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Duck Team faces Ultrus while Calder attempts a demiplanar jailbreak! Sol provides too good of a distraction, Callie gets stage fright, and Hardwon calls for help. Get tickets to our upcoming live shows at naddpod.com/live.

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Music / Sound Effects Include:

“A Wizard’s Tournament” by Emily Axford.

“Kingshammer” by Emily Axford.

“Forsaken” by Emily Axford.

“The Purge” by Emily Axford.

“Demigod” by Emily Axford.

“The Valiant Ol’ Cobb” by Emily Axford.

“Into the Fire” by Emily Axford

“Angels and Devils” by Emily Axford.

"Ghost Dragon" by Emily Axford.

"Shock at the Dock" by Emily Axford.

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Micah Edmonds

Let’s fucking goooooo!!!!!! Edit - Just finished the ep. Murphs encounter design continues to delight. This was such a great challenge for the players that pushed everyone, had great stakes, had fun moves and a big narrative payoff. You’re too good at what you do. Thic sode if there ever was one.

Clever Innuendo

Why must you tease my insomnia like this?

Fridge

Enjoy the early night Murph!

Kyle Adams

"Can't wait", but I did a clopen this morning, and now it's closing time again, so I "hafta wait" til evening again.

Sophie Buijsen

Thanks murph! Just in time to download before boarding my plane to NY to come see you at Carnegie Hall!

Jonathan A Backhus

I love that Jake brought back the energy at the start of the show. He deserves so much praise, but is sadly deprived for comedy.

Bryn

Why is patreon so round now 😭

Stansky

Go to bed Murph!

Kitt

Heck yeeeaaahhhhh

Hyena

Fr it’s been blobjectified 😭

Jen

Thank you daddy Murphy!!!!😭

Ren

Amazing episode as always!!

Shy-senpai

I fucking love Hardwon Surefoot!

Austin Rousseau

Their rolls are like my life lol, either a nat 20 or a 3!!!!

Hyena

Oh my god what an episode the start to the final phase of the fight was absolutely beautiful and I love the role everyone played in the fight especially unhittable gnat sol

Laura !

so happy about spotify integration!! one day i will figure out how to do that

BeepBoopMahGoo

Never got chills from a podcast before but when Hardwon wielded the hammer once again was like nothing I felt before

Chazaqiel

I would buy blessed Emily dice

Contender in the making

I had the same thought, if you go onto your patreon from a web browser you can link your spotify to you account and then it will appear right away 👍

Mark Connor

This might be one of my favorite story archs. Way to go players and DM!

Mark Connor

I legit thought there was a TPK possibility

Katy Tacik

A) This episode rips, I'm sobbing B) YESSSSS, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is my favourite book of the year!!!

Sarah B

Holy gods 🙌🏻 🙏🏻 🤘🏻🐸🤘🏻

Jamjam

fantastic episode! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. when sol survived ultris‘ attack by 2hp I audibly cheered in the middle of a street while on a walk. Very excited to hear dou talk about this INSANE fight on the short rest!

teapot

this is my favorite fight ever, whenever i thought it might be over murph amped it up with another phase. i was seriously concerned for the last full hour and loved it so much! the players EARNED this one <333 so so good to have kalder back... and what was that from calliope? 👀👂

Hannah

absolutely vibrating in anticipation for this short rest

Hannah

all because of the 14 temp hp!!!

Jamjam

oh my god yes, true! thanks mushrooms!

Hannah

I'd buy all of Caldwell's dice just to make him start his vibes over 🤣

Willow Gray

I was at work and had to go to a private room to cry while listening to this episode it was great

Mike S

Gods I wish I could design combat encounters this fantastic in my games... Murph is truly gifted at writing fights.

Grace Seiberling

On this day, Brian fucking Murphy made me cry in a Trader Joe’s parking lot.

k.allen

Not the Jaina to Hardwon throw making me tear up at my desk

Jordan Brown

That was so freakin good, murph don’t you dare touch kenna any more

k.allen

These Eps are making me feel all the things guys

Angel

I had literal chills listening to this especially with the queens hammer and all the spirit guardians. You all killed it as per usual

Extremely High Elf

Am I crazy, or should we be shipping Calli and Calder?

