High Rollers D&D: Episode: 74 - Draconic Escape - 25th February 2018

[@datdabdoe1417]

"Im used to london horrible people" this reminds me of a monty python sketch where theres a massive news story about a northerner loose in london who keeps saying hello to people

[@eggb34n]

When Elora kisses Nalistri *tiny fairy clapping*

[@ijk9492]

it was probably the most satisfying thing in my entire life

[@AissurDrol]

So, Jiutou gives Cam her awesome Doss Lute. That's cool since IRL Kim gave Trott her awesome Ibanez. Also the Doss Lute will be much better for Cam since most of what it can do Jiutou can already do. She has passive fire resistance and poison immunity and she can fly in air stance so the only thing she really uses it for anymore is invisibility. Good thinking giving that to Cam. That helped balance the team out quite a bit I think. :D

[@Avalons1000]

Yeah, but Cam also has the majority of things the doss lute offers> Kim's "flying" is pretty weak because she needs to use ki points all the time and does not allow her to do any other bonus stuff on her round, and the invisibility is very useful on Jiutou whilst Cam can go invisible by himself.I think the utility of the doss lute serves her way more.

[@tidus1549]

His invisibility is far shorter than the spell though, the monk being able to fly is not that useful since she does melee attacks along with that her speed is high and that she can run on walls. While having the cleric flying where people can't hit him (Atleast most people) is really useful. Along with imagining trickster cleric with a doss lute just looks really cool

[@oliverer3]

Whatever the case Cam doesn't have to use it on himself

[@cifire3912]

End of break: 1:38:40

[@TheDnDTavern]

I watched live and had to leave for a minute. I came back to hear mark say "you still need to make saving throws" and i freaked, i thought Reynard was gonna die.

[@locorocky1]

top

[@TheDnDTavern]

Elessar Mithrandir just no. Thats old now, its no longer funny

[@Tom_Blue222]

you got to the top I think the crowd thinks otherwise

[@darkmotron9237]

B4ttyAly G4ming you don't choose to go to the top, the top chooses you

[@SherlockHulmes]

mmmm delicious tension. *sucks it all in as fuel*

[@andyenglish4303]

Crazy how after Jiutou came back to life it was nearly two years before Raise Dead was cast again, but now Cam is casting it left and right.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Well Raise Dead wasn't cast that time. It was a boon from a fey creature. It's taken that long for Cam to get to a level where he can cast it himself. If you have the power to do it there really isn't any reason to let your friends and allies remain dead.

[@kragos6580]

I hope the love story between grunka and reynard continues at some point in the future

[@RokuroCarisu]

#tuskship ;p

[@lajyo]

Jiutou - Reynard needs telling off! Me - Does he really, though? Seems like a good guy to me.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

If anything it's Jiutou that needs a stern talking to

[@SunnyPopFeline]

I was on the edge of my chair, eyes glued to the screen when hearing Reynard might die. phew! That is a luck.. Pure luck that happen. Thank god hairy Reynard lived : O

[@ahmedshakoor8284]

I feel so sad for Mark you can kinda see him try really hard to not make any mistakes even though he says he doesn't care about the hate he gets it bothers him at least a bit

[@Lishadra]

I like to imagine Reynard lying there a la Loki post Hulk smash, haha

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

Imagine how easy this fight would have been if they actually fought the dragon from the start instead of taking damage and wasting some spells and ki running away for half the fight. Its like they dont realize how much damage they can actually pour out per round at this point.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

I mean Mark overplayed it a little by having it single-handedly wipe out the village of frost giants but you're right. They have to come to let everything intimidated and forget how powerful they are in their own right. Some of it also has to do with their spell preparation being borked so that effectively got caught with their pants down. I know they were irritated about everybody second guessing their choices but this mistake brought them far closer to a TPK then it needed to be.

[@locorocky1]

59:54 I legitimately screamed!!

