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 The Dragon Friends is a ostensibly a Dungeons & Dragons podcast about four bumbling adventurers who can't seem to do anything right. In reality, it's a bunch of comedians bullying their Dungeon Master while forgetting their objectives mere seconds after receiving them. Sometimes they do things related to D&D, but mostly they just talk about bodily fluids. The cast is made up of comedians and actors, so they're all reasonably good at keeping the live show moving along. Don't expect much adherence to the rules of D&D; Dragon Friends is more like an improv show with some rules to go along with it. They also sing a lot, which is kind of weird. The podcast is released every other week on Thursdays, with live shows recorded once per month. Because everyone is drinking during the live shows, even-numbered episodes tend to be a lot sillier than odd-numbered ones. The show is currently in the middle of the fourth season, with some real big bombs being dropped recently.. The podcast can be found on their website or the Omny feed, and the Tomb of Annihilation streams can be found on YouTube. The Story Season 1 would have started as a typical high fantasy adventure in the Sword Coast, but that all goes out the door when Freezo murders an NPC in the first ten minutes of the first episode.The Dragon Friends go on the lam and have to use seedy underworld connections just to get by, and end up foiling a cult as a result. Notable NPCs include Janos Meer the Beggar King, Philge's long lost brother Dilge, and Gribbitz the goblin lawyer. Season 2 is loosely based on the adventure The Curse of Strahd, and tries to be spooky which is difficult when Freezo keeps talking about his masterwork stripper pants. The Dragon Friends find themselves trapped in a cursed land ruled by a tyrant, and have to figure out how to escape with their lives. Notable NPCs include Edvard Osswick the Bravest Man in Wickshire, Ireena Kolyana, and Nuke Dukem. Probably the best place to start since the first season has some varying audio issues. Season 3 is loosely based on Shadowrun, taking place 50 years in the future in the real world. The Dragon Friends are stranded here and must take up contract work with a megacorporation in order to survive. Benny Davis and Michael Hing are also revealed to be axe murderers. Notable NPCs include tween pop sensation Johnny Playstation, Sally Gunbear the Bear With A Gun, and Bobson Dugnutt who's probably Gribbitz reincarnated. Features more musical Season 4 is loosely based on Spelljammer, so if you wanted weird sci-fi fantasy, this is everything you've ever wanted and more. After the events of season 3, the cast finds themselves in the middle of a heist with all their memories of the past few months erased. There's a lot of jumping between worlds and Freezo tries to use foosball as a legal defense. Notable NPCs include LOGANS the AI, Jayne Steyer the bounty hunter, and Bassbass Wihouveberry who sang a song that is far too good to be on this show. The Tomb of Annihilation is a side story that started when Wizards of the Coast invited The Dragon Friends to come play their new adventure on live stream. The group managed to keep things clean for one episode, and immediately devolved back into pure filth the next episode. A good half of the run is the group being sidetracked into being pirates. After two seasons, they completed the adventure, but not without losing nearly everyone in the process. Includes a liveshow that lasted for eight hours, which had everyone becoming completely deranged by the end. The Cast  "Fucka sucka ding dong!" Bobby Pancakes is a halfing rogue and the most competent member of the Dragon Friends. This is not a high bar to clear. As the straight man of the group, he's responsible for keeping his team on task, which naturally he never does. Stabs himself in an attempt to escape from prison, which has resulted in his death. Sings an improvised song at least once per season, for some reason. Played by Simon Greiner (who also did all the art).  "You worship me now! Me am new king!" Philge is a half-orc barbarian with motherly instincts and none of the brains to use them. While she is supposedly the muscle of the group, she's too busy using food trays instead of proper weapons to fill this role. Frequently takes goblins and puts them in swaddles. Also has a strange habit of falling into positions of power, including most recently becoming the vice president of sales in a multinational corporation. Takes a level in wizard in the memory of her dead brother, and proceeds to never use her spells. Played by Alex Lee.  "I know you hate me! I hate me too, that's why I do the things I do!" Freezo is an elven warlock who is a hypocritical rear end in a top hat and the token evil teammate. Frequently sends the story off the rails, because he has absolutely no understanding of what's going on. Has absolutely no qualms with murdering people because they're mildly inconveniencing him. Has a weird obsession with wearing silly costumes. Is currently attempting to ascend to godhood, and has achieved immortality. Also gains a fairy dragon familiar, who loving hates his guts. Played by Michael Hing.  "I'm the beeeeeeeeeest!" Baston is a human  "I hate this show! I hate it so much! What the gently caress is wrong with all of you?" Dungeon Dave is the Dungeon Master's nickname, which he absolutely hates. Frequently gets bullied over pronouncing words wrong, and never seems to have his stories stay on track for more than five minutes. Sometimes loses his cool when major villains are given stupid cartoon voices or guest stars try to perform 42 minute long songs. Exists in-universe as a god that the players pray to sometimes. Played by Dave Harmon.  "G'day cunts, welcome to me castle! It's haunted as poo poo, mate!" Everyone Else is played by Ben Jenkins. Takes a lot of guff for having a very limited library of voices. He also likes to give major villains absurd voices like Snagglepuss and Droopy Dog, much to Dungeon Dave's chagrin. Is single-handedly responsible for Waterdeep having a heavily urine-based economy. Enjoys doing impressions of other cast members when they're absent from the show.  "It's just, even I get it, and I'm quite a bit busier than you right now." The Bard is played by Benny Davis for the first three seasons, whom you probably know from The Axis of Awesome. He mostly just plays the background music, but on the rare occasions that he interjects into the game, it's probably because somebody is being really dense. Tom Walker and Carlo Ritchie are very frequent guests who show up at least once per season. Their antics include but are not limited to: Performing songs so long it pisses off Dave, having an erotic chat about rolling around in feces, and trying to introduce the Book of Erotic Fantasy. Links and Dragon Friends-Adjacent Stuff Official Website - Contains character sheets, merch, and links to social media Omny.fm - Sometimes updates earlier than the webpage Tomb of Annihilation playlist - Also contains Q&A sessions with the cast Patreon - Currently undergoing heavy revision Facebook - Easiest way to keep up to date, especially if you're interested in attending a live show. Also contains a lot of bonus photos and videos. Free To A Good Home - Podcast by Ben and Hing where they read classifieds and riff on them. Nearly everyone who has been on Dragon Friends has also been a guest on this podcast. Story Club - Podcast run by Ben that's basically The Moth but with Australians. Like FTAGH, anyone who's shown up on Dragon Friends has an episode here too. Tom Walker's episode is 100% required listening. Nailed It - Podcast hosted in the Giant Dwarf theater, where comedians write spoof thinkpieces. Amazing if you are fed up with internet media in general. bigsofttitty.png - Podcast hosted by recurring guests Tom Walker and Demi Lardner. Absolutely do not listen to this without headphones on. inthesto fucked around with this message at 13:56 on Oct 18, 2018 |
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New episode is out, since the podcast runs on Australian time. I'm saving it for tomorrow during work but I'm biting my fingernails because Tom Walker isn't listed as a guest, so Johnny Playstation is probably dead for real  I also spruced up the OP a bit with some quotes and a quick links list.
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Oct 19, 2017 03:32
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The season 3 finale is out now and I just finished listening to it. I would buy a Johnny Playstation album. Here's hoping season 4 will be Spelljammer. It's the perfect style of whimsical insanity for this show.
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Nov 2, 2017 15:15
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Roach Warehouse posted:I listened to the entirety of The Dragon Friends over the past couple of weeks. It's been a wild ride. I've actually wondered how well known the cast is in Australia, since several of them are on TV
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Nov 20, 2017 14:11
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I always find it hilarious how, in his first episode, Edan did more voices than Ben's done over the course of the entire series. That said, Strahd is still the best drat character voice by a mile.
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Nov 23, 2017 00:17
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Semi-new episode is out. This is actually an older recording that was previously Patreon-only, but still a good episode. Apparently Simon will be DMing the holiday special again this year, should be good stuff.
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Nov 25, 2017 01:16
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The Dragon Friends are back on the official D&D twitch channel, this time playing a board game. Apparently they'll be resuming Tomb of Annihilation eventually.
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Dec 9, 2017 17:24
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Roach Warehouse posted:I don’t know if it’s restricted from other countries or whatever, but a couple of days ago the ABC (Australian) uploaded a Tom Walker comedy special to their iView service. I tried to watch it, but it looks like it's only available in Australia. The Meow performance is available on Facebook, though. Also, it seems like the Dragon Friends will be streaming the Tomb of Annihilation board game at 8 PM EST (roughly 3.5 hours from now)! It should be on the official D&D twitch channel when it goes live.
