]

No it just hasnt released yet

[@himatabbasi]

It will release on sunday 13th at 4pm BST

[@himatabbasi]

That is a confusing error.

[@spectra20000]

@@himatabbasi Oh, that’s good to hear. I was worried as to why it said sold out when it’s not even available yet since they didn’t mention any kind of pre-order.

[@Human-gu2cx]

TO KILL A GOD

[@TheBiggreenpig]

Wow, that double 1 persuasion roll.

[@spencerallen7952]

Breh, Valla is See-ask-kah

[@xxRikuKHx]

You guys should do character shirts. I would love an official shirt with best cinnamon roll Sentry on it.

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

My god that text message seen

[@ascendantmadness347]

Potential Spoiler? . . . . . . Siaska showed Kalus how to create a child i.e. Valla is a fragment of them, thus is themselves a spark of divinity. What if the plan is/was to use that spark to stop Hadar, perhaps focused through the World Engine?

[@TheHappyZappy]

:)

[@hadeszero4526]

starbane gave valla a sob story as he train her to make her stronger. Pretty classic bad guy propaganda tactic.

[@michaellorsi6467]

4Head

[@danielollett9783]

Spoiler "Thank you, for letting me see her" Damn you Mark, that brought tears...

[@lloydpetersen2]

i bet you star bane would listen if nova gave him tiangong just a thought =3, and then it turns out that vala has to die to bring bey her mother.