[@RatJam]

Elessar Mithrandir I did too - really loudly

[@gooddragon9312]

My heart dropped

[@EsquilaxM]

1:53:55 Hahahahahaha Mark says what we've all been thinking for so long xD Hell, Reynard put an ancient magic sword back in a grave xD

[@tategruenwald9029]

When Elora asked about the gauntlets matching the belt and if there was a whole set she was right. There is the Belt of Frost Giant Strength, Gauntlets of something probably more strength, and I believe the last was a hammer that could only be used with the gauntlets and the belt much like the Norse tale of Thor's hammer Mjolnir which can only be used if he had his gauntlets of strength named Jarngreipr and his belt named Megingjoro. I hope that this cleared things up and that you learned a thing or two you didn't know. So Elora is going to basically become Thor and call lightning down on everything.

[@voodoominerman]

If you get any belt of giant strength and the gauntlets of ogre power you can wield the hammer of thunderbolts, which has a chance to instagib giants. The genie they kept buying magical items off told them this a while ago.

[@tategruenwald9029]

The_Milkman_Returns Oh so is it an acuall thing in D&D th edition or is a Mark homebrewed thing? If it is a D&D 5th edition I didnt know that it was thats cool.

[@A2Ztigers]

@@tategruenwald9029 that's in the game

[@AmDeadInside]

Whenever mark does major damage all I can think of is the scene with Voldemort "I CAN TOUCH (damage) YOU... NOW!"

[@Dawnfeethers]

Mostly to Elora.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

@@Dawnfeethers That's only if he ever burns through her wild shapes.

[@sunbroinc9220]

👏you👏never👏leave👏sveriair👏behind👏

[@bearmen5140]

I wonder when Cam had the realization that if he hadnt tried to run and used his spell slots he could have killed that dragon by himself after the damage they did Edit: I also wonder when Elora realized she could have wild shaped and taken the dragon's attention

[@davidarriola6412]

yeah I commented last video how terrible they did.

[@lucasnicholson9443]

SPOILERS: Ok that last conversation with Durmont actually makes me pretty nervous. If the council used defeating the broken sky as part of their campaign to win the vote, that just makes me think the broken sky willingly surrendered some of their lesser forces to help the council win because there are broken sky members in the council! This is the absolute opposite of good right now because the threat has only grown while everyone is lowering their guard.

[@nobodxy]

the resurrection of howl got me right in the feels :3

[@williamzinedineh]

We're kinda lucky the blue dragon is a lawful evil and not chaotic or Raynard would be freaking dead XD

[@CT9AForever]

End break 1:38:40

[@blairewitch2]

WHO INSULTED MARK-SENPAI I WILL FIGHT THEM.

[@eggfacecabbage]

Can someone please make fan art of cam pointing at Nalistri saying "yeahhhh" when elora gave him a little peck on the lips. I would love to see that pleaseeeeee.

[@crystalsilence2559]

The thing about a FoWP (Figurine of Wonderous Power), such as the Griffin, is that all they really are is a means of summoning a creature from a different plane. The Griffin is fine, scared of a dragon and sore, but fine.

[@dragonprism]

I thought getting a nat20 on a death saving throw automatically brought you back with 1 hp. Do they houserule otherwise? I was so very disappointed to watch Reynad get such a critical (no pun) save at a crucial time when he could have finished off the dragon had he come back to consciousness.

[@grandmastercultistofben]

And instantly get eaten......

[@dennyheron2059]

No, a nat 20 on a death save just means 2 successes on the death saves. But a lot of people do use the house rule of nat20 brings you back immediately.

[@dereks4061]

Denny Heron this is wrong, you get 1 hp back on a 20. It’s in the PHB under Death Saving Throws. It’s not a house rule, it’s RAW

[@dennyheron2059]

Derek S yes, after looking it up I realized this, but I forgot I commented. My mistake.

[@A2Ztigers]

@@dennyheron2059 you were thinking a nat 1 counting as two fails, so a nat 20 means 2 successes. Easy mistake to make.

