D&D Court: Hot Farts, Boston Bards, and Drowning Barbarians (w/ Danielle Radford!)

The fruit salad scenario remains one of my favorite moments of all dnd court

You hear Boston accent, I hear Joey Wheeler. We aren’t the same *puts on shades*

I'm sad that it doesn't seem like any of them got the "cheat, cheat, cheat with apples and bananas" joke.

I did spell it as Bahston just for reference

Supporting Justice Axford and her desire to make water damage acid… she’s got science behind her! As you drown (ie not breathing) you will also build up carbon dioxide in your system. The pH in your blood becomes more acidic as CO2 builds. Source: I’m a nurse :)

Caldwell is on fire. I also like to cheat cheat cheat with apples and bananas 😂😂

As a Bostonian, I can accept the accents.

“Roll for insight to see if Blueberry’s a big BITCH” lmfaoooooo

Veggie tales minus the catholicism

I know who you are, Danielle! And that you worked as a paralegal! Mentopolis was an incredible season on D20!!

God i love you guys "fart in my toilet not my towels"🤣

Im late as hell but I have to comment and say that truesight has no effect on physical forms of obscurement, such as smoke and fog. The smoke bomb party was in the right. HOWEVER, the GM should have absolutely stood their ground and simply told the rogues that these particular devils can see through smoke and fog.

Why would drowning deal damage at all? It's asphyxiation. There are rules for that. Also it's wild that Em read the rules and they still got the truesight thing wrong. RAW, these devils can't see thru smoke. It's obscurity, not darkness. That simple

The overlapping boston accents, beautiful

There is precedent that suffocating is bludgeoning damage in the ruels. Spells that suffocate generally do bludgeoning damage.

With the case involving all the fruit names all I could think about is "DnD ISN'T ABOUT STEALING GIRLFRIENDS." from the other court episode.

Yall would love to watch 'Soupe Opera'. Fruit n veggies making art in stop motion!!

I think if you MUST put death via deprivation (like lack of sleep, starvation/thirst, no oxygen) into more specific mechanics than what is already given in the books is that you would be dead via reaching too many levels of exhaustion. You can die of exhaustion when going purely by the rules but it’s not any type of ddamage, it’s exhaustion.

HOLY PELOLI

I think categorizing drowning as a type of damage isn't fun and it would make me really tired as the DM

As a scientist (who studies hypoxia) I was actually impressed by Emily’s knowledge! Don’t worry I don’t judge y’all’s science knowledge I don’t know anything about podcasting lol

Pear at Pineapples party when they got caught making out with Blueberry: “I think Applesauce”

Acid damage makes sense for drowning as you go into respiratory acidosis (where your blood becomes acidic because you can’t remove enough carbon dioxide) when you asphyxiate but necrotic and poison are fun too!

I love Caldwells Boston accent so much 😂

This episode proves that pears are awful. Fuckin pears.

i'm in my 4th year of uni getting my bachelors degree in immunology and i second that drowning is acid damage!

That last punishment is a real fruit basket upset.

Why do they keep referring to Harry and Marv as the Sticky Bandits? It was a Home Alone one-shot, they were the Wet Bandits!

When tissue becomes hypoxic(deprived of oxygen) it will become necrotic eventually. Your blood would also become more acidic cuz of co2 build up. Water in the lungs causes your larynx to spasm which i could make the argument would cause internal bludgeoning damage from violent coughing and aspiration. That would be the immediate damage/pain when you are conscious and drowning. The acidosis and necrosis would come much later. Idk im just an emt

"And now you're getting baptized, and is that bludgeoning damage?" Tears of laughter

All the boston talk was so funny for me to listen to. In the 3+year dnd group ive been running, for some reason i decided that halflings have a boston accent very early on. And campaign 2 which was a very horror themed campaign, was set in the halfling country. so almost every NPC they interacted with in this wretched world of darkness and pain had a loud boston accent. it was incredible, especially during the intense showdowns XD

Suffocation deals no damage! You just are at 0 right? Oh murph is saying this as I type it love you guys

Just wanted to validate Emily with medical science: when you are suffocating your blood actually does become more acidic due to a build up of carbon dioxide which forms an acid when dissolved in water!

For drowning characters I do temporary STR loss with 0 resulting in death still. It's to signify the lack of oxygen reaching the muscles as you're light goes out

There's a town in the Princes of the Apocalypse adventure called "Womford." It was originally "Wyrmford," so my D&D group decided the only way you can get "Womford" from "Wyrmford" is if everyone has a Boston accent. So now any time I run a D&D game, anyone from Womford sounds like they're from Boston.

