Post "Message About Discourse" by "naddpod"

Susan Gricko

"Be a Rules Lawyer, not a Female Roll Inspector!" <3 <3 <3

Aurora

I believe this is the Reddit post in question, in case anyone else is rolling through the backlog: https://www.reddit.com/r/NotAnotherDnDPodcast/comments/jpyqw6/ns_message_from_daddy_murph_concerning_fia/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share

Aurora

Multiple creatures can be chosen in 5e. "For the Duration, each creature you choose within 30 feet of you (including you) has a +10 bonus to Dexterity (Stealth) checks and can’t be tracked except by magical means."

What it comes down to is this, the ONLY 4 people who really have a say in how Emily plays the game is the cast. She has always been able to site how and why her characters can do what they do. Murph often does say no, sometime Hell No to some of her ideas AND he has always allowed the guys to adjust and alter characters as needed to make the play more interesting and give more equal advantages all around. Yes Emily (and all the team actually) find interesting work around, they read not just the main books but the alternative presses and articles, even Jake who swears often not to know anything about it. If D&D remained stagnant, with only a few handful of variants available, advanced players and DMs would become really bored and newer players would have nothing to aim for.

James Solomon

I love the rule of fun most of time btw!

James Solomon

Not sure how to start a post just related to spells used by nadpod...

James Solomon

I'm a spellcaster always.... pass without trace has always been self only... need a different spell....

SebbitySwooty (Seb K)

I think Emily is just a good player, constructing your characters both min/max and roleplay so it's great! But she does have a different style in terms of getting and advantage (not in a bad way!) That the others don't really. So she seems to outperform the others slightly and makes you question if that's how the mechanic works. Green flame blade I have to look up now because I'm like wow, is it really that good? Just saying I hope that's why people question it and not bc she's the only woman at the table or some bs

BlurryVizion

Fuck anybody who shits on Emily or anyone one else in this show. It's THEIR story and THEIR table. 💕

Can anyone link the reddit post Murph is talking about ? Can't find it

I know right? somebody give me links. I will crush these nerds in the name of fia!

When is Paw Paw being released?

Schon, the Shadetree Mechanic of Zebuldar

I got into D&D in large part thanks to Emily. Fig and Moonshine are two of my all time favorite characters, and her role in Fantasy High inspired me to play my first character as a tiefling. I'm not gonna go on some long rant to defend our Dungeon Docent, but I will just remind everyone that you can't be a gatekeeper to the fucking Queen.

Frank

Literally she could break all the rules...and that should still be okay? The game is about having fun, listening is fun. Why meta-game or rules lawyer. I love the content and love how positive these comments and a majority of the fans are <3

Joseph Petty

Are you sure you're not just meta-gaming, Murph? 😁

Lauren

Like Brennan said, Emily is probably one of the best dnd players on earth. Her strategizing and problem solving is so beyond. It can be hard to keep up with her but I always trust she’s doing things right, she loves the game and dice too much to cheat

Everybody CHILL!!!

Sabrina Bernaby

But can we still cyber bully Balnor

shrimpy_senpai

Nothing but love for the lanky woman child Fia bonkginia. Truly one of the boys💞💖💘💕💖💝

Pat Lusk

Powering through the NADDPod backlog got me through the pandemic summer. You guys have created something special, please never let the haters, trolls, and morons get to you. Thank you for all the joy you bring.

Totally agree! Emily also has the experience and improv abilities to know when and how to step up. I listen to other D&D podcasts and they suffer when they don’t have a gracious leader or they take too long to agree.

tacticalgrandma

I know I've gotten quizzed on my dnd knowledge when starting out in groups, had the basic function of my class explained to me, been questioned whenever I tried to pull off something crunchy. When I see Emily dealing w this shit I see what I've had to deal w, & what I know other non-white dudes have had to deal w trying to play a fundamentally improvisational game. I grateful she keeps being clever & creative in the face of this, & for the bulk of the naddpod community for standing by her. Interrogate your habits & assumptions & crit on your homework yall

Maia Costea

One Big Bed for all NADDPOD fans One small, dirty college dorm mattress on the cold floor for all the haters.

Caoimhe

None of the players deserve criticism. Balancing entertaining RP, time for plot, and paying attention to all the rules all the time sounds hard as heck! Thank you guys for always bringing us such fun and wholesome content!

Fia inspired me to get baby bangs. So thank you emily not only for being an excellent D&D player but also for inspiring my life choices and also for making very good music

Vonvonvon

I wish we would treat everyone like one of the girls. BookVar for president!

Sierra Schuette

We love and support our naddpod gods ❤

Derek E.

Hey I’ve been listening almost since you started but I only just started playing DnD for the first time very recently and like yeah I still think Emily is one of the best players I’ve seen in all media regardless of gender. But like I’ll be honest almost all the things you had to address I didn’t remotely see as a problem. I think that people need to stop singling her out bc we know WHY y’all are doing it. It’s not okay.

Awumpa

These posts are always such a surprise to me. Can't believe people would do this kind of stuff. Just enjoy the show peeps!

Pretty shameful that this has happened- but glad we can meet it head on like adults..... Emily is always a joy to listen to and help to me out of a lot of shitty places, she totally deserves an appreciation post :)

Lee Blatchford

Sorry in advance but I've missed something here...not on the discord... Why are folks giving Emily shit? What has she done wrong? And where does the line start to fight these people for dissing her?! Lol

Makes me sad that this is even an issue. We gotta be better peeps.

