High Rollers: Aerois

[@wierdpeopleotherdude1422]

Quill: used calm emotions... it’s super effective The party: is confused The meta party: is confused The dm: is confused The npcs: are confused

[@jeremystanley7748]

hey guys there is this really cool app that tells you exactly what a spell does... and believe it or not, it even has a rules & conditions section

[@ddrummond9044]

What a stunning performance

[@frank83153]

“You shouldn’t be here you need to leave” “we’re working on it” “ mm ok” had me dying

[@SveinJohnnyFedje]

Yea, but doesn't sound very indifferent, so that kinda ruined it for me.

[@thomasostrowski7700]

TO herald: no need breath. Walk into water. Head to nearest continent. Will meet you there. How many guardians gathered? Bring fresh fish and warm plates. Prime.

[@Human-gu2cx]

This is the ultimate plan

[@hollywood9158]

I love how Tom is playing the Wise priest and champion of the god of knowledge but can’t remember a god damn thing irl I absolutely love it XD

[@alexsander471]

*places guards on Teleportation Circle* Aerois?... You're going to *Brazil*

[@DuoSanguis]

I just had a thought...how much do y'all want to bet that Mark's usual crossdressing Halloween costume is gonna be Lady D? Cuz I think its pretty damn likely.

[@thatmooseman]

Episode Start at 0:04 Sponsor at 1:25 Announcements at 3:16 DUN DUNS at 6:16 Recap starts at 7:16 Recap ends at 8:44 Break start at 1:35:11 Break ends at 1:46:00 Gameplay ends at 2:55:36 Ending donos at 2:58:27

[@davidstelting3146]

Thank you mythic...

[@elementadimension1956]

Half of the time I feel like the group forgets stuff from last session and feel like screaming

[@40yearchill45]

Like hey what did Hesper wright as final words to Quill? WTF?

[@Ozisl]

Mark doing a very brooding (and sexy) opening, then "Hey mommy milky!"

[@IcepersonYT]

"Man the rescue of Quil went super well! We only sacrificed a god and potentially leaked vital information about our future plans!" Jokes aside it did go really well compared to their usual plans, everything they were in control of was handled exquisitely and those complications were more or less out of their hands to deal with.

[@gray9818]

eh, the leaked information was very much in their hands

[@MrD10de]

"You idiots! These are not them! You've captured their stunt doubles!"

[@Crescent-Adam]

Oh man. *spoilers* . . . . . I personally would've liked them to have taken Vessek with them. He literally pledged his life and service to them battling Callus. Also they forgot to tell the info to the "back up team". The Dragonborn's reaction to the Dragon elite guy on the Tassadar would've been super interesting and maybe could've provided some useful info on him. Anyways, this will go super suuuuper bad or miraculously-crazy-rolls barely good with multiple sacrifices ! I'm waiting for the rescued Vala to turn out to be the Assassin that crits a sneak attack on Qillek as he's casting the escape teleport spell 😭😄

[@Boopers]

Oh boy, everyone was completely confused this episode, didn't even remember how the previous session ended, let alone some of the more important details about the Tassadar mission...

[@dethmin173]

That mindflayer has fundamentally changed aerois as we know it.

[@Ozisl]

You can kill a lot of people, Mark, but don't you dare kill Rosemeadow.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

If he was willing to kill Smeek, Rosemeadow isn't safe.

[@o.d.d.5437]

Idea: Sentry casts locate creature for Valla. Quill uses 8th level etherealness on himself and Sentry and they find Valla. Then Quill uses the book's plane shift to the Stormchaser immediately convince Valla they'll be back after some business on Tasadar if they're successful. Quill uses the teleportation circle again. Then attempt to free eterna Tasadar and destroy the ship and plane shift to Gusthaven. Very exiting episode finally going to rescue the precious girl Valla

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

So many ways for that to go wrong but it is far better than the current plan.

[@o.d.d.5437]

@@Blasted2Oblivion but the only thing I can think that can go wrong if they encounter any of the 4 top officers that have truesight and it's mentioned that there aren't any areas where etherealness cannot be dispelled

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

​@@o.d.d.5437 1. The four top guys have true sight but so do the upper level demons or devils that Mark mentioned do exist. They can report or just dispel ethereal form. 2. Walls of force can stop things that are ethereal. As a security measure, I am sure the Tasadar would have them or a magitech version of them. 3. In order to get Vala out, Quill and Sentry would need to be out of ethereal form to make the physical contact required to plane shift back(I assume the book is using the plane shift spell) thus requiring ANOTHER casting of ethereal form for the return trip. 4. If she is unwilling, they would have to target her and ONLY her to forcer her to go, leaving them either without a way back or needing to burn more magic to get out. 5. Assuming the Wings of Ishtar fail and he needs to destroy the ship, he has no means of doing that unless he takes whatever device the Wings had. That would require coming out of ethereal to interact with, exposing him to the crew and security. 6. Tasadar would have the same issue with the added hitch of the possibility that he is corrupted and would then need to be fought or fled from and I am sure a being of that power would have counter spell to stop a teleport escape. If I sat down and really thought about it, I am sure I could come up with more but I think I have made my point. To clarify, I still agree that your plan is not a bad one and would be more likely to succeed than just boarding it but no plan is without risks and these are the ones I could see.

