Hearthside Chat Q&A: Trinyvale x Strahd Reflections (and New Campaign Preview!)
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The Trinyvale Triplets gather around the potato buffet heater to answer your burning questions about Trinyvale x Strahd! Thanks to everyone who submitted.
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KOUIGN AMANN PASTRY MENTION!!! That is my absolute favorite pastry and they are so hard to find. I absolutely think em is that because it’s layered, it’s a little salty, it’s sweet, it’s buttery, it’s flaky. Just like how her characters are Swiss Army knife characters and she also gives me the vibe of being a jack of all trades. I think that fits perfectly!
Cartoon Rushmore: Ed, Edd and Eddy. Courage the cowardly dog. Ren & Stimpy. And SpongeBob SquarePants. I'm not gonna do a single character for each lol
Mark Hamill's Joker from the 90s animated Batman should be up there.
@emily everyone was way off on what baked good you are. You’re 1000% a beignet and anyone who disagrees is dead wrong. Beignets are irreplaceably unique, sweet, and, much like beignets, I inherently distrust people that aren’t a fan. And much like Onyx, they’re arguably, technically French, but really found their home on a weird, vaguely French moon (aka New Orleans)
Enraged to learn that my favorite chuckle fucks didn’t have Gargoyles at the top of their minds for best 90’s cartoons. Come on. Do better.
No hey arnold
Batman the animated series
Criminal that neither Powerpuff Girls nor Dexter's laboratory were mentioned
Click 2: Click-Clack
Justice for Gargoyles 😭
Spongebob started off running and is definitely a 90s cartoon. I mean almost all of the Spongebob quotes are season 1: "I Ripped My Pants" "He's just standing there, menacingly". The Pickle guy! I mean come on. Has to be up there
Murph's college humor sketch where he bellowingly cry-sings the theme to CatDog will be intrusively in my head til the day I die so I'm bummed they aren't on toonmore
Mount Rushmore is an eye sore? damn bro thats crazy lmao i thought it was awesome
SWAT Kats, don't @ me I always wonder me if the DM gets some FOMO missing out watching their players. The triplets have such a dynamic and campaign 1 have such history that as a DM id think I'd wish I was playing
Did they say you had the option to roll before events? Because I'd just roll for every lotto ticket until I roll that 20 and win big.
Emily is a croquembouche, and I will die on this hill
I really, REALLY wish that the new arc was done in something like Cyberpunk Red instead of wrenching 5.5e into something like this
There was a moment on the Um Actually ep where Caldwell started going off about Deep Animorphs Lore and Jarvis says "I can't tell if he's serious" and Em says, absolutely deadpan "no, he is" that I have to say I really enjoyed within the wider NADDPOD context
I absolutely loved Trinyvale X Strahd and I’m sad to see it come to an end, but I’m also SO excited for this new Warriors-inspired arc!!! A bouquet of roses for this podcast!!!
It's obvious scrolling through the comments that I'm the only one who cares, but I don't feel like the "magic d20 to determine the outcome of mundane tasks" question was given the respect of a thoughtful answer that other questions are given. If I had submitted that question, I would be genuinely sad listening to that answer.
thats how the scone crumbles sometimes unfortunately lmao
Mavris and friends would be perfect for a haunted house style death house run
When was the toil tumble they mention?
January 24, 2025! The Naddpod Twoyal Tumble with Danielle Radford :)
How do we not have Batman the animated series on the Rushmore?
I'm a 96 kid so more into 2000 stuff but my 90's Rushmore is Batman from the animated series, Eddy from Ed, Edd and Eddy (he scammed his way up), Captain Planet, and Courage the Cowardly dog. Very CN pilled but that's what I had
Only partway through listening to the bit but I gotta have some Gargoyles representation on that Rushmore.
@caldwell If y’all want to the perfect slasher one-shot with essentially commoner stats check out Vibechette from the Mothership RPG. Super easy to learn as a DM. Even easier to get into as a player.
Working class scone is the spiritual successor to city pigeon
Came here looking for this comment lol
Please do a realestate tour of stahds castle with the triplets
@caldwell and other note book heads: not only are field notes the perfect size for d&d, they also do specific 5e character journals (perfect) and gm ones (not tried)
Damn really got my own hopes up for more twilight sanctorum. I’m sure this will still be amazing as always tho!
Seeing the consideration for the Path of the Experment subclass is so cool to me, myself being a fan of the Crooked Moon. It's a fun class, and if you're wondering the base flavor (meaning without the player spin), it has nothing to do with classic DnD high fantasy, as it was made for a Folk Horror module. Think literal experiment, different substances being pumped into the character, your classic "experiment character" if you will. But, you can flavor it how you like, and that's very much encouraged.
