High Rollers: Aerois #37 | A New Way Out

[@bryanlinsmeyer3521]

Imagine Smeek gets killed then they use reincarnation on him and he becomes a slightly larger goblin and is just absolutely thrilled about it

[@jonbly]

Imagine if he comes back as a high elf... and he got hold of the fairy princess crown...

[@tungstenzephyr]

@@jonbly Wow... way to spoiler Chris Trott's elaborate time travel goblin backstory....

[@TheSuperPsychaholic]

That "Did we touch Quills body?" line killed me for about 5 minutes I had a hard time breathing from laughter

[@donfluffles6056]

It sucks that Oriya is gone now but I’m so happy we got Sentry back

[@thestormwizard6447]

Does she come back as an NPC, cos I feel that would be/have been a cool idea? No major spoilers please.

[@donfluffles6056]

Thestormwizard yeah Oriya leaves the party for a while but comes back as a pretty important NPC some time around episode 40 if I remember correctly

[@thestormwizard6447]

Don Fluffles sweeeeeeeeeet. Looking forward to that then

[@thestormwizard6447]

Also, great username. I see you, too, are a person of culture.

[@donfluffles6056]

Thestormwizard I mean someone has to run aincrad’s mafia

[@MystLunarabne]

Smeek is basically just a Girly that refuses to be abandoned.

[@maloosbongo3184]

It's true 😂😂

[@Neo3151]

I wish they did something with girly in the last campaign i really do. Or at least make her come back at some point in some way.

[@diablofrag2177]

Griffith my friend and I played character that were similar to girly and mollymauk. He is a 6ft4 hulking mass of muscle of plays rugby and shit and he was playing a 3ft tall gnome sorcerer called grilly. I played a tiefling wizard necromancer called ingovii. They were the best of friends. Then grilly died. But he resurrected her so we gucci

[@beatrizcosta9945]

Reading this today all I can imagine is Kristen Applebee's with Smeek on top of her head saying "Hey girlie"

[@businessmoth]

Okay so, When the watch people were referring to lucius, they almost said mr., but then corrected themselves to lord. That would indicate that dear old daddy is either missing or dead. -just a theory

[@AGrumpyPanda]

That's a very good point actually.

[@a.garcha199]

Good job lad called it lol

[@wylerI]

I love how the Gusthaven citizens are like literally Oblivion NPC’s. Dramatic reactions and constant gossip in a posh voice.

[@anthonyginger4065]

I know it’s a minor thing but I’m super relieved that Nova asked Oriya to take Skorb back to his family ❤️❤️❤️

[@glynrh8892]

Anthony Ginger SAME, I was hoping he’d make it back to his boy

[@michellesmyth7131]

Me to

[@ettinakitten5047]

It made me so sad when the little boy was saying goodbye to scorb, I'm glad they'll be reunited.

[@AGrumpyPanda]

Oh Mark, my inner GM got such a vicarious thrill while the party was discussing Starbane. I do love those moments when I know exactly what other GMs are feeling.

[@mme.veronica735]

Smeek is number one, best character in any D&D game, no-one even compares

[@DanielBohnen]

One name.... Girly

[@MystWalkur]

Smeek is the Girly Kim and Katie accept.

[@TheBeardinho]

Both wrong its zim zam off rogues gamit

[@sicrotodrocata1569]

Avril was great

[@grandmastercultistofben]

Wrong! Knick Knack is the greatest... Although he failed to claim the heart of the Beautiful Elven Princess, he managed to secure the Golden Rod.... Using that great artefact he came back from exile and seized power from his father. Now, Knick Knack has lead his clan to victory.. All in the name of THE GREAT EGG!!!!

[@dadefrost2059]

18:10 a 3 hour stream of Rhiannon talking to herself in character?? I'm into it

[@sotipsyy]

Break ends at 1:32:15

[@olivermcvicar3322]

Danke, kind soul.

[@nightcollapse]

Thank youuuu 🙏

[@c0niferal]

Ty

[@alexwantsbeans2230]

