Short Rest: Skaldova Ep. 1 - The Castle in the Cave

In reference to the 28th minute they are joking about Caldwell saying “I put the key in the mouth, does that unlock anything” What’s funny is in the next season, the Trinyvale x strahd season Caldwell has a moment where a key goes in a magic monkeys mouth to unlock and inter-dimensional cubby

Spoilers: I love boggy right up until the last episode, wherein the twist regarding his buddies kind of undermines everything that made boggy so funny. It's like the only narrative twist I've been disappointed by in all of naddpod. Wouldn't be possible if I didn't love skaldova so much tho

Welly instantly forgetting the plan during the fight and Zudrick going limp was my rose lol

Huh, this low key foreshadows Onyx putting the key in Piccolo’s mouth. Emily talks about having a bad memory but I wonder if some part of her remembered Caldwell saying that, prompting her to give it a shot

I’m so late and this is my first time ever commenting, but I started listening to an ADDPOD last year, I finished campaign one, I’ve started campaign 2, and Trinyvale, i’m running The Sunless Citadel right now for a group of coworkers. And when I was listening to episode one of this, I realize that it was The Sunless Citadel and I’m really happy that I started listening to this podcast, I didn’t think that I could adapt the story to my own image. I wish I had done that Jake you are awesome!

I keep forgetting this is a short campaign. MORE SKALDOVA! I love stories with low/ dead magic.

Hey it's my first time on the short rest. Had to join after being transported by Jake.

The crew gets funnier every campaign!

Caldwell, you gotta either read or watch The Last Unicorn after this campaign and keep an eye out for Captain Cuddy and his crew. He is SO Boggy-coded! But more churlish :D

There’s no way Boggy didnt ultimately betray his Buds.

All human fighters with Jake DM’ing is hilarious. 😂

Put some respect on The South Bend Shovel Slayers name! I will go to bat for my towns fictional serial killer!

Love the pull from Bewitched! Someone might've already said, but the daughter is, in fact, Tabitha, and the mother is Samantha. 😊

I just finished The Bright Sword!!! Thank you so much for the recco. You’ve never steered me wrong: Priory of the Orange Tree and now this!!!! I’m on a huge Arthur kick now. I even rented Excalibur 1981, one of my all time favs. Every great Brit actor is in it!!!

Boggys "steal from the rich so we can party in the woods" reminds me of Syb from Eldermourne after they give them the boat "I'll keep on doing what I do... which is steal from the rich and give to myself.”

before i listen to this, any C1 spoilers in the short rest here?

Thank y'all for the funny, one of the few lights left in this bleak world, sincerely, never change you beauties!!

I’ve listened to the episode and short rest twice I need the new episode ASAP

I think the character Emily based her character on from Brightsword is Palomides

I love how all three characters are so different but so narratively complimentary. Willie has only ever served a deity, Sudrick has only ever served paying warlords, and Boggy has only ever served himself. Willie’s adherence to an inward-looking religion has rendered her naïve but hopeful. Sudrick’s service to whichever cause paid him the most has rendered him experienced but cynical. And then there’s Boggy, who realised that the only way to really feel joy in this grimdark world was to serve yourself. But in finding joy with his merry band of bandits, Boggy also rendered himself vulnerable to the worst heartbreak of all: valuing something real only to lose it. Even though he’s so merry and blithe, he’s as grimdark as the rest. I’m sure when Willie and Sudrick are sleeping in the mornings, Boggy gets up, walks off to a nearby brook, and smokes from a pipe and, just for a moment, hears his old buds playing the lute and dancing in the woods.

Did anyone else think that they all left their weapons at the blacksmith and them skedaddled out of town or was it just me? I thought Jake said they left their weapons with them so they could work on them to make them +1 weapons, but maybe I misunderstood?

I agree that I like the new surprise round rules, but absolutely hate that you have to declare your luck points ahead of time. Feels like one of those things like the rule that you have to declare portent ahead of time that most tables are just gonna throw out

welly’s on that no-nut july tip

Jim Dale audio reading of the Harry Potter Books is by far the most incredible and a pure classic Check it out

Jake literally might be the most creative creation of naddpod and dnd

Zudrick has Cody Walsh energy, and I'm 100% here for it. Also, love that in the Jake DM'd campaign, everyone's a fighter.

