D&D Court: Dog Slaps, Bath Bombs and the Messy Breakup Monk (w/ Robbie Daymond!)

I had to come here and say that "kill them all" caused a legitimate spit take laugh from me. That wife is a treasure.

Jonathan Larson

It never came up, but the "guest murder monk" case sounded like a DM who listened to Murph's past advice on how to take away a magic item that's accidentally too powerful and/or the players are abusing. They got to have a dramatic fight, they only got knocked out instead of killed, and they were explicitly told where they could retrieve their stuff. My bet is that when they got to the king, one specific magic item was missing/broken/confiscated, and everything else got returned

Alison Johnson

Didn't murph make a joke about an impossibly bad dm that made his pc watches why his turned into a dragon and fought the bbeg by himself in the air

Ian Mcilwean

Condoms for bath bombs? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣

J. Gro

Even if they could take down one person in a round (which I think is, in fact, quite ridiculous), there were four other players. The number of things that would have to have happened in order for the stars to aligned seems highly improbable. And again, you only get advantage on stunned targets, and a hit isn't an auto-crit. No free crits in sight.

J. Gro

Bath bombs are pretty simple to make. Maybe her friend can buy her a mold - the "teach a man to fish vs giving a man a fish" saying. Only instead of fish, it's bath bombs, and instead of a man, it's "Amy."

J. Gro

The two dms playing hero for eachother was fantastic i was drinking my energy drink at work when Emily started "transforming" into a dragon I almost choked i couldn't stop laughing i love this show

KSM101

I think the only thing that could've been funnier for the level 5 monk was post whomping dude lights a cig and says was that as good for yall as it was for me hahahaha

KSM101

Would pay good money for a D&D court windbreaker

Nic Stull

Murph’s argument about what constitutes a messy breakup is why people picture him as a short king

HonestLad

What i wouldnt give to learn those two DMs listen to the show and have them write in trying to defend themselves

Spanky

Would've been to gleefully narrate their character's ludicrous death at the table while they were enjoying their bathbomb.

Brian Edwards

You must remember, majority of modern players must feel safe from being compared to any PC. Otherwise they let it effect their real lives....for reason

James Drenning

You didnt need to explain. Lol its ok to role play any kind of pc in a fantasy game. Ignore the pc police

James Drenning

Careful the young ppl and such will attack u for stating anything that sound like a complaint. Lmao i personally agree 👍

James Drenning

Was this in Madison?

Joshua Burns

DM for cowboy ninja is innocent! Plot devices from a new PC can be fun!

Daisy

MADISON, WISCONSIN! WHOOHOO!! ❤️💪🧀

Zabribri

As someone who works at lush.... yeah that sounds like one of our customers lmao

Abraham

To be clear, even if everyone consents, it’s still only a little okay?

Melaninja

It’s because I’ve played a monster hunter with hatred towards lycanthropes. One party member turned into a wear-raptor (a lizard folk), a fight ensued, and I accidentally killed him. It’s been years, we were kids, but “all your characters are racists” stuck.

Nitzan Harel

hm. reconsider doing perhaps

tori

I hate to break it to you but it is actually 5th level. "Starting at 5th level, you can interfere with the flow of ki in an opponent’s body."

David Griffin

RamDanial nooooo 🥲🥲

Cpt_Daddyy

On the Kensei monk case…Monk’s get stunning strike at 6th level

Tim

Guys the first case is literally an old meme i keep seeing reposted for years, i think you all got duped.

Adrian

Sky reminds me of how my friends will never let down the joke that I only play racist characters.

Nitzan Harel

If I don’t need to DM, sometimes even if I do, when something bad happens to me I always try to schedule D&D.

Nitzan Harel

I LOVE Controversial Justice Daymond I think he brings some great discussion points lmao

Nefeli

I think what Robbie is missing is the breach of trust from the DM with his pet friend and the party. I think it feels weird if you have a surprise guest show up and they are against you. It feels suspicious. It feels like a weird collusion. The DM pet is in effect an “outsider” to the DM party relationship. This doesn’t feel like a totally consensual thing. If the DM had said “Hey what if I have a surprise guest some session. I think they’re gonna play a bad guy. “ and then everyone said, “That sounds good. ” then it would be okay a little.

