Delve With Hope: a Daggerheart blog
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Show NPCs doing something else
I just finished my first playthrough of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, and wow, that was a great experience. The art and vibe is cozy, it has the feels, there’s a great story, choices matter, I love sci-fi, the core gameplay is fun, I got attached to the NPCs, it isn’t a grind. It’s just…
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Maps and Minis or Theater of the Mind for Daggerheart?
Let’s get right into one of the greatest arguments in TTRPGs. This argument is on par with the editor war or console war for having staunch advocates on both sides while everyone secretly agrees that there is no correct answer. The Daggerheart playtest rules explicitly allow for either maps and minis or theater of the…
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Running an Adventure Module versus Homebrew
I love running homebrew settings and writing my own adventures. However, I was thinking about my weekly D&D game at the local community teen center and realized that I haven’t written much. Typically, I prep for about five minutes each week on my drive over, and then I improvise the rest, which mostly ended up…
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Bumps in Daggerheart from 5e Players
Wow, it’s been an exciting week in Daggerheart. We have a release date and a lot more details about what the final content will be! I honestly can’t wait because I have been played a hacked post-1.5 version of the rules and very much want to be on solid ground again. Speaking of playing, I…
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Followup to Math of Daggerheart’s 2d12 Duality Dice
I am quite pleased about how the last blog post about the math of Daggerheart’s 2d12 came out. Honestly, I’m still not sure how knowing the math affects how I will play, but it was still fun to put it together. Maybe “Microsoft Excel” would make a good Daggerheart character experience. Character sheets are like…
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The Math of Daggerheart’s 2d12 Duality Dice Roll
Mechanically, the core of Daggerheart’s rules is the 2d12 Duality dice representing Hope and Fear. These dice are comparable to the d20 in D&D 5e: both are used to determine whether most uncertain actions result in success and failure. The d20 is relatively easy to understand, but what is the math behind a 2d12 roll?…
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How to Invite Players to Build the World Together
Among the many ideas in Daggerheart, one big idea is that players and GMs alike should “Build the World Together.” In many TTRPGs, there’s an implicit idea that the GM is responsible for worldbuilding, and players are there to experience and inhabit it. In Daggerheart, players not only bring their own character details and backstory,…
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Thoughts on Daggerheart in Critmas 2024
Last month, the cast of Critical Role played Daggerheart for their Critmas 2024 show. Not only is it good old-fashioned Critical Role fun, it also was our first look at the final rules for Daggerheart. Building the World Together One of the principles in the open beta rules is “Build the World Together.” Rather than…
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Reflections on the Advent of Dungeons 2024
When I started the Advent of Dungeons (late), I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. To be frank, the Advent of Dungeons came about as a wild hair. It wasn’t obviously a great idea, but if I started, I knew Iwould see it through. 23 days later, I have 23 prompts and 23 bits…
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Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 24 – RAIN
Now that I’m on day 24, I’m wondering why I picked RAIN instead of SNOW. One of these options clearly works for the holidays. The other one sounds like something random picked while staring out the window and doing free association to come up with a word. Weird. My Day 24 Content Today’s prompt was…