Behind the Scenes "Spider, Cave, Book"
Added 2025-03-13 18:14:36 +0000 UTCSPOILERS ahead! Don't read or listen if you're not caught up with episode 44 "To the Bone"!
SPOILERS ahead! Don't read or listen if you're not caught up with episode 44 "To the Bone"!
After we recorded episode 44, Aabria had some questions for Brennan about what exactly was in those spellbooks she found on the bodies of the drowned guildmages. We thought, "Might as well jump back in the studio and have that convo on mic in case it turns out to be interesting for our dear patrons," and reader? We think it is. And so here is a little vignette of what exactly the wizard Sky gets up to while the shapechangers slumber nearby.
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What I love about Ame as the one who puts herself in vulnerable positions is that vulnerability is how you create connection to others. And being the Witch of the World’s heart is about making connections, so the function of her vulnerability is almost necessary to her position and responsibility and the way she moves through the world.
Morgan Gano
2025-11-07 18:08:38 +0000 UTCJust discovered these BTS posts and loving it!! ❤️❤️
Sam Goldrick
2025-05-11 04:40:46 +0000 UTCDid anyone just hear the song fireball break out when Suvi scored the fireball spell? I could just imagine a celebratory dance party happening…
Morgan Perkins
2025-03-27 22:04:41 +0000 UTCAn argument in support of doing this sort of thing for every class, especially sorcerers and warlocks: it really, really helps emphasize the nature of the class's relationship with magic. Sorcerers practicing spellcasting is unlocking new mutant powers, basically. Unlike Wizards, they need to be in a situation that's more improvisational than practical, just twiddling on the keys of their magic and seeing what takes form. For Warlocks, there's a couple different shades. For those in service relationships, I like to assign them glib little prophecies which are clues to the magic they have unlocked. For those in more adversarial relationships, you can come up with a hundred and one ways they are "stealing" more magic from their Patron, and the sort of evolution of that relationship as a result. It only really doesn't work for the "knows all their spells" classes, your clerics and druids. Though I had a great star Druid player once who actually used astrology and constellations to justify their spell lists, which I thought was awesome.
Sean Boyce
2025-03-22 18:44:44 +0000 UTCOh, I didn’t think of that!
Kelsey Killoran
2025-03-21 23:12:48 +0000 UTCSup, fellow nerd. I see you.
Aviva
2025-03-21 21:34:51 +0000 UTCMaybe contact Fortunate Horse?
Aviva
2025-03-21 21:33:58 +0000 UTCW.T.F. D:
Aviva
2025-03-21 21:33:39 +0000 UTCYes, they are counterspell talamori
Theo Vařák
2025-03-21 18:07:28 +0000 UTCI wonder if also Shifter (Pathfinder 1st)? "Both a devoted defender of druidic circles and a fierce predator, the shifter can take on the forms of nature and even fuse them together with devastating effect and unbridled savagery."
Sil
2025-03-21 07:29:01 +0000 UTCThere are so many Little Guys (tm) in this game. Task is a sweet good little entity and I love them.
GrumpyTrees
2025-03-18 16:29:55 +0000 UTC!!!!!!
M Dorsey
2025-03-18 13:09:16 +0000 UTCBeing invested in the story, I forgot that they’re not at fifth level yet.
AGENTAPPLES
2025-03-18 05:25:14 +0000 UTCI feel very similarly, and I am so glad you thought to share your feelings here in this thread 😌 It helps us feel less alone
Kelsey Killoran
2025-03-17 18:27:00 +0000 UTCI’m not sure where else to ping WBN, but Taylor’s outro music is being used uncredited in videos on Instagram 😡
Kelsey Killoran
2025-03-17 18:24:07 +0000 UTCAre Zeros talamori? I'm on Peace & Quiet and been a bit since I've listened, can't remember. Thanks!
The Pompous Peasant
2025-03-17 13:39:15 +0000 UTCJust want to leave a little thankyou message here. WBN has reawakened a part of me that i thought was dead, my spark for wonder and hope in life. Words alone cant really encapsulate the gravity of what that means to me, so i just want to thank everyone at WBN for creating and managing this project. You have given me a chance to see happiness in my world again.