HI! Beware of spoilers in the timestamps below! 0:32 - Sleeping Tom 0:44 - Rhiannon dies 3:14 - Trott’s mighty burp 3:24 - The Beyond Show with your host Chris Trott 7:20 - New merch! 8:16 - Aerois intro video 9:16 - False start 9:26 - Recap 10:41 - Episode begins 12:02 - Explaining things 13:19 - Skaldi and Quill 15:28 - Nova and Sentry 17:08 - New introduction 17:33 - Oriya and Sentry 18:28 - Higher, Lucius 18:43 - HIGHER, Lucius 19:38 - Explaining Valla and Starbane 23:40 - Nova reveals her little chat with Starbane 28:22 - Something’s watching 32:41 - Sentry’s very heavy 37:23 - The Attendant is a bit buggy 40:22 - A fairy intervention 41:55 - Playing the daddy issue card 42:10 - Aila vs. Pyri 43:03 - What? Howling Gale is evolving? 45:02 - Aila is Thor now 46:16 - The Agency 48:22 - Pyri’s “watch” 52:00 - Big whoops 1:00:24 - Forge lore 1:02:41 - Vessyk’s weapon 1:07:58 - Smeek vs. Pyri 1:12:31 - They’re all just jealous 1:13:00 - Lucius really wants to stay as a fairy 1:13:50 - Lucius has turned into an angsty teenager 1:14:33 - Just a pretty face 1:21:36 - Break begins 1:22:45 - Fan art video 1:32:16 - Break ends 1:34:07 - What could go wrong? 1:34:28 - Teleporting 1:35:01 - Trott has a sudden realisation 1:39:50 - Map time! 1:40:19 - Daddy runs the Cipher Academy 1:43:18 - Battle begins 1:59:08 - Aila’s kill 2:03:59 - Sentry’s kill 2:09:42 - Aila’s double kill 2:16:00 - Staring him down 2:29:47 - Removing the crown 2:37:53 - The power was inside him all along 2:38:09 - Zone of truth 2:40:16 - The Elenasto Estate 2:41:04 - Episode ends 2:41:21 - Donations 2:44:56 - Stream ends Any moments I missed? Comment them below

[@oguguaobidike9251]

Thank you sir

[@strike._]

Thank you for your service

[@thertsman8233]

i have watched the last 36 episodes over the last 2 weeks, just finished the last one. thought i caught up and saw this in my feed and im so stoked.

[@rebeccahines2955]

I am doing the same thing the past 2 weeks I've been binge watching and now I'm finally caught up!

[@oddcinema]

Trott's reaction as he suddenly realises they forgot Quill with Kim and Katie's quizzical look is a gem of a moment.

[@i5m1thy]

27:22 And here we see the DM basking in the conflict he has created between his players

[@anthonyginger4065]

I’m so happy Sentry is back but I am really gonna miss Oriya. Hopefully she shows up some more in the adventure!

[@RSorei]

Everyone's faces from 2:40:00 on are PRICELESS :D As someone with little free time, I'm very grateful for the podcast bc I can listen to it on my commute, but watching them play is still something else!

[@Matthew-pd4zx]

Oh man, Aeila was BRUTAL in that combat. Go Aeila! 💪🔨 Sentry back and kicking butt, too. I have been dying to meet Daddy since episode 1! Here's hoping we see him soon..

[@hannahbill167]

2:41:02 "uuur...what" 😭that broke my heart i imagined him turning the corner and everything and hes been waiting to go home for ages 😭

[@emismith4133]

Pyri getting shut down every time they bring something up is hilarious. I'm dyinggggg

[@227jdorian]

should have had the forge make an arm and an eye fro quill.

[@caver3999]

Can't wait for a sky city to fall.... because let's be honest, we all know it's gonna happen

[@silberhornj]

Would you say that the sky would be broken?

[@caver3999]

@@silberhornj . I think I'd call it the Skyfall

[@silberhornj]

@@caver3999 Que the laugh track

[@Ixarus6713]

Me: *RWBY Flashbacks*

[@swarnendudas772]

0:32 - Sleeping Tom 0:44 - Rhiannon dies 3:14 - Trott’s mighty burp 3:24 - The Beyond Show with your host Chris Trott 7:20 - New merch! 8:16 - Aerois intro video 9:16 - False start 9:26 - Recap 10:41 - Episode begins 12:02 - Explaining things 13:19 - Skaldi and Quill 15:28 - Nova and Sentry 17:08 - New introduction 17:33 - Oriya and Sentry 18:28 - Higher, Lucius 18:43 - HIGHER, Lucius 19:38 - Explaining Valla and Starbane 23:40 - Nova reveals her little chat with Starbane 28:22 - Something’s watching 32:41 - Sentry’s very heavy 37:23 - The Attendant is a bit buggy 40:22 - A fairy intervention 41:55 - Playing the daddy issue card 42:10 - Aila vs. Pyri 43:03 - What? Howling Gale is evolving? 45:02 - Aila is Thor now 46:16 - The Agency 48:22 - Pyri’s “watch” 52:00 - Big whoops 1:00:24 - Forge lore 1:02:41 - Vessyk’s weapon 1:07:58 - Smeek vs. Pyri 1:12:31 - They’re all just jealous 1:13:00 - Lucius really wants to stay as a fairy 1:13:50 - Lucius has turned into an angsty teenager 1:14:33 - Just a pretty face 1:21:36 - Break begins 1:22:45 - Fan art video 1:32:16 - Break ends 1:34:07 - What could go wrong? 1:34:28 - Teleporting 1:35:01 - Trott has a sudden realisation 1:39:50 - Map time! 1:40:19 - Daddy runs the Cipher Academy 1:43:18 - Battle begins 1:59:08 - Aila’s kill 2:03:59 - Sentry’s kill 2:09:42 - Aila’s double kill 2:16:00 - Staring him down 2:29:47 - Removing the crown 2:37:53 - The power was inside him all along 2:38:09 - Zone of truth 2:40:16 - The Elenasto Estate 2:41:04 - Episode ends 2:41:21 - Donations 2:44:56 - Stream ends

