if you wanna listen to naddpod you should know this about the hosts: brian murphy is a straightman to his inner most core and he's the funniest person alive, these things exist simultaneously and would not exist without the other. emily axford is clinically insane to a point where it's easier to not try to follow her logic when she says things. jake hurwitz is a certified cool guy but he's the biggest loser in a room of nerds playing dungeons and dragons. caldwell tanner can only be described as exactly what a 1930's cartoon describes as a rascal. three of them are a throuple and the fourth is their boss.
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Emily Axford’s PCs Ranked by How Likely They Are To Have Worn Crocs:
There was discussion on a recent short rest about which of Emily’s PCs are most likely to wear crocs, so I humbly present my findings:
1. Brenda Elizabeth: 100% canonical that she wears crocs. She is even wearing crocs in her canon artwork. God bless you Zac Oyama.
2. Tarragon Snakeroot: Also 100% canonical that she wears crocs, but the DM is being a little punk about it. Regardless of whether or not Murph thinks crocs exist in Eldermourne, if Emily says she’s wearing crocs, she’s wearing crocs.
3. Sophia Lee: A human living on present day earth. I’m certain she’s worn crocs around her place on Staten Island.
4. Chirp Featherfowl: Lives in the Feywild, but has a wife and child on present day earth. Has definitely tried on her wife’s crocs. Loves the novelty of them.
5. Ylfa Snorgelsson: Same voice as Brenda Elizabeth, so she’s already croc-coded. Plus, due to multiversal shenanigans, it’s almost guaranteed that there exists a version of her who’s worn crocs.
6. Onyx Lumiere: I don’t remember if crocs have been confirmed as canon in Trinyvale, but they definitely are. If Onyx didn’t already own a pair of pastel crocs, she’s surely looted a pair from someone she’s killed.
7. Fia Boginya: Crocs are not necessarily her style, but she lives in Eldermourne, so she’s had ample opportunity to wear them.
8. Brimstone Billy: Also, lives in Eldermourne, but I’m not sure if crocs have made their way to Endoterra yet.
9. Sundry Sidney: Technically exists in our future, but crocs are probably ancient relics in her time. Even if she could get her hands on a pair, she wouldn’t be able to get them on over her permanent roller skates.
10. Fig Faeth: I’m gonna say that crocs probably exist in Solace, but Fig was too preppy to wear them as a kid and is too punk to wear them now.
11. Moonshine Cybin: I’ll throw Murph a bone and say that crocs don’t exist in Bahumia, but if they did, I bet Moonshine would wear them. If a crick elf was gonna wear shoes, they’d probably wear crocs.
12. Calliope Petrichor: Again, no crocs in Bahumia, but even extra no crocs in the Feywild. Furthermore, they aren’t really the shoes of choice for either crime families or knights. No crocs for Calli.
13. Saccharina Frostwhip: Calorum is the setting least likely to contain crocs. It’s such a classic medieval fantasy world. That said, growing up poorer than the other PCs makes Saccharina the most likely A Crown of Candy character to have worn crocs.
14. Jet Rocks: By far the least likely Axford character to have worn crocs. Spent her short life growing up royal in a lavish castle with dreams of becoming a military commander in a world where crocs absolutely do not exist in the first place. Case closed.
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naddpod is just so fucking good. and i know i'm preaching to the choir on tumblr, in the naddpod tag, but cold hard truths hit every note for me. deeply emotional, character-driven moments that made that ep so engaging despite the party being separated. unique combat design, because murph never rests on his laurels; no one is doing it like him. brilliant and creative player strategy. a cool, creepy atmosphere that's tense and immersive. and it all began with the stupidest bit imaginable.
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he's a frog. he's the hottest member of the party. he grew up at a waterpark. his best friend is a man in his thirties who still refers to himself as 'the boy wizard.' his only living relative is named swag daniels. he has a birthmark on his ass that spells out his name, and his asshole is the O
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one of the things that makes me go so insane about hardwon surefoot is based entirely in jake’s “misunderstanding” (his words) of how dnd worked when he started playing at the beginning of c1.
jake thought he was creating a hero, who had been a hero for a while. hardwon, therefore, believed himself to be a hero before and when he arrived in moonstone.
as jake learned the game, hardwon came to the realization that heroes were more complex, and slowly stopped believing he was the hero. instead, moonshine and bev and balnor and so many of their other friends they met along the way were heroes, and he was along for the ride with them.
but. but. it came at a cost.
hardwon stopped believing himself to be a hero so hard that here he is, 200 years later, thinking that his friends don’t need him because he’s not a hero. they're the heroes. he's just a guy who went along with them for the ride.
his confidence only comes back because they’re in trouble. he’s not a hero to himself, not anymore, but he’s never stopped being a hero to them.
and none of that could have really happened in a way that was narratively interesting (at least, not to the extent it has) if jake hadn’t started out with the mindset of creating someone who was already a hero.
and that's why this game, and this show, is so beautiful.
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