Season’s GRATINGS, all you BOILS and GHOULS and those of BOO who DIEdentify as nonDIEnary!
As much as it pains me, I’m gonna cool it (GHOUL IT) with the scary puns, because it will quickly become indeSCYTHErable and we have two great pieces of news (BOOS) to share (SCARE) with you! (okay now I’m done)
Gift Subs!!
Just in time for the glorious holiday season: You can now gift a seat at the Fireside to your friends, family, and heck, even your enemies! Simply go to this link, and you can buy one month or up to a year by the Fireside for that special someone. It’s the gift that keeps on givin’ allll year round. Imagine the satisfaction of introducing someone to Bag It or Tag It for the first time! Consider the emotional damage you can inflict on your professional colleagues by gifting them the Children’s Adventure! YOU can be the hero this city needs.
The NEW and IMPROVED Witch Class!!
Our crack team of brilliant designers have been hard at work tweaking and rebuilding the Witch class based on your playtesting feedback, and like a single perfect golden leaf tumbling through the autumn air and landing delicately at your feet, the new Witch class will be delivered to our patrons TOMORROW! It will soon be available for purchase by non-Patreon members in our Patreon shop. If you haven't already, consider joining us for $5 a month to get access to the updated Witch Class, and all of our other amazing bone cone!
Halloween treats are NOT just for kids! Happy Halloween, stay safe everyone!
2024-10-31 22:43:53 +0000 UTC
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BEHOLD the cost of honor: your screaming castle gets BOOSTED. But hey, at least now we can finally find out how much tandoori chicken you can get out of one (1) mythical roc. Battle edits, historically accurate "pump-up speeches," and crucially, the importance of Third Spaces. All this and more, here by the fireside.
This Fireside Chat is Sponsored by ThirdSpacesMonthly.com
2024-10-29 11:30:01 +0000 UTC
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The mountains want blood. The birds are in on it. The only way out is up. Or down so deep your friends forget your face. Just when everyone finally came together, so many people have to go.
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-10-22 15:11:09 +0000 UTC
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Welcome back to the Fireside, America's most well produced gaelophobic podcast. Come with us as we knock on the cuckoo door and say hello to the best nacho. What makes the best nacho the best nacho? Simply this: it MUST be naval. I think there might be a gas leak in here. CRackle cracklaesjf;qurvbioehualrk
2024-10-15 11:30:02 +0000 UTC
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Welcome to Arc 4!! We are so proud to present this gorgeous map of the Shroud Mountains, beautifully depicted by Tucker Donovan.
Do you spy a familiar name on the map? Twelve Brooks? Hmm ....
You can find more of Tucker and his work here:
2024-10-08 18:18:27 +0000 UTC
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In this, the final chapter of the first book of our tale: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, for our wizard, our witch, and our wild one. Far above the mist-cloaked scree of the Shroud Mountains, the Meridian flies to a daring rescue, captained by a promising, but increasingly rebellious, young wizard. Back in Toma, the Witch of the World's Heart takes care of old business and new friends. The wild one runs. As fast as he can. Don't even try to catch him. That ship has sailed.
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-10-08 11:35:27 +0000 UTC
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We know you're all sitting on the edge of your seat waiting for Arc 4, so we've decided to shake things up a bit and drop THIS the day before!
What's next for WBN? Will there be mugs? Who will FINALLY get to be a PC? Well, watch and find out!
With so many exciting new developments in addition to Arc 4 rolling out, be sure to stay connected with us to keep up to date with everything that's happening!
This video was shot by Matt Kreuger:
This video was edited by Cameron Dinwiddie:
Music composed by Taylor Moore
2024-10-08 01:02:25 +0000 UTC
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We're just ONE DAY AWAY from the premiere of Arc 4! And naturally, we have some new Arc art to share with you all! This gorgeous, haunting piece is by the talented Karla Ortiz.
Are you ready for Arc 4????
You can find Karla and her work here:
2024-10-07 14:00:07 +0000 UTC
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[to the tune of I'll Make a Man Out of You from Mulan)
Let's get down to WIZness,
chat about...subclaaaass.
SURPRISE DROP, CRACKLERS! Aabria and Brennan hop on the mic to talk about the making of the Wizard of the Citadel subclass, and just, you know, process their feelings about wizards in general. AbracaPODCAST!
Amazing wizard art by the great David Mattingly
2024-10-06 17:03:00 +0000 UTC
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You "game heads" might know that the software we use to run the show is called "Dungeon and Dragon." Welp, it's time for a software update in the form of LEVELING UP. So save your documents, reach around the back of the show, filp the power switch to off, then on again, pour yourself a nice hot coffee and join us in fellowship as the show makes a bunch of weird groaning sounds, flickers, and restarts, somehow even better than before.