Boggy just got back from a stint

Murders of crows have been know to form bonds with wolf packs. Where the crows genuinely scope out prey, lead the wolves to the prey, and once the wolves are done eating the crows can dine on the carcass.

does “carnal release” mean sir welly squirted?

I have been resisting to literally everything from start for a second time and I can not be happier

UUGGHHHHHH THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY I AM FLOPPING LIKE A FISH IN MY BED LISTENING TO THIIISSSSS

We definitely, desperately need an official poster of Boggy's Buds that says "Rob from the rich, so we can party in the woods"

Flute Boy 4 lyfe!

If you guys haven't read T.H. White's The Once and Future King, I must recommend it with my whole heart. The King Arthur story almost in the style of an early 20th century boy's boarding school/training montage. Very readable but also doesn't shy from the sorrow and the mysticism of Morte D'Arthur. Also Tom Bombadil gets on my fucking nerves, I'm sorry, I know I'm in the minority, my whole family is against me on this and covers me with shame and mockery. But I know a theater kid when I see one, even if he's immortal and high powered.

My favorite one of Boggy's Buds is definitely flute boy. I love that he doesn't get a name. I also hope he died horrendously because the idea of Flute Boy being turbo murdered just for playing the flute is so goddamn funny.

I think Emily’s character would love the bardcore versions of pop songs on YT, like birds of a feather. I have this cover on repeat and keep thinking of Welly- https://youtu.be/w0RFw0B8ivs?si=BvNsqkrzjK5pdBxW

"Rob from the rich so we can party in the woods" is ABSOLUTELY GENIUS!! I request merch posthaste!

I got the vibe that Murph was intentionally playing a stereotypical edge Lord, just to show how it can be done in a party-constructive way.

Murphy your character is very "goblin slayer" animal main character. Please look this up.

Welly is instantly a classic character, I lost my shit at "carnal release"

Jake, my dude, you are indeed a writer

I was waiting for someone to bring up soaking when Caldwell said the order of the oaken oar breaks their chastity by doing it underwater

This talk about The Bright Sword (which I haven't read), but it sounds like Emily needs to read The Fireborne Blade, that's a knightly honor quest.

Jake dming feels so right especially with the writing. I’m excited for all the little treasures they will find!

I knew jakes game would be funny, but damn I bought in RIGHT away to this setting, great great GMing. Emily's character as a contrast to the other two more scummy characters makes it so interesting and good god funny funny funny as hell.

Just here to drop off Grinch doin Blink182 for the naddpod fans

One day I hope Jill hears how good Jake is at DMing and she finally returns his calls.

Boggy has to be one of the most unhinged PCs in the NADDPOD universe. He rocks.

Great job Jake Boss

When yall said don’t eat the mud… my mom grew up on a toxic waste site in Westminster, CA and my uncle and his childhood friends literally chewed on the goo that came out of their lawn.

classic Emily brain. going to be a great character.

I hope this Cake Boss DM guy Jed gets to be on 8bitbookclub What a wonderful band of shitheads! Looking forward to this campaign!

Jake! This rocks! I'm so excited to hear more!

Shout out to the sticker set designer for last Bahumia stickers. A squire never tires sticker is on the babys fisher price swing lol

You guys also inspired me to read more this year, I’ve read nettle and bone and I’m working on the bright sword

“Rob from the rich so we can party in the woods” needs to be on a bumper sticker

THIS WAS SO GOOOD AAHHHHHH Jake you’re the fucking man dude. 6 seasons and a movie please!

Bunches upon Bunches of roses to Baby Baliff DM Jonk❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

As a proud rat parent, a canvas sack ain't gonna do shit.

I need so many episodes of this. This is so fucking good jake! You knocked it out of the park! These characters are mad fun too!!!

PLEASE GIVE US AT LEAST A 20 EPISODES. PLEASE IM BEGGING HERE.

I read the bright sword after the mixed bag recommendations and lord it was such a good read! Instantly felt the bright sword vibe in Emily's character and Jake's world. Loved the first episode!

