Eldermourne - Ep. 35: Familiar

Murph gently encouraging Emily at the end when she said the Lore book would have killed them... He slipped into his Batilda voice and said "I know I know..." Like I don't know if it was subconscious or what but it was really sweet

My favorite bit on this podcast is when Caldwell or his character says something completely ridiculous and there's a full second of dead silence after it bc no one knows what the fuck he's talking about

That nat 20 counter spell made my stomach drop and mouth completely agape!!!

Earlier in the episode, Jake incorrectly used a psionic die to rerolls a nat 1 (dice christ rewarded him with a second nat 1), but later he correctly uses a PD to add to his slight of hand. Did he correctly read the rules partway through, or does he think it works both ways?? I'm truly very curious. My soulknife rogue/evocation wizard tabaxi just retired, so those mechanics are fresh on the mind.

I loved "we call those 'normals'." The only Caldwell thing I love to hear more than his Scottish accent is his robot voice.

Hell yeah Caldwell, you’ll also catch me with scalding hot coffee while walking my dog in California during the summer.

best counterspell <3

“Now that’s what I call a handbag” is possibly the most underrated improvised NADDPOD joke of all time. I’m crying lol

Is it me, or is Athecor just Gilderoy Lockhart? Haha

Love a shout out to Drawfee hell yeah

Idk if Emily has cracked the dice secret but the timing of her fails and nat 20s are always so epic. Love it!! Keep marinating your dice in moonlight it's clearly good for the story

I feel like sweet potato fries would pair well with a balsamic based sauce. You could do a reduction then drizzle those bad boys. Ok we're not done I'm thinking cheese gorgonzola or feta. Salt and pepper to taste call it good.

I've got a soulknife in my current dnd party and it's super fun but I can't wait for him to get to this level

I just want Jake to know that the Johnny voice FILLS me with joy every single time he speaks, it’s so good and is maybe rehabilitating the greaser aesthetic in my eyes.

Justice for bookvar!!!!!

Emily Axford with counterspell is the definition of chaotic good.

it’s so fun that this ep had full-on puzzles-and-traps dungeon crawl energy! it’s so rare that we get that, probably bc it’s tricky to nail for a performative show and yet murph nailed it, super fun and suspenseful sode!

Did anyone else hear Caldwell say “chips” with that accent and think he meant fries? Which would make sense to cook more than potato chips.

Mythbusters tested which cooled down your core temp more when you were hot and the hot drink beat the cold drink so Caldwell is not crazy.

This was really an episode of min/maxes 😮

I just wanted to second Emily’s shoutout this week and say that a 20 minute walk is really great. I do that three times a week after work and it really lifts my spirits.

Omg jakes whispered ‘yeah that’s right’ at the intro had me crying with laughter.

Its been a crazy rough couple of weeks and that beautiful nat 20 made me burst right into tears. Much love to you all for this fantastic season. Thank you thank you!

These past two fights I felt like it started off with me thinking “damn Murph is being real generous about this” (dynamite in the pocket/counterspell tome-var) and by the end of them I think “holy shit that could’ve been way worse if he hadn’t let them do those things”

😮 ooooh what a good episode!!

Wait a sec. Emily? Which song starts off like “we are the champions”? It’s just as you enter the library.

Praise dice Christ for some of these rolls.

Friendly rules lawyer spot: Johnny wouldn’t have been able to hide on the same turn he used his bonus blade since both require bonus actions, conversely, if I remember correctly Krissy is using dwarf stats so should have had advantage on all his saving throws against being poisoned. Rules lawyer, away! On a different note, I nearly panicked when Krissy was telling Fia not to use counterspell to save him from the Finger of Death. Holy shit it would have been bad if she hadn’t managed it. Like probably a TPK.

A hoard of clones (cloaked spirits) parallel processing to develop a new magic spell. Do I smell a Naruto reference.

How much hp did this wizard have?

What happened to the npc undead guy murph was playing before? Did I miss him dying ?

I get big Danny Zuko vibes from Johnny

I was so worried when they nearly lost Krissy!

Murph stop being a coward and just kill Caldwell already.

Which song is the one with the guitar and some strings on the background

I loved how tense this episode got! Cannot wait to see inside the vault

As always, perfect timing on the posting of what will undoubtedly be another bodacious ep! Love love love this arc so far!!

Finally caught up after starting campaign 1 last year. So excited to listen!!

I have a bad feeling about this

I listen to the episodes in 2x speed so I can be the first patreon listener to spoil the episode

Nooooo

Woohoo, just in time! Can't wait for more choo choo crew shenanigans!