Matthew Strasiotto

I saw murph commenting on this on a reddit post recently, & the post itself was quite innocent (" Why did fia get advantage on that roll, it's fine but I'm confused"). It saddens me to think that people are targeting Em, when she is such an amazing player, so mechanically switched on but with such a fun, creative playstyle. I think Em might actually be the most tactical /strategic player in the party, in how she manages her characters, and handles encounters, but you wouldn't know it from how fun she makes it sound. I know you asked for no Em appreciation posts, but I hope it's okay to say that Em IS amazing & deserves a tonne of appreciation

Hollie Tawhiao

People don't like innovative and smart people. M is innovative and smart people. Period. She's awesome, end of story :D As is the whole crew #nofavouritism #teamhotfish.....sorry I mean #hogfish

Patrick Schiller

Emily honestly always kills it... Characters always super creative, great story teller and amazing improv, thank you guys sorry about some of the tools ❤️

I think Emily walks on water and really admire her as a player. It sucks that she makes these really creative, sincere, and out-of-the-box characters and people just wanna talk shit. I hope you all never forget how much MOST of your fans appreciate you because a few sticks in the mud have nothing better to do than nitpick good content. ❤️❤️❤️ Fia can fight her own battles, but I will still volunteer these hands as tribute. 🤛

Connor savage

Damn Daniel y’all need to chill. Good on Murph for saying something and I think the real fans support the whole cast. So heck the fake fans.

Jacob Buttarazzi

Good on you for jumping in and saying something, Murph. I hope those people can calm down and just appreciate the podcast

Noah James Perito

Thank you as always Murph! Cant wait to see this team in action ☺️

Yura

I feel like as the community grows bigger and bigger, this kind of issues are -even though I hate saying this- inevitable. There will always be a 'female roll inspector' minority. *sigh* As far as the episode goes, the only thing I've raised my eyebrows at is the fact that Henry's shadow becomes somewhat funny/talkative during the battle whereas it was portrayed as very spooky, gloomy and indifferent prior to the battle, I was expecting some kind of roleplay to ease the level up and new feat but I realized I'm totally nitpicking and it just didn't make sense to cut off to shadow RP within the tomb and I was fine with it at the end. So, for those questioning every action that Fia did/will do, I'd like to say: learn about the game, do better research, listen to the podcast attentively, think and internalize that decisions made are created in the spur of a moment, don't project your expectation too much, don't be jealous of something you couldn't come up with yourself, and if it didn't suit your taste, you're welcome to turn away without any judgment but don't be a dick about it. Learn to just enjoy amazing people telling amazing stories.

Sabrina Bernaby

I’ll meet anyone who’s saying shit at the Denny’s parking lot where we beat up Brennan after crown of candy episodes. Your ass is going down!!

Maya B

I can't remember if this was in episode 0 itself or the short rest, but they talked about how Murph basically let them graft whatever race stat onto their character. I don't think Fia is actually a vedalkin, Eldermourne has had people mixing for so long that she's a combination of a lot of different groups

Meagan LeMay

Hopefully Patreon supporters wouldn’t do this, but I’m so frustrated that people who don’t even pay to support the team feel entitled enough to nitpick. Entitled fans + double standards for woman = double the frustration. The show has been the only thing I’ve listened to for the last 10 weeks. Thank you all for making something so fun that gives me a little respite from the trash fire that is 2020.

Me and my oldest kid both agree the Emily is the best DnD player we know of, comparing from all our own home games and play pod casts we listen to. She uses the rules creatively for good story telling, and for making DMs tremble! And she does an awesome job bringing her characters to life, and (along with her fellow players and DMs), have made this 50 year old man cry multiple times!

Stephen Von Jett

Caldwell is a fantastic good-idea-fairy that be straight up injecting chaos at every opportunity

Stephen Von Jett

I mean, if we should be complaining about anyone on the cast it should clearly be Caldwell lol

Same same same

Who in FUCCCCKKK. All emily does is come up with creative heartfelt characters for us and bitches have so much to say. Grinds my GEARS

Rob T

It makes me sad to know that Emily is sad. These Turds didn’t crit on their homework

Joel Boyd

Ah yes, the wildren children (may be a d20 reference)

Jayson Bailey

Thanks for being so frank Murph, Emily is a dnd inspiration.

MiloSassafras

Fia is a gangly lady child, but that doesn't divorce her from being effective. For now Emily has some delicious rolls! But! (Huge but) let's never forget she also gave us 3 sequentially rolled natural ones. Granted, Murph cut things in a way that left important details out, but his personal transparency in this post shows repentance lol. I had originally assumed that Fia was half orc just based off of physical description, I think y'all may have mentioned it but not knowing at all what a Vedalkin is lead to my misunderstanding and utter confusion when she started doing charisma stuff with advantage. Thanks for clearing stuff up! I'm like tron and fight for the player, tighten up Murph!(razzing and not serious)

Olivia

Thank you, Murph!

atlasrising

Emily is honestly a goddamn inspiration as a person and a player, period. Makes me laugh out loud every single episode and has made me cry more than once. We're lucky she still wants to play after bullshit like this, which has been going on in the background for way too long. Emily - thanks for bringing light to my day and you fricking rock.

John C.

"You're all a bunch of wild animals!" -Murph

Good on ya for saying this all super clearly. Good stuff right here.

Renegade

anyone commenting on fia’s shit is somehow not aware emily is smart as fuck???? and builds really cool well thought out characters?????? and WANTS to earn her shit within the rules????????? shes a spellcaster without lvl 2 spells yet bc she likes to work chaotically within rules, 100/10 would recommend

Erin

Emily inspires me to fight harder and be more vulnerable both at the table and IRL. Toxic dudes need to exit, pursued by chainsaw-weilding dire-bears.

Max Telmer

Emily is my favorite dnd player not because of her character builds but because of her commitment to role playing the characters. Moonshine or Fia could have a 20 in every stat and they would still seem more like real characters/people than any of mine 🙂

Emily is great at optimizing her character, and utilizing the best aspects of her build choices. I love the ideas she comes up with, heck I didn't even know Vedalkin were a thing! I love that Fia has a negative Stat, it makes her character seem more real over all. Eldermourne is going to be an awesome campaign. I'm really loving the flavor so far!