Phillip

You don’t get free crits on stunned creatures

Melaninja

Yeah it kinda ended our game. we could have extended and tied up some loose ends but that was it

Megan Kutruff

if its his kensei weapon then he should get the bonus ac if he attacks with it right? i don't have xanathars to hand but i don't believe you need a free hand to gain it

Quantum OFZENTRIX

I think of Ryan and Ram Daniel often

Jorde

Don’t forget Hardwon and the rams

Jorde

This is truly sacred knowledge!!!! With the water heater I - a bath bitch - need never get out and will live my life as a sage old water dwelling pruuuuune!!!!

Ro

The bath bomb girl and the DMs with main character syndrome cases both have the same solution: stop being friends with these people.

Melaninja

How is 1 level 5 player beating 5 level 5 players even possible??

AgedGouda

We need more Robbie in the future. They were an excellent guest!

Zach Downing

Jump scare Robbie randomly naming your city 😶

CJ the wise

It doesn't matter now I ended up leaving that group because the DMS started questioning the third DM on every decision he made and a bunch of other things

luna lust

Robbie was fantastic. Fit the mood of the crew like a glove.

Ryan

Truth is stranger than fiction... Donald Trump is president of the US for a SECOND time! Nothing is too absurd to be reality anymore.

SimpleWater

PAE

The Macbeth wife guy said his crew had a great time so I think he did the right thing!

Brandon Wiens

one of the best dungeon court eps EVER 👏

Susannah B.

I think the murder wife story might be my favourite ever

Josie

Robbie repeatedly going back to the evidence solidified him as best guest. Get this man a gavel & wig.

Christopher Lasasso

Spent too much time around Brennan, really.

Stephen “J'aime la bière brune” C

I won't!

KingHalt

calling being late because of eating chocolate covered almonds "gangster" is crazy

Aiyana

the bath bomb case has very similar vibes to a real life event of mine and case I submitted, except our Amy never showed and it ended the friendship

Aiyana

Robbie talked about his butthole way more than I expected, hope to see him again soon. ❤️

Xanian Jamfalcon

Don’t forget to TPK the party so you can get smooches

Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! celebrating turning 32 by seeing D20 at MSG dressing up as Sofie Lee!

I'm so hooked on DnD court, it's the ONLY podcast I'll take a break from The Stormlight Archives to listen to.

Tony Green

For the one shot I think it’s completely reasonable to lower the hp and health. They hadn’t played in months and this was a one shot so I’m assuming these are new characters the dm doesn’t know how to balance for. I know that most of what they said what a joke but Murph opened it up saying that if it was the first session it would be fine missing the fact that it was indeed the first session given that it’s a one shot. But even if it wasn’t a one shot and they had been playing for a while, balancing combats is one of the hardest aspects of being a dm at least in my experience. I mainly just feel the need to say all this because in the past (and much more occasionally now) I would have to change the stats of the monsters on the fly

Nicholas

Saw someone say they pictured Cecily Strong playing the Wife in a SNL esque skit and now I can’t imagine anything else

Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! celebrating turning 32 by seeing D20 at MSG dressing up as Sofie Lee!

this episode RIPS

Ross Berens

Another new guest, another sacrifice to POD. PRAISE BE THE YOUTH OF A NATION

Garrett Durham

I actually just got my wife into D&D!

KingHalt

My wife loves shower bombs! You set them by the drain and they encourage steam

Cody Faye

We are the game ended and she’s just not invited back to my table. I thought it was so ridiculous and that’s why I submitted

Megan Kutruff

I have talked with her. She did have some hardships so it was one of those- talk with her but I understand why. Her puppy almost died and her grandfather did pass in December. This was the nail in the coffin though. All of this happened over like 2 months

Megan Kutruff

I was the submitter and she definitely isn’t. We could have continued the game but I decided to end it there.

Megan Kutruff

Robbie, the bath bomb’s justice

Cory Wyse

In the words of Murph, "dare I say, GET EM!"

Daniel A.