[@caffeinesystem]

"The Cam scale of attractive enough, to really attractive" Cam, buddy, pal, please acquire some standards

[@adrenalineunlimited]

Everybody is beautiful

[@tbrewser6349]

I loved the story moment and everything but one moment made me so mad I had to go and look up the rules just to make sure I wasn't being an arsehole. If you Nat 20 a death save you regain 1 hitpoint. Raynard could have shot the dragon inside the mouth. But still amazing tense moment

[@SherlockHulmes]

Yeah, I think Trott threw me off and I'm never sure which way round it goes so we didn't catch it till after play. However, if Reynard had shot it in the mouth the following would have happened: 1) Dragons held action to bite down and try to swallow Reynard would trigger (Reynard was also grappled so would have advantage) 2) Dragon dies and then falls (with Reynard possible inside it) 100 or so feet down... 10d6 damage later. 3) If swallowed, Reynard would still be burnt by acid/suffocate.

[@ericaheathrow7085]

Though amusingly, this is the second time a High Roller has 20'd a death save while being carried away unconscious and used as ransom against the party. Maybe Reynard and Trell have more in common than they'd like to admit. ^.^

[@dragonprism]

What an amazing way for a legendary hunter to go out, though! But boy, those dimension door shenanigans really messed things up >_>

[@ArlanKels]

Wait..didn't cam have an invulnerability potion? Or did that get used up at some point?

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

He got one from Salah's Horadric Cube but I'm betting Trott never put it on his character sheet. Never used or so much as mentioned since.

[@derek2297]

How the hell does one adult dragon kill an ENTIRE village of frost giants?!?

[@dachef123]

Yeah I agree even if it's just like 4 or 5 I call bs a normal tribe is like 6 to 7 with one shaman (caster) an the jural especially if the frost giant is the same size of the dragon

[@asherandai1000]

Plot

[@Lenny-ue8hk]

*cam materialises in a room* *points at nothing* YEEEEEAAAAHHHH

[@kitwoodiwiss9517]

Doesn't a Nat 20 get you to 1 HP? Oh and wouldn't Elora keep up with it?

[@jonathantalerico2580]

Yes and yes

[@bluesquirrel0175]

Kudos for the backseat gaming talk, I get kinda salty reading all the negative comments from the time.

[@lord_of_ravenloftgavin796]

Can I point out that Kim shouldn't have to use a attunement slot for her guando because it's only a +2 weapon, those type of weapons don't use a slot. *In best nerd voice*

[@voodoominerman]

The guandao also is a custom magic item that deals additional radiant damage once per turn, so ho knows if it requires attunement.

[@freakyskull516]

so reynard's ensnareing strike is a set of bowlers that do pricing damage and can bind a dragon's wings. im going to imagine them as 2 weighted blades with metal cord between them that carve deeper into flesh the more the victim struggles...

[@A2Ztigers]

Barbed wire bolas

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Not bowlers but bolas which is both Spanish and Portuguese for ball. They are also called boleadoras but they are usually a type of throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords. The piercing bit in this case comes from using arrows as a delivery system. It's just a little bit of jank that is coming from them reflavouring Reynard's fighting style to be devoid of magic/spell casting. Though your probably better off imagining them as whatever works for you. I just wanted to point out what they are actually talking about.

[@waybig10101]

1:08:46 - Cam, my dude...polymorph the person you need to take into a creature small enough to transport via travel via plants spell or whatever it’s called...now I know they need to carry bodies, but still it’s a good idea for later

[@EsquilaxM]

Probably low on spells

[@brianwheeler6567]

I hope they can get trell back for the final battle

[@greenmatsui2287]

I think the dragon’s attacks when restrained should have had disadvantage.

[@quinnsinclair7028]

*Restrained* A restrained creature's speed becomes 0, and it can't benefit from any bonus to its speed. Attack rolls against the creature have advantage, and the creature's Attack rolls have disadvantage. The creature has disadvantage on Dexterity Saving Throws.

[@matthewrichmond6333]

'Don't worry reynard I'm lightborn' love you trott 😂

[@eyebite22]

I dont know if its a house rule but normally if you roll a 20 its stabalise at 1hp, not 2 success

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Yeah Trott said it was something else just before that and whammied Mark. Trell did the nat 20 earlier on in the campaign. Though what might have happened to Reynard had he done anything? Doing it that way might have ended with instant death so the mistake could be seen as a lucky break.

[@metallicsalmon]

My art made it! I'm sooo happy! :P

[@danielgarcia2297]

Awwww! Jiutou going full mom after the dragon.