Rosanna

Will personally hunt and slap anyone who spends their free time being internet-mean about Emily. She’s the reason I play D&D, she’s a queen, a virtue, a maverick, oh, and fuck Balnor.

Limboxx Cottontail

I am pretty sure pawpaw is the bbeg

Kevin Dowd

"why is this one character awesome?" "because emily is awesome at playing her character" seriously ive been playing since the game was called advanced and have been called a power gamer the entire time and watching and listening to emily play has sent me back to the books so that i too, can make my DM and players cry

Samuel

Emily is awesome and so are the rest of you! Keep true to your style, this podcast is amazing and i just can't get enough of it 😁

Rémi Maloney

And seriously, what then fuck would it matter either way if she hadn't?!

Rémi Maloney

For the record, I knew instantly that Emily had used her domain spell Divine Favor for the radiant damage, even if I thought I had missed her casting it.

Steven Hoffart

I didn’t way too long on D20 Reddit talking down whiners about POC played characters and now going after the only woman in the group. Ya’ll are tell on yourselves.

Treyley the Cray

Emily is a Queen and I’ll kick anyone’s ass that disagrees *shakes fist*

Jesse.P

Even if she was too strong who cares.... It is a for entertainment podcast, who are these people and why are they complaining about this O_O

Spore Zealot

Why is "research every spell and mechanic" Emily the leader? *Checks notes* Because the other two options are "go with the flow" Jake Herwitz, and "let's knock on bones" Caldwell Goof-a-God Tanner. Jee... I don't know. On a related note, did they roll 5 drop 2 for this campaign as well?

evanescent

One of my favorite things about naddpod is that it really feels like listening to friends playing together and having fun, and I certainly don't see anyone on the crew seeing the things mentioned in the post above as issues. Some people's perception is really baffling, I guess. Anyway, loving Eldermourne so far, thank you for making my days better!

Parallaxian

It sucks that there was a need to talk about because of a specific toxic minority, but dnd mechanics are great. Side note, I’d love to see character sheets if that’s something that hasnt been shown off, and not even new guys, the 2 crew’s.

Jacob cooper

How is this still happening? People that do this are crazy, just listen and think to yourselves what you would have done and thats it. Just enjoy this amazing crew for who they are.

Turner Tush

#NerfBalnor

Haven

Ps I am SO glad I'm not in the parts of the community where this happens, and sorry that you all have to interact with it

Ahh, even if, we all know Daddy DM wouldn't give special treatment to one character over the others. Besides, they all rule and are having fun doing it. I don't know a lick about DnD but I've been listening for two years. You just have to enjoy the podcasts, and Murphy is right, for the curious ones, keep asking questions. Only way you learn is through mistakes and questions. 👍 Keep up the good work ya knobs.

David Pugh

*Fia kicks back, sparks up a cigar and ignores the haters...

Haven

I will NEVER go after balnor (only love and respect for our dad) but also fia is wonderful and I love her dynamic with the other two. Keep on rocking it yall x

Vonvonvon

I think Bookvar is the clear leader.

Joe Lenton

It sucks that this is still happening. And it’s *so* sexist. Let the woman play her game for Christ’s sake you losers.

Brother Lagniappe

Two things. One Emily is hands down the reason i watch actual play dnd at all. Two fuck balnor

Ronovena

Y’all are so fuckin cool. ♥️

Danley Staniels

Balnor is a KNOB.

Danley Staniels

Absolutely FUCK Balnor.

Lauren Tallant

Wait people criticize Emily’s playing? I have LOVED all her characters and voices and all their personalities. Fia told someone to eat her ass a couple episodes ago and I was like “okay yes, I love this character.” She’s got a BOOK FAMILIAR. What’s not to love?!?!?

frazninja

Thank you for bringing this up murph, we need to do better as a community in calling out the sexism when we see it.

Why can’t they let her play the game like everyone else without giving a fuck that she’s a woman. She’s a great player just like everyone else. Tired of these dickbags.

masterofmerc .

You all are amazing and Emily is a DnD goddess. Sorry you had to even think about this crap. Your game your rules if a ghost gets poisoned in your world so fucking be it.

Hell yeah, Murph.

Franny McCabe-Bennett

Thank you for saying this. It's incredibly frustrating.

As a female player who is now a female DM, Emily inspires me so much! I hope to be like her when I grow up. Also I’m 34 years old. This podcast is by far my favorite podcast of all time and I will continue to be nothing but supportive. Everyone brings such unique flavor to the games and I’ve never thought that there was ever a true leader. Emily even said at one point that she likes to keep dnd group oriented and loves to bring players together as a team, which is probably why she’s (incorrectly, imo) perceived as a leader. Keep doing what you’re doing, and thanks for enriching my life with such fun content while I scrub the toilet or take a walk around my apartment complex for the 4th time today!

Fooleons

Yeah me too Emily is 2rad

Freddie Meraw

She’s a cleric/wizard, she won’t get extra attack! And she’ll get access to 3rd lvl wizard spells at 6 instead of 5 but she’ll get her 3rd lvl *slot* at lvl 5 so I don’t see there being much of a power drop. Ya girl knows how to mutliclass!

John Tanzer

D&D from the very beginning was intended to be a flexible rules-set to be customized and interpreted to fit the story and needs of the table. "New details can be added and old “laws” altered so as to provide continually new and different situations. In addition, the players themselves will interact in such a way as to make the campaign variable and unique, and this is quite desirable." (Gygax & Arneson, p 4, Dungeons & Dragons Book 1: Men & Magic) Even today, where people can ask Jeremy Crawford for rulings directly, those are only intended to clarify the design intent of the specific rule and to help arbitrate conflicts. The only wrong way to play Dungeons & Dragons is to tell other people that they can't play it in a way that makes them happy. Y'all are doing amazing and I'm loving every second of campaign 2.