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Dec 15, 2017 22:29
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I'd say a good episode for a sample would be Put It All On Red (3.10). Even though it's a later one, it's not like continuity of story is important in this show, and it has high octane insanity from the entire cast. Also, the Dragon Friends have started up stuff again. With the conclusion of season 3, they played a few board games and streamed the opening of season 2 of Tomb of Annihilation (found on the youtube playlist in OP), and also the second Yulemas episode run by Simon and Edan (found on Omny in the OP).
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Jan 6, 2018 03:47
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 Apparently Dave and Ben are writing a spin off adventure 
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Jan 19, 2018 14:16
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I was gonna write some words about what makes Dragon Friends such a special show, but then I decided this doodle from their facebook page is the most dragon friends dot jpg thing possible
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Feb 9, 2018 03:25
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Just listened to the new episode, and the Dragon Friends were surprisingly competent! The training session they did must have done wonders. Also this season is absolutely Spelljammer
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Feb 22, 2018 22:38
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Hughlander posted:I know the mechanics are usually glossed over but was surprised that it was mentioned he's an L2 Monk now. There's something hilarious about how the most competent player has by far the worst character build
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Feb 24, 2018 19:53
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In one of the episodes of Tomb of Annihilation season 2, they have to stop the game just to yell at Ben for not holding the microphone correctly. It'd some kind of small miracle that this show manages to exist
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Mar 6, 2018 15:45
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I tried bigsofttitty.png a few weeks ago, but it didn't really click with me. I guess I need podcasts to have a premise more than "friends bullshitting", though not by much.
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Mar 10, 2018 03:20
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Roach Warehouse posted:I've been re-listening recently just for some noise to fall asleep to, and the reaction to (end of S2 spoiler) the return of Edvard Ostwick is one of the best moments in the whole show. The back and forth between Freezo and Edvard was so good, I hope they bring back Carlo to play another guest character in season 4. Or just bring back Edvard as a ghost or spirit of vengeance or something. Also, apparently they've managed to enlist a literal pop star for the next episode, and she wrote a song to perform during the show. inthesto fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Mar 10, 2018 |
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Mar 10, 2018 16:53
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Which hit its peak in Tomb of Annihilation Episode 0, where Ben had to improvise more names for Bobby, but couldn't because he was asked to be PG-13 on the WotC stream
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Mar 11, 2018 05:57
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New episode is out and it might already be my new high point for the entire show. Montaigne's song being so classy is so incredibly inappropriate to the rest of the show that it actually wraps back around to being funny again
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Mar 23, 2018 02:58
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I really wish they could bring on either Tom Walker or Carlo Ritchie as permanent cast members, because they're both gold and never have a dud episode.
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Mar 25, 2018 05:29
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https://twitter.com/actualmontaigne/status/978152219366236160 Dragon Friends is truly a magical show
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Mar 27, 2018 22:24
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I love the implication that it's only a matter of time until the entire cast becomes characters in the fictional world. Montaigne might be my new favorite guest.
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Apr 6, 2018 16:50
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I still haven't done the second season of ToA yet. I watched the marathon and the last episode in full, but the others I've only passively listened to. Also, I assumed Baston getting sucked into the vortex meant Edan was going to be absent for the next show, but apparently they were taking suggestions on Facebook for a substitute character for him.
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Apr 11, 2018 17:00
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Spell One is revealed during Tomb of Annihilation season 2. Dave picked out a very, very good spell for her. I love both Demi and Tom on both Dragon Friends and FTAGH, but bigsoftitty.png doesn't hold my interest. I need more to a podcast than just generic comedians talking to each other. e: didn't mean that as "generic comedians" "talking to each other" so much as "generic" "comedians talking to each other" inthesto fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Apr 12, 2018 |
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Apr 12, 2018 00:50
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Their Patreon just updated for the first time in a while, and it's an amusing series of Also, I've been relistening to season 3, and I bizarrely have two plot-related questions: - In Girlfriends (3.02), Simon deduced that the goblin from their jail who shows up at the concert works for Voss-Saito. How did he manage to figure this out? - In I've Never Seen A Gooch (3.04), Glitter Gleam's note at the end is signed by "D". Do we ever figure out who D is?
