Short Rest - Skaldova Ep. 8: A Friend in the Deep

Naddpod is the best medicine to help with a bad day.

“I had faith in Boggy….just not in Caldwell….”

I've been drinking Finnish long drinks all month I had no idea they came up! Just in time for skaldova season 2!

Emily said that Chartreuse is “the color you’re thinking of” but Jake clearly is thinking of red, which is a common Mandela effect where people think chartreuse is red instead of the pale yellow green it is in our reality

The critting on unlocking the door just to get blasted by a trap feels just like it could be a DnD court case. Like someone submits the case and they’re furious that the nat 20 didn’t count for disarming the trap automatically 🤣

CINNAMON MENTION!!!!!!

I NEED you guys to revist pathfinder with cinnamon and his twin flames

My dad wrote the music for EverQuest and I spent so much time when I was a kid looking at the game , wearing the merch. The mention just brought back such a fun wave of nostalgia for me.

For anyone who finds gemstones interesting, you should look up the star garnet! It's the official state gem of the Gem State (Idaho), and the only other place it's found in the world is in the Himalayan Mountains. :D

Haha, I moved to Finland 16 years ago so I love that Caldwell's tried lonkero (the long drink)! If anyone's wondering, it's a gin drink. The original is gin and white grapefruit, and the second rendition came out with cranberry. Nowadays there are a lot of flavors though. And Jake's not wrong... lots of Finns probably do drink them at 8 a.m. There's a big drinking problem in this country x)

I live near the Mouth of the Columbia River. Because the tide can affect the river up to 100 miles Upstream (near the edge of The Gorge), there's a large area that actually does change direction every 6 hours. Ships anchored near Astoria swing on their anchors as it ebbs and flows, which also causes the ships to face a different direction every 6 hours. (They always face up-current, as the anchor is on the bow) Sometimes, they need assistance to not swing into the shipping lanes as the tide is turning, so smaller boats go out to push them.

No you're right to be scared of Canada Geese. They're eldritch horrors. Or cobra chickens. My mom once had to beat one with her purse to stop it attacking my brother when he was a toddler.

I've not watched White Lotus, but when they mentioned the girl with interesting teeth I immediately thought of the right person because I also knew her from Sex Education

Guys, I know I'm super late to this, but Long Drink is Gin and that's why it's more distinguished!! Caldwell is being wrongfully razzed

Tidal Bore

Boggy Fact: Stilts were invented to walk in bogs, and stay above the soft wet ground. Largely used by shepherds.

Emily's wlw characters always make my bisexual heart soar.

I've decided what I want to hear most in this campaign is Boggy "pitching woo" to an NPC. Hearing Caldwell try to flirt as Boggy would be hilarious to hear.

I love all the botanical language you use Jake, It really brings something special to your descriptors. Stuff you might be interested in looking up though are things like Dodder and Fire-blight. Plants have crazy cool diseases that I always like to use when I dm.

Instead of telling people I’m bi I’m gonna say I’m a river who flows both ways

I'm always here for the EQ references. Ghoulbane was a sick sword. I still have nightmares of trying to Invis vs Undead my was all the way down to the bottom of Lower Guk to get into a frenzied ghoul group, and getting that message that my Invis was starting to drop while a bunch of undead frogloks drooled at me, ready to strike was soon as I appeared. No one can understand that terror unless you lived it.

In the early 1900s Chicago completely reversed the flow of the Chicago River, permanently making it flow in the opposite direction.

Suomi mainittu, torille!

I work for the superior courts in the NJ - and Fez hats lately are synonymous with sovereign citizens. So whenever I see one, I know it's going to be a time

Wow the spoilers in the and made me mad (just kidding)

It's interesting that some rivers can reverse with tides/flooding. I imagine that could only happen on relatively flat rivers (as opposed to those in/near mountains) or near the oceans. Fun fact: the continental divide (in North America, the Rocky Mountains) dictates which direction the rivers flow. West of the Rockies -> Pacific, East -> Atlantic. This has been your geography lesson for the day.