That this is still a thing bums me out, I regularly (and probably really annoyingly) tell my boyfriend about how cool Emily is as a player. I dont get why people have to be such dicks about everything she does just because she's a woman.

Monika Blue (they)

I know you said no Emily appreciation posts, but I would let her punch me in the face

Freddie Meraw

If it feels like Emily has defaulted to leader that’s probably 1 part because she is the most experienced player at the table and 3 parts because she’s an absolute fucking living legend. The show has been gosh darn mind-blowingly incredible and I wouldn’t change a damn thing, keep on keeping on guys the haters don’t know shit ❤️❤️❤️❤️

StrakerV

D&D is about stepping into the shoes of someone who is likely vastly different than you. That being said, there is still a person playing that character whose personality will be apart of said character. Emily is a clever and immersed player who gets excited with coming up with creative ideas and solutions. I am the "Emily" of my group, so I understand. (I've once created character who was cursed with silence in order to force myself to hold back and leave the ideas and decisions to the other party members)

Hey Murph why do you let your wife be good at game? only man can be good at game!

Mattie Kenny

I’m sorry you even felt you needed to make this post.

Keith robinson

Considering the last time I played D&D it was AD&D 2nd edition, I question a lot of stuff that goes on with 5e. That being said I thoroughly love all the episodes of all the campaigns you guys and gal have done. It's made me think up more characters I'd like to play, reignited my interest so that I'm reading the new rules, so that things make more sense to me and also make me wish I had any friends who played, so I could get back into it. Keep doing all the great stuff you're all doing. You're all wonderful

Eddie V

Well put dude. I'm still catching up on C2, but I've got one quick question. Where was Balnor?

He says crit on your homework. Instructions unclear, crit fail. Thanks Murph, you can expect an enormous wall of aggressive text from me in the next few days, murph style

I find the question of stats funny. They rolled stats, so of course, there are gonna be both good and bad rolls. She is just using her stats effectively, powerful characters mean powerful enemies, which is fun for both sides. Imagine if the final battle of C1 was against a weenie because the 2 crew was weak? Fia should continue to kick ass, and the story will benefit from it. (Also her build is very strong for levels 1-4, expect a power drop at 5-6 where her extra attack is delayed)

Dillon Gleed

My favorite parts of Naddpod are when Brian goes off script which is usually followed by "don't @ me", and whenever Emily, Jake, and Caldwell somehow womp him with their random hijinks! I didn't realize I was supposed to have my books out to fact check every episode...

We've got to remember that Henry and Zirk are both low energy characters by nature, while Fia is super bubbly. I think that people saying she's already the leader are undermining the others role playing. We all love them for different reasons!!! I'm already HOOKED you guys do such an AMAZING job!!

It always sucks when you see just how many aspects of society the “why is the girl good?” attitude shows up in. I love that you’re addressing it by both answering the questions (showing that there’s nothing funny going on, she’s just that good) and pointing out the bias in it. Keep doing what you’re doing!

Cameron McEwan

Wait, I thought everyone knew Bookfar was the group leader?

Lungless

Emily and Fia fucking rule! ❤️

Kierstin Miller

Of course the the fact that this even had to be posted sucks. But it is appreciated. Especially because what I really hope is gleaned from this besides “Emily is great” (true) and “people suck” (true) and “sometimes questionable calls happen” (true, but Murph is doing great)... is 1) an awareness of how truly rampant this subtle sexism is in games, 2) to trust women when we say it’s there and, 3) perhaps, how to identify it yourself.

ananarama

Sure we don’t NEED to make appreciation post but we sure as hell WANT to. Can we decide on an Emily appreciation day? Also Thia is fricken awesome 😎

Jess Little

Balnor totally deserves it.

Tanner Roman

We all love you guys, don't let the bad apples spoil the bunch. You've helped a lot of us push through difficult times but consistently putting new stuff out and letting us relisten to C1! Bring it on come on!!

Every roleplaying group has a natural leader. It's normal. Some people need to get a grip.

Well first of all, obviously, Phillip is the leader of the gang. Secondly, you all do such an amazing job. In only four episodes you created a little family where I'm already so emotionally invested in! I really hope that you don't let the criticism get to you!

Give those sexist people the yeetus deletus

Jeffrey Steck, Lord of the Fjord

Everyone keep being your awesome selves! Love you all!

GET em

Babygramps

I hope this is off topic in a good way, but I absolutely laugh out loud at EVERY mention of "Scampi"!!!

hunky dory

Love you all and your characters!

Danley Staniels

Incels ruin everything.

Murph, I love this post so much! Over the last few years the two crew has repeatedly addressed this, so the fact that it is still happening is ridiculous. Emily, I am so sorry. Fellas, thank you for continuously standing by her.

Phil Batchelor

I fucking love all the characters in all shows. Anyone who wants to pick in Emily is a piece of shit and can go eat an asshole. Drag them Murph!

How can you ask us not to post supporting Emily? Ms. Axford, we are here to support you! Please do your best to disregard the sexist comments you see online and in apple reviews. You are doing great things and honor all of us weirdo, get too into it gamers out here, girls included! Don't stop or even slow down.

Ash Hammack

The interactions of the three characters, in both campaigns, are so balanced I'm genuinely surprised anyone thinks any of them is the "leader."

