C3 Ep. 69: Siege at Summer Court Castle (A Faerie Tale Ending)
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Duck Team engages Jovyre's army and attempts to rescue the trapped Green Knights! Callie fights like a shooting star, Sol channels a froggy rage, and Calder avenges a fallen ally.
Music / Sound Effects Include:
“A Wizard’s Tournament” by Emily Axford.
"Sea Beast" by Emily Axford.
"The Feywild" by Emily Axford.
"Ode to the Archipelago" by Emily Axford.
"Bonkginya, Fia Bonkginya" by Emily Axford.
"Left is Left and Right is Center" by Emily Axford.
"Trust the Gust" by Emily Axford.
"Apotheosis" by Emily Axford.
"Escape the Boy King's Brunch" by Emily Axford.
"Mee Maw's Burden" by Emily Axford.
"A Tale's End" by Emily Axford.
Comments (181)
God my head hurts from the siege logistics lol (it hurt before that too)
Put those Gary Busey's in my mouth baby!
Nice
"tell me then, you bastard!" why was that actually emotional hahaha
God, this was just the sickest episode honestly. Duck Team was so fucking cool and the serpents were so strong and added so much to the battle. This was a battle episode that I was able to envision so easily as a kick-ass movie. LOTR battle-worthy 🙌🏻
dammit murph, got me tearing up in the office
Murph loves to shame his three stooges but he’s the one who, without prompting, said “suck to suck” ☠️
BAAAAALNOOOOORRRRR!!!!!!!!!
Oh my god, Callie is so broken, I love it!
One of the most entertaining and spectacular encounters you've ever put on. An absolute banger start to finish
slay robert
Damnit Murph, you have a cool Stag themed Knight and you name him fucking Robert? I know I know the name was decided in Campaign 1 and was Bobby at the time but still... Just choose another animal. Wolf, Elk, Bison. You can't have a Stag guy named Robert and not expect everyone to just imagine Robert Beratheon.
“He’s an inside kid”
Where is this Short Rest?? I don't see it in the C3 Collection 😭 of all Short Rests, I can't miss the Balnor/Bobby reveal one!! Yall are absolutely wild for making me care this much about NPCs btw lol
(Update I found it in the Short Rest collection 💜)
The way I started crying at the balnor reveal 😭😭
I knew it was coming but I still squealed in delight at the end reveal.
Why is Robert the Young stag not named Bobby? That is my biggest question this episode. In campaign one Balor’s son was named Bobby and his son Bobby was already born in the dimension he left and then came back to so he didn’t change Bobby’s name. So is Robert the young stag a different child? Did Balor have more than one kid?
Bobby is short for Robert, so is Bob. Like Penny being short for Pendark or Pendergreens or Penelope!
I had been hoping and hoping and hoping and y'all did not let us down with the reveal. I was just internally chanting "Balnor" the entirety of the episode, just hoping.
I went FERAL!!!!!! The ending is so beautiful!!!!
Literal goosebumps my boy balnor you have made my day
As my eyes begin to water on my commute to class, I share Emily's opinion of "fuck you" Murph.
Not me starting this episode when my phone's 69% battery 🤙
Get it guys?? The Weather Man "throws caution to the the wind" Ha Ha Ha
Literally said out loud “Robert the Young Stag? Cmon murph” then heard that “uAH” and screamed “YEEEESSS” in my car
I've been listening to everything since Nov of last year and im slowly but surely catching up and I'm generally afraid as I don't know what I'll do at work without naddpod but dice christ himself couldn't come up with better endings then these last few episodes Murph I applaud you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That ending had me in tears as I realized what was happening! It didn’t dawn on me until that moment. Bravo, Murph, for absolutely jaw-dropping levels of storytelling, and bravo to the rest of Duck Team for one epic battle!
BALNOR YESSSSS
damn finally caught up to the main feed, and with one of the coolest battles ever too
Massive shootout to Murph, who ends his campaigns with high level characters flying on dragons, because almost nothing else is cooler.
The chills I got as soon as you said “Halfling with an antler helm called Young Stag” were full body, Murph. I KNEW IT. I knew the timelines lined up and have been waiting for this since before the campaign started. As the topper to an already unsettlingly excellent episode, this was so freaking great all round. The imagery was astonishing.
NEAR TEARS. NOT EXECTING THAT. SAT HERE, MOUTH AGAPE. AHHHH
After listening to a bunch of campaign 1 I cried at this ending
Honestly I'd love to see Calder have Sol take a level in Barbarian just to reflect his bloodrage from this battle, like how his experience with the spore network inspired his subclass
sol would be so unkillable with rage, idk what level he'd need in barbarian
Is this what metagaming is?
