High Rollers: Aerois
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2024
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The prison break continues: can the party rescue Quill from Xarkira's flagship?
00:00 - Intro
07:30 - Part 1
1:25:16 - Break time/Donations
1:30:55 - Part 2
2:47:54 - Outro/Donations
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“Who mind controls a mind flayer?!?!” *raises captain’s sword mid stealth mission* “CAPTAIN LUCIUS VIRION ELLUIN ELENASTO THATS WHO!!”
The cleric is gone for 1 hour, and the party kills the cleric's "god"
It’s the law when the mature player goes you are required to do something stupid
@@derschwartzadder Thor being fine Is debatable AS is him being mature.
@@derschwartzadder come on the sword (I have no idea how to spell the name) is a dm controlled npc item the dm isn’t supposed to interrupt the players game it’s there fault also this was a encounter the dm caused so it wasn’t really the players fault either. Also who do you mean by the storm lord?
@@wierdpeopleotherdude1422 It's really fascinating to see this point of view of the party.
Considering Tom the "mature" player, when, in almost every single episode that he uses a new ability or spell he manages to skip over key parts that dramatically change their effectiveness, which often has lead to retconning or him redoing his whole turn is an interesting take.
Similarly, calling what the rest of the party did to rescue Quill stupid is...odd, especially considering they had to rescue Tom from his own mistakes. He decided to move within 15 feet of a creature that was single-mindedly pursuing him (after Mark very explicitly said that 20 feet was JUST out of reach), rather than utilize his capability to fly to stay far out of its reach, so that he could use a cantrip. All in hopes that this giant, fuck-off megaspider would fail a strength save to fall 30 feet and take 3d6 damage.
Seriously, if he had just flown out of the retriever's reach, his god probably wouldn't have died.
@@Demonrifts
A little late but, it almost seemed planned though… almost as if he was nudged along to “go with the spider,” so to speak, in order to perhaps move the story down a particular path. As I do not believe he would make such an obvious mistake, even in the moment - he seemed to have acknowledged the fact that he would be within range of the big “fuck-off” spider. I don’t believe he knew exactly *how* it would go down, but I believe he had *some* sort of foreknowledge of the situation.
Otherwise, that obviously important and very specific sequence of events, would likely have not occurred…
(I’m not caught up on any of the future episodes so please no spoilers - I only possess knowledge leading up to the end of this specific episode, so please don’t crucify me either if I said something monumental moronic lol)
Not killing the mindflayer was infuriating! 😂
No idea what Tom was thinking lol. That was not very wise
@@cald1421 to be fair, not spoiling anything but that’s the beautiful thing about the game, all choices have great consequences!
Trott is giving the mind flayer a dose of its own medicine.
English is my second language (4th actually) and I have a question;
I always thought it was mind flayer as one cuts away layers from an onion kind of way...no?
@@ninjasquirrels English is my secondary language too so I don't know if that is the reason they are called that but you are right that it's spelled flayer.
@@chintex_ ok cool and thank you, it makes sense to me now 😂👍🏻
@@chintex_ @ninja squirrel @chintex they are called mindflayers because they consume brains and are generally a psychic and mind control monster/creature. Hope this helps!
Yes, flay as in cut. Used kind of metaphorically. Comparing cutting something, flaying, to the way they consume a brain piece by piece.
Hope that helps?
The way they didnt kill the mindflayer ABSOLUTELY pissed me off 😂😂😂 I dont understand how quill doesnt understand the fact that the mindflayer knows about their rescue plan for Valla is BAD.
I had to pause after watching that scene as I was actually sick to my stomach from that. Thank God I'm not the only one irritated by that
Tom has been like this since episode 1. He'll think of something he thinks is clever and then his train of thought stops there. That's why he always seems blind-sided when people point out the obvious flaws in his plans, or when he flies within melee range of a retriever to hit it with a cantrip and gets knocked out of the air and teleported away, resulting in the sacrifice of his god to save him.
He's been like this since his first High Rollers appearance in Lightfall.
Unless he has played other games IRL his entire experience with the game is public as well.
The thing is Reynard was quite suitable for this manner of play. Qillek's nature makes these flaws stand out quite a bit more.
Barbarians' resistance to damage isn't affected by magical sources, magical weapons and such still get resisted by Aela
Mark: Gives a bunch of worried looks about the concept of Xarkira learning about Kalus' plan not working and who she would potentially align with
Tom: "I SEE NO DOWNSIDES!"
Lacking wisdom
Ya know what i just realized? With all the avengers references, Thalia and the twin star crew are TOTALLY the guardians of the galaxy in this situation lol
I can absolutely see Thalia saying "don't call us plucky, we don't know what it means" so that checks out
Is Bym Groot, then?
