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The Zu Crew explores the sunken castle! Welly searches for answers, Boggy searches for treasure, and Zudrick searches for danger.

Sound Mixing and Editing by Brian Murphy and Faris Monshi

Music / Sound Effects Include:

"Blackthorn Hall" by Emily Axford

"Cured By The Light" by Emily Axford

"The Children" by Emily Axford

"Secret Basement" by Emily Axford

"The Fat Monk" by Emily Axford

"The Objective" by Emily Axford

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JFran

Just the way to end the day.

Nate S

The end of my shift thanks you 🙏

Vickyrae

BEST PART OF THE WEEK

Erin G

yesss

Lana Kole

Hell yes brotherrrrrr let’s go

Nick McCornack

When I tell you I’ve been WAITING for this drop

Teiboku

Let’s gooooo

Jennifer S

yess, literally the second I opened patreon to find an old ep to listen to at work this popped up 🎉

Emily Wines

PERFECT TIMING! Was getting bored on my long night drive

Peter Turek

Ya hit me stoned, ya snazzy bastahds! I’m so excited!

Nick Neverman

Jakes immediate exasperation is just so perfect

Nick Neverman

Also, this has strong post gamer fuel sommelier energy. The vibe was hilarious from the rip

Dmkampz

Thursday night treat. Appreciate you Murph.

Jake Miller

I am currently listening to Campaign two but gotta pause to ravenously consume Skaldova. CUMPATRIOTS OR BUST

Michael

"well he was hung." lmfao, just was so not expecting that

Knightowl

So excited to have an episode to listen to on my 1.5 hour commute. Thank you murph!

Nick Nelson

This arc is so good and so classic D&D it’s quickly becoming my choice arc to suggest to someone new to D&D podcasts. Short, excellent chemistry in the party, terrific DMing and still so funny

Myckeli

The only good thing about being unable to sleep at 4 am: getting to revisit Skaldova! I'm loving Jake's world and storytelling!

wick

I love these guys. The characters bounce off each other so well, it’s hilarious

Professor Pratt

Ender’s Clavicle! The Ep dropped early!!!

Ian Montgomery

So unhinged to start ahaha I have been loving this campaign. I hope it becomes a longer length run

Patrick Kearney

It's even better because when a person has been killed by hanging, the correct past tense is actually hanged

Ellie P

We are blessed by the lodestar!

Drew Faber

Cody Walsh walked so Zudrick could stab violently into the darkness

Professor Pratt

I am trying not to wake my wife up and Clunky keeps making me laugh. “Classic…the tentacle pulls us into the piranhas.” “Oh yeah, look at that uncanny space?”

Madison Marcinczyk

The way I gasped when one of the lullabies played on my spotify shuffle in January and I was like THAT IS AN EMILY SONG IVE NEVER HEARD. Will definitely make it into my spotify wrapped again 😂

Clever Innuendo

I think Caldwell knows that the term for rope execution is "hanged". I see what you did there!

Matt L

8 minutes in and Jake is having a Murph style freak out 😂

JackJack

I was literally bawling my eyes out to lullabies from the wild side the other night

Zanna

wow, Zudrick is 25? (he should be at the club)

brainrockets

Love the riff on the long pole method of dungeon crawling. Done fully in character. Love Jake getting the full Experience from his players. Meanwhile, Emily's lullabies are on a Playlist that is just her, Chappell Roan and the Indigo Girls and it is getting heavy rotation.

Ben Daly

This dropped right as I was heading home from work and the maniacal laugh I was doing during "hold the rod to the slit" was getting me some looks. Skaldova is so legendary already!

Jorde

I just restarted C1 and in both campaigns semi charmed kinda life is mentioned within 5 eps 😂

Drew Faber

I remember when they joked about the long pole thing during Eldermourne in that one wizard’s tower, and just look at them now lol

Sam Ninegar

Zudrick is a true gamer this ep lol. Also good lord the campaign 3 B-sides are phenomenal

The Wizard Skoolie

Every time Welly asks Zudrick some crazy reason about why his helmet doesn't come off and Zudrick is like "absolutely, 100%, that is not it" GIVES ME LIFE

Cam Baker

Random, but anyone else feel like Boggy wears a kilt?

austinoxner

4 episodes in and Skaldova already feels like home.

Jenna H

Love love love how silly the episode started and also how much Zudrick's paranoia as a character choice pays off in the castle full of traps.

Mortimer Lunch

Ohhhh my god. “Hm. Well, he was hung” was the best comedic timing I’ve ever heard Caldwell. Incredible. Boggy might be my favorite character you’ve ever played.

Cory P

Hung you say? That's why he was long!

