High Rollers: Aerois #72 | Astral Styx and Astral Stones

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[@Lenny-ue8hk]

Lucius is the kind of guy to clap when the plane lands

[@baksteenwoerd719]

Wv

[@thatmooseman]

Opening fan music none Episode Start at 0:01 Sponsors at 0:45 Announcements at 5:35 DUN DUNS at 10:04 Recap starts at 11:03 Recap ends at 12:09 Break start at 1:23:48 Break ends at 1:32:06 Ending donos at 2:45:42

[@jeffhartman451]

P

[@usbgamers123]

11:03

[@chintex_]

It's funny how I always forget that today is the day where the aerois vid gets uploaded and everytime I see it I just get happily surprised. My goldfish memory for dates has it's advantages.

[@rozu7772]

Glad I'm not the only one with goldfish memory.

[@Quantanimobay]

😂

[@simonsonlyfan8600]

Same!

[@zacharywiggins9660]

I can't seem to find any art for Kyrie. someone make fan art of the shy harpy girl and her turret nest. 1:10:57 ​​

[@Rzharving]

all i could imagine when lucius climbed into kyree's chair was her making the r2-d2 scream. wwwWWWWAAAAAAAAAAUUUUuu

[@lloydpetersen2]

Still can't get that cow scene out of my head with every episode

[@matan8074]

Thank you for reminding me

[@zacharywiggins9660]

you mean the zombie scene?

[@zacharywiggins9660]

@@Shearlocks I know. Lucius thought it was a zombie which was my joke by the way, can someone make art of the harpy in the turret nest?

[@cuttlefishhh]

there’s this amazing cow incedent animatic that’s around seven minutes long and it’s perfection

[@drafezard7315]

@@zacharywiggins9660 Pretty sure he thought they were some kind of demon's, not zombies.

[@quinnlee-newbury9003]

"I wish Hadar was dead." A bigger, badder eldrich nightmare appears to eat hadar, but now they gotta deal with that

[@stoplookingatmyname9304]

Well according to the Lore before, for a divine to kill hadar would be for that divine to BECOME hadar. The act of consuming divinity turns one into hadar. So this is pretty much accurate to how it would go.

[@Ramcio]

"We spent all week in an email group chain deciding what to do" Spends hour talking about what to do and what if situations.... The High Roller way

[@waltwilson9478]

"captain I'm giving it all she's got" It's been like 20 episodes but that call back was well worth the wait

[@arjunswayamkumar2507]

32:40 Aww Lucius' little excited face dropping when he wasn't nominated by the team

[@snorsaxattacks]

Anyone else let out a huge sigh of relief when they FINALLY MESSAGED ORIYA!?

[@spaceslime21]

Kim: Oh Reeeeeeaaalllyyy Rhi: :o Then progressively mortified

[@jonbly]

Wishes, eh? Lucius - "I wish I knew what Aila's favourite colour was..." "I wish I had some shoes that matched my new outfit."

[@zacharywiggins9660]

by the way, I noticed that Thalia doesn't really turn people to stone. does she have to do it on purpose or does she drink something that prevents her from using that ability?

[@TillerTwo]

@@zacharywiggins9660 she can choose

[@zacharywiggins9660]

@@TillerTwo yea, I finally got to that point. by the way, can someone make fanart for the harpy girl in her turret nest? I can't find any

[@RokuroCarisu]

"You don't sweat? I wish I was a birdie..."

[@arcticbanana66]

53:25 - The beds are cheap, off-brand memory foam. 59:20 - "I wish that everything written on this paper was true." 59:54 - "I wish that Hadar didn't exist." "Okay. Since Hadar never existed, Starbane didn't need to fight him, so he never took the Genesis artifact from Alfheim, meaning that world is still alive and Aerois was never created. Game over." 2:00:15 - Sounds kind of like hyperspace from Cowboy Bebop. 2:15:19 - "We should be fine, as long as-" [Alarm blares} _"-that_ doesn't happen." 2:50:00 - That isn't... People don't _seriously_ think that's a spoiler, do they? I mean, I've only seen the first two episodes and the romantic tension between Adora and Catra was very obvious.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

You need to be real damn careful when wording wish "I wish that Hadar didn't exist." that could very well do absolutely nothing, Hadar doesn't exist, Starbane doesn't need to fight him, so he never took the Genesis artifact from Alfheim, meaning that world is still alive and Aerois was never created. Okay, but now Aerois doesn't exist, Starbane isn't fighting Hadar, so tell me who made the wish and why? since now there is no reason for that wish to ever be cast, meaning it never was, nothing changes. It is the Grandfather paradox, if you go back in time and kill your grandfather, your father is never born, and you are never born, so how did you manage to go back and kill your Grandfather if you never existed.

