Dispatch

Vol 13: Deaths & Drakkenheim

The Dudes unveil Drakkenheim, a masterclass from Mylod, and publishing your campaigns. We look at managing minions, tips on converting a treacherous Vampire, and a new Vault for your valuables. PLUS: Final Fantasies, dark dirges, good-ol-Gus, and a Kickstarter to bring hope to your household.

SPOTLIGHT

Todd Kenreck dropped a touching segment from his Matt Mercer sit down earlier this year, reflecting on Mercer’s work ethic, struggles, and legacy.

UPDATES

The Dudes Provide

Dungeons of Drakkenheim was on everyone’s minds—and Kickstarter notifications—after the Dungeon Dudes formally announced their collaboration with Darrington, Ghostfire Gaming, and Mike Underwood that will see the Ennie-award winning adventure adapted for Daggerheart. Bonus: the Dudes dropped a deep dive on why they love DH and think it’s the most important fantasy TTRPG next to D&D.

Daggerdirt

Epic NPC Man creators Viva La Dirt League is rolling the duality dice: their Daggerheart one shot is coming to their TTRPG channel later this year—a treat given the comedy troupe’s elevated production values and, well, general insanity. Bonus: Can't wait that long? Good Time Society hosts a DH one-shot focused on a quaint murder mystery novel.

Free VTT

Cauldron, the free open-source VTT, added Daggerheart support via the SRD. I had never heard of Cauldron before this announcement.

A Man of Character

Dane Rossenrode’s Daggerheart.org has come out of a quiet period with dozens of upgrades and resources, among them an editable PDF character sheet and dice roller.

Open the Vault

Heart of Daggers, the up-and-coming alternative to DriveThruRPG, launched the Homebrew Vault—a D&D Beyond-style homebrew manager built specifically for DH that automatically generates PDFs, cards, and pages from simple forms and saves everything to a free account. Impressive v1.

DISCUSSIONS

Minion Mash

After deploying a bunch of minions only to see them thrashed by the party, a GM asked “does combat break with lots of enemies?” Good discussion about the role of minions, especially from u/Excalibaard, who noted “minions are built to die” and then offered some tactical advice on balancing a confrontation among adversaries, minions, and the PCs.

Straddling Strahd

RightToKnight also did some coaching on the sub, this time helping an aspirant tackle, of all things, a Strahd conversion. (Note to Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford: hurry up). If you’re eyeing one of your D&D or Pathfinder modules for Daggerheart, worth scanning over their back and forth for tips.