2024-10-03 09:00:06 +0000 UTC
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A few times a year, on auspicious days or particularly augur-laden nights, the rickety fence between Umora and the world of spirits falls away. Tonight, is just such a night. And what shall cross that diaphanous veil between worlds? A chicken, a pretty lady, a cabinet of masks, a demon named 'Amanda' and three young heroes left to their own autumnal (okay fine, VERY late summer), festive devices in this slice-of-life return to our Children's Adventure. Boo.
Starring Lou Wilson, Aabria Iyengar, and your DM: Erika Ishii!
Produced by Taylor Moore
Edited, Designed, and Music Supervision by Brian Flaherty of Many Sided Media. For more of his award-winning sound design, check out My First Dungeon and Bitcherton wherever you get your podcasts.
Music courtesy of Epidemic with some original music by Taylor Moore
2024-10-01 04:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Wizards are known by their secrets, and when they have time, they conquer all.
We are so proud to finally present the Playtest PDF for the Wizard of the Citadel Subclass to our Patreon audience!
Download the Wizard of the Citadel Subclass PDF below!
Similar to our preview of the Witch Class, we want to emphasize that this is an early draft of the class mechanics—it hasn’t been thoroughly playtested, so GMs should be fully aware of that before allowing it to be used in their games.
We’ll be seeking feedback from the Patreon around mid-November, once people have had some time to play the subclass and test it out. We don’t expect feedback, but if you decide to try it out and are willing to share some thoughts, we’d love to hear from you, so keep an eye out!
EDIT (Dec 2, 2024): The survey form for the Citadel Wizard Subclass is now open! Check it out here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1F93iWzCpKKU4ZFEaiNjsLosZObrfiji0nTjc2GvWFLU/viewform?edit_requested=true&pli=1
Playtest feedback is most useful when it identifies specific issues, pain points, and areas of confusion—or things that are working well. If you think something is bad/not fun/unbalanced/not as good as the previous version, please be specific and tell us why! And finally, please don't backseat design—it's most helpful to know what you think of the existing design, not what you think it should be, so we can best identify the core issues to address.
The designers (Hannah, Mazey, Brandes, Dan, and Brennan) are the ones reading the feedback, so please keep things polite and respectful. We know the class isn't perfect yet—that's why we're playtesting!—but we've put a lot of time, blood, sweat, tears, difficult-to-obtain ritual components, hearts, and souls into this design process.
Additionally, our revised Witch Class will be set to release on HALLOWEEN!
Massive thanks to everyone who helped us put this together:
Concept Design: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Mazey Veselak
Design: Dan Dillon, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Hannah Rose, Brandes Stoddard, Mazey Veselak
Playtester in Chief: Aabria Iyengar
Layout: Ruby Lavin
Illustrators: Corey Brickley, Tucker Donovan, Lorena Lammer
2024-09-26 13:00:16 +0000 UTC
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Everyone is ALWAYS asking our cast to depict the Worlds Beyond Number NPCs. So here we are!
Keep in mind everything we put pen to paper on is extremely canon.
These are the images you should be conjuring in your mind when you listen to our show.
This is a public preview of our NPC Art video!
To get access to the full 30+ minute video, join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112690771?pr=true
Stills of this round's drawings can be found at the end of the video, starting at 6:16.
This video was recorded earlier this summer. If you are not yet caught up with Arc 3, please be warned that there may be slight spoilers.
Video produced and shot by Shannon
Video edited by Amanda Freberg
Music composed by Taylor Moore
2024-09-24 18:41:13 +0000 UTC
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Everyone is ALWAYS asking our cast to depict the Worlds Beyond Number NPCs. So here we are!
Keep in mind everything we put pen to paper on is extremely canon. These are the images you should be conjuring in your mind when you listen to our show.
Stills of each round's drawings can be found at the end of the video, starting at 30:57.
BE SURE YOU WATCH TO THE VERY END!
This video was recorded earlier this summer. If you are not yet caught up with Arc 3, please be warned that there may be slight spoilers.
Video produced and shot by Shannon
Video edited by Amanda Freberg
Music composed by Taylor Moore
2024-09-24 17:40:24 +0000 UTC
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WE'VE GOT MORE MERCH! And patrons get first dibs AND 10% off!
First up, we've got a pack of stickers featuring Jack Jones' artwork of the Coven of Elders!