[@arcticbanana66]

@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 Absolutely. I remember the entry for _Wish_ in the AD&D Player's Handbook even gave some examples on how the wording could be twisted and manipulated, like if the caster wished for a castle it might appear 30 feet in the air and crash to the ground, or wishing for millions of gold might take it from a king's treasury and now his army is coming for you because he wants it back. And then there's the classic "make me a sandwich"...

[@Kadarin187]

We NEED the captain to stay with Nova... And although it is unlikely, I would love to see Nova taking her to her parents.

[@randomtechpriest2644]

Kadarin187 I Stan this

[@bigbodyinc9397]

I want them to make love bruh

[@senseikitsune-sama4598]

@@bigbodyinc9397 I agree with this statement

[@tigereyeinc.718]

Just image the meeting, "Oh hi Mom and Dad, know I've been gone for quite awhile, just been fighting against Starbane the legendary space tyrant, oh and also Hadar, an unspeakable cosmic horror that is basically entropy personified and maybe cannot be stopped. Also, here is my new girlfriend, she's a medusa space pirate that is hundreds of years old. How you all been doing?"

[@jelenadjokic9843]

Crossed fingers that when/if they get wishes they revive Nightfrost and gather all pieces of Tiangong. That's what I'd use wishes for >.

[@ThePatchworkMonster]

Yes yes yes, i miss night frost so much

[@sircatfaceesq578]

@@ThePatchworkMonster ngl I totally forgot that Nightfrost existed

[@5hadow5talker]

Since Quill and Sentry don't really seem to know what they're supposed to get for the resistance/Solar, In my head I have this image of them handing cygnets instead of signets to the Solar and them going "What am I supposed to do with these birds?"

[@Trigun99]

Generic awesome comment to increase KZbin analytics, now with more keywords like really good, fantastic video.

[@TillerTwo]

Generic reply including words such as I agree, and yes.

[@mme.veronica735]

Captain Thalia is Mark being a true Ally to Kim's bisexuality

[@Joestone1984]

At this point almost every NPC is a nod to that. Seems that Nova wants to sleep with nearly everyone they meet at this point. It’s adorable when she starts to fidget while talking with NPC’s she’s attracted to

[@cuttlefishhh]

ahaha just you wait lol

[@SpaceDogLaika]

Kim is bi??? I feel represented so well!

[@otterloversanon7371]

@@SpaceDogLaika pan but yea

[@Karaamjeet]

@@Joestone1984 nova is jarring

[@SACII9899]

Kim's face at 1:18:14. Bim's gonna get airlocked if he doesn't watch it.

[@randomtechpriest2644]

Mike Carey or eldritch blast

[@BionicKestrel]

I swear to god, if it's that fucking Djinn again.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Do you speak of Salaht Balan? There is no finer merchant to be found anywhere across the many, many Planes than Salaht Balan! The Storm Chasers/Sloths should be honored if they have the good fortune of crossing paths the the mighty, the merciful, the benevolent, the lucrative, Salaht Balan!

[@bill-1835]

Spoiler-free possibly useful timestamps: Intro video - 10:03 Recap - 11:04 Gameplay starts - 12:10 Break starts - 1:23:29 Break ends - 1:32:05 Gameplay Ends - 2:44:01 (No fanart, no XP)

[@kellygingrich4302]

The salute on the Twinstar would be a swig of booze

[@fluffydestroyerofworlds2465]

All i love that there was multiple serious convos that happened while nova was frozen in thalia's lap

[@aseemapastamb8638]

So after all that talking about Herald being left at the blacksmiths and informing Oriya via a second message, Tom just... didn't. Rhiannon even said "yes please".

[@AaronJ995]

Can’t wait for the new art. Yes I have been binge watching Aerois and am a little late but still can’t wait

[@viriandelar9303]

Nova being a bi disaster nerd is the best part of everything.

[@gabsinventions9135]

You guys are amazing!! You insight check an angelic being of a obviously good domain but don't insight check the space pirates once before say everything!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love this table!

