High Rollers: Aerois

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Thalia receives Seyana's blessing but something more sinister arises with the Curse of the Feywild...
00:00 - Intro
13:22 - Part 1
1:23:10 - Break time/Donations
1:32:47 - Part 2
2:44:35 - Outro/Donations
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[@poisonedoak6563]

Mark: You need a Fae Anchor of some sort. Me : Lucius’ cursed flower crown and the crazy ghost lady with the crush from another plane

[@crispinchickin2066]

I'm so relieved someone else remembers her! Ive been screaming at the screen that they need to go and see the ghost, but it's like they can't hear me 🤷

[@codyreed717]

I know I immediately remembered that the second I heard fay wilds

[@orin331]

I wanna see Princess Luscius again so badly

[@catswithlasers]

I've been wanting them to return to Rose Hall for nearly a year now! They'd be insanely overpowered now, so it'd be cool to see them stroll in and take out all the spirits there and help that poor phantom soldier they left behind.

[@davidmusic5883]

lucius the fairy, high as balls, will forever hold a special place, in my dnd heart

[@nickjinn]

Hey, there might be some SPOILERS under this thing 0:00 WE'RE BACK BABY!!! 0:34 Just Tom measuring his head 2:11 Mag of Holding Gothic Horror kickstarter 4:46 D&D Beyond 6:04 The Wild Beyond the Witchlight 7:11 Merch 7:56 The shade on Reynard's pin begins 9:27 New merch coming up! 9:59 High Rollin' Oxventure: Worlds Collide 10:30 Outlaws & Obelisks: Slowdown Showdown 11:26 Favorite pin: Not Reynard 11:38 Tom is the saltiest 12:15 HR is desperate for 100K subs on KZbin 13:22 DUN DUNS 14:22 Recap starts 15:43 Recap ends 16:54 Thalia's ritual 18:55 Second voice from within the vines 19:46 Thalia's original appearance 20:32 Snake children 21:07 Quill sees a briar tattoo 25:11 Medusa curse gone, worse curse appears 29:36 Aila is an elf princess 37:41 Briar tattoo is growing 40:04 Feywild Lore time 41:13 Mesmera, the Good Witch 44:39 Tom looks for Legend Lore 51:30 The Tale of the Cruel Princess 53:28 Thalia only has 1-2 weeks to live 57:34 Max shares information about Lunaria 59:54 A Feywild Native is necessary 1:06:41 Broken people help broken people 1:11:04 Sayanna is my favorite titan 1:12:44 Nova's hitlist 1:17:30 Tom doesn't edit it 1:19:54 Teleport to Horizon 1:23:13 MANSCAPED AD 1:25:07 Tom wants Reynard pins bought 1:27:48 Tom donated himself 1:32:47 Break ends 1:33:50 Commune with Root Prime 1:41:31 Contact Other Plane 1:45:58 NOVA'S NATURAL ONE 1:48:47 Lore for the audience 1:51:47 Mesmera's memories of Thalia 1:53:58 Nova is revolted by Thalia 2:00:22 Greater Restoration 2:05:17 Aila, great with words 2:15:52 Awkward Arval and Petal 2:19:38 The cursed Flower Crown 2:23:15 Don't blame Rhi 2:24:46 Rosemeadow + Quillek ship 2:26:42 Rosemeadow doesn't know the Feywild 2:29:30 Rose"metal" 2:32:04 Rosemeadow's intelligence of 8 2:36:33 Eladrin are fey. Summer Eladrin POW 2:38:00 Rhiannon's AMAZING idea 2:40:09 Archway below Kalie's Rest is gone 2:40:50 Nova's possible betrayal 2:41:55 Episode ends 2:45:34 Outro donations 2:50:57 Bye bye bye bye bye Hi Everyone! It's been a long 2 week break since we last had a new VOD. Any predictions on what the new merch could be? Will the cursed Flower Crown of the Fairy Princess make its return? Can we please go with Rhiannon's idea and go into Rosemeadow's ear by shrinking down and having a My Little Pony episode? Check out the crossover with Oxventure during D&D Celebration. Also, check out 3 Black Halflings' D&D Celebration stream. Any moments I missed? Put it in the comments section.

[@purple141]

thank for these timestamp they are very helpful. please keep doing them if you can.

