Ep. 98: Patient Zero (The Chosen Saga)
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The Band of Boobs face the corrupted Erdan and Qwiksus, while dealing with problems in the One Hells. Beverly visits an Escape Room, Hardwon becomes a berry boy, and Moonshine lives out a Meat Loaf song. Support us at Patreon.com/Naddpod to get access to the after-show and a bunch of other Naddpod content!
Music/Sound Effects Include:
"The Purge" by Emily Axford.
"Buzzer's Cutters" by Emily Axford.
"Kingshammer" by Emily Axford.
"Mee Maw's Burden" by Emily Axford.
"The Valiant Ol' Cobb" by Emily Axford.
Comments (109)
Relistening I've got a question: why did Bev have to use raise dead instead of revivify? Is it due to the physical damage done by the Dragon?
Then like a sinner before the gates of Heaven I'll come crawling on back to you I ❤️ Pendergreens
when balnor's chronal shift gives the boobs a nat 20 🙂↕️
Bev saying ‘DAD’, my fucking HEART
I hate that I cry Everytime I listen to moonshine and meemaw talk about life
What an episode. Emily is out of this world!
As soon as she said summoned woodland beings, I knew Murph was getting womped
Freaking PENTAGREENS singing Bat out of Hell is a Chef Cloaca Kiss!! #dungeoncourt
Okay hang on TWO wild nat 1s to nat 20s thanks to Balnor. 11:20 for Moonshine's force cage counterspell and 55:50 for the of course absolutely incredibly 11 to arguably lucky 1 to nat 20. Wow 🥹
that “11 -> balnor shift -> nat 1 -> nat 20” moment makes me scream and cry and cheer every time. Feels like I just took the most perfect bite of deliciously satisfying decadent chocolate cake as they say *chefs kiss* 👩🏻🍳 🤌
Pendergreens is just fat ghost rider
What did Meatloaf do to deserve the shots fired from Emily?
"at the end of everything, all I can trust is death" what a line, goddamn
🙌🏻EMILY🙌🏻 hOoollyy shit the strategy!
Turns out it was like 2 years lol
Yeah I listened in real time amd now after covid, the relisten hits different around here
What happened with the portent dice and Bef's amulet to save balnor. Btw I know the amulet doesn't work when unconscious. But before that ...
Yes! I was screaming PORTENT at the void!
Bold to name yourself "midnight oil merch" as if searching that wouldn't direct people to merch for the band
"13 passes but it's actually a 5 does he have any more legendary resistances" was just the absolute most metal thing I've heard in my life gotta say
"Pestulence"
We be jammin
Shout out to Jake for that Bob Marley reference <3
Um, help I ship Moonshine and Pendergreens?
Currently watching Outlaw Star. So crazy!!!
Are any of these players or NPC’s ever going to die?!? The two crew needs some serious heartbreak.
why tho, having someone die just because doesn't make sense especially since they're legendary heroes now. the chances of death is almost guaranteed at the CR levels they're playing at.
After being dead Balnor needs his own weapon that isn’t a hand me down
Was anyone else hoping that moonshine would plane shift the whole city to hell? That would have been baddass
I am staggered by the sheer amount of tactical genius that Moonshine displayed.
Hardwon "Relentless" Surefoot, the unyielding hammer of Irondeep. Everytime Bev brought him back, Hardwon was straight back into the fray.
Does anyone know the name of the song playing over Bev in the maze? Specifically when he’s y’all to Erdan? Truly so nice Emily! Brough tears to my eyes listening.
That's Kingshammer! Emily posted the audio on Patreon a while back, it's beautiful
Murph, how could you? My heart! 😵
Hey, does anyone know the link to that ironwork store? Midnight Oil is a really famous band in Australia so it's all I'm getting when I google it. 😅
Hey! From an add on ep 12 of GOAT show: https://www.etsy.com/shop/midnightoilmerch
i was holding my hands over my heart in bed barely breathing when you were rolling the raw death saves for balnor. I was ready to start crying hysterically over the body of Time Dad
With the Balnor rolls and Emily’s insanely brilliant strategy, I’m shocked that what stands out to me as the best moment is still Pendergreens saying “Mrs Meemaw”
How did I miss that?? I'm trying to listen to it through again to find it!
i’m kinda confused bc i thought Balnor went to the maze realm and then he was back in the mortal plane and so can he just shift on command or...? please someone answer, this has been bothering me 😂
Balnor never got Mazed! Any of him “shifting between realms” was just flavor describing his new Chronurgy ability, if that’s what you’re referring to
I bend the knee to Emily!!! That was amazing!!! This sode was crazy!!
I had to listen again and just holy heck, you guys. Emily, let me be your champion. No joke, if you ever find yourself in a trial by combat situation I'll do my damn best.
Poor ol’ balnor deserves endless roses and bud heavies this week. Good golly.
