I kinda wanna see official art of the crew as they are right now. Lucius with short, brown hair, and the gauntlet Quill with the storm eye Sentry with her upgrades Aila with her new hammer Nova with crippling depression
Isn't Sentry missing an eye, and Nova's arm is all skeletal and necrotic? And I don't know about you but Aila is kind of boring and hasn't done and doesn't do much of anything besides being standoff-ish and "angry" (if you call it that) sometimes.
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 I agree but at the same time katie has missed a lot of sessions I'm sure soon mark will tell her story about being one of the elves that go teliported to another world
i like how the party is so bad at coming back to claim their quest rewards that the GM has resulted to NPCS just running up to them and forcefully putting items in their hands. xD they need to take the time to turn in quests and loot the battles before the crew's next paycheck is due.
It seemed totally natural to me. Quill had a broken arm, so could not pick anything up, and everyone else was very badly beaten up. They couldn't take a long rest where they were as they weren't sure how many other feral Guardians there were. So Quill was naturally the priority, so leaving immediately to heal up makes absolute sense
@@mme.veronica735 When she gets the matrix of leadership we'll have to start calling her Sentry Prime I suppose. And she'll turn into an even fancier minivan ;P
If you think that's bad, try the potential heirs to the throne of England when Edward the Confessor died: Harold Godwinson (the true king, down with William!), Harald Hardrada and Harald Bluetooth. :p
They forget to loot every location, and the DM doesn't remind them. They have an entire ship to take care of and they keep forgetting to get money, even with 100 gold between them all.
I don't understand why people are complaining about mark "cheating the system" or "coddling the players too much". DnD is a storytelling game if you don't like how Mark is DM'ing or how the Players Choose to Play then don't watch them Simple as that. Rules are in place for basic mechanics but they don't always need to be followed to a T. Don't get your panties in a bunch because the way they play is different from how you play. All that matters is that they're having fun and providing us with hours of entertainment. Here are a few lines that come from the DND Starter set rulebook to show that it doesn't matter how they play the game... "Then the DM determines the results of the adventurers’ actions and narrates what they experience. Because the DM can improvise to react to anything the player's attempt, D&D is infinitely flexible, and each adventure can be exciting and unexpected.", "The group might fail to complete an adventure successfully, but if everyone had a good time and created a memorable story, they all win." Also, don't forget about the rule of cool.
You do realise it's possible to enjoy something and still have a critical thought about it, right? I don't think anyones said it was a bad episode, that mark is a bad dm or that the players are bad, just that when someone pulls punches that much it kind of reduces suspense in future episodes. I don't really have any fear of any of them dying now. Doesn't mean I didn't thoroughly enjoy this episode, nor does it mean I'm not looking forward to the next episode and the rest of the story.
@@JohnTCampbell1986 They can have critical thoughts but when they are complaining about it then it means they didn't enjoy it... If they want to state their critical thoughts they could at least say it in a nicer way like "oh it was interesting that mark Dm'd this combat differently to how I do it. He counted the Feral swarms with One combined HP but gave them separate attack opportunities. If I was the dm I would have counted them as One Entity completely with one combined HP and One Attack Opportunity"... But the complainers were being hyper-critical one person said "cheap dm move " and how Mark is "inconsistent" and "counting the swarms as individuals when it benefits him" and another comment said how they "wish mark wouldn't cheat when things don't go his way" so yes I completely think and understand that people can have critical thoughts just the way they go about projecting it is completely rude.
@@JohnTCampbell1986 I agree and disagree, Mark will do what makes sense (like the ferals ignoring Quill when he went down) but he can be harsh too, like taking Quil and Sentry's eyes and blowing up the Air-Ship, he has killed his players before, but then again he will hand-hold them too and tell them "don't do this" or "you should do this or go there".
@@Greenfire714 because it was bullshit and that is all there is to it, just because we don't like one thing doesn't mean we don't like the overall series, it's the fact that we like the series that makes those moments detract so heavily.
