High Rollers D&D: Episode: 77 - The Skybreakers - 25th March 2018

[@taylesia1]

Grunka is the best NPC ever. Everything she does makes me happy.

[@RokuroCarisu]

Tsundere halforc is best girl. :3

[@CT9AForever]

Skip announcements 5:47 Fan art 1:28:49 Return from break 1:40:38

[@Tom_Blue222]

Thank you for not spoiling anything AND giving time stamps

[@Scio_]

Thank you for keeping the fanarts

[@orangefool1527]

I like the newest npc, the Water Trelemental

[@queenbloxar]

ORANGE EXECUTIONER this made me laugh way too much

[@RaynCloudz]

jiutou: may I make a suggestion drunk cam : hello

[@rekaesmate3733]

I love watching Tom/Reynard every time Grunka is "on screen" his little murmured comments and tiny little smiles are so adorable, and it is definitely what sells the ship for me

[@jacobketcham4566]

When all their enemies converged on the city I honestly felt like it served them right. They spent so many opportunities just running from their problems that it was oddly satisfying seeing them come to the realization their actions have, as Mark would so eloquently put, _consequences._

[@strange_scout3641]

That poor Fire Giant! He was stunned, prone and ensnared at once.

[@vergiltasev7108]

Nooo mercy!!!

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Meh. Tom used the ensnare because of the outfails with the stun. It was a smart play but they kind of killed it before the effect really came in to play. It fell over easily to Elora's spell as well. Once the stun was in though those other effects were just going to happen. But I have no pity for an invading giant who wouldn't have any problem with killing innocents or destroying homes.

[@isultansultangaliev5852]

I cannot even begin to express how much I missed Matt and Trell.

[@logangattis4625]

I know they probably just forgot, but I find it funny how Grunka asks Reinard if that is the right fire giant, even though, she helped fight the fire giant that threw a balcony at Reiny.

[@lucasnicholson9443]

Reynard has Grunker, Elora has Nalistri, Cam has Mirella, Trellimar has every female in existence, poor Juitou doesn't have anyone!

[@jamessamps235]

Lucas Nicholson What about the pervy teenagers at the fair episode

[@ArlanKels]

Juitou's character is driven by anger and vengeance, she doesn't have a single happy memory up until possibly when she met the High Rollers crew. That's a broken emotional character who would normally have a hard time ever having a proper relationship with another person.

[@freakyskull516]

DARKNESS NO PAREEENTS!!!

[@_Azurael_]

She has that tiefling thief with the bag of holding they saved in the dwarven settlement...

[@grandmastercultistofben]

@@_Azurael_ He sees himself as more of a carer.... cuz shes like 15

[@TheDnDTavern]

Bookmark: 1:49:55

[@rextitan]

The fact no one put this at the top displeases me.

[@TheDnDTavern]

IAmRexTitan it makes me laugh

[@temporaryhalfdecentname8452]

B4ttyAly G4ming TO THE TOP

[@Chalvrek]

Hold up... they have to choose who to prioritize to different tasks in order to ensure the survival of the city and, by extension, the Dawn Republic. I swear I've heard of something like this before...

[@metallicsalmon]

Mass effect :P but if you already knew that then ignore me :P

[@andyenglish4303]

Also they nearly killed/would have killed Thunderfang even though their first encounter with him saw them depleted on spells and spending half the battle running away... now they're fully rested, have other allies including Trell, and know what to expect. So... they should be fine.

[@darrinscott6612]

Mark, if you killed Nalistri, I swear to god... I will be very upset.

[@lucastanner2474]

I'd have thought it would be a good idea to read Gregor's mind with the mask. He could learn a lot about the Broken Sky's plans about Talis'val because of his importance in her forces and his position within the army

[@rekaesmate3733]

The thunderstorm going on outside my window really adds to the atmosphere

[@asherandai1000]

"you did just as much damage as took" For a defending force in a siege scenario that's actually really really really bad. They should be doing at least 5 times the damage of the attacking force if they are defending well. It's much harder to attack a fortified position then it is to defend.