My goodness Emily. Pro strats this game. You would make any minmaxer proud😁👍
Emily is just insane. Makes me want to destroy my players in combat so they can aspire to be as good as her
I openly wept. Holy shit you guys, you’re doing a masterful job of making this come down to the wire.
Thanks now I’ve been listening to meatloaf ever since I’ve finished up the sode.
The best sode so far
What level is Meemaw?
She’s an NPC, so she doesn’t really have a “level” like PCs do! Her stat block is the Archdruid statblock, modified to be more similar to Circle of the Moon, which would make her roughly equivalent to a 17th level caster but with some variation in abilities
The Pendergreens/Moonshine Meatloaf "duet" has to be one of my favorite moments in this entire arc. 🤣
Dear Gods I was crying at my work desk praying I would not get a call cause I was gunna be a fucking mess
Amazing. Just amazing
Also where was Cardon???
Oh my god I nearly had a heart attack on those rolls STOP MAKING US CRY.
What in the actual Fuck?! I cant even rn.
I cannot stop smiling at what a baller move those pixies were. Melora's blessing about Moonshine being smart as hell proven the most right.
War turn is how Brian says water. 🤣. Gotta love that Jersy accent.
Big boy Bev!
Moonshine is a fucking hero ... Emily Axford is an absolute QUEEN ♥️
@simon Moonshine was using the Thinking Cap to hold concentration on a spell
I've also read in every rpg manual I've seen some permutation of the guidance, "also, do whatever you want because it's your game and have fun." It's make believe, not the bar exam.
Emily Axford You raven haired, laugh is like sunshine for your ears, absolute meta gaming unicorn. You are the best
Pure sweet insanity!
I don’t think I’ve ever been more anxious listening to NADDPOD. My heart is still going crazy like 15 mins after the episode finished.
Please Caldwell!!!! You have to draw the jump for the next Terran's Journal!!!!
Oh Emily 😍 I just used conjure woodland beings to get 8 T rexes into battle but you have shown me the true meaning of chaos. I bend the knee to you, my queen.
So good seeing y’all go revisit hell and pendergreens😂😂 that buzzers cutters music is so metal!!
Hardwon calling Balnor his brother and being helpless to do anything was heartbreaking. Major roses for this episode.
We NEED a Bat Out of Hell style shirt with Moonshine and Pendergreens and a dolphin flopping in the background!
Balnor coming in clutch with that new Titan ability!!!
moonshine and pendergreens singing a 70s love song duet as a patreon stretch goal?
You all have seriously been keeping me sane during 6 weeks of quarantine so far- amazing as always! Pendergreens had me dying laughing- singing Meatloaf over the top hysterical!!! Thank you for keeping it going!
Emily once again shows that she is a Top - Tier Dnd player and Moonshine Cybin is the most BA Druid.
Emily’s a fucking genius this show is the Best and thank g-d Balnor’s okay so I can continue being ecstatic about the beautiful use of Maze
It's such a cool spell, I got so hyped when Murph said that was what the Wraith had done! And the way they used it for the story was so cool
As a DM, Murph, how does it feel to get whomped?
DMing for Emily? Business as usual, I expect.
HOLY FUCK THAT WAS THICCCCCCCCCCCC!! Last 20 mins was an actual cardio exercise 😱😭
Of course Pendergreens has an oversized, sick anime sword
BLESS THAT ENDING. FUCK YOU HORSES. FUCK YOU HORSES.
This was so fucking epic! Invoking 8 goddamned pixies just to spam polymorph is absolutely hilarious! You'd better believe that Murph will give Thiala a dozen legendary resistances just in case!
I have to point out that 5e had been out for years by the time this came out and this was pretty common tech
first 12 minutes and it's already a ride :O good call on the reminder of Bal's powers
BRIAN MURPHY
Emily is a genius 😂😂😂
CALDWELL IF UR READING THIS UR CRUSHING MY SOUL IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY I HAVE BEEN SHOUTING FOR THE PAST 5 MIN
Bev: "We've been in plenty of corn mazes making out together." Me: "No literally you canonically have not."
Well... THINKING about making out. ~Bev
This is making me feel better. Having a horrible day
Ohh my god Emily is a genius. What a queen.
I'm so ready for this
I bow down to Emily, Queen of D&D
She finally learned how to get rid of legendary resistances. Amazing.
I love the Pendergreens music!!
Loving these thick long sodes! 2 hours 🤩
Guys I don’t wanna brag but Emily liked my Instagram comment, so, I’m kinda famous
Yo. I pounced on this ep so fast.
Me about to listen to this on Spotify to give you guys more ad rev
Relevant title
Still catching up, need to hurry up
My body is so ready
A blessed new sode!
Thank you!
Bout to crush this sode
I finally got caught up last Wednesday. I’ve never had a reason to look forward to Thursdays before, but now I love em!
Hell yes!
Let's go! New sode!