I would like to humbly request that the the title of the episode is renamed to "Oh a terrible night" for reason that will become evident the more you watch
After bingeing the season up until now, I think these life and death high stakes combat situations every episode are getting tedious quickly. It's just not fun anymore. And it stymies player fun and creativity. Tom for example used to be such a creative, risk taking, having fun player as a newbie in campaign 1. But this campaign has been so brutal with so many high stakes, deadly combat encounters, the players are just paralysed in fear, not daring to take any risks, not daring to try anything, experiment, etc. They're literally almost scared to death. Imo It's just as important to let the players have some easy encounters every now and then just to give them player satisfaction, but also to build confidence, to let them experiment and try out new abilities, to take some risks, etc. But really, this whole campaign almost has been one deadly combat after the other, and it has totally destroyed player confidence, and no one dares take a risk. The players even literally said a few eps back ''can we not be fighting for our lives every episode mark??''. And I agree. I'm actually longing for a down time episode with the party just enjoying each others company for a change, relaxing and just having fun. This constant life and death struggle is just getting boring. And it takes away all tension. This combat in the city of glass was supposed to be the peak of sentry's story arc, but it felt very meh because every episode the past bunch of episodes felt just as high stakes. There's no rise in tension or stakes if every episode is ridiculous high stakes. Good story telling gradually builds tension and slowly raises the stakes, it doesn't have massive stakes and tension every single moment and every single episode. I honestly was annoyed at the combat in the dragonborn city, just like the players were. My reaction was exactly the same and my thoughts were also ''another friggin high stakes deadly combat?? AGAIN?? FFS''. And now with this yet another high stakes deadly combat in the city of glass I honestly kind of tuned out. And mark KNOWS he always rolls really well. Yet he still always creates enemies that are extremely deadly, have tons of attacks, can do tons of damage in one go, etc. It's not fair really. I mean the swarm of guardians is a perfect example. They can do 10 attacks!! That swarm alone can kill a PC every single turn on its own even though it's not a main enemy. And it nearly did multiple times. I honestly feel this campaign feels way less balanced than campaign 1, the players feel way more scared and way less creative because of it, and it's all down to mark creating this constant onslaught of ridiculously deadly high stakes encounters. Honestly if marks worldbuilding and storylines weren't as great as it is, and the PCs weren't as interesting as they are, I'd have stopped watching this campaign ages ago. But I have started tuning out the combat and just pay attention to the highlights now. It's just too much of the same for me. Sorry.
The one time they would have they got spooked by the ghost girl and never returned, I do think that the base that starbase is at is the place that her kind were cloned
I think Mark tried to include some of Aila's backstory in previous adventures (on Aegis V, after the ILS explosion), unfortunately Katie wasn't present for those episodes and he had to settle for things like "Aila looks like she's remembering something", "Aila's making a weird face"
It’s worrying that they didn’t loot the city. They’re hemorrhaging gold, soon they won’t have enough to pay their crew or resupply, also more things like upgraded armor/weapons, or magic items would be good too.
@@maddawg9644 yup and they still almost failed which is why with the amount of dumb decisions made so far by the party and the combat ineptitude they have, unless Mark really reduces the difficulty they won't be able to accomplish what they wanna do.
Bro dude is gonna send them gold if he finds any, if he isnt lying. Also they are on the clock with sentry. Edit because I just finished the episode: 2:45:16 he says he will just give them the gold
This episode was great. I absolutely love the way Mark has handled the Guardian stuff. Also does anyone else think Quill's Staff is like one of those extendable umbrellas?
This episode really hammers home my opinion about Mark as a DM. All power to everyone and their own style but he really plays like a DM looking for a TPK unless the party plays perfectly. Here adding the guardian swarms despite the party clearly setting up a perimeter. He just ignores and makes all that prep worthless. During the Aegis V escape he even explained he sent up the escape to to at best be achievable by the skin of their teeth, then puts 2 attack drones and a life draining Eterna at their heels. I understand that he wants a difficult and gritty campaign but he plays like and old school DM vs. Players. I'm happy they have fun but it genuine feels like no matter what decisions the party makes, he wants his encounter the way he built it so he ignores any planning they actually do that should change his encounter. Not to mention he is very strict at the players remember their statuses, often punishing them for not remembering. But turns around and is very strict about the players remembering HIS statuses, and punishes them if they don't remember them. I'm happy they're all friends and seem to enjoy the game because I think a large portion of D&D players would not enjoy his table.
Funny (and sweet) moments tag 1:18:04 - "ship it." 1:24:15 - "5 little nerds " 1:37:00 - kim try's to help mark read 1:47:20 - criss cant roll above 10 1:56:52 - "care about me" 2:42:14 - quill buys nova parchment
I'll bet they missed out on so much awesome loot in the city! I doubt they'll ever return, but considering they only got one sword and a herald... hopefully Starbane's researchers dont come back and get the loot before the Caltain does.
Amazing episodes, but what was the reason for the party not searching for loot, possibly taking a rest in case of rogue feral guardians? It seemed like Humes expected to reward them with the lost loot, and they didn’t because...?
Paranoia about Sentry's literal deadline. Sometimes when you light a fire under players they unfortunately run around like chickens with their heads cut off.