[@asherandai1000]

@@tumbleweed1551 No, that's terrible odds. The defenders can't afford to lose that much. They're left stretched thin and exposed. While the attackers can just bring in fresh troops and attack with the same intensity as before, because they couldn't bring full force to bare on the size of the location anyway. That's how active sieges work. Lets say the wall is large enough for 100 people to stand and fight next to each other (tiny I know, I'm trying to keep it simple). Typically a defending force will have not many more soldiers that at full capacity. At best they might have 3 times that number, so they can switch out in shifts and replace the injured/dead. So lets high ball it at 300 soldiers. 50% means they're left with 150, still enough to cover the wall but not enough to cover shifts or replace many casualties. An attacking force however is expected to have at least 4 times the number of defenders, closer to 10 times if they expect to have a real chance of winning, but it's doable with 4 times (certain exceptional sieges have been done with less, but that's rare and usually due to a major flaw or betrayal in the defence). So lets lowball them at 1200. But only 100 can fight at a time, with the rest acting as rounds of replacements for casualties backing them up. If they lose 50% they still have 600, meaning they can still attack with a full force of rested troops with more left to back them up and switch out casualties. In short; The defenders have already lost at that point. They have almost zero chance of winning. Another round of 50% losses on both sides will leave the attackers with 300 rested troops, plenty to cover the full wall, while the defenders will have only 75 exhausted troops. They won't even be able to defend the whole wall anymore, and the defence they do put up will be greatly reduced in effectiveness. Remember I said the attackers should have closer to 10 times the defenders numbers? That's because the general consensus in siege warfare is that 1 defender on a wall is worth 10 attackers as long as the wall stands. The defenders cannot win a battle of attrition unless their casualty ratio is far superior to the attackers. 10% defender casualties vs 50% attacker casualties? That would be good. 50% vs 50%? That's an immediate loss. The defenders *have* to do better. *Much* better.

[@Human-gu2cx]

The Broken Sky was just recklessly throwing themselves at the walls and they had giants so it’s not a typical siege.

[@asherandai1000]

@@Human-gu2cx You're right, it wasn't a typical siege. In a typical siege there is rarely much actual combat, just weeks or months of waiting for one side or the other to weaken from lack of resources. What this was was an assault. But for most people these days, they don't understand that. The distinction between the two isn't something most people understand, and so they lump both things in under the bracket of "siege". Hence I referred to it as a siege, and didn't bother wasting my time making the distinction. However for yourself, and anyone else who knows and understands the distinction, all you have to do is replace "siege" with "assault". As for the effect of giants, well really they have no more (or less) effect then the normal siege equipment (catapults, trebuchet's, towers, etc) that an assaulting force would require. They can be therefore be dismissed or balanced out in calculations.

[@ganymeade275]

@@Human-gu2cx That would be an assault.

[@LRpaul145]

Break ends: 1:40:37

[@jacobpaulsen9540]

I've really missed Matt wish he was on more often

[@apollonarfbrain]

Stop it I have I don't have anymore finger nails left. Waiting two weeks for the conclusion of this fight I am not going to have fingers left.

[@shanehazlett6737]

apollonarfbrain i

[@michaelweller310]

Trell's DC should be 18 not 16! (8+5+5=18) I bet he hasn't updated his proficiency modifier.

[@mightbeafrog]

And he's still doing 8d8 rather than 9d8 for his blight at 5th level

[@malcolmmontroy4523]

You know at first I didn't really like Reynard, but he I am at 2:39:45 and praying he doesn't die. What a great character Tom Hazel

[@edenrose2292]

I don’t think anyone liked him at first I mean he replaced Trell but I love him now especially him and grunka

[@RonquixoteDIII]

Mark: based on a 28 insight by Elora you don’t think any of the council currently is a traitor Cam: what if the compromised members of the council are sending messages to Felania

[@Lolman2171]

Missed the stream, so excited for this! :D

[@alljuggledup]

1:26:50 MY MINIS FINALLY GOT USED OH MY GAAAAAAHD :D

[@ozjack24]

Keep it up guys. Watching yogscast as a kid is what made me want to make KZbin videos.

[@Denisowator]

Cam: Fuck you I'm climbing your cloud! LOOK AT ME GOOO!

