C3 Ep. 51: First Hearth (The Ice Knife Saga)

"I got you guys a baby" killed me Thought for sure Gunk was going to need underwater beer

A slapdash team… a.. Slug Slapdash team

One thing I've missed over the years has been the campaign-themed quiz shows. "Maude Jungle" would have absolutely been an answer to a "name that fake identity" question

Murph once again proving his own rule of "silly things are evil" rule. Those puffins were so cute!!! I absolutely melted and was surprised at their inclusion!!! Which made the ominous music at Sol checking them with his glasses all the more terrifying

My favorite part about naddpod is Murph playing multiple NPCs and them all having such distinct personalities. I love Kenna!

They weren't lying about the live show hibernation, it's been 18 months

I love how the egg going 4x as fast just means it's traveling at 12mph

Wait I wanna hear more about Maude Jungle tho

Gonk is literally the only decision that these guys have made that I absolutely hate

I love hearing Murph's smile when he says "And that's where we'll end our session." The whole crew is adorable.

I know I’m late to the party but Duncan the Whale is voiced by Kylo Ren era Adam Driver and I will die on this hill

God I love this soup

Did anyone else lose audio the last half hour of this episode?

I started coughing laughing when Calliope immediately used the shell to call Ursia (Ursea?) from the same city lmao

Hey, that one guy can one hand his batard sword

This is might be my favorite episode of this campaign so far! Gunk was hysterical, the way Murph described the approach to the Frigid North was so evocative, and the tension/horror elements were so amazingly done. I’m so excited for the next ep!

Emily is the funniest person alive for the Gunk sleight of hand. Murph really planned on having as a one time joke but no, it's staying now, sjdkfnd

Taking Gunk was extremely selfish. Unsubscribed.

the puffin is from the family of birds called auks (pronounced the same as 'orcs'), so there being polar orcs confused me for longer than I am willing to admit.

holy shit the end of the ep was SO good. big The Thing (1982) vibes

The ominous music that starts playing when Callie says “there’s some influence there” and the puffin just goes “what was that?” Lmao

“Just listening to Phoebe Bridget’s and getting shredded” same bestie

Listened to the end of the episode on a late night walk home from the bus and it was so creepy with the suddenly tense, creepy atmosphere. So good!

the reaction to Caldwell's frog fact is so good lmao

And just like that, ol guppy had become my favorite NPC of c3

LOVED THE ENERGY OF THIS EP??? To be fair I really thought that Callie had sleight-of-handed a nude into Ryaris' pocket as a parting gift lol. Gunk was such a funny surprise, and the Duncan the whale interaction was hilarious. Love how Duck Team fucking sucks and are really hit or miss in regards to whether their social interactions are pleasurable or not. Ursea (?)'s interactions w Sol in the end were so good, too. Gonna miss Tsunare but its definitely turned out to be one of the coolest places in Bahumia for sure. ALSO THE PUFFINS???? MURPH. ARE THEY. Descended from that one Puffin that Moonshine awakened in a live-show????? Cause if so, props to you dude that's such a cool detail to add onto current Bahumia. Also I did think they were showing up as brown on the glasses as a soft-ref to being a lineage descended from an awakened puffin (and consequently the players were tooo paranoid) but I'm glad its not the case lol (cause it makes sense that they wouldn't know brown=Alexandrite-d up since I think its the first time they turned out to be correct). Btw last rose of sorts is for Murph and Jake for Calder using that cool hunter whistle to communicate, as a characteristic Frigid North tundra thing!!

This episode was so awesome!!! Writing props to Murph. One of my favs of all time I thinj

Big fan of Puffinfolk omg

Such a funny episode, wishhhhh we got more campaign episodes

A new episode drops on the same day as the session I’m running? The NADDPOD gods smile upon me this day 🙏🏼😭💛

Those frog facts were both answers to trivia questions at a trivia night I went to two days ago - I wonder what the chances of that are!

the audio effects right at the end there!!! like my heart was really racing with those weird computer noises

Omg Caldwell’s “shaggadelic” is the hardest I’ve laughed all month. Murph’s hatred of the Austin powers jokes makes them so much funnier

I love the 180 on whether or not the whale can be friendly. Or maybe I'm bad at paying attention lol.

Gotta love listening when its quite literally-50 where i am

2024 starting strong w maybe the grossest episode in a while💪

IM CRYING THIS EPISODE WAS SO FUNNY

Cool Uncle Calder, Fun Aunt Callie, Responsible Aunt-Squire Kenna and … Careless Uncle Sol. And will he become a Gunk-le?

I love how unhinged each transition episode between arcs are! Absolute goof central!

Excited for the ep and hopeful that we’ll finally see Squeem again this episode, it’s been a while since they have been mentioned.

Cried at the Gunk reveal

very excited for this ep and also hoping that murph did not do an all-nighter editing this one 0-0

Murph, In a week where I got my ass thoroughly kicked by the flu(still recovering), the highlights are watching you roll well on FHJY, listening to the Blues beat the 1st place Rangers last night, and this new episode! You’re the best!!!

so pumped!!!

IM DARKNUTTING HHHHHHEEEUGH

MURPH MURPH MURPH MURPH MURPH!

HELL YEAH CALDER ARC