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Dungeon Court is STILL in session! Join Justices Murphy, Axford and Tanner, as well a Constantly Rotating Series of Unrelated Bailiffs, as they continue to pass judgement on your trials at the table!

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Sound Mixing and Editing by Trevor Lyon

Dungeon Court Theme Song by Sam Weiller

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Jake Alcott

Still in session, huh? Come to Medford!

frogwithhumanhands

i've been asked to dm a campaign for friends of my sister and did end up inviting one of them to leave the group because she wasn't taking it seriously enough (and the other players were), and i talked to her first, then her friends, and then we made the decision together

Nick Lerche

This guest bailiff is killing it I hope you guys bring him back some time

Hammy

I like Mario being a halfling considering his height relative to normal humans in New Donk City. But, I think he makes more sense as a monk than a bard.

Hammy

You could make an argument for circle of spores Druid too. He has an obsession with mushrooms and a tendency to turn into animals like the Elephant in Super Mario Wonder.

Extra Crispy

I absolutely feel Murphs energy in this I would be so hot if my “friends” did something like that so disrespectful and mean that poor dm! Especially because Ive run casino encounters and they are so much work you need to make a bunch of custom rules for the games AND make the environment vivid and fun. Casino DM if you’re reading this leave those players and find some new people; it’s not worth the stress of dming for people who don’t want to play your game. I have dmd for people like that; and I quit because it was terrible. now I have a wonderful group who actually want to play the game I spend like 7 hours a week setting up.

Sophie Meekan

I feel like the casino one depends on a bunch of stuff. If they play super often then maybe they just didn’t really feel like playing through a session that time and would rather have chat and hung out with their friends. I’ve had a session go similarly once, and people were just overwhelmed with their actual life and sometimes you don’t realise how draining role playing will be til you’re at the table doing it.

ChappyThoughts

I just gotta say this: Darcy isn't a boy-next-door type. Sorry, it's been bugging me since the original case.

anniemurphs

Alright so for my dad's case (Ride and Die) a few things: 1. They lived in northern Pennsylvania so it honestly probably was snowing 2. I've asked my dad about the character before and he just kind of shuts it down and doesn't even want to try, but next time I'm home to visit I'll try again! 3. Listen I only asked for the light punishment for my dad bc he's being very stubborn and refusing to play because of something that happened 40 years ago, but still understandable on his end so I rescind my request for light punishment and apologize to the court 4. NYE is my dad's birthday and he usually has a gig to play (jazz musician) so Xmas Eve is actually perfect I think 5. My "uncle" has been my dad's bestie for most of their lives but I've always been kinda frustrated by him tbh so phenomenal idea for my "uncle" to be the bbeg actually... Anywhoozle thank you for your ruling, benevolent court and ballif! Appreciate y'all so much ❤️

BahHumDoug

How many times could you roll a d20 at a craps table before you get banned from the casino for life?

Blobby5678

Hearing bailiff cake break while reading that first case - I needed that

Caleb Horton

True, but the DM seemingly knows these people well (this is a long-running campaign), and still they seemed hurt and insulted when the group blew them off.

Cianistarle

Love the clarifying facts! Please update! As an old person, it is totally possible that your dad doesn't remember a single thing about that character though. Things have changed so much since the '80's and he might be more enthusiastic about some of the newer additions!

Bryce Peterson

Holy shit, Caldwell’s idea of springing DnD on people playing at a blackjack table is great. I love a silly, hyper-specific vision of poetic justice haha.

anniemurphs

I do have a small update! He was very excited for me that the case was read (my mom said he was "puffy with pride") and couldn't wait to tell my "uncle" lol And you're right! He remembers that he was playing a fighter of some kind I think but stopped talking about it when I tried to explain that this edition made it harder to die and that there were more options, etc., but again I think he was a little embarrassed 😅

David Moelker

So you're telling me Murph it's fine with us playing Mario but we can't play fat bastard????

Adam!!!!!

i'd argue that mario would be something of a half caster. probably a paladin who uses unarmed strikes.

