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The series can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwZRhr0Xsxf7csWECf_Mmg ABDIllustrates's youtube channel]] and was later reformatted as a comic on Website/{{Webtoon}}, which can be found [[https://m.webtoons.com/en/challenge/high-hopes-low-rolls/chapter-0-part-1/viewer?title_no=663775&episode_no=1 here]].

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The series can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwZRhr0Xsxf7csWECf_Mmg ABDIllustrates's youtube channel]] and was later reformatted as a comic on Website/{{Webtoon}}, Platform/{{Webtoon}}, which can be found [[https://m.webtoons.com/en/challenge/high-hopes-low-rolls/chapter-0-part-1/viewer?title_no=663775&episode_no=1 here]].

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Note about production ceasing; rip hhlr


The series can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwZRhr0Xsxf7csWECf_Mmg ABDIllustrates's youtube channel]].

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The series can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwZRhr0Xsxf7csWECf_Mmg ABDIllustrates's youtube channel]].
channel]] and was later reformatted as a comic on Website/{{Webtoon}}, which can be found [[https://m.webtoons.com/en/challenge/high-hopes-low-rolls/chapter-0-part-1/viewer?title_no=663775&episode_no=1 here]].


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Unfortunately, production of the story was halted in early 2022 with the disbanding of the Shrieking Wizard Company, due to not having enough time or money to continue working on it.

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* CharacterAlignment: The High Hopes players admit to put little focus on this in their games, but the characters still have canonical alignments:
** Nagar is LawfulGood (Although that came about recently)
** Gwing is NeutralGood
** Paddy and Torlin are ChaoticGood
** Rook is LawfulNeutral
** Ava is TrueNeutral
** Gimgar is ChaoticNeutral (Another that came about recently).

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* CharacterAlignment: The High Hopes players admit to put little focus on this in their games, but the characters still have canonical alignments:
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** Nagar is LawfulGood (Although that came about recently)
recently) %%InUniverse
** Gwing is NeutralGood
NeutralGood %%InUniverse
** Paddy and Torlin are ChaoticGood
ChaoticGood %%InUniverse
** Rook is LawfulNeutral
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** Ava is TrueNeutral
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** Gimgar is ChaoticNeutral (Another that came about recently). %%InUniverse



* CityState: Kadar, with Rosa as the mayor, has declared independence and stands against the dark that consumes Arcadon.



* DraconicHumanoid: Nagar is a Dragonborn, which are this trope, despite being only vaguely related to dragons.

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* DraconicHumanoid: Nagar is a and Hydracil are both Dragonborn, which are this trope, despite being only vaguely related to dragons.dragons. Rosa falls into this by technicality, but resembles a human with some scales.
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** The Magician represents resourcefulness and inspired action, as well as the ability to manifest the spiritual in the physical world. Rook Lunera is more or less the prime mover of the High Hopes party, as well as a Wizard. The Magician is also numbered 1 in the Major Arcana (although it's not the first card, The Fool is numbered 0), and Rook was one of the first members of the High Hopes party.
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* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two cards are available on their redbubble store; The Sun for Paddy Whitlaw, and The Devil for Hydracil, a Dragonborn who serves as BigBad and TheDragon to Tiamat.

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* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two ABD illustrates a card for each episode of the series, thematically tying it into the events of the episode (all cards are available for print on their redbubble store; The Sun for redbubble). Paddy Whitlaw, is ''The Sun'', Hydracil is ''The Devil'' and The Devil for Hydracil, a Dragonborn who serves as BigBad and TheDragon to Tiamat.Rook Lunera is ''The Magician''.
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High Hopes, Low Rolls is an animated series retelling the tale of a group of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons players' campaign based loosely on the Tyranny of Dragons adventure.

