WWW: The Children's Adventure Episode 4

Balm to the spirit

I hate this. I love this. I'm hormonal and crying even harder now. Thanks Brennan.

Lou realizing his snack was unwanted peak comedy and brevity to break the tension

Brennan making everyone cry and just saying “I’m gonna have some almonds” is so on brand, I can’t even!

Mushrooms are such dicks!

You're a sick man Brennan!! I love you!!

On a re-relisten after finishing book one, and realizing anew that Brennan’s big lessons for this episode are: 1. Be kind 2. Care for your friends And most importantly, 3. DO NOT DROP YOUR SNACK. PS: (Tell me you’ve been real broke without telling me you’ve been REAL broke) PPS: I have also been that broke and am horrified by a drop-ped snack.

What was the third spell from the mushroom gonna be?

An immediate relisten of the campaign after listening to the finale. BRENNAN YOU ARE A BAD BAD MAN

Jesus Brennan, I was trying to find a new funny Dnd podcast and instead I am bawling my eyes out and can’t stop listening. How dare you eat almonds you monster. This story is beautiful… take my money

*takes notes* never ask mushrooms for anything

Fuck you guys >='(

Eursulon got me sad facing hardcore in my cubicle. Nobody look at me! 😅

fully. sobbing. like body wracked uncontrollably crying for these nonexistent children i relate so strongly to and wish i could just hold and seeing my childhood self in them, wishing i could hold them too. gods. this hits my soul so hard.

I can think of nothing to share that isn't some profane note of astonishment / acknowledgment of talent. Fuck me. Damn. Shit, that's good.

I am loving this children's adventure. The depth that this group understands how children think is incredible Is there any possibility of grouping the arcs into collections? I have seen other people on Patreon do this and it makes it easier to listen from the beginning without scrolling through so many posts to select the next episode.

I am deeply regretting listening to this. lol it's so beautiful and moving!! I have cried so many times in 4 episodes. I can't with this!

The children didn't have any dinner that night! Bloody grandma wren is negligent 😂

Re listening for a 2nd time with all the fireside chat knowledge. Literal chills down my back during the “go home” section

250 years

Over here crying, just thinking about Ame and Suvi ‘becoming’ on the same day, both in service of a new friend. 🥹

the scent of rosemary and pine kills me a little bit every time i hear it described

Do we think that mushroom is the mushroom he brought to the world originally, just living there forever to curse him

This is AMAZING. Suvi's desire to "be good" and the connection in her mind with her parent's return; Brennan's stunning reveal about not just the passage of time but the implication of Eursulon eating and washing in this realm; Ame becoming a witch with the right roll at the perfect moment; Eursulon's child-like simplicity about honor and a quest and the depth of his emotions when he can't go home; this is storytelling at its peak, with four masters all working together. And we've barely started! To quote Lou from the first episode, "We're starting HERE?" Truly stunning!

What was Suvi's first spell? One of protection for Eursulon? Loved the episode!

This is why I like Murph's rule on NADDPOD: Floor dice don't count, UNLESS it's a nat 20. Lol

Did anyone else just slowly weep through this entire episode or was it just me.

Oh good grief 😭😭😭

absolutely crying, so glad I subscribed 🌻🐛

I've paid for my first patron membership to specifically listen to the children's campaign and I am WEEPING. Truly a work of art. ♡

Ame's nat 20 perception gives me goosebumps every time. Gods I need to draw it; 'you become a witch.' Weeping over here.

This show has absolutely no business being so heart wrenchingly good. I'm going to pass away.

Coming back to re-listen to the children’s adventure and I’m floored. This episode showcases each of their skills as actors. Brennan with these sweeping, world-defining monologues. Erika with such silliness and wonder as Ame. Aabria honing such sensitivities and boldness in Suvi. Lou as Eursolon with big swings from wonder over this new world and utter defeat. And this was just the beginning 🤌🏾

"Ame recognizes that it would be wrong for Eursulon to be happy, right now"... weeping weeping weeping

I was so freaked out when Suvi started to wash Eursulon because his wild smell is described so vividly, and then I cried when the mushroom spirit confirmed my worry. Thank you for hurting my feelings.

