Ep. 12: The Watchman (The Road to Galaderon with Nathan Yaffe)
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The party picks up a new ally...literally. Nathan Yaffe (Drawfee/CollegeHumor) joins the Band of Boobs on a quest to track down a mythical being that could hold the answers to their burning questions: Who are Hardwon's parents? What's amiss at the Crick? And when will Beverly finally grow chest hair?
Music/Sound Effects include:
"Anguish" by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com.
"Harp.WAV" by RepDac3 at Freesound.org.
"Scary Ambiance" by ashleyxxpiano at Freesound.org.
"Piano Melody" by orangefreesounds at Freesound.org.
"Smooth Emotional Dramatic Intro" by tyops at Freesound.org.
Comments (27)
The episode of Caldwell’s last goof lol
2:07:21 Murph: "He could blow you off the tower and kill you." Caldwell: "So watch your mouth. Be cool, be smart. Gotcha." So much for that!
Bev: “okay so be cool, be smart, got it” FAMOUS LAST WORDS 💀
It's so heartwarming that even in fantasy, when everyone else is being mean, Nathan still can't say anything actually mean.
Relisten #1, is it just me or did Tonathan REALLY balance the party?
Also, you can really tell that Nathan thought about this shit before coming on the show
What a classic episode. Some of the best moments in this one!
I love that Murph specifically says "he's a god at the top of a tall tower and if you mess with him he might just blow you off and kill you" well before the goof
holy shit wait a second i just noticed something 🤯 okay so you know how even now in 2025 usually in dungeon court cases murph will bring up how he made this early dm mistake of giving players an over powered item that they never use because they’re saving it for a different point in the campaign of course referring to the professor’s instant long rest strawberry egg EXCEPT they ALL used it during their last battle (even adam lol). caldwell almost saves it for later until he realizes he has low HP and uses it. and of course juggling everything else and how the combat changed very quickly murph must have not clocked it in that moment. which brings us to this episode and it’s stated that this is their first time recording in a while (their words) and jake says “ive still got duttle strawberry so I’m good” …he’s wrong. I doubt this early on Jake was doing any note taking (sorry jake no disrespect but it’s just not really knowing the game too well yet) so he obviously forgot that he no longer has this item but everyone else forgot too 😭 So Murph what I’m trying to say that you can stop beating yourself up for this mistake that wasn’t actually anything because they used it in the previous battle as intended but alas the passage of time makes fools of us all.
also another naddpod lore joke that is brought up often is murph making fun of them for ever thinking the kobalds and bullywugs were ever working together and jake is actually the reason for that too. when it’s revealed they’re all in the castle together caldwell immediately clocks in disbelief that they’re working together just for jake to completely take control of the narrative to say it’s a faction war and no one questions him 😭
Honestly, this is where it all really starts. While I love moonstone and stunkbug and all that, this episode is where shit starts getting real. Love the pod. This is literally my 5th relisten lol, and I’m excited to jump in again.
The scoooooop :)
coming back to the beginning of C1 and hearing thiala is so funny XD also this ep is such a fucking classic
This is a legendary ep. I came back for a relisten of C1 but I skipped everything to come here and get the berry goof, the brown of the crawdad, and the scoop.
And OMG I forgot how hard "wow, nice Zune!" Hit me. I was a poor kid who was trying to get Zune to happen lol
The groan I groaned at Bev's berry moment (which I knew was coming since this is my second listen). Love the goof. Love the consequences. Peak Naddpod moment.
It was literally a major turning point in the pod. Caldwell started taking his actions seriously, and the rest is history.
Dawn of the wood block
Dawn of brown
After 12 episodes of ‘fucking around’, Caldwell finally ‘found out’
This is one of my favorite episodes. I think the butt-puckering fall was a good reminder, and Nathan is just so wonderful as a guest.
Every C1 replay, my butt cheeks clench up more and more leading up to Bev’s goof
He deserved it 100%. Thank god Murph doled out the consequences that he did in this episode.
"It's not your turn, you can't do anything." 😂 Man I remember how much respect I had for Murph for just straight up dropping Beverly. Caldwell and the crew had to learn to stop being completely ridiculous.
Yeah so glad they went on to be not ridiculous after this
Birth of The Scoop
Absolute goof troop