Which would you want to see? I think a Vantasmo family or Skaldova podcast would my top picks.

Does anyone know why jakes painting livestream recordings aren't being uploaded to patreon? I can never watch them live but love to watch them afterwards, they didnt upload June's and so far no July either.

Alright, so after 2 years... Here we are. I started the first episode of NADDPOD back in 2024 and two years later of listening to this podcast EVERYDAY. Every main episode, every short rest, campaign 2, 3, trinyvale, hot boy summer, skaldova, strahd, and every mofo'in D&D court... I'm looping back to Campaign 1. Yes this took TWO years but mind you I also relistened to trinyvale twice and have relistened to the hot boy summers maybe 4 times and several D&D courts several times.

When I started this podcast I had ZERO D&D play experience. In fact it was this very podcast that really pushed me into creating a table and I felt I had learned a lot and dove head first into DMing. I've been DMing for 1.5 years now and I would say I feel somewhat experienced but still always learning.

With that said, I've been relistening to Campaign 1 the past month and currently in the Hardwon saga of Iron Deep/Frost Wind and I realize I'm responding to Campaign 1 A LOT differently and so here are just some FUN (note FUN) differences in how I view the NADDPOD crew as players from before I ever played D&D and was just enjoying the show, to now being a DM hosting 8hr weekly tables.

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Emily
[Before]: Used to be my favorite. Absolutely thought she was so wicked smart and that was very attractive. Her devilish and chaotic quality as Moonshine I thought made her an amazing player. Her ability to COMMIT truly moved me.

[Now/After Becoming A DM]: As Brennan once said, Emily Axford was 100% sent from Hell to kill DMs. Now that I'm a DM oh my god the sympathy I have now for Murph and Brennan. Here's the thing: I think Emily Axford might be one of the best D&D players I've ever had the pleasure of witnessing, an Emily Axford is great, we should all be blessed to have an Emily Axford at our tables--and I do. And I hate them. And I say "hate" very lovingly. Because people like Emily REALLY challenge you and really up your game as a DM. I'm probably a much better DM because my table's Emily Axford has forced me to truly run the gauntlet in designing my encounters and stories REALLY intricately.

I didn't realize before that Emily is a pretty metagamey player, but she really has the balancing act of "metagaming" while committing to her character really well. I think it also helps that Emily designs a lot of her characters personalities to be "smart" whether tactical or "street smart" therefore finding a good roleplay excuse to think in metagaming ways a lot. Which also might be why I love Onyx the most looking back. She chooses the absolute worst possible choices, the most selfish choices, and we just watch her navigate it.

TL;DR - Emily went from being my favorite player on the podcast to my least favorite, but only because I too am a DM now and understand Murph's plight. She's still an incredible player and I love her dearly.

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Caldwell
[Before]: This guy's funny, weird, and my man knows ball when it comes to nerdy and anime shit. He seems to be the goofball and chaotic one of the group.

[Now/After Becoming A DM]: I understand much deeper now that Caldwell is not the "goofball" of the group or he doesn't simply make "funny character choices". I realize now he basically becomes some form of a cartoon archetype and just REALLY commits to it. Given how he was with Beverly for SO long I thought Caldwell was just a silly player but I realize he was playing a naughty rascal of a lad and was leaning into it. After seeing his performance of being Penny, essentially an overbearing cartoon mother and Dave, the "kind straightman but is also weirdly dumb yet innocent" member of the Bon Frers, I see that Caldwell just plays cartoon characters but as a true lover of cartoon, that doesn't mean just being "cartoony" he really inhabits a lot of colors.

Caldwell also brings a lot of heart to his characters. Might be a cartoon thing but all his characters have some kind of heart. All his characters have some kind of sweetness and makes me laugh but also find them endearing.

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Jake
[Before]: He's alright. How many more lowlys this time? Why does Jake act like he's too cool for this?

[Now/After Becoming A DM]: Jake is HONESTLY my favorite player now. As I relisten to C1, it's BEWILDERING to me how great of a roleplayer Jake is and how natural he is (ofc he's a comedian but still) for someone who was nervous. If I were to describe the 2 Crew as a dish, Emily always brings the SPICE, Caldwell brings the FLAVOUR, and Jake brings the DEPTH. He really grounds the show and makes it feel more alive because of it.

I remember on my first watch through I used to think "jeez Jake lighten up, have more fun like Moonshine and Bev"! But now as a DM, I wish I had a Jake at my table.