Certainly Not Brent

me listening to a very intense episode: love it, amazing my dumb lizard brain thinking about campaign 1 giant encounters: BABE TAKE ME TO THE GRUUMSH

Kuzon

of course Murph would roll like ass with his dice and then immediately crit with Emily's cursed dice

peace k.

Murph, you HAVE to stop making me cry at work, man

StayAtHomeZaddy

Can't help but feeling like Cobb is my best friend too.

PastaCortez

Do you know if this is also the case for the Apple option? I only saw a separate subscription available directly through them

Myc Giaco

What an incredible episode, especially for Jake, so many crits, good one liners, great rp, great use of spells, luck pts etc, and then also playing two characters in one of the most important sessions of the campaign so far. So great!! And then there were also plenty of classic Murph and Caldwell rolls haha love them Plus the hugest morning rose to Murph for that Kingshammer scene, so many tears for Ole Cobb, that bastard always keeps it light

Dan Hudson

From the first time Murph shared that Jaina was in the helm I hoped that a passing of the Queens hammer would break the helm. I feel like my fanboy heart was heard. ♡

Rachael Sainato

I’m not crying you’re crying!! “Sweet girl.” I’m literally dying this is such a satisfying episode. I love these episodes so much.

becs

this ep is CRAZY the crits had me crying AND laughing

Ian Capper

This is one of the greatest combats of the entire campaign. Hey Murph, how the fuck did you get so cool

Meletios

The part with Cobb made me tear up. Damn. Absolutely amazing battle guys

Crits

Oh this was beautiful. I teared up several times

steven eaton

Who's cutting onions, incredible episode

Chrys

I am requesting reparations for once again crying at work.

Kay

Murph you can’t do this to me. I was on the bus. I can’t cry on the bus.

Will

Thank Pelor I'm working from home, because I full on ugly cried from the spirit guardians bit to the end

Victoria Fair

Such a good episode! My heart was pounding so hard!!

Toree P.

Just had the same exact thought. 🥹

Jamie Matthews

Murph please!! You have me crying on a plane!! This was truly the perfect episode to have right before the 5th Anniversary live show-- it was the best blend of past and present moments in the show and it was so well done!! This will definitely be one I relisten to often

ThePob

Definitely one of the best, maybe even THE best, episode of NADDPOD so far!! SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU AT CARNEGIE HALL TOMORROW!!

ThePob

Also same!

Vi

I am absolutely sobbing, the entire scene with old cobb and aariox and everything! Murph has absolutely outdone himself, this is the last 10 episodes of s1 level peak NADDPOD.

Kyle Veach

This episode was a fucking work of art, the Cobb scene hit me so hard 😭

Sara Davison

Don't mind me.. I'm just sobbing over here in my little corner 😭😭💕

Nia R

Immediately listened to this twice in a row; love this episode!!

Britt Z

Welp... that's one way of healing my congestion. Nose is quite runny now...

Nia R

Also who else lost their mind at the absolutely epic description of Aureochs??? (Idk if I spelled that right)

Martian

Dammit Murphy sending onion cutting ninjas in this episode 😭

joel

maybe a perfect 'sode. thicc, poignant, punchy and silly in all the right ways. and murph you know how to make a scene MOVE. all my roses

Ian Reilly

Does anybody know how to connect the patreon sub to spotify?

heavy harry

This might be my favorite ep ever

Colly_wally_oxen_free

I started listening to this in public, I had to pause until I could get home to bawl my eyes out with my cat.

Fia (but not Boginya)

Oh my god the Spirit Guardians. Fully made me sob. When Murph starting describing it I knew what was coming, but still, I wasn't read for that. He kept it light, up until the end

Liu

Started crying so hard I scared my roommates cat

Keegan Plank

Oh man. I laughed, I sobbed, and sobbed some more. God damn Murph knows how to paint a scene.

Meghan

I don't think that you can. Please let me know if I'm wrong cuz I'd love to use Spotify instead

Ian Reilly

Caldwell said at the beginning of the episode you can now, but not how to do it

Jacob K

I’m not crying… you’re crying. 😭😭😭

Peter Macinkovic

Best episode of the podcast yet. Murphy is an encounter genius and made me weep twice.