[@silverwolf813]

Thalia: I thought you'd want to see Astral crack..... Lucius: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[@amyheath8261]

Aila makes the most conversation in her life with the one person who doesn’t want to talk to people.

[@Kicksticks]

1:33:27 Tom really tryna lay down those hints LUL

[@xAugustx11]

make astrally break my astral bones, but astral words will never hurt me

[@joshualeas7101]

Would love to see quill and Kyrie get into a relationship despite the fact that they have barely said 2 words to each other

[@simonsonlyfan8600]

I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

[@zacharywiggins9660]

I can't seem to find any art for Kyrie. someone should make fan art of the shy harpy girl and her turret nest. 1:10:57

[@logankadrlik6628]

I agree i hope this happens.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Bird Flirting is an awkward process.

[@MrZonehawk]

Yup this is the Millennium Falcon and Quill is now Chewie.

[@greetings1823]

Aila is a master of conversation

[@cuttlefishhh]

well she is a delight, so i’m not surprised

[@Carbadonia]

Shout out to those in VOD Squad, I overslept so I had to skip this one live, too bad as well because it was AWESOME. Can't wait to see the outcome tomorrow.

[@IcsulX]

Can Quill just SEE the schematics for the Tassadar?

[@mme.veronica735]

Well his memory isn't perfect so he probably couldn't just copy it down

[@reedk2402]

Doesn’t help with planning. First he would need perfect memory anything he gets wrong could mean bad results. Also it’s hard to transfer that knowledge to the other side.

[@27jools]

Agh space battle anxiety. Worried they’d ALL be blasted into space GOOD JOB MARK

[@Goldenman89327]

Kinda weird how Mark makes people roll to see if they can "Help" only sometimes. Like Quill went to help Aila and had to make a check then when Sentry helps Nova the very next turn Sentry didnt need to make a check to "Help" Nova. It also just seems like its when they actually could help they have to make a check but when its questionable they dont. Should at the very least be the other way around.

[@danalou_who7765]

I seems like the party might not be taking their 2nd long rest after using their hit dice which means they won't necessarily get them all back before a fight.

[@tylerbrycew]

How can we get detailed schematics of the Tassidar? idk it's not like you... HAVE SOMEONE ON THE INSIDE

[@lindsayallardyce715]

This bothered me SO MUCH LIKE OMG just have nova dream with Vala and done!

[@christopherbrown9188]

​@lindsayallardyce715 yep... I'm waaaay behind watching these between the new campaign episodes... I kept thinking they would think that but now there is some other sketchy guy doing it.

[@Derploop]

Mark's interpretation of Wish is a little weird. You totally can wish someone is dead with it, it might just not work exactly as you expected.

[@dylanba5251]

Looks like instead of it being a Monkey's Paw, he is just asking for it not to be abused so they Players don't feel like they are getting screwed over.

[@danalou_who7765]

Lucius should get fall damage for getting shoved down a ladder for getting in the harpy girl's space because Trot is a troll and chaos monkey.

[@aidaneddy9146]

Can there be fan art made of herald sitting at a football pitch waiting to be picked up

[@EverlastingEclipse]

Big cat is a Crag Cat and i love it And I like to think that Ayla's extra attack works with the shots because she overcharges it

[@sagas3216]

Bim's "Oh. I thought you were an idiot!" was so well-delivered 😂

[@failedleopard3685]

This went from D&D to Starfinder in like 3 episodes

[@PaulStarhaven]

A living god is best mum. I love it. Also *Novalia intensifies*

[@dukeolizards5643]

Steal the wish granting thing, escape to Aerois, gain a whole bunch of new crew members for the Stormchaser. Put the Twinstar in storage till Hadar and Starbane are dealt with. Then bring it back out once the Cradle drops for some Astral adventuring.

[@reedk2402]

That really assumes snake lady will join them long term. She’s more likely to go off on her own and do what she wants.

[@jamessamps235]

Break ends at 1:32:06

[@AoAD]

36:35 Azzagrat. Ho boy. Upgraded from abyssal layer of hedonism to Canto Bight.

[@TransHammer]

"Bound infernal beings" alright Iron Warriors belief. Bend the demons to work for you.

[@christopherbrown9188]

In my mind I was thinking, oh crap! What could possibly go wrong. Oh wait! There are two!?