You know i was hoping Caldwell would try the new paladin monk multi class you can smite bare fist now you're all might lol but to be fair he's done both so far
Is there something I’m missing? I don’t understand how this could work. You need 13 in strength, charisma, Dex, and wisdom to multi class which is brutal bc now you have to dump CON as a front liner. But, assuming you roll really well on stats and it’s not a problem, I don’t understand what you get out of it (other than cool flavor!) since you need a bonus action to do your paladin smites and a bonus action to do your monk punches. But in 5.5 paladins can take any fighting style so you could take unarmed fighting and totally be a punchy paladin.
This is the smallest thing, but I'm sorry cruller and churros are not similar. The doughs are different, the crumb is different, one is iced and one isn't, the shapes are different.
SWAT cats not even getting an honorable mention for the 90s toons 🥲
Tommy Pickles is a L E A D E R
Ya’ll. Emily is 100% a Morning Glory muffin. Unassuming on the outside, humble even, but every bite delightful and surprising. It’s got it all—healthy enough to be breakfast, sweet enough to be an afternoon treat—and because it’s got so many different ingredients you never know exactly what you’re going to get. Perfection!
Courage the Cowardly Dog!
Twwwooooooo Crewwwwww come out to plllaaayyyyyy
While I loved the Royal Rumble take on the NADDPOD Shit-o-verse, here's a pitch: Murph takes the helm as a "DEATH IS ON THE TaBLLLeeeeEEE!!!" style DM and the others play as the various Shit-o-verse characters trying to survive a one-shot that is stacked against them. I'm thinking full-on brutal consequences for low rolls. Austin Powers rolls a 1 to charm a tavern maid and is put into a chokehold. Hamburgler tries to take off with some bar food and gets an angry mob thrown at him. Essentially the worst of DM behavior versus the worst of player behavior. Probably too much effort for a stupid in-joke but I think it could be hilarious.
90's Mount Toonsmore [for shows that originally debuted in the 90s]: Spinelli (Recess) - Pinky (Pinky & The Brain) - Wolverine (X-Men: The Animated Series) - Bruce Wayne/Batman (Batman: The Animated Series)
Mount Toonsmore: Wolverine (Xmen), Bob (Reboot), Brain (Pinky and the Brain), Arnold (Hey Arnold)
Are scones just the pigeon of the pastry world?
I would agree for Anglo (proper :P ) scones. American scones seem to be like a savoury cake with toppings.
Hoping so hard for a juicy rat PC it's all we've ever wanted
i remember the idea of a The Warriors style campaign coming up a bit ago because i had just watched it and had the same idea, so super excited to see this take
No Cartoon Network/Hanna-Barbera rep on Brushmore is an outrage. I demand a mixed bag.
Chip & Dale are one. The ones who don't know, agree with Emily and Jake.
If Murph is gonna have so many opinions, then he should just be executive producer. I insist. 😂
TJ Detweiller snubbed?? Inexcusable.
We definitely need a Mount Rushmore mixed bag with different topics
So excited for the next campaign. I’d love it if someday they do a Shadowrun campaign.
I feel like a cartoon doesnt have to have premiered in the 90s to be on the mt Rushmore. Reruns used to be a thing.
Yelling "LET GO OF ME" is soooo underrated
Arthur, Pikachu, Ms. Frizzle, and...I hate to say this, but I think it might be Arnold from Hey Arnold Sorry to Goku, Blue, Courage, Dexter, Spiderman and Batman
Goku is '80s anyway. Not here he wasn't but still. I would argue a technicality for Spider-Man and Batman but TAS and the Spider-Man series from the '90s were both extremely solid.
PLEASE do another Twroyal Twumble (or something similar); I love that one SO much!!!
same here. I was hesitant bc i don’t know anything about wrestling but it was hilarious!
Now I know what Caldwell is drawing next stream.
No mention of batman the animated series??
The OG stitch is cool and all, but the NADDPOD stitch has a certain Gen X sais quoi
Goku, Bart Simpson, Michelangelo and Pikachu is the correct answer btw
Caldwell never beating the Gadget Lover allegations.
Mount Brushmore was a stroke of genius
The new campaign sounds super fun! You guys should take a look at the Cyberpunk Red TTPRG and consider using some or all of the rules and mechanics from that
I've always really wanted to see them play 2020
Can't believe my question got chosen! So glad to contribute to a small Murph freakout moment. Please do a full Mixed Bag on Mount Toonsmore
twilight sanctorum mention!!!!!!!
There's gotta be representatives from x men, batman, and dragon ball z!
