Tycho's Tales

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Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons and Dragons, Pathfinder, and Tales of the Valiant.

Where to find us:
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TychosTales
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tychostales.bsky.social
• Discord:  https://discord.gg/faQ4FWzB8c
• Website: https://podcast.tychostales.com


When to hear us:
• New episodes of Tycho's Tales are released every Tuesday at 5 pm GMT (or, for the Kiwis, every Wednesday at 6 am NZST). 

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The Feywild

Jul 02 2024 29 mins  
We talk about the implications for multiclassing of One D&D's standardisation of subclasses at level three, and our experiences GMing and playing in campaigns in the Feywild.Referenced in this episode:A Wanderer's Guide to the FeywildTome of BeastsWhere to find us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TychosTales Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tychostales.bsky.social Discord: h

LARPing, PhDs and going back to school

Jun 25 2024 26 mins  
What's the difference between LARPing and cosplay? Is a PhD in philosophy worth it? We've also brought back our much-lauded Spell of the Week segment courtesy of Walt just wanting to play a barbarian, and Lars takes us back to school.Where to find us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TychosTales Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tychostales.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/

GM support group 2

Jun 18 2024 28 mins  
In this GM support group episode, we talk about what makes a good one-shot for audiences vs home games; Brennan Lee Mulligan; and reasonable people in unreasonable worlds.Where to find us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TychosTales Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tychostales.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/faQ4FWzB8c Website: https://podcast.tychostales.com When to hea

What GMs want, d100s, and LARPing

Jun 11 2024 31 mins  
In this episode, we talk about the most important thing that players can bring to the table; what we found surprising in our campaigns; unintended consequences of d100s; accidentally learning about ourselves through our characters; and our incredibly unqualified opinions on LARPing. This last part was basically recorded to give us a bunch of content for future Correction of the Wee

Multi-phase combat, lore and attachment issues

Jun 04 2024 30 mins  
In this episode, we talk in depth about multi-phase combat encounters, how we think about lore and worldbuilding, and why you shouldn't get too attached to things.Where to find us: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TychosTales Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tychostales.bsky.social Discord: https://discord.gg/faQ4FWzB8c Website: https://podcast.tychostales.com When to hear us: Ne

Red Dragon's Tale

May 28 2024 45 mins  
This episode contains a bunch of spoilers for the D&D and Lego collaboration adventure, Red Dragon's Tale. We talk about our experiences building the set, and playing and GMing the adventure, including what we thought about the Lego itself, the character builds, itemization, storyline, pacing, combat encounters, and overall reflections on the adventure.Where to find us: YouTube

GM support group 1

May 21 2024 23 mins  
Welcome to the inaugural GM support group! These episodes have a slightly different format to our usual ones; we just sit around and yarn about what's recently been top of mind in our campaigns.We talk about what it's like when players or GMs have off days; the reality that it can be really hard work to run a campaign (but is ultimately totally worth it); how difficult it can be to

Low-level combat - Part 2

May 14 2024 25 mins  
In part two of our discussion on how to make low-level combat more interesting, we talk about alternative ways to wrap up combat that don't involve the enemy NPCs being killed (such as fleeing or surrendering, or potentially ending combat narratively); why you usually shouldn't modify monster stats on the fly, even if things are going badly; and a bunch of ways to modify stats prio

Low-level combat - Part 1

May 07 2024 34 mins  
Low-level combat is often mechanically simple, and this can lead to potentially boring encounters, particularly if players are used to the range of abilities available with higher-level characters. In this two-part series, we discuss why low-level combat can sometimes fall short, and provide a bunch of ways to spice things up. In part one, we talk about how to make the opponents mo

Deities, Dune and patron disagreements

Apr 30 2024 30 mins  
This week's episode is a grab-bag of random topics, including the role of deities in tabletop RPGs; whether warlocks should lose their powers if they have a falling-out with their patron; the abomination that is Leomund's Tiny Hut; a new movie review segment; note-taking at the table; and, of course, our regular Spell of the Week section in which we abjectly fail to talk about a sp