Trinyvale X Strahd - Ep. 4: The Funeral

I'm always impressed by the hilarity of the improv, but something about the raw indignant anger murph mustered into the last line of the episode really struck me. He has captured the essence of entitled asshole

Jake is diabolical in these lmfao “What kind of animal is a beef?”

"ironic" absolutely killed me lmao

I don't know if it was Emily who composed the music for this episode but it was absolutely stunning. The cello part in particular reminds me of the Dark Pictures Anthology

Jake’s taking me out with the beef and chicken feet

Hysterical.

Potativity was slept on, good job Caldwell

Nevermind me trying to do chores while holding in hysterical laughter at "Spudfuckers" coming out of nowhere. ...I stand corrected. Ismark the Gooner is gonna wreck me during this week's session (my group is playing COS and we're heading back to the village of Barovia).

It’s happened again; I can’t listen to this episode. I keep cracking up at (SPOILER, listen to the episode and subscribe to Jen’s only fans! He needs it!) and I just I’m coughing hard pretending im not laughing. This is so good!!!

I thought with the vibe they’re going for, it should be “Muah” or “Mwah” for Muahahahhaaa

I'm not used to the pod referencing current slang, Ismark the Gooner killed

Can we give a round of applause to Duncle for his Madam Ava voice, it's perfect and cool as hell

I swear on dice christ, right as Murph said " and mgmt electric feel starts to play". MGMt started to play at the Walmart i was shopping in. It was kids not electric feel but It confused me deeply as I paused the pod and the music still kept going.

I grew up in the 80s and every time they mention the Burgermeister all I can think of is a villain from one of those creepy stop motion Christmas specials that used to play called Burgermeister Meister Burger

Still laughing at the nativity scene decorations and Onyx continuing to ask for a cradle 🤣🤣

Insane energy. Wouldn't even know this is strahd until the last 2 minutes 🤣

“Ismark the gooner” has me dying.

Hmmmmm… I wonder if the character development towards empathy will actually happen. Or maybe it’s too against their nature.

If anyone is intrigued by the "Potato as a Bun" idea, you should look up "Super-Tubers" and the Idaho senator who is often associated with them! Have fun!

Omg, the Jens funeral speech towards the end is pure psychotic brilliance 😂

Just listened to the episode with Amir playing Yugo and he absolutely would fit in perfectly with the triplets energy. We need Amir back on!

*Strahd nearly kills one of you* Now do you see the mortal peril you're in? How truly dark and horrifying the situation? *All yelling together* you will never... triumph over small family BUSINESSES!

This episode made me laugh until my sides ached! Thank you Druncle and Triplets!!!! 🫶🏻

Like this comment if you also will lose your absolute shit if Caldwell doesn't draw Bucephalus on his next draw stream

Can I just throw this out there, I usually switch podcasts after the P.O.D. Chant at the end of episodes, but I've listened to every single trinyvale episode all the way through the ending theme since it debuted and I was wondering if anybody else loved the ending music that much and if it could be a possibility for future campaigns to have a closing theme🩵🩵🩵

Potavity!!!!

I can't wait to find out if they say "gooneral"

HELICOPTER TIMEEEEE

Listened to this episode and saw my first Fudruckers hours later. It was fate

Gooning finally made it to NADDPOD

YEAHHHHHHHHHHH TRINYVALE

Thank you druncle

I feel so sorry for anyone not listening to the short rest who don’t know why it’s a flaming helicopter

It feels immediately so ominous to see "The Funeral" as the episode title, having met these terrible people even once

The cards know the triplets and knows they would not go to more than two locations.

Omg. The triplets are SO AWFUL! I can barely listen. 😂

Caldwell really lucked out with all the Tarokka readings being at The Abbey of Saint Markovia. Honestly this one’s my favorite location in Barovia. Can’t wait for them to meet the hot-as-hells monster slayer Ezmerelda. I’m gagged.

The crew is trying so hard to derail this from being anything close to strahd lol

Rolling to see if Ismark gooned in the oats might be the one case where "yes, and" was definitively the wrong move

okay can we all agree that jens-z's creepy, expensive, and rare dolls are actually labubus

🎶 I said Ooh, Girl *bm bmmm* Shock with me your potato deal 🎶

Thusly does Caldwell enter the proud tradition of Strahd DMs misreading Blinsky. Don't worry bud, I'm right there with you. Can't believe it's not Blinksy.

It me indeed

Boy mom and shop pop

Great NPC voices, Caldwell!!!

It’s funny to be excited for Esmeralda, but at the same time know that by the time they meet Esmeralda she’s going to become, like, a lifestyle influencer that lives in a mew tent (which in a way is even more exciting)

Best collab ever!

I would go into a Spud Fuckers for the name alone. I would Ave a mighty NEED to see what they're all about

I’m high School the Soulja Boy was at peak popularity and I friend of mine broke his leg at homecoming doing the dance

I don't know why but the little hitch in Murph's voice as he hesitates before saying "That's not - ...subversive" was the funniest thing in this episode

The sound design has been so amazing as of late. The dramatic cape flap sounds built in as the big man arrived were beautifully constructed 💋👌

See now I really want a loaded baked potato.