I was hoping path of giant barbarian
Glad to finally get Caldwell saying “blowey blowey” on the record
Jake should look into artificer/pugalist for the next campaign
@caldwell the Valdas gunslinger is basically a rogue and theres a spell slinger subclass @jake ive always wanted to multiclass artificer and bladessong and use INT for both AC and attack 😅
Oh dang, I'm gonna check that out! ~Caldwell
I feel like they missed an opportunity with the Rolling a d20 for IRL Situations section because if it was optional, you could use it for creative endeavors where you just discard anything under, say, a 15 and become a world renowned artist and blowjob receiver
Caldwell is a cinnamon roll, Emily is zucchini or banana bread, and Murph is an Italian roll or English muffin
I'm sorry, your not going to use... Cyberpunk for the cyberpunk setting?
I know… I was so excited when they said it was going to be a cyberpunk campaign and then as soon as Murph said they’re gonna be level 6 I realized it was going to be reflavored dnd and deflated a little
Mt. Rushmore is BATMAN, Yakko, SpongeBob and Courage!
I can’t believe this is on the main feed XD this is absolute mixed bag energy
This is Cartoon Network erasure and it cannot stand. Dexter? Powerpuff Girls? JOHNNY BRAVO. IM SHAKEN.
Doug is not Nickelodeon!
Except it is?
Freakazoid gotta be on that Mount Rushmore!
Biker Mice from Neo-Galaderon?
I just did a god damned spit take on “road head” and sprayed the inside of my windshield. What do you think I rolled? You bastards!!! Love!!
As a kid who didnt have cable, my Cartoon Rushmore is all characters from Arthur.
"Why not?... I know there's a lot of reasons why not"
Insanely pumped with ”Necromunda” arc. I beg of the gang to look for inspiration from there
What a blessing this episode is.
Any chance we'll be getting some more Pathfinder content? I recently relistened to the short rests for that 2-shot, and it feels like there's so much cool stuff that could be done on the pod with it!
murph is a ham and cheese croissant. i was literally typing this up as emily says this
if you get a nat 20 on getting head do you get more head?
holy mom I made it on the show. insane dopamine rush. thanks jacob :)
Thanks for your service hahah
I picked Lisa Simpson, Jane from Daria, The Brain, and Arthur from The Tick and then realized I totally have a soft spot for sardonic sidekicks
“Wow they really love that mouse” - guy who has only seen this & that recent episode of Um Actually with 75% of NADDPOD
This whole toon conversation im shouting in my car WHY ARENT THEY SAYING DEXTERS LAB
Welcome to Rodent Rushmoore! (The Brain, Chip and Dale, and Sonic!)
With all the rodents I can't believe they missed the chance to use the pun "Rodent Rushmoore"
Caldwell yelling what during the head sent me dude 😭😭😭
How many times are you guys going to say gadget and not think of inspector gadget!?
Muppet babies!?
I'm in the middle of the cartoon Mount Rushmore question atm and I stopped to say if y'all don't remember Batman the animated series I'm gonna scream like Onyx.
Whew, got chills when Murph started describing the new campaign. So excited!
You guys need to do a whole episode on making Mount Rushmores. It could be as good as spell check!
First Pokémon episodes were in 1997 Rodent Rushmore could full sweep
Screaming Goku into the void while I drive to work this morning
Or ash Ketchum!
Chip ‘n’ Dale were created in the 40s, so they couldn’t have been on the 90s cartoon Mount Rushmore anyway if it makes you feel better. They have a lot of the old shorts on Disney+, which I recommend checking out (love Dragon Around in particular).
You guys should consider Gestalt characters to reflect Edgerunner classes!
Short overview if you don't know: a Gestalt character chooses two classes and takes all of the class and subclass features from their two choices, both sets of proficiencies and skill counts, and the better of the hit dice. They are a great way to create strong characters, but aren't too crazy because you are still constrained by the action economy. It basically ends up just giving the player a lot of fun combinations of abilities to play with and is one of the best ways to use D&D character creation mechanics to create very specific concepts.