[@brandonvanscoycloud6469]

So Chris Trott is their new hand model?

[@kathymckee2401]

Yelling whole time for trell to finger a giant to death to bring it on their side.

[@havok8570]

Kathy McKee technically they have one from last time. The Zombie From Finger of death is permanent until killed.

[@TheManOnAHorse]

it died

[@Not_Zeta_Squid]

Did it? How'd I miss that?

[@TheManOnAHorse]

Mark said it died the hour after it was fingered

[@Not_Zeta_Squid]

Pfft, ok... thx!

[@jimmy9e]

What ever happened to jiutou's void stance?

[@matthewsmith983]

I think it may have been removed from her custom subclass so that it focuses more on the 4 elements, either that or it's not particularly strong in combat compared to her other stances

[@MrBluewolf77]

Or she forgot

[@Monkeybean29]

Im pretty sure she isnt high enough level for it. Itll probably come into play when they all go to brassaras

[@vergiltasev7108]

Yeah, I don't think that Guan Yin (Mark) brought it up for no reason/for it to be removed and I doubt it's not particularly strong in combat as it's a special late-game thing.

[@vergiltasev7108]

Breast Cancer Yoshi yeah, exactly, I hope we really see that stance in use. It'll be cool😎

[@maxthurst3882]

I see you rolling when Katie mentioned The giant queen scrying

[@lazypaladin]

"Cam, would you say you want to...Burn it Down?" *I see ya Kim 👌*

[@why_ittt7784]

Break ends at 1:40:38

[@Bluecho4]

Remember when the party had trouble fighting one of those fire giants? Now they have to fight three, one of which has custom, high-AC armor. AND they'll have to rush off to fight other monsters afterwards, including a dragon(!) and demons(!), apparently. Difficult, that.

[@johanwittens7712]

It's kind of their own fault though. They've had the opportunity throughout the campaign to kill each of these threats separately but chose not to out of fear, or let them escape because of questionable judgement. They could have taken out those fire giants and the roc separately and isolated, but didn't. They even had the dragon bargaining for its life and yet let it escape. They have spare the dying, revivify, and even resurrection spells so why were they so afraid of the dragon killing Reynard? They should have taken out that dragon then and there before it could react and move at all. And I still don't understand why mark had that blue dragon keep its word and let Reynard live, when chromatics are evil and vein creatures that regard other creature as inferior and should feel no reason at all to keep its word, other than mark is a gracious DM and didn't want a popular character to die so close to the end of the campaign. I would have had that dragon skewer Reynard as soon as it was out of range safe. Plus Reynard was conscious at the time due to his nat 20 death save, and could have tried to sneak attack that dragon and killed it as it dropped him and started heading away, but again didn't... And now they have to face all of the monsters at once. I love this motley bunch, and love watching them. But their tactical judgement is questionable at best... :D

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

That's the second time I've heard people saying they're letting unfought/killed enemies to bite them in the ass. There wasn't really a situation where fighting Gregor, or the Roc for that matter, really presented itself. I don't like that it is being presented as a pattern when it really only ever applied to the dragon.

[@justafox5356]

@@MorinehtarTheBlueI know this is an old comment but thought I’d reply anyway. The broken sky only started evacuating the Veldaban operation when the party arrived and then ran. Had Jiutou and Elora backed Reynard up at the tavern they may not have been forced to run and waste a day back at the city and instead more effectively handle the Veldeban situation in such a way that saw the roc or Gregor dead alongside Tanya. If they had an extra day or more back then they probably could’ve killed Gregor at least in not dealt with the roc too.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

@@justafox5356 I was more referring to the fact that a single boondoggle does not a pattern make. A little more hazy with the details because of the time difference so I'm not quite adequately able to present my full reasoning in rebuttal. Though I think I was talking about how neither of these creatures actually took the field. An alternative is certainly possible but it's all a tad too speculative to blame them for something that they may or may not have been able to do.

[@craigbainton4173]

BEST. BIRTHDAY PRESENT. EVER!!!!!

[@Lishadra]

That intro music is so hype! I need it!

