High Rollers: Aerois

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Heading deeper into the war-torn City of Glass the party encounter more feral Guardians and a couple of old friends!
Check out the Guardian Art! / gaerois
00:00 - Intro
09:55 - Part 1
1:32:12 - Break time/Donations
1:39:45 - Part 2
2:31:42 - Outro/Donations
Browse Aerois chapters here: tinyurl.com/AeroisLists
Browse Curse of Strahd playlist here: tinyurl.com/curseofstrahdhr
Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound
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DM: Mark "Sherlock" Hulmes - / sherlock_hulmes
Aila: Katie Morrison - / littlenommer
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[@endthropodindustries8670]

Sentry: Channel to me your calm thoughts and peaceful feelings. Aila: Channel my ANGERY

[@BassBumbass]

I mean, i love serious, somber and intimidating villains as much as the next guy... But man, i REALLY enjoyed Soulbreaker. Was he still dangerous? Yes. But the fact that he sounded like an absolute dork made it very...refreshing :D

[@Alba_Longa]

Reminded me of Starscream. Since Mark based them on autobot-decepticon, that's probably who it was supposed to be. Edit: nvm, Mark confirmed it XD

[@ashmedlin7377]

I freaking love it. It's the best to way to enjoy a challenging fight while still having a laugh! Also.... Pumpkin is the new smeek!!

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

@@ashmedlin7377 she has nothing on smeek.

[@ElijahForLong]

The entire time I wanted him to go "INCONCEIVABLE!"

[@cyranojohnson8771]

KIM: "Will they have metal dragons, and what will they sound like?" MARK: "... Anyway, moving on..." Love me some High Rollers.

[@zelozoem]

I didn't get that joke, could you explain it to me?

[@o.d.d.5437]

@@zelozoem during the Xarkira attack on Gusthaven Mark made a metal dragon noise that sounded pretty funny there’s even an animatic about it on KZbin that deserves much love

[@zelozoem]

@@o.d.d.5437 oh yeah, I remember now, that was funny, thanks!

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

@@zelozoem Euuuuuwwwwwgh! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoitoHt_i8hoetU

[@thatlycantomboy]

“…there is only _one_ who will fall today.” Mr. Hulmes is a big fat nerd and I bequeath to him my undying respect from here until the end of time.

[@bluesquirrel0175]

I’m only on episode 44, and Mark finally got his chance to BLAST Tom’s face off for stuttering an npc’s name, I love you guys so much XD

[@feathers3411]

Nova consistently being a major deciding factor in the last few fights - true mvp.

[@felixdallaire3099]

That DnD moment where a character realizes she’s been carrying 2 bows and no arrows for days XD

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Meh. Mark was only making her count the +2 Magic arrows and not mundane arrows at all. This is one of those oops the DM forgot their homebrew. I just hope Archer isn't made to suffer for it.

[@emmanuelacosta5371]

It baffles me that Mark isn't a famous VA with these vocal gems.

[@elliothansen5533]

1:59:17 "Charizard, use seismic toss!"

[@shifter3769]

I was just imagining Sentury grabbing him and then just slamming him Palm first into the ground or Sentury just using Hidden Lotus.

[@toasty4000000]

57:46 holy shit I haven't laughed that hard in a long time, watching Tom trying desperately to suppress a smile and then Trott and Rhi quietly judging him, all trying not to interrupt Mark

[@papa-g-123]

Breeze's jet is basically like.the 1986 transformers movie when galvatron rode inside cyclonus

[@derkthederp8648]

"Voracetor (spelling?) must be stopped. No matter the cost!" *"The Touch" starts playing*

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

One shall stand, one shall fall. Mark still won't be able to quote that properly. 😂

[@brittanyanderson97]

4:12 Mark: Oh boy it’s sure is great they are doing all this dragon stuff Me and everyone else who watches Nights of Eveningstar and finished season 3: Yeah totally not gonna be relevant to season 4 when it airs

[@Kucan]

It's also been heavily hinted on Patreon and Discord that the 3rd Main Campaign is a Dragon based setting, whenever Aerois comes to an end.

[@MJAlloid]

Soul Breaker looking like Yamcha after that fight.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

If there hasn't been a Grannie Trell pin yet, there should be.

[@maluslupo754]

Oh the irony of Tom saying where learning so much while they walk away from a nearly waisted spell and 3 calm Guardian that could be fixed basically for free with no risk. Sentry didn't loss the ability to help them safely with touch when she gained the ability to do it at range.

[@qbanboi069]

I've been FIENDING to catch up, and have been zooming through the episodes... Sentry doing a DBZ move to end that feral guardian was the best. I imagined her doing that wall jump, teleport, grab, and then doing that spinning pile driver into the ground. xD great!

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

High Rollers Avatar sounds like a whole party of Sokka.

[@Swaggyext]

I've been waiting for this arc for the longest time and it's definitely lived up to it's expectations

[@RonquixoteDIII]

I’m scared because RHI keeps rolling without modifiers and if she rolled an 8+ cha she’d succeed but mark would think she’d fail

[@julespeterson7873]

THAT'S MY ROPE!

