High Rollers: Aerois

[@grimmly1774]

I just imagine Aila is standing there the whole time , arms crossed and glaring at the tailor because shes just annoyed she doesnt have her hammer on her back

[@Jack-lk1sg]

The first name that came to my mind when they decided Sentry was going to be a earth genasi was Root

[@damianaustin0726]

Yes

[@travisboothe5670]

I hope Quill's mom gets to meet Nova's mom. They can commiserate 😆

[@BlackShadow1991]

Mark roasting Tom's attention span was golden 🤣Straight up killed me; the episode in general was hilarious, but the upcoming challenge is very interesting. Good stuff!

[@Jopsyduck]

Since I just finished rewatching Lightfall Trott coming up with nimbus brought a chuckle

[@blackh9604]

Duracell!

[@cyranojohnson8771]

(I love Nova stroking her beard. I'm reminded of Data with the beard in TNG: "When I stroke it, thusly... do I not appear more... intellectual?")

[@j-mc2144]

17:41 Holy shit mum 22:44 Finally some good fucking food 25:44 Trott's joke we must find out 39:24 Heyyyyy... 1:20:01 SHIT THE BED 1:36:02 Benjamin Button lmao 1:43:00 Are we roleplaying right now 2:20:30 Extranomical 2:22:23 clock segment mechanic 2:26:43 It's easier for it to go down than come back up 2:36:47 I have immediately become emotionally attached with this family

[@grimmly1774]

Why do i have a scene in my head of Nova running into a room completely naked pointing at her new bits screaming "they moveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

[@HighRollersDnD]

Nova...or Kim? - Kim :D

[@shiono100]

@@HighRollersDnD yes? though I suppose Nova would become very embarrassed when she... he now, realizes they just flashed in a male way their friends and a stranger XD

[@grimmly1774]

@@HighRollersDnD Sadly both XD

[@humanperson2375]

Nova be running to thallia "Aight babe, we got less than 30 days with this thing. If we like it, I know where to get it again! And, we may even be able to have children" Thallia: "babe, just because its not your normal form, doesnt mean you can show off a penis in public..."

[@quinnsinclair7028]

"I've worked with many transitioning genders, permanently, temporarily." Kay, the travelling gender physician.

[@gothmissstress]

We love it

[@BDTMack]

Congratulations, Rhi! I'm so excited to see the party finally explore Vortinssar! The descriptions from last episode by Kim and Mark were really intriguing and I've been looking forward to seeing more!

[@EnbyNomad]

I fell off in the late 30's of Aerois, I'm gonna catch up one of these days but just wanted to say I'm so pleasantly surprised it's still going!

[@thebookist1651]

It's gonna end this year

[@Kucan]

Next year, the "end this year" goal was aspirational, between many delays and the previous arc taking longer than expected, properly finishing Aerois this year is very unlikely now.

[@thebookist1651]

@@Kucan Ohh Thanks :)

[@Buzzard_Wuzzard]

You should keep going, this ride gets wiiild

[@MrBrolarck]

I love how Mark used the Nights of Eveningstar solo episode with shady to test out all these features, i loved it there will love it here i know it

[@kellygingrich4302]

SPOILERS What a creative episode from Mark, letting everyone develop 'temp characters' of a sort and effectively nerfing their magic and abilities for a time so that they have to rely on rp and social stuff more. Cool way to up the challenge for high level characters! Also a super cool changling character, we love Kay. Also love that Sentry is pretending to be a guard who effectively protects plates.

[@yuzik01]

Just when I thought it can't get more meta than Bakers & Blacksmiths, we get a session 0 roleplay 😂 I had a feeling the "disguise specialist" might be a changeling and wasn't disappointed, they're my favorite race but I haven't seen one played yet even as an NPC!

[@travisboothe5670]

I wish Max could have got a persona from K. Would be fun. Also Howard.

[@travisboothe5670]

2:20:28 This needs to be a KZbin short! Extranomical!

[@phaerlax]

Shansara is gonna be such a cool villain. I love it when enemies are bards! (or rangers, or any archetypical player class other than a wizard/sorcerer/warlock). Plus I'm sure Mark will have lots of fun letting out his inner mean girl XD

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Wait going to be? They've fought her before. Though it has certainly been awhile since the Space Station, Silver Edge and the ILS.

[@phaerlax]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue That was as a throwaway miniboss at low levels. Seeing her as an "archbard" was cool

[@gothmissstress]

This episode is so wholesome i love it so much

[@dadefrost2059]

Everyone loved Smeak!!! Even the players warmed to him after a little while. It was only Tom that hated him. I demand Smeak be returned!!