Side note for mark spoiler 1:19:00 ish and 1:54:39 The shove attack substitutes one of your attacks for extra attack, this is the same as the grapple attack. Pg 195 of the PHB Disadvantage and Advantage cancel out completely regardless of how much more advantage or disadvantage there is. Pg 173. If you homerule otherwise that is more than understandable Finally throwing a weapon such as a warhammer, that doesn't normally have the thrown property the normal penalty isn't just disadvantage, its a 1d4 weapon without proficiency bonus added (excluding tavern brawler feat). The disadvantage is applicable though due to the range of improvised thrown weapons. Pg 148
First bit: Noted. I didn't have time to fully check the rule but yeah, for next time. Second Bit: Yeah, just one of those "at the table calls" as the party were having a shit time with dice. Third Bit: Rule of Cool.
@@SherlockHulmes More than understandable. I know you like to follow the rules so when I notice something funky I'll tell you. As always this has been a great game
So, like how do those swarms work? They make separate saves for some things and single saves for other things? They make 10 different attack rolls, but share HPs and an AC?
They only share the HP and AC. Mark decides when to separate the saves ( like when they’re down a set amount of enemies) because even though they obviously have a lot of dice, mark has to keep track of a shit ton more than the others. He has keep track of the enemies, background shit, and even details that occurred mid battle. If you’ll notice he sometimes forgot that certain things were a thing at the time. Like Rook being unable to take opportunity attacks because he used shield which was a reaction and you can only take one reaction until the start of your next turn.
So had Lucius managed to hit both with the chromatic orb they would have taken each other’s damage plus dyechromancy. Easily putting it around 56 damage each.
I always see a lot of people complain in the comments about rule fudging and forgetting rules, and honestly they miss the point of D&D. It is a game, first and foremost, about telling a story. If you miss a rule, or fudge something because your forgot that’s ok. As long as the story was good the game was good.
I love story but I hate fudging there's no point of your story if nothing I can do will change it or if my failures don't matter then why are we playing a game. Likewise with rules forgetting a rule is fine and so is reminding someone of a rule but randomly deciding that a rule is different so it fits your story when it suits you is likewise bullshit. Additionally dnd is not about story it's a game about agency the rules everyone agrees to play by is what gives and restricts player agency. And Any fudge/sudden rule changes undermine that and make the experience less fun.
Right I love home brew etc. however there has to be consistency and rules. When the rules are changed on the fly so that someone’s stuff works better it’s not DnD anymore, just write a play. Like some stuff in this episode was just blatant. Rules were established one moment, then immediately changed when it was convenient. Then changed right back.
Only just realized but... The Star Bane Empire, isnt about being a bane against Siasca (sorry I'm not sure how to spell her name) it's supposed to be a bane against the "Red Star" Hadar. Just realized that lol
AMAZING!! Every episode is killer to be fair, and this was no exception! So fitting for Sentry to take the last blow and to then offer retribution?! Adds so much depth to Sentry's character! My immediate reaction was "kill it!" Haha
I was thinking the same thing how didn’t anyone comment on the fact that her freaking laser arm that damages her, while everyone around her is basically on the edge of death, does one point over her damage max, and she manages to stay standing. That shit was amazing. Also props to Rhiannon in general I feel like she has really grown as an rp’er.
Glad they noticed the Elemental Adept - Warding Bond double damage interaction (both the target and the caster take full damage). The best thing to dunk on clerics with is a fireball. The cleric takes the fireball damage, then the warded target takes the full damage, bypassing the resistance, then the cleric takes that damage as well, and generally explodes.
Didnt nova leave something in the dragonborn city with the tiefling merchant old lady? She ran off to the store as nova and kim game a note to mark and never went back into the inn to get the item or the store to get it either. And no one has used the gold wand from the other dragonborn after saving him in the city attack...
Wait "the one that shall not be named" has pieces of Novas blade right so does that not mean that they can use that and their familiar bond to scry on Nova
Mark drops multiple hints to search for loot... The party mostly ignores him... I'm not sure if im impressed they are more focused on rp or frustrated they have, once again, ignored marks hints to search the area. Mark even commented on this some episodes ago. You guys need to realize looting is part of the adventurers life. You need to fund your war against hadar and/or starbane. Great episode nonetheless!
Archon Megas if he really wants them to loot, he shouldn’t mention that it’ll take time until after they roll. They are way too concerned with how much time sentry has left.
They did and they redeemed them instantly. I think the PC players are supposed to ask for them which is why we haven't seen the mechanic used in a while. lol
Rama: just don't engage in any of the politics there Literally 2minutes later in the conversation Lucious: Let's take this evidence and out their government.
I just thought. Could they not have used the wand they got to use on sentry when she goes feral, on the herald? Surely that would have made the herald un-feral?