Joshua the Safoshua

My boyfriend and I are making a d&d podcast with some friends. On mic, I try to be "Emily" specifically. The engagement, the humor, the confidence in her character... she's everything that makes a game good! I hope she sees this. Murph, you're unmatched in your DM style(humor/serious, fuck, perfect). Caldwell, you're my goddamn spirit animal. I can't elaborate, it'll get weird. Jake, you literally shaped my sense of humor. Emily, you are still my favorite by far. I hate that I'm here commenting on a post like this. The level of exposure you've all reached has triggered a crazy amount of misogyny! Emily, you are loved by your fanbase. I'm gonna start writing my music in a closet. You are an inspiration in so many ways. Please keep on keepin' on! (P.S. Murph, I'm gleaning little bits of editing advice from you as the engineer. DONT LEAVE OUT MECHANICAL DISCUSSION - heard)

Crits

HI all, commenting to ask where the hate is absolutely the most counterintuitive thing do. Please refrain from that.

I'm in love with Campaign 2 and all of the PCs! Y'all are the reason I got into D&D, forget the haters 🥰

Pork Chop

I have had moments listening to a few podcasts where I think “that’s not how that works” but I always just leave it to “not my game”. Although I’ve never thought any of the players got special treatment.

Courtney Harris

Im sad Murph even had to post this but my boss once told me that you should only care about what selected people think because you can't please everyone. And Emily, those selected people are your party and your loyal fans. And mate they truly think highly of you as a person and a player! Fia is a kick ass character and you should be proud.

fangurley

I absolutely cannot fathom listening to the podcast and being like "Im not sure if thats allowed", Im too engrossed in the story for that nonsense.

Not Another D&D Podcast

HAHAHA, yes, I think this is a prime example. I let someone poison a ghost and I haven't seen it mentioned. - Murph

Erik

SO sorry u guys get this hate!! We love what u guyys do!

Abe C

I think what this comes down to is peoples lack of understanding at just HOW GOOD EMILY IS AT DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. I remember having some reservations at the start of NADDPOD, but when you include all the stuff on Dimension20, Trinivale, and the countless discussions and livestreams, there is no question ... Emily is good at this game because she loves it so deeply and no amount of words can take that from her. As Patreon members we also get the added benefit of the short rest and the many peek behind the screens that a normal listener wouldn’t be privy too. You rock Emily and Fia Bonkginia represents just how much you rock!

Daniel Felton

Thought her name was thia lol

Cameron Davis

Moral of the story: FUCK YOU MURPH. (Just razzing, of course.)

People suck. You guys (and everyone on the Patreon) rule. Keep givin’ us that sweet sweet Nadd-shit that we don’t deserve ❤️

sannajoph

I love all of you! The fact that anyone has criticism about how people play their own personal game of dnd. That they are choosing to share is beyond me. Let the sexist knit pickers begone from here and know they are not welcome! I’m wishing the whole naddpod crew a lovely evening free of worry and stress. Know that this girl is in for the ride no matter where you guys wanna take it. Sending love and good vibes!

Y C

You guys are all awesome, keep up the good work and don’t change a thing. The show is amazing

DungeonMama

Thank you so much for acknowledging this behavior for what it is and addressing it here so everyone knows it's not appropriate. Love y'all to death, Emily is amazing, keep doing what you're doing 💜💜💜

Not Another D&D Podcast

If they were trolls, I would agree. But I think 99% of it is accidental. - Murph

This is why we can't have nice things.

My one critic is that I still miss a lot the old gang. Forget about the rest, Emily is doing a great job as always, and so are all of you. Murph, you are a great and inspiring DM. You are enjoying the game and that's whats all about in the first place. that You enjoy what you are doing. Love you, guys

James Wagner

I’m relatively new to this community but I’ve seen it even in the dimension 20 community and it’s absurd to me why people are so sexist

Josnak

Really breaks my heart that a post like this is necessary. If you guys ever see anything on the subreddit that goes too far or makes a cast member uncomfortable, don't hesitate to message DMCDawg or me. We try to keep the sub clean, but sometimes things slip through the cracks. Lots of love!! <3

Campaign 2 is exceeding all of my expectations. My partner, who cares so little about DnD and most of my other hobbies listens along solely because she adores all of Emily's characters. What a fortunate thing it is to be alive and to listen to Not Another DnD Podcast. Emily is great, Caldwell is great, Jake is great, and Murph is great.

Jes Vanderbeken

So much respect for all of you! Emily really inspired me to play D&D the way I do today, and I’ve never had more fun! Moonshine, Onyx, and Fia all amazing characters, and I’m sorry that the people that can’t handle seeing powerful female characters have fun are making things uncomfortable for Emily. That’s lame, and not at all in the spirit of D&D in my opinion. Love to you all, keep being your amazing selves! :)

Allie Gowins

Uhhh Fia is beautiful and amazing and I will kick anyways ass who is going to be a dick about her or Emily

jacket22

Remember when Hardwon got killed and balnor did nothing! Fucking prick

3v3nt H0r1z0n

The group dynamic is fine and I think this podcast is superior to any other D&D one...with that said i was confused by Zonk casting fairy fire as a light spell in the crypts and how in the hell he poisoned a ghost. It's your game, your rules. But sometimes it is jarring to hear a thing being done vastly different than the core mechanic without any in-game acknowledgement that it is being done differently. That's my only critique. I've even convinced my wife to listen along when new episodes drop because all of you are really that talented.

Jennifer Maull

People need to just shut up, you’re all amazing at what you do and Emily is just a good DND player who knows her stuff and has great ideas. Why are people so keen on putting women like her down? Grrrr Fuck you, I love you, eat a rat! X

Lex Flexington

Not gonna lie, I love NADDPOD and always will, but Murph posting this kinda stuff just feeds the troll flames. It also involves people who don't care what the trolls say, and adds some negativity to the entertainment. I can't imagine how difficult it is to do, but you guys should just ignore the trolls and keep doing what you guys do best - Keep creating the most fun and entertaining podcast that the majority here enjoy.

The half drunk bearded halfling who thinks he’s a dwarf

Bookvar for boss? Or pawpaw serving subpoenas? The key is the pure enjoyment and love you guys spread ... and that is carried over no matter what.

