Heroic Round Podcast

Thirty years of campaigns, and one still lives in our heads rent-free: the De La Roche campaign. A royal family built by a card draw. A chariot race that handed out superpowers. A sword with dead kings trapped inside it. And two betrayals that brought the whole thing down.—THIS EPISODE—Zach tests Chad's memory with the card draw that set the royal hierarchy — King of Spades, the Jack, and Bran...

Answer of Answers When a goddess asks for your heart, what answer do you give? Deep within the Thornhaven Forest, L.S. faces Callista’s extraordinary proposal: her hand in marriage, a share of her divine power, and a kingdom to call his own. But some questions are easier to ask than to answer. Meanwhile, in the sacred halls of Sanctum, Flavius finds himself at the center of a prophecy he barely un...

One open d4 roll deleted every NPC from our campaign — and we didn't see them again for 20 episodes. So… should DMs fudge the dice? —THIS EPISODE— Is a campaign truly collaborative if the DM secretly fudges the dice — or are the players just acting out a pre-written script? Zach, Brandon, Jon, and our DM Chad get honest about cheating at the table: who has fudged a roll and got caught. Why pla...

Forget heroics this week it's time to walk into the Fog. The Heroic Round crew is trading high fantasy for the dark, dreary fairytale horror of Fatherfog for our Halloween Special TTRPG One-shot 🌫️🎃 Three travelers venture into a fog-choked village where children have been vanishing. What they find is a witch with horrific tastes and eldritch energies compelling her. We aren’t adventures, but...

Making a character in FATHERFOG, the fairytale horror RPG from Tuesday Knight Games where death is near guaranteed, so you roll TWO characters and your backup inherits your cursed Legacy Artifact when the first one dies. In this video we walk through the full Fatherfog character creation, step by step: rolling Stats (Strength, Intellect, Will) and Saves (Body, Mind, Spirit) on d10s, choosing betwe...

Will LS say yes to the evil dryad Callista? Episode 41 continues the first season of Heroic Round's actual play TTRPG podcast "A Wizard's Folly" ---THIS EPISODE--- FlFlavius ventures deeper into Sanctum’s hidden halls and catches sight of someone he never expected to see within the Hall of the Incomprehensible Question. Meanwhile, Mac and L.S. return to Thornhaven with their woun...

Why do we still roll dice together after 30 years? From drawing up characters on the elementary school playground to rolling thousands of hours across decades of campaigns, Zach, Brandon, Jon, and our DM Chad sit down for a candid conversation about what keeps bringing us back to the table. Whether your journey started with Chainmail, AD&D, or you just rolled your very first d20 last week, this ep...

Main Quest - Episode 40 "Serpentine Bloodline" continues the first season of Heroic Round's actual play TTRPG podcast "A Wizard's Folly"---THIS EPISODE---Flavius has escaped the frozen ruin—but not his fate. Barefoot and battered, Flavius finds himself deep inside the Labyrinth of Whispers with Inquisitor Coil. But Coil is hiding far more than his face. Behind the porce...

Have you ever played at a table with their own homebrew rules, classes, or world?⚔️ Does your table play by the book or have you done your own D&D homebrew for years? Welcome to the Heroic Roundtable! Today, we’re tearing a few pages out of the rulebook to talk all things Homebrew in TTRPGs: what it actually is, why we love it, and how to stop it from completely breaking your campaign. After t...

Flavius is still alone. Lost inside a frozen ruin, he stumbles onto a secret ceremony surrounding something ancient—something buried deep inside the glacier that was never meant to wake. Then it sees him. And it speaks. Meanwhile, Mac and L.S. are still trying to piece together what remains after the destruction of Damon’s Retreat when Flavius’ mysterious shield begins behaving strangely. Chains s...

Every TTRPG group faces conflict eventually, but how do you handle in-game drama without ruining out-of-game friendships? ⚔️ In episode 16 of the Heroic Roundtable, Zach, Brandon, Jon, and our resident Dungeon Master, Chad, tackle the stuff most tables avoid talking about: de-escalation, out-of-game communication, and table health. Drawing on over 25 years of playing TTRPGs together, the guys shar...

Main Quest - Episode 38 "Severed" continues the first season of Heroic Round's actual play TTRPG podcast "A Wizard's Folly" Welcome! If you are just joining us, go back and listen to Part 1 of Venom and Lightning -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRRgwT3P9Co&list=PL1OdZ_8xV2-ieJieqAUW2YdXCw9kWT6t_ ---THIS EPISODE--- Flavius went through the door. And somehow… he’s...

