C3 Ep.45: Lord Ultrus (Legends of Irondeep)

Murph makes me cry real tears everytime we get the "forces of good band together vs evil" thing. The spectral scene with all of our beloved heroes had me CRYING LIKE A BABY DUDE

Murph you're a beautiful bastard you are. I did not have tearing up on my drive into work at that Cob scene on my bingo card.

I thought for sure when Ultrus swapped with cultists, the Crimson guard boss lady (forgot her name) was gunna call bullshit saying others got involved for one side so can she.

Doing a relisten and I read Adventures of Amona Al Sirafi on Emily's recommendation and it is so good. Emily, if you see this (unlikely) this is my petition to start a naddpod bookclub where you post additional recs. Or just make a Goodreads we can follow or something. Everything I've read you recommended has been so good.

cobs memory made me hardcore sob wtf, you guys are so good at what you do

Literally WEEEPING on this one

This episode is all time. Never appreciated it fully on the first listen. Wow 😭

That description of spirit guardians near the end is just beautiful. One of my favorite murph moments. Second time around was just as good as the first.

Disuixhdhxiudhd almost done. All my relistens and hiatus ended up with me super behind, I just got here in 2026 babes and FUCK ME IM CRYING AT 6AM DUCK TEAM SUCKS LOVE YOU BABES

The moment Old Cobb started talking I couldn't stop the tears that came

Me: “Damn, why is everyone saying they cried from this episode?” *half an hour later* Me: *actively sobbing with tears running down my face*

I missed Calder and his witty personality so much!

also tearing up at work on my second listen

CRYING at work. Absolutely weeping.

This might be the best episode. It’s in my top 3 for sure.

i'm relistening to c3 and god this is SUCH a good fight

This is my third listen. I know this is Duck Team’s story but I love that Hardwon got a win and saved the day again. Shout out to Callie and Kenna for making sure he beat the DC

I'm on the couch, tears rolling down my face, and my wonderful partner rips ass right next to me. Truly a rollercoaster of emotions in that moment.

i’m listening so late but hard sobbing at the spirit guardians goddamn murph

Freaking unbelievable, Murph is truly an artist of a storyteller

SPOILERS but Murph does exactly what he said he wouldn't do in an SR on season 1. major character killed off screen. and he still stuck the landing. incredible

Goddam Murph stop making me cry

The moment hammer is caught the theme is playing and then old cob voice hit the goosebumps I had and the chill I felt almost made me forget I was at work as I was just staring at my phone

God even on the 3rd listening, hearing the original theme when jaina throws the hammer gives me goosebumps

Easily one of the best episodes of the show. What a juicy ep. Just a Sweet Blue Hole of great momes.

Just magic

sometimes i don’t think murph will make me cry then he does

"his home is wherever I am" got me in the feels

I'm in shambles. This episode is gutting and I love it

This is the second time I’ve listened to this and man it still hits so hard at the end

Now I'm just sobbing and making eggs wtf

SO GOOD

god callie's SO GOOD

I was saving up NADDPOD episodes and finally listened to this one after a bad day - these amazing storytellers gave me exactly the catharsis I needed. So grateful to the crew ❤️

I’m not crying, you’re crying! Damn you Murph pulling at my heartstrings like that!

Beautiful episode. I got emotional with that spirit scene

The Cobb scene had me crying!

Someone tell Murph that Cobb scene was NOT OKAY!

"Calder's home is wherever I am." No one can make me cry at a moment's notice like Emily Axford.

So much ugly crying. So so good!!!

Great episode! So intense. Emily, your recc was on the list of books me and my friend were considering for our 2 person book club so that made the decision for us (especially since her name is Emily too). Consider your plug successful!

Incredible, guys. Cried during the Ol’ Cobb cameo. Thank you guys for always telling such incredible stories.

How do I do the Spotify integration?

This show just gets better and better. So grateful for your art and time.

Like 200 episodes and this is the first one to make me tear up

I just wanted to shoutout the Spotify integration. It works really well for listening across devices.