THEY BECAME A WITCH AND A WIZARD ON THE SAME NIGHT

of all the episodes and content, ive binged all the main story and nothing has made me cry up till this moment, of just... knowing you cant go home, that that what you once where is now gone, and you cant go back... Wow

It's insane how good this is and how much my heart hurts for these kids. Everyone around that table made such poignant choices!

Openly weeping. Love/hate yall for this 😭🥰😭

Even though this episode is heart-wrenching, there is a great level of peace I'm finding in this story while I'm in a time of serious emotional upheaval and grieving. Thank you for bringing something to life that lets me escape for a little while - truly.

I can't help but cry everytime I listen to this episode. Right now- I'm debating whether episode 1 or 4 of the children's adventure is my favorite emotionally. So far I have to say 1. Because within that brick of time that episode is- I feel a longing, yearning sadness- into a exstatic childlike joy, into a mesmerizing marvelous wonder. But this one is a *close* second for best children's episode. Maybe my opinion will change. P.S I love how much of the Fox Brennan unintentionally channels when he's like "ima eat some almonds" at the end here. Perfectly comedic timing- able to undercut a sad moment with laughter to sooth our emotional state.

The intertwining of magic and friendship is already so strong with Erika and Aabria's characters and they are incredible at expressing the innate joy and wonder that comes with being a young person, where the world feels so new and full of possibilities. That's what makes their performance that much more emotional as their characters are forced to face cruel realities of a world they had found a safe space in...and it's devastating. Bravo to all for an amazing episode.

The way Lou can connect us to his character right from the very first words he utters is so magical. The trauma is character has gone through reminds me of girlhood, how you're forced to grow up so much earlier than any of the boys you know...how it feels like your whole world is ripped away, and your connection to fun and play is thrown away so early that you spend the rest of your life finding things that connect you to it again.

Brennan continues to be an otherworldly story-weaver and improvisational genius, the sort of rare gift that few people have.

Brennan you absolute genius!

On my relisten, and as much as I love this episode and how heart wrenching it is, I am deeply frustrated by the fact that Erika and Aabria whisper for the last part of this episode. I know it is emotionally wrought, but man it is not a vibe. I'm grateful that this isn't a habit that they've carried into the main campaign

Ok Jesus Christ, this is a masterclass in storytelling, this is a gift, this should be illegal for making me go on such an emotional rollercoaster. Aabria, I know why you’re crying girl, I was right there with you. 10’s across the board

when brennan said the first spell was protection from evil and good OH MY GOD 😭

my HEART

Y'ALL 😭💀

I originally was about to download the episode and so because I live in a rural area and have spotty signal. but that is no longer an option. Was this intentional?

I have been wanting to start a campaign with the characters as children for the first arc for years but I can never get folks to go for it. It is so gratifying to see you all do it and do it far better than I ever could in a home game.

This podcast is healing my inner child

Mercy, how are they this good?

Fuck that mushroom guy

I got to stop watching this right before work. Walking in, totally not crying.

maybe i'll just go and cry on the floor now :(

Me fully gasping and clutching my chest WHILE I AM AT WORK! "No, guys, I'm fine...but Eurselon is experiencing shame for the first time..." My god.

God. I cried so much at this episode... So heartbreaking and perfect and magical all at the same time

I AM UNWELL

Wow.... absolutely incredible. So much meaning coming from seemingly accidental loose threads. Love it so so much.

oh, SOBBING.

In the description of children and cleaning, it occurred to me (as a person diagnosed with ADD)that the fey are super powerful beings with severe ADHD 😅

Casually crying in the klurb.

Holy crap….wait- wait! Is that mushroom the man in black!? 😱

I'll be over here ugly crying with Aabria.

Ah me and Lou thought the same thing about the mushroom “n***a didn’t take my mushrooms”

Bro I was just trying to enjoy my za on the porch in peace but then the cloak bit happened and I was struggling to inhale cus my breath was shaking. 5/5 almonds, lovely stuff as always <3

Incredible!

Damn! We all need some almonds B! Amazing work WBN! and Thank You for doing this. The journey is at the start, the therapy real, my ability to feel expanding rapidly. I love magic too :). (I'm picturing the mushroom spirit with a couple nibbles out of his head. Amazing scene!)