[@lorenzolodge9535]

HadesZero *mum*

[@Leo-lx8bu]

doesnt matter, same thing mate

[@teddyblue9246]

That critical role reference !

[@BreakingStarGames]

Cam needs to have revivify prepared. It is the Cleric tax!

[@FrumpybutSuperSmart]

No one actually knows how Revivify will interact with Mark's death rules except for Mark. Though Cam has been preparing Revivify as he purchased diamond dust some time ago for that exact purpose, and Mark has mentioned in the past that perhaps Revivify would not require the same ritual.

[@BreakingStarGames]

That is true it does technically count as resurrection-lite. Though I see it as recapturing the soul just after it escapes the body.

[@thehandoftruth5983]

Mark mentioned on a livestream when I asked him that he would rule that the spell would work normally. He said as Dylan Bassich has written that the spell is more like collecting the soul because it hasn't departed yet.

[@SherlockHulmes]

Confirming that this is how I play Refifivy, as it's fairly limited compared to Raise Dead.

[@thehandoftruth5983]

The Hand of Truth speaks only that! #notacult

[@iaineldrett99]

Damage at 0 Hit Points. If you take any damage while you have 0 hit points, you suffer a death saving throw failure. If the damage is from a critical hit, you suffer two failures instead. If the damage equals or exceeds your hit point maximum, you suffer instant death. But its all cool you cant be expected to remember every single rule in the book. Keep up the good work though Mark Huge fan of the Campaign.

[@Shoefae]

Any melee hits (within 5ft) automatically count as critical, thus incurring two death saving throw failures.

[@light6463]

Actually, I think the rules are that it is advantage when within 5ft of a prone creature (melee)

[@Dead_Videos]

The wording is slightly vague but Any hit from 5' or closer Is an automatic crit. AND all attacks have advantage. For example, you could fire a crossbow at point blank, that will still deal 2 death failures. As long as you are within 5' the same as an axe or sword. So being stabbed by a dragon is absolutely within reason for 2 death failures.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

It is really a matter of interactions between the prone and unconcious conditions. Someone being prone confers disadvantage on range attacks. But being Unconscious also means being prone and incapacitated. Unconcious does state advantage on all attacks. So a ranged attack would, having both effects, cancel each other out. In practice I've seen most DMs either be generous, or quite possibly it's just in error, and just have the disadvantage on prone carry through. It would seem to me to be word salad and resulted in an unclear result.

[@coconutcore]

Sverier, Dragonwrestler Hell yea!

[@Shoefae]

That nat 20 was so clutch, holy crap.

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

Didn’t nat 20 bring Trellimar back up to 1?

[@izzes]

I'm sorry... I might be late asking this here, but is it a homebrew of Mark's that raise dead works as reincarnation, or am I mixing them?

[@dachef123]

It's his home brew

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Not necessarily reincarnation but he has homebrewed a number of different side effects to make death more consequential. Deageing, change in species, and a nonfunctional limb have been demonstrated in the past. When Cam sacrificed his gift as a Lightborn it fully transferred to the person he resurrected. Which does entirely seem like a consequence as far as I'm concerned. But maybe I'm just thinking in terms of penalties.

[@thickdynamic4669]

I saved the dog too, Kim. I saved him too.

[@R4yj4ck]

#ReynardNeverDies

[@R4yj4ck]

No jinxies

[@zanthe_]

Heroes never die.

[@redpanda5389]

@@zanthe_ reynard is the most heroic in this campaign

[@bluesquirrel0175]

Oh. My. God. Kim and trott started singing that weird song that was a meme back then…. Jesus what an unexpected throwback

[@falkhar82]

at 1:28:32 these are my favorite kind of artworks .

[@NickHoad]

Any reason why the thumbnail has a re-coloured black dragon instead of a blue dragon?

[@onecraftygypsy4774]

i was going to say that!! beat me too it

[@elinvill8790]

It isn’t even that blue to me but I’m a bit color blind.