Kncpt Media Mark addressed this on his twitter and generally said it was a wand made to help Sentry and at most it’d give the Herald disadvantage or stun her for a round. Which would’ve been great but also we don’t know how much Sentry will need it in upcoming sessions
This first HOUR of combat is so damn good. I feel for Mark, as a DM; I ROLL CONSTANT nat 20s. like, I LIE LIKE A BASTARD on my rolls to protect my players. i feel for him just shaking his head at his attacks tot he players.
Hi guys, so at 36:23 when the guardian (can't remember the name sorry) cast warding bond on the herald, i was just checking and unless im wrong the range for it is touch. Just a small oversight. Other than that loved the episode, some the rolls were sooo unfortunate though. *cough cough* Trot *cough cough*
I kinda wanna see official art of the crew as they are right now.
Lucius with short, brown hair, and the gauntlet
Quill with the storm eye
Sentry with her upgrades
Aila with her new hammer
Nova with crippling depression
Hopefully they’ll do what cr did with updating the art when they get to level 10
Isn't Sentry missing an eye, and Nova's arm is all skeletal and necrotic? And I don't know about you but Aila is kind of boring and hasn't done and doesn't do much of anything besides being standoff-ish and "angry" (if you call it that) sometimes.
@@thefracturedbutwhole5475 I agree but at the same time katie has missed a lot of sessions I'm sure soon mark will tell her story about being one of the elves that go teliported to another world
NOVA has a dead hend to
Crippling depression is far more dangerous when armed with a ILS.
i like how the party is so bad at coming back to claim their quest rewards that the GM has resulted to NPCS just running up to them and forcefully putting items in their hands. xD they need to take the time to turn in quests and loot the battles before the crew's next paycheck is due.
It seemed totally natural to me. Quill had a broken arm, so could not pick anything up, and everyone else was very badly beaten up. They couldn't take a long rest where they were as they weren't sure how many other feral Guardians there were. So Quill was naturally the priority, so leaving immediately to heal up makes absolute sense
Become the Prime.. take on the Matrix.. When does Sentry transform into a big truck?
No Sentry is mom so she's be a mini van, but yes the prime, optimus prime, I get it
@@mme.veronica735 When she gets the matrix of leadership we'll have to start calling her Sentry Prime I suppose. And she'll turn into an even fancier minivan ;P
Imagined a minivan with the unnecessary spoiler and airbrushed wolves howling at a full moon on the side panel.
@@Ghillie_Monster now that is chaos twins sentry
Her elk echo go vroom vroom instead
Episode start 3:05
Recap 11:11-11:31
Break starts 1:33:13
Break ends 1:38:14
The break was actually 5 minutes? It's a rare miracle!
There are now two "Harolds" on the ship. Herald and Harold.
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
If you think that's bad, try the potential heirs to the throne of England when Edward the Confessor died: Harold Godwinson (the true king, down with William!), Harald Hardrada and Harald Bluetooth. :p
They forget to loot every location, and the DM doesn't remind them. They have an entire ship to take care of and they keep forgetting to get money, even with 100 gold between them all.
I don't understand why people are complaining about mark "cheating the system" or "coddling the players too much". DnD is a storytelling game if you don't like how Mark is DM'ing or how the Players Choose to Play then don't watch them Simple as that. Rules are in place for basic mechanics but they don't always need to be followed to a T. Don't get your panties in a bunch because the way they play is different from how you play. All that matters is that they're having fun and providing us with hours of entertainment. Here are a few lines that come from the DND Starter set rulebook to show that it doesn't matter how they play the game...
"Then the DM determines the results of the adventurers’
actions and narrates what they experience. Because the DM can improvise to react to anything the player's attempt, D&D is infinitely flexible, and each adventure can
be exciting and unexpected.", "The group might fail to complete an adventure
successfully, but if everyone had a good time and created a
memorable story, they all win."
Also, don't forget about the rule of cool.
You do realise it's possible to enjoy something and still have a critical thought about it, right? I don't think anyones said it was a bad episode, that mark is a bad dm or that the players are bad, just that when someone pulls punches that much it kind of reduces suspense in future episodes. I don't really have any fear of any of them dying now. Doesn't mean I didn't thoroughly enjoy this episode, nor does it mean I'm not looking forward to the next episode and the rest of the story.
@@JohnTCampbell1986 They can have critical thoughts but when they are complaining about it then it means they didn't enjoy it... If they want to state their critical thoughts they could at least say it in a nicer way like "oh it was interesting that mark Dm'd this combat differently to how I do it. He counted the Feral swarms with One combined HP but gave them separate attack opportunities. If I was the dm I would have counted them as One Entity completely with one combined HP and One Attack Opportunity"... But the complainers were being hyper-critical one person said "cheap dm move " and how Mark is "inconsistent" and "counting the swarms as individuals when it benefits him" and another comment said how they "wish mark wouldn't cheat when things don't go his way" so yes I completely think and understand that people can have critical thoughts just the way they go about projecting it is completely rude.