@@theredblur6499 aw, rip to both
@@theredblur6499 bym would've been rocket
@@theredblur6499 Big Cat would be groot I think
Lucius has balls, dominating a mind controlling monster is awesome.
Now that’s some (insert censored word here) starting with k and i
SPOILERS!
@@michaelschutte2774 it’s early enough to be fine
@@michaelschutte2774 don't read comments ntil you fi ish the video then... what do you expect people to be talking about if not the contents of the video?
Dominating a mindflayer. Defying all expectations. Creating hilarious irony. Chris trott everybody
GOD DAMN IT, I HAVE A COUNTER NOW ON HOW MANY TIMES THIS CAMPAIGN HAS MADE ME CRY
First the Petal reunion now this 😭🤧
“Oh Hesper, you are in there...” I am CRYING y’all can’t do this to me 🥺
I know that line hurt me I felt like he went through all the stages of grief in just moments denial etc to anger acceptance etc . The acceptance was just “oh, Jesper …you are in there…” was the realisation ;-;
"I'm not crying, you're crying! Shut up!"
*runs away*
Episode Start at 0:03
Sponsor at 1:33
Announcements at 4:35
DUN DUNS at 7:30
Recap starts at 8:30
Recap ends at 10:45
Break start at 1:25:16
Break ends at 1:30:55
Gameplay ends at 2:46:24
Ending donos at 2:51:00
Thanks man
I love how much Mark cares about this beautiful world he's created and having his friends discover all of it...
Lucius interactions with princ aradan are precious.
1:42:01 "OOOHHH, IS IT--?!?! LOOK AT THIS GUY, RUININ' HIS WORDS!!!!"
I was so surprised that Mark (or anybody) didn't pick up on that, but I guess it was a solemn moment so they might have chosen to keep it to themselves.
the level of care and emotion put into this campaign is amazing
When Tom said Carsophagus instead of Sarcophagus lol, but I was still weeping....
Funnily enough, it actually IS a carsophagus. A sarcophagus is for the dead but a carsophagus is for the near death so you can see if the recover and wake up. I totally made this up but it sounded great for a second, didn't it?
A floating purple-skinned individual who has control over gravity and potential, named Vessek..... hmm sounds oddly familiar....
Who is Vessek?
Your mother! Right no?
Great observation
@@lilscrub69420 Crit Role reference
Oh my lord.. what a whilwind of an episode... just watched 109 and 110 back to back... sheesh.. Mark choking up gets me every time... tears...
I got into HR thanks to Mark being a guest on Critical Role, and have been following BOTH campaigns over the past year.
I feel like Vessek and Essek are basically purple gravity wizard brothers from across dimensions.
I'm actually kinda delighted Mark snuck an homage to Critical Role's favorite purple wizard NPC in High Rollers. :D
He even floats instead of walking. I'm glad I wasn't the only one to catch that.
What if they're the multivirse versions of each other. Like in the mcu there's different versions of everyone. Considering in critical role there's a religion on reincarnated versions of dark elves and in this one there's reincarnated wild elves. Only difference is the wild elves don't fully remember their past lives.
Mark crying almost made me cry
What Was Will Be, What Will Be Was.
Gravity is Desire.
We love The Worm
This Kobold be worshiping The Worm, my dudes.
So actually I don’t think Tom’s wrong about letting the mind flayer inform Xharkira. I suspect she will cause a civil war in the empire and join Hadar. That will force Calus and Aerois to be actual allies and any plans to use Valla as a sleeper agent will be rendered obsolete. It’s a gamble but I think it’s a good one
This episode is called let's all stand around and yammer while we wait for zakyra. Way to go Tom you got your wish of creating a Hadar zakyra hybrid, why you wanted this is beyond me, oh yeah they know about the Tasidar plan as well... good things all around this episode.
"you're where you want to be...just not where I want you to be" -Qillek
I really felt the line...
Ahhh vessek the floating gravity ... *looks at smudged handwriting* ... kobold
Mark always looks like he's having so much fun when playing Kobolds
SPOILERS (for both Aerois & Lightfall campaigns)
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I think the kobold is a call back to the Lightfall campaign. I can't remember the episode, but that (the Lightfall) group infiltrates a cave network and find a kobold cult that worships a giant gold egg they believe to be a dragon. Katie's character nearly ends up betrothed to the leader's son. One of the funniest HR episodes.
It was Prince Knick-Knack wasn't it?