Mirrhi

People suck sometimes. If it helps at all, people who are critical are usually just the loud minority. Hard to ignore, but definitely not representative of the support you have! #wherewasbalnor

Arianna Cortez

Um what????? Who is saying things about Emily??? They must face MawMaw's wrath!!! Also Balnor deserves our love too! He's played by our Dungeon Daddy! No one deserves criticism!!!! We love all of you guys!

it sucks that emily’s characters always get accused of being op just because she’s op as a player for being so clever and creative,, and anyone getting heated about the rules needs to relisten to the dragon pussies bit and get some perspective,, love to all of you

Jamie Beith

Where is this criticism?

Why the **** is this post necessary, it should not be.? Today should be a celebration! Emily is great. She really adds an extra layer to the podcast!

Samuel Benhardt

Message has been spread to the subreddit. The Boobs will always be an enormous inspiration to me when it comes to writing and world building. It wouldn't be the same without any one of them. Crit on your homework kids.

JD

This is the patriarchy with it's deep roots in role players. Thankfully it's moving away from this but not fast enough. Emily is an amazing player and people just need to back the fuck off.

Angie Goslin

Fia is cool as hell as is zonk & henry everybody being a sexist dick should take a seat, drink a cuppa, have a few puffs from a cigar and chill out before they decide to give out thier unwarranted opinion. Eat some scampi and take a freaking swim!

Emily

I don't understand some people. I'm sorry they have sucky attitudes and you need to address this at all. Emily is a queen! Murph, Jake and Caldwell are kings! Everyone is equal! Except Balnor, who's only the no. 2 Dad. Sorry Balnor, my mug says so.

I love you Fia and Emily you are my role model! From being a character to DMing, everything you do is bursting with creativity and fun. Some people need to find their own game of DnD to rules lawyer and then see how far that gets them, especially if they don't even know the rules! And speaking as someone who tends to lead the way in her own campaign, some groups just need that push.

Couldn't even begin to list the reasons why people commenting about fia are dumb. All I can say is that I love naddpod. I got my map of bahumia yesterday and almost cried out of joy. In no small part to how Emily and the rest of Naddpod make me want to invest in the story. So heres to hoping fia gets plenty of nat 20's

Rkds

I just want to talk about Fia being the leader and why people are questioning it when it makes perfect in character sense. Zirk isn't super sure if himself and had already looked to Fia to be a healing mentor for him. Henry? Do we really need to talk about why Henry isn't the party leader? Fia's character is headstrong and ambitious. All the characters have unique personalities that are super fun and Fia is the only character whose personality make in-game sense to be the leader at least right now as Henry and Zirk let go of their insecurities through the campaign. Hell Hardwon was the straight man leader of the party at the start of Bahumia until Jake really found the character and it made sense for Moonshine's arch to take on the role as leader of the boobs as the next in line to be Memaw. Bev was too young and immature and you saw how Moonshine's maternal caring for Bev developed his confidence in the absence of his parents and set up Bev to eventually be able to become the captain of the green knights.

HeyYou'reCute

Emily has TONS of experience with DND and the world building that comes with it. Of course it would come naturally to her as they play through this world. It actually seems like Caldwell and Jake are doing a lot more than the beginning of the first campaign because they’re getting more comfortable with it too. I love the creativity and chemistry of the whole gang. Plus, as a female DM it’s awesome to see another chick passionate about the game 😁

CodeSpirit

All of the characters in this campaign are so so good, especially Fia

Barbie Pootsky

Balnor didn't even notice Hardwon got killed by vampires. He absolutely deserves it.

Connor Brousseau

People are mad that Bonkginia is taking a leadership role?? What, would they rather Hank and his crippling self-doubt lead the party? Or Bone-Knocker Zonk? Emily is not only a top tier improv queen, but one of the best DnD players ever, rivaling Granddaddy Mulligan. Keep up the good work, guys. Campaign 2 is a huge success, and it keeps getting better!

Chris Fuller

It blows my mind that people don't just accept that Emily is obviously the best dnd player in the group and that's why she's always whomping the DMs, not and perceived special treatment.

DieBard

Emily is the Inspiration mechanic personified and she might be the best Dungeons & Dragons performer around.

Yo what is wrong w people that this kind of post is necessary??

What a graceful way of addressing a dumb and nasty situation. Thanks Murph and go go Emily! Don’t listen to these guys, it’s a smear campaign lead by Balnor.

Matteo Cina

GOD DAMN IT WHO?! SHOW THEM TO US!

Claire Lines-Mattei

Same! It's inspiring to hear her play tbh and the show wouldn't be the same without her!

Chase

Its funny to me to be confused how Fia took a leadership role when one player is purposefully sad all the time and the other is used to being an assistant. Anyways Fia for president, crit on your homework, fuck you, I love you, eat a rat.

Austin Hendry

Let's start a "polite nod at Emily thread" for her being the goddamn glue holding these boobs into this dress of a show called Naddpod. We all know Emily is the best player/person in the group/world. Having the haters constantly deny the fact must almost be as tiring as the stauche and rabid fan support unleashed any time someone gives Emily a dirty look. Emily is fuggin' great. So is everyone else. Stop talking about it. Also. Murph knows the rules enough. Stop. Being. Rules. Lawyers. As someone who teaches people how to DM, I can honestly tell you that you guys are really missing the point.

Jordan Jenkins

You were right about patron being good though, good group!

It makes me so sad that this happens in something I love so much, and I feel bad that Murph had to come out and say something about this.

Vinegar Tom

Absolutely confused why people care so much about Emily's characters, their stats, and moves Emily does. It's really absurd to be looking so closely at someone else's game. Besides the show and cast is amazing, you're all great DMs/Players/creatives. Lots of love to you ❤️

Darian James

I thought this was a nartive driven campaign anyways why does it matter if the change something to make the story better?

