i sort of teased this cutscene a while ago, now that it's FINALLY implemented in-game though i can show it off!!!
it's pretty basic but this is the first cutscene i've actually fully finished so i'm happy with how it came out!!!
"If we built a little shed in the doorway, call it my house, and not invite him in, can he not leave?" might be the funniest shit the boobs have ever glossed over
Scarlett Montgomery from Naddpod Shadowfell Saga. If that was her name I'm not sure. I am also not sure if this picture needs a content warning but whatever, I'll just do a bloodless version of everything.
Trying out the whole sketch as lineart thing because at the moment drawing and especially lineart feels difficult so I've been drawing on my phone with Ibis Paint X.
I was not looking forward to the shadowfell saga that much but then brennan lee mulligan started playing an undead cowboy and now i cant think about anything else
i’ve been binge-listening to naddpod for the first time and have only just finished with the mage madness eps and man. i cannot imagine having to wait between listening to the next. specifically the shadowfell saga
Love having Brennan on and him playing Matt's gunslinger. Everyone at the beginning was like thanks Matt! And once Brennan called out a grit they all instantly just ripped into him🤣🤣🤣
take your time/partner in crime - halstarion fic and moodboard
“Of course… Thaniel is trapped in the Shadowfell, but thanks to your efforts, and with Silvanus’ guidance, I know almost exactly where he will be. Now I must go there – alone.”
“What?” Astarion had stiffened, thinking of their journey to the realm not so long ago for Shadowheart. Greyed and faded and dark, chains of shadow filling the sky, fierce, cool wind biting at their cheeks. “I thought you’d at least drag the cleric in with you. He’s travel-sized! But now – you’ve decided to kill yourself?”
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(Or, Halsin has his final grandstand with Shar, and Astarion is simply along for the ride.)
6.6k words. Enemies to friends to lovers. Slow burn. Feelings realization. Canon-typical violence. Angst with a very happy ending. Temporary character death lol. Whump. Confessions.
[Installment 9 in my Bloodbear saga and probably my favorite one so far. (: Each chapter is its own separate character study for the dear and awful vampire, but it definitely holds more weight altogether.
This won’t include any Eldermourne simply because it doesn’t have arcs the same way the bahumia campaigns do. And so I don’t do a top 30.
(Reverse order again but also don’t take the numbers to really mean anything)
I’m not gonna explain it like I will the actual top 5 but 6 is the chosen saga. You get it.
5. Shadowfell Saga. I have a genuine thesis of sorts that this arc (particularly the Grimhawk portion but realistically the whole thing) altered the course of the podcast. It’s a switch to the endgame which helps but you can nearly feel a difference in the way Emily, Jake, and Caldwell play when this is over. And it rules. So it makes the list.
4. Hellfire Chronicles. Obliterates the podcast. Some of the craziest shit to happen. Some of Murph’s most ambitious encounters. Return of old friends. Devastating losses. One of the harshest ways the war could go into full swing. Beautiful shit.
3. Tales from the Crick. Shapes NADDPod in a very real way. Lays intense groundwork that later leads into some of the most beautiful and powerful moments. Defines the PCs as characters in ways you don’t expect when you encounter it the first time. Plus it intros Jolene the fucking Green and is Balnor’s first arc so you have to give it so much respect.
2. Legends of Irondeep. Maybe I’m a biased Hardwon girlie. Maybe this included some insane and intense character growth that Calder’s absence demanded. It also threw insane lore, helped Sol discover the root of the clone issue, and brought Jaina back to us. Earth shattering arc. I’ll never recover from Lord Ultrus as an episode. And I don’t want to.
1. The Dragon Elf Chronicles. Holy shit. This arc is fr banger after banger. Not only are there some gorgeous plot lines (the Glen reveal, the fucking beast lands) but it also shows that Moonshine was successful in her quest to bring dragons back to the skies of bahumia. She fulfilled the promise. It also includes the return to the crick, the Super Bowl of dnd encounters (king of dragons you will always be famous), and it ends with Crown of Dreams. One of the best arcs to ever and I mean that.