#KittyLearnsToCook

“while I breathe I hope” - I knew this sounded familiar, and it turns out it’s because it is a state motto! South Carolina, I learned about it in the podcast E Pluribus Motto 😁 it’s a good motto!

Excelsidorks!

Can't stop relistening from the beginning on repeat, loving the fuck out of Skaldova ❤️❤️

Javan Thomas

This episode gave me another favorite NADDPOD one liner: "Did not the lodestar guide the hand that painted these tits?" It's up there carnally close to "You were aiming at the shadow of my nuts," from C3

Luke

Someone please tell murph that jobbie means poop in Scotland

Cassual Grammer

That beginning is such payback to the beans thing and the D.S. (treading so carefully) from campaign 3. Wild. Awesome.

Kelley

"My internal life is too powerful" another incredible episode

Eons Abroad

Every episode Murph let's a lil more Pendergreens slip out in his Zudric performance and I love it 🤣

WanderingRobot

I don't feel that "rod willing" got laugh it deserved.

Tavitafish

The beginning of this episode is the next incarnation of dragons genitals

Syf Sloane

jobby in scotland means a poop so jade jobbies took me out

Li I

Accidentally stayed for the thank yous to the circle of elders. The amount of people called honor the cock is insane

Bills Mcblow

Man that is a twin peaks as hell song 13 minutes in

Hugo Wull

You simply must honor the cock!

Hermit

Grimdark ? More like GRINdark

Alexis

Emily, I made a Spotify playlist of your vocal songs and have been listening to it on repeat for weeks, so it was on my front page immediately when it came out. I’m not even done with C3 yet but I couldn’t wait to listen. Amazing job as always!

Hostage4hire

There’s just something about these three going off on tangents and Jakes quiet god dammits that feed my soul

womp

Boggy has gotta be my favorite Caldwell character lol

Travis Rees

You guys make me feel so good. Your energy is so infectious and wonderful and hilarious. And I really love Skaldova and Jake DM'ing. 10/10 love you guys

AJ 🔮

OH ANGELO

Matt Kilsby

Wellie might be my favourite Emily character to date, and that’s saying something

Amanda M

I love how petty Zudrick is lol

Amanda M

That might just be a Murph thing

Isaiah

I find myself listening to these at least three times each to make sure I don't miss anything from giggling so much 😂

evan aka the super cockler

zudrick being a rough 25 is the funniest possible thing murph could have ever done for his character. It just wouldnt hit the same if he was like 30 or even 27. Instead he’s perfectly mid 20s and it’s glorious

Jarod Brumley

Jake's been doing such a good job. So proud to see him flourishing!

Melissa Shilale

“Ham damn thank you ma’am”, all hail worm wife 👑

Emma Franks

welly 🤝 me feeling a bit queer

SlainSigny

skaldova has the same problem as C1 wherein it’s impossible to pick my favorite character because it changes literally by the minute

Scott Specht

His scene descriptions are wonderful

Robert

Anyone else picture Welly as looking exactly like Ariana Grande’s Little Antonio from SNL?

Darby Tyler

Whoever spoke most recently

SlainSigny

unironically how it works

Roo

I'm loving absolutely everything about this campaign - the characters and their dynamic, the DMing, and I also really want to shout out the piano music in this ep while Jake is describing the great hall. It's both beautiful and eerie in a really fabulous way and I'm totally here for it.

Becca_rebaker

11 minutes in and they haven't gotten in the castle yet. 🤣🤣 poor Jake

Peter

Loving the campaign so far. Great DMing Jake.

syzmon

i have this irrational fear that now he's going to take off his helmet and be super freaking hot😂😂😂

Emster V

Man I can NOT get enough of this campaign. It is so lovely to see Jake stretch his wings with DMing (doing a great job!), Murph on the other side of the table (able bring out his loose and playful side!), Lovvving both Caldwell and Emily's characters as well. It's got such a playful vibe (although a lot of that has to do with early campaign stakes levels).

Lindsay

Please note that a man being hanged and a man being hung mean two very different things 😂

Courtney F.

Em! We found them and we love them!!! Thank you for sharing!! 😍❤️

thedragonllama

I am imagining closer to Draco Malloy from A Very Potter Musical lol both work in dif ways tho

thedragonllama

I could easily listen to somewhere in the range of 25-45 eps of these guys

Josh Stadtmiller

I would read any fantasy or science fiction novel written by Jake with these artful descriptions. I knew he was a writer but I had no clue his talent stretched so far into other genres. How seamlessly he can go between improvised comedy and back to a detailed fantasy world just goes to show how much experience he has.

Alexis

I often hum “A Gloaming Lullaby” to myself and my cat will walk up to me and meow

AlbireoRising

I love Jake's description of the pit trap at the beginning. He "gives them the answer" without actually giving them the answer on the nat twenty. Edit: he does it again with the secret door in the library! So good.

