High Rollers: Aerois #79 | The Displeased Prince

[@lyonwhote]

I love how quickly trot got sick of them bugging his ad and just muted them

[@arcticwiz2249]

How the turns have tabled

[@thatmooseman]

Episode Start at 0:04 Sponsors at 1:01 Announcements at 6: 10 DUN DUNS at 6:28 Recap starts at 7:27 Recap ends at 9:33 Break start at 1:26:51 Break ends at 1:34:20

[@finn9707]

Thanks for putting timestamps on high rollers Keegan, you're the flando of high rollers dnd

[@thatmooseman]

@@finn9707 I will never be that good. I don't have an ear for timing that they do. But I do appreciate the sentiment.

[@FyreDrac]

To the top!

[@tanaygupta7728]

we love crisp trott and his dndbeyond ads, may they never cease

[@valentinacalci1182]

Yeah Christ Trott does make very good sponsors

[@BlackIronHero]

Kim's such a sweetheart for gently nudging Katie into progressing her arc. She was like "I'll follow Aila's lead" at first but when Aila was like "nope, no time, we gotta go", Nova was like "come on, we got this, smash-and-grab", and later on said she'd follow what Aila went with again. You love to see it.

[@VikingrHawk]

I agree. I didn't like that they spent 1000g to get away tho >.

[@Tristyn_Waterman]

Me too! I love how good the players are at giving each other room to shine

[@BetterKnownAsMalice]

Late to the party, agreed but it really was the absolute worst timing possible!

[@ettinakitten5047]

55:12 is a good example of "failing forward". If as a DM you don't want to bring the action to a halt because a PC bombed a roll and end up with PCs repeatedly rolling to accomplish a single task without which things can't progress, you can say that a low roll is a success with complications, instead of a failure.

[@Arisadventures4937]

“Oh they can’t f*cking speak! It’s all me!” 4:20

[@Quantanimobay]

One of the greatest moments on HR

[@isaiahbavadra9194]

chris trott be like : i see no god up here, OTHER THAN ME!

[@dukenoobin8297]

I’ve been a podcast listener of your show/gameplay right through to now before checking your KZbin. I have such a different minds eye of each characters appearance to the character art and bio displayed in the center of this video/stream. Love the work guys! If I could afford to support the team I would but for now, please keep being the same group of gamers and people I have come to know so far.

[@thatlycantomboy]

“some of the demons look like mixtures between people and flies” my brain, immediately: _jeff goldblum_

[@brandonvanscoycloud6469]

Omg, yes. Here, take my thumbs up, you deserve it

[@adrenalineunlimited]

>turn friends in >receive three wishes >name Thalia an honorary crewmember of the stormchaser >wish the crew of the stormchaser onto the stormchaser >have 2 wishes

[@mme.veronica735]

Mack is such a good DM

[@flutterg1035]

Yes my favorite dm Mask

[@chintex_]

Yeah mOrT really is a great DM

[@rozu7772]

His name's Matt, and he's a good DM.

[@serenitybarry4679]

@@MxJuneReese Surely you mean Musk Hulmes? He will be your dungeon master this week, as opposed to the other weeks where he's not

[@Dark_Jargon]

He’s better than that Mark Mercer, thats for sure.

[@MystLunarabne]

9:10 Sentry + Alia + Nova = Sailor Nova the Ultimate Sailor Scout.

[@mme.veronica735]

We have the boys and saila nova as sub group names

[@grizzlyb9984]

I feel you don't give enought credit to SNAila. That combo is the one we should really be on the look out for.

[@nicoerbschloe3575]

I love everything about Rhi. Also, is this campaign the most genuinely exciting and unpredictable thing in anyone else’s sheltered lives right now?

[@CaptainInvisible1]

She plays a paladin well. Oath of the Ancients is all about joy and light, and Rhi has both in spades.

[@gyrrakavian]

Depends on if one of your party gets hold of a teraforming sphere and sets it for 'temperate' in an area that has one set to 'north pole during a blizzard.' We had a temporary Red Spot of Jupiter storm situation that lasted 24 in-game days. My paladin and the barbarian were stuck in a demi-plane for nearly a year thanks to some time wonk in the storm's area.

