Short Rest: Ep. 48: Escape From Fairy Mountain
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Not me loudly saying the correct pronunciation of Cillian in 2026 like the Peak Freak I am 😂
My logic on the troll vs pixes is that if you didn't want a bunch of flowers picked, you shouldn't leave them in an open field unguarded with no security. At least put up a sign! lol that and Murph saying it was like releasing a bunch of serial killers to deal with annoying neighbors leaving the part off that these neighbors are attempting to murder you and succeeding!
Triss fully admits to using Geralt while he had amnesia when he gets his memory back in the second game. Yen all the way, the way they meet in the books is really great
The troll-flowers coming full circle is an all-time chekov's gun bit. Tee up, let it rest, then when you least expect it...
Um trolls can pick flowers too so even if you only picked 1, all of them are as good as released
I went and relistened the whole episode because I was like when did they sleep with a Triss 😭😭
Fucking wild how much from this short rest ends up in C3
I just had the same thought, its insane
Emily saying “The Faewild won’t know we did it, how would they know?” When she’d just been like “TELL THEM MOONSHINE SENT YOU”
It's so funny that Emily touched on an oligarchy of giants ruling the Feywild
Just a little late to the discussion, but you can definitely fuck both Triss and Yennefer and still end up with one of them with no repercussions.
Not if you play the Blood and Wine DLC. If I remember correctly, it's been awhile since I played, if you fuck both then there is a cutscene towards the end of the DLC where they both show up in lingerie, trick Geralt into getting tied up and then leave permanently. You end up spending the rest of your life with just Dandelion.
Emily: There's no way they'd know it was us Moonshine: TELL THEM MOONSHINE SENT YOU!!!
I do not care at all about the pixies, funny that it weighs on them. They were almost killed by them. So glad they never returned to the feywild to avenge some one off pixies.
Ikr, maybe they were just over compensating from all they're previous misdeeds
Come back to savannah please, I will bring you all of the best margaritas in town, (jalapeños food is good but their bar sucks)
Am I the only one that was bothered that Emily kept calling the trolls giants, even though everyone else was calling them trolls? Idk why it irks me (obviously not a big deal at all)
That's just em. She calls him hardwan too and it kills me every time
Between Yennefer and Triss, I’d have to say Triss is the right choice. Murph and Emily, you did right by having sex with her, no matter your motivations.
At least Beverly understands that they created all this trouble themselves by picking on a smaller and weaker NPC and then when he didn't roll over and let them abuse him, got mad and decide to commit genocide against the fairies. I'm concerned that Moonshine and Hardwon don't see that they are completely responsible for this entire situation. I kind of feel for Beverly. Since they're kind of acting a bit like murder hobos, what kind of danger is there for their alignment? Could doing these things put Bev in opposition to Palor? Could he lose his paladin powers? I kind of hope that they learn something from this and stop bullying NPCs that aren't any threat to them but they merely find annoying.
Gerelt is happier with Triss. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Emily is so well read and curious IRL and it's brilliant. Need book reccomendations from her 😂
All the tris related plot arcs are insane.
it is really fun all the players knowing DMurph will punish them later for the trolls
Caldwell giving the s/o to cookout made my day. I miss my time in the Carolinas because that place kept me alive on nights I typically don’t remember😂
Circe is the one who turns men into animals
Easily, my favorite part was Pixel emerging and yelling out "Hey Dickheads!"
Lmao describing just randomly stopping watching Peaky Blinders was so accurate
you fool, i have subscribed in your place
I’m canceling my subscription until it is fixed 💔
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Please just make a The Witcher podcast
Oh my GOD! HEMP MILK SONG?!?!?! I was crying from so much laughter my coworkers thought I was crazy. I love in these short rests we get to see how crazy Emily's mind works. I applaud Murph on how pragmatic he has to be with a zany partner. Im in the same boat with my lady. Its those moments where you have to say "What? Did you hear what you just said?" and they look at you like "yeah, it makes sense to me" smh oh love.
"The best leaders are reluctant" can't believe Emily predicted the GOT ending months in advance
Please come to Atlanta!!
Caldwell is NOT wrong about Cook Out though. The tray is epic.
Thanks for the freaky finders shoutout!
I'm a Savannah fan and so is one of my coworkers. We love the podcast
I just started playing the Witcher and just got to the part when you reunite with Triss! Their discussion made me laugh so hard. I can’t believe I didn’t put it together that the Bear Prince’s ladies were named after Triss!! I Heart Band O’ Boobs!!!