Just finished the ep and am absolutely hooked. Really digging this world and these characters!

Just dropping into to say this was the first ep since I joined COE- thanks for proving you are worth it! Love this world and these characters already.

loooved the first ep. fun fact: my name is sabrina, and the other names my parents were considering for me were lydia and tabitha (beetlejuice and bewitched). happy to be represented here as a crow. 90s witch movies forever

With his gravelly voice and the way he's saying "Muuuurrrrrdeeerrr", I'm just imaging Nathan Explosion in dark souls armor

Bright Sword is good and all but if you have not read Don Quixote yet it fits so well with this vibe. Edith Grossman’s translation is really accessible and there is a great audiobook version of it narrated by George Guidall. My usual selling point for this book is the chapter where Sancho laboriously tries to poop whilst holding onto the reigns Quixote’s horse while Quixote is riding it. Sancho thinks he can do it without being noticed.

Boggy reminds me so much of Captain Cully from The Last Unicorn.

I’ll I’ll SOB

What a great campaign so far. I endeavour to listen to it all.

I have to say, I love getting glimpses into Emily’s practice. Charging her dice under the moon to her sympathetic magic reference here, all fun stuff!

Emily keeps using various pronouns to describe Welly. Is this a mistake or is Welly repressedly multisexual?

Welly and her two dads have such a good dynamic, I love this new setting. Boggy has potential to rocket to the top of my favorite Caldwell characters too (it’ll take a bit to overtake Sol for me)

I simply cannot wait another week for the next episode. Please release the full campaign right this instant thank you very much!

The bastions are in my 2014 version but it's really "yoy can offer this to your players and eyeball the rulings.

We need a ‘steal from the rich so we can party in the woods’ T-Shirt in the merch store IMMEDIATELY

JAKE ! JAKE ! JAKE ! JAKE !

When Jake mentioned always considering himself a writer… it reminds me of an OLD OLD video (maybe an early ep of if I were you?) but Jake mentioned a lofty dream was to one day write his opus and in so many ways, Skaldova is exactly that. I’m so excited for you, Jake!

Damn that first episode is so good, love the image of this trio

Ooooh "Roses grow in Skaldova" sounds like a song title 👀

Can confirm, one score is 20 years. I am enjoying this series already!

Hearing Jake tell me to unbutton did something special for me

I also just finished Bright Sword! It dragged for me at times but I'm really glad I gave it a shot. It would be really cool if yall did a similar thing for future mini campaigns where you all get inspired by the same book. I recommend Sufficiently Advanced Magic by Andrew Rowe.

Jake is doing great and I instantly loved the characters, wonderful job everyone!

Hell yeah!

Need some “Rob from the rich so we can party in the woods” merch now!

When they reminded me that this was gonna be a shorter run, I got so bummed, I’m loving it so much and already want it to be a full campaign lol

No spoilers but before I read the Bright Sword somebody please tell me if any pants get cummed in

Who got book recs for bird mythology?

“Rob from the rich so we can party in the woods” merchandise where

Man Jake you come along way from dragon pussies to cumming in your pants haha glad you pickled up the game and let the dice choose your fate.. can’t wait for more.

It always makes my day to hear Tom Bombadil getting the respect he deserves!

Love you guys so much for the excellent content and I've already stated it but have to yet again, great work Jake and the rest of the crew of course. Really looking forward to the rest of this story

Boggy feels like a one piece character to me

Boggy's voice kind of reminds me of Caldwell's character on The Rotating Heroes Podcast (I don't know how to spell his name lol)

Ok, I’ll listen to the ep AGAIN!

I must have a shirt that says rob from the rich and party in the woods

Zudrick definitely has goblin slayer energy

I am so excited for this!!

alright FINE I'll read The Brightsword

felt a carnal release when I saw this in the feed

Started bright sword today and it’s amazing

Why am I so fucking emotional over hearing Jake talk about DMing

oh hell yeah!!

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS OMG YES

Noice.

SHOUTOUT TO THE CORE FOUR!

YES

Bring me that sweet carnal release!

Oh wow