[@N3kr0n15]

9 months later, still in some form of lockdown. Still the most exciting thing I have going on

[@GothicKitty1313]

Lucius popping off was damn good. I felt that ✌️ also Nova being a threatening bad ass, I'm loving some of the 'softer' characters getting to let out a harder side 😤

[@mme.veronica735]

I must say Rhiannin looks absoulutly radient this time. The yellow stripes, the bright red lipstick, it just fits our favourite ray of sunshine so well

[@dragongaming2796]

I am SO animating that part with the fog and the drow, and the fight beforehand

[@MrBleachfreak247]

Do it!!

[@IcepersonYT]

Saila is my favorite character in this party.

[@chuckallerston9997]

Imagine the character build let alone their combine mannerisms

[@misterdayne2792]

Do you mean Aila or Thalia??

[@TillerTwo]

@@misterdayne2792 it was when Matt misspoke in the recap

[@justthecraft]

My fanart was featured. HELL YES

[@AshePenumbra]

Can't believe I've finally caught up from the beginning of lightfall. That was quite an amazing journey! Can't wait for the next ones!

[@kmcg959]

Oh man, that bit just before the break - I thought those were more enemies coming in and they were absolutely screwed, but I genuinely let out a bit of a cheer! What a great moment!

[@arcticbanana66]

2:46:15 - It's been my experience that people like to bitch about "railroading" any time the players don't have _total absolute control_ over *everything.* A player at a convention one-shot I played in accused the DM of railroading after his character (level 4 rogue) attacked the King _in the throne room_ and was overpowered and arrested by his royal guard (8 level 12 fighters led by a level 14 paladin). A different player in a different game started a fire and was shocked, _shocked_ I say, when the DM "railroaded the game" when the fire spread in a different way than he'd intended. It's like accusing Tolkien of railroading when Gandalf rocks into Helm's Deep with Erkenbrand and a thousand Rohirrim, or when the Nazis show up to capture Indiana Jones and steal the Ark of the Covenant. What so many people need to understand is that oftentimes, in order to facilitate the narrative of the game, certain things will need to happen. The Unexpectables even addressed this a couple episodes ago on their show: Monty is an absolutely _phenomenal_ DM (seriously one of the best), and the players are _loving_ the game and the current storyline, but there are a few viewers who are all "ohh nooo, she's _railroading_ them," and they responded "no, we're enjoying the everloving _shit_ out of this plot, it's awesome, shut up" (that's paraphrased, of course). 2:54:37 - "I will grant you one wish." "I wish that everything written on this sheet of paper was true."

[@chrisstewart4549]

Are they going to complain about the "Railroad" of the angles saving them mid fight? Lol

[@reedk2402]

You also gotta remember that being a public game that is made into an entertainment show opens you up to outside criticism. Telling them to just shut up isn’t a good way to respond. At the end of the day yes if the players are having fun it’s irrelevant but let people criticize, make your side known, and just let it go no use getting Upset about it.

[@Mila_BK]

@@reedk2402 there's a difference between constructive criticism and constant nagging or negative remarks, trying to control how players play or DM's run though

[@reedk2402]

F.M Mars ya but would you say the same of people who dislike a movie? That complain the book was different/better? Would you complain when someone doesn’t like the story or direction of a video game? Would we ban all negative reviews that we think is nagging? In the end being public opens you up to this and selling it as a product accepts a certain level of customer criticism. We don’t have to listen to it but just constantly telling people they aren’t allowed because *this* show is sacred to you isn’t the way to go about it. We grow strong as a community with all view points allowed.

[@marshman2415]

I often find that if I find myself getting annoyed at something in game, something I perceive as Mark/Matt doing something "wrong", it's usually because I care about the world and the characters and have gotten caught up in it. So I take a moment and zoom out. It's then I realise that actually he's being brilliant and is quite across what is happening in his world. He does an amazing job of making everything in his world real and... Living. Tldr, take a moment and zoom out. Be kind.