[@gagecampbell5629]

Sentry should take no damage on passed dex saves because of her shield master

[@joe-molow]

I have also never seen her use the bonus action part of it either, knocking them prone or just away from quill. But she does cool shit like body slam people out the sky, so evens out!

[@violetopal6264]

2:27:50 When voice spoke I was actually laughing at idea of it being a random guardian stuck to the side. "I am a boat."

[@Trigun99]

Awesome episode, love the Dominators

[@brandonvanscoycloud6469]

That Skeletor voice tho

[@Scott_Burton]

Oh, We've got a Voltron/Megazord/Devastator scenario.

[@LordKorgyab]

Hey gang, another great one. I'm an American in my 40s and I needed you to know I have seen original gladiators from the UK! Maybe I'm the only viewer that has? Just wanted to share. Clear skies!

[@FlamingLily]

I'm so glad trott cut off mark at 4:30 so he couldn't spoil his future campaign ideas 😊

[@Synetik]

lucius was 15 ft away from group and the group was 10 ft away from the big guys. How'd a monster with 15 ft reach hit him?

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

Hopped right on this one. It's going to be a good day.

[@dethmin173]

I love this series

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I would love to see Mark throw a party of 4 NPCs that have PC class levels at the party. Like a group of 14th level Agents of Starbane that are basically just a group of Adventures. I think that might be the only thing Mark could do to challenge them short of just sicking a flight of dragons at them.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

There are many monsters that could still challenge them, a Solar, an Empyrean, an ancient red dragon, any Arch-Devil or Demon lord, a party of equal(ish) level adventurers would be an insane grindy slog fest, imagine how hard it would be for Mark to effectively play 4 high level PC's all at once let alone fight 5 other high level PC's, they are 15th level, they are supposed to be strong.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 Nothing of what you just said has made me not want to see that play out. Also, have you ever DM'ed? Running 4 creatures during a combat is basically par for the course. Mark has ran entire groups of creatures before, but no, you're right, 4 would be too many for him. Lol

[@ItZoTom]

The jump attack from sentry broke me, holy crap

[@stevenlannon1020]

Sentry used seismic toss for the win!

[@cheat200]

Absolutely amazing episode. Nothing huge happened in this episode but it has to go down as one of my favorite ones so far. Also, Soulbreaker not being a super serious, ***hole made him so much more loveable

[@drmm3r367]

I fucking love pumpkin

[@kyraevermoon5544]

I am loving Pumpkin so far.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Dude, its like if you made a dragon out of Flesh Golems.

[@alex16cole]

Pumpcan can!

[@Rzharving]

1:43:30 Mark: "Wretched Mortal!" Me *not fully paying attention*: "Stretchy Butthole???" ive been laughing at myself for 5 minutes now, make it stop

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

I'm fine with being called a "wretched mortal" (because it's fairly accurate), but a being called a "stretchy butthole" is beyond the pale and I would demand retribution.

[@panthersnbraves]

FINALLY... Someone in dire straights uses disengage!

[@thompson9529]

Sentinal Prime has sone cool wrestling move!

[@chintex_]

Pumpkin is precious. She must be protected.

[@t2wave]

That false start to interrupt Mark was great.

[@little_lilac3262]

It always makes me laugh kfkfkf

[@liamfitzsimons2806]

ONE SHALL STAND, AND ONE SHALL FALL

[@gyrrakavian]

They're the City of _Glass_ and they just picked up a named _Barrier._ If his voice were more energetic and he referred to himself in the third person, I'd guess he were a _Epithet Erased_ reference. Oh well.

[@CosmiccNova]

Their epithet is BARRIERRRRRRR

[@flyingcrocodile422]

Yaayyyyy! Thank you for the upload!

[@mikewithington4755]

Even I, a man who wears winter coats 24/7 need to remove it in this heat

[@asherandai1000]

Now imagine how I, a man who wears T-shirts when it's snowing, feels in this heat.

[@lucascabini3686]

Poor guys, always unlucky with the rolls, it's only Mark who's always very lucky except for very few moments, sometimes important but... . not this session after all we've seen in the past episodes, some balance, even if it's so sad to see cool things fail sometimes

[@excusemeprincess8252]

I love how in the first minute of every stream or video I’m already smiling

[@Zoonay]

they are fighting 2 Big Chunks XD

[@gyrrakavian]

1:00:00 That's our Starscream stand-in, isn't it? EDIT: Yep. Now to see if he's more G1, Tom Kenny, or Steve Blum.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

I feel like Mark had a Dragon Campaign in the works and feels a bit miffed that WoTC kinda beat him to the punch with the Fizban book.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Had? He really just loves dragons. They've had prominent rolls in Aerois, Lightfall and Nights of Eveningstar (how could he not with Cormyr's history being what it is). And you've no doubt heard by now that the next Campaign is indeed heavily Dragon themed. It's not that big a deal considering the Dragonlance setting has been around since the 80s. Possibly bad timing for optics but now the actual Dragonlance setting book has come out. Though really it just means he has access to more resources for something he obviously enjoys.