Meg Shallanberger

A huge bouquet of flowers for Jake remembering what he's doing in 2 fights. I can't remember what I'm doing in the kitchen.

fangenstein

On all levels but physical, I'm a rubber chicken face down in a gutter... big oofs and big ups

Meapyboy1234567

(damn only 5 hours after i realize i posted this on the short rest instead of here) holy fucking shit. This is debatably the most intense (and best) episode in NADDPOD history. Also who else's favorite NADDPOD scene of all time is the Spirit Guardians scene?

Taleisha G

You have to look the Patreon version of the podcast up on Spotify then you click on it (I’m not sure if it was a button or I just clicked on an episode) and it’ll prompt you to support them on Patreon/ sign in with your Patreon and link it to Spotify

DC47

It was truly amazingly well done by all. I had freaky timing for this ep though. I started listening to campaign 1 again last month, and this morning I was on Ep. 45, Kingshammer, where Hardwon first gets the Kings/Queenshammer, then, a few hours later, BAM, he gets in again. It was awesome having the original time fresh in my head for when he caught it again. Totally epic episode, tension and action worthy of being a campaign ender...but it's not! Can't wait for the rest of this one!

Fridge

holy shit murph this steps just up might be the best episode i’ve ever heard, of any podcast

happylinlin00

god the way i cried for the entire narration of the spirits and then immediately laughing so hard at sol's rolls LOL you guys and the dice truly never disappoint

seda

I had listened yesterday but decided this deserves another listen. Yesterday I cried because of the entire spirit guardians scene and old cobb’s final moments today I cried (in public might I add) because of Hardwon’s final blow. You really need to stop making us cry constantly 🥲

Kylie

Absolutely amazing episode! You all are so good at emotional storytelling while peppering in silly bits and I'm just in awe. :)

Polina Milashevskaya

I cried In the ends with all the spirits.. thank you guys. I’m going through a really tough times and your podcast has been a safe zone for a while but essentially now with all the shit - I pretty much listen to you all the time because it feels safe and soothing.

Lilly Anderson

I'm glad I'm not the only one who cried, wonderfully done murph :)

Sebastian M.

I cried so much during this episode. Murph, you are a legend. This was incredible, thank you.

Chieftoad505

Hard one and Cobb good bye messed me up , and when hard one caught the hammer snow patrol should have been playing lol I love this game and thanks murph for incorporating everything from campaign 1 , gonna start from episode one all over again now and laugh about the famous sex identification on a dragon lol

Sophie Buijsen

Update: cried all the way from Scotland to NY. Thanks a lot Murph!

Eee.eeeeeeeeee

"Got that frog in me" was incredible, Caldwell, amazing lmao

Rafael C

Holy shit that spirit guardians moment was so fucking monumental. I teared up so much. The dwarf generals and squires and kings around the 3 dwarves on the field were already so fucking cool and then it kept going, what an ep. (+ Oryox [?] is so cool and I'm starting to simp cause we LOVE a huge elven man with a huge bow. He seems charismatic too!! He was giving me Opal SU vibes too, and I definitely imagined him from the back lines shooting this huge spirit arrow into Ultrus as the finishing blow when the other spirits were dragging him into the hammer!! [again w the SU refs, à la Alexandrite vs Malachite yes iykyk!]) Props to you Murph!!!!!!! Some insane DMing right there 🔥

Ruthie Pinion

Should not have listened to this while I was doing makeup I am SOBBING

Kyle Cruz

This episode got me ugly crying in the gym wtf

Martian Maneater

God damn it this made me CRY. How DARE you, Murph!!?

Cosmopunk

Holy shit Murph you got me welling up on the train. Such fantastic work!

Matt Kilsby

Was about to comment how this made me cry on the drive home and saw that everyone else is saying the same thing. Goddammit Murph, you brilliant, evil man. Everyone else on top form too - amazing episode <3

GrumpyPolarBear

Murph, your storytelling is amazing. I could hear the emotion in Jake's voice when talking with Cobb and I could feel it too!

egg

Finished up this episode on my way to NY for the anniversary show and now my makeup is messed up.

Sam L.