Mitchell Jessup
2025-03-17 10:14:24 +0000 UTCI wondered this too and am a little bummed because I was rooting for her to take Suggestion, I think it's more interesting than just another offensive spell and you know Suvi would put it to good use. ah well :')
Lael Newton
2025-03-16 04:52:06 +0000 UTCI love how polished the episodes are but I loved the quality of sound in the mics and hearing all the soft dice rolls, hearing yall laugh and talk like friends playing 💗 Great bone cone
Devon
2025-03-15 22:29:47 +0000 UTCHonestly we could get 1 hour of Lingua Arcana class and I would be on the edge of my seat
Nefeli
2025-03-15 21:56:31 +0000 UTCShe had hemmed and hawed for a second and then just said continue. I wonder if it was her realizing she just agreed to get the wrong spell but decided that she would stick with scorching earth.
Lex Beckley
2025-03-14 19:15:04 +0000 UTCLaerryn to Suvi: Yes
DomPie
2025-03-14 15:51:37 +0000 UTCMore "Suvi Scribes Spellbook"!
Tramaine Franklin
2025-03-14 13:51:28 +0000 UTCI regret changing my user name for a joke on a another podcast i am so sorry everyone 😂
WesKane truly insisting he isn't here 4 Rems boobs
2025-03-14 13:14:28 +0000 UTCThe same as people who don't get the best case for their phone. "Oh I'll be careful with it, obviously I'll never get it near water" and then an accident happens. They've enchanted the binding to be super reinforced and anti-ripping spells on the paper itself, like getting a screen protector. Even if someone spills a drink on a desk, wouldn't prestidigitation take care of that I think? Okay now I'm imagining some very annoyed wizard having to find a big bag of rice to stick their most precious possession in, lol.
L J
2025-03-14 13:07:19 +0000 UTCOur girl needs a NAP
L J
2025-03-14 13:02:08 +0000 UTCHell yeah! Some boneified BONE CONE!
Michael Babcock
2025-03-14 11:18:37 +0000 UTCI think I recognise that vocal stimming, Brennan 😂 those are the "I have this written down somewhere, I'm doing math and while I do both, I'ma make hold music sounds with my face" noises
Sil
2025-03-14 09:19:01 +0000 UTCSaaame!
Lyndall Cave
2025-03-14 09:11:24 +0000 UTCThis is so sick. I will definitely let a wizard PC try this next time I actually have a Wizard in one of my games.
Mehmet
2025-03-14 03:37:20 +0000 UTCSuvi needs to start learning/inventing a spell that allows her to get the rest her body and mind needs without sleeping. She skips more long rests than any other dnd character Ive ever seen
kyle sargent
2025-03-14 01:36:12 +0000 UTCto quote DJ from a recent make some noise: I'm WET
KamasiFitzgerald
2025-03-14 00:59:44 +0000 UTCNow THIS is some 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱 Bone Cone™
Braden W
2025-03-14 00:51:56 +0000 UTCthis is exaclty the kind of combination of lore and crunch that i came here to see hell yes
Prince Kirby
2025-03-14 00:20:23 +0000 UTCYes more of this please!
Boston
2025-03-13 23:55:39 +0000 UTCi love rolling numbers to get rewards!!!!!!!!!!! i love dice i love loot tables yessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lonoran
2025-03-13 23:35:22 +0000 UTCI'm so excited for Suvi to ruin someone's entire life with counter spell.
Pyrohydriscence
2025-03-13 23:00:21 +0000 UTCThe dice tell a story and that's Aabria should always be able to cast Fireball
Bill Posters
2025-03-13 22:45:46 +0000 UTCMERCH REQUEST
Erin Hopkins
2025-03-13 22:43:50 +0000 UTCPre-prepared is a normal mechanic in dnd. Wizards have can have a longer list of "known" spells but have to pick a shorter list of spells that they have "prepared" for the session to be able to cast at will.
Nate
2025-03-13 21:50:46 +0000 UTCI LOVE ME SOME BONE CONE
Michael Yong
2025-03-13 21:46:10 +0000 UTCSame!
Jactothemac
2025-03-13 21:13:32 +0000 UTCBIIIIIG RESPECT for roleplaying the inscribing of wizard spells into a spellbook! I feel like this is a thing so often glossed over or handled by the player themselves in-between sessions and this little piece of Bone Cone made me realize: that's a damn shame! It feels like it can actually be really impactful to play out the act of wizards gaining new spells from transcribing them from somewhere else. As a DM, I have just never known how to implement this, or if it would even be fun. But this is pretty inspiring. I'll go submit a question to the fireside, asking Brennan to get nitty gritty with how he determined what spells, what level and how many could be sourced from the spellbooks. I NEEED to know the process!