@@lincolnsummers1235 Boom - yep, that was it. Think he got banished by the tribe for failing to win the lady's hand. I also remember Reynard and Cam planning to assassinate a kobold who was guarding the egg, but it's a bit foggy. If it turns out this is a meta call back will be sweet
Lucius carebear stares a mindflayer
god damn mark the part wth quill and ciaskas sarcophagus got me crying waterfalls great job this se3ssion martk
Was expecting a stupid add from Trott but no, just nice and wholesome. Very nice!
Lol, I hope for the wacky waving ads by Trott. they kept Hesper alive for so long
Speaking of the Wolfpack... poor Faeth, Lucius should at least have a conversation with her! Precious bean just needs a hug.
Request! Could a separate bookmark (like the Intro/Part 1/etc.) be added to cover Dun-Duns and Recap? Just to skip to the start of the action for people binging on vods after a few months away.
i had stopped watching for a while but catching up from the weapons facility to now has just drawn me back in. nothing makes me smile more than when one of marks plans ends up being revealed. the grin on his face always gets me. very relatable for a regular old home DM
Hell of a dominant person lucious did but dang they was killing me on how long they just had a casual conversation while in xarkera ship! Like GET OUT! Lol
I don't know how you manage to do it, but it seems like these episodes are causing me to get choked up more and more. You guys really are the best.
Dominating a Mind Flayer. "How do _you_ like it?!"
Kemara: "I think greylana may have been outclassed here captain but sure."
Me: dies from laughter.
1 why does Lucius' scenes always make me cry 😭
2 this popped into my head while Kim's audio left the chat "hey Quill, your fake god is real dead now!" 🤣🤣🤣
Mark , why do you feel the need to make me cry like this ? My heart is actually broken for poor Quill
Clutch episode! Thank you all!
Calling it now Vessek the kobold will recognize Valla as his goddess but Valla will not know what he’s talking about but will reluctantly agree for his help.
Rana the deva could definitely train Lancien the aasimar really want to know how they interacted and who knows will she teach Lancien how to sprout his celestial wings or another type of celestial power within.
I think everyone should stop wondering and pestering if Katie/Aila will use the Duskwillow coin/favor the time will come if it comes, she’s confirmed she still remembers it just wait, personally, the best use would be for the ingredients to upgrade her hammer (storm giant blood, blue dragon heart, and behir tounge) But that’s the player’s choice.
My guess is that she wants to use the coin for something to do with fixing alfheim
I really wish they'd interact with Lancien more, dude seems so down in the dumps lately and none of the players have tried to check up on him
I kept on postponing this episode, since the last one was so emotional.
Well, the moment when with Quill realizing the truth was simply heartbreaking.
This fantastic story keeps on getting better and better.
Thank you so much for sharing your creations with us.
I love this super-smeek-like character. xD
Finally I'm only fifty episodes behind. It's been three months of almost all my spare time to get through both series. Hopefully I'll catch up before series two ends.
Same, im in a mad dash to finish before the start of season 3
Me too man, been listening to as many episodes per day as possible
I've been to lackadaisical binging this. Really picked up my watching when Mark suggested Aerois was ending soon when he spoke about it on Eveningstar.
Somewhat surprised that they're already at level 15 in 2021 here. Still I hope to be finished binging before Campaign 3 begins.
WHY DID YOU LET IT LIVE!?
And why aren't they worried about Zarkira telling Starbane that they have the teleportation codes to His Flagship and setting an ambush. They should really really go get Valla now!
so it can ruin the plans to save Vala because toms brain is missing
Yea I got really upset with Toms decision and also his reasoning.
Am I the only one who thinks the damage to their plan to attack the Tassadar is worth it for the chance to fracture Zarkira and Valkyrian's unity?
I hope the mistake comes back to bite them. I haven't caught up yet, so maybe it has already, but this is a major error that needs to have serious repercussions.
Such quality world and story building by Mark. After 110 episodes his world seems so fleshed out by the myriad NPCs, and now epic level interactions.
My own group are hitting L12 now on the campaign and I'm watching Marks encounter balance closely.
Wow for the first time in this campaign did I almost cry thanks qillek
The Lucius/Prince Aradan ship grows stronger
I was expecting someone to call out Tom for saying carsophagus
Get the prince to teleport the team to Horizon......Lucius is now the ambassador after all....
2:15:13 Trot and Mark saluted at the same time😭
The angel lady really does give me 'be not afraid' vibes
If that's the same guard tom launched at a wall with thunder, they've already taken some damage
Fucks sake Mark, you're killin me... **crying intensifies**
Not quill making me cryyyyy
The feels in this episode
Thanks guys for the emotional Highs and the Rolls with laughter.