[@gooddragon9312]

The way mark described it looks like the black dragon but it's a blue dragon so in stead of making a new dragon they recolour a black

[@matthewrichmond6333]

It's not even effort to draw a blue one as well, there's already artwork 😂

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Especially since all ten of the true dragons have their own distinctive look beyond just scale colour.

[@rezigalvan4474]

Aww... I love you guys and I have since episode one. Can I be you when I grow up? All of you?

[@ela-811]

Comment #(#): Ok, with all the resurrection, I am freaking out that the now pretty much redundant Nimbus is not being sacrificed.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Considering what happened with the whole Nimbus fiasco I'm sure that would have provoked an argument. Not that you're wrong or anything it was just better off for everyone at the table to not go down that road.

[@dachef123]

Animal handling for the bronze Griff wow

[@tanukinein]

the armband thingys went with the belt and then the hammer did more damage

[@jacquesmoody7904]

Is Korak going to be Churchill?

[@karlcross9112]

Ah, good analogy! The Queen during the war would have been another good one. If my memory is correct, the Queen and her husband stayed in London with the people during all the bombing!

[@paytonhammaker5758]

Bookmark: 1:58:10

[@waterierStone]

2:36:30 Is Jiutou actually Liam Neeson? Is this going to be Taken all over again?

[@KRANative]

Anyone know the soundtrack at 2:34:34?

[@andyenglish4303]

Wait Trott and Tom are Scottish too?

[@frumpygoose5640]

Quite honestly don't understand some of the bitchy comments. It's a fun role playing game, Mark is an excellent DM and the players are playing how and who they want. Relax about the mechanics and enjoy that game/show

[@spedwyrm7427]

FrumpyGoose overall issue that I and apparently a number of other people have- is that when you run the rules as loosely as Mark does for some situations and then turn on a dime and adhere to them as strictly as possible, it makes for an overall confusing and frustrating gaming session or environment. Perfect example: Tom rolling a natural 20 on the death save should have allowed him to regain one hit point and let him injure or shoot the Dragon. There have been at least two or three situations where Trott has rolled a natural 20 on a death save that didn't involve his lightborn abilities and he was immediately allowed to react upon regaining consciousness.

[@karlcross9112]

It's not fun to me when players don't play their characters in a consistent manner. It's not fun for me when Juitou constantly ridicules Reynald. It's not fun for me when these players run from major fights like this one when they could have killed this dragon pretty quickly if they all went after it. It's not fun for me when some players hoard treasure from the other players. That's not all they do that is messed up, however it makes my point.

[@seaw4v3s]

@@karlcross9112 Your mindset - "It's not fun for ME that THEY don't do this or that." Breaking News - Man discovers something isn't right for him. Is that what your saying? Cuz your coming across as an asshole who doesn't enjoy things right now. Just let them do it man. And it's not like we can impact their choice. Sorry if this notice is coming to you so late but you should seriously reconsider your perspective on life if you still think this.

[@Fredreegz]

@@karlcross9112 They're not doing it for you. They're doing it because *they* have fun.

[@karlcross9112]

@@seaw4v3s Hello, I did not get a notification of your post, just got one from Fred posting and saw yours. I do not understand your point as to the reason I am an asshole. This is episode 74 not episode 1 so how does wanting things right now fit? My perspective on life has nothing to do with my opinion of how someone plays a game. I watch a game to be entertained. This group was put together to act while playing the game they knew nothing about. I would prefer a group that enjoys the game and acts (role plays) okay. However, I stopped watching around a year ago. I don't care, they don't care so all is well.

[@kennydupont7833]

Goddamn it Mark!! The cincilla, oke, but Howl??? HOW DARE YOU! (nah, i would have done the same)

[@lordtamnus5466]

Book mark 1:15:00

[@AlyssaSundale]

Mark - Remember the squares are 50 foot not 5 foot continuously treating them as 5 foot for the Dragon Actually I cant know that maybe it was just a custom made dragon with 3 times the range of an Ancient Blue Dragon But yeah good episode as always

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

Alyssa Sundale it had a *really* big tail

[@todengel6692]

1:47:30 Durraahhh!!! - Mark Humes 2018

[@frockrock774]

Now the bag of holding works and she gave the lute to cam she becomes loot-o instead of lute-o

[@azimuth7979]

2:31:00 He's learning

[@dragoon109]

I thought only humans could be lightborns though or was that changed? It is unfortunate that cam lost it.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

I see that as an assumption. It has never been stated outright in the campaign but Mark's write-up for it would likely have that info either way.