Swans are meaner, and more territorial than geese. And unlike geese, they have the muscle to back it up, if you're in the water.

YES Emily I was also admiring those teeth back in sex Ed!!!!!!!

"two lanes of river traffic" lmaoooo

Naked and famous is my favourite cocktail! That was my pandemic cocktail.

Please bring back Cinnamon and the Twin Flames! Maybe for mini/micro arcs between campaigns?

Did anyone actually believe Brian "Inside Kid" Murphy had a river story? 🤣

obsessed with the sourcerers being ruby and sapphire fusing into garnet from steven universe

I live on the Bay of Fundy, which has the largest tides in the world, and it does make the river flow backward! The Saint John River (or the Wolastoq) has something called the Reversing Falls, which is a waterfall and a portion of the river that flows in the opposite direction at high tide. It also gets more dramatic with rain or snow melt. Fun river facts!

I appreciate the thoughtful episode discussion but I signed up for the Patreon to hear you guess when the prestige came out.

Okay, weird question. Could you guys do an episode where you cut Jake to see if he is really made of cake? I’m kinda curious.

dragons can turn into people, which makes me wonder if this dragon had some alt identity. from the alchemist to the princess herself idk

Caldwell, I was envisioning the exact same thing for the river flowing both ways lmao

Spanish coffees were my Covid cocktail. It takes time but it’s well worth it

Holy crap I fucking loved Everquest! ^.^ The hours I spent waiting for Fippy Darkpaw to spawn!

I don't play pathfinder and know nothing about it. What superman equivalent character from pathfinder were they referencing when they were talking about Cinnamon?

My COVID cocktail was definitely whiskey sours, either with egg white or chickpea water.

My Covid cocktail was also an old fashioned, and then slowly just transitioned to whiskey on the rocks

Chartreuse. The only drink so good they named a colour after it.

omg I looked up Long Drink to see if I could buy some to try and it turns out I’ve been drinking it the whole time 😂 the one we drink says “Cool Grape” in big letters and smaller cursive underneath that says “long drink,” but I usually recognize the can by its blue and white stripes

Boggy has to be one of my favorite characters to date! He’s so funny and I love how such a simple mindset! “Whats this shiny thing I can sell for a feast?”

Please dealing with your shit is minor. You literally hit us with dragon pussy in Ep 1. That image has been forever burned in my head.

I agree with Emily. I love interesting teeth. I used to doodle when I’d watch dimension 20 and I had a little page of sketches of all the cast members mouths. Just to practice drawing different mouth movements. But drawing Murph’s mouth with his tight sort of half smirk was a favorite, and you could tell whose mouth it was without the rest of the face.

Canadian geese are dicks confirmed: When I used to life guard at a water park we would draw short straws to see who had to chase off the geese before opening and when it was my turn one of the geese was so mad it pecked me as it honked and I still have the scar on my calf 10 years later

The Hudson flows both ways! The Lenape name for it is Mahicanituck (sp?) which translates to “ the river that flows two ways”

Rivers Phoenix and that’s my river story. However I did grow up and still live along the Merrimack River in Mass and NH. I used to run along the Charles River in Boston in the 90s.

Canadian Geese hiss! I’ve dealt with them on golf courses in Mass.

Hey there centaurs! I live by the Kennebec river in Maine, and it's tidal. It flows north as the tide comes in and south on the way out. The water roils around aimlessly at the turning point. In the winter big hunks of ice flow up the river in the morning and back out in the afternoon. Thats my river story

The long drink got me thinking about a cocktail I discovered during the pandemic: the north Norwegian depression. 1 part Cointreau, 1 part aquavit, 2 parts gin, a dash of lime juice, top off with sprite, serve over ice.