The Mount Rushmore of 90s animation is: Dot (Animaniacs), Tommy Pickles (Rugrats), Batman (Kevin Conroy version), Rocko (Rocko’s Modern Life)
That's a solid 4! Being true to my edgy childhood self: Raphael (TMNT); Deadeye (Bucky O'Hare); Earthworm Jim; Eric Cartman
Murph is so totally a scone
GoNG seems sick as fuck
I was not expecting a Murph freakout in this, but we’re blessed to have gotten one.
ugh they didn't tell us whether or not the new campaign is going to have a dark souls halloweentown vibe
Click 2 feat. a d20 should be called Clack
Out loud in the car listening to the el, I said Murph was a Jalapeño cheddar scone, and said the word “scone” at the same exact moment as Emily, and it felt sooooo gratifying
I'm going with Freakazoid, Tommy Pickles, Daria, Arnold (from Hey Arnold)
I was screaming about Hey Arnold the whole time, that's my goat
I will never not find the "Murph let go" bit Jake does when Murph is screaming fucking hilarious. it gets me every time
The T.J. Detweiler erasure is palpable
Just wanna say that im really enjoying the shorter campaigns. Hate the show, never listened. 🫶
Does anyone think we’ll get another full campaign from the crew of adventurers someday?
It’s hard to imagine Murph with a mustache and long hair rn even though that’s what he looks like
I left a comment on that Um Actually Episode saying that all they were missing was Jake, loved watching that episode
Sweet blue table
Murph is a bagel
Caldwell: "oh maybe a little blowie blowie for you" Jake: "thanks, but I'm already getting head" This section had me dying holy shit
Ahhhh cha cha cha
My aunt dated Jim Jinkens, the creator of Doug. That tidbit got brought up oddly a lot when I was a kid.
The gargoyles could be guarding the gate to the monument
"Rub a little of Caldwell's frosting on ya"
Yes please annual Twoyal Tumble so good
Anytime Murph gets to talk about wrestling is an automatic favorite for me. I relisten to the Tumble and the WWE Choose Your Own Adventure episodes quite frequently.
Murph said the new campaign was gonna be "Warriors inspired", what is that specifically? 🙏
1979 movie The Warriors they've referenced in past short rests! I reco looking up "warriors come out to play" on YouTube for the specific quote they've referenced. it's basically about gangs in NYC and one gang accused of killing a different gang's leader and they have to cross their rival gangs' territories to get home
Having the worse week of my year, and this really made me feel better, so excited for the cyberpunk stuff coming up
I hope that things will get better soon and that the pod brings you so much comfort while you’re going through it! <3
I'm so thankful for this show yall.
Bad news, y'all... Rescue Rangers aired in '89
But when did it hit it's STRIDE? 90s.
Ren, Dexter, Bart, Captain Planet
Omg. Im so excited for this new campaign!!! It sounds so perfect for you guys! You gave us a taste and now im super hungry!!!
Pikachu
Beavis
Yako? Freakazoid?
When does the new campaign preview begin ? I don’t want to spoil the end of Strahd because I’m still catching up ahaha
51 mins ish
Murph could be civil war hardtack
New campaign sounds sick
All timer episode. Loved the insight into their process.
The Toon Rushmore ultimate question hats off to whomever asked it
It’s cool hearing how powerful the new characters will be, but I hope combat isn’t easy. No I don’t want characters to DIE don’t overreact, but I just rlly miss stakes please turn the difficulty up 🙏🙏
Why not batman on the mount rushmore
The face I made when Murph said “you’re the cream inside me”
If you google “Cutter Shinobi” you find a Beyblade released in July 2026. Coincidence? Nine months after the mixed bag released??? https://beyblade.fandom.com/wiki/Cutter_Shinobi_LF
That's wild lol
my Mount Rushmore of 90s cartoon characters. Spongebob Squarepants, Arnold Shortman, Doug Funnie, and hot take time Oblina or Krumm from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. If you are making a Mount Rushmore you need exclude side characters, sorry Skeeter but Doug Funnie is the better character. Daria is a great pull.
Salute to all our working class scones, doing the Lord’s work
Freakazoid not even getting mentioned for Mount Toonmore is a TRAVESTY
Puckered vent!!! Lol hilarious
Murph is on a hair trigger for Click 2 and 90s carts
Reeeeer
Stroj-well Tanner
Murph is such a working man’s scone
I'm Baklava. A total mess.
YESSSSSSAH
Murphy is a jalapeño cheddar scone and Emily is a kouign ahman
Fuck! Caldwell nailed it. I want to let it be known that I said Emily is a kouign ahman BEFORE I heard Caldwell say it
Campaign reveal starts around 51:40!!
Talking about snow & blizzards in the first 30 seconds and I'm sitting here in Arizona on my patio at 6:30pm and it is 82° still. It's supposed to get into the 90s this weekend. I wonder if the pool will be ready yet?
New campaign, I’m sat
i got like 36 from that wonderful blizzard i shoveled so much
When I'm in the middle of something but it says "new campaign preview" 👀👀 guess my responsibilities will have to wait
My nipples are erect with anticipation
Well, turn a degree or 2 so we don't touch them
This is the earliest I've ever been
Hope you took my question!
First to this all time reveal
Wow I’m early