[@gogoproduction2597]

Always look forward to high rollers the whole crew always good no matter the campaign thank you for the laughs 🖒😂

[@aramere3650]

Dual Infernal Engines? It's a DIE fighter!?

[@TheZombiebeaver]

wouldn't two engines and nova being on board make it a BI-Fighter? :P

[@gyrrakavian]

You've got a hikikomori harpy, Mark. Wow. Eh, mine's an abjuration wizard obsessed with trying to break the hereditary curse. Ms. Ashfeather also happens to be the homebrewed Crow Harpy variant.

[@zacharywiggins9660]

by way, I can't find any fan art for the Kairi. we need fanart of the shy harpy in the turret nest!

[@xxRikuKHx]

11:05 recap/episode start

[@xxRikuKHx]

Break ends 1:32:05

[@sghctoma]

Every time Nova gets into an engine room, my mind switches her image from an air genasi to Kaylee Frye.

[@nickp359]

The game is gonna be spellclash!

[@alexsander471]

i WISH it was *slaps knee*

[@roboelite5446]

this whole demon thing, anyone else getting the same vibe as from the second campaign with the light fall characters where they went to hell to save trell.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

Besides the fact they are both "evil" Devils and Demons couldn't be more different, you can reason with and make a deal with a Devil, Demons do whatever they want whenever want to whoever they want.

[@statickaiinaweirdworld179]

I'd wish for a portal to the genesis realm, then just get the divines to seal away Hadar again. Ez

[@misterdayne2792]

Wouldn't that break the campaign though...

[@phoenix72999]

Astral woozy

[@hadendotexe]

I know I'm 10 months late, but I wonder if that Incubus Quil pissed off at Lady Duskwillows party will show up again while they're out of the cradle

[@falcon10649]

So they know Sanna from Ionwick so there's Peppy. Quil is Falco. Nova is a good slippy stand in. Just need a brazen male leader and his love interest with magic staff. All the sci fi stuff is amazing. Is mark also pulling in warhammer 40,000 stuff because it feels a little imperium of mankind

[@gyrrakavian]

The debris field sounds a bit like _Demon Street._

[@BrokenArrow0111]

Hey guys love the stream first time listening to a D&D story. Binging it and I'm halfway through Aerois as to not spoil it for myself I only came on here to ask who did your character bio artwork I think its fantastic!

[@_Backpack_]

As of right now, Part 2 of the podcast is not up on Spotify. Are there technical difficulties going on? Or is this just a late upload? Edit: This has happened before, and others have probably seen the same problem. I just want to draw attention to this, because I haven't seen attention drawn to it before.

[@witchcess]

this fucking scroll is so fucking hilarious and my favorite narrative tool they keep ignoring and bringi ntg UP LIKE ITS SO FUCKING FUNNY PLS I HOPE THIS JUST TURNS INTO A GAG

[@powwow8796]

It would be amazing if a good find some way to turn HaDar into an engine for and ship

[@ducttapemaster1408]

Tom, *I* enjoyed all the starfox references, was laughing as hard as you were. Don't let up on them! ;P

[@strudelpoodle6322]

I have been waiting for more HR characters in idle champions for sooo long. Finally getting Nova and news on Lucius!

[@danielcruz3244]

Quill could pay her with the Eye of The Storm?

[@Boardslam27]

Mark, is there a possibility of publishing Aerois as a hardcover book? would 100% buy

[@The_Young_Lion]

So Big Cat is a reskinned rakshasa

[@user-sz5qm1th9l]

(astral) styx and (astral) stones may (astral) break my (astral) break my (astral) bones but (astral) chains and (astral) whips excite me

[@idankingo]

I mean...they could just help her and then for the wishes, wish that Valla was with them and 1 of the following: Getting all pieces of Tiangong or asking for Tasadar (the actual eterna) to be freed. The 2nd option looks dangerous since they do not know Tasadar at all, but getting Tiangong is pretty much a necessity. Why would they need the wings of Ishtar for if they have 2 wishes they can use to bring Valla back to them and then 1 extra wish to do whatever?

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

What is up with Aila's stats, why is her Dex 20? why is her AC only 18 then? they just reached level 10 at the end of last episode and Aila's Dex was 18 then, now it's 20 for some reason? barbarians should get another ASI at lvl12 not lvl10.