[@bobthetitan777]

You are a god

[@nickjinn]

@@bobthetitan777 you give me too much credit

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

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[@Oceaan25]

I know Kim expressedsome regret over how she chose to shape and play Worthless as mad because the madness was more difficult than and didn't work out the way she had hoped (and I agree with that), but this time after the spell I'd say she nailed it.

[@Micromanic]

I don't know why, but Mark's matter of factly tone in saying, "It's not a high DC, the woman ran off in tears" killed me 🤣

[@ryanhale6339]

The. Best. Yes, Mark pulls back from the emotional punch a bit. But 1) not every group, game, or story needs to completely rip out your guts; and 2) he stuck with the central tension of the issue. Take notes players and GMs.

[@kamaljohnson2200]

Really love how Katie displays Aila being caring

[@arcticwiz2249]

Damn, all of the characters actions when Nova became mad really felt in tune with what they'd absolutely do in that situation. The party has come a long way.

[@utopia2112]

Mark rightly points out at the end that sometimes failure leads to superior story telling. I play for story, not solely "to win." Well done, sir!

[@bringmemyflail1321]

Mark: "That you know of! That you know of!" That grin when he said it. The machinations of a DM.

[@Ghillie_Monster]

Spoilers: Aila is right in asking about Rosemeadow... I remember when they first met her she says she wasn't from Aerois so perhaps she is Fey. Perhaps not, doesn't hurt to ask!

[@madjax6613]

It depends on which version of a Centaur she is, if she is the player race kind she is a Fey, if she is the Monster Manuel kind she is a Monstrosity

[@Stormrider1138]

It does blow my mind how they do easily gloss over the fact that Rosemeadow is from another plane other than Aerois

[@joshualloyd6718]

Aila is right 75% of the time, in my opinion, and that's leaps and bounds higher than the rest of the party. But I love their individual triumphs and that's why I'm here 🙂

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

​@@madjax6613 As Mark pointed out in this video he has made her as a PC. The One Shot crossover with Oxventures during D&D Celebration. And if he is going to point her stat of 8 in Intelligence so that everyone can understand how she ticks then he no doubt thinks of her in terms of a PC.

[@RossMKitson]

Quality as always. Interesting to watch the earlier giddiness crash with the Nova consequence of the spell. I must say I admire how Mark guides the narrative so smoothly around success/failures, and how rolls can create dynamics and story. The reaction of all the PCs to the Nova event was also so well role-played. As I said: top quality.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Spoilers Thalia not thinking that they would or should help her tells me that she never really understood who she signed up with. This is a group of people that would face down gods and devils for each other. Because that fey witch hurt Nova, the Stormchasers will burn the Feywild to make her pay and Nova may be shaken but she will do the same if it will help Thalia.

[@zelozoem]

I hope they wont burn down the feywild and instead help the good witch become good again and only destroy the demonic being.. in that case Aila has someone to hit afterall

[@quinnsinclair7028]

I think you get used to people not looking out for you that you start expecting it from everyone. Even people who have proven time and again that they'll be there for you. It takes awhile to be able to feel like people actually care about you.

[@ItZoTom]

The fact this session came about with less planning than usual is insane! Amazing DMing as usual, this campaign keeps getting better and better ✌🏻

[@TheGaffman2]

The emotion in kims voice... damn. I cried... I'll admit it. The music is too good as well.... WHY ARE YOU ALL SO GOOD!

[@stobbsm]

I live in Canada. It is currently -12C where I live. I am outside, having my nightly dose of vaporized meds. I now have tears attached to my beard and moustache. I love you wonderful story tellers. Thank you so much.

[@davidmusic5883]

this episode was great, last 10 or 20 have been top class, and the best Tier 3-4 play ive ever seen

[@BassBumbass]

Quill's interactions with Rosemeadow are my source of positivity in this world.

[@LordKorgyab]

Aela was on it this episode. Getting less not good at word things. Rosemeadow is from the fey wild, she said so. She inspired confidence in the party at critical moments and is more wise than any of the others notice. She teaches use that all you really ever need is a hammer and the right attitude. We'll done! Wack everything Aela, wack everything forever.