[@thanecrown]

Okay. Mark. Kamina City? Who the hell do you think you are?

[@elitecompany1019]

Awww where’s the link to the guardian art they said was gonna be in the video description?

[@HighRollersDnD]

Link's there now!

[@GoddamitJmie]

Mark i swear if you hurt Trasher i will get in my lttle boat , sail across the water to you , find you and give out to you

[@MFZBitch]

The best single party big world dnd story there is. Imma be real here, better world building than Matt, not than Arcadum, but the best mix of both the main group focus and the massive world.

[@roseanntanoco]

OMG, “Skeletor” lol 🤣

[@jake_russ]

BARRY!

[@travisboothe5670]

Can't wait until this becomes an animated series!

[@aramere3650]

omg Rhi isn't wearing makeup because it'll melt off! I'm dying! BTW I get you're not used to heat in the UK but it's literally 38 degrees (C) down here in Florida. with like 100% humidity. count your blessings, my friends. While there's no comparative suffering, I hope you can take some solace in that.

[@mme.veronica735]

Holy cow I can't believe it got as hot as Florida in Canada recently. That's insane

[@aramere3650]

@@mme.veronica735 that’s climate change for ya!

[@mafiablokes]

What makes it worse is that no British houses are built with air-con, so for us it’s WAY worse indoors than it is outdoors (our houses are built with the purpose of keeping as much heat in as possible)

[@Arbiter-dz5qr]

She isn't wearing makeup and she still looks great!

[@aramere3650]

@@Arbiter-dz5qr very true

[@chuckallerston9997]

Voltron guardians

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

They are basically combiners in keeping with the Teansformers theme

[@paulmahoney7619]

Wrassling Sentry!

[@nickp359]

Is there a merch poster of the aerois opening?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

I would actually buy a blanket.

[@falcon10649]

I know #worthit is cringey. But sentinel prime with the drop is appropriate

[@patrikkarlsson4197]

Great

[@TheChefEgg]

15:13 Lucius, i uh, i don't think you should say it like that....

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

Ah yes sentry consumes them

[@PaulStarhaven]

This title is very suspicious......time to find out

[@emilymitchell6823]

“My name is Karl!” 😂

[@Maseman90]

I maybe wrong I havent been paying as much attention as I'd like too usually just listen to it in the background but sentry could cast pass without a trace like she has 17 times before to help with stealth.. or ya know nah

[@cheat200]

Unless I'm pulling a huge blank here, she has no way of casting that. Pass without a trace is a Druid/Ranger spell.

[@Maseman90]

@@cheat200 maybe I'm thinking of another show. I thought oath of the ancients pally could cast it

[@o.d.d.5437]

Mark: Kim is going to play a Pig Barbarian Me: So basically Technoblade? Is her character going to have a grudge towards orphans?

[@aramere3650]

I was thinking Roadhog from Overwatch

[@travisboothe5670]

1:23:18 Everyone's face when they cast shield LoL

[@StaticZenn]

Soul breaker is a riff on who?

[@ahmedlateef8669]

Starscream I think

[@Zelmel]

Pumpkin "Secret Murderlord" Guardian

[@40yearchill45]

Mark put Megatron inside Starscream. Nice

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Nope. Soulbreaker was Starscream.

[@timd4524]

Sounds like someone at Wizards finally ran into a stash of old Mystaran stuff. Wonder how the platinum dragon and tiamat are going to deal with another dragon ruler.

[@thanecrown]

Isn't Fizban part of Dragonlance? Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's Krynn, right?

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Quite correct Thane. Fizban is the alias of Paladine, the chief god of the goodly parthenon. Most of the time deities of different campaign settings aren't forced or made to interact. Though it's also pretty easy to cite equivalency and just say Bahamut is known as Paladine on Krynn. Not a problem unless you want to make it one.

[@bigbodyinc9397]

Please do avatar

[@EverlastingEclipse]

Has Lucius forgotten counter spell? My guardian oc wants to be a werewolfbot

[@Spiceodog]

Please channel the evil general that you saved from hafar, he would be awesome

[@juliethilgen9201]

WHERE DID TOM GET THAT POSTER?!

[@tobycampbell6260]

I think the campaign should be called the book of A plumbas

[@Spiceodog]

I want them to meet A plumbus

[@thatlycantomboy]

they did, it was He’sper

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

FIRST [edit] Finally, so this is how it feels.

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

Nothing quite compares, does it?

[@DanielBohnen]

Pointless right?

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@DanielBohnen more or less

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

your brains have energy to do anything?

[@hadeszero4526]

even at fast pace only a 15min mile? I know teens who can do better than that. Given they are not being accosted every two seconds by feral beast like this crew. 😂

[@Human-gu2cx]

Haha British people don’t have AC I don’t where the rest of this joke is going but yeah British people am I right.