Y'all are so good at what you do, what an incredible episode 💜💜💜

Relistening and said out loud “So fuckin good. With the theme song behind it!?!! Ugh”

1:27:00 GOOSEBUMPS

THE MUSIC! THE FIGHT! SO MANY TEARS

I’m not crying, you’re crying Keep it light, Cobb.

Is anyone else just getting the short rest? I'm trying to listen to this but the short rest keeps playing, not the actual episode

are they swingers ?

Interested to see what will happen to Calder and Jayna since they don't have firesuits

Are all the 8 bit bookclubs on here too?

Best naddpod fight.... Ever!! I said what I said....🤷‍♂️ seriously... Emotional... Epic.... Tense... And Murph, go teach a class somewhere on how you do the magic you do that makes me feel things the way you did in this one!!!! Thank you too the whole crew!!! 😘

If I’m already on paying for the Patreon do I need to separately pay for Naddpod plus on Apple Podcasts?

This was truly one of the best episodes of the whole show. If not the best! ❤️❤️❤️

Tears 😭 so many happy tears 😭😭

Do you need a separate subscription for Apple podcast to access Naddpod Plus?

THIS WAS SO FUCKING GOOD

I've gone through so much stuff in this past year that should have brought me to tears, but didn't. Describing Hardwon getting the Queens Hammer back made me well up immediately. Immaculate writing Murph!

Thick sode

Teared up during the spirit guardians

Fuck you brian for the hammer scene making me cry! Beautiful story telling as always!

This might have been the single best episode they’ve ever done.

this is probably the closest they’ve been to a TPK ever, but i loved this whole episode, best of this campaign for sure!!!!

Maybe the best episode you’ve ever done and that’s saying something!!!

🥹🥹🥹 “Hardwon, CATCH” ✨cue theme✨😭😭😭😭

Such an incredible point of not only this campaign, but the whole show -- tying together elements from first campaign with the stakes of this campaign in a way that didn't feel trite is genuinely incredible. The Kingshammer throw absolutely wrecked me.

IM NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING! Murph, thats queenshammer spirit guardians scene - storytelling perfection.

I burst into tears during the Queenshammer scene oh my godddd

Omg this week’s episode made me burst into tears in the middle of my commute… 😭😭😭

I was scrrrreaming in my car when Jaina told Hardwon to catch the Queenshammer! (And Callie almost calling Jaina, Jina!! 😂) Amazing episode y’all.

Finished up this episode on my way to NY for the anniversary show and now my makeup is messed up.

Murph, your storytelling is amazing. I could hear the emotion in Jake's voice when talking with Cobb and I could feel it too!

Was about to comment how this made me cry on the drive home and saw that everyone else is saying the same thing. Goddammit Murph, you brilliant, evil man. Everyone else on top form too - amazing episode <3

Holy shit Murph you got me welling up on the train. Such fantastic work!

God damn it this made me CRY. How DARE you, Murph!!?

This episode got me ugly crying in the gym wtf

Should not have listened to this while I was doing makeup I am SOBBING

Holy shit that spirit guardians moment was so fucking monumental. I teared up so much. The dwarf generals and squires and kings around the 3 dwarves on the field were already so fucking cool and then it kept going, what an ep. (+ Oryox [?] is so cool and I'm starting to simp cause we LOVE a huge elven man with a huge bow. He seems charismatic too!! He was giving me Opal SU vibes too, and I definitely imagined him from the back lines shooting this huge spirit arrow into Ultrus as the finishing blow when the other spirits were dragging him into the hammer!! [again w the SU refs, à la Alexandrite vs Malachite yes iykyk!]) Props to you Murph!!!!!!! Some insane DMing right there 🔥

"Got that frog in me" was incredible, Caldwell, amazing lmao

The cobb moment made me tear up so much. Can't wait to see y'all in NYC today

How dare you make me cry that much!

