At the Mountains of Dadness

**At the Mountains of Dadness** is a three part sidequest and Patreon stretch goal series. Set in 1939, it is a prequel to *Dungeons and Daddies: Odyssey* and features the grandparents of the main quest PCs. The campaign follows four employees on a movie lot struggling to survive while solving the mystery of a missing film crew.

It is set in the Call of Cthulhu system.

The first episode was released publicly for free. The other episodes are available freely for Patreon subscribers. They can also be bought on the show’s official store.

## Trivia

* The entire sidequest was recorded over the course of one weekend.
* The name; "At the Mountains of Dadness" is based on H.P. Lovecraft's novella by a similar name, called "At the Mountains of Madness".
* Unlike Season 1: Odyssey (which was being recorded at the same time), the PCs in this sidequest did not have "plot armor". Not only could they die at any time, but Anthony declares at the beginning of the first episode that there is a very high likelihood of a TPK - "total party kill".
* The sidequest takes place somewhere between May 1939 (when the first Batman comic was released) and September 1st, 1939 (when Hitler invaded Poland). This detail is determined through dialogue in Chapter 3.

## Characters

### Player Characters (in order of appearance)

* Meryl Streep, played by Freddie Wong
* Hildy Russet (alias Sally Stipe), played by Will Campos
* Robert Wilson, played by Matt Arnold
* Stuart "Stud" Stampler, played by Beth May

### NPCs (in order of appearance/being mentioned)

* Director of Blue Planet (unnamed)
* R.L. Stein - Studio Head of Father's Own Studio
* Julian - Editor of the San Dimas Defender
* Deen Coonts - Assistant to R. L. Stein
* Joseph Joseph (J.J.) Abrams - missing director of *The Heart's Greatest Desire*
* Danny Devito - Yellow King Cab Company phone operator
* Sally Wilson - Robert Wilson's girlfriend
* Gertrude Von Strumph - Editor of *The Heart's Greatest Desire*
* Doctor at San Dimas Mercy Hospital (unnamed)
* Carrie Fischer - Casting director's assistant for *The Heart's Greatest Desire*
* Thomas - Train Conductor
* Unnamed leading actress
* Various unnamed PAs

## Episodes

### Ch. 1 – Casting Call of Cthulhu

> *"San Dimas, California, 1939. A washed up actor, a wanna be actor, a nervous producer, and an undercover reporter set out to uncover the mystery of a missing film..." - Episode description*
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Released on Patreon on October 31st, 2019. Released publicly on December 24, 2019.

### Ch. 2 – Choo Choo, Cthulhu!

> *"Meryl, Robert, Hildy, and Stud board the midnight train towards Oak Ridge..." - Episode Description*
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Released on Patreon on November 14th, 2019.

### Ch. 3 – Nuclear Family

> *"The gang of four arrive in Oak Ridge, and confront the unspeakable horrors that lie within..." - Episode description*
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Released on Patreon on December 3rd, 2019.

### [Squeamish Cut] At the Mountains of Dadness Ch. 1 - 3

This episode includes the original three episodes, edited down to be less graphic.

> *"... We've removed the sloppy squelchy sounds of body horror and toned down some of the more graphic descriptions... There's plenty of profanity, violence, and body horror still - just a bit less viceral." - Episode description*
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Released on Patreon on October 29th, 2020.