Damn man. Really good work. Here I am, crying at the end of this episode so proud of these children. Wow.

I'm having a "garden of Eden" moment with Eursulon's noticing his dirty hands and the encounter with the mushroom

Brennan just out here making girls cry

"I'm gonna get some almonds".

Crying!!! I’m so psyched this is happening.

Still loving the content. Volume control is better and words are easier to understand. Continued problems: sometimes the sound cuts off abruptly, followed by a long gap, so that I am wondering if the episode is over--and sometimes it is. Please give more narrative structure. Even just a "Last we left off..." at the beginning and a "That's all for this episode" at the end would help tremendously.

Terror of closed doors for reasons invisible shut is a season

It's just too good, how it all fell together. The way that magic is so different for all of them and we get to look into the reasoning and idea of how and why. Perfect.

Ahhhh how is this so perfect ahhhh

Sitting on the edge of my bed Pixar level sobbing and it's all Brennan's fault.

I just realized I'm pulling air back into my lungs after quite a while. All four of the players are superb, and I am enjoying this so much.

“I’m going to have some almonds” 😂😂 how I’m going to leave every emotionally devastating moment moving forward

This made me cry so much that my contact lenses came out and now I have to take back up glasses to work.

i knew this was gonna be devastating but damn, you really had to rip our hearts out like this??? that being said this is very quickly becoming my favourite dnd story and i’m so glad to be around to hear it

Coming in with the old-school faerie tale trip. Oh, you didn't know the rules because you were just a kid? TOO FUCKING BAD! Here are the consequences of your actions!

The loss that eursolon felt resonated with me so deeply that I could not continue and just fell asleep after I finished this episode

I didn't know that these kids would have me crying this much. The feels,the feels!!

I didn’t think another ep was gonna make me weep again so soon, but I should have known better 😭 got the snot full flowin while folding laundry 😩

This. Is. CRAZY!! I mean jeeeeus this is just, wow!!

"I was just trying to be kind"

How can I replay an episode? The player won't let me back up or restart.

If I find out that Kurran fell to a blow on the shoulder....

well i’m sobbing thanks for that

Oof. Wow, this is absolutely devastating and entirely engaging.

I’m imagining the mushroom as some sort of Dark Souls creature

Here, take my heart, y'all are slaying it and me! 😭🍄🧌

The feels, the feels. 😭😭😭

Not a fungi at all.

Having listened to this ep late into last night, and again this morning... Whoa. Just whoa.

That a goddamn mushroom traumatized us... what the fuck, Brennan 😅

BRENNAN!!!! HOW DARE YOU!!! BUT LOU!!! WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN! I’m crying so much, about so many things. I love you all so much, I love this so much but god damn it how dare you Hahahahahha

Aabria sums it up best: Good and Devastated.

Eursolon Twice-cursed

being black and a fan of fantasy is tough sometimes but getting to hear black folks just enjoy our stories in OUR way is so life-affirming

I love the mirror -- we always hear about mortals who wander into the feywild and never return because they eat the food or inadvertantly agree to a deal, I love the idea that wild fey who wander into the Prime Material can never return if they are washed.

I don't know why I'm crying...I know why you're crying...to...I'm going to have some almonds...perfect outro, thanks so much.

You made me cry with happiness again. Thank you. <3

The spell bouncing off the piece of armor!!! So cinematic & incredible!!!’

Crying and crying and then, "I love magic" LOL

Wrecked me

This was just so emotionally devastating in the best way, thank you. also as a sidenote, the transcript is...bad. I assume some text-to-speech was done? Because sometimes it's nonsensical.

"Don't be a dick, we are CHILDREN." I can't even.

I was like damn, what did Arsalan ever do to that mushroom??? Who knew they could ever hold such grudges

This was so absurdly good! Thank you for this. I'm blasting through these and find myself going back for immediate replays.

So beautiful! Officially add me to the "Crying at Work Club."

Brennans little chuckle as Aabria and Erica are just bawling at the end is so choice

That opening with Suvi was heart wrenching. And the rest of it tore me apart. Brennan, what the heck man...