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Apr 12, 2018 14:23
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LentThem posted:I get the impression that Alex is missing the plot as much/as often as Hing is, but she covers it by just saying something hilarious and super random while Hing is just really confident about what he thinks is going on. I think this is on the nose. It becomes a lot more noticeable in the Tomb of Annihilation series where there's a lot of classic D&D-style puzzles. Philge is generally confused and frustrated by these, and while that's 100% in character for her, you can tell it's stemming from Alex being confused and frustrated.
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Apr 17, 2018 11:18
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My favorite ToA moment is Hing and Alex struggling to figure out Ben's fake riddles and then their reactions when they finally realize it was all a red herring
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Apr 17, 2018 12:26
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New ep I'm pretty sure that entire episode was only supposed to take 10 minutes in Dave's head. This is like Murder on the Rockport Limited with severe brain damage. It rules.
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Apr 19, 2018 23:55
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Since this is my thread and I don't give a poo poo, I'm gonna plug Dungeon Rats because it's a pretty great podcast. It's not a live show, but it's a bunch of improv actors being stupid as hell, and it's basically Dragon Friends dialed back to 9 (DF is up to 12). Just, uh, skip the third episode. e: Also there's something amusing about Alex knocking Ben's teeth out of his mouth. If only Philge were this competent! inthesto fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Apr 22, 2018 |
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Apr 22, 2018 18:45
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Pastrymancy posted:Started and am Mid-season 1. Is Freezo going to witch bolt every NPC that mildly inconveniences the Party? Good Lord At one point, one of the other players even points out that Freezo would rather murder a person than finish a mildly uncomfortable conversation.
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Apr 24, 2018 23:02
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Threep posted:Hing's best kill (in ToA) doesn't even involve casting a spell IMO, his best kill is when he uses Gaseous Form to get inside a guy's lungs and then changes back to try to telefrag him, only for Dave to give him the middle finger and for it to turn out horribly. Naturally, Freezo doesn't flinch.
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Apr 24, 2018 23:12
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Ben is in America for the first half of season 2, which is why Edan is brought in to play the NPCs. By season 3, Ben and Edan share NPC duties. Ben's episode on being in America is loving great. And sadly no, ToA is not in audio format yet. e: The latest Story Club is from Dungeon Dave! Turns out he's a really good storyteller when he's not being constantly interrupted. inthesto fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Apr 29, 2018 |
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Apr 29, 2018 13:23
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New episode. It's somehow the drunkest and filthiest one yet.
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May 4, 2018 00:17
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LentThem posted:okay wow Ive been listening to that Story Club podcast as well and a couple of observations from that: In a semi-recent FTAGH, Ben was talking about getting into stand-up, and frankly the 50 oyster story is a killer of a closer joke.
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May 6, 2018 03:47
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Dave and Shakeera were on Dragon Talk yesterday, it starts at about 12 minutes in. I think my favorite part of the conversation is when they bring up Neptune's Pride and reveal what a total bastard Hing was.
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May 8, 2018 20:49
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I believe it's 8 INT and 12 WIS. It's not like either of those stats are that far from average, but it's a comedy improv show so exaggerating everything is the name of the game. At the same time, there's no in-game reflection of Freezo's 19 CHA. I think Alex's mastery of quickness in being in character with the lines "That's so weird, the vampire named Strahd too!" and "Me name not Madame!"
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May 10, 2018 15:30
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Every American comedian you've ever heard of went to Emerson College, so it's not that crazy. Also, I could listen to Put It All On Red a dozen times in a row and not get tired of it. Everyone is really at their peak in that one.
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May 14, 2018 14:19
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SpacePig posted:I'm working my way through Tomb of Annihilation right now, and they've just managed to destroy 2 entire functioning societies in 2 sessions. It's very good. "The adventure was over! All we had to do was leave!"
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May 15, 2018 06:56
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As much as Ben and Edan mocked his speaking style, Dave is still definitely the best narrating DM out of all the actual play podcasts I listen to
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May 18, 2018 19:55
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Dave's greatest skill as a DM is knowing exactly when to take his hands off the wheel and let the players make unforced error after unforced error Also, there's something magical about the fact that talent shows have come up three separate times in the show inthesto fucked around with this message at 02:05 on May 19, 2018 |
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May 19, 2018 02:02
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I actually skimmed the Tomb of Annihilation book briefly, just to get a sense of how much the Dragon Friends deviated from it. The whole pirate double-crossing business that took up about three episodes in the first season of ToA? In the book, that's a side quest that's two sentences long.
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May 19, 2018 02:32
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