Just a Fox
2025-03-13 21:05:33 +0000 UTCI think they’ve said in fireside’s it’s all theater of the mind (though they did at least have a physical map of the shroud mountains at some point?) Agreed that I think Brennan does a good job of both enforcing rules and allowing the situation to breathe and not feel confined to those rules.
Sam Leitermann
2025-03-13 21:05:24 +0000 UTCThis was the perfect amount of time to help me power through some dishes I REALLY didn’t wanna do. 😅
Paige
2025-03-13 21:01:43 +0000 UTCIt just occurred to me that I don't know if the game is played entirely Theater of the Mind or if Brennan runs certain combats on physical tactics. I am such a fan of how this crew uses magic in slightly unintended ways, and stretches definitions a bit to go by the rule of cool or rule of vibes. I think the best example would be Ame's calm emotions in Abbasin, or just about anything in the first season's encounter with Niram and Orima. Magic just feels bigger and more cinematic when it's not super restrained by the rules of range or targeting capacity.
Ethan Dibeh
2025-03-13 20:35:19 +0000 UTCwhen aabria said "can you look at that" I KNEW she rolled a 19 for that 28 haha. also, "if this works your my dad now", what a great line 😂
chey
2025-03-13 20:00:44 +0000 UTCWhat a lovely treat!!! Suvi’s got those hot rolls now!!
Ren Challacombe
2025-03-13 19:59:17 +0000 UTCWait so did Suvi take suggestion or scorching ray? At first it sounded like suggestion and see invisibility but then Brennan said scorching ray, but I don’t remember hearing Aabria change her mind. Maybe I just missed it.🤷🏼♂️
Chappy Hall
2025-03-13 19:51:43 +0000 UTCDRUID EOIRGHEN CONFIRMED.
Sid Richey
2025-03-13 19:45:53 +0000 UTCWhat a delightful surprise of bone cone!
Erin
2025-03-13 19:38:47 +0000 UTCGod i want a Task spider enamel pin lol
WesKane truly insisting he isn't here 4 Rems boobs
2025-03-13 19:38:31 +0000 UTCBest kind of Cone out there is Bone!
Sam Rapine
2025-03-13 19:33:41 +0000 UTCMaybe they have some newer Stephen King in there. A little Under the Dome?
MrContent
2025-03-13 19:31:48 +0000 UTCGonna be super real.... what kinda wizard doest make their spellbook waterproof??? You have MAGIC, why not fix the SOLE PROBLEM of having hella books (moisture absorption)
Kellie O Edwards
2025-03-13 19:05:39 +0000 UTCAabria Iyengar the wizard that you are <3
Toe
2025-03-13 19:04:24 +0000 UTCThis was dope!
Daryl Wojtowicz
2025-03-13 19:04:22 +0000 UTCThat's really interesting because Brennan set pre-preparedness at a lower DC than being able to copy the spells in 2 hours, which would only be rewarding if he expects a level up in the middle of some kind of encounter
rio
2025-03-13 18:59:52 +0000 UTCI think it means that once she hits that level then she'll immediately be able to cast it. So even if she leveled up mid combat, she wouldn't have to wait till she's out of combat to stock that spell
Amaya
2025-03-13 18:56:37 +0000 UTCWords can't explain how badly I want Suvi to level up mid combat like Eursulon did and then immediately have access to fireball since it'll be pre-prepared
Amaya
2025-03-13 18:53:45 +0000 UTCI DESPERATELY NEED TO KNOW WHAT PRE-PREPARED MEANS
rio
2025-03-13 18:51:13 +0000 UTCI THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TWO WEEKS FOR THIS INFO 👀👀👀
Toe
2025-03-13 18:48:52 +0000 UTCGotta love some wizard shit!
G Jinx
2025-03-13 18:48:49 +0000 UTClove this!!! love these extra details woahhh
Jay
2025-03-13 18:46:32 +0000 UTClet's go Bone CONE
Emily C
2025-03-13 18:45:43 +0000 UTC28 !! SUVI SO HOT !!!
Ruvi
2025-03-13 18:42:53 +0000 UTCLove to all the nerds <3
Emily Mitchell
2025-03-13 18:41:47 +0000 UTCGuildmage Bonecone!
Lilith Evenstar
2025-03-13 18:40:47 +0000 UTCArc 5 the gang travels through the Bardo to confront all their deceased loved ones and FINLEEEYY who’s just visiting!