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High Hopes, Low Rolls is an animated series retelling the tale of a group of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' players' campaign based loosely on the Tyranny of Dragons ''TabletopGame/TyrannyOfDragons'' adventure.
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* SeasonalMotif: Paddy's DoomedHometown, Bay Hollow, is depicted as an autumn wonderland, a motif Paddy brings with him when he travels. After the town is sacked and burned, the bright autumn colours are replaced with gray.
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* TheDragon: Literally in Hydracil, an actual dragon who's Tiamat's champion.

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* TheDragon: Literally in Hydracil, an actual dragon dragon(born) who's Tiamat's champion.



* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two cards are available on their redbubble store; The Sun for Paddy Whitlaw, and The Devil for Hydracil, a dragon that has yet to make an appearance.

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** The Devil represents an unhealthy relationship to something that is not for the greater good. Hydracil is the champion of [[GodOfEvil Tiamat]].
* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two cards are available on their redbubble store; The Sun for Paddy Whitlaw, and The Devil for Hydracil, a dragon that has yet Dragonborn who serves as BigBad and TheDragon to make an appearance.Tiamat.
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* BigBad: Hydracil or [[spoiler:Tiamat]].


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* TheDragon: Literally in Hydracil, an actual dragon who's Tiamat's champion.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Have Hope [[labelnote:Characters]]Reading order: Ava, Nagar, Gwing, Torlin, Gimgar, Paddy. and Rook. Artwork by ABD [[/labelnote]] ]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Have Hope [[labelnote:Characters]]Reading order: Ava, Nagar, Gwing, Torlin, Gimgar, Paddy. Paddy and Rook. Artwork by ABD [[/labelnote]] ]]
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* {{Demihuman}}: Nagar is the only party member who ''isn't'' this. The others are humans, dwarves, elves and genasi.
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* NoodleIncident: Pretty much anything ABD or the other players talk about on Tumblr or in their videos. One notable example is that time Paddy used ''Crown of Madness'' on a kraken.
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* HopeBringer: Right there in the name. Whenever someone in the series refers to having high hopes, these are the guys they're talking about.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Have Hope [[labelnote:Characters]]Clockwise from top: Nagar (Dragonborn), Ginger, Mina, Zada, Terra, Brio, Ava, Malark, Paddy, Jenny in the background. Not shown: Torlin, Rook and Gwing[[/labelnote]] ]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Have Hope [[labelnote:Characters]]Clockwise from top: Nagar (Dragonborn), Ginger, Gimgar, Nagar, Mina, Zada, Terra, Brio, Ava, Malark, Paddy, Jenny in the background. Not shown: Torlin, Rook and Gwing[[/labelnote]] ]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Have Hope [[labelnote:Characters]]Clockwise from top: Nagar (Dragonborn), Ginger, Mina, Zada, Terra, Brio, Ava, Malark, Paddy, Jenny in the background. Not shown: Torlin, Rook and Gwing[[/labelnote]]

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* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two cards are available on their redbubble store; The Sun for Paddy Whitlaw, and The Devil for a hitherto unnamed black dragon.

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* TarotMotifs: The Themed Tarot deck below. The Sun in Major Arcana symbolized optimism and enthusiasm, fitting for the jolly Paddy Whitlaw. Upright it can also symbolize good luck, fitting for Rogues, who get the Stroke of Luck ability as lv. 20. Reversed, it symbolized sadness and depression, fitting for Paddy, who's journey is motivated by the loss of his hometown and family.
* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two cards are available on their redbubble store; The Sun for Paddy Whitlaw, and The Devil for Hydracil, a hitherto unnamed black dragon.dragon that has yet to make an appearance.
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* TokenMinority: Inverted and played straight by Nagar, who's the only straight member of the party, while simultaneously being the only member that's not a near-human like elf, dwarf or halfling.