[@elzb1593]

Lmao watching this from the future and hearing tom ask if there are long term consequences when your character takes massive damage is.... Ironic

[@instinct9672]

i thought you gained 1 hp on a nat 20 death save. it would have been awesome if reynard crossbowed the dragon whilst in its mouth, killing it.

[@greetings1823]

Omg I love Sver’ier so much

[@TwashTurtle]

Bookmark 1:05:18

[@natcoolyeah]

*N O W D O C L A S S I C A L G A S*

[@azimuth7979]

2:15:00 pupper? unknown woman?

[@nanofluber2682]

1:09:00 this music reminds me of skyrim

[@Wertical93]

I thought for so long that Kim is really mean to all men as Jiutou, but since Jiutou is Chaotic Neutral... yeah I kinda understand.

[@Denisowator]

Nalistri took Elora's flower. ;)

[@light6463]

-_- That’s actually funny lol

[@poisonedoak6563]

F-ART VIDEO NOSTALGIA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@patrickrichardson1440]

Is this the end?

[@RatJam]

❤️❤️❤️Reynard❤️❤️❤️

[@adrenalineunlimited]

I love you guys!

[@iandorantes6144]

Reynard mc at the beginning

[@isultansultangaliev5852]

Natural 20 means you come back with one hit point Mark ffs.

[@Kuaqe]

After falling 110 ft in one round, the dragon should have been unable to move into melee with Reynard without a full round action, much less move past him! Mark was making an already difficult encounter way worse by missusing mechanics to his benefit.

[@yertius]

2:43:37

[@PSIRockOmega]

So very lucky.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

So many people bitching about things not being right...was I the only one that listened to the intro?

[@StaubZuStaub]

People will always criticise things, especially when you are doing anything in public. You can only control what you do. All backseating can be ignored and in extreme circumstances, deleted/users banned. I think it's useless to complain about anything that isn't threatening language.

[@Trinity-wm8sm]

38:15

[@Mt-BNN]

A natural 20 on a death save brings the character to 1hp no? Its how myparty has been playing it atleast

[@Mt-BNN]

Yup just confirmed with rule book a natural 20 gives 1HP

[@AceofRogues]

They have a lot of wierd house rules.

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

drelicharcz well they followed it before so he either did it for story sake or he railroaded the players into not killing the dragon

[@bluejay5063]

@@temporaryhalfdecentname8452 or he just forgot?

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

meep meep perhaps

[@danielchausse5159]

1:24:43 Ignore this, just need the time stamp.

[@Im-Not-a-Dog]

They're playing D&D, but if you want to talk crap in chat, you can play Banhammer 40k.

[@RaynCloudz]

YAS

[@alexwantsbeans2230]

ryanrebel123 same

[@SACII9899]

go to ikea... hahahaha. buy some flatware

[@willna8729]

For all the people who think mark is wrong. To work of speed a falling is 9.81 m/s^2 Using this formula for regular gravity (not Arakas gravity which could in fact be anything) a person would fall at a speed of 984ft per round/every 6 seconds, so if you don't like the way Mark does it don't get angry just do some maths get bored and fall asleep

[@voodoominerman]

Xanathar's Guide has very simple falling rules in it, backed up by actual terminal velocities of human like objects. If you are in the state "falling", you instantly drop 500 feet at the end of each of your turns.

[@guinnesslv]

I LOve Kim, so cool. :)

[@gamingsnake1769]

words

[@lecram86]

1:45:00 You cannot tell female elves from male elves? Are they elves or dwarfs?

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Elves don't grow beards and generally have slim effeminate bodies. Elf women don't have very large breasts either. It all depends in how tropey you want to get with it but to a degree it's true in fantasy fiction. Elves skew to being mistaken as women and dwarves skew to be mistaken as men. I'm not behind either of these stereotypes by the way. But yeah it's true but for the entirely opposite reason.