[@mme.veronica735]

Dun duns 6:30 7:28 Recap Start of game 11:00

[@slender99ld]

A true modern day hero 💜

[@Trigun99]

Aila becomes Donnie Darko for 8 hours and can see into the future with time magic. Awesome episode!

[@Quantanimobay]

And yet again my day is made

[@bill-1835]

Spoiler-free possibly useful timestamps: Stream starts - 0:05 Intro video - 6:28 Recap - 7:30 Recap ends - 9:32 Gameplay starts - 10:58 Break starts - 1:26:48 Break ends - 1:34:14 Gameplay Ends - 2:43:31 Fanart - 2:56:36

[@kieraherndon4740]

Me watching this: oh right, lolth exists Me, a little later: oh right drow are matriarchs

[@ijk9492]

it's always startling to see the gender power swapped because it makes you realise that's what it was like for women for hundreds, thousands of years in our own history

[@Neutral_Tired]

@@ijk9492 nah, Drow take it to an extreme we never even touched on

[@ijk9492]

@@Neutral_Tired idk man... violent rape and femicide were very common back in ye Olde Medieval times.

[@Neutral_Tired]

@@ijk9492 but was it ever believed by our entire species that women were borderline unnecessary and undeserving of basic human rights? That's how drow view men, they're barely considered better than the slaves they keep

[@ijk9492]

@@Neutral_Tired no, but the comparison of treatment is there; degraded, looked down upon, and used only to satisfy sexual urges and make young

[@victaaax5763]

amazing episode, and man the fanart... its truly breath taking

[@reedk2402]

Omg we have a demon prince and his entire army after us what should we do.....let’s split the party.....*mass facepalm* Lol always a fun interesting time with that group. well I’m caught up and no I gotta wait a week for episodes.

[@flukeyfobgamez]

Start : 7:28 End of break: 1:34:16

[@monotonexylophone1623]

How its only been 6 minutes

[@mme.veronica735]

@@monotonexylophone1623 Probably scanned through the stream quick using the time bar or just marked them down from the stream

[@flukeyfobgamez]

Mme. Veronica Yup, wanted to get it up for y’all to enjoy asap

[@ogcb3a5tman57]

Loving every episode. You guys are one of the if not the best d&d podcast. What an adventure they are having. Keep it up 😁

[@rozu7772]

I could have gone my whole life without seeing The Sexy Starbane Picture Show. Time to bleach my eyes again. 😂

[@mme.veronica735]

3:00:40 is so funny

[@rozu7772]

@@mme.veronica735 Why would you trick me!? 😂😂😂

[@elvertosbron6657]

Lucius will be able to cast wish when he gets a 9th lvl spell so it be cool for them to do something like grant her wish like at the end of the campaign it be really touching

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Mark is the best DM named Matt ever.

[@hariblackmore1369]

Quill really needed to insight Thalia at the end there... there’s a Brookstone-ing a comin’.

[@MrD10de]

I doubt it. Whilst it's dramatic to have a trusted NPC turn on the party, it gets stale if you do it too often and the paranoia that comes with that can stop your players interacting with the world. I wouldn't put it past Mark to have another Brookstone up his sleeve, but I think he understands his DM craft enough to not just throw them in every time there's a chance for it. TL;DR - I think Thalia is best medusa gal and is unlikely to have a betrayal planned.

[@Cookiesandcreamss]

2:29:45 mad is Lucius is mad Lucius it’s okay to get angry everyone does

[@J_Aokay]

Ahhh that little bit of Thalia love at the end tho 💕😔💕

[@R2D2CAMBO]

Break end 1:34:16

[@stevenbeagle7040]

Mask is the best DM lol love ya mark

[@discountedartificer250]

Hi I love this this dnd podcast thing

[@novicehammer]

They upload on youtube every thursday and stream every sunday!

[@Arxhangxl]

One day there’ll be an upload and they’ll be at the table again😔

[@SherlockHulmes]

Once the UK learns how to actually be responsible during the pandemic, yes. ;)

[@marshman2415]

@@SherlockHulmes we'll see you in 2025 my friends

[@davidjust14]

lol when mark is trying to NOT split the party and the partys like, lets split up

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Saila? SAILA? Did Tom make the best ship possible on the show?? Sentry Protec Aila Attac But most importantly, Sentry holds the warm plate while Aila eats snac.