@@JohnTCampbell1986 I agree and disagree, Mark will do what makes sense (like the ferals ignoring Quill when he went down) but he can be harsh too, like taking Quil and Sentry's eyes and blowing up the Air-Ship, he has killed his players before, but then again he will hand-hold them too and tell them "don't do this" or "you should do this or go there".
@@Greenfire714 because it was bullshit and that is all there is to it, just because we don't like one thing doesn't mean we don't like the overall series, it's the fact that we like the series that makes those moments detract so heavily.
its very simple if the characters die none of them get paid.
Pretty soon Quill is just going to be a floating intelligent bird beak.
This is great
he will still be able to see 20 miles though
I would like to humbly request that the the title of the episode is renamed to "Oh a terrible night" for reason that will become evident the more you watch
Im just over an hour in and dear god wtf my heart can't take this stress.
Mark is trying so hard to get sentry a fancy magic weapon that the npc’s are joining the cause
That fight was big *holy shit* moment one after the other. High Rollers is truly a cursed name
After bingeing the season up until now, I think these life and death high stakes combat situations every episode are getting tedious quickly. It's just not fun anymore.
And it stymies player fun and creativity. Tom for example used to be such a creative, risk taking, having fun player as a newbie in campaign 1. But this campaign has been so brutal with so many high stakes, deadly combat encounters, the players are just paralysed in fear, not daring to take any risks, not daring to try anything, experiment, etc. They're literally almost scared to death.
Imo It's just as important to let the players have some easy encounters every now and then just to give them player satisfaction, but also to build confidence, to let them experiment and try out new abilities, to take some risks, etc.
But really, this whole campaign almost has been one deadly combat after the other, and it has totally destroyed player confidence, and no one dares take a risk. The players even literally said a few eps back ''can we not be fighting for our lives every episode mark??''. And I agree. I'm actually longing for a down time episode with the party just enjoying each others company for a change, relaxing and just having fun.
This constant life and death struggle is just getting boring. And it takes away all tension. This combat in the city of glass was supposed to be the peak of sentry's story arc, but it felt very meh because every episode the past bunch of episodes felt just as high stakes. There's no rise in tension or stakes if every episode is ridiculous high stakes. Good story telling gradually builds tension and slowly raises the stakes, it doesn't have massive stakes and tension every single moment and every single episode.
I honestly was annoyed at the combat in the dragonborn city, just like the players were. My reaction was exactly the same and my thoughts were also ''another friggin high stakes deadly combat?? AGAIN?? FFS''. And now with this yet another high stakes deadly combat in the city of glass I honestly kind of tuned out.
And mark KNOWS he always rolls really well. Yet he still always creates enemies that are extremely deadly, have tons of attacks, can do tons of damage in one go, etc. It's not fair really. I mean the swarm of guardians is a perfect example. They can do 10 attacks!! That swarm alone can kill a PC every single turn on its own even though it's not a main enemy. And it nearly did multiple times.
I honestly feel this campaign feels way less balanced than campaign 1, the players feel way more scared and way less creative because of it, and it's all down to mark creating this constant onslaught of ridiculously deadly high stakes encounters.
Honestly if marks worldbuilding and storylines weren't as great as it is, and the PCs weren't as interesting as they are, I'd have stopped watching this campaign ages ago. But I have started tuning out the combat and just pay attention to the highlights now. It's just too much of the same for me. Sorry.
This reply echoes my thoughts perfectly
Wait, I just realized something! Can't Quill cast the Sending spell? He should talk to Vala whenever he gets the chance!
That is an awesome idea, there would be a 5% chance of it failing each time though
@@lincolnsummers1235 yeah it works better if their on your plane
Would it count as scrying? Perhaps Starbane may have added some counter measures for such spells?
@@arcticwiz2249 It does not count as scrying. There isn't even a save.
"No cries of feral guardians" sounds like a code for look for some loot there is free reign! Lmao
I really hope next arc focuses on Aila. Feel like we've still gotten almost no backstory or learned much about her future.
The one time they would have they got spooked by the ghost girl and never returned, I do think that the base that starbase is at is the place that her kind were cloned
I think Mark tried to include some of Aila's backstory in previous adventures (on Aegis V, after the ILS explosion), unfortunately Katie wasn't present for those episodes and he had to settle for things like "Aila looks like she's remembering something", "Aila's making a weird face"
It’s worrying that they didn’t loot the city. They’re hemorrhaging gold, soon they won’t have enough to pay their crew or resupply, also more things like upgraded armor/weapons, or magic items would be good too.
Yeah I've been thinking that for awhile. Looting should be like first instinct for adventurers lol
The original party was beyond broke since they always told people to keep their money it was tragic.