[@hughneil7212]

I gave my group a Smeak equivalent, just a bit more useful, now that they have all taken to him, it is nearly time for him too stab them in the back!

[@finnical9718]

Smeak was the best character in the show and I wanted to see his arc!

[@dadefrost2059]

@@finnical9718 I so wanted him to become a cleric of Aila, and convert a load of his old goblin tribe... He thought she was some mythical entity in their goblins culture. I was delighted every time she zapped him and he started dancing with glee

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

​@@dadefrost2059 Xarkira's effect on Johan had the storm whispering to the goblins. It was some sort of death cult so more of his tribe would merely have had to meet her. I wonder what's become of them since.

[@Daaboo]

#JusticeForSmeek

[@FyreDrac]

CONGRATS RHI! (also that is a w o n d e r f u l last name)

[@cald1421]

Craig?

[@FyreDrac]

@@cald1421 frost

[@arcticbanana66]

1:35:57 - I don't know about you, but I was born at a very young age, and now I'm older than I've ever been.

[@salamanda550]

Oh man, Mark breaking out the Clocks and Flashback Points made me remember I've got a whole ass Fabula Ultima setting to write...

[@mme.veronica735]

Excited to see what happens to Nova after this mission, maybe Luscious too

[@cyranojohnson8771]

I'm looking forward to "A. Plumbus: The Revenge." :) Very fun episode.

[@salamanda550]

Gotta love Character Creation, within a Character.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

"They're dressed in a tailors outfit." GARAK! It's Garak!

[@kylehumbert5735]

2:23:53 oh, kind of like what the EXU heist did in the second session. Very good idea

[@Chalvrek]

I think Mark and Aabria both got it from the Shadowrun system - I remember Mark using a similar feature back during the Stream of Many Eyes for the heist one-shot he ran!

[@demilts]

I can't wait to see the art for their new personas. This is going to be so much fun

[@Byskaar]

Kim: you have mites in you eyebrows right now! Trott: FUCK off..... XD

[@JosiahIronclad]

Only took me 4+ years but im finally caught up.

[@Blindy_Sama]

The elemental mountain athletic thing sounds pretty fascinating..

[@TheLegoLord100]

Has it ever been stated roughly how many years ago it was that Vortinssar was transported? It seems like an ancient history type thing but, with the older generation wanting to go back, has it happened during their lifespan?

[@Kucan]

I think it's around 100 to 150 years ago, outside of living memory but the older generations would of been raised by those from Genas, so they'd have a idealized image of it. It has to be under 500 years, as that's when the Sundering happened and it can't be too soon as Genas was not part of the Empire when Vortinsaar moved while now they're members of it.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yeah that's pretty much my issue too. The new generation thing makes it sound rather recent but early on it sounded as if it was longer. Though I don't know that I agree about their relation to the Empire. There has been racial discrimination on Aerois about them being members of the Empire. And they have access to magitech unlike the rest of the planet. They were cut off from the Empire but reformed that political alliance when Valkyrean extended the offer to anyone on Aerois who wished to join him willingly.

[@mirandastoltz8921]

Old Quill is the new granny Trell!

[@dylanvandort1523]

Rhi more like marrhi

[@ZandyrBier004]

Mark: if you do that, I would be very annoyed. Party: say no more fam. *does it anyway, and for twice as long*

[@Blindy_Sama]

Tom's persona would be known as fart. He can be a miserable fart of a man. Points to anyone who gets that reference

[@travisboothe5670]

1:04:00 look at Tom's face...That's a no lol

[@samuelmortensen4909]

Verry excited for this!!!

[@gothmissstress]

Love the mechanics inspired by blades in the dark

[@dollarestoreoffbrand5545]

I know this flashback point and timer thing from another game. Blades in the dark I'm pretty sure. (Could be wrong though)

[@Actuallyisvirus]

Episode 162. K runs a session zero.

[@Jonnyargles]

Dropped a bit behind, but clocks? Flashbacks? At least give Blades in the Dark a hat tip, guys.

[@tikaepixwhom666]

1:31:50 ah yes, disguise spelf :) Love me some Markisms.

[@Markcrazeer]

I am concerned that Lucius removing his dangling bits will cause urinary retention and kidney damage.

[@mme.veronica735]

Well if it has been three days and no problem then he's probably fine

[@Markcrazeer]

@@mme.veronica735 assuming they thought of it. in all honest I expect it to be about as smooth as those peeing dolls.

