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Waking the Seed

Ten minutes. One song. An entire forest hanging in the balance.

Atop the Briar Crown, Mac begins the ancient SeedSong, a desperate attempt to awaken the power buried beneath Thornhaven. But the forest has no intention of letting him finish.

As undead griffon riders descend from the sky, L.S. must defend his friend against a relentless assault. Every passing moment brings the song closer to completion, but their enemies are closing in, and something else is approaching through the woods.

Meanwhile, Flavius finally discovers a way back to Thornhaven, only to find himself under attack by a dangerously literal artificial servant with one unbreakable command: protect the carriage at all costs.

The battle for Thornhaven has begun. But can Mac keep singing long enough to save it?

Find out on Heroic Round!

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What to Expect from Heroic Round:
A captivating introduction to our homebrew world.
High-stakes mystery, moral dilemmas, and plenty of dice rolls.
Unforgettable characters, unexpected twists, and the camaraderie that fuels every Heroic Round adventure.

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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 Brandon's Joker — and the table rebuilds their favorite campaign piece by piece: the party where the entertainment turned the guests into demons, Sokolov the untouchable knight and his 43 AC, the chariot race where the winners drank from a sacred amphora and rolled permanent powers, and the King Sword, a magic item with an entire campaign inside it. Then the honest part: the two player betrayals that made the whole table feel powerless and ended the campaign early.Tell us yours in the comments: what's the campaign YOUR table still talks about years later? 👇—CHAPTERS—00:00 The Campaign We Can't Stop Talking About02:06 The Card Draw That Built a Royal Family04:57 Recreating the Drow Campaign for the Ones Who Missed It06:55 The Party Where the Guests Turned Into Demons08:30 Sokolov, the Untouchable Knight10:20 The Chariot Race That Handed Out Superpowers13:36 The Two Betrayals That Killed the Campaign16:20 The King Sword: A Campaign in a Magic Item18:24 Why Every Session Gets Compared to the Chariot Race19:20 Nobody Trusted the Wild Card21:52 The Sewer Corpse We've Seen for 15 Years23:12 Start in Power: Armies, Budgets, and 120,000 Gold a Month25:12 What's YOUR Favorite Campaign?—🎙 Heroic Round — an actual-play Pathfinder podcast ("A Wizard's Folly") plus Round Table TTRPG discussions. New episodes every Thursday. Live heroic, die historic.Follow Heroic Round:▶ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeroicRound📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heroicroundpodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@heroicround📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Heroic-Round-61567044770231/𝕏 X: https://x.com/heroicround❤️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/heroicroundIntro Music by BollschWhat to Expect from Heroic Round:🗺️ A captivating homebrew world, unforgettable characters, unexpected twists, and the camaraderie that fuels every adventure.Catch every moment — subscribe, like, and tell us your favorite take in the comments!#DnD #TTRPG #DungeonsAndDragons #HeroicRound #TabletopRPG #Pathfinder #DungeonMaster

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 understands. Accompanied by the mysterious Inquisitor Coil, he seeks a way back to Thornhaven—but the Knower’s Treasury holds more than ancient relics, and an old friend may have reason to question his newest ally.

One hero is searching for an answer. Another is being told that he is the answer.

But are either of them asking the right questions?

Find out on Heroic Round!

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What to Expect from Heroic Round:
A captivating introduction to our homebrew world.
High-stakes mystery, moral dilemmas, and plenty of dice rolls.
Unforgettable characters, unexpected twists, and the camaraderie that fuels every Heroic Round adventure.

🎲 Ready to roll the dice?
Catch every thrilling moment by subscribing now. Don’t forget to like, share, and leave a comment with your favorite moment!

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?

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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 players actually cheat, and why the dice might be the third author of your campaign. Plus the carriage roll that erased every NPC for 20 episodes, the nat 20 one of us wished he could take back, and the railroaded game that taught us what too much fudging really costs.

Be honest in the comments: have YOU ever fudged a roll DM or player? 👇

—CHAPTERS—
00:00 Is Your DM Secretly Fudging the Dice?
01:12 Lie Detector: Who Here Has Cheated on a Roll?
02:46 DM Fudging vs Player Cheating
04:26 The Forever DM Who Wanted to Cheat (Mothership)
06:06 The Dice Are the Third Author
07:18 Casino D&D: Dice That Create Chaos
08:18 The Owlbear-Steak Problem
10:24 Open Rolls, Dice Trays & Table Law
12:36 The Nat 20 He Wished He Could Take Back
13:53 The d4 Roll That Erased Every NPC
17:02 Fudging Is Only Bad When It's Against the Players
18:46 When Fudging Becomes Railroading
20:00 Prep Problems, Not Solutions
21:33 Let the Final Boss Come Down to One Roll
22:37 The Best Game Is the One They Come Back For

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🎙 Heroic Round an actual-play Pathfinder podcast ("A Wizard's Folly") plus Round Table TTRPG discussions. New episodes every Thursday. Live heroic, die historic.

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What to Expect from Heroic Round:
🗺️ A captivating homebrew world, unforgettable characters, unexpected twists, and the camaraderie that fuels every adventure.

Catch every moment subscribe, like, and tell us your favorite take in the comments!

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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 we have to try and save the little ones, and getting to her cottage through the fog is half the battle.
In Fatherfog, death is never far away, and the Fog takes everyone in the end. Will any of them make it out, or does the witch feast tonight?
If you love TTRPG Actual Play podcasts, Folk Horror, or the brutal beauty of Fatherfog, settle in. This is our darkest episode yet — with just enough levity to make the deaths hurt more.
⚠️ Content warning: child endangerment, character death, dark horror themes.
Why You Should Watch/Listen
For TTRPG Fans: See the Fatherfog system in action! Experience a tense, single-session descent into fairytale horror that captures the "dark bedtime story" vibe.
For Fatherfog Players & Wardens: We're playing a full one-shot. See how the two-character rule, cursed Legacy Artifacts, and the Fog's cruel arithmetic play out across one deadly session all three characters included.
Featuring: Fatherfog Zero Edition from Tuesday Knight Games and the module Into the Fog
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