Hard one and Cobb good bye messed me up , and when hard one caught the hammer snow patrol should have been playing lol I love this game and thanks murph for incorporating everything from campaign 1 , gonna start from episode one all over again now and laugh about the famous sex identification on a dragon lol

I cried so much during this episode. Murph, you are a legend. This was incredible, thank you.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who cried, wonderfully done murph :)

I cried In the ends with all the spirits.. thank you guys. I’m going through a really tough times and your podcast has been a safe zone for a while but essentially now with all the shit - I pretty much listen to you all the time because it feels safe and soothing.

I had listened yesterday but decided this deserves another listen. Yesterday I cried because of the entire spirit guardians scene and old cobb’s final moments today I cried (in public might I add) because of Hardwon’s final blow. You really need to stop making us cry constantly 🥲

god the way i cried for the entire narration of the spirits and then immediately laughing so hard at sol's rolls LOL you guys and the dice truly never disappoint

holy shit murph this steps just up might be the best episode i’ve ever heard, of any podcast

It was truly amazingly well done by all. I had freaky timing for this ep though. I started listening to campaign 1 again last month, and this morning I was on Ep. 45, Kingshammer, where Hardwon first gets the Kings/Queenshammer, then, a few hours later, BAM, he gets in again. It was awesome having the original time fresh in my head for when he caught it again. Totally epic episode, tension and action worthy of being a campaign ender...but it's not! Can't wait for the rest of this one!

SO GOOD

this episode shattered me

(damn only 5 hours after i realize i posted this on the short rest instead of here) holy fucking shit. This is debatably the most intense (and best) episode in NADDPOD history. Also who else's favorite NADDPOD scene of all time is the Spirit Guardians scene?

God damn gang this one was really for the fan girlies

On all levels but physical, I'm a rubber chicken face down in a gutter... big oofs and big ups

A huge bouquet of flowers for Jake remembering what he's doing in 2 fights. I can't remember what I'm doing in the kitchen.

Best episode of the podcast yet. Murphy is an encounter genius and made me weep twice.

I’m not crying… you’re crying. 😭😭😭

Thiiiiiiic episode.

Oh man. I laughed, I sobbed, and sobbed some more. God damn Murph knows how to paint a scene.

Started crying so hard I scared my roommates cat

Oh my god the Spirit Guardians. Fully made me sob. When Murph starting describing it I knew what was coming, but still, I wasn't read for that. He kept it light, up until the end

I started listening to this in public, I had to pause until I could get home to bawl my eyes out with my cat.

Walls up

Keep it light

Thick.........sode....

This might be my favorite ep ever

Does anybody know how to connect the patreon sub to spotify?

Chills. Bravo

maybe a perfect 'sode. thicc, poignant, punchy and silly in all the right ways. and murph you know how to make a scene MOVE. all my roses

Dammit Murphy sending onion cutting ninjas in this episode 😭

Also who else lost their mind at the absolutely epic description of Aureochs??? (Idk if I spelled that right)

Welp... that's one way of healing my congestion. Nose is quite runny now...

Immediately listened to this twice in a row; love this episode!!

Don't mind me.. I'm just sobbing over here in my little corner 😭😭💕

This episode was a fucking work of art, the Cobb scene hit me so hard 😭

I am absolutely sobbing, the entire scene with old cobb and aariox and everything! Murph has absolutely outdone himself, this is the last 10 episodes of s1 level peak NADDPOD.

Definitely one of the best, maybe even THE best, episode of NADDPOD so far!! SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU AT CARNEGIE HALL TOMORROW!!

Murph please!! You have me crying on a plane!! This was truly the perfect episode to have right before the 5th Anniversary live show-- it was the best blend of past and present moments in the show and it was so well done!! This will definitely be one I relisten to often

An iconic episode in NADDPOD history

Such a good episode! My heart was pounding so hard!!

Thank Pelor I'm working from home, because I full on ugly cried from the spirit guardians bit to the end

Murph you can’t do this to me. I was on the bus. I can’t cry on the bus.

I am requesting reparations for once again crying at work.

Who's cutting onions, incredible episode

Goddddd DAYUMN!