Loving the new characters! Thank you for continually being the highlight of my week.

Bradley Kroegel

Who thinks Emily is the leader? She has gotten just as much of her story revealed as everyone else and Jake (Henry) got a one on one massive boxing match scene and homebrew claws, like he seems more like the "leader" if you really go back, but I've run heaps of games and sometimes a particular character has a bigger game then another not a big deal

Dunder Mifflin Rep

Honestly, Emily knows her shit so fucking well that I don't ever question any dice/damage rolling she does.

I hate how this keeps happening! Love you guys!

Sabrina Bernaby

Am I going to have to kick peoples asses again like I did during Crown of Candy! Like Jesus!!!

Hrishi Venkatesh

Kinda hate that this post had to be made. This is a fun and inclusive pod, and it surprises me that so many fans feel like they need to be like this.

James Lloyd

So sad that you still have to post things like this. Thank you for calling it out otherwise I wouldn't see such things. I love this new trio and they work so well together, with Fia naturally being the young brave optimist (rather than Zerk being fearful and Henry being...well Henry). They work so well together. Anyone who doesn't see this or thinks that there is favoritism is blinded by prejudice

Joe pugh

#queenfia

Man, people suck. I feel like if Fia seems like a leader of the group it’s because Emily is really good at the game and comes up with fun ideas that jake and Caldwell agree to go along with. But also, in Bahumia we had a man child, an actual child, and an adult. So it made sense that Moonshine emerged as sort of the leader of that group. I think the dynamics seem about even this time. It’s fun, everybody’s great

Billie Ash

The bone disrespecters have my sword, please continue to be wonderful folks x

Wiki summary of Vedalken has some Fia vibes. —Nothing is perfect. Vedalken not only believe this fact, they rejoice in it. Every imperfection is a chance for improvement, and progress is an endless march toward a state of perfection that can never be reached. This viewpoint leads vedalken to pursue their work with delighted enthusiasm, never deterred by setbacks and excited by every opportunity for improvement.”

Tricia Treece

You all are amazing. Much love to the whole 2 crew

Mirarreiro

this is so sad that people would even suggest that Fia is getting special treatment. Emily is so good at character building i KNEW Fia was gonna be a GOAT. Sorry to hear she’s been getting judged so hard, keep up the great work❤️

Cain

Some people take things wayyyy too serious and can't allow the players to just have fun. You guys keep doing you and let the community stamp out and shun the assholes that are being sexist and/or sticklers for the rules.

Austin Johnson

I think Balnor knew it wasn't just a walking day. That Bud Heavy was a giant middle finger to us all.

There are so many all male DnD groups. Literally just go listen to one of them if you can’t let go of your petty little attitude towards FeMaLeS. It’s inexcusable at this point.

Eric Irwin

I’ll never understand how people could take issue... Fia and the whole cast are great!

Tyler Draehn

To all the boobs, fuck you, I love you, eat a rat

Fergus Woods

Every player is equal no matter where they play or who they are. Putting any individual up on a pedestal to judge and pass harsh comments on is so unfair and mean. Absolutely adoring the campaign so far, especially sharing a name with the first bad guy. Can't wait to see where everything goes. Much love

Kyle Taylor

That tuna fish eating basic beer drinking slimy rapscallion bastard should get the ban hammer! #cancelbalnor

Trey

Emily is my idol as both a player and a person! She IS a natural born leader and people can bounce if they wanna try that sexist shit.

Fia for President of Eldermourne! Crit on your homework is a hell of a campaign slogan

didn’t even fathom there were people with these kind of issues

Sierra Lisk

Emily is an incredibly talented dnd player, she knows her characters better than we do, and so does Murph, and I, for one, love listening to her bonkers plans

Dantes Gutiérrez

I did wonder about the radiant damage, but figured it was something I missed. Regardless, whoever is getting on anyone really for playing a game is Starspawn scum. #STARSPAWN

Dave Johnson

People need to shut the fuck up and let other D&D groups (including this one) run their table their own way.

Richard Morales

Dudes its a comedy show and a game thats supposed to be fun. Run your campaign any way u want and leave these fun having nerds alone.

no CRITicizing, only CRITting on homework!!! thanks for standing up for your cool wife who we love!

Sprinting, not stomping, to declare my adoration for Fia and her genius player. Equal treatment = you getting the same love the other players receive!

Mark Mcknight

Love you all. Relax people and just enjoy the content!

Gotta send love and support to Emily! Can't forget that many people who are completely happy with how things are going don't necessarily come out and voice that. Anyone who feels the need to pick on any specific player can suck an egg. Much love ❤️

Terran Benedict

I’ve never understood anyone questioning Emily’s characters being awesome because that’s basically what they are doing. WhY iS sHe SoO gOoD? Because Emily is a badass! I feel blessed to be able to listen to her character development and problem solving. I’m so sorry my favorite podcast has to endure complaints when this show is pure joy. I’ll always be a fan. Love you all. I hope the praise outweighs the criticism in your eyes. Keep doing what you do.

Gobbi Wasabi

Y’all Emily can’t help it if she’s extremely talented and creative and that her curiosity allows the story to move forward, or if people choose to follow her. I think it’s fair to assume that everyone is playing fair in this podcast and it sucks that these sexist micro aggressions are prevalent enough that Murph would have to make a post about it. We all have to do better.

Lauren

Okay this was a huge wake up call I totally thought her name was Thia lmao

Amy Boyle

You should never have to explain things like this! People need to relax and just enjoy the journey! Love you guys and all that you do

Eric Burant

Thank you for the post. Love all of you guys, don’t let the bastards get you down.

I really don't get stuff like this. I've been playing and dming for years now and the one rule I tell all my players is that it's a game! You have fun with games. If someone (Emily for this example) does something awesome them just go with it because it's FUN! love all you guys.

