WWW: The Children's Adventure Episode 6

Might be cliche to say, some may have already said it but i keep thinking of them as "the mind, the spirit and the heart"

When Grandma Wren leaves for a week, is the implication that she went to the Conclave of the Coven of Elders?

Listening to these after finishing all of the first Book just to say “but it was red, and I don’t know why I lied about that.”

As a GM, I'm so glad we get to see the D&D mechanics of this very special "session 0." I'd so love to give my Players this kind of experience, and it gives me so many ideas! (Also, baby Suvi reminds me of my baby self in a way that's way too close for comfort, haha. So impressed with the incredible character work everyone does.)

"Shamefully and quietly and with a goat." Partner walks in.. no no it's ok he's playing swords....oh damn

I would kill for a cozy luma island like game built around grabdma rens cottage or jyst anything in the world of umora. maybe some kinda RPG

Wait do the armor and weapons belong to Ame now? Can the go back and get gear up now?????

now i wonder if suvi's parents and their friends are a wizard, a witch, and a wild one

relistening now, I forgot how SAD this part of the story is

I'm from Upstate NY and can confirm the existence of ostrich rules

Cmon provolone?? So interesting to see the intersections of filming between here and d20 from the references

I'm head cannoning grandma wren 100% got that wheelbarrow full of moss and spider silk for the kids. Such an asian parent energy of hearing your kids want something and silently getting and pretending it was just happenstance

Noting here that oddly the transcript mentions a bit that is not heard in the episode itself; Ame getting her charisma score!

Aabria: "I add one small bummer to this..." also Aabria: *says something absolutely devastating*

Does anyone know if the rules for how they did the children adventure leveling was done? I'm fascinated!

Jz1 izks

relistening rn and screamed out loud at taylor when the romantic firefly music started playing

Suvi is a very relatable kid, and hearing Aabria play her is really healing.

Tiny A is such a little chaos muppet. I love it.

y'know, ostrich rules.

OSTRICHES DON'T DO THAT???

COME ON PROVOLONE

Im actually crying at the friendship bond on the might at the shrine with the fireflies

If you ever comes to AU for a con or something Lou, I am asking you to sign whatever I bring along with "Ostrich Rules" You can choose the punctuation mark that follows, it just can't be a full stop.

I love how Suvi arrived on a lilac day and her favorite color is lilac. Ugh! The tragic backstories are what I live for!!

So magical. Love love love!

Come on Provolone

OMG "come on Provolone" from Aabria and Lou, I sense Lil linguistic sneak in from Ravening War, I'll be in my corner geeking out

Im sorry but them picturing Sir Corrin to look like brennen fills my whole heart and warms my soul that is the most wonderful adorable thing ever

"There's a rule about to be broken somewhere!"

I wonder if setting up Eursulon's nest was a bit of a full-circle moment for Brennan and his childhood window monsters.

I would love a little quick-reference guide that goes into how you mechanically approached developing these children characters. It's clear some skill/proficiency choices were made along the way in the story, but rolling for the stat bonuses was lost on me without any explanation or visual context. It seems like they had some flat scores and a pool of d6s to possible add to them, but it's unclear.

Is there a part missing from the recording? The transcript has Erika/Ame rolling her charisma score, but the recording cuts off after she gets speak with animals?

So cute I want some quite ladybug blanket

Catching up on these and it’s so interesting hearing the creation of childhood trauma that is normally only implied

The fact that this isn't rehearsed blows my mind.

All of these episodes have had strong Wanderhome vibes, but this episode especially. Friendship bracelets, sleeping in shrines, sadness - I live for this shit.

Ostrich rules should definitely be the new "Bullshit" "Lou just rolled his 3rd nat one today" Man that's Ostrich rules

So this episode made me stop and laugh and rewind so I could laugh again and tell my brother, because... a funny story is, when I was 12 and had been playing D&D for a few years with my bro, and wanted to try my hand at DMing for the first time, I was playing a module that I was drawn to for its focus on spiders, my favorite animals. And when a player listened at a wall, I described the spidery footsteps on the opposite side of the wall as "clanging"- to which I was roasted so promptly and thoroughly for the silliness of a spider that must be wearing metal shoes to be clanging on a wall, that I decided to stop playing and didn't try DMing again for like 5 years. So having noisy spiders be blamed for a clanging noise by Ame was a real gift for me, personally. Thank you, Erika.

Dear Aabria, Brennan, Erika, and Lou - this episode in particular is bringing me so much joy. I really appreciate the opportunity for an organic approach to character creation. It is so beautiful. I listen in the car and I keep finding myself driving along with a huge smile on my face from pure enjoyment of the story you’re telling. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us!

Oh my God. Ame is something else. A 7-year-old child finds (spoilers)... . . . . . . . . . . . a suit of armor in a bathtub with the back of the helmet bashed in; it whips around and *looks at her*, and the first thing out of her mouth is, "Are you OK?" Incredible.

