Vol 8: Lore & Loot
A GM wins big, Fearne makes the leap, and Oxventure joins the AP roster. We explore how 2d12 reshapes difficulty, GM hacks, and how the right zone can turn chaos into choreography. PLUS: Fungril swole-mates, froggy name generators, and a podcast built for your worldbuilding brain.
SPOTLIGHT
UPDATES
Between Two Fearnes
Matt and Ashley go fireside as they port Fearne from Bells Hells into a Daggerheart character. Or, for those who prefer biz dev language: watch two of the most famous people in TTRPG show millions of subscribers how easy it is to convert a beloved D&D character into their own game system.
Discourse Drop
Todd Kenreck dropped a new segment from his trip to CR HQ, this one where he vibes with Matt about DMing, favourite character types, and spooky stuff coming to Daggerheart. Kenreck also spent time at GenCon chatting with the Dungeon Dudes Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin. During the interview, McLaughlin notes Daggerheart feels like the only system that has the heft to occupy space in the D&D realm (aka mindshare, peel away players, etc).
Filling the Void
Demiplane is now up-to-date with Void content, having added the 1.5 updates (Witch, Assassin, Ancestries, etc), Transformation cards, and Matt’s Age of Umbra Adversaries. Bonus: Next week they’re launching the Beast Feast campaign frame.
Split Personality
Bonus Reaction is splitting his 65k sub YouTube channel in two: the original D&D channel and a new channel devoted entirely to Daggerheart. Go subscribe.
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
The Darrington-sponsored Colossus of the Drylands AP went live on Friday. Colossus joins Gilded Nights and Beast Feast as one-shot DH Frame examples. Across the pond, Oxventure is premiering a DH one-shot on Sep 15 entitled “A Scandal in Celebrity.” And, if the internet is to be believed, S3 of Roll for Mythicality will use Daggerheart.
DISCUSSIONS
Mathemagic
Does Daggerheart using 2d12s create that much of a different outcome than D&D’s d20? Yes, notes iplayttrpgs. A d20 has just as much chance of landing on a 1 as it does a 20, whereas 2d12s are likely to land around 13. This bell curve exerts a gravitational pull that makes a Daggerheart challenge rating of 15 dramatically harder than 13, a phenomenon that GMs and designers have to account for during scenario planning. Bonus: a chart!