[@samhardy9025]

2:36:00 Kim's little Zoolander reference was gold xD

[@RaynCloudz]

GOOD OL D&D WITH THE PARTY. GOOD LUCK GUYS

[@QuincyStJames]

Did anyone else notice that the d20 of the silver dice set is a SPIN DOWN dice? It starts at 20 and spins down in sequence (19, 18, etc) rather than having the numbers more randomized. Usually used for games like Magic The Gathering to track life totals. I wanted to know if the new stock is like this as well? The other dice are fine but now I can't use the d20 in some of my game sessions because my DM does not allow spin down dice.

[@RokuroCarisu]

It's not like spin down dice have a different chance at rolling certain numbers, so it really shouldn't matter if they are used for DnD.

[@QuincyStJames]

True - I guess it's just a perception kind of thing. I mean it makes it more exciting if the dice teeters on a 2 and then you get a 19 instead, but it's still just a game of chance (Thank you RNGeesus) I should bring it up with my DM. Those dice feel really good in my hands though - best set I've purchased for sure! Can't wait until the Season 2 dice set!

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

The only argument that seems to crop up is that they are far more open to manipulation. But a dice cup or dice tower will likely take care of that. I've heard that people have tested the reliability of the randomness with the conclusion that there isn't a difference. Still with spin downs technically being meant for use as counters it makes me wonder about quality assurance. Shouldn't actual d20s be tested for balance where as something not intended to be rolled need not be tested in the same way? It just makes me suspicious about the dice market because of that.

[@Wertical93]

20:35 yup, that's Trickery Domain alright! :D

[@Itaugolia1]

Are there other Highrollers' themes other than the original ost ? And can they be found anywhere ? I can hear two distinct battle themes in the second part of the show. Thanks for any answers

[@GeckoGamer-sk8rv]

Ugo Lasserre-Valentin Tehachapi Bottega di Luce Type up Knights Of Neon on youtube both soundtracks are on there (lightfall 1 and 2) and there on ITunes as well if you search up Knights of Neon and search for a bit.

[@peterbrown7690]

This was a very cool episode. Well done guys

[@ThorbainGaymes]

Lord the description has me clenching

[@ThorbainGaymes]

Placeholder- 36:28

[@frostfireswag]

it's surprisingly easy to revise with this in the background :)

[@danielgorin311]

I really wanted to see one of the party taking Trixiana over to one of the enemy camps during h night and mess up/ use illusion magic to generally ruin the camp

[@greetings1823]

Omg I was laughing so bad during the discussion in finnys bar

[@careyowtram580]

Where can i find this combat music for High Rollers?? its not on the OST and to my knowledge, not anywhere. Has steve not released it on spotify or anything alongside the official OST? It was made for uncharted territory i believe?

[@christopherbacon1077]

Cam: Has a thought Elora: Oh no

[@maxthurst3882]

Doesn't Trixiana know granny trell, and vice versa from the performance?

[@liamfitzsimons2806]

Why didn't they ever get falk back?

[@jacobunderwood4957]

He's trapped InTheLittleWood.

[@CanadianSpectator]

1:24:45 I nearly just spit juice all over my keyboard.

[@metallicsalmon]

those percentile dice! i'm scared now!!

[@Leo-lx8bu]

HYPE TRAINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[@elijahbielefeldt-cada6639]

Hah! when I opened up my fire giants I thought they looked like ganon too!

[@noof7436]

What is the song at the start???

[@kx2158]

Back to Bressaris fucking killed me

[@ThegreatMizuti777]

Should be called "Battle of Balconies"

[@caelenjenks]

I was gonna make a joke about how the fire Giants look like ganondorf but he is already in the thumbnail

[@ozjack24]

When are they live? (English Time)

[@JoStro_]

ozjack 5pm

[@minezgirl6265]

5pm ♥️🌹

[@TheTaiylorWallace]

Oh, man. This feels worse than the Chroma Conclave attack on Emon in Critical Role.

[@Thankfuldead]

I like the Russian accents for the fire giants.

[@christianali5431]

I like cams plan, just not his pineapples.

[@RidingAShoppingCart]

no new stock on dice yet?!

[@matti-san]

Missed them already... Where its a livestream that's uploaded like 4 days 'late' they already sold out again

[@GrynLin]

Dominate Person wouldn't work on a giant, it's not a humanoid.

