High Rollers: Aerois #3 | The Midnight Raid 

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@@bluejay5063 51:52

JUUUIIITOOOOUUUU!!!!!!!

Yes, you are the only one.

LUCUS!?

Idk fam I bet lucius would fit well inside a school locker

Oh god...the memories...

Laughed out loud at that part XD

Thanks. I'm terrified by your picture, but love it

Thank you

Bump

Thanks

Bless you, bill

Saphter I think they are just used to the Lightfall campaign. They were mostly new players than, so mark gave them a lot more hand holding. Mark rarely gave them battles they could not easily handle. Now that most of them have experience, he has upped the difficulty. He has not made it unfair, he just made it more realistic. The challenge ratings are still balanced, he just is encouraging clever use of tactics, either in combat (Silently killing threats: Wild Elf’s), or avoiding combat entirely (Fire Bear, Bribing the Wild Elves). Sometimes they work, sometimes they don’t, but that’s the luck of the dice, not Mark being harsh. The injury table is scary but fair and realistic. You would get actual injuries in a real battle, some severe. The DC is that of a Concentration Check, which means it is typically not hard to pass, meaning injuries should not be abundant.

I agree trial by fire for this campaign

It's also really good character development :>

I personally think the problem is that Mark is funneling them giving them little choice while also putting them in a stupidly crazy survival scenario right away. One thing after the other without any time to breath doesn't create a fun scenario and is amateur story telling on the level of a new GM. They are level 2 and already they are fighting foes way above their level, with no modifications to the enemies they face and are right out of the book in difficulty when it comes to damage (he fucking one shot a damn paladin ffs with just one NPCs attack). You can also tell he knows this because he created a healer NPC to follow them around like a henchman due to him knowing he was going to slaughter them every engagement. It is one thing to create some tension and put your players into a daring scenario where they have to use their wits to survive, there is another where you force them into that scenario giving them little to no options on how to deal with it and throwing things one after the other at them, its just bad GMing really. I would love to point by point explain how it is bad from episode one to 4 but you probably wouldn't of read past my first paragraph. I think the setting is cool, the characters are also amazingly thought out, new race is pretty nifty and really interesting, the world seems awesome if done right. But this whole scenario this early just seems so crazy fucked up, they are suprised attacked, with no method to fix the situation (Mark puts a massive road block to have them help stop the crash), they are forced into a fight with something that could of easily of destroyed half the party (wtf was that damage the two thugs at start could do it was insane, same with thier stupidly nuts mobility), then into another fight which could of killed them.. then they have a skill check which could of easily killed characters or at least left them stuck on the crashing ship... Then when they finally land they have to tend to a wounded NPC ally which to be honest seemed like he was saying "you should just leave him to die" but knew they wouldn't. AND THEN HE MAKES IT SO THEY ARE SMACK BANG SOME HOW MAGICALLY STUCK IN THE TERRITORY OF WILD ELVES! Like ffs give them a chance to breath, the wild elves could of easily of been added as a threat later on as they still have a lot more survival to do. All in all it feels like a funnel, Mark is putting them down a linear path for some reason and that is always a bad thing in a open world campaign.

fighting while exhausted isn't harsh but stripping the players of their gear especially the Hexblade Warlocks sword (the basis of her class) while they are already drained was harsh . . . . . there is nothing wrong with that, sometimes being harsh and having a party beaten, drained and with nothing can make for a good story and RP-ing but it is still harsh none the less

I mean, that sounds like an average D&D party.

That's how most of my players are

ChaoticTCGandgames 30 seconds after bad rolls*

My party when my rouge dealt one damage on a stealth attack.

@@Shark_Puppy actually impossible. Your minimum would be 3. XD

Kragos hi I agree. It's Haroon.

Bro spoilers

I think it can be tough getting to grips with a new character when you're so used to a familiar one you've had for years

Well, if she goes Pact of the Blade at level 3 (which Hexblade Warlocks generally do), she'll be able to summon it at will so...

Yeah, mark mentioned that she'll be able to summon her weapon pretty soon. Also, it's not like she's completely powerless without it. She still has some spells she can use.

Only if you spend an hour bonding to said weapon which is difficult when you do not have it in your possession

The main point is that she'll be able to avoid situations like this in the future.

Ironclad Guildhand I was looking for this comment 😂

That was how I played my warlock in the early days. Now he's level 19 and packing heat

Upgraded to dust off dryness?

YAS

upgrading to dust of sneezing and coughing

Agree, Mark is very easy on his players.... so easy they don't learn their own abilities and he has to remind them all the time. Kim is the worst. These players would be shocked if they played like we did in the early days of D&D. Hard to believe these guys are getting paid and still do not learn their characters.

Karl Cross they probably all enjoy it.

@@karlcross9112 Because it's extremely enjoyable to watch.

He didn't rage as Aila at the beginning of the fight when he really should have.