Oh this was beautiful. I teared up several times

The part with Cobb made me tear up. Damn. Absolutely amazing battle guys

This is one of the greatest combats of the entire campaign. Hey Murph, how the fuck did you get so cool

this ep is CRAZY the crits had me crying AND laughing

I’m not crying you’re crying!! “Sweet girl.” I’m literally dying this is such a satisfying episode. I love these episodes so much.

From the first time Murph shared that Jaina was in the helm I hoped that a passing of the Queens hammer would break the helm. I feel like my fanboy heart was heard. ♡

What an incredible episode, especially for Jake, so many crits, good one liners, great rp, great use of spells, luck pts etc, and then also playing two characters in one of the most important sessions of the campaign so far. So great!! And then there were also plenty of classic Murph and Caldwell rolls haha love them Plus the hugest morning rose to Murph for that Kingshammer scene, so many tears for Ole Cobb, that bastard always keeps it light

Can't help but feeling like Cobb is my best friend too.

Murph, you HAVE to stop making me cry at work, man

of course Murph would roll like ass with his dice and then immediately crit with Emily's cursed dice

me listening to a very intense episode: love it, amazing my dumb lizard brain thinking about campaign 1 giant encounters: BABE TAKE ME TO THE GRUUMSH

not me bawling listening to this

Am I crazy, or should we be shipping Calli and Calder?

I had literal chills listening to this especially with the queens hammer and all the spirit guardians. You all killed it as per usual

Holy shit, guys!

These Eps are making me feel all the things guys

That was so freakin good, murph don’t you dare touch kenna any more

Not the Jaina to Hardwon throw making me tear up at my desk

On this day, Brian fucking Murphy made me cry in a Trader Joe’s parking lot.

Gods I wish I could design combat encounters this fantastic in my games... Murph is truly gifted at writing fights.

I was at work and had to go to a private room to cry while listening to this episode it was great

absolutely vibrating in anticipation for this short rest

this is my favorite fight ever, whenever i thought it might be over murph amped it up with another phase. i was seriously concerned for the last full hour and loved it so much! the players EARNED this one <333 so so good to have kalder back... and what was that from calliope? 👀👂

fantastic episode! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. when sol survived ultris‘ attack by 2hp I audibly cheered in the middle of a street while on a walk. Very excited to hear dou talk about this INSANE fight on the short rest!

That was quite the episode. Now to slumber for the next 13ish days.

Holy gods 🙌🏻 🙏🏻 🤘🏻🐸🤘🏻

A) This episode rips, I'm sobbing B) YESSSSS, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi is my favourite book of the year!!!

Thank u Murph. Go to bed !

This might be one of my favorite story archs. Way to go players and DM!

I would buy blessed Emily dice

Never got chills from a podcast before but when Hardwon wielded the hammer once again was like nothing I felt before

so happy about spotify integration!! one day i will figure out how to do that

This made me cry! I have to say this is the best fight in nadpodd history!

Oh my god what an episode the start to the final phase of the fight was absolutely beautiful and I love the role everyone played in the fight especially unhittable gnat sol

Their rolls are like my life lol, either a nat 20 or a 3!!!!

I fucking love Hardwon Surefoot!

Amazing episode as always!!

Thank you daddy Murphy!!!!😭

Heck yeeeaaahhhhh

Go to bed Murph!

Why is patreon so round now 😭

Love to listen to naddpod at 4 am

I love that Jake brought back the energy at the start of the show. He deserves so much praise, but is sadly deprived for comedy.

Prime listening time in Australia - thanks Murph!!

Thanks murph! Just in time to download before boarding my plane to NY to come see you at Carnegie Hall!

INTEGRATION ENGAGED

"Can't wait", but I did a clopen this morning, and now it's closing time again, so I "hafta wait" til evening again.

Thanks Murph!

Enjoy the early night Murph!

Why must you tease my insomnia like this?

Kaloo kalay!

Let’s fucking goooooo!!!!!! Edit - Just finished the ep. Murphs encounter design continues to delight. This was such a great challenge for the players that pushed everyone, had great stakes, had fun moves and a big narrative payoff. You’re too good at what you do. Thic sode if there ever was one.