[@o.d.d.5437]

@@Blasted2Oblivion for 3 and 4 Quill has 2 plane shifts available like I said when they find Valla they go out of etherealness and use plane shift to the stormchaser and I doubt Valla is unwilling Quill then uses teleportation circle back to the Tasadar and their next plane shift use is towards the basement base in Gusthaven

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

@@o.d.d.5437 fair points. The unwilling Vala thing comes from the possibility that she has been brainwashed or indoctrinated into believing in the Valkyrian empire. She has been out of contact with the Stormchasers for a while so she hasn't had that influence to keep her on track and the last time they spoke, she talked about how Callus' ideas made sense.

[@RossMKitson]

Watched this on Twitch earlier. So pleased they chose the Tassadar mission, and then when they arrived! Couldn't stop laughing at Mark's 'indifference' and him just itching for the scrap to start. Show goes from strength to strength. Can't wait to see what treats Mark has ready after they ghosted through the last spaceship. Pit Fiend anyone 😬?

[@Kicksticks]

I love that these are the guys who are the first line defence against infiltration. Had me genuinely crying during the stream

[@stephenpodeschi6052]

Will Quills mercy come back to bite the heroes in the Ass ? Does Star Bane know they are coming ?

[@ebrach121]

This sort of shenanigans is why I stay and listen to the donations every time. Can't wait until I can donate. Love you all.

[@julespeterson7873]

Am I the only who think of the upgraded securitrons from fnv under Caesar's fort? With the guardians laying low in hostile territory waiting for a moment to safely leave

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Wooo! Been waiting for this episode all week! High Rollers time baby!

[@michaelpeterson5545]

How many Kobyashi-Maru's do they have to deal with...jeez! Very difficult to play in these situations. I do like watching, but I get so irritated at how little they know, and how little chance they really have.

[@GeneTay07]

'Just like in the simulations' I think is a good description of this mission so far 😂

[@johnbell4328]

I doubt that the party will be punished for letting the mind-flayer live, but they should be. They need to learn to think these things through.

[@thatlycantomboy]

*loud sighing* Mark/the party in general, you’re making me gray early, please

[@Trigun99]

'It's Bonkin Time!' Next minute is spent doing elaborate hand gestures and assuming new costumes and positions.

[@cald1421]

God the party’s going to pay for Tom’s mistake of leaving that mind flayet alive. It’s a bad gamble but the payoff could be huge if Xharkira really does betray Calus

[@aclassicguardsman946]

The big question is how does she betray Callus, and if she's going to rat them out before she does.

[@hadeszero4526]

I don't get how the genasi can say they missed their home world. They were brought here like 100 yrs ago all the original genasi are dead. All these genasi were born to aerois this is their home world. I don't get it.

[@ch3ls3ab0t6]

I believe they switched places about 70 years ago. Not long enough for everyone to be dead. And certainly not long enough to have lost the magnificent stories of their home world. Think of the people in the real world that were forcefully removed from their ancestral homes. That longing for where you come from doesn’t cease to exist. We all just want to belong.

[@ian8981]

I think it’s more of being kind of alienated by the other races. Lots of people on aerois mistrusted them and refused to trade with them. Wouldn’t you want to go back to a world of people like you where you will most likely fit right in.

[@hadeszero4526]

@@ian8981 their planet is a military state most of them would be exiled or worse for not being strong enough to fight.

[@ian8981]

@@hadeszero4526 good point, but I think that the general population that’s on aerois doesn’t know all that. Starbane has definitely misinformed the genasi people on aerois.

[@damianaustin0726]

Im pretty sure the genasi city was switched around the end of the Sundering

[@golo550101]

GAAAAH MISSED OPROTUNITY FOR THALIA TO MEET THE PARENTS

[@amyheath8261]

‘If we catch you whacking, we’ll come bonking’

[@jasonjase8661]

Asks indifferent guard to stand on teleportation circle 🔴... Types in random runes ... Sends them to 🤷🤷‍♀️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

Hey...you shouldn't play with that. Someone could get*TELEPORT*

[@Spiceodog]

The code words I woul use is How’s the weather Clear skies Lmao I’m an idiot they can just use messenger ring

[@digitaljungle7154]

I really don't mean this as an insult but I think the whole crew needs to write more notes for themselves. Notes are so important for remembering information and it really seems like you guys forget key information entirely or barely remember it in time and you don't leave yourselves with enough time to think on it as your characters. Please, don't be afraid to remind eachither about stuff from time to time. Quill almost forgot to tell the wings of Ishtar that Zarkira and Starbase might know about the Tasadar which would have been far worse as a while. Please, write more for yourselves and each other.