[@skeletalarkeus5728]

Trott ads are the best

[@wels234]

We should have Trott and Sam do a ad battle

[@FinalIcharus]

2:8:10 "They have a tattoo" "Oh god not again"

[@iamjo1160]

2:18:10

[@iGrannyGumJobs]

MARK, DO A GOD DAMN BEHIND THE SCREEN. I NEED TO KNOW MOREEEE ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING!!

[@Steel_Wolfe]

I’m pretty sure there are a few on his Twitch! 😁

[@nicholasmckee2038]

I haven't finished the episode so they might bring it up but if its called the city of glass and it's under water then it could be a city with glass walls around it to stop the water to getting in. (This might be obvious I've just been thinking about that since I heard it was under water)

[@GeneralNaga67]

I haven't caught up yet. But didn't the Golem say that there was a hidden research station Sentry needed to go to in a place with a lot of obsidian? Obsidian IS glass.

[@nicholasmckee2038]

@@GeneralNaga67 I think you're right

[@Addy0302]

Technically, if they had left Quill's body it would still be in the wagon with the one NPC with Gentle Riposte so he'd be fine

[@kellygingrich4302]

"Howling Gail is evolving" YES

[@brads2041]

Thanks to everyone who makes the timeline notes

[@ChroNomadics]

"Yohan was a good guy but he just vanished!" ooooh.....ouch

[@4shtia]

A little titbit of ruling on nat 1 attack rolls: They always miss. Quoting PHB, If the d20 roll is a 1, the attack misses regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC.

[@friendofninjas]

Chris Perkins has said that the "rules" in the PHB are merely guidelines for the game and that DMs can apply the rules how they see fit

[@chrisharrison9403]

Smeek reminds me of the little guy from The Wild Thornberries

[@lillalefur1146]

That cut on gave me whiplash

[@RoseLily0603]

I like to wait like 2 months of not watching this campaign and then I catch up on the next 3 days, so I got hit with quills death just a day ago

[@deathshadow1202]

Dude same

[@RossMKitson]

That was such a good episode. And that ending! Excellent storytelling by Mark.

[@voids11]

wait wtf but daddy what happens to daddy!!!

[@freakyskull516]

my money's on dead.

[@chuckallerston9997]

That's not a hammer. This is a hammer!

[@vrahnkeneisenbach9148]

RIP Luscious, the fairy princess

[@DuoSanguis]

I think its pretty obvious that the prime is a straight up Cybertronian. Sentry is gonna get the touch, she's gonna get the power! YEEEEAH!

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Sounds like Master Mold honestly. Though the whole Prime Matrix thing must be a reference.

[@berserkchimera6655]

I CANT BELIEVE THEY LET GO OF A LEGENDARY ITEM MAN!

[@TillerTwo]

Wait what? Which item

[@amyheath8261]

I can’t believe they didn’t let Pyri go before Aila, that was their whole agreement.

[@arjunswayamkumar2507]

smeek is actually my favourite character

[@jukkafan1]

A little note for people watching. Watch Mark when they are discussing Starbane

[@lazypaladin]

I've rewatched this too many times: *Nobody gonna question the Starborn Alliance?!*

[@amyheath8261]

What do you mean?

[@CosmiccNova]

I was robbed of Pixie Princess Smeek and I require compensation immediately

[@Spiceodog]

1:25:37 that fan art was the best I've seen

[@a.garcha199]

Man I know it is in Trotts character to do that but fuck Pyri has been treated like shit

[@lordblazinshadow2392]

Sentry I love you welcome back. You need your birdie

[@1195mmg]

Oriya ain't sweating payment from the sloths. She knows she'll get that 400gp when she returns Skorb.