Welcome to another Heroic Roundtable! In this side quest episode from our main actual play campaign we explore how to deal with the consequences that come from player choices. Consequences aren't punishment; they're the collision between player choice and a living world. Where the dice can act as the arbiter of outcomes. Does a terrible outcome in your campaign ruin the fun, or is leaning...

It is time to make a choice, fight against the falling rumble that crushes you or take your chance through a magical door... Survival has never this difficult for Flavius (Paladin), Mac (Druid), and LS (Rogue/Sorcerer). All of the heroes find themselves scatter and trapped in the collapsed tower. All fighting for survival. All unsure if they will live.. The fight for survival is about to conclude....

Welcome to another Heroic Roundtable! In this side quest episode from our main actual play campaign, we step behind the DM screen and explore how to give your D&D characters power outside of just level ups. Does your character feel completely blocked in power by just relying on level ups for power spikes? Or is your Dungeon Master willing to explore other options to give their players powers W...

The secrets beneath Damon’s Retreat have finally come to light. The battle beneath Damon’s Retreat is over... but surviving it may prove to be an even greater challenge. As the last servant of the Drowned Queen falls, the ancient temple begins to awaken. Black waters freeze, forgotten magic stirs, and the old watchtower above starts to tear itself apart from the inside. With precious treasure left...

Welcome to another Heroic Roundtable! In this side quest episode from our main actual play campaign, we step behind the DM screen and explore fails, fumbles and how your take handles when mistakes about rules occur Does one fumble completely kill the momentum of your session? If you play a rule wrong as a mistake do you stop the session to fix it? A fumble isn’t always falling on your face, someti...

The secrets beneath Damon’s Retreat have finally come to light. Deep beneath the old watchtower, our heroes descend into the flooded temple of Brax, where the truth behind Thornhaven's curse is guarded by the drowned dead... and something far more ancient. As undead sentinels rise from the depths and a horrifying avatar of the Drowned Queen bursts from an ancient cradle, the party must fight f...

Our heroes awaken to startling new revelations after their conversation with Markus Foxtail and Heimer the He-Witch . An old friend appears in Mac's dreams with a warning: another of Verda's Seven Seeds lies hidden somewhere within Thornhaven... and the answers they seek are buried beneath Damon’s Retreat itself. Descending below the old watchtower, the party uncovers a forgotten temple dedicated...

Welcome to another Heroic Roundtable! In this side quest from our main actual play campaign, we step behind the DM screen and dive deep into the guts and gears of TTRPG design, mechanics, and table dynamics. In this episode, we break down what "crunch" really means for player immersion, how over-indexing on shopping trips can derail a session's momentum, and whether every campaign tr...

Main Quest - Episode 33 "With A Vow" continues the first season of Heroic Round's actual play TTRPG podcast! ---- Fresh from their battle with Grumpa the ettin, our heroes encounter an unexpected face from their past: Burdette "Birdie," the gnomish historian they unknowingly drove away from the ruins of House Corbeau. Birdie has not forgotten their last meeting... nor has she forgiven them for mak...

Welcome to the Heroic Roundtable Side Quest! In this recap show, we explore the deeper side of tabletop storytelling and do some some deep dives into burning questions about the latest episode of our actual play ttrpg podcast "A Wizards Folly." First, we break down our latest level-up! From Mac's explosive new 4th-level spells to LS finally unlocking his 2nd-level spell slots, we're exploring exac...

Main Quest - Episode 32 "Don't Wake Grumpa" continues the first season of Heroic Round's actual play TTRPG podcast! ---- With Rowan delivered to Callista Fey and their dangerous bargain seemingly fulfilled, our heroes set their sights on a new goal: gathering the rare ingredients needed to cure the growing curses afflicting their companions. Armed with Mama Vell's recipe and...

Main Quest - Episode 31 "Out of the Bag" continues the first season of Heroic Round's actual play TTRPG podcast "A Wizard's Folly" Welcome! ---- After discovering the escaped messenger Rowan sneaking through Briarberry, our heroes uncover a chilling message from Lord Galen Thornhaven himself: all loyal soldiers are to return to the Thornfort immediately… and anyone susp...

Welcome back! The group struggles with what to do with the messenger boy from the Thornfort. Do they keep him alive as a prisoner, or offer him as a critical sacrifice to Callista's cauldron? Find out now on the latest episode of the Heroic Round Podcast, our main quest Pathfinder 1E actual play campaign: "A Wizard's Folly"! 🎲 SUBSCRIBE to Heroic Round for weekly TTRPG adventure...