From this day forward we need merch titled Bird Facts: and then that fact 😆

Aabria wakes up every day specifically to deliver the most hurtful moments possible

Ostrich rules are absolutely a thing, at least for kids. The rule is “If I can’t see you, you can’t see me.” (And the opposite is true.) When I was preschool age and I was frustrated with my mom, I would stand in front of her, squeeze my eyes closed, and yell, “You can’t see me!” I have no idea how she didn't burst into laughter.

flowers, moss, and bees stitched with spiders' webs in a blanket for a fae also: picking a future from the liquid of one's youth a gift of fireflies

One of my biggest... not complaints per se... but like things I don't like about most actual play shows is they don't show the like... nitty gritty character creation and leveling up process. TAZ did for a little while but stopped and I feel like NADDPod did too. And obviously in something with a set number of episodes like D20 there's simply no time for that. But I love it and I hope that given that this space is meant to just be a home game for the 4 of them, they'll never cut that out.

Can we take a moment to appreciate that Suvi started this adventure with red being her favorite color, but reveals it to be lilac in this episode. Suvi met Ame and Grandma Wrenn on a Lilac day.

I see in the Transcript that Ame chose to roll her Charisma at the end, but I didn't hear it in the audio. What was her score? Or are we trying to maintain some mystery with that?

I really want a witch class pdf this class sounds awesome

As someone from the Hudson Valley NY, can confirm that we are all trained on Ostrich Rules. If you get into Pre-K without knowing Ostrich Rules you are at a incredible academic and survivalistic disadvantage.

eating my breakfast and sobbing over friendship bracelets

I live for Aabria bringing sports descriptions into d&d. Strong kiddie soccer visuals with the slide tackle attempt and spitting mud 😂

Eursulon's space is really cool, between inside and outside. Since I feel like he's going to very much be a character that's between 2 worlds of his home and where he is now.

God, this makes me weep and laugh with every episode

Hold your horses grandma definitely brought the moss, webs, and forest knickknacks just for the bed and let the kids think they had the great idea to use it for his bed. Loved it.

"Trees have different leaves" was the first thing I said when I got glasses when I was six.

Little eursulon training to be a knight 😭❤️ Also betting all my money that baker is hot 🔥

Aabria lol "Ok so I know we're all vibing, but I'm still a troubled child, and this is actually a deeply painful moment." 🥹

Aabria saying that Suvi's favorite color is lilac just made me realize that Ame described the day she and Suvi first meet as "a lilac day" and I truly am full body weeping over these characters

So, apparently, Ostriches do put their head in the sand, but not to hide, it's to rotate their eggs to keep them uniformly warm.

"a blanket of quiet ladybugs"?! The amount of being able to see what's going on but also see how it could be misinterpreted or misunderstood makes me laugh

"I got a 15 can I add my brain to it" is a perfect child like response.

I love that the crew was so into it that Brennan was like "fine we can do some more."

I am living for this series

I’m scared I’m moving through these too fast but what am I going to do??? Have self control???

And then my first episode with new earbuds. For those who are able - when they say it's recommended - it's really next level IMHO. I did invest in a high-quality set. I'm very likely to give everything released already a second listen before the next epi is released., time permitting. <3

I agree with others, we really need an exact description of this interesting character creation system! I would love to try it or a version of it with friends it sounds interesting.

he said it was over and there's three more!?

Shake-n-baker

hey man that's ostrich rules

A wild bird fact appears! Lol

Any chance the character creation process will be outlined anywhere? I'd to use this in my games. Great stuff so far, i love this show!

I think the end of the episode got cut off? The transcript says Erika rolls for their Charisma, but it cuts straight to Taylor’s outro after Ame gets Speak with Animals

Might "ostriches" be a candidate for fandom name? :D

I'm curious about how they're doing rolling for stats does anybody know what type of system they're using

Paladin confirmed!!

Ostrich rules = shaking the baker

I love the "what can you do with a [insert bad roll]?" bit. I hope they keep it up.

Shamefully and quietly, with a goat. Lol

I’ve just been binging all episodes like one giant audiobook and it’s wonderful.

Aabria said "intellect as a defense mechanism" and hit me right in my traumatized child feels 😭

I am very interested in the progression mechanics being used in this adventure, in case I run a Children's Adventure of my own!

I home-brewed a witch for a game I started in like June and I’m for sure using the witch’s tokens now.

This came out today and I’m already desperate for the fan art

A blanket of quiet ladybugs is??? So good?? Just wonderful storytelling every episode. It feels so cozy.

"Contrary to the popular myth, ostriches do not bury their head in the sand when scared or frightened. In fact, when an ostrich senses danger and cannot run away, it will flop to the ground and remain still, attempting to blend in with the terrain." Honestly, the reality is a much funnier visual to me.

Anyone know what mechanics they are using (Fallback scores?? Rolling 1 or 2d6 to increase stats?)

Very excited to listen to it all.

Oh my good I’m losing it!! They just keep coming!!

Insane amount to drop right away. Appreciate y’all haha

Oh my god. So many at once. My cup is so full for the rest of the week

This is entirely too much story, I’m gonna be fed for several days at this point

So many juicy episodes. 🔥