MitchySlaps

Being from Ogdensburg, NY…visiting that red roof Pizza Hut will be punishment for funcle enough. And if you try to do a show there you will have at most maybe 4 guests. St Lawrence County has more cows than people 😂

PineappleLiar

The abandoned friend story reminds me of how I ended up finding my current D&D crew. I was just signing up for games with people on roll20, and ended up in a game with 5 other players and a bad dm that ended after a tpk. Then one of the players who left right after the game invited me to a new game with a whole different crew. Then they left that game after 5 session and invited me to a new game also with entirely new people. Then the exact same thing happened a third time and I haven’t heard back from them since then. Anyways I still play with both of the crews he left, though the third group has been on hiatus since the DM moved across the country.

Mountain Dew Or Crab Juice

Two really important points everyone seems to missing in the Mario Pizza case: 1: His canonical name is Mario Mario 2: is this player Charles Martinet and why are you trying to stifle that wonderful old man's joy.

Glenn D AKA Mcdoogins

Since the games are mostly about perfectly timed jumps I'm gonna stick with Monk or Rogue. All his other powers come from magic items.

Alex

Nothing to say other than I was listening to this when cops came up to me parked at the beach bc they thought I had weed in my car. I think this blaring while I played pokemon go made them decide to let this poor innocent nerd go without much fight 💀😭 thanks NADDPOD🤦🏻‍♀️

Emma41420

For my previous year-long monthly campaign I did successfully make and use a build for "bounding" as a character from pop-culture! Our DM was using elements of The Witchlight Carnival, so I created a bard based on the muppet Mokey from Fraggle Rock. She experiences a loss of innate skill in that show similarly to the description provided in our module, which helped me round out my character by pulling details from their lore. Then I had lots of space to improvise against a familiar framework, within an fun new unfamiliar setting♡~ I made a playlist as well to help settle into it and direct my focus toward details I'd like to either exaggerate or soften. The tone of my approach was perhaps not the same as Mario Pizza though lol 🤣. It can totally work, but you need to be matching the energy of the setting/module and your group at least to begin with. 💞

Artemis

Glad to hear they didn't harm you!

Robert de Forest

Re: blackjack and how much work GMing is: Often when someone is thinking about buying a boat, an experienced sailor will tell them that they will have to do ten hours of maintenance for every hour of sailing, and if the buyer isn't put off by that, maybe boat ownership won't be a disaster for them. I don't think GMing is quite at that ratio, but maybe 4:1? 16 hours for of prep for a 4 hour session?

Kylie Sparks

"You can have your burger, and fuck it too." ~NADDPOD, 2k24

hey!

hey guys love the show so much i guess i was wondering what the last minute of this episode was about maybe in your own words

DarthTurkey28

I never thought I’d hear the term goon here lol

Blue Bee

I think you and I might be the same person because I ALSO made a bard for a Witchlight campaign except he was based on Cantus from Fraggle Rock

Emma41420

OH MY GOD great minstrel minds must think alike!! 💘🎶 we gotta chat later 🦋🥰

Tracy Burns

I first started playing D&D back in 85

Toblerone. jpg

my body started decomposing at “i’m gooning for that cheese”

A. Lee. S

I went to WWE Smackdown a few weeks ago and had a sign that said “this is narratively satisfying.” I am just now realizing that sign was inspired by you all at Naddpod 😁😁

Thomas McManus

I actually had something like the abandoning friend thing happen to me with a former housemate - it sucked, and I don't see that guy much anymore, but I still had an okay time with the group. The difference (and something that might be relevant here) was that it was a paid DND thing, and he was having money trouble, and the group could only run with a minimum player buy-in per session. So it was shitty, but he might have decided that the only way to quit without screwing over everyone else was to loop in a friend.

Alex S.

omg my heart breaks for the casino DM. I'm not even there and I desperately want to see what these fantasy games are and try out the cool magic drinks! I'd have to try everything, that's so fuckin cool!

The Fun Yaunt

“Playing D&D for ACTUAL money??!” Emily, I have INCREDIBLE news for you 😂

Jake the Accountant

Murph in that surprise round episode explaining they all podcast for money and any other free money job is actually more work.