AlbireoRising

Also I love that Murph built a character who can in-character call mechanics like the pit trap and the tentacle-piranha combo. He always does a good job of creating characters who let him be himself.

Gabriel

I absolutely need to hear more about flute boy 😄

Nitzan Harel

I listened to Lullabies from the Wild Side the day it came out and it brought me to tears! All of those songs are wonderful!

Reece Brogden

Longest John being “hung” is so funny, since it’s grammatically wrong it can be inferred that he had a long …

Brad Slavin

Longest Tom is the hardest I’ve laughed at anything NADDPOD. Redownloaded the Patreon app so I could leave this comment. Just absolute deadpan perfection at the dumbest throwaway joke. This podcast has brought me joy for years, so glad to be current and share this silly moment.

vrtx

Absolutely loving this new campaign! Great job first time DM Jack! Also loving the vibe of the PCs, we’ve never had this combo before!

Grass

I listen to Emily’s lullabies all the time :)

Rafael C

not that I intend to have children, but if I did they would absolutely be brought up listening to Lullabies from the Wild Side (along with the rest of Em's magic-imbued music!!) btw Skaldova has been an incredible vibe so far, tysm folks! keep it up!!

Chris Truex

Pushed to the limit, he finally lets out his battle cry... :YOU FREAKIN' KNOBS"

Eons Abroad

Next episode, Welly gets knocked out and you hear Murph tell Jake "I run over to her and start pouring a freakin Gatorade frost down her gullet. We were supposed go go back to hell and play Diddy Kong racing after this!!"

Mr. Serpentarius

Jake is killing it on this campaign. Also every character is an A+

Lisa Vee

Wow absolutely adore the descriptions of this castle.

Erik Farrar

My only gripe so far is that Jake's imagery and descriptions are so great, I wish he'd slow down his delivery a bit. I realize he's probably trying to get through to the role play but I want this read to me like a scary story over a campfire. So good.

Pali Endi

He’s got the rod!

roomwithoutawindow

I just want to say thank you to you all. Right now everything in current events is so insanely depressing and your show brings a brief reprieve from the haunting nature of reality.

Ian Mcilwean

Jake is a great DM. Emily Murph and Cadwell are hilarious in a parry together. I think this campaign is the most I've laughed in a while. You guys are great.

Ivan Gonzalez

The tone of “Hm… well… he was hung” was impeccable

Alexis

aw, thank you so much!

Sam

I think Sol and Beverly were relatively light positive characters, I LOVE Boggy being so dark and matter of fact 😭 Dying of old age in the stocks

Jenna Jones

So glad one of them finally said ‘Hamdam thank you ma’am’

Tony Cappellino

Same energy as Moonshine being a solid 29 years old

The Wizard Smudge

For Emily — I had literal chills when I heard the song that was included at the end of Campaign 3’s final episode

Nikolaus Cox

What I love about Jake’s narration, among many things, is how he can clearly picture the room he is describing in intricate detail, and then can so eloquently describe it using a modicum of beautifully-chosen words. His narration is not flowery or verbose so that a listener gets lost in the room (or reception hall) that Jake is describing. His first description of a room paints a picture in my mind, and as the narration continues I see that everything is laid out for Jake just as I, a listener, had envisaged it. It is such a gift to so succinctly and beautifully describe a place so that your audience is right there with you. The Hemingway of DnD.

Loren

Lullabies from the wild sides is absolutely amazing! I’ve been listening on repeat 💖

Joshua Miller

I may be quite off base but zudrik could easily be pendergreens origin story

Professor Pratt

Second run through now that the arc is done. Jake: The crows do have a hobby, “people watching”. Cricket sounds I’m dying!!!

dryptid

caldwell telling the best lyre joke of all time

Ella

30:57 revealing Longest Tom's demise was so perfectly delivered Caldwell 💀

Kathryn Martin

“Better to poke it before it pokes us!” sounds like something Ify Nwadiwe would say

Krissy Beck

My 3 year olds favorite lullaby is One Big Bed 🥹

Rafael C

Awww hell yeah

Compound27

I love these idiots and i use that word lovingly <3

frogwithhumanhands

The music playing behind the description of when they first enter the castle is so good that I had to replay the description three times because I kept listening to it. Is it posted anywhere?

Attention span of a Kobold

I know I'm a year late, but as a DM, I felt Jake's half-laughing "How dare you, I worked on this all week" in my SOUL.

Summer Tribe

Jake hates investigation checks lol

Jonathan

I forgot how much I adored skaldova, can’t wait for more

wick

Murph is in fire this episode

Walker Thurman

If Wells’s lust becomes bloodlust the carnal corner can become a carnage corner