And thank you for the support! Clear skies! x
Its been 90 days, but I've finally caught up from Episode 1!
Not sure if anyone pointed this out yet but barbarians are resistant to all slashing, piercing, and bludgeoning damage not just damage from non-magical weapons. If they were it would say that specifically like it does in most monster stat blocks
yeah, easy mistake to make. to be fair Aila is so op and has tons of health .and barely take damage in combat anyway.
@@henryparker8035 barbarians are definitely op in the sense that they are very hard to kill. Just be glad she's not bear totem and resistant to all damage lol
This was another amazing episode! The series just gets better and better
Smeek Mk II, and Tom loves him
Cried while waiting in line at the vet. Also yes!! KOBOLD!!
Only started watching HR this year and I’ve already binged my way to catch up 👀 was looking for the next ep then seen this went live just last week 😱
I was already tearing up, but Mark's voice breaking was such an honest and recognisable feeling of emotion that I transitioned in the full sob and well, that's beautiful.
GREAT ROLE PLAYING !!!!!
2:52:04 and when Tom promises to shit, he always follows through!
Great episode! I feel like mark us hitting another gear as a DM, he is well suited for high level play and RP
2:05:55
I heard essik and thought I clicked on the wrong video
SAME lol
Sadly I always miss the live streaming. I have been watching / podcasting since the beginning. It has helped me with my DM story telling.
If I can get to the point that my pc's cry it will be due to HR!
2:25:40 my number one ship for this campaign
Sometimes I think the donation messages are nearly better than the actual game
"Carsophagus"
Another episode that killed me! But amazing as usual 💜💜
I'm so worried that they didn't just kill the Mindflayer. I think Tom/Quill mis-read that situation. 🤞 That he was right and it works out in their favour instead.
Am i the only one who ships Aridan and Lucien?
Judging from Kim's expression there's at least one person on the HR crew who does too, lol
No it’s the best ship
I was just about to type this very thing. I’m glad I’m not the only one.
YOU KEEP MAKING ME CRY YOU BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE.
In all seriousness, your an inspiration! Even if I get puffy eyes.
"Ya think Zarkira (sry for spelling) is the type to put blame on one person?"
_Points to One Eyed Birb._
*_Points to PTSD Entombed Nova._*
Mark had way too much fun with Vessek. I like it when Mark has fun.
spoilers 2:14:30
I'm the worst.
Didn't one of them like... melt? Are they in a bag, or...
I think that was one of the enemies? I could be wrong though
Week 9 and I'm almost there! I will be watching live soon!
Don’t forget Arval and petal!
I would love for Trott to make a slight edit for next week's dunduns and put a big red X or a skull over all the H'espers in the mural, only to see Tom's reaction XD
WAIT ALL OF ABE PLUMBUS’S BOOK WERE BY HYSPA
How fkn dare you... be accurate.
So does anyone else think Lucius and the prince have like a chemistry or is it just me and sorry if I spelled Lucius wrong I’m a podcast listener
Vessik comes from Earth, and we know that Thor is a part of the pantheon of deities here, what is the betting that his goddess is Frigg or something?
Vessek, is like Essek from CR in terms of class, a kobold version xD
I got the reference too lol. He's more of an Aberrant Mind Sorcerer though
@@SGRODmaster ohhhhhhhhh
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh hi people loved the episode!!! 😊
So goooooood 😌
Amazing
That was the first successful stealth mission! Yay!
With regards to aela not being able to resist the magical slashing damage - is this an actual part of the rules? In the PHB under rage it just says ‘resistance to slashing, piercing and bludgeoning damage’.
Not trying to backseat; I’m genuinely curious if this is something I’ve done wrong. Seems a bit weird to me
Actually yes she should be resistant to all slashing, bludgeoning, and piercing damage while raging, even if it's magical. "[While Raging] You have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage." (PHB pg. 48) As it doesn't specify those sources as coming from nonmagic weapons as it often does in the Monster Manual it means barbarians while raging are resistant to all those forms of damage, not just bear totem barbarians
Lancien has someone to teach him now!
Quill: "thats why your gods are ratchety"
Lucius: "thats why your god's dead, dead as hell"
Nova and Thalia sitting in the Longbow,
Are they kissing? We don't know
Kobald nod to Essek Thelyss? :D
it only took me a few weeks but i finaly caught up to aerois i guess its time to binge what i have left of light fall(i stoped about midway through so i got alot left) and allmost all of curse of strad to watch i didnt expect to catch up then again i did a 2 month binge of critcal role a year back to catch up to that so i guess im a marathon madlad!
Smeak got an update
no offense but is the kobolds and Reincarnation of speak, he sure does remind me of him.