[@nightcollapse]

Oh my god I'm dying 🤣🤣 they're gonna teleport to lucius' home and his dads gonna see Luscious the fairy princess™️ holy shit this is perfect Edit: oh no _oh no_

[@Bluecho4]

Finally returned to watching the series. I fell off some time ago, and now I've got 63 episodes to catch up on. On the plus side, I've got plenty of time. Loads of minis to paint.

[@sicrotodrocata1569]

NEED SMEEK TO LEVEL UP AND BECOME PART OF THE TEAM a level 6 goblin YES!!!!!!!!

[@krisztinagaal8437]

Lucius' terrible, horrible, not good, very bad week continues.

[@bill-1835]

Spoiler-free possibly useful timestamps: Intro video - 8:16 Recap - 9:28 Gameplay starts - 10:35 Gameplay pauses - 1:21:19 Break starts - 1:21:35 Fanart video - 1:22:45 (it is the same as the previous episode's except there was no fanart video last episode so by last episode I mean episode 35) (also it plays twice in a row) Break ends - 1:32:16 Gameplay resumes - 1:33:00 Gameplay Ends - 2:41:03

[@Trigun99]

When I first heard Hadar described, I went to Lavos from 'Chrono Trigger'.

[@dadefrost2059]

I get necron from ff9

[@PaulStarhaven]

Well, Skaldi would've been there to cast gentle repose, but it's better this way. Also I'm already missing Luscious

[@mikkianderson7903]

I'm so happy that sentry is revived! I'm catching up on these now. Let's see how long it takes me to finish 😜 x

[@theTM-io8dl]

Robo mark sounds like the stellaris tutorial

[@SylviaDragon]

i would 1000% spend the resources to go and reincarnate Smeek at the druid's place.

[@Yehnsei]

Damn, Trott has gone full Riegel

[@Smashsm253]

just relised starbanes motive is verry similar to sargaruses from warcraft i.e. bigger spooky void boi thretens the universe concor plantets turn them in to his army and kill void boi

[@ZechOfTheWest]

Also Thanos, but y'know...

[@shanecarey9554]

@@ZechOfTheWest Yeah but Thanos was fighting a concept, I.E. Universal Hunger and population control (assuming you mean MCU Thanos). And Thanos didn't really conquer worlds to help this goal. I think the Sargeras analogy works better

[@ZechOfTheWest]

@@shanecarey9554 He did conquer worlds, or at the least was part of a group that did.

[@dangerens]

Zech Of The West But Thanos idea was kind of ridiculous (if you assume what he assumes you must also admit the problem will be exactly the same in 30 years again because the population will have doubled again - so you would have to wipe out half of it every generation, and that’s even more horrendous than what he already did. Starbane on the other hand has an actual threat with an actual way he might resolve it. He reminds me more of Revan in KOTOR.

[@ettinakitten5047]

Also reminds me of King Logan from Fable 3.

[@stevenmckenna745]

i wish i could watch live, but it's like 2am for me when they stream

[@deizmendperez6747]

Basically the guys they fought we're just crepes gang gang

[@bd323333]

When I think of the sky cities, I think of bioshock infinite

[@lone-wolflogan7260]

I really like all of toms characters, but there is something weird about quill. Its that arachokras have wings on their back, not attached to their arms, but it could be different in this world.

[@cjmull4762]

They are actually dpicted with wings on back or wings for arms. I looked up images of them and it showed both.

[@ettinakitten5047]

In Aerois aarakocra wings are attached to their arms.

[@randomneck-romancer3144]

Kim:I feel like a failure Me:same

[@LowercaseH2001]

I love hige rollers

[@hannahbobanana]

Why did they not merge the shield that oriya and sentry shield into one and give it to sentry

[@artimas_1288]

I know right

[@reedk2402]

That would be a little meta gamy. I mean what in character motivation would Oriya have for giving up useful loot she gained helping the party to a stranger she just helped resurrect? She has more motivation to keep it.

[@dadefrost2059]

@@reedk2402 she's a rogue/ranger with no proficiency in shields who is only using it a casting item... Pay her for it, and possibly trade her a magic item more suited to her class.

[@TheWhibsZone]

Finally got a chance to catch up with episodes \o/ Yay!

[@Cyndayn]

OMG that ending

[@nicholasmckee2038]

Just my own personal bookmarks for laughs 1:08:00 1:12:00 2:30:00

[@xxRikuKHx]

It's really unfair of the group to try to take away Chris's crown because he obviously doesn't want to give it up. How mean.