Murph, maybe the breakup was at like 1am, Saying he broke up that day could be like if I said you posted the episode on Friday

Maya B

Omg I've been the submitter in the last case and it sucks so much. See if you can get them to hate each other in real life and then one leaves. That's how it resolved itself in our group and now the games are way better. Also, yay for Robbie!

Victoria Fair

As far as post-breakup bad decisions go, beating up some nerds in a ttrpg is almost healthy

Albert Snipz, Family Counselor @Mangia's Ristorante

AAAAHH robbie daymond the goat of all time

JumpTrash

Emily doesn’t want to fight Cerberus? 😨 don’t play hades 2 😭

Samuel Gray

i loved Robbie's return to evidence throughout. Please come back, Justice Daymond!

Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! celebrating turning 32 by seeing D20 at MSG dressing up as Sofie Lee!

makes me all the more excited for the other guests

cas

You all have absolutely had a "generous read" in a previous case about the EXACT situation that actually happened with the heartbroken monk 🤣

scarlet

Obsessed with Robbie going edgelord and ruling "unfortunately I love this person" on the most unhinged cases 😂 Also so pumped to hear more about Emily's Date Everything character!

xatlern

I'm nearing 40 and will leave groups if they have adult edge lords, lol.

Sand Panda

Yeah, Emily

Shan

Glaaaad to see Robbie occupying in a non-critical role space.

Lucas

Please someone understand what i mean: Robbie's voice sounds a lot like Jasper William Cartwright's voice just with an American accent

Kellyd

Depending on the party composition, it's probably not too ridiculous for a kinsei monk to be able to take them all out with a little luck. If they only had like, a fighter and the rest of the party were squishies like a rogue, sorcerer, druid, and cleric and none of their ac was that great, if they missed a few times (not unlikely, monk could have 20+ ac with 20 dex, 16 wis, and agile parry from kinsei) and the monk could stun each turn and then just grind their stunned targets down (free crits on every attack) .

Gearbox

Robbie Daymond! Cool! Edit: whoa he got the Dungeon Court energy right off the bat.

Kelley

Wooahhh what a pulll

Sean

He’s in Critical Role!!

thiswayjose

ROBBIE DAYMOND!!!!!!!!!!

thiswayjose

The wife is 100% played by Cecily Strong

David Chapnick

5 Skye’s murders and crimes.

Liam Follett

"Why did I think the dog was dead" well Murph, that's because you would've killed the dog, ESPECIALLY if our boy jake was trying to pet it 😂

Cpt_Daddyy

Head cannon: Katana guest player is "DnD isn't about stealing girlfriends" guy post breakup

Kr115

@ Bath bomb: the minute the person suggested someone pay for the bath bomb, after the other sufff? Yeah, they're not coming back to my table.

ThacoIsWacko

I have never seen Robbie in anything but he has such great energy for this. I hope he comes back

Evan Cordero

Robbieee!!! My heart. He’s just one of my favorites.

Sarah Price

29:17 - fushiguro asmr 👍

Jessica Olsen

Convinced that bath bomb lady was Meredith Marks and this is a reference that very few people will understand.

Shane C

Seems incredibly unlikely. If he's using a katana then he won't get the 2ac from Parry.. but doing 50 damage in one turn with just unarmed strikes is very unlikely also. Along with then surviving everything 4 players can do before it gets back to you suggests some kind of shenanigans

Brian McAree Murphy

Wow, I see how things got to that point then! I hope you're all doing better now

Desiree

Im biased cause Kensei monk was my first class but im on his side cause it must be awesome to win 1v5 (assuming it was above board). At this level it is totally possible to fight that many cause they could have crazy high AC and are attacking with better weapons than a standard monk

Quantum OFZENTRIX

just made me think of the squirrel in bg3, you can accidently kick that critter so theres precedent i suppose

Quantum OFZENTRIX

What's with the dungeon court Tim Robinson's skits lately(tbf I love them)? Lady Macbeth wife absolutely makes me think of it.

Adam Kepper

I thought you guys were going to rotate who was going to be the bailiff?