This was an absolutely amazing battle! So epic!!
Awesome battle! But what happened to Likerish's time/atrophy breath
Emily and Caldwell simultaneously screaming "what" when told that they had been gone for three days just tickled me
Balnor’s Boy being Robert Baratheon is incredible
ok thank god someone else made that connection!! I thought I was the only one lol
I thought paladins could do up to a 5th level smite?
I’m not sure which level Callie’s bard/paladin split is, so it might be that at the level of paladin she is she can only use 4th, but still has those slots? Idk
The weatherman does WHAT, Jake?
Welcome back Deer old dad 😭😭😭
This ep was already a 10/10 and then murph exploded my heart at the end in the best way🩵
Balnor!
"it's gonna hurt for a lifetime" 🤣🤣🤣
Murph, my absolute dude. What a display of DM awesomeness both in prep and execution. Hats off to you, sir.
Ughgh almost cried Balnor we missed you!
Glad we got to see our dad finally
As soon as Murph spent time away from his meticulous battle mechanics to introduce the Young Stag I was thinking it was gonna be young Balnor or something lol. It being Bobby is so cute I love this show!
look i get why but it's criminal how fast we're all glossing over the dentist
That was honestly one of my favorite bits they have done.
Not me listening to the pod while putting my makeup on and then crying it all off as the episode ends 😭 best cry ever tho
Cool to hear a (lil) bit of kingdoms and warfare here from MCDM. Everytime monsters are introduced I keep waiting for them to be Flee Mortals monsters from the same company. They did the best 5e design out there imo.
Murph really said “Hehe funny number 69, I’m gonna make it into an absolute masterclass in combat encounter building”
I want those worm stats!!!
I'm not crying.. you're crying!
Seriously!
I love that Murph the God DM of Bahumia had to use the NADPOD wiki!! I imagine Murph in the Charlie Day meme connecting things with string to confirm things made sense. Such a solid DM!
HOLY SHIT THAT ENDING!!!!!
I got actual literal chills when Bobby's moustache was described and I knew who it was right away
SAME!!!! i got chills AND started crying
I accidentally got spoiled and not only did it hit me right in the feels anyway, I'm still feeling the impact. Impeccable Murph, I would have loved this even if it weren't buttoned up.
What's the book Emily plugged at the end?
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark - great book!
BAAALLLLNOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE WAY I LITERALLY PHYSICALLY SCREAMED AND JUMPED OH MY GODDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow i cried at the reveal, got my shit together, relistened knowing full well what happens and it still got me the second time again truly absolutely beautiful, balnor you beloved old bag man ;;vvvvv;;💕💕💕 also SICK battle, everyone intimidating the enemy with snake deityhood was fucking awesome and the wyverns showing up late is honestly hilarious XDD
B-man is back! Bud heavies for all!
Baggin it with Balnor, with Sol as the weatherman would be great
BALNOOOOIIIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOIOIIOOOORORORORORORORORO
Incredible as always
Made my damn day!!!!
the reveal at the end had me simultaneously crying and grinning like an idiot. oh my god
The man displaced through time finally got his happy life.
I thought the young stag would be Durlin XIII
SO BUTTONED UP!
Kudos to that amazing Ballance. Complex mechanics, huge beasts, weird lucky and unlucky rolls and it still came down to the wire. Amazing ballancing Murph you friking tightrope walker
Idk why I heard "The meatier witch" once and it made me giggle
1hr 10min mark, was that Beardsly?
The "Hell yeah" at 1:10:45? Sounds eerily similar.
You know what I'd like to see? This gang creating characters for a Warhammer game and just see what kinds of goofyness they can bring to it
Why did they let Murph roll those rallying checks?
Excellent Sode! Those mechanics worked out great.
I listened to Murphs "what the fuck" after Jake's intro so many times
That dentist death scene was so beautiful. Absolutely loved the reveal! Deer old dad!!
The second that the young stag was introduced. I was like. BOBBY!?
The Meteor Witch!!!
Nice!
AHHHHHH
This is the third time I’ve cried over Balnor and I will never forgive you
I love it when I wake up to a chonky sode
BALNOOOOOOOOOOORR
Not the dentist! S tier ep.
the ending is so buttoned up that i theorized about it way back in december of 2022!!
Shout the fuck out to Emily’s music, these beloved and familiar cues never fail to make me emotion.
did anyone else listen to this during the aurora? The lights were in celebration of Cuplliope, the meteor witch
Gotta crack a couple of celebratory bud heavies after that episode.