The second is a HEAT ACTIVATED Candlestreet Bakery mug! Pour in your hot drink and watch Mr. Callum appear! Please note that this mug must be hand washed. Due to the heat-changing nature of the mug, the material of the design is not suitable for the dishwasher.
Follow the links below to get your hands on 'em! The password to enter both webpages is "AWORLDBEYOND", all caps!
Witch Sticker
Candlestreet Bakery Mug
The talking Fox plushie will be available in early 2025! Keep your eyes peeled for updates!
2024-09-22 00:08:28 +0000 UTC
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WELCOME TO OUR 2024 CRAMMIES! In this livestream, we award the winners of our Summer Song Remix competition! Crammies... Grammys... get it?
Thank you so much for being patient with our technical difficulties and audio issues; we promise we'll have that all buttoned up for the next time we go live!
Check out the original Summer Remix Competition post with all submissions linked here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/106148290
Honorable Mentions:
Winners:
Our patron-exclusive merch discount page will be up soon on Patreon!
2024-09-21 20:39:44 +0000 UTC
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There is an idea, buried deep within every human being, that says "Anywhere I can go, I should go." And so we climb mountains, we sail oceans, we plunge into pitch black caverns, every time with the confidence and entitlement that comes from the idea that we are fundamentally welcome in the world.
That idea is wrong.
There are some places. There are some woods. There are some glades. And in these places, we are very much unwelcome.
Happy Spooky season, kids. Heads up, there's more gore than usual in this one.
Starring Lou Wilson, Aabria Iyengar, Erika Ishii, and Brennan Lee Mulligan
Produced by Taylor Moore
Edited and Designed by Brian Flaherty of Many Sided Media. For more of his award-winning sound design, check out My First Dungeon and Bitcherton wherever you get your podcasts.
And featuring an original score and live saxophone performance from Joseph David Spence, with additional vocals by Maddi Albregts, Coryn May, and Joseph David Spence
2024-09-17 08:00:05 +0000 UTC
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SURPRISE!
WE'VE GOT BONUS VIDEO CONTENT FOR YOU!
To thank you all for being with us by the fireside, we wanted to throw this out as a nice little hump day pick-me-up.
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Unfortunately, there's not enough time in the world to get through all of your amazing fireside question submissions during our regular fireside chats.
Enter our video Q&A! Our cast sits and and takes the time to answer some of your questions. Grab your beverage of choice, sit back, and relax.
This video was recorded earlier this summer. If you are not yet caught up with Arc 3, please be warned that there may be slight spoilers.
Questions:
1. Lou, Aabria, Erika - how did you decide on what to play for this campaign? When you first started playing, what got you really excited for the campaign? - Krystalin (0:49)
2. Hey y’all! Love the show so much! How do you all balance the desire for humor as well as intense drama and when to flip that switch without stepping on toes? - Noah R. (15:35)
3. Do you think you will ever have any guests on the pod? - Cianna (22:06)
4. What would it look like if Ame, Suvi, and Eursulon were to swap classes? What specialties, name cloaks, familiars, or martial forms would they have? - Felix (30:55)
5. Notably absent in Umora are classic fantasy humanoids (elves etc). Can you speak to the factors that influenced that choice? - Ian T. (43:34)
Video produced and shot by Shannon
Video edited by Amanda Freberg
Music composed by Taylor Moore
2024-09-11 22:58:06 +0000 UTC
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Join the cast as they lift Arc 3 over their heads, take off its head and gulp up that delicious Arc juice. Look out for the juice, you're in the SPLASH ZONE! Would you believe we do one of these for every episode? Well, guess what, kiddo, we absolutely do. But you already know that because you're here...by the fireside....thanks for being here by the fireside. [ I stare at you through the flames, making a smore without looking at my hands. It's flawless.]
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We recommend listening to Worlds Beyond Number (and the Fireside Feed) on a "podcatching" app like Overcast or Pocket Casts. For more help getting the right audio in the right place, check out our friendly instruction guide.
We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-09-10 07:15:01 +0000 UTC
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We are so excited for all of our upcoming bone cone to tide you over till the Arc 4 premiere! Here's our upcoming slate of content in September and October:
Patreon Exclusive:
Sept. 17th: Interlude II: The Clearing
Sept. 21st: The Crammies Livestream (1pm PT)
Sept. 24th: Video Content: “Official” NPC Art
Sept. 26th: Wizard of the Citadel Subclass Release
Oct. 1st: Children’s Adventure Halloween Special
Oct. 7th: Level Up!!!
