Skaldova - Ep. 4: The Dawn Hold

If Wells’s lust becomes bloodlust the carnal corner can become a carnage corner

Murph is in fire this episode

I forgot how much I adored skaldova, can’t wait for more

Jake hates investigation checks lol

I love these characters so much

I know I'm a year late, but as a DM, I felt Jake's half-laughing "How dare you, I worked on this all week" in my SOUL.

The music playing behind the description of when they first enter the castle is so good that I had to replay the description three times because I kept listening to it. Is it posted anywhere?

I love these idiots and i use that word lovingly <3

I was at the climate pledge for D20 🙌

“Better to poke it before it pokes us!” sounds like something Ify Nwadiwe would say

30:57 revealing Longest Tom's demise was so perfectly delivered Caldwell 💀

caldwell telling the best lyre joke of all time

Second run through now that the arc is done. Jake: The crows do have a hobby, “people watching”. Cricket sounds I’m dying!!!

I may be quite off base but zudrik could easily be pendergreens origin story

Lullabies from the wild sides is absolutely amazing! I’ve been listening on repeat 💖

What I love about Jake’s narration, among many things, is how he can clearly picture the room he is describing in intricate detail, and then can so eloquently describe it using a modicum of beautifully-chosen words. His narration is not flowery or verbose so that a listener gets lost in the room (or reception hall) that Jake is describing. His first description of a room paints a picture in my mind, and as the narration continues I see that everything is laid out for Jake just as I, a listener, had envisaged it. It is such a gift to so succinctly and beautifully describe a place so that your audience is right there with you. The Hemingway of DnD.

For Emily — I had literal chills when I heard the song that was included at the end of Campaign 3’s final episode

So glad one of them finally said ‘Hamdam thank you ma’am’

I think Sol and Beverly were relatively light positive characters, I LOVE Boggy being so dark and matter of fact 😭 Dying of old age in the stocks

The tone of “Hm… well… he was hung” was impeccable

This campaign has been positively incredible

Jake is a great DM. Emily Murph and Cadwell are hilarious in a parry together. I think this campaign is the most I've laughed in a while. You guys are great.

I just want to say thank you to you all. Right now everything in current events is so insanely depressing and your show brings a brief reprieve from the haunting nature of reality.

My only gripe so far is that Jake's imagery and descriptions are so great, I wish he'd slow down his delivery a bit. I realize he's probably trying to get through to the role play but I want this read to me like a scary story over a campfire. So good.

Wow absolutely adore the descriptions of this castle.

Jake is killing it on this campaign. Also every character is an A+

not that I intend to have children, but if I did they would absolutely be brought up listening to Lullabies from the Wild Side (along with the rest of Em's magic-imbued music!!) btw Skaldova has been an incredible vibe so far, tysm folks! keep it up!!

I listen to Emily’s lullabies all the time :)

Absolutely loving this new campaign! Great job first time DM Jack! Also loving the vibe of the PCs, we’ve never had this combo before!

Longest Tom is the hardest I’ve laughed at anything NADDPOD. Redownloaded the Patreon app so I could leave this comment. Just absolute deadpan perfection at the dumbest throwaway joke. This podcast has brought me joy for years, so glad to be current and share this silly moment.

Longest John being “hung” is so funny, since it’s grammatically wrong it can be inferred that he had a long …

I listened to Lullabies from the Wild Side the day it came out and it brought me to tears! All of those songs are wonderful!

I absolutely need to hear more about flute boy 😄

I love Jake's description of the pit trap at the beginning. He "gives them the answer" without actually giving them the answer on the nat twenty. Edit: he does it again with the secret door in the library! So good.

I often hum “A Gloaming Lullaby” to myself and my cat will walk up to me and meow

I would read any fantasy or science fiction novel written by Jake with these artful descriptions. I knew he was a writer but I had no clue his talent stretched so far into other genres. How seamlessly he can go between improvised comedy and back to a detailed fantasy world just goes to show how much experience he has.

I could easily listen to somewhere in the range of 25-45 eps of these guys

Em! We found them and we love them!!! Thank you for sharing!! 😍❤️

Please note that a man being hanged and a man being hung mean two very different things 😂

Man I can NOT get enough of this campaign. It is so lovely to see Jake stretch his wings with DMing (doing a great job!), Murph on the other side of the table (able bring out his loose and playful side!), Lovvving both Caldwell and Emily's characters as well. It's got such a playful vibe (although a lot of that has to do with early campaign stakes levels).

Loving the campaign so far. Great DMing Jake.

11 minutes in and they haven't gotten in the castle yet. 🤣🤣 poor Jake

I'm loving absolutely everything about this campaign - the characters and their dynamic, the DMing, and I also really want to shout out the piano music in this ep while Jake is describing the great hall. It's both beautiful and eerie in a really fabulous way and I'm totally here for it.

Anyone else picture Welly as looking exactly like Ariana Grande’s Little Antonio from SNL?