I was scrrrreaming in my car when Jaina told Hardwon to catch the Queenshammer! (And Callie almost calling Jaina, Jina!! 😂) Amazing episode y’all.

Daniel Koh

Omg this week’s episode made me burst into tears in the middle of my commute… 😭😭😭

A Brain In A Bucket

I burst into tears during the Queenshammer scene oh my godddd

Amy Boyle

IM NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING! Murph, thats queenshammer spirit guardians scene - storytelling perfection.

Tim Woods

Such an incredible point of not only this campaign, but the whole show -- tying together elements from first campaign with the stakes of this campaign in a way that didn't feel trite is genuinely incredible. The Kingshammer throw absolutely wrecked me.

Katie Lackey

🥹🥹🥹 “Hardwon, CATCH” ✨cue theme✨😭😭😭😭

Hal Martenson

Maybe the best episode you’ve ever done and that’s saying something!!!

Meredith Froehlich

this is probably the closest they’ve been to a TPK ever, but i loved this whole episode, best of this campaign for sure!!!!

Harry B

This might have been the single best episode they’ve ever done.

Kenzi Perkins

Fuck you brian for the hammer scene making me cry! Beautiful story telling as always!

Rei

Teared up during the spirit guardians

Jacob Buttarazzi

Dude tell me about it. Luckily none of my players listen to NADDPOD (I've tried to convert them, but alas). I'll just straight up steal encounters sometimes.

Mike S

"His home is wherever I am" is pretty direct. Definitely something there.

Jessica

It was very Thor, loved it

Donovan Breazeale

I've gone through so much stuff in this past year that should have brought me to tears, but didn't. Describing Hardwon getting the Queens Hammer back made me well up immediately. Immaculate writing Murph!

will

THIS WAS SO FUCKING GOOD

Kris White

Do you need a separate subscription for Apple podcast to access Naddpod Plus?

Aiden

Tears 😭 so many happy tears 😭😭

Paden

This was truly one of the best episodes of the whole show. If not the best! ❤️❤️❤️

Daniel Goldsmith

If I’m already on paying for the Patreon do I need to separately pay for Naddpod plus on Apple Podcasts?

Lee Blatchford

Best naddpod fight.... Ever!! I said what I said....🤷‍♂️ seriously... Emotional... Epic.... Tense... And Murph, go teach a class somewhere on how you do the magic you do that makes me feel things the way you did in this one!!!! Thank you too the whole crew!!! 😘

TisDrJ

Are all the 8 bit bookclubs on here too?

Jess Mosher

Interested to see what will happen to Calder and Jayna since they don't have firesuits

Queso

Is anyone else just getting the short rest? I'm trying to listen to this but the short rest keeps playing, not the actual episode

Taylor Post

I’m not crying, you’re crying Keep it light, Cobb.

Meg Hamilton

THE MUSIC! THE FIGHT! SO MANY TEARS

FlanMan

1:27:00 GOOSEBUMPS

Jack el destripador

Relistening and said out loud “So fuckin good. With the theme song behind it!?!! Ugh”

Christie

Y'all are so good at what you do, what an incredible episode 💜💜💜

Duke Orterra

I just wanted to shoutout the Spotify integration. It works really well for listening across devices.

Cy_ann

Like 200 episodes and this is the first one to make me tear up

Gobstoppable Goose

This show just gets better and better. So grateful for your art and time.

Stephen Enochson

Oh nevermind I’m dumb. Can’t do it from the patron app just mobile web.

Miranda B, Crick DVM

Incredible, guys. Cried during the Ol’ Cobb cameo. Thank you guys for always telling such incredible stories.

B

Great episode! So intense. Emily, your recc was on the list of books me and my friend were considering for our 2 person book club so that made the decision for us (especially since her name is Emily too). Consider your plug successful!

emicakes

So much ugly crying. So so good!!!

Kelley

"Calder's home is wherever I am." No one can make me cry at a moment's notice like Emily Axford.

Tonks

Someone tell Murph that Cobb scene was NOT OKAY!

Z

Derrick Collins

Beautiful episode. I got emotional with that spirit scene

Her Majesty, Claudette

Hey, I figured this out by linking my Spotify to the patreon accoun t, from there it gave me access to an exclusive NADDPOD channel with the content in it.