Luko Maelstrombrain
2025-03-13 18:38:46 +0000 UTCLove that this opens up the possibility of leveling up mid session or Sky getting an item that allows for 4th level spell slots (maybe her citadel staff already does and she only needed to unlock her own understanding to access it which could interact interestingly, not that we know she's ever going to use it again at this point) to pop off the most classic wizard cannon in d&d. Not a guarantee, but it'd be pretty cool.
kogdin
2025-03-13 18:37:34 +0000 UTCWIZARD BONE CONE!!! WOO!!!
DaShawn Coleman
2025-03-13 18:37:02 +0000 UTCLOVE THIS MORE PLEASE
Jonathan Silva
2025-03-13 18:33:52 +0000 UTCOh I’m so fuckin excited to see when Suvi will get to use those higher level spells. Thank you for this lil bit of extra goodies!!
MG
2025-03-13 18:32:03 +0000 UTCBONE CONE :DD
Ruvi
2025-03-13 18:31:46 +0000 UTCThis made me bark laughing at the airport just now. Damn.
Aabria Iyengar
2025-03-13 18:30:59 +0000 UTCAnd now I’m screaming. The dice tell a story and by god is this so appropriate.
Michael Johnson
2025-03-13 18:30:34 +0000 UTCYou spoil us, love it!
Raquel Albert
2025-03-13 18:30:22 +0000 UTCThat is, in fact, the correct choices
kat martin
2025-03-13 18:29:59 +0000 UTCBone cone! :D
Faith-is-Spooked
2025-03-13 18:29:38 +0000 UTCAmazing Bone Cone!
Ryan L.
2025-03-13 18:29:01 +0000 UTCBONE CONEEEE!!!! And here I was thinking I would be sad having to wait all week for the fireside.
clafford
2025-03-13 18:28:13 +0000 UTCWizard bone cone!! Omg yay~~~
Kate K
2025-03-13 18:27:18 +0000 UTCThey were also sharing a dogeared copy of George Saunders' "Lincoln in the Bardo" but we cut it because of the world-building implications.
Worlds Beyond Number
2025-03-13 18:26:59 +0000 UTCwhat a pleasant surprise
Jack Jones
2025-03-13 18:26:11 +0000 UTCWe love the bone cone!
Pateeoh
2025-03-13 18:24:12 +0000 UTCYOOO BONE CONE
Oliver Denny
2025-03-13 18:24:09 +0000 UTCTo the Bone Cone!
Amber Cekander
2025-03-13 18:22:05 +0000 UTCHell yeah. More stuff like this for the mechanics sickos pls
Chris LaGreca
2025-03-13 18:21:51 +0000 UTCThis is the bone cone that I LIVE FOR
Jim Redding
2025-03-13 18:21:13 +0000 UTCBone cone!!
Beatriz Costa
2025-03-13 18:20:32 +0000 UTCOh HELL YESSSS
Kellie O Edwards
2025-03-13 18:20:22 +0000 UTCHell yeah, what those soggy bois readin
MrContent
2025-03-13 18:20:21 +0000 UTCI’m only 1:40 seconds in and I’m positively dripping in anticipation
Michael Johnson
2025-03-13 18:20:17 +0000 UTCboner coner
Krusty Bo Busty
2025-03-13 18:20:03 +0000 UTCAhoo hoo lovely bonecone!
ScoutHooligan
2025-03-13 18:19:36 +0000 UTCStuff like this is AMAZING, glad it exists, glad it’s separate, glad I get alerts for this kind of stuff
Kendrck Hebert
2025-03-13 18:19:25 +0000 UTCAh hoo hoo
Terance MacKenzie
2025-03-13 18:19:04 +0000 UTCyes BONECONE
Mark van Dijken
2025-03-13 18:18:45 +0000 UTCLovely Bone Cone on a Thursday afternoon
Jeffrey Reisdorf
2025-03-13 18:18:34 +0000 UTCGlad to get to know this, it's always exciting to learn about new spells available to spellcasters. Exactly the kind of Bone Cone I'm looking for
Shawn Ritz Arthur
2025-03-13 18:18:26 +0000 UTCYES BOOK NERDS
CaptLizianthus
2025-03-13 18:18:24 +0000 UTCBONE CONE!!!!
Sea Moose
2025-03-13 18:17:58 +0000 UTC