Nice rod

skaldova has the same problem as C1 wherein it’s impossible to pick my favorite character because it changes literally by the minute

welly 🤝 me feeling a bit queer

“Ham damn thank you ma’am”, all hail worm wife 👑

Jake's been doing such a good job. So proud to see him flourishing!

zudrick being a rough 25 is the funniest possible thing murph could have ever done for his character. It just wouldnt hit the same if he was like 30 or even 27. Instead he’s perfectly mid 20s and it’s glorious

I find myself listening to these at least three times each to make sure I don't miss anything from giggling so much 😂

I love how petty Zudrick is lol

Wellie might be my favourite Emily character to date, and that’s saying something

You guys make me feel so good. Your energy is so infectious and wonderful and hilarious. And I really love Skaldova and Jake DM'ing. 10/10 love you guys

Boggy has gotta be my favorite Caldwell character lol

There’s just something about these three going off on tangents and Jakes quiet god dammits that feed my soul

Emily, I made a Spotify playlist of your vocal songs and have been listening to it on repeat for weeks, so it was on my front page immediately when it came out. I’m not even done with C3 yet but I couldn’t wait to listen. Amazing job as always!

Grimdark ? More like GRINdark

Man that is a twin peaks as hell song 13 minutes in

Accidentally stayed for the thank yous to the circle of elders. The amount of people called honor the cock is insane

jobby in scotland means a poop so jade jobbies took me out

The beginning of this episode is the next incarnation of dragons genitals

I don't feel that "rod willing" got laugh it deserved.

Every episode Murph let's a lil more Pendergreens slip out in his Zudric performance and I love it 🤣

"My internal life is too powerful" another incredible episode

Anthropologist crows

That beginning is such payback to the beans thing and the D.S. (treading so carefully) from campaign 3. Wild. Awesome.

Someone please tell murph that jobbie means poop in Scotland

This episode gave me another favorite NADDPOD one liner: "Did not the lodestar guide the hand that painted these tits?" It's up there carnally close to "You were aiming at the shadow of my nuts," from C3

Can't stop relistening from the beginning on repeat, loving the fuck out of Skaldova ❤️❤️

“while I breathe I hope” - I knew this sounded familiar, and it turns out it’s because it is a state motto! South Carolina, I learned about it in the podcast E Pluribus Motto 😁 it’s a good motto!

Hung you say? That's why he was long!

Ohhhh my god. “Hm. Well, he was hung” was the best comedic timing I’ve ever heard Caldwell. Incredible. Boggy might be my favorite character you’ve ever played.

Love love love how silly the episode started and also how much Zudrick's paranoia as a character choice pays off in the castle full of traps.

4 episodes in and Skaldova already feels like home.

Random, but anyone else feel like Boggy wears a kilt?

Every time Welly asks Zudrick some crazy reason about why his helmet doesn't come off and Zudrick is like "absolutely, 100%, that is not it" GIVES ME LIFE

Zudrick is a true gamer this ep lol. Also good lord the campaign 3 B-sides are phenomenal

I just restarted C1 and in both campaigns semi charmed kinda life is mentioned within 5 eps 😂

This dropped right as I was heading home from work and the maniacal laugh I was doing during "hold the rod to the slit" was getting me some looks. Skaldova is so legendary already!

Love the riff on the long pole method of dungeon crawling. Done fully in character. Love Jake getting the full Experience from his players. Meanwhile, Emily's lullabies are on a Playlist that is just her, Chappell Roan and the Indigo Girls and it is getting heavy rotation.

wow, Zudrick is 25? (he should be at the club)

I was literally bawling my eyes out to lullabies from the wild side the other night

Zu Crew!

8 minutes in and Jake is having a Murph style freak out 😂

I think Caldwell knows that the term for rope execution is "hanged". I see what you did there!

The way I gasped when one of the lullabies played on my spotify shuffle in January and I was like THAT IS AN EMILY SONG IVE NEVER HEARD. Will definitely make it into my spotify wrapped again 😂

I am trying not to wake my wife up and Clunky keeps making me laugh. “Classic…the tentacle pulls us into the piranhas.” “Oh yeah, look at that uncanny space?”

Cody Walsh walked so Zudrick could stab violently into the darkness

We are blessed by the lodestar!

So unhinged to start ahaha I have been loving this campaign. I hope it becomes a longer length run

Ender’s Clavicle! The Ep dropped early!!!

I love these guys. The characters bounce off each other so well, it’s hilarious

The only good thing about being unable to sleep at 4 am: getting to revisit Skaldova! I'm loving Jake's world and storytelling!

This arc is so good and so classic D&D it’s quickly becoming my choice arc to suggest to someone new to D&D podcasts. Short, excellent chemistry in the party, terrific DMing and still so funny

So excited to have an episode to listen to on my 1.5 hour commute. Thank you murph!

"well he was hung." lmfao, just was so not expecting that

I am currently listening to Campaign two but gotta pause to ravenously consume Skaldova. CUMPATRIOTS OR BUST

SkaaaalDOOOOVAAAAA

Thursday night treat. Appreciate you Murph.

Jakes immediate exasperation is just so perfect

Ya hit me stoned, ya snazzy bastahds! I’m so excited!

PERFECT TIMING! Was getting bored on my long night drive

Right as I am going to bed

MY SHOW IS ON!!!

I was waiting so so much. Im very happy now

yess, literally the second I opened patreon to find an old ep to listen to at work this popped up 🎉

Absolutely fuck yes

When I tell you I’ve been WAITING for this drop

SKALDOVA!

Hell yes brotherrrrrr let’s go

yesss

BEST PART OF THE WEEK

The end of my shift thanks you 🙏

Just the way to end the day.

YES!!!!!

Let’s fucking goooooo