Short Rest: C3 Ep. 54: The Family Secret

Missed opportunity on “moon boob”

Returning after that video of that guy jumping of the balcony into the mall skating rink and destroying both of his legs completely.

I very much dislike Gowan

Emily’s scream at 17:35 is when I really could feel the caffeine

This is the one episode I can't listen to the whole way through (so far) the conversation about jumping off a deck is visceral to me

I leave myself clues too.

Loved the bear and the nightingale!

Hey just a heads up there’s a few missing short rests from Feb thru end of April. 55 is missing from both feed and short rests collection, this one isn’t in the short rest collection.

I felt dumb for how long it took me to realise that Gawain and Gregor are twins, so whilst our PC's might know the difference, Swag might not be able to tell

I also noticed in that moment how getting a crit perception was so powerful.

This is the most crack filled improv session I've ever heard

the accidental undertale reference

If you do an arc of what the boob's are up to it should definetly be it's own thing, it deserves more then a 3.5 mini arc

Emily’s song about subzero goes hard

The energy of this ep is insane 😂😵‍💫

I feel like roller skates would be the worst option because your feet would slide right out from under you when you land and you'd be more likely to hit your head

Murph if you don't give us campaign 3.5 now I will sob and maybe die. Please keep me alive, I need campaign 3.5.

I need an American for some help: what is a 'deck?' Because in my Kiwi brain, a deck is a porch. A balcony, if you will, but on the ground floor. Maybe a foot off the ground at most. I have been struggling to picture this incredible deck jump Boris Frig did. Is a 'deck,' in American English, a second-storey (or higher) balcony?

Anyone else return to listen to this prequel as a sequel to the mix bag?

Murph this is a little bit manic behavior

New patron tier: the illustrated adventures of the boy Wizard and his frog pal

Okay there are guys on tiktok that actually do the jump off your porch on ice skates thing. They built a track and ramp to get to their frozen lake every year and document it on tiktok. Lemme try to find it

Got this ear worm in my head now where when I hear Oberon I sing the O'Reilly autoparts jingle but with Oberon. I'm now hopefully imparting this curse upon the reader

I think physics-wise Emily has the right of it because if you increase the impact surface area then the force gets distributed throughout. However I think the move would then be to bellyflop not cannonball

I just finished reading LWAW to my 3 yo and can agree with Murph... although it has the obvious connotations of YKW, it's still a great book. I also did not know C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were both in The Inklings.

family secret in the crick, its everywhere. Seventie Fhive?

I had this feeling during the episode but the short rest really cemented it for me....I think Murph is about to whomp these folks like never before. The characters and the players do not seem to be considering that the truth can be something other than what they've been directly told, and I think it's going to have a catastrophic ending that ramps the endgame up a notch.

Okay but no lie, I had moon shoes and they were fun as hell- but I will submit for your consideration kangaroo shoes as the most dangerous option

I'm here to endorse list on the fridge. We have a paper shopping list pad attached to a magnet so the second you use the last of the butter you can write down that we need more.

nerds/gamers on energy drinks is the former CH employees version of finance dudes on coke. The insane plans/concepts and furatively pointing out the fault in others logic. Also the absolute audacious confidence of surviving such injuries lmaoooo

i think 75 would be a perfect length for this campaign. i think the first campaign felt a little inflated by the end, but with the way this campaign is going it's a pretty decent path from ice knife to fae wild to the aftermath of whatever happens in the fae wild. maybe the 3.5 mini arc with the boobs can bring the total count to ~80. now that that thought is out of the way, when we getting a DM jake campaign/one shot?

“It doesn’t matter how tall you are, you’re a giant” being said so matter-of-factly makes me emotional. As someone who is Indigenous but white passing, there’s a lot of pain that comes with “not looking like” your family, especially your blood kin. Thanks for telling this story 💕

The crew hopped up on energy drinks is possibly my favorite way to listen to this show. I loved the last energy drink ep. This SR was hilarious. Super excited for the mixed bag

I just want to let y'all know there is a guy who regularly jogs at the North Hollywood park wearing moon shoes. The moon shoes community may be extremely small, but it is thriving 🙏

Just watched a movie Frozen (2010), which involves someone dropping from a ski lift. Pretty visceral depiction to answer the topic of interest during this short rest. Legs absolutely wrecked. Gruesome.

God I love the way murph says water

The whole “swag” plot has started to feel pretty muddled, to the point where I’m not even sure the players know how they’re supposed to feel about him? Mystery is nice, but I’m getting whiplash from every scene about “swag” having a totally different emotional tone. Feels like less of a character and more of a plot device, but it feels like it’s all gonna come to a head soon and work itself out so I’m excited.

in these next few episodes I better see a title that is "Solemn Bufo"

How do we feel about surprises as sprouts? I feel like when you're gardening that little peak out the dirt is the vibe.

Surprised Callie didn’t bring up defeating Ultress.

I’m blooming over here. It’s hard for me to imagined this campaign ending without a trip to the astral plane. But I get where Murph is coming from.

C1 spoilers! How did Jake not bring up “Murph!!! Why do you always try to kill my characters or my family with a dagger in the frozen north as a surprise/bloom!!!” When Gauen stabbed Calder I was thrown back to hardwon on the balcony.

Some planted seeds blooming.

Murph's physical memory prompts made me think of a quote from one of my favourite books. "Or how he was once found on the well regarded Rabbi's front lawn, bound in white string, and said he tied one around his finger to remember something terribly important, and fearing he would forget the index finger, he tied a string around his pinky, and then one from waist to neck, and fearing he would forget this one, he tied a string from ear to tooth to scrotum heel, and used his body to remember his body, but in the end could only remember the string." Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated

I was momentarily sombered by the announcement then realized 25-ish episodes is going to take another full year. Haha

I feel like one thing that might be contributing to this campaign feeling a bit shorter overall could be the lack of guest PCs spread between and into some arcs? Cause that feels like it contributed to how bulkier C1 was. Would love to see a new or returning guest PC!! Lou was fantastic in Eldermourne, Nathan could come back as Tonathan, and there's always the new possibilities of maybe Ally or Aabria? Maybe something to keep in mind!

Rose for Calder miming as his mirror image. Jake made me laugh so hard during that

love the nasty energy of the "to bloom" segment of roses and thorns and buds

Campaign 3.5 played with d&d 3.5e instead would be so fun

Can confirm, my lab bench is super disorganized 😅

shout out to putting things on weird locations as an instruction flag for the dev (me) to remember to do something unrelated. actually helps me more than therapy did.

THE ENERGY IN THIS!! Can’t wait for Energy Drink Sommeliers part 2!!

How did they not get to "moonboobs" or "moonbooty"

Glad to hear that I’m not the only one who just eat scoops of peanut butter out of the jar.

Exciting to see Murph branch out from cups

Imagining Emily SideDiving off a deck broke me.

Jake. Hear me out: Path of the giant barbarian, multi class. Homebrew a lil

Words can't describe how excited I am for the upcoming Gamer Fuel Sommelier episode

NADDpod is about how having friends kicks ass

That might be the record for longest non-plot tangent. Woman in the Wall is still my favorite, though.

TOTALLY TWISTED broke me

Just got outta work! Rock and roll!!!

The energy in this is insane. Can't wait for the mixed bag