[@Tossabrick]

I legit wish the ppl that hit the dislike button would leave a comment on why they actually hit that

[@flutterg1035]

Its mostly bots disliking

[@kellygingrich4302]

How many times was 'bonk' said in this episode

[@misteranderson8280]

Should have had the guards accept they were permitted to be there - that's why they were indifferent.

[@chrisbondi5887]

I just want to be a fresh comment for this month been catching up took a little bit of a break so amazing getting back into this awesome sci-fi version of dungeons & dragons

[@Lovesickcupid31]

I thought I missed the tassadar attack

[@Starlink28]

I love Katie’s new background look

[@SidTheStallion]

Cows 👍

[@JoshPeel97]

what software do they use to get all their webcams, im planning to do a small scale dnd stream but i need to be able to caputre different webcams

[@royt_1495]

I'm guessing zoom as alot of people talk on discord and then use zoom for video as it's higher quality discord is still good for casual use as I have used it for that

[@TheBiggreenpig]

Normally, you are not supposed to be able to use Etherealness in the Astral (where Tassadar is). But this world is different, I guess.

[@mme.veronica735]

I think the Tassadar is considered it's own plane similar to Oryx's ship from Destiny technically being a seperate dimension. Why this is when the Serpent's Coil wasn't considered a seperate plane I'm not certain

[@joluoto]

@@mme.veronica735 Because it is Stupid Sexy Starbane's ship. Of course it's it's own plane.

[@Jayzor92]

@@mme.veronica735 Perhaps the presence of a super-powerful aeterna designates it as a demiplane.

[@darraghchapman]

Can anyone link the Mark Dragon Noise video? Couldn't find it even after quite some trawling :(

[@juliawahlstrom3721]

Here you go, its really good. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoitoHt_i8hoetU

[@darraghchapman]

@@juliawahlstrom3721 Thanks for that :)

[@PistachioGold]

Love how this is the mission everyone waited so long for and it's going so well 🤣🤣 discord loved the bonk, you guys are amazing.

[@deannekellogg8514]

How about Phrase: "if worse comes to worse" Response:" eat pineapples"

[@TheAratine]

I feel like that would work fairly well

[@nopethnks]

Can't keep Tom hanging, LOVE YOU TOO!

[@fdragon77fk]

Didn't nova lock the doors?

[@EverlastingEclipse]

Has nova forgotten about armor of hexes?

[@HighRollersDnD]

No, just haven't been attacked by anyone with the Hexblade Curse on them recently - Kim

[@Seninthekitchen]

Does sentry know how to make more guardians

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

From my understanding, she only knows how to recharge them and swap out their souls with the ones in her matrix.

[@trisciense]

No CC, my ADHD brain is not happy!

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

What's CC?

[@mme.veronica735]

@@jamesmaceaveli6679 Closed Captions. Basically subtitles for people to read along with what's being said. Most often used for people that are hard of hearing, but they can help people focus, they are also useful for people with english as a second language

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

@@mme.veronica735 Oooooh okay, yeah I have heard that before. It would seem that high rollers seems to only have CC on the occasional episode.

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Hey they added CC for the video now! 😊

[@asatorftw]

Aaaah finally! Feels like we've been waiting forever for this episode. So glad you are back! Honestly the only DnD show I still follow

[@zachariahnye4953]

I’m so excited about everything they plan on doing! So happy and sad that we are entering the end game!

[@danebeyer5674]

I finally caught up! I started watching like three weeks ago.

[@Blasted2Oblivion]

That's quick. Took me a couple months. [Edit] welcome to the hell that is waiting on cliffhanger episodes.

[@danebeyer5674]

@@Blasted2Oblivion I know it was quick. I barely sleep and watched them all at 2x speed. Waiting is going to suck now.

[@Cookiesandcreamss]

@@danebeyer5674 I was new when they were like 60 episodes in so I didn’t sleep and listened to it for a month

[@danebeyer5674]

@@Cookiesandcreamss did you have it on 2x speed?

[@Cookiesandcreamss]

@@danebeyer5674 nope, but I did skip some of the longer battles unless something crazy happened

[@TheAratine]

This series got me interested in playing dnd myself. Just finished my first session as a lycan blood hunter and having a blast with it

[@newtondood]

Haha money machine go brrrr

[@lincolnsummers1235]

It’s about to get CRAAAAZY!!

[@IndigoF0X]

Let's GOOOOOO

[@Greenfire714]

first time being this early

[@jamesmaceaveli6679]

Same!

[@Hashtoons]

Same!

[@joelwall4471]

absolutely devastated I missed the pins :(

[@JesusChrist-qo1tf]

Got the old Berlin Blockage going Mark? Save the Guardians

[@benbowcutt8358]

can we get a campaign setting?

[@Carbadonia]

I'm all caught up again, and my Sunday D&D game is cancelled indefinitely, so now I can finally watch this glorious series live again, thank the Titans.

[@MFZBitch]

Great episode as always! Praise be algorithm sama