And Jake sorry! Didn't mean to forget you! All love! 😁

Connor Proudfoot

It's just people being salty cause Emily the best DnD player out there. No offence to Jake or Caldwell, both are amazing!

Why did Balnor poop in space was it a metaphor for life itself?

Thomas Bjørn Hansen

Smh. Why can’t some People just apreciate Emilys comedic genious

Garett symes

I will throw hands with the next person that criticizes Emily on grounds of nothing at all. Listen to the bonks play d&d and have a good time and shut UP for the love of god, it’s insane how people pick the players apart like this. It’s a COMEDY PLAY PODCAST. Just enjoy it. Jeez.

Sabrina Bernaby

I think you should make a balnor account on Twitter so we can all cyber bully him for eating the candle and shitting into space.

Bobby Huggins

"Go after Balnor, who definitely deserves it." How much time ya got? But seriously, I love that you all stand behind each other, especially when Emily gets unfairly criticized. We're behind you too!

hollinda

So ridiculous that there's such a double standard - Emily you rule! I'm sorry there has to be a post like this at all.

Camara Fairweather

I love Fia as a character and Emily as a pc, she’s genuinely inspired me to be more creative in my own games! I’m really proud to say I’ve been DMing an amazing game for six months - none of which would have been possible without this podcast and all you amazing people inspiring me

Kailey Langer

Fia fuckin rules. I love the new chemistry in the bone dusters

JT Gwozdz

This sucks, Fia rules. The role play is incredible, the voice is incredible, the backstory is incredible. This group doesn’t even have a leader. They’re three weirdos trying to figure life out. And it’s beautiful for that. (Also fine murph I’ll rules lawyer, you can’t only get a long rest bonus once per day, don’t let Caldwell drown the party in his experimental brews.)

Jake Chappelle

People that take such rabid umbrage with how other people play DnD really need to take a step back and see what they’re getting so riled up at.

Price

Season 2 is killing! You guys are all so good. The last Ep was my second favorite thing this week!

Balnor taught Bev how to appropriately play with dogs, so you know, he has that going for him...

This feels a little unnecessary. Pretty sure Emily is the reason most ppl even listen to the podcast😂

Adam Sutton

People go after Emily because she’s creative and actually takes chances that are easy to pick apart when you’re not in the moment. I would love to have a player like her next to me in a campaign. Only love and admiration for our wonderful queen.

Benjamin Stalnaker

Time for a good old fashion Denny's parking lot brawl

Liam Murphy

The criticism of you guys is insane I love what you do. You deserve every success I hope you succeed beyond every expectation for gods sake people stop nitpicking

Her vedalken states were explained in this week's short rest, I think everyone questioning anything about Fia, (btw love the name!) Need to subscribe to the short rests! So many things have been explained and I love listening to things from behind the screen! Keep up the good work and never stop! Emily, you have made me love DnD even more! Thank you Murph, Emily and Caldwell for bringing magic into our lives!

Sam Johnston

holy shit people suck...

Jaydon

YO FUCK THAT KID BALNOR ALL MY HOMIES HATE BALNOR COBB SQUAD RISE

shahshahsbizadv

#WHEREWASBALNOR

How can people listen to 4 people clearly having a blast enjoying a fun hobby with each other, and then decide to nitpick things instead of just enjoying the consistently great content? Nobody cares about anyone's shitty Monday morning quarterbacking, just enjoy the great role playing, improv, and goofs!

Alfie Wild

It really sucks that fan bases can get like this. God I love this show so much.

Losers leave lady Emily alone!

thedragonllama

Fia is amazing and my only discourse is why every other character isn’t as excited about swimming pools. That is the true growth arc this campaign.

Scott Allen

Seriously rough that you have people stepping in to try and micromanage your game. It's YOUR game, and we're just here to support and tag along

Love you guys, don’t ever stop playing the way you play!!

Melanie

Emily Doesn’t need an appreciation post, but she gets one from me because she’s amazing. She’s the GOAT, hands down.

Eiden Weissblum

Goddamn right Murph, these haters suck. Emily is one of the most talented DND players I have ever seen, questioning her is a bad call because she knows better. Not to mention, its your world and RAW dont mean shit if the DM says so.

Adam McKinney

Lmao, first I've heard of this but a very interesting read.

Katie Watkins

It sucks that you have to take time out of your day to post stuff like this. I love Emily and Caldwell and Jake and the story you all weave together. I have never felt like Emily was over powered or anything. (I know you said we didn't have to do Emily appreciation posts, but you have to admit she deserves them.)

Isaac Lengacher

Weehawken Dawn Guns Drawn

Legally Depressed

love you guys, love what you all bring to the podcast and the adventure, don't let the armchair experts bother you! Sucks that this post even has to be made.

The casting had been edited out but she did mention her divine favor in the og posting if the episode, i know you guys edit and sonetimes something slips through, but you guys do an amazing show, all 4 of you are great, keep it up

How could anyone listen to Emily Axford play D&D and not feel lucky to have had the opportunity?

skat

I will Bonk Any O’ Ya nobs that come for Fia

I bet it's Ryan! That Bastard!

Mouse

honestly the amount of criticism Emily receives is absolutely ridiculous and she doesn't deserve it. Fia is pretty balanced imo and Emily has stated in episodes numerous times why her stats are the way they are. No one else has had to defend their choices, people need to leave her alone! > :^(

emily

Hate that you had to even say this, but thank you. All the love to Emily. And fuck you I love you eat a rat, balnor.

I’ll crit on my hw but not smoke unless I really deserve a cigar.

bradley Battaglia

Brian, women are always going to get crap from the angry nerd community, ours is no better. Look at how Marisha Ray is treated.

Chris Frampton

Oh look, theres people shitting on Em again. I hate that you guys feel the need to post stuff like this. Season 2 is awesome so far. People need to stop taking stuff so damn seriously.