Xolder Nightingale true but Lightfall was MUCH easier than Aerois.
@@maddawg9644 yup and they still almost failed which is why with the amount of dumb decisions made so far by the party and the combat ineptitude they have, unless Mark really reduces the difficulty they won't be able to accomplish what they wanna do.
Bro dude is gonna send them gold if he finds any, if he isnt lying. Also they are on the clock with sentry.
Edit because I just finished the episode: 2:45:16 he says he will just give them the gold
37:48 All I got to say when a cleric cast sheild in words of a space marine
*"MY FAITH IS MY SHEILD"*
Sentry is such a cinnamon roll we must protect her at all costs
This episode was great.
I absolutely love the way Mark has handled the Guardian stuff.
Also does anyone else think Quill's Staff is like one of those extendable umbrellas?
Magic umbrella o' convince!
2:33 Lucius should be reminded of the innocent cow he killed :D
This episode really hammers home my opinion about Mark as a DM. All power to everyone and their own style but he really plays like a DM looking for a TPK unless the party plays perfectly. Here adding the guardian swarms despite the party clearly setting up a perimeter. He just ignores and makes all that prep worthless. During the Aegis V escape he even explained he sent up the escape to to at best be achievable by the skin of their teeth, then puts 2 attack drones and a life draining Eterna at their heels. I understand that he wants a difficult and gritty campaign but he plays like and old school DM vs. Players. I'm happy they have fun but it genuine feels like no matter what decisions the party makes, he wants his encounter the way he built it so he ignores any planning they actually do that should change his encounter. Not to mention he is very strict at the players remember their statuses, often punishing them for not remembering. But turns around and is very strict about the players remembering HIS statuses, and punishes them if they don't remember them. I'm happy they're all friends and seem to enjoy the game because I think a large portion of D&D players would not enjoy his table.
Never thought about it like this but this sounds legit, although I ain't played enough d&d to say. Is he still like this in campaign 3?
Does anyone else drop what they're doing and get hype for Aerois as soon as they get that notification?
yes
Whenever they lost I’m always in school :(
@@greymadness1419
Twitch exists fyi.
Im usually taking care of a baby so no lol
Funny (and sweet) moments tag
1:18:04 - "ship it."
1:24:15 - "5 little nerds "
1:37:00 - kim try's to help mark read
1:47:20 - criss cant roll above 10
1:56:52 - "care about me"
2:42:14 - quill buys nova parchment
Healing a broken bone started at 300 then he moved it up to 400 now it’s 500 why does it keep getting more expensive?
This really is just the best example of how the dice gods _roll_ when it comes to d&d
I've waited 58 episodes for someone to call them a family and sentry kinda did it but I'm still happy
I'll bet they missed out on so much awesome loot in the city! I doubt they'll ever return, but considering they only got one sword and a herald... hopefully Starbane's researchers dont come back and get the loot before the Caltain does.
1:46:36 like...HOW, TROT!? HOW COULD YOU MANAGE TO DO THAT!?
Omg Prismatic Spray is a level 7 spell this is crazy. This is a level 8 party...
Every boss battle is just Rhiannon looking nervous, and Tom forgetting to heal.
Amazing episodes, but what was the reason for the party not searching for loot, possibly taking a rest in case of rogue feral guardians? It seemed like Humes expected to reward them with the lost loot, and they didn’t because...?
They aren't much of a loot party. They're more heros less adventurers
Paranoia about Sentry's literal deadline. Sometimes when you light a fire under players they unfortunately run around like chickens with their heads cut off.
This fight was insane... I've rarely been that on the edge of my seat.
All i could shout watching this was "FOR FUCK SAKE LUCIUOS , HIT SOMETHING , ANYTHING " 10/10 fight
Side note for mark spoiler 1:19:00 ish and 1:54:39
The shove attack substitutes one of your attacks for extra attack, this is the same as the grapple attack. Pg 195 of the PHB
Disadvantage and Advantage cancel out completely regardless of how much more advantage or disadvantage there is. Pg 173. If you homerule otherwise that is more than understandable
Finally throwing a weapon such as a warhammer, that doesn't normally have the thrown property the normal penalty isn't just disadvantage, its a 1d4 weapon without proficiency bonus added (excluding tavern brawler feat). The disadvantage is applicable though due to the range of improvised thrown weapons. Pg 148
while the "base" damage for an improvised weapon is 1d4, the DM decides if a different damage is applicable.
@@Chillzer95 True very true. As with the vast majority of D&D it's up to the DM
First bit: Noted. I didn't have time to fully check the rule but yeah, for next time.
Second Bit: Yeah, just one of those "at the table calls" as the party were having a shit time with dice.
Third Bit: Rule of Cool.