Swordmaster of Ginaz

I IMAGINED IT WAS A SNOWSTORM TOO EMILY! So funny, wonder why haha Heart absolutely broken for the Casino DM. We need to get like a Gofundme or something for them

Kate Reeves

Is it maybe in honor of Mario Puzo, author of the Godfather?

Danny Summers

Omg, I'm heartbroken for the casino DM. What happened there is my absolute nightmare. You deserve far more respectful players & friends.

Ola K

i’m the friend who asked Ian F to dm for my friends and i :—) fun fact: in mario pizza player’s previous campaign, his character slowly turned into caillou, to answer emily’s question lol

Ol’ Jazzy

I’m all caught up with NADDPOD (started listening well over a year ago), and now I don’t know what to listen to when I go to bed anymore! 😩

emjemme

Did they acknowledge the kidnapped PC in the Casino case? Those PCs just abandoned their kidnapped friend? Maybe that DM needs to return only to narrate a montage of them in the casino interspersed with the kidnapped friend being hurt? Because they left someone behind??

Ilana Galpert

I think this is the second case where a player wanted to play Mario but the DM worried it would ruin emersion

Liu

Always delighted to hear Caldwell say stuff like “Honkai Star Rail” and “goon”

Katie P.

1) Before I started playing in earnest, I only ever played NPCs in other people's games. I'd ask my DM if they had a goal the NPC wanted to achieve and how much they'd give to achieve it.

SkipperMars

Anybody else getting a ton of emails right now starting with the first episode and counting? Small L

han!!!!

it's them uploading the old episodes that were previously not available as ad free as such! so it's actually a w despite the email spam lol

Sabrina

We've been blessed! Just in time for my re-listen

Wings of Silver

'have your burger and fuck it too' goddamn it Caldwell XD

Mynne Maxine

Anyone else feel like the guy ditching his friend with his party is giving real John Wolf energy?

Ziel R.

I've listened to this EP like 7-9 times now. It's weird that the section re: my ask gets funnier and more encouraging each time I listen to it. I have reached out to the DM and he has been very encouraging. I've also reached out to the friend since the general consensus was that what he did was fucked up. So I kind of was like. So what the fuck was that? More on this as it developes?

Matthew Sands

I would actually say a Duergar for the size change if you really want to commit to the bit. Maybe even go druid as above to *really* commit to the bit

OldStump

What was Adam and Eve like grandpa?

Excelsidorks!

The dice seem to have sought you friend. Stay open to the opportunity if you areenjoying yourself. A game that lasts 5 years tends to require quite a personal connection, and in my excperience that takes good people.

Steve, aka, Spaghetti

I also immediately thought that the 80s case they were driving in a snow storm 😂

anniemurphs

My dad let me know it was July but they WERE traveling I think to Mansfield PA so honestly? May have been snowing still

xeladonnovan

I've heard a lot about this bailiff and it's mostly mixed

Kal and her cats Portland, Star, and Berlin

Gang I don’t have any cases but I wrote a lot of “Jake Intro” insults that you can feel free to use. They may be repeats from old eps and overall they’re like 3-4/10s tbh. But there are more that this and it’s just for those who feel stressed about writing a jake insult before their case. I’m taking that one for you lol 😅 For those with cases to share: - Who’s Baliff Is It Anyway? - A Baliff So Lowly I Wouldn’t Even Trust Him To Clean My Cat’s Litter Boxes - The Grinchly Judges (affectionate) and the Baliff That I Wouldn’t Touch With A 39 and 1/2 Foot Pole (derogatory) *(this one I’m genuinely proud of and I’m sorry) - Jake. If that even is your REAL name - Amir’s weirder and less funny work acquaintance - Hank. Obviously these are jokes and I think Jake is probably perfectly fine, (never met him, can’t say for sure) so one come for me please

Cooper Erikson

Are you confusing Boy next door with Girl next door? Very different archetypes.

Cooper Erikson

From dragon pussy to fuckable pizza it's just how they are.

Katie P.