[@thompson9529]

The elf joke got me . for the record

[@gmhchaos]

Um.... did tom and Rhi stop doing Chaos twins?

[@SuperGardenator]

High rollers meets blades in the dark.

[@mixmastermike2128]

2:16:28 Kim's character after becoming male

[@garlanixworld857]

😟😟😟😟Whaaaaat no how could you

[@joranvanolphen9892]

100% those miners in the queue worked for brookestone!!!!!! Trust no one 😂

[@dragonprism]

How on earth do you all do the tim allen screech with such precision and skill lmfao

[@devondavis5119]

Great

[@zacharylord-rule5368]

BABY GRUNG DO DO DO DO DO DO DO DO!

[@kamaljohnson2200]

I also thought whisp whooo!

[@Markcrazeer]

i disagree with the idea that they can't buy themselves time. they absolutely can, if they find some way to sabotage the machine. anything that could delay the activation. also if they do something that forces them to activate it earlier would cost them time.

[@LordKorgyab]

YES

[@alexzaiko6876]

So it's Bitd but dnd

[@justinbrugh8067]

About time

[@sheevanevahdunrong1874]

Yuuuusss

[@dethmin173]

cool

[@AntlersAreCool]

Mark is such a brilliant DM and lovely human, finding a way to allow the characters and therefore players to play with gender expression. It was so respectful and I love to see a cool non-binary character. Its such a inclusive thing to do and a great example to DMs everywhere.

[@flowerthoughts6898]

We love that high rollers has magical transitions for us gender queer folk

[@kamaljohnson2200]

1:26:38 Question especially for anyone who's watched/heard of High Guardian Spice (HGS), If you haven't heard of HGS I'd still like to hear thoughts. The chemical agents seem like what the transgender character professor Caraway featured with a potion. What's people's personal reception of these potions/chemical agents? I noticed backlash against the way it was done in HGS, is there similar resistance to it here? Two things against it some people have said is a potion that changes gender that wears off is jarringly inefficient in a world of magic and it seemed forced in to the story, thoughts on it in this context? Does the perception of HGS as a whole, with bad animation and the creators that rubbed people the wrong way etc., influence thoughts on professor Caraway's potions vs K's chemical agents?

[@danielbutler6823]

I guess how it will end Scasca from absorbing the titans Sciaska becames Hadar touched for a mighty final boss.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Only if Siaska absorbs Hadar's power in a sacrifice play to allow them to seal the darkness away for good.

[@danielballen9345]

I almost dropped the series this episode holy cringe so much forced nonsense I just want dnd please

[@nbarboy]

Not loving recent content. The narrative just keeps losing focus and drifts into cross game chatter. Sometimes doing this is great but this has turned into non stop banter. Please refocus.

[@Red_Bl4ze]

High Rollers has always been like that? It’s part of the appeal. It feels like a home game.

[@phaerlax]

They had a long bout of seriousness and immediatism with the Khellara arc, it's only natural to relax a little in the in-between, and planning sessions in dnd are always all over the place and chaotic especially at high tier play where there's so many options. They're going to get in the zone again as the mission begins

[@Martinko316]

Reminder that they’re people playing DnD. The average game is just as chaotic. They’re just being friends when they’re in a less dire situation in game. Not that deep. Also their game. They can be as silly they want. If you decide it’s not for you, then stop watching

[@xchugsxahoyx]

You sound like a DM that keeps track and boasts the amount of "characters I've killed"

[@nbarboy]

Appreciate all the feedback. Have played D&D, as well as multiple other RPGs, since the 80s. Have literally watched all the content on this channel as well as content these individuals are involved in on other channels, some multiple times. Recognize games can get side tracked; however, because I love the gaming emersion I normally get from High Rollers games I expressed my opinion that things were getting a little side tracked (this episode and a bit the one prior). If you watch this video I feel there are times Marc sees things are going a bit off the rails and he tries to refocus the game. I thought the most recent (Halloween) episode was fantastic. Still has the friendly chatter... and Tom's idea of separating the party for the interrogation and then trying to be funny by sitting in Trott's chair only to screw himself by not having his notes, was amazing. This is why I love this channel and these individuals. I just had an opinion on the last couple of episodes and I still don't think I was wrong. Also, for the record... while I have often DMed/GMed the only character kills I keep track of was when I caused a TPK in the 1st or 2nd game of a new campaign despite trying to cheat to not make it happen. We were playing online (Roll20) with open dice rolls and literally my roles were unstoppable.