Skaldova - Ep. 10: The Chalice of Malice

Jake & Caldwell so you know for your magic bow! Cure wounds 2024 does 2d8+mod healing (not 1d8)

"This is my oath: let the fallen remember, my steel served one name" aaaaand I'm crying, Jake's writing is amazing

Boggy bud fraudulence is the worst twist in naddpod history

the zudric reveal music at around 41 minutes?!? EMILY!!! Insanely good!

"Sir Holden, we are knights, we have our oaths" is a really emotionally impactful statement to me for some reason.

Wait... what about a fake arm? I definitely missed whatever that was referring to. Lol

"prayer broken" "yes, if you unsend it within like the first thirty seconds or so, that's fine. gmail rules"

EMILY AXFORD THE WOMAN THAT YOU ARE! *swoons + faints*

Really like the tag of the Murph Stach call-out after the council of elders.

I love Jake’s DM’ing, but his constant misuse of “decimate” is driving me nuts

Thank god I’m over the sink. I literally did a coffee spit take when Boggy said “open your mouth”. Now THAT’S comedy gold!!!

Billy Poops!!

Not me shotgunning Skaldova on a road trip from STL to CHI and getting genuinely angry that I am now out of episodes to listen to…

Loved Jack's reading Bulrick death and the music in the background

Skaldova is easily my favorite campaign the crew has done, jake is absolutely killing it as a dm. The Zudrick face reveal, wellie talking down laylas bodyguard, boggys promise, all of it was so good. I think boggy is caldwells magnum opus hes been killing me

This is easily my favorite campaign so far! I'm so bummed it's coming to an end, but Jake you killed it!

Also Jake, absolutely killed the whole story. So far. The descriptions absolutely were killer. The string dripping from the bow like a strand of honey? The way all the little magic items came to life in this old magical cistern with the decayed body of a massive dragon fusing with the cave water? Beautiful, no notes. 🥲

Emily, go off. The music behind Zudrick’s big moment is so phenomenal. The low cello (?) below him talking about the the gauntlets. My gods woman. Same for Boggys sweet moment. So so perfect, someone had to say. See y’all at the Hollywood bowl!

Zudrick, covered in blood, announcing himself to Lila is lowkey dreamy lmao

The sound mixing is fanTASTIC for this arc! I absolutely love it, so immersive

I love hearing Murph Murph out over the counsel of elders read

Crow-Bro and his Corbillat-Wonder Welly, with Butler Boggy sitting across a courtyard nodding.

JAKE PLEASE MAKE THIS THE FULL NEXT CAMPAIGN YOU'RE DOING SO WELL I NEED MORE

Finally confirmation that Zudrick looks like Hayden Christianson

I absolutely loved Skaldova. This campaign is such a wonderful example of collaborative storytelling—Jake did an amazing job worldbuilding, establishing stakes, and breathing life into the setting with vivid imagery, and Caldwell, Emily, and Murph all had interesting (and funny) characters whose own stories made Skaldova feel lived in. There was depth to everything, and it fucking ruled. I relistened to all available episodes before a new one came out. I hope to see more of DM Jake in the future!

I’m not sure what the name of it is- but the piano theme that plays throughout the episode adds so much! It’s so understated but like haunting

having bulrick break in the middle of his badguy speech was so cool and cinematic. visual, somehow despite being audio cues

Looking forward to the next episode, but already wanted to say: Congrats on running your first D&D arc, Jake! It was really impressive how you were able to bring this world to life in such a short amount of time. I'm not even someone as in to dark fantasy, but you made me a huge fan of this story! Props of course as well to all the players! It's been really impressive how much character development you all could do in a relatively short timeframe. I think you all are also a big part of why this darker fantasy world worked so well for me. The world is a grim place, but you all look out for each other despite your differences and try your best to make sense of it. Really fun! Looking forward to the next episode and future Skaldova arcs!

I was in awe of Jake’s description of Boggy’s bow “falls down like honey from a spoon” i saw it so perfectly. great ep as per usual

Emily is my favorite TTRPG Player ever cause no matter the premise of the game her characters are always like: “teehee *Mix-Maxes cutely* 🥰💅🏾”

Would definitely buy a "Snake release hat" ... Whatever that looks like lol

I have tickets to the Hollywood Bowl D20 show. The welcome to the chungle mix definitely got me more amped

Anyone trying to follow boggy, bacteria is the least of your worries with yew! The wood itself is poisonous 😱

I just realized that according to Welly, Zudrick looks like a 25 years old heavily tattoed Anakin Skywalker, and it’s amazing and also for some reason very funny to me

I hope this has been as fun for y'all to play as it has been to listen to! I'm really enjoying these buds.

The reciting of the oath scene really hit hard. Jake has proven to be every bit as capable a dungeon master as the others. Love this campaign and the poetic descriptions of the world.

I can't believe they did Zudrich so dirty with the rewriting of William Shits' history smh. Welly has a suspect relationship with animals between that and the bird shipping

I don’t want this campaign to end!

Yew is toxic, no wonder Bogy's buds are passed

What a fantastic arc! A+++infinity to Official Dungeon Master Jake and the crew of Fighters! With a cliffhanger that's just subtle enough to make you wonder what's out there when they take her home.