[@HighRollersDnD]

She has a Chord Crystal of Alacrity equipped :) +2 to Dex

[@zacharywiggins9660]

@@HighRollersDnD could we get stats or information for Thalia and Kyrie? how does Thalia not turn people into stone? does she have to choose to do it or is it because of what she drinks or some other reason?

[@matthewfilor2666]

They should do an insight check on these people

[@mofix11]

ever since the space stuff i lost interest, but i want to keep watching i dont understand why i get so bored D: help i watched every single episode beginning to finish until now

[@benw9364]

Low key same, trying to catch up now

[@nimbuscloud62]

So would quill wishing for his special magic item from the storm wall be breaking the campaighn? 🤣

[@alliciawright2010]

On today's episode our intrepid adventurers play a leisurely game of Space Invaders.

[@greetings1823]

Astral deez nuts

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Another great episode loving High Rollers: In Space. Love the Medusa captian (can't spell her name for shit.) Feel like I know what her wish is. *wink wink* *nudge nudge*

[@brads2041]

the star wars memes keep on comin!!

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Did anyone else instantly ship Quill and Kyrie(the Harpy)?

[@lydiaswan2594]

Early vod squad, yee

[@crisjiandennington991]

Yoo

[@roosterrcgamesandstuff5452]

Yuu

[@TheGuzdar]

sentry prime is basically orisa from overwatch minus centaur form.

[@TortillaBill]

They still don't know how bless works

[@henrymitchell5561]

Does anyone have the list for how they calculate exp (or know what episode they introduce it?)

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

Episode 1, they get XP as normal for killing enemies and monsters and also Mark sometimes hands out extra XP for creative stuff.

[@TheEldritchGoth]

I would use Sentry in Idle Champs, but she takes up Jarlaxle’s place );

[@rachelq130]

Dragon prince!!!!! 😍❤️

[@Addy0302]

Love that title

[@alex16cole]

Awesome

[@grault101]

maybe spoilers.. could they just wish Valla to themselves?

[@reedk2402]

....umm hmm yep that would work. Though wish can be ignored by divine beings but she’s only a Demi god. Still they would need to go to the shop cause they promised to help the solar.

[@zacharywiggins9660]

better idea, wish for Siaska to return to her normal form in the material plane. or for all tiangong fragments to be teleported into nova's hands

[@laurenceknowles5423]

where do u film this channel, seriously, how is there like a brick wall background with a tiny beholder statue???????? it's so cool!!!!

[@RokuroCarisu]

This is the tabletop room/studio at Yogtowers. The stone walls aren't real stone, though.

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

How did Aila get a 20 dexterity? She had an 18 last level and barbarians only get standard ASIs. Did I miss an event or forget something?

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

I have no idea, also it says her AC is 18 when it should be 19 . . . wait, no it should be 18 along with her Dex. i think it is a mistake.

[@reedk2402]

It’s an item the cord of alacrity it gives +2 dex.

[@3dartstudio007]

Spoiler alert... Maybe... Scroll down IT'S THE MILLENNIUM FALCON! HE WANTS TO SAY IT, HE CAN'T SAY IT! IT'S THE FALCON!!!!!!

[@adakahless]

"What the hell is an aluminum falcon?" - Darth Palpatine from Robot Chicken

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

He literally said it looks like the millennium falcon last episode.

[@stephenmudiecastles.2938]

Aila's AC is wrong 20 dex (+5) + 18 con (+4) = 9 + 10 = 19.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

I think it is a mistake, I checked her stats in the previous episode and her Dex was 18, they did level up from level 9 to 10 but that doesn't explain anything, she shouldn't have her next ASI until level 12. Ailia's AC isn't wrong, her Dex being 20 is what is wrong.

[@LittleNommer]

Magic item equipped from nuns boosted dex to 20 meaning her AC is now 19. It's correct

[@thebigbrainchannel6750]

I love your videos

[@jodienelson5740]

Quill why don't u use one of those wishes to get your wing back.

[@fluffydestroyerofworlds2465]

Magitec wing go zweep real wing go fwip. Magitec harder to shoot off. Real wing fleshy. Better to wait for nova to finish after they kill an air elemental which she can summon as she knows the spell.

[@joris3193]

Cool

[@keeganbell6224]

This comment made me sound like nick picky and needy so I’m changing it to this

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

Lol "nick picky" . . good one.