[@lucasnicholson9443]

If only someone had some sort of SEQUESTER SCROLL to keep Thalia in a suspended state without the passage of time so the party could search for a cure without worrying about a 2 week deadline.

[@LoganIsTaken]

Oh thank god, I’ve been checking each day. Went back and started Lighftfall, but man do I appreciate Tom and Rhi.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

I quite enjoy them and still miss Matt at the very same time.

[@amyheath8261]

My favourite thing about Lucius is he wholeheartedly celebrates the successes of others. When he could feel jealousy or inadequate, he feels nothing but positivity and joy. He is a truly wonderful friend

[@RobAllenB]

And this is a perfect example of why rolling bad is sometimes the best thing for the story.

[@yuzik01]

A wholesomely heart-breaking, heart-breakingly wholesome episode with great RP and just the right amount of perfect comedy relief to make me burst out laughing. I hope you never get that Netflix series cause it wouldn't be as fun without all the backstage trashtalk and memes :D

[@Neutral_Tired]

"We've been in a SPACESHIP" cracked me up way harder than it really should've done

[@keyfire]

I must be honest, I wasn't initially into the idea of Thalias curse worsening. I was hyped up for the big epic story progression! The war and world event turns, the titan fights, etc. I wasn't into this barrier to the main plot. But.... everyones roleplay has been so incredible & on point! I actually loved how they all responded. Mark included! Very good episode. Fantastic natural 1 :D

[@Ozisl]

Who among us hasn't thought they were "fey" and wanted shining skin and beautiful wings? Embrace yourself, Lucius.

[@joshuastride]

I loved this episode - have been missing the indepth RP for a couple of combat heavy/fast paced episodes, so am so happy to watch you guys spend a session on some character stuff!

[@annaspringbear]

Oh folks, I love you so much for making this part of the story like this, I'm so pleased this is how you approached it, with the costs and the depth to it, really so so beautifully done. God I love all these characters and this world so much!

[@o.d.d.5437]

Kim’s Nova RP was so good this episode I almost teared up at scene. I’m excited to learn more of how Rosemeadow came to be in Aerois, I’m wondering if she was a different person before being this happy peace-loving individual or something else I’m very eager to find out.

[@suntiger745]

A comment for the algorithm imps. ;) Man, this episode... Sayana shows she may be a titan, but certainly worthy of worship. Thalia is neither from Aerois nor one of her worshipers and she still helped despite the cost to herself. Also, the complications on this curse and the Nova/Thalia relationship... However, this is bigger than just the two of them. Thalia's skills, knowledge and ship makes her important to Aerois and the alliance against Starbane. I can't wait to see how this goes. :)

[@entomolojosh]

What a perfect episode to watch on Christmas day

[@Alltaer]

YOU ALMOST MADE ME CRY WITH THAT RP NOVA! AAAAAAArgh

[@racheltaylor7412]

I'm finally caught up and can watch this right away!! Gosh, it is really hard to wait to see the story continue instead of being able to go straight away to the next episode!

[@annatlast]

Me too! Such a horrible first wait! But that means I can watch Lightfall in the in between times! So not all is lost.

[@clailia21]

Loved the episode! What an emotional punch to the gut, and great roleplay all around. Kim, you left the MOST important question unanswered though: what are the lil baby snakes' names???

[@Crispi1260]

This episode was such an emotional roller coaster. I hate roller coasters, but I love HR.

[@calconone7250]

Bruh Peri's malfunctioning gauntlet opened a portal to the Feywild and dragged a group of fairies through, which they killed to get that crown. I'm surprised they didn't consider tracking down Peri and/or someone else from the group he was working for and either trying to get a gauntlet or at least his help

[@theredblur6499]

Didn’t they say a while ago that Pyri’s most likely dead?

[@pamspray5254]

@@theredblur6499 And even if he wasn't dead or if they tried to connect with his affiliates, the group he was working for is currently in Valkyrian Domain as far as we know.

[@monicatruong1223]

Katie’s hairstyle is giving off Aila vibes

[@DarkElfPaladin]

Since Tiengong can change it's form, I like the idea of it shifting into a phone for casting contact outer planes.

[@applethedm3233]

We all have to remember that while Lucius was wearing the crown he renamed himself luscious, so….. ALL HAIL PRINCESS LUSCIOUS!