[@johnhmaloney]

TIL that drow lay eggs.

[@asherandai1000]

I'm laughing my ass off here. Seems like every fight they sidestepped and/or ran away from is coming back to bite them in the ass at the same time. Karma! xD On a side note; I think their division of labour is terrible. But that's just my opinion.

[@andyenglish4303]

Did they just abandon calling Addrick by his real name

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

Probably just so use to him being Korak for over two years that it's a hard habit to break.

[@poisonedoak6563]

2:39:34 shit.

[@patrickrichardson1440]

Can cam be like half lightborn or something and if not can someone make that fan art of half his hair glowing please

[@vergiltasev7108]

I don't think he's even half anymore

[@Karaamjeet]

Technically he is still a light born (because it's a race), it's just that he cannot use any of the abilities of one.

[@vergiltasev7108]

But if he gives away the abilities, which defined somebody as a light born, can he still really be defined as a light born?

[@Karaamjeet]

vergil tasev if you're black and you change your skin colour to white does that mean you're not black or of black descent (example: Michael Jackson)

[@Karaamjeet]

vergil tasev Lightborn is a race, not just people with specific abilities. Meaning he just stll a Lightborn just without any of the abilities. Similar to the Aasimar (or however they're spelt).

[@iaineldrett99]

Again with the death saves, It only 1 if its a normal hit and 2 if its a crit. And since reynard got the fancy armour he cant be critted.

[@SherlockHulmes]

The armour is a good point, but if an Incapacitated creature is hit within a melee attack within 5ft, it is automatically a critical hit. Check the conditions.

[@iaineldrett99]

Didnt actually realise that. I need to check the conditions more often. The more you know.

[@iaineldrett99]

Also wasnt the Giant using a reach weapon so wasnt within 5ft?

[@darrenshilhan2525]

@@SherlockHulmes Technically, I think it's Unconscious rather than Incapacitated :)

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

@@darrenshilhan2525 It's part of the unconscious write-up. You are also incapacitated as well as prone.

[@hexazalea]

So At first i was thinking they should findthen sneak onto the airship to cast dispell magic. Then it came down and i thought Well that would need alot of dispell magics. Then i rembered THEY NEVER CALLED HALLOW FOR AID! I was really worried about reynard that was really close.

[@deviwaazaa]

Kim "do I get advantage" Richards back at it again

[@ArlanKels]

Yeah usually one or two questions I can understand, but the consistent every time anyone did anything "ADVANTAGE?" was not amusing, it just ground things to more of a crawl and I'm impressed didn't make Mark snap at her. Mark's tolerance is, as always, impressive.

[@malcolmmontroy4523]

YOOOOOOOO WHEN DID MATT GET BACK???

[@yertius]

1:27:22

[@gyrrakavian]

Since Mark won't let Kim play a Dragonborn, I wonder if he'd let her play as an Eagle Harpy.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

I thought it was Purple Dragon Knight a.k.a. Bannerette that Mark wouldn't let her play. Perhaps I misheard?

[@asherandai1000]

Mark really needs to figure out how to measure movement for large creatures... Gregor just moved around about 60-80ft and then attacked. This is a consistent problem Mark has with the movement of large creatures, he measures from the front of the base to the back as 5ft even though the base takes up a lot more space. In this instance it looks like 15-20ft for each "5ft" Mark moves.

[@MorinehtarTheBlue]

There is a little trick with larger models that makes base size unimportant. You move measuring the distance either back to back or front to front. As long as the edge you use is consistent it's the same as regular size minis.

[@commentatorboy]

OMG STOP SHAKING YOUR HEADS ´WHEN YOU READ THE DONATIONS1!!!!

[@evaahh9584]

Kim asked if she could “do that thing that monks do” if only she knew how the Buddhists reacted to China invading them... they stood by and watched...

[@christianali5431]

Colobrinus With a side of cube that’s why I’m a Christian. Jesus Christ is nothing to cross with.

[@andrewx8888]

Second!

[@evaahh9584]

1:41:16

[@thehappysealbringinggoodvi4299]

2:19:12