Enough emotional resonance to shatter me and make me want to rebuild myself as a better storyteller.

Emotional support almonds

Oh dear God that ending.

Something I noticed in this episode that I have to assume was intentional (especially considering the mastery of the story tellers around the table) is that Suvi the Wizard leads life through the head, Ame the Witch leads life through the heart, and Eursulon the Wild One leads life through gut instinct. A beautiful episode I am now crying at work!

cryinggggg at least i got all of my scary work stuff out of the way for the day it's just data entry and tears now

MY HEART 💖

I made the mistake of listening to this while I was working and I had to stop working because I couldn’t see through all my tears. 😭 This episode is heartbreaking and beautiful.

I knew not to listen to this at work but I just couldn't stop myself. It's so beautiful. We are all Erika and Aabria's sobs right now

I’ll just listen to a little episode while I do my little morning chores. This definitely won’t destroy me emotionally.

Some people are kept up a bit late because of fears No, on this occasion it was due to tears. Beautifully done.

IM NOT CRYING UR CRYING

GAAAAHHH I knew Brennan was gonna do is all like that!!! And it still hurt!!!

Oh my heart. I was sobbing with Aabria on this one 😢 and I hate the no floor dice rule. Play it where it lands if 2 or more can see it. Lol The trauma this episode brought on....ughhhhhhh😥😢😭😭😭

You guyyyys.. made me cry at work. It's an open office!

our poor boy 😭

You play it where it falls! As long as you can read it, you play it.

these kids need therapy

Ame and Suvi became a witch and wizard on the same night that Eursulon lost his status as Wild One

Sobbing, screaming, throwing up. Jesus. I'm crying before bed.

episode *four* and I'm already inconsolable

the piano motif playing at the start has the same opening melody as 'i was made for lovin' you' by kiss lmao

So many tears!

"floor dice"

"We will play this game for years, you decide now"...

“The Children’s Adventure is going to be fun,” they said “It will be cute and wholesome,” they said

An emotional punch to the GUT

STOP MAKING ME CRY BRENNAN

This episode is just like. ‘Let me see how hard I can cry over fey time fuckery’

That weak "I love magic" was everything!!!

The way my jaw DROPPED. I fucking love you all❤️❤️

Tell me why I WEEPED hearing Ame say, "Why can't he go home?"

Brennan's greatest wish is to be a father. Think about what story time would be like for his offspring. If there is anyone walking the planet who already has the gifts needed to be a great dad it's Brennan.

Eursulon 🥺

I’m ruined

Well this one totally wrecked me. Crying at work. T____T

Justice for floor dice.

I listened to this and immediately shouted at the next three people I saw “There can be no honor without shame! You can have no quest without failure, and knights cannot exist without MONSTERS!” You’re telling me I’m gonna have this for years? Forever and ever take my money!

This is fantastic so far -- and I'm completely unsurprised to hear that Casey Toney was on the editing of these, his work is as always fantastic (and everyone else's work is fantastic, as well, but that's the name I wasn't expecting to run into and was delighted to find)

Three is a magically powerful number!!

Sleep obtained now back to the 'grind' of consuming the best media content of the year so far. "Now we're going to roll, for lack of a better word, a sadness check." Brennan coming in with the S tier Brennaning.

Adore this episode, looking forward to catching up with the rest when I have more time. Side note, the transcripts need some correcting, is there going to be a place we can submit corrections?

Why can’t he go home has brought so many tears. 🥹

So I’m just trying not to cry while walking to work 😭

Let Eursulon go home 🥺

“I just want to go home.” 😭

Damn, Ame's class is really the Mom friend from day one

You made me cry on a buss...

Screaming and crying

The description of Ame becoming a witch and hearing the forest weep for Eursolon.. so so beautiful

I am absolutely devastated, I must have more

Excellent, excellent, excellent.

COUP CREW! Also, the Studio Ghibli vibes are so incredibly powerful!

This is the best one!!!

Very excited to listen to it all.

SCHLORP

OH IM SO READY

COUP CREEEEEWWWW

THE LIVE DIED ;W;

ALL THESE DROPS!!!!

COUP CREW

SO MUCH EXCITEMENT

YOOOO

COUP CREWWWW

Woooooo!