I would watch that!!!!
Guuys, you should twitch stream you playing Witcher 3 and other games! OMG, I would watch you everytime!
Absolutely come to Atlanta and eat Cook Out everyday
I would die for a Witcher III Twitch stream.
wow, you guys ripped on Libertarians pretty hard in ep48. That wasn't very chill.
Caldwell, shoutout to Cook Out , it's literally the best late night fast food out there. That was my rose of this short rest.
I freaking love peaky blinders. Ace shout-out.
Would absolutely listen to a separate Witcher Recap Podcast...
The detour talking about the witcher is my favourite part of this episode! I love that game! #teamyennifer
we finished the game and never won yennefer's heart back. we're hoping the expansion will give our fuckboi Geralt a second chance. -Moonshine
Am I wrong in remembering that Hardwon gets to re-roll on 1s? I thought that was a thing, but don't know how to confirm. Anyone know? Am I crazy?
he can re-roll 1 for damage rolls
COOKOUT!!!!
San Diego would love you too!
Yes! Please come to Savannah!
Folks. I lived in Savannah for 4 years while I went to the art school there and I want to tell you Abe's on Lincoln is an actually good bar. Also, Foxy Loxy is a pretty good cafe.
I went to Abe's TWICE while I was there. Also, I bought an enamel pin of Cerberus from the SCAD gift shop -Emily
I'm just going to say that you guys should absolutely come to Atlanta. I'd buy all of the tickets. Thanks.
Agreed.
Mentioned this last ep, but my best friend from college works for a local marketing agency in Savannah and Jalapenos is one of their clients. Last summer they gave him the keys to their Twitter account, and he tweeted four times before they decided it was "too much," pulled the plug, and the account hasn't tweeted since. Enjoy <a href="https://twitter.com/jalapenosav" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/jalapenosav</a>
What a tragedy, this account was cut down before it had a chance to shine.
Also another thought on the civil war. The seelie and unseelie, in my mind, represent lawful neutral and chaotic neutral, respectivally. The seelie try and control the chaos of the feywilds, and the unseelie embrace the chaos. But neither are good not evil. Both are extremely selfish and self serving. The Noble Eladrin, both seelie and unseelie, are very close to god-hood, and will do almost anything to assert their power. For the summer court that happens in a very high-elf kind of way, where tricks and hospitality often lead to servitude. The unseelie are a little more direct, but neither are out there trying to take over the world or anything like that. They simply want to show off their power and have everyone around them view them as gods.
I totally understand and love how this is Murph's homebrew campaign world, and that is totally awesome and he can decide what he wants to change from the Core lore...but...he is totally going to make Jake think that Gnomes and Fae are just super assholes. lol. Again, I love it and I love his take on them, and I would love to hear a different campaign where Jake is being DM'd by someone else, see's a bunch of normal Gnome tinkerers who are just a part of society like everyone else, and then goes on a murder hobo killing spree.
I always imagined the Fae as being above our mortal concepts of "good" and "evil" like how Cran elaborated in the episode, so Murph's description of them doesn't clash with my established mindset of the fae as mercurial, changeable, obsessive, and mysterious in their motivations and whims. BUT the gnome thing is so funny and different than the gnomes in most settings i've DM'd or played-having them straight-up be chaotic amoral little shits 90% of the time is pretty amusing and out there. I think it's because gnomes are hard to differentiate from halflings and elves- so why not make them pure mischief-makers?
COME TO ATLANTA!!
Well, if the army of Green and White Knights doesn't work out, you have an army of trolls to lead into battle...
That 7 min conversation about the witcher was unusual. I've never played and was completely lost.
I'm definitely a Peak Freak! Though I too only saw like one and a half seasons... I don't think they made any more than that.
The first two seasons are pretty nice, I especially liked the ending of season two but I only managed a two episodes of s3 because oh hell no.
GUYS! COME TO LIVERPOOL IN THE UK! ME AND MY FRIEND WILL BUY TICKETS AND WATCH YOU PLAY DnD! I dunno how much you would have to pay, but surely you could put it on the company card as an expense?
I second this. I have mates who would deffo come with me to a Liverpool show.
Is there not going to be a short rest for TRI-TRI-TRINYVALE?
We'll try to get around to it at some point, but for now we've got our hands full with the main campaign!
The urge to listen to the short rest before the episode comes out is strong!!