[@deannekellogg8514]

Is that Trott or Lucius being defiant?

[@MurkyTheSquid]

Yes

[@alex16cole]

Purple ... and knives ...? It's Valla's place!

[@pascall0]

2.46.20 I see the Ex Machina, I'm taking the Ex Machina and running with it!

[@thebigbrainchannel6750]

Hi i am back Yeah that's about all im going to comment

[@rozu7772]

Welcome friend. 🙂

[@ardawen]

1:25:27 Get to the chopper, now!

[@huntermcduffee1885]

Chris Trott has the draco Malfoy hairstyle

[@TheObscureRambler]

Anyone else catch onto the fact the Drow leader is literally called 'Matron Matron'? "Ilharess" -> Matron in the Drow language...

[@silverwolf813]

It's the Matt Effect.

[@dylanmcdonald3822]

i like the roll 20 games more over the table top games since its easier to view the fights and i like battle maps

[@joshuarichardson6911]

You need to get verified

[@MartinBayliss]

Seen this live it's so good and want to see it again but one question when r they going back to the table?

[@zachariahnye4953]

Simply brilliant. Your all amazing ❤️

[@TortillaBill]

Again, is there any reason why Chris Trott doesn't use mage armor?

[@mme.veronica735]

I guess since sorcerers have a very small number of known spells he considers it not valuable enough to bump off another spell

[@TortillaBill]

I hope that's not the case

[@pyrithmaticgaming]

The main reasoning is his homebrew class I think. He benefits from spells of his two colors, ice and acid. Mage armor doesn't have an element tied to it, where as Armor of Agathys is cold damage. So he gets dichromancy. Also, mage armor I believe only boosts AC, AoA gives temp HP and does damage in return (if he was hit by melee). Probably half of the hits he takes still would exceed the AC that mage armor gives him, so AoA is more useful (for him at least) since the armor absorbs some/all of the damage and again, it does damage back to the attacker.

[@mme.veronica735]

@@pyrithmaticgaming I mean if he has the spells known room he won't be missing a 1st level spell slot for the extra 3 or so AC. That's basically an extra 15% chance of not being hit, though attack modifiers are high enough that it isn't much it still counts

[@Pancakeli]

Because he's playing his character, and you aren't playing his character.

[@martywinterburn9335]

Get some actual physical disguises for your mission/missions and then get the dark elves to cast illusionary disguises over the top of that So when they use true sight they just see a different person. Also you should loot more, when you kill another demon take a vile of blood, a horn, claw, take it's heart you never know when you might need one. Also their weapons, you can sell them or forge them into something else they could easily be made from better materials worth a fortune back on arois.

[@martywinterburn9335]

You can also get Lucius's sister to make a full suit of armor out of the gauntlet material so he has some bloody armour, or take it back to the midwives forge to ask for it to be made there, his sister would also love to see the forge. You are going back to the valley of storms anyways.

[@thefracturedbutwhole5475]

@@martywinterburn9335 Demons dissolve into ichor when they die outside of their home plane (in this case planet) so taking a body part may be difficult, also it doesn't matter what material armor is made of it is the proficiency with it that counts, Lucius needs to take mage armor or get some elven chain armor (a chain shirt that doesn't require proficiency in medium armor to use).

[@martywinterburn9335]

@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 ahh, I don't know the rules of d&d, but surely there must be a way to get a demon heart magically preserved or something? And the armor should be easy if it's just armoured skin would you need the proficiency? The midwives forge should be able to make that, especially since it scans the item and understands how it works, plus you can tell it exactly what you want it to do.

[@chrisstewart4549]

Yea I don't know if they just get too caught up in the moment but this group doesn't loot very well. Or they don't think it's very important. But out of all of them I only think Aila and Nova would be the looter types.

[@martywinterburn9335]

@@chrisstewart4549 I'm just interested in the cool stuff they can make from the rare materials or sell them for gold to get awesome upgrades. It was part of their main objectives to gather powerful artifacts and allies, and with the midwives forge they can build some incredibly powerful artifacts. Especially combining items like the messager ring and others stuff so they can cut down on attuned items.