[@MichaelChapmanArt]

I super disagree with everyone pressuring him Lucius to remove the crown. That being said, idk what background conversations were had about it. From the outside it looks like bullying.

[@genxmonk70]

2:03:29 and... he's at it again

[@b-gi1844]

Break at 1:32:15

[@RisaxTheImp]

Lost my Ranger a few weeks ago and am currently playing a Dwarven Tempest Cleric who wears a warhammer and shield...gotta say, when I heard "Howling Tempest" and the shit it could do I was like "I want Dethek to have that!".

[@izeraman2]

I felt bad for Pyri

[@thilinalankapuradiggamaral7808]

1:35:03 ... oh god... 1:35:13 .... thank.... effin... god

[@tenebraebr]

...aaaaaand that's precisly why I always make the orphan outcast.

[@hadeszero4526]

wait doesn't the cradle stop teleporting from other world. Pyre?

[@captainslender12]

My understanding was that the cradle would stop planar magic and any similar such thing unless it is done in a specific way or the person performing it knows the way through the cradle. For example, the planar gateways that brought starbane in to Aerois and the path Kilara follows to bring souls beyond the cradle. Admittedly, I haven't watched the episode yet so I may be responding out of context.

[@hadeszero4526]

@@captainslender12 sounds reasonable I just thought that the way mark explained it in one of the first streams made it seem like all teleporting was negate.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

What Mark said at the beginning was that planar magic was forbidden. It's a religious taboo to protect people from bypassing the Cradle.

[@hadeszero4526]

@@MorinehtarTheBlue no no no that's objectively wrong all of starbane's forces are not able to move pass the cradle physical not religiously. I think captain is right.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

@@hadeszero4526 And nothing I said was meant to contradict what he said so I don't know what you think you're reading in to. If anything I was telling you what Mark had said and how you had misinterpreted it. Because the taboo, and I'm pretty sure it was outright illegal in most places too, was in place specifically because experimentation on planar magic was feared to circumvent the protection of the Cradle.

[@spaceslime21]

1:04:30. In Tom’s head (spellslot spellslots spellslots)

[@Pocket678]

Oh my God you’ve returned🥶👈

[@QuillDoddie]

SENTRY!!!!

[@weslooos]

so how long until the fiendguardian takes this place over

[@collinannus4685]

52:09 56:54 1:19:40 1:34:34 1:35:10 2:41:10

[@jaco-bean1286]

Some of the battle musics sounds like attack on titan music

[@thespellweaver4738]

Nova Artificer multiclass when

[@kingpenguin2692]

It's a bit sad to see Pyri constantly treated like shit. Also, I find it funny that Nova brings up fear of being Brookstoned, but is not immediately on side with Starbane. Hmm? P.S. I find Katie's characters to be somewhat arrogant a lot of the time, I don't know if I'm reading too far into it or not though. Her characters, not her, before anyone can misinterpret what I said.

[@grandmastercultistofben]

Its a rule they have, anytime that Tom plays a character who appears later on.. They all have the right to verbally abuse him ;)

[@a.garcha199]

Na I agree katie in character has been so irritating, the whole constantly shushing tom last episode, insisting on getting her weapon upgraded first even though at the time she didn't know the guardian could do both tasks so she was willing to completely disregard Pyri's entire point of being there. She has been extremely grating and I have a feeling the powerups she has received will only go to justify her ego.

[@hurt_juice2295]

2:41:00 mark you dirty can't.

[@skeletalarkeus5728]

Did sentry take the shield from Oriya? Please say yes lol

[@Markcrazeer]

no they tried she gone.

[@dancochran1079]

Do you have a pdf or some kind of sheet for the cards you use?

[@Spiceodog]

How do I get on to the light fall descent

[@Levian-Durai]

They weren't actually told they couldn't take that shield for Sentry were they? That seems a bit harsh. Plus it's perfect for her.

[@saraheunice3486]

I am 100% Team Smeek!

[@amyheath8261]

SPOILERS I love that Mark foreshadows the existence of the sixth forge, this early on. It’s crazy to think that something that happened so late in the game was already in Mark’s head this early on

[@emismith4133]

I HATE WHEN MARK STARTS ROLLING DICE AND HAS THOSE FACES LIKE B JUST TELL ME NOWWWWWWW! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@isaacalien]

Oh man, you're having problems with Moonstar too, huh?

[@seraphlord]

daddy is dead isnt he? we will never meet daddy :(

[@gothmissstress]

OMG Gusthaven!!!!!! finalyyyyyyyyyyyy