I really hope to see a Caldwell rendition of Zuddy

Dayglow is my favorite freaking band in the world, love that slip of the tongue lol

no acknowledgement for Welly calling out Zudrick's Hayden Christensen-esque features?!

dayglow the band 😔

Please. Please we need more Skaldova

2 Crew, if you’re reading this, I want you to know my husband and I just adopted a dog and named her Moonshine! Like her namesake, she is a nature-loving sweetheart and doesn’t understand personal boundaries. 💚

This is such a well played and written arc. Every one brought their A game.

Welcome to the Chungle is in fact a banger! Haunting but hilarious

I got my tickets from the raffle for hollywood bowl, my friend &I are really excited to see Murph & Emily there!

I will pay almost any amount of money for this campaign to keep going.

The sequence from about 7:00 to 10:00 nearly killed me at work. RIP Crunchem's

Was enyone else hoping the dragon corpse would animate and the Zoo Crew would have to fight it?

The pause after “flung from a catapult into the woods” 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Great episode! I was so invested in the story I fell out of my chair. (I'm okay, just embarrassed because it was at work.) Anways, I've really enjoyed listening to skaldova! It's so cool!!

Gotta say this is the first time I've ever heard FLCL pronounced as "F-L-C-L" as opposed to "FURI CURI"...interesting lol

Can't believe they got Jason Statham to guest on this episode! What a cameo

I neeeeed more skaldova

Fun fact: Dayglow is also an alt/indie music artist from Austin, TX. He's got some pretty fun stuff - you should check him out!

Not Jake pretending he doesn’t know what caltrops do.

Please don’t let this be the end of Skaldova! I know Jake has a ton of shit going on but the fucking batshit energy these three characters have together has turned Friday mornings into an enjoyable experience lol

Hell yeah Dungeon Dude!

Snake Release and a Frog getting frisky... I mean polishing a gem stone.. patches please. I speak for many, we need this.

Didn't even finish the episode yet, but I can't help but think it's Jason Statham they are fighting.

I should check FLCL Reanimated out, I participated in several of those projects back when I still regularly worked, and practiced animation. I contributed to a Sailor Moon, Dragonball, and Steven Universe one. Good times.

I hope William Shits reveals his true green dragon form.

god this episode is soooo cool. also the music when zudric takes off his armour and it's like the naddpod theme slowed down is so freaking good it gave me chills. yall are all so goddamn talented and make such great stuff man.

This is an amazing episode. Holy shit

I hope this isn’t really over soon 😭 this little campaign has been amazing, Jake’s DMing has been amazing. I would love to see the Paltrops/Zoo Crew return for another adventure in Skaldova!

MURPH DID U PUT CREAKING NOISES IN AFTER U SAID "zudric shrugs" for the armour??? favourite thing I've ever heard thank you

The Skaldova Crew is so incredibly charming and Jake's DMing is very nice to listen to!

anyone notice the youtube music naddpod is insanely messed up ?

Feels like skaldova's already coming to an end sobbing about losing hear of welly for even a second.

I can actually answer an extremely important question from the last short rest! The Goo Goo Dolls preformed "Iris" in the rain at the Rockingham County Fair on August 13, 3014. It was my first concert and it's a core memory! Love the show and appreciate the work yall put in for our entertainment!!!

I’m loving DM Jake and I think Zudrick is officially my new favorite naddpod character

When Emily asks 'what rhyme' ahahahaaaahahaha

Snake Release hats now!!!!

As Brennan would say, "IN-CREDIBLE"

Thnx for posting xoxox Kind regards, Michael :) xox :) ooxo :)

I hunger for more skaldova father

ooo I'm in Europe this week so I'm getting to wake up to Skaldova instead of fall asleep to it!

The three of you weave these stories so well together! I love that Lila got the final blow 💥 Crossing my fingers for a Lila/Welly romance or at least a rebound for Welly 🤞

The pause after Boggy reveals Crunch’ums fate is SENDING me!

I need the crows to peck a ndw stick and poke tattoo onto zudric

That one brother monk was like an even more whiny Tred.😎😅

Uh my day has been so bad so far, but the crew never fails to make my day better. I’m so exiteddd😆😆

EMILY GETTING A SUBSTACK???

Dude this is so good. I’m crying. I love it. I need more. So many kudos Jake, and to the rest of the crew as well♥️

Skaldova campaign 2 has gotta be Crunchems coming back for revenge

Enders tits! It's here. I guess I'll take a break from relistening to campaign one for the fourth time.

Praise the Enders crushing thighs!!

Angry Ribbit for the W😂

Absolutely love this campaign so much

Great voice work man! Chills!

I am a woman of vice is insane and I love it

Listening to this campaign (while lounging in bed with snacks, lol) has become date night for me and my husband, and I'm totally here for it. We're enjoying this story so damn much!

"I AM A WOMAN OF VICE!" is a top 10 Emily one liner

Let's gooooooooooo!

Everytime I hear "your Dungeon Master Jake" I literally squeel with joy. I've been waiting years for Jake to DM and knew he would crush it but I couldn't have guessed what a good fantasy writer he is. Jake if you ever wrote a fantasy book I'd buy and read it in a heartbeat!

Oop

Wrongly charged with murphder

*Raises a non-malicious chalice to the new episode drop* Cheers!

I would buy a snake release hat zero questions asked

…is that a fuckin court jester reference? Damn I’m old.

I’m ready

Omg I’m so excited for this!!!!!!!!!

LOVE THE POD GUYS ❤