[@Nesetroll]

Kim's roleplaying in this one was fantastic! The tears normally build up over time, but that was a gut punch! I need a little break after that...

[@alex16cole]

Aila rocked the encouragement speech.

[@tylerbrycew]

I know this was all a month ago, but what if the party gave her the Wayfarer's guide and then Banished her, assuming she could attune to it. Then she could attune a gem to Lunaria and pop back and forth

[@RonquixoteDIII]

I know there’s been a lot of gay pairings that are only really confirmed at the end of shows so they don’t really get the chance to explore the ups and downs of relationship. But I love this, despite how much it hurts. Excellent RP and we’ll see what happens but I think this will make any good moments hit even more hard because of this.

[@gray9818]

I straight up had to pause the video when Nova went mad, A+ gut punch there Kim and Mark

[@Robertwm18]

3months it’s taken me to catch up and now I’m sad I can’t spam this amazing story, but I’m super excited to catch you live! :D thank you so much for the videos!

[@demilts]

The nat 1. The rp ooooof such a great episode

[@Trigun99]

So much high and low and emotions! The Feels!

[@travisboothe5670]

Can't wait for the "Guardians in the feywild" t-shirt

[@simtchk7374]

Aila is a delight

[@omabep]

damnnn yet another rollercoaster of emotions.... yet again these heroes were able to get me tearing up, and few moments later i fall into laughter... my god, what a beautiful beautiful story !♥!♥!♥!

[@Link-cb5ro]

ask the eye how rose meadow get to Aerois. Also, when summoning something. Its summoning, it has to come from another place. It has to exist in another plane in order to be summoned. At least that is the way that I would play. Thats only an idea. I still love the way everything turned out.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

It's because summons (including find familiar and find steed) are a spirit that manifests and not an actual creature teleported in. Though those spirits are usually fey, fiend or celestial despite the forms they take. While I don't entirely agree with Mark's take on it, since their isn't any point to them being flavoured as such, I do agree with blocking the use of summons to create an easy solution

[@emeraldvoid9247]

Have I been talking about a crown and how it could be useful for like 30 minutes? Yes

[@Miner49er201]

Katie: Elf Princess? Help it's again!

[@julienleguerrier1593]

Great episode and amazing RP from Kim

[@Oceaan25]

Haha yes Mark! Ofcourse he knows Starbomb's Crashervania :D

[@natcal4979]

Amazing session!

[@FyreDrac]

HOLY Shit that was punch in the gut well done mark and kim

[@FyreDrac]

Aila talking to thalia was 11/10 as well done katie

[@Human-gu2cx]

It’s always hilarious when NCP’s are just there when they’re having a big emotional moment.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

Non Character Players?

[@ZandyrBier004]

Mark being super smart about the mechanics of the planes in his universe and then playing an absolute dumbass about the planes as Rosemeadow in such a short span of time just absolutely sent me.

[@slendertataGames]

i generally love kim as a roleplayer, but in this episode she was specially amazing. The pure suffering and misery were delicious

[@renclock]

Ouch. OUCH.... Bravo, High Rollers. I cried. xD I felt that heartbreak.

[@Human-gu2cx]

Tom feels emotions

[@joshprice8158]

Oh my god, tears mark. Kim such great RP omfg

[@kellygingrich4302]

HOLY HELL I was not prepared for that range of emotions today. Incredible rp Kim! Spoilers?: I didn't know how much I wanted the characters to become ponies inside Rosemeadow's mind for a oneshot, please make this happen!

[@gothmissstress]

Heart wrenching episode 🥺🥺

[@amyheath8261]

It would be very funny if someone put Tom’s head circumference on the wiki

[@peytonhelgerson1902]

Oh my god this campaign makes me feel so hard. High Rollers are the best

[@davidmusic5883]

also rnever realised how amazing rosemeadow is

[@Killerwolf3241]

Honestly feel so robbed of what would have been a fucking awesome RP moment between Thalia and Lucius😂😭

[@rainbow206]

Nova's hitlist: number 1, that fucking witch

[@Fairax93]

What a rollercoaster of emotions! Thank you High Rollers for such a great episode!

[@NMXP]

Never Fear Simon Belmont is here, To destroy evil monsters and all you hold dear...