Love how Emily's super evocative and vibey theme song for Strahd was played over him making a helicopter entrance like Jeff Probst

YEESS BLINKSKY MENTION! CoS was my first campaign i’ve ever run, it’s been really interesting to see Caldwell make it into his own!

Emily! You are knocking it out of the park with the music here!

I love Caldwell’a Eartha Kitt-esque fortune teller character.

Was Murphy purposely talking like trump during the funeral speech

It’s been really interesting listening to this adventure because I am three years into a Strahd campaign (as a PC), so I see where things have been streamlined or changed and I think Caldwell is doing a great job of tightening things up for an audio medium. He mentioned this in one of the short rests, but it would have been cool if they’d done Death House as well just because that is a CRAZY intro to Barovia, lol. But it doesn’t really have a lot to do with the main plot, so I can see why he skipped it. Mild vague spoiler for Strahd: I was very pumped as the ep wrapped up and Regan (?) walked in, because I knew instantly that he must be Rahadin. (My nemesis, lol—I play a half-elf evocation wizard who discovered that her father is a dusk elf, so she has major beef with Rahadin over something he did to his people at Strahd’s bidding. Can’t wait to curbstomp his ass when we get to the endgame… we’re about to hit 13th level and I’ve got a delayed blast fireball with his name on it. 😂)

Omg Caldwell thank you for putting me in your game! I just have some super minor suggestions. Could this other Ilana be, like, sooo hot and sexy? And also effortlessly charismatic? So vivacious that some might say she's even...alive? I feel like it would really enhance the story

Calwdell!!! Great job my dude that was a siiiiick way to introduce the vamp and his elf servant! I've run Curse of strahd a few times and this is such a dope telling. Love it!!

That description at the end was SO COOL CALWDELL!!!

Ismark the gooner slayed me

Jens has good taste in music if MGMT is the pull

I love these morons with all my heart

Caldwell is doing SUCH an amazing job with the character voices for this — the card reader was so perfectly executed. What a bunch of geniuses this crew is.

So excited for Spudfuckers merch to drop in the store.

NOWHERE ELSE, not in any other context, could the phrase "I WOULD LIKE TO LODGE A COMPLAINT" hit as hard as it did here.

This was insane 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I'm amazed at Caldwell's ability to juggle the intense mood of this module and the equally intense triplets, and still manage to zero into what they want, and use it to move the story forward!! Also props to Emily for engaging with the world while still staying true to Onyx, she really contàins multitùdes~🇲🇫!

Emily!! That guitar solo during the reading was so so pretty. The music has been incredible as usual

We have official made it as far as our party made it through this module before our GM moved and our campaign ended lol.

Ismark the Gooner

Thanks for the thicc ‘sode, Duncle

Spudfuckers had me cackle out loud at my desk omg

I feel like before every Trinyvale episode a disclaimer should be read saying: “this are trained professionals. Do not create PCs like this to torment your DM”

They make it a FUNeral (I’m gonna be shot for that)

he did the helicopter we are so back

Is it just me, or did the organ-drop at 29:21 conjure up some "Ghosts 'n' Stuff" by deadmau5 ? lol

The fortune teller's theme 30:15-31:15 employs a similar chromatic melody to The Dear Hunter's "The Pimp and The Priest," which I greatly enjoy

spud-fuckers gives spud hut vibes and i want to know why la improv comedians love potatoes sm

Oh damn, I guess it was a good thing we convinced Marina to skip the funeral when we played

Is Madame Ava a college of spirits bard? I play a college of spirits bard and I know her subclass is from the Guide to Ravenloft

Stop abusing the help action please

DS mk. II 😬

Blinksy is still a recurring feature of our home games

Druncle!!!! Could you post the tarot spread that's the triplets had this episode? Please and thank you

A rare murph nat 20? In this economy?

A natural 2 still feels too high to justify Ismark spilling his juices into the overnight oats. Caldwell was evil for this.

the gooning into the oats bit made me lose it

My husband is playing the new DK game and when I read the dialogue I imagine Murph’s DK voices 😅

It's so impressive how Caldwell can still weave Strahd into all the bullshit that the triplets are doing.

Dragon Uncle sounds like a character from a Monster High Movie

My first week caught up, the wait is gruelling!!

Every week I think how can the tripplets get worse. Every week a new low... well done

Fuddruckers is such a mystifying name to me. Are all American restaurants like that?

I’m hyperventilating

Goonsquad

Ask not for whom the Fudd Rucks

3:30 am drop. This’ll have to wait lol

Haven’t listened to the ep yet but someone on tumblr made the joke that only people named Jennifer should be allowed to name their children after themselves. That’s way they are “NextJen” and I immediately thought of Jens-Z. Can’t wait to listen!

WOOOOO right as i was about to go to sleep as well. Wonder how the Fuddruckers will turn out. Or Spudfuckers i guess😆

YES