I've been having a rough time but fart railroad really brought me back to what this silly thing called life is all about. Thanks y'all ❤️

As a Skidmore alum, I feel both attacked and seen

danielle’s casual “nibling” thrEw me

Not on topic: anyone else at the Gauntlet in NY right now? Where we going after??

I think the smoke bomb party was right actually. Because fog clouds dont create darkness, they make the area heavily obscured, essentially physically blocking vision. Truesight doesnt have any language about a seeing through areas that are obscured. Id say let them cook.

I think people who want Jesus as a joke in DnD just aren't too familiar with the lore. Ilmater is a pretty explicit equivalent (He's broken on the rack like Jesus on the cross, is the god of opressed people, suffers for the good of everyone, etc.) Baldur's Gate 3 is pretty tongue-in-cheek with it, as some of the writings by followers of Ilmater are pretty intense. Like they are obsessed with personal piety and guilt and one of the priests is super into whipping themselves.

YES, DANIELLE!! Also some of us do know you were a paralegal before!! Really glad she's here!

I love irish catholic boston wife. She is objectively correct and should be allowed to do whatever she wants

I already knew that I loved Danielle, but she had a really good vibe with you guys! I hope that you're able to have her back sometime to actually play with you, because she's great!

You could have the Christian God exist as myth. You could have the Christian religion exist, the faith exist, but God not exist, you know?

Ay Ma! check out my wizaaad and his wicked Fiahbawl.

I think drowning damage would be akin to poison, technically you are receiving a fatal dose of water that is dealing damge over time until you can remove it?

I have an alternate suggestion to the “drowning damage” question. I see the effects of drowning being more akin to stacking debuff status conditions than as direct damage accrued. So I would probably approach it more as accruing levels of asphyxiation that scale similarly to exhaustion. As you lose get lower on air, you start to panic and get disadvantage on ability checks, then halved speed as your muscles get less oxygen and your body starts prioritizing core functions, then hit point maximum is halved as you start to get some cell death due to lack of oxygen, then speed to 0 as all non-essential functions are cut off and you go unconscious, then death. (I skipped over the third level of exhaustion and disadvantage on attacks and saving throws because I would want the negatives to stack more quickly since I would have asphyxiation set in only after they have held their breath for a while and have failed a Con save to hold off the start of asphyxiation.

I would pay for a Boston one shot

Couldn't stop laughing during the first case!

Remember, one player's "overreaction" is another player's "became despondent." Both make it clear that they're no longer having fun, one's just louder. Don't jump your friends if that wasn't established up top.

I was so excited to see Danielle on here!! Aggressively waiting for the one-shot!! And Murph, I think Anchorman is overrated.

I think RAW with drowning if you run out of air you drop to 0 immediately and start making death saves. not certain though

I’m down to sentence the cleric for being a tattletale

This episode was pretty bad

Danielle was great! I hope she comes back again!

Hey thanks for reading my question with the fruit names! The college is indeed Skidmore!

btw just saw that emily posted her new feywild EP this week! it’s PHENOMENAL and WILL be on repeat for the foreseeable future!! every song just absolutely gorgeous i can’t get over it! and shoutout to caldwell for some absolutely STUNNING cover art! amazing work as always, gang!

Simple ruling on one of these: DND is not about stealing girlfriends. Everyone knows that

On an airplane trying so hard not to giggle uncontrollably at this episode 🤣🤣🤣 So excited to have Danielle on NADDPOD!!

Oh my gosh, the wrestling one shot is finally happening!

If used as an attack, should a poisoned fart be a bonus or even a free action in combat? Do we have detailed rules for dispersal? Many questions to answer.

Great episode, however it would annoy me if I didn’t point it out so here I am pointing it out In the Smoke Bomb Rogue vs Devils case, the rogues are (probably) actually right that the devils wouldn’t be able to see through their smoke bombs, mechanically speaking. If we assume the smoke bombs are like these smoke grenade items https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/202-grenade-smoke from D&D Beyond (this assumption is why I say probably right), the smoke bomb does not create darkness but rather it creates an area that is explicitly heavily obscured. Compare this to Darkness, https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/2058-darkness, which if you notice does not reference Heavily Obscuring the area at all. It doesn’t need to because that effect happens as a consequence of another rule in 5e which explicitly states that areas of darkness creates areas of heavy obscurement https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/The%20Environment. True Sight is not affected by Darkness because the text of True Sight explicitly states that, but a creature with True Sight is not immune to heavily obscured areas or being blinded. I think this makes sense logically as the reason why a smoke bomb blocks vision is not because it creates darkness, but because it is something that is obstructing your view. This is why despite being a 1st Level Spell, Fog Cloud can be stronger than Darkness at denying enemy vision, although it lacks in other areas. With all that being said as a mechanical driven defense of the rogue, I do agree with the judges that it was fair to introduce enemies that were resistant or immune to their shenanigans and I do think that devils being adjusted to smoke due to living in hell is a fair enough narrative justification. A mechanical justification for this would’ve been to say that the enemies have Blindsight or are immune to the Blinded condition. There is even precedent in the Fog Giant statblock to have a creature that is explicitly immune to blindness from fog/mist/smoke type effects.