John Adams, didn’t win the vote but won your heart

I would assert that the DM in the bath bomb girl situation should have acted much sooner. There is precedent in the Court for punishing the DM for failing to manage table decorum and etiquette, and failing to communicate proactively when irritants start to crop up. Fine people of the Crit, the final session bath bomb tardiness incident was a preventable offense. You've got to nip this stuff in the bud as a DM. Was bath bomb girl the actual perpetrator of the offense? Yes. Was it the DM's responsibility to keep the good vibes at the table by managing more proactively at the earlier hints? Also yes. 🎲

Amy Bergeron

my phone tried to connect to a marriot bonvoy as i was listening; the gods were looking down on me

Transfemmes4murph

is someone going to tell them shower bombs already exist

Tori

Fuckin’ WHAT?! I love Robbie, he signed my PHB

Tim Sauerland

I completely disagree with the dog slap ruling. I come from incredibly hardy stock and absolutely would have accidentally slapped a dog via too hard pet when I was a child. Perhaps the dm should have said "You don't know you're own strength and apply too much pressure to fast and the dogs legs buckle a little bit. It looks back at you confused, betrayed, and a little scared."

Janaya Brown

Robbie!!!

Dominique Kupersmith

So this was my case- It was only about 3 months long after she joined and she was going through some issues with her puppy and her grandfather passed away at the start of December so I was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt. Also I’m really close with her friend so I talked to her about it as well which is how I found out some of these other things

Megan Kutruff

The CR TotK one shot is absolutely one of my favorites. Em and Robbie are 👌

Declan Konesky

“Huh, I don’t know Robbie let’s check out his insta.” … “OH NO HES HOT”

Mich Blackie

Macbeth wife almost made me crash my car

Evan McDaniel

Wow hearing Robbie’s low dark voice at 29 ish min just did something to me

Ahmad Al-mousawi

GET OUT LET'S GOOO

Saoirse

NADDPOD always makes me laugh but I was in tears over this

Nova

Macbeth wife is an ICON

DarthTurkey28

Theres a website called geekyclean that sells those dice bath bombs, they did some vox machina themed ones of i recall, I used them a few times, quite nice smelling

david day

lol I got shower bombs for Christmas, they just sit in the bottom and release nice smell.

A. Lee. S

To that second case, I can understand why you two are married, that was incredible to listen to

Myka

how that bath bomb girl was still in the game for so long without an intervention is my question...

Desiree

Emily! As a fellow bath bitch, you can get things like a cover for the tub or a heater to keep your water hotter for longer!

Teo Tamashiro-Harris

Horse hunter hardwon

Shel B Kennas 1st fav sprite girl! celebrating turning 32 by seeing D20 at MSG dressing up as Sofie Lee!

Caldwell! Did you know robbie voiced Hubert in fire emblem three houses, the one person your pc’s could pull!?

Nathaniel Levy

VOICE ACTOR EMILY?!?

Jack K

Ofc Robbie loves evil vizier wife. Bro played Hubert Von Vestra

Jack K

The way I GASPED at Justice Robbie Daymond 🤩

xatlern

The fact that Jake says you shouldn’t slap a dog after all the animal deaths he caused as Hardwon is pretty laughable. Also if you make the dog a demon then those players are going to start slapping all the animals in that game

Natural Dragon

Dog slapper subclass is the equivalent of whatever the fuck Hardwon had going on whenever he crit against an animal

Jinxster99

Whoa! Robbie Daymon!? Emily is really cashing in those Critical Role connections!

Lord Dionysus' Worst Sommelier

the messy breakup monk is killing meee, easier ways to cheer someone up than sacrifice your table to him lmfao

dryptid

Omg, it’s Akechi!!! 😱😱😱

CommodoreBlue

ROBBIE FUCKING DAYMOND? INCREDIBLE

Hunter Gerth

Yoooo they got Orbulon!!!

MechanicalLord

ROBBIE DAYMOND let’s fucking go

CB Hammond

I can’t wait to listen to this one. I love Robbie.

Ben Delahay

Oh hell yeah we got Fushiguro on the podcast

Kris Barnes

ROBBIE DAYMOND??? I'm so ready for this episode.

HolyBlasphemy

Paid for internet on my flight in anticipation for this 😌

Kellyd

Nice right on time!

Josef Jozefowicz

woo!!

Jeremy G

Oh hell yeah

Rennifer