Doctor Ransom

I’m not crying, you’re crying! Damn you Murph pulling at my heartstrings like that!

Riley

I was saving up NADDPOD episodes and finally listened to this one after a bad day - these amazing storytellers gave me exactly the catharsis I needed. So grateful to the crew ❤️

mandy

god callie's SO GOOD

mandy

jaina being protective over kenna 😭😭

xeladonnovan

Now I'm just sobbing and making eggs wtf

Hashtaggles

This is the second time I’ve listened to this and man it still hits so hard at the end

TheWorstRogue

I'm in shambles. This episode is gutting and I love it

Robert de Forest

"his home is wherever I am" got me in the feels

megan

sometimes i don’t think murph will make me cry then he does

disky_fringo

Easily one of the best episodes of the show. What a juicy ep. Just a Sweet Blue Hole of great momes.

Mynne Maxine

God even on the 3rd listening, hearing the original theme when jaina throws the hammer gives me goosebumps

KSM101

The moment hammer is caught the theme is playing and then old cob voice hit the goosebumps I had and the chill I felt almost made me forget I was at work as I was just staring at my phone

Tijay Arnie

Goddam Murph stop making me cry

Summer Tribe

SPOILERS but Murph does exactly what he said he wouldn't do in an SR on season 1. major character killed off screen. and he still stuck the landing. incredible

Jose Lucha

Freaking unbelievable, Murph is truly an artist of a storyteller

clerby

i’m listening so late but hard sobbing at the spirit guardians goddamn murph

Myckeli

I'm on the couch, tears rolling down my face, and my wonderful partner rips ass right next to me. Truly a rollercoaster of emotions in that moment.

Derrick Collins

This is my third listen. I know this is Duck Team’s story but I love that Hardwon got a win and saved the day again. Shout out to Callie and Kenna for making sure he beat the DC

mandy

i'm relistening to c3 and god this is SUCH a good fight

Tommy Williamson

This might be the best episode. It’s in my top 3 for sure.

Aedan

You're mistaken. I think that was Kenna...

Grayson

CRYING at work. Absolutely weeping.

Malaki Parris

also tearing up at work on my second listen

Hipster

I missed Calder and his witty personality so much!

Hipster

Me: “Damn, why is everyone saying they cried from this episode?” *half an hour later* Me: *actively sobbing with tears running down my face*

Spades Pendragon

The moment Old Cobb started talking I couldn't stop the tears that came

i am a smapphire

Disuixhdhxiudhd almost done. All my relistens and hiatus ended up with me super behind, I just got here in 2026 babes and FUCK ME IM CRYING AT 6AM DUCK TEAM SUCKS LOVE YOU BABES

i am a smapphire

Fuck i...posted this right before cobb..... fuck

zizeksmom

That description of spirit guardians near the end is just beautiful. One of my favorite murph moments. Second time around was just as good as the first.

Myckeli

Relistening not even a year later, at work this time, crying alone in my office. First from the episode, and then from my own damn comment. Single again after six years (unrelated to the ass-ripping) 😅

L Dub

This episode is all time. Never appreciated it fully on the first listen. Wow 😭

El Morgen

cobs memory made me hardcore sob wtf, you guys are so good at what you do

Bethany

Doing a relisten and I read Adventures of Amona Al Sirafi on Emily's recommendation and it is so good. Emily, if you see this (unlikely) this is my petition to start a naddpod bookclub where you post additional recs. Or just make a Goodreads we can follow or something. Everything I've read you recommended has been so good.

Foxally

Walls up!!! *sounds of definitely not sobbing behind said wall*

Compound27

I thought for sure when Ultrus swapped with cultists, the Crimson guard boss lady (forgot her name) was gunna call bullshit saying others got involved for one side so can she.

Compound27

Murph you're a beautiful bastard you are. I did not have tearing up on my drive into work at that Cob scene on my bingo card.

TrailerPrkCryptid

Murph makes me cry real tears everytime we get the "forces of good band together vs evil" thing. The spectral scene with all of our beloved heroes had me CRYING LIKE A BABY DUDE