@@SherlockHulmes More than understandable. I know you like to follow the rules so when I notice something funky I'll tell you. As always this has been a great game
That helium gag had me in bits haha
This is one of my most favorite episode so far.
Trott has been hit by the Wheaton curse. Jesus he's been rolling bad.
So, like how do those swarms work? They make separate saves for some things and single saves for other things? They make 10 different attack rolls, but share HPs and an AC?
They only share the HP and AC. Mark decides when to separate the saves ( like when they’re down a set amount of enemies) because even though they obviously have a lot of dice, mark has to keep track of a shit ton more than the others. He has keep track of the enemies, background shit, and even details that occurred mid battle. If you’ll notice he sometimes forgot that certain things were a thing at the time. Like Rook being unable to take opportunity attacks because he used shield which was a reaction and you can only take one reaction until the start of your next turn.
So had Lucius managed to hit both with the chromatic orb they would have taken each other’s damage plus dyechromancy. Easily putting it around 56 damage each.
Amazing episode I caught this one live .. superb show love high rollers
I kinda want to see a drawing of a group photo with all the “brookstones” in this game.
I always see a lot of people complain in the comments about rule fudging and forgetting rules, and honestly they miss the point of D&D. It is a game, first and foremost, about telling a story. If you miss a rule, or fudge something because your forgot that’s ok. As long as the story was good the game was good.
Even if someone did fudge a role for the plot I wouldn’t mind but if you were fudging just to do it than that would be dumb
I love story but I hate fudging there's no point of your story if nothing I can do will change it or if my failures don't matter then why are we playing a game. Likewise with rules forgetting a rule is fine and so is reminding someone of a rule but randomly deciding that a rule is different so it fits your story when it suits you is likewise bullshit. Additionally dnd is not about story it's a game about agency the rules everyone agrees to play by is what gives and restricts player agency. And Any fudge/sudden rule changes undermine that and make the experience less fun.
Right I love home brew etc. however there has to be consistency and rules. When the rules are changed on the fly so that someone’s stuff works better it’s not DnD anymore, just write a play. Like some stuff in this episode was just blatant. Rules were established one moment, then immediately changed when it was convenient. Then changed right back.
I'd have a ton more patience for it if they didn't have a sweet tool that sponsors them and has more or less all the rules right there
Only just realized but... The Star Bane Empire, isnt about being a bane against Siasca (sorry I'm not sure how to spell her name) it's supposed to be a bane against the "Red Star" Hadar. Just realized that lol
I hadn't caught on either so thanks for pointing that out
I was not prepared for Trott on helium...
This episode was super awesome but I was low key hoping that lucius would just end heralds life and take an elignment change for it
They dont play with alignments
MAKE THE 'SPONCER GNOME' A THING IMMIDIETLY!!!!!
AMAZING!! Every episode is killer to be fair, and this was no exception! So fitting for Sentry to take the last blow and to then offer retribution?! Adds so much depth to Sentry's character! My immediate reaction was "kill it!" Haha
I was thinking the same thing how didn’t anyone comment on the fact that her freaking laser arm that damages her, while everyone around her is basically on the edge of death, does one point over her damage max, and she manages to stay standing. That shit was amazing. Also props to Rhiannon in general I feel like she has really grown as an rp’er.
Mark, holy shit were you crying at 2:17? that momemt you really felt it.. thats amazing roleplay bro. respect
Am I the only one reminded of the Lost from Xcom. When hearing about the feral guardians.
you mean the formerly humans now empty husks with only aggression left? naaaah, no relation ^^
Mark needs to stop giving me heart palpitations, I’m going to have gray hair by twenty, jesus
Amount of fucking natural 20s from mark and natural 1s from the team before the break is unbearable holy shit the bad luck
Less than 5 seconds and I can already tell Matt C did so well he shattered aerois into multiple continents with this music
Miss Vivian I need a download link for this music it’s soooo good
Edit: grammar
Glad they noticed the Elemental Adept - Warding Bond double damage interaction (both the target and the caster take full damage).
The best thing to dunk on clerics with is a fireball. The cleric takes the fireball damage, then the warded target takes the full damage, bypassing the resistance, then the cleric takes that damage as well, and generally explodes.
I assume sentry is a warforged recolor which means she gets resistance to poison. So she should've had double resistance
Didnt nova leave something in the dragonborn city with the tiefling merchant old lady? She ran off to the store as nova and kim game a note to mark and never went back into the inn to get the item or the store to get it either. And no one has used the gold wand from the other dragonborn after saving him in the city attack...
that nat 20 on persuasion was perhaps the best nat 20 ever
Wait "the one that shall not be named" has pieces of Novas blade right so does that not mean that they can use that and their familiar bond to scry on Nova
"DO YOU WANT ANY QUESTS???""