Oops, I got distracted and forgot to write 2, thanks for reminding me!! 2) was if this book was a plot item and the game was building up to its retrieval, what was the DM's part in this? Did they want the book destroyed? Could that have been a directive or something they wanted to happen to kick off the next arc?

thequeercat

Ogdensburg mentioned !!! (The only notable things there are the bridge to Canada and the psych ward)

Steve Haack

I gotta say, I'm 100% on the players' side in the casino. Sometimes you find out you just want to play cards all night! The prep isn't gone it's there for next session. The only thing better than having a fun activity you planned is finding out the activity is cancelled, and you get to stay home.

Jason Sherman

Why is it always pizza!? What’s so funny about pizza? And why do people think that’s the best funny name? It’s so trashy to me!

CommodoreBlue

Mario Pizza submitter, if you are here, please submit an update!! We need it

Ziel R.

Uh, yeah. It's been interesting. I didn't tell my friend about this episode or the question I asked, but I did ask him what he was thinking and Murph's generous(?) read was pretty accurate. Friend has Beef with one specific player and didn't want to fill me in on said beef in advance for fear that it would color my perception of the group before I started playing with them. Which was odd, but not as bad as it could have been. I spoke to the DM about my issues, specifically the stuff mentioned in this, but also a bit of other issues and he helped me get situated with the group. I didn't mention it in the submission since I was limited on time/space and it wasn't directly related to the question at hand, but I'm very deaf/HoH which made it even harder for me to speak up during the game since the rest of the group was used to each others dynamic and I was typically running on a few seconds delay while I tried to process what I heard. This, coupled with my extreme anxiety, made it tough for me to speak up during sessions, and when I did finally process what was said, I didn't want to interrupt others especially if they had already moved onto the next topic. As a workaround, the DM let me take the telepath feat. To explain why only one or two of the other characters could hear my character when he spoke. (It was too hard for me to speak while others were talking so I'd just text the group chat, and there was one guy who kept tabs on the group chat and sort of signal to the rest when I said something and either interpret for me or tell everyone else to chill for a second I could voice my thoughts to the group.) Since then, I've gotten new ears installed (which I had Naddpod to thank in a strange, roundabout way). The combination of being able to hear (not 100% by a long shot but much better than before) and being more comfortable in the group, so I've been able to speak up more and be more present in the conversations lately, and it's been a lot of fun. I actually recently played this clip for a few of the guys in the DND group because I had gotten to know them a lot better and my friend's beef with one of the other players finally came to light. Apparently he didn't tell them that he super quit. He told the DM, but to the rest of the group he just said that he was busy with work. Until this point, I didn't actually know who he was fueding with (although I had my suspicions).

anniemurphs

Not yet but I also now live in a different state so it's a bit harder to play 😅 maybe when I go home to visit next, or if he comes to visit me I can convince him. He was going to also write a response for this and was super excited that they read the case but idk if he ever wrote it so maybe I'll follow up on that too lol

Lilli of the bog

Who the absolute fuck wants to play cards all night? For no money? Nah that shit was rude as hell and those players suck.

Hoid

Is Ian F still dming for you we need good news from 2025 🙏🏽

Hoid

When you remember how difficult it is to get your D&D group together post school life if that casino case happened I’d be so upset

Hoid

Just imagine you’ve waited months to see your pals and roll some dice. Your dm has clearly made such a great location with lots a stuff for you to do and your table decides to just play cards lmao I’d crash out tbh

Hoid

Love that the crew worked out

TheloniousPunkyBrewster

"Third Degree Three Cheese burns" is SUCH a good pull from Jake, damn these really do have replay value !

riskutforthebriskut

its one of those millennial "ha ha so random" type of jokes lmao remember when bacon and mustaches were a cultural phenomenon? same kind of energy

riskutforthebriskut

woah woah woah blackjack is still fun with no stakes lmao no need to hate cards for no reason

mrsthemonarch

This is so lovely that the group worked with you. I'm happy to see a positive update!

mrsthemonarch

Checking in after NYE 2025. Happy belated birthday to your dad!

anniemurphs

Thanks! I'll send the bday love to him❤️ we haven't been able to play yet (oof) BUT on his bday we made a character for him and he seemed excited!!! The next time Jake calls for cases Im gonna send an update 😁 (already drafted, maybe a little too long 😅)

Lilli of the bog

It is simply not. I'm sorry, and it's contextually quite rude.