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* TokenMinority: Inverted and played straight by Nagar, who's the only straight member of the party, while simultaneously also being the only member that's not "exotic" species, a near-human like elf, dwarf or halfling.Dragonborn.
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* TokenMinority: Inverted and played straight by Nagar, who's the only straight member of the party, while simultaneously being the only member that's not a near-human like elf, dwarf or halfling.
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* HighFantasy: The primary genre. Dragons and city-states and adventurers (oh my).
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The series also has a [[https://www.redbubble.com/people/shriekingwizard Redbubble store]] and a [[https://www.patreon.com/shriekingwizard Patreon]].
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* CastOfGay: Nagar is the only character so far to be straight.

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* CastOfGay: CastFullOfGay: Nagar is the only character so far to be straight.
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High Hopes, Low Rolls is an animated series retelling the tale of a group of TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons players' campaign based loosely on the Tyranny of Dragons adventure.

Foul events have ravaged the continent of Arcadon. In the north, tales of dragons and war spread, and in the south, the town of Bay Hollow has been burned to ashes. Determined to bring the perpetrators to justice, Paddock Whitlaw, last son of the noble Whitlaw family, has joined a party of adventurers on a mission from the mayor of the Free State of Kadar. Will they fall prey to the great evils that are infecting the world, or will they maintain High Hopes?

The series is written and narrated by the group's Dungeon Master, Jenny Budd, drawn by Alex Brennan-Dent (Also known as [[https://abd-illustrates.tumblr.com ABD Illustrates]]) and Amy Manning ([[https://www.instagram.com/bin_witch_illustration/?hl=en Bin Witch Illustrations]]), and features the voices of the rest of the party. The first episode was dropped September 13th, 2019.

The series can be found on [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBwZRhr0Xsxf7csWECf_Mmg ABDIllustrates's youtube channel]].

The story also has a [[https://highhopeslowrolls.tumblr.com Tumblr]].

!!High Hopes, Low Rolls provides examples of the following tropes:
* ArcSymbol: The stylized H of the High Hopes party. On a lesser note, the Evil is symbolized by a stylized star with five curved points. [[spoiler:The symbol of Tiamat]].
* ArcWords: "High Hopes" or "Have Hope".
* CastOfGay: Nagar is the only character so far to be straight.
** Paddy is gay (like his player)
** Torlin is bisexual
** Gimgar is Pansexual
** Rook's sexuality is "Magic"
** Gwing "Likes people"
** Ava's is not listed
* CharacterAlignment: The High Hopes players admit to put little focus on this in their games, but the characters still have canonical alignments:
** Nagar is LawfulGood (Although that came about recently)
** Gwing is NeutralGood
** Paddy and Torlin are ChaoticGood
** Rook is LawfulNeutral
** Ava is TrueNeutral
** Gimgar is ChaoticNeutral (Another that came about recently).
* CharmPerson: A variant, the ''Crown of Madness'' spell, is ABD's favorite spell, depicted as a wreath of leaves instead of flames. Apparently he's used it on a kraken.
* DoomedHometown: Paddy's hometown of Bay Hollow was burned to ashes while he was of with the circus.
* DraconicHumanoid: Nagar is a Dragonborn, which are this trope, despite being only vaguely related to dragons.
* FantasyCharacterClasses: Since the story is based on a D&D campaign, this is obviously featured. By appearance:
** Paddy is an Arcane Trickster Rogue.
** Gimgar is an Eldritch Knight Fighter/Totem Warrior Barbarian multiclass
** Ava is a Circle of the Land (Forest) Druid
** Nagar is a Berserker Barbarian (he'll later multiclass into Paladin)
** Rook Lunera is a School of Transmutation Wizard.
** Gwing is a Beast Master Ranger/Thief Rogue multiclass
** Torlin is a College of Valor bard.
** Jenny Budd is the dungeon master.
* InMediasRes: The series starts with Paddy joining High Hopes, but the party had been active for at least four years before that.
* ThemedTarotDeck: Currently only two cards are available on their redbubble store; The Sun for Paddy Whitlaw, and The Devil for a hitherto unnamed black dragon.
* TragicKeepsake: Paddy's mask was given to him by his family. The family who inhabited his DoomedHometown.
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