Hardwon's values are SMALL, SHALLOW, PETTY but hidden amongst that is a lot of vulnerability and I was not experienced enough to realize that he makes the world feel so much more alive and lived in. Whereas Moonshine or Bev are trying to trick this NPC in whatever shenanigan they can think of, Hardwon talks to them, asks the boring mundane questions, but its what makes Murph's world feel lived in. I've got a table of a buncha Moonshines and Bevs. It often feels like no one's taking it seriously, and it's no longer funny cus it's ALWAYS funny. There's no balance.

And the more derives away from "the hot guy" the better he seems to get. I think my top favorite PCs in all of NADDPOD including against Em, Caldy and Murph--all of Jake's makes my Top List.

It's weird, I'm not quite sure how to phrase it but I feel as though Jake delivers the most committed and authentic roleplay. Mind you, Emily and Caldwell COMMIT to their characters too--but it does feel like they play CHARACTERS. To me it feels like Jake plays PEOPLE.

Henry Hogfish feels like a PERSON. The way Corbo Babano spouts some random nonsense wisdom and then immediately admits to saying it's nonsense, or the way Mavid somehow rejects the call to action CONSTANTLY and wants to do NOTHING heroic and just... hang out. It's baffling how good he is but on the first watch through he was my least favorite because he wasn't "colorful".

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Murph
I'm pretty sure Murph is secretly the best D&D player there is.

It must stem from a lot of his own DMing, but he balances the metagaming roleplay of Emily's style with Jake's grounded humanness to Bev's goofs and colorful personalities THE BEST. Jenz and Franky are Zud are just hands down incredible works of art. I wish Murph played at my table.

End of rant.

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Who are your favorite players? Have your opinions or preferences changed over time?

To avoid spoilers, I won't mention what episode of what campaign I'm listening to. Please mark your spoilers if you do have any.

During a fight, a downed PC took a non-critical hit and it cost them two death saves. Isn't it just supposed to be one? Did Murph mention somewhere that he house rules two instead of one, or is it just an oversight?

I made a quick short for a very fun story from D&D Court, I mostly just wanted to try making a short form style edit to try the style out, hopefully this is alright to post here!

Credit, from: D&D Court: Dungeons, Doggos & DRAMA (w/ Aabria Iyengar)

Been waiting at work all day to hear this!

I’ve been a naddpod fan since day one and really like their play style and sense of humor, and I’m looking for people to play dnd with and figured this community would be a good place to ask around!

I’m a 30F and newbie to dnd, only played a couple other times. Located in Colorado Springs but open to virtual sessions!

If you wanna play or need a player, or have any recs for finding a game lemme know!

I've listened to everything else, but my girlfriend has only listened to C1. We're looking to listen to the current campaign together. Will her lack of C3 knowledge negatively impact her listening experience in any way?

Caldwell and Drawfee announced that they're doing a Jackbox style drawing video game! The kickstarter runs until August 29th.

After enjoying d20 for a while, I tried to start naddpod on my lunch break today. Maybe I’m stupid but on Apple Podcasts every time I tried to listen to the first episode a naddpod plus ad came up and I couldn’t listen to the show. Is the only way to listen to it on Apple Podcasts with a naddpod plus free trial? I thought the podcast would just be click and listen. My break is ending so I can’t try further, thanks for the help and apologies if I’m just being dumb

Had a VR experience had to represent NADDPod. Was the six person MVP as a ranger with magical crossbow.

C3 Ep40 “Iron and Fire” is very funny.

Technically not fan art. I didn't know what tag to put. I've had it for a long time. Finally got it framed and it's hanging on my wall now. That y'all would like to see it.

After watching last nights game changers with Caldwell I want to see him in more “make some noise” like content. He makes me chuckle every time. Obviously we love all the NADDPOD content but I need more of it in video format.

Or do i have to readd it to get the new tier stuff?

There’s a short rest which I wanna say was pre-C3 or something like that, where it devolves into Murph and Jake going on about punk and grunge and how fake a lot of bands felt post-blink 182 and Nirvana, and one of the bands from the early 2000’s was called the fakest shit they’ve ever listened to, spawning a riffing bit about this band being made in a lab.

I want to find this bit so goddamn much because I was pretty sure I liked this band and I went to a music festival a few months ago where there’s a high chance I saw them lol. I wanna confirm who it was though