Balnor was definitely tailgating that battle
Peak episode - and on a Thursday no less??
I literally screamed at the end. Thank god I was in my car 😅
ACTIVELY CRYING STOP IT MURPH 😭💕
Epic Murph encounter. Right up there w/ C1 turasque fight.
Losing my shit at work
I had JUST listened to the pre c3 Hearthside where Murph is insisting that Cobb/Cobb ancestors won't be making guest appearances (this is not a complaint).
BALNOR RETURNS!!!!!
Dentist should’ve been cupped up, tbh.
Nice.
OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY HELP
I’m crying my eyes out at work how dare you Brian Elizabeth Murphy! All love, my god what an awesome ep! Missed our bag dad!
Dynasty warriors era
OMG how dare you surprise me with UNEXPECTED WEEPING ON MY LUNCHBREAK, Brian Murphy!!! Balnooooor 😭😭😭
I completely forgot about Balnor 😂(please don't hurt me), I thought it would be in relation to Cran and Durlin.
Am the only one who thought the young stag was gonna be like “Hi Mom, Dads,”
I SCREAMED
It's a good thing Saul had a quick swag session. It's almost no swag November
Are you kidding
I really wasn't ready for the reveal. Fully sobbing 😭
Definitely teared up at that reveal. He's back 😭😭 he's gonna like Kenna so much
Nice
charli xcx remix album and balnor remix album on the same day, the auditory gods have blessed meeeeee
bumpin’ that
Nice
I bow to my one king. Hail the bag boy!!!
Pumped my fists and actually cheered out loud in my car at that ending
"Balnor's Boy" is now canon 😉
omg cant believ he is back. doc who level time line shenanigans and i love it
Literally sobbing at my desk right now, I missed Balnor so much
Legit crying BAALNOOOOR
Omg Matt Colville mentioned! Would you all do a Draw Steel mini campaign at some point?
Cupped up in holy preparation for episode sixxxty niiiine!!
Hey, not sure if anyone from NADDPOD will read this, but I just want to say thank you. I think it’s gonna be a somewhat mental and emotional burden to know you are generating content so many people have come to rely and depend on. Literally in my office head down on the desk for five minutes then I realize it’s Friday which means new episode and my day got better. Thank you.
One of the best sodes. A true rollercoaster of emotions. Starting with a WHO cover into an amazing combat and dropping with a true tragedy only to be lifted again by our Bag-Dad.
Another great one. The dentist!!!
...Chicken
Pretty neat!
THICK ‘SODE!!!!
Nice
I cannot believe the ending. I felt Emily's "fuck yous".
Great episode guys! Y'all are awesome!
The dentist in this episode reminds me of that dentist in WW2 who fought in the Pacific
Thank you guys so much for all the hard work on the pod. Drop just made my night
Cupped up
nice
I thought for sure the young stag was going to be a pebblepot, but this is so much better haha
I wanna hear all the unused rhymes/intros that were written but tossed aside for the sake of a gag
BAGGIN IT?!
This combat is incredible, also the intro makes me think of Honk Bonk Figonk from Eldermourne lmao
truly the comeback we never saw coming
😭😭😭
Holy shit, I just got done re-listening campaign 1 less than 3 days ago and now we are blessed to have our good old dad back
Our Bag-Dad
Well thanks Murphy, I cried over the end at work.
i’m really really loving ode to the archipelago… the recent music has just been so lovely
the a tale’s end pull was already great and then it got better. and also what the fuck (/pos)
The smug “my ac is 28” is killin me
SIXTY NIIIIIIINE I'm darknutting I'm darknutting I'm darknutting
Guys I’m losing my mind
Murphy w the clutch timing
new C3 ep? released today? on my birthday? for ME???? YOU SPOIL ME 2 CREW let’s goooooo
happy birthday savannah!!!
Almost first🤓
Murph quietly pleading “what the fuck?” after “Cupped up and I suck” what an incredible start
I am having the worst day and I really needed this <3
an early ep that’s 2 hours You spoil me
Nice
Glad someone said it.
Amazing timing! I just finished the latest Rotating Heroes.
Nice.
I’m gonna cry if this is the last episode
Oh dang an early ep. Thanks you guys for this.
such wonderful timing
Nice
You just made my bike ride home all the better
Bless this perfect timing when I’m driving home from work!! 💚
It would be so funny if Murph ended the campaign on episode 69
TAZ: Balance (my second fave DnD pod!) iconically has exactly 69 episodes <3 !
Nice.
Some real throwback music on the list for this ep!!!