LOVE a Long Drink, the only gin drink i can abide by

The canned Long Drink is absolutely delicious

Crow-tuah bitcoin, How I wish to invest now, Please do not rug pull. -haiku by me

Fun facts about Chartreuse! It not only was created by monks but they kept the recipe to themselves in a sheltered monastery in France and to this day they still take a vow of silence and make Chartreuse out of local plants (hence the natural bright green colour)

Skaldova map when 👀

Jake. I don’t know if you knew or not but amethyst is supposed to promote safe travels. So it’s kinda cool it’s in there

Got hyped as fuck when Caldwell mentioned the Finnish Long Drink but tbh he didn't describe it well, it's pretty much a boozy grapefruit soda! It actually tastes very similar to Squirt, really refreshing

I would buy a NADDPOD fez!

We had such a wild short rest last week that hearing this one talk so much dnd that I had to check I didn’t skip a short rest😭😂😂

A Finnish long drink is gin and grapefruit soda. The cranberry is just a twist on the orginal drink. I don't know if that makes it more appealing but I used to drink them all the time.

shout out to biking along the C&O canal!

For the love of God PLEASE bring back cinnamon and his good bois

Emily always is tuned to the good good shit with Sex Education, shout out to Ncuti Gatwa and Aimee Lou Wood! Also big bartender hug to Emily, Naked & Famous is one of my favorites. Here’s the recipe if you want a kick ass libation when you’re chilling in your Carnal Corner! ¾ oz Mezcal ¾ oz Yellow Chartreuse ¾ oz Aperol ¾ oz Lime Juice Shake with ice and strain into a chilled coupe

boggy is such a glue guy

i live by a river that does not flow/connect to an ocean in any way

I would describe the Long Drink more as an alcoholic Fresca.

Maaaan hearing my name be the name of someone thats a piece of shit and bad brother suuucks man. Feels weird saying this but i hope the cast kicks Braxtons (mine) ass

Amethyst might be something boggy is into because it was held as a charm in Roman times to ward off hangovers and being too drunk

The Naked and Famous is the shit. Equal parts mezcal, aperol, yellow chartreuse, and lime

Bravo to the whole cast! Loving these characters and Jake has made an amazing world! Amazing!

https://youtu.be/LI0GBaEMX_c?si=7no_4D2ib7Yvc9o3 since Caldwell didn’t do his second plug, let me sneak in and add one! deep blue ink uploaded a naddpod animation today!

Finland mentioned! I think every fin +18y has tasted long drink (Lonkero).

I'm curios on yalls thoughts on the new runescape game

As an archaeologist, I'm mad that I agree with Caldwell's last statement

I'm glad I'm not the only weirdo who likes interesting teeth

Welly is just constantly down bad

Zudrick's gone full yellowjacket

i need emily to play cinnamon again, he was so fucking funny

There was no boggys bud's story this week and I am heartbroken

I'm with Murph, EverQuest is still fun. I just made a new character in EQ2 after so long and it's great

I was thinking healing potions tasked like amoxicillin. That very tasty pink medicine that I loved to take as a kid

Murph, as a fellow hockey fan, the Finnish Long Drink was brought over to the States commercially by former Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask.

I’m loving Skaldova so much. Jake is such a good DM, I can’t believe it’s his first go of it. Welly is adorable, Zudric is charmingly bizarre, and Boggy is genuinely my favorite ever Caldwell character. Amazing voice, immaculate vibes, disturbing surprises. It’s the full package. Thanks so much for all the work you’re doing on this side quest. I would listen to a full campaign of the Zu cru

A game bar with game/drink pairings is actually a really solid pitch, i'd invest (some eggs)

Personally I imagine that healing potions taste like children’s liquid Motrin. It’s like a very distinct sweet taste that’s like good but weird but kinda addictive??? Idk I was mad when I had to switch off of it to Big Boy Drugs™️

Murph, you should try Pantheon Rise of the Fallen. It's meant to be a spiritual successor to EverQuest

Chartreuse ! my favorite liqueur 💚

@Emily I also save video games for winter and just indulge

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