[@blackmagekilledu]

You know what would be really handy right about now..... a sequester scroll

[@davidmusic5883]

2:23:45 tome finaly makes a good joke

[@MystLunarabne]

1:45:56 Literally just thinking, huh well with those 2d4 and +3 seems like unless she rolls a nat 1 or something she's pretty likely to pass.

[@RonquixoteDIII]

Thought the same, with a 15 DC and no buffs she saves 45% of the time (needs a 12 to pass) but with all the boosts giving her 2d4+6, if she got rolled a 7 on the d20 she’d be guarantee a success and altogether she then had an 85% chance (which is the same percent chance as a 16th level Wizard with a +10 int save (20 int+5 proficiency) passing a mere DC 14 Saving throw.) so yeah she got unlucky But what a good moment

[@travisboothe5670]

One of us, one of us!

[@travisboothe5670]

There are so many feels in this episode!

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Head Cannon: Guardians build nests like gorillas.

[@ltmannie6838]

Might be too stupid please elaborate

[@FyreDrac]

Wha...?

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

When she went to commune with Root, she said her first step after going to her room was to take all the cushions off the furniture and "make a little nest out of them"

[@ltmannie6838]

@@FyreDrac he's big brain very wrinkled kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpjIqGeulNaoitE

[@sheevanevahdunrong1874]

So close to being caught up

[@Blindy_Sama]

Finally got a shirt to support you guys it's not a high roller shirt and way back when I started being a fan of you guys lights all had already concluded even though I went back and watched all of it so obviously I can't get access to lightfall t-shirts which makes me a very sad guy but that being said I really like the design of the current clear skies T-shirt with the sword on it so I got one :-)

[@the_shiny_skorupi1874]

1:44:11 -bardic- 🚫 barbaric inspiration ✅

[@orin331]

What oneshot did Mark play as Rosemeadow in? I MUST know.

[@Screwtapello]

In the D&D Celebration 2021 event a few weeks ago. Look for a video called "High Rollin' Oxventure: Worlds Collide" on the official D&D channel.

[@selenas.laclaire3419]

I absolutely adore the story that came out of this episode! This gives such great tension to Thaliah and Nova's relationship. But... but didn't Quill bless Nova to give her advantage on that roll? And hold his Resistance in Elder Quill? Or do I remember it incorrectly?

[@georgewilson5479]

That’s why they added 2d4, both of those spells gave Nova a d4 to add to her intelligence save, aswell as the +3 from Sentry’s aura. Unless I’m mistaken…?

[@mme.veronica735]

The Bless spell isn't advantage, it's just an extra d4 like the other comment said

[@Dedmanbonez]

Is it just me or does the music during the Nova scene sound like Dearly Beloved?

[@travisboothe5670]

I'm sorry we could not connect your call... You are now insane!

[@utopia2112]

@2:22:45 Mark finally loses his cool at Tom's dithering. I love these guys but jeez as a DM I couldn't take such unconfident and hesitant heroes. I guess Mark has his limits too.

[@nyanwizard2735]

5th post hoping that Vessicks the kobold shows up

[@thatlycantomboy]

won’t somebody think of the snake children??

[@travisboothe5670]

Hey did you here there is a Reynard pin? LoL

[@Spiceodog]

I think Thalia may be better then any character from Hollywood

[@alexanderbraun2504]

DUDE THEY ARE STILL PLAYING THE SAME CAMPAIGNE??? I AM ON EPISODE 18!!!

[@zelozoem]

I'd suggest to atleast watch up to episode 27 ;)

[@alexanderbraun2504]

@@zelozoem I am actually gonna watch all of em

[@overlycynicalstudios5280]

@@alexanderbraun2504 We are nearing the end, so id recommend watchin fast

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

​@@overlycynicalstudios5280 lol

[@colbecresseed3698]

it sounds like mark change the transformation between games

[@digitaljungle7154]

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

[@dethmin173]

Nice

[@dwrash21]

Behold the all powerful nat **

[@stumbling_]

We already know how Twitter would react if they were in Nova’s situation…..

[@jakeforsyth2409]

HHHHEEEEEEEYYYYYYOOOOOO

[@drmm3r367]

Why have they been so emotional lately it's making me saf

[@Markcrazeer]

Identify should work on the curse.