The "It has to be Skidmore, right?" brought me right back to the Secret Agent Gramma "Brussels Hookup," one of my personal favorite Adventure Book Theatres

I'm so glad Caldwell made a "7 brides for 7 brothers" reference. I thought nobody else alive had heard of this movie lmao

as a current vassar student you are right on the money this is absolutely a vassar problem

I know we’ve already heard a tiny bit about Jake’s one shot world, but I want them to change it to Bostin.

Murph is on track w the drowning thing: in 2024e, you can hold your breath a number of minutes equal to 1+ it’s CON mod. After that, you gain 1 level of exhaustion at the end of each turn. 2014 version is the same, except instead of exhaustion the creature is now suffocating, and just straight up dies after an additional number of rounds equal to their CON mod. In either version, there is no damage, so no damage type.

Love that Murph dipped his toes into the Chaotic water with "Fartrait" to absolutely immediately pull it out when Caldwell goes full Caldwell

There is something so pleasant about the name, Mr. Pack ‘Em Up

Carbon dioxide toxicity is similar to being poisoned so I can see drowning being similar as well. Also check out Cells at Work.

I really appreciated how prepared Caldwell was to make deep cut home alone references on no notice.

Now I want a scratch and sniff fart portrait in the living room to mess with guests.

The DM "compromising" in the first place is so fucking wild to me in the first case, these people need to learn to just say "no, that's dumb"

Honestly, a Hall of Fame DnD court episode. Five stars, no notes.

Hi sorry to bother you. Two points to make: 1) Danielle is so goddamn cool and I audibly screamed when I saw the title. Two: I am in nyc for the dimension 20 show AND to see my best friend. I LOVE D&D

caldwell: we all read the bright sword me (read the bright sword because murph recommended it): nodding (seriously though everyone should read the bright sword) (ps danielle is an excellent guest what a delight)

I can't explain the relief I feel when I see there's a new dungeon court.

When Jake asked, “Is there a world where the college isn’t Skidmore?” it was like he read my mind…I graduated decades ago, but it has to be, right?

DANIELLE ON NADDPOD I AM FALLING TO MY KNEES. She’s everything I could ever want.

I haven't taken a science class since 2010 but when Justice Axford proposed acid damage it triggered in me a (possibly false?) memory that lactic ACID is what builds up in your muscles when your blood doesn't bring enough oxygen to them so I think that might've been buttoned up??

DANIELLEEEE 🫶🫶🫶🫶

Oh my god, as a Bostonian born and bred the accents are making my heart clench and making me wicked hungry for some Dunks muffins

So when are we getting the all Boston campaign?

Thank you guys for making me read three notifications in a row all proclaiming "HOT FARTS!"

Feat. Daniel Radcliffe!

"Not you, Sean" absolutely DESTROYED me

Omggg Danielle Radford!!!! So excited 🥰🥰🥰

These guests don’t miss

you can hook up with DMs...after the frontal lobe developes...of all parties

YEEESSS DANIELLE MY SHYLAAA

Eeeek I feel so bad for Mr Packemup, if it had been an individual decision to turn heel I'd find it funny but agree that because it was a secret group of some people versus others it just feels mean :( I wouldn't have stormed off but def would have quietly overthought and been sad

Yooo I liked Danielle in misfits she is perfect as a guest justice!!

Danielle, yay! ☺️

DANIELLE!

between this grinch cheerleader and the grinch leading the peru drug bust, I really really feel like you guys are channeling or inspiring or uncovering a truth about the universe https://youtube.com/shorts/xdnH2NkT0Xw?si=MwJl0yq9cYBYpE_p

Losing it at the apple/banana/pineapple story

Love me some DnD court for my bday! 💜

be careful about making references around Murph, last time I did he bit me

Dun dun!!!

I needed this so bad this week ❤️

SO excited to see Emily and Murph tmrw at MSG!!!

I was literally just thinking about when the next upload was going to be like an hour ago

I’ve been refreshing all day! Yay!

Thank you guys for continuing to post funny stuff, I think we all need it right now 🙃

Danielle Radford?!? Hell yeah!

Not me thinking it said with Daniel Radcliffe for a split second and almost screaming "Oh my God" in a public setting

hell yeah perfect timing for the drive home 🫶🏻