@@karlcross9112 It's almost like they're all friends and want to play the best game they can.

That is a fun fact I didn't know. In later episodes she referred to using the sand to erase the ink which made sense since its abrasive but drying the ink makes sense as well.

Keal Dreemurr you are not wrong. Went through the same motions as you. Lmao

Facts

I dont understand but I like it

@@anamosamapper7521huh??

SaigeCounsul when?

SaigeCounsul oh nevermind

It still hurts but I loved the nod.

GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN WE LOVE YOU MOLLY (they shouldn't bring him back for realsises)

RIP Molly he will be missed, and avenged.

That bothered me for a moment, too. But DM is the supreme being at any table.

@@jornhenry2606 does a human sleeping for 8 hours give them the benefits of a long rest?

@@jornhenry2606 Jeremy Crawford also disagrees with you :)

@@jornhenry2606 I'll just never understand how it could have been inteded any other way than written. Human gets long rest sleeping for 8 hours ---> elf gets same benefit as human sleeping 8 hours from 4 hour trance ---> elf gets long rest from 4 hour trance. Nomsayin?

@@kyleweir689 Races that sleep get their long rest from 6 hours of sleep and 2 hours of light activity, including keeping watch. Warforged get their rest from 6 hours of being frozen, reborn get it from 4, and elves get it from 4 hours of trance. RAW, it can be interrupted for no longer than an hour without having to restart the rest.

Oooooh Hunger Gaaaaaaaames

It's probably the city, where Sentry is from

Jack: I've got a jar of diiirt.

Good shout. Forgot about Danger Sense!

There's a difference between playing to the environment and railroading your players from first session through an environment and facing encounters way above their level again and again and again. That sucks the fun out of it all and leaves players wondering why they bother continuing.

@@orionjaeger2822 i guess you are the type that plays videogames on casual difficulty

@@orionjaeger2822 "way above their level" wolves and wild elves... lmao. You're a moron.

How about ignoring the druid that is concentrating on holding the barbarian. They almost deserve a tpk I hope they don't though but still

Trenton 22699 with his hand? I assume it has a mag that can be ejected with one hand

@@Despair32 no as mark said it is reloaded flintlock style but a flintlock can be reloaded one hand without the gunpowder

Carefully?

with style.

His beak maybe lol

IridescentBanana my thoughts too lol

That made me laugh.

Q

Don't feel bad we're all in mourning

Lol well, that was just the perfect ending. So the main lesson I have learned is, when players are missing characters go down.

Not shade, rather a cheeky wink and finger pistol to a show I love. ;)

Ah, yes... I suppose "shade" does entail some level of contempt, oops.

Don't say the word "Shade". I get PTSD from that word.

Batman Wayne it is a way to prove nobility right?

joe joeington yes, but they don't accurately describe it really in the game

He didn’t have a pedigree chart he had a scroll of pedigree

To me it feels less like Mark being brutal, and more like some of the players avoiding attacking and taking attacks of opportunity more than necessary.

I was referring more to the events than the actual combat. Right away he throws them out of an airship, and then they get attacked by elves, wolves, more elves, and they've already had several knock downs. They've lost most of their supplies, including an arcane focus and hex blade, and now they're fighting a druid boss. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but this is definitely quite a difficult start to a campaign.

Ah, yeah. That makes a lot more sense now. Critical Role is doing a bit of the same, too, with their second campaign, though it seems that some of it may be just Matt creating situations that the group is clearly under-leveled for w/o giving sly nudges that their most recent encounter was meant for later in the campaign when they've leveled up a bit. Here's to crossing my fingers that they don't TPK themselves early in the campaign (Both here and on Critical Role).

I didn't have them attacked by anyone so far. Arval was attacked and the party went to find him, they negotiated with the elves. The Wolves were already at the airship and the players chose to try and scare them off. The party negotiated with the second set of elves but had some of their things taken, and chose to sneak in and try and steal them back, the got caught and a fight started. So far all of these things happened because of A) A bad dice roll. B) a player choice or C) were already in-place when the PCs arrived. The *only* thing I have "done" is have the airship crash as a way to start the campaign. Would you prefer them to have a jolly walk through the woods without any danger after an airship crash?

Like I said, it's a rough/difficult start to a campaign, but it is better than fighting random wildlife as they wander through the woods for weeks. I'm not trying to criticize or complain about your DMing. I think it's a great start to a campaign, just more difficult than the last. Of course, this makes sense since most of the players have played for 2 years already, so they should be able to handle more difficult situations even at lower levels. Though perhaps they're not used to being a low level again, and feel stronger than they are. And yes, I do realize they weren't actively hunted/attacked. I meant more so that ended up in these back to back combat situations. It was bad wording on my part.

Nope, wrong. 1 point gives disadv. on all checks, 2 points halves movement, 3 points gives disadv. on saves and attacks