Oct. 8th: Shroud Mountain Map Reveal
Public:
Sept. 10th: WWW Arc 3 Public Talkback
Sept. 24th: Interlude II: The Clearing preview
Oct. 7th: WWW Arc 4 Art Reveal
Oct. 8th: WWW Arc 4 Premiere
If you haven't already, consider joining as a paid Patreon subscriber for $5 a month to be able to participate in all the above EXCLUSIVE content, as well as unlocking all of our previous bone cone! AHOOHOO! See you by the fireside!
2024-09-07 17:38:39 +0000 UTC
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The entire gang is back, in-person, in the studio, talkin' 'bout that INNNcredible arc finale. She's giving chat. She's giving revelations. She's giving...hints at what's to come!? It's true what literally everyone is saying: this hit podcast has everything!
2024-09-03 07:17:25 +0000 UTC
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The arc is now over and it's time to part ways. You've got a long trip ahead of you, why don't you take one for the road? A memento of our time together in the North. Now that the accounts are settled and the elders have a new project to keep them busy, collect your parting gifts, consolation prizes, gift bags, powerful arcane devices, your phone charger and the doggie bag, and then a wandering we will go. Be careful out there, the weather can get rough.
Thanks for coming along with us on our journey to the North Pole, and keep an ear out for our announcement about the release lineup for September!
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-08-27 15:04:04 +0000 UTC
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In which the gang talks about soup for one (1) hour.
[Producer's note: LOVE all the praise that the sound design has been getting, but I (Taylor) do not make the show alone! Our INDUSTRY LEADING, GLOBE STRIDING sound design should also be credited to the great Jared Olson! The sausage spinning in slow-mo effect, for example? All Jared, baby. Love that man.)
2024-08-20 07:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Two great big lenses, like unblinking eyes, spread out upon the table. The better to see you with, my darling. The better to catch you. The better to use you up. Don't ask which, you can't handle the truth, and honestly? Same. Someone's game is over. Someone's done messing around. Someone's time is up. But worry not, for what goes up, must come down. Strap in.
FIXED EP HAS BEEN UPLOADED: The first upload was missing a few things, but the correct version has been placed on the internet for you. Check the shownotes, and it'll say "REUPLOAD" that's how you know you got the right one. You can just delete the old ep and redownload to freshen it up.
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-08-13 15:16:25 +0000 UTC
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I Voted! This week, at the top of the ballot is A Great Fireside Chat. Hail to the chief, baby!
2024-08-06 09:10:01 +0000 UTC
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The defense makes its closing arguments. The pillars of Umora shake beneath the firmament. A guest speaker makes a short presentation. Weird. Feels like we've been here before.
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-07-30 11:01:55 +0000 UTC
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The tables have turned! The gang is on the upswing! Brennan threatens Erika's land holdings and titles at court! You win or you die! We gettin' ACADEMIC! We are DEFENDING theses! Crackle! Crackle!.*
*the extra period is so you know it's over.
2024-07-23 08:59:01 +0000 UTC
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Everyone comes together in the Keep of the Woodland Green. But time keeps on slipping into the future, like a tree slips towards the sky, with hours left until Ame's judgement day, and still so many muddy rivers to cross. What wouldn't you do to save your true friend? To keep the big guys from knowing what you're up to? Would you look in a place you've never looked before? Yeah? You would? Then a wandering we will go.
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-07-16 10:13:23 +0000 UTC
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Get your sea god d*ck off my potatoes, and slide up a stool to chat with the gang about the latest ep, the nature of spirits, and Eursulon's quarterly one-on-one 360 review with the King of Night. You KNOW they're all "showing nhole" for this one, fam, no cap!
2024-07-09 08:15:01 +0000 UTC
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Aren't you thirsty, brother? Here is the well of stars. Here, the dark waters of the river. There, a bubbling spring. Drink deeply, and consider what swims and writhes beneath. For like a forked tongue flicks back and forth, like the great claw taps against the glass (To be let in? To be let out?) a clock, somewhere, tiks and toks unceasing, making what will be what is. And we are all full of snakes.
Catch the public feed to hear the episode with these links, or anywhere you get your podcasts:
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We are
Brennan Lee Mulligan
Erika Ishii
Aabria Iyengar
Lou Wilson
Produced, designed, and scored by Taylor Moore at Fortunate Horse with exquisite design and editing help from Jared Olson.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Tazer Army, Shannon, and Amanda Freberg.
Album art by the great Corey Brickley
2024-07-02 09:01:00 +0000 UTC
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