Category Archives: Daggerheart

Have a spell for every siutation in your Daggerheart campaign with the Wizard! The wizard provides a reliable starting point for a spellcaster in Daggerheart. You lack the variety of spells you might get in D&D starting out, but there’s a bit more flexibility in the build thanks to malleable aspects like ancestries and experiences.Continue reading “Building a Wizard in Daggerheart”

Help your allies and hinder your enemies with a Bard build for buffs and debuffs Bards are often thought of as silver-tongued performers; exceptional as party faces and negotiators. With the right mix of Hope abilities, domain cards, and subclass choices, the Bard can also become a powerful battlefield controller, bolstering allies and unravelling enemyContinue reading “Building a Bard for Support & Disruption in Daggerheart”

Protect your allies and endure your enemies with Daggerheart’s Guardian In Daggerheart, the Guardian class stands on the front line, ready to take the hits other characters can’t afford to. If you’re looking to build a character who can soak up punishment with confidence, this Guardian build is for you. Its similar to D&D’s fighter,Continue reading “Building a Guardian Tank in Daggerheart”

Druids in Daggerheart have all the tools to endure the fiercest foes! Druids in most fantasy RPGs are known for their connection to nature and shapeshifting, but in Daggerheart, they’re also well equipped to become sturdy, frontline survivors.  There are other effective ways to build a druid (they make excellent healers to), but this buildContinue reading “Building a Druid for Durability in Daggerheart”

D&D has never quite gotten the ranger right, can we hit the mark in Daggerheart? When it comes to tabletop RPGs, few archetypes are as beloved as the agile, dual-wielding ranger. The tales of Drizzt or Aragorn have inspired many players to build rangers in D&D… only to find for mechanical reasons, they don’t quiteContinue reading “Building a Ranger in Daggerheart”

What it’s like to sit in the GM’s chair for a Daggerheart adventure. After running my first full session of Daggerheart, covering character creation and the quick start adventure ‘Messengers of the Sablewood’, I’m excited to share my first impressions.  The new system has debuted with a lot of hype and it’s hard to denyContinue reading “Running Daggerheart: A GM’s First Impressions”

Identifying the key differences between the 2 systems. With Daggerheart’s recent arrival, longtime (and even short time) TTRPG players might well be wondering just how much is Daggerheart different from D&D? And there are similarities. They’re both fantasy TTRPGs containing vast and varied worlds of magic and monsters. Both rely on a GM to runContinue reading “How is Daggerheart Different From D&D?”

Breaking down Daggerheart’s core mechanic In Daggerheart, each action is resolved by rolling two twelve-sided dice: the Hope die and the Fear die. The numbers on the dice determine the success or failure of the roll but the tone and consequence of each action are decided by which of the two was higher. Here’s aContinue reading “Hope & Fear in Daggerheart”

Having played Daggerheart, here’s my thoughts on how the brand new TTRPG system stacks up. I recently had the chance to play Daggerheart with my group and wanted to put together my thoughts on the game and my experience. There were 6 of us playing (5 players and 1 DM). Most of us are experiencedContinue reading “Daggerheart Review: A Player’s Perspective”

First impressions of the brand new TTRPG by Critical Role and Darrington Press. When Critical Role announced Daggerheart, it felt like a significant moment in the tabletop RPG world. The timing was definitely important, Wizards was in the midst of the OGL crisis and public sentiment seemed at an all time low. It seemed likeContinue reading “Daggerheart – First Impressions”