"AAWWW FUCK OFF"
For some reason that really tickled me and I loled for 10 mins!!
1:33:10 they forget Sentry's second attack but it doesn't matter because she just did too much damage
Also I believe Nova may also have heal minor injuries unless she lost that when she threw her books away
1:46:21 This is peak Crisp Trout, right here.
Man those natural 20's were brutal
Mark drops multiple hints to search for loot... The party mostly ignores him...
I'm not sure if im impressed they are more focused on rp or frustrated they have, once again, ignored marks hints to search the area.
Mark even commented on this some episodes ago. You guys need to realize looting is part of the adventurers life. You need to fund your war against hadar and/or starbane.
Great episode nonetheless!
Archon Megas if he really wants them to loot, he shouldn’t mention that it’ll take time until after they roll. They are way too concerned with how much time sentry has left.
Chaos twins SPORE HYPE!!!
I hope that Quill doesn't forget about his fancy relic at the eye of storms 😍
I feel like some fun coins should've been handed out this session...
They did and they redeemed them instantly. I think the PC players are supposed to ask for them which is why we haven't seen the mechanic used in a while. lol
Oh dang, best episode to date!!!
Think quill should be surrounded in a cube of force (a bubble boy)
WOOOOOO GRATS ON BEING PUBLISHED MARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rama: just don't engage in any of the politics there
Literally 2minutes later in the conversation
Lucious: Let's take this evidence and out their government.
Spoiler-free possibly useful timestamps:
Stream starts - 3:07
Intro video - 10:13
Recap - 11:30
Gameplay starts - 14:04
Break starts - 1:33:08
Break ends - 1:38:14
Gameplay Ends - 2:49:58
(There is no fanart video)
If I had a penny for every time lucious (?) didn’t use his dicromancy I would be as rich as the Elenasto family
57:52 What about the Herald? She is between Rook and Nova.
flying
Start 3:05
Recap 11:31
End brake:1:38:08
The fan music is always so cool!
I just thought. Could they not have used the wand they got to use on sentry when she goes feral, on the herald? Surely that would have made the herald un-feral?
The herald wasn't feral she was evil amd hadar touched. Also the wand only treats the symptoms of guardians GOING feral and doesn't cure feralality
Kncpt Media Mark addressed this on his twitter and generally said it was a wand made to help Sentry and at most it’d give the Herald disadvantage or stun her for a round.
Which would’ve been great but also we don’t know how much Sentry will need it in upcoming sessions
Dont really like how Mark took over that crit by Sentry, she could have upcast it and done a lot more damage
What an episode! Loved it
WHY don't they use the have fun coin anymore? That fight was so frustrating. Have fun coin was a nice idea
1:56:48 LOL Aila "Care about me, you bitch!"
Omg I caught up in just over a month. Now I get to catch the stream live next week wooo 😁
guessing now during the break that rook said "till all are one"
This was so long ago that surely they have figured out by now that only the First attack after a Guiding Bolt gets Advantage.
Katie is back, Katie is back... yay!!!
Great episode! I love it when Mark's dice are hot, always makes for a good game.
The fan-music is so good its fucking unreal
Breaking out these wild 7th lvl evocation spells, Mark! Thank god it wasn’t casted at the party lol.
I love the starting music
This episode hit me right in the feels. Such an intense combat too!! I'm going to try and make the next livestream.
Dear Mark; Warding Bond is a touch-range spell… :(
Guardians are the Mr. Meeseeks of Aerois
Did Mark take away the Warforged poison advantage and resistance, or is it just a miss?
This first HOUR of combat is so damn good.
I feel for Mark, as a DM; I ROLL CONSTANT nat 20s.
like, I LIE LIKE A BASTARD on my rolls to protect my players.
i feel for him just shaking his head at his attacks tot he players.
Is that the start of _Jetz und Heir_ by The Wise Guys at 43:49?
Alright im getting a bit annoyed about the not looting the city,like there could have been factories!
A hundred episodes to goooooo.....
Hi guys, so at 36:23 when the guardian (can't remember the name sorry) cast warding bond on the herald, i was just checking and unless im wrong the range for it is touch. Just a small oversight. Other than that loved the episode, some the rolls were sooo unfortunate though. *cough cough* Trot *cough cough*
Its definitely range touch. I was thinking this the entire time
I think that is the range to cast the spell but after it's cast you can move apart from eachother and the spell will still work
@@mme.veronica735 it is but he cast it from range as the thing was flying
Good fucking lord these were some horrific rolls for these guys
If smeek doesn't pop up soon ill revolt
Break ends 1:38:10
Also Sentry should have used her highest level spell slot for her smite on the crit. Coulda done over 50 damage