[@hades_head_empty]

1:10:06 ooh, the pit of damocles

[@brads2041]

18k watching... way to go folks!

[@maxboot2115]

Rhiannon looks really super pretty in this episode ^_^

[@dragongaming2796]

Thalia is the best and I love her

[@DungeonDonut]

WOO

[@R2D2CAMBO]

I think mark looks like Joakim from Sabaton.

[@grizzlyb9984]

He kinda does.

[@nimbuscloud62]

Why did you guys fight 😭 run man run

[@ninjasquirrels]

Come with me if you want to live...

[@Starlink28]

Flee Dee blamonge

[@leighshimmin6416]

Could tom not cast greater restoration on captain tharlia to cure her curse?

[@mme.veronica735]

Becoming a medusa might be too much to be cured by anything short of a wish.

[@squakkattack1111]

There is a chance the curse has went to long without being cured.

[@reedk2402]

Biggest issue I can see is being a Medusa made her life longer (she mentions something about living really long when they first meet and the Prince made the servitude 200 years after looking at her and saying some of y’all live much longer) So curing her may make her natural life be over. Granted with that what cures it is up to the dm as honestly their are no rules about it.

[@Markcrazeer]

labyrinthine tunnels are useless against goristro.

[@MurkyTheSquid]

How so?

[@sebarus8108]

@@MurkyTheSquid Goristro can perfectly recall any path that they've travelled. So yeah, if the goristro has previously been through the tunnels, the labyrinthine nature of them wouldn't slow it down. But if it hasn't I imagine it would be just as lost as anyone else would be.

[@TillerTwo]

It’s sad to see the views decline the further along they get.

[@comradekitten9883]

For reference, 5 miles is slightly over 8km

[@gabebecker85]

1:58:00

[@Joshua-xi5zg]

Qillek is the best

[@mr_magggo]

trott fave unmute went Katie, Kim, Rhi, Mark and last Tom

[@williamleader9147]

How do u know man

[@mr_magggo]

im guessing

[@williamleader9147]

@@mr_magggo tbh I think he just Unmuted all at the same time

[@malakai960]

One of the drow should be named drizzt and he needs a 600 pound black panther made of pure muscle named gwenevere

[@reedk2402]

Nah no one wants a call from WotC about using their trademarked characters on a paid dnd stream.

[@malakai960]

@@reedk2402 yeah you right lol thatd be one hell of a phone call

[@themothman4935]

2:05:21

[@zrandomguysfromph526]

Someone should insight check the medusa because she really like thkse wishes

[@zrandomguysfromph526]

I do not trust Mark the DM

[@pyrithmaticgaming]

@@zrandomguysfromph526 she wants one wish so she can reverse the Medusa curse on her. From the hints that Mark has given, she used to be an elven princess from Lunaria (?) and something happened and she was striped of her royalty and was made a Medusa. Curses, unlike other magical afflictions, require extremely strong magic (such as a wish) to be broken. So her getting that wish is her characters motivation. Hope that helps explain her strong desire for the wish.

[@CaptainInvisible1]

Insight checking a Medusa is always tricky. They are just so stone faced.

[@thatlycantomboy]

Captain Invisible alright, take your like and leave!

[@chuckallerston9997]

No theatre

[@pheonix1911]

Is dicromancy(the magic Lucius uses) a actual type of magic in d&d or is it custom?

[@CaptainInvisible1]

It's a Sorcerer sub class homebrew made by Mark. It is called the Arcane Chromat. It is on his Patreon page.

[@kyleweir689]

Lots of double concentration innit? Invisibility on sentry, but mark says glamour weave changes would take concentration... Bless but also blinding smite

[@abirb5384]

Why roll 20 WHY

[@seldomseen1001]

lol they're sooo losing a sponsor :D

[@Charibolt]

a bit disappointed that mark kept the whole drow evil matriarchy thing, but oh well

[@ettinakitten5047]

Because women in charge totally can't ever be evil...

[@blobfishman977]

1:43:30