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Daggerheart

Daggerheart

3–6 players 2025
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About this Game

Daggerheart is a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game of brave heroics and vibrant worlds that are built together with your gaming group. Create a shared story with your adventuring party, and shape your world through rich, long-term campaign play. In addition to dice, Daggerheart’s card system makes it easy to get started and satisfying to grow your abilities by bringing your characters’ background and capabilities to your fingertips. Ancestry and Community cards describe where you come from and how your experience shapes your customs and values. Meanwhile, your Subclass and Domain cards grant your character plenty of tantalizing abilities to choose from as your character evolves. Craft your unique character through the cards you choose and the story you tell, and become the hero you want to be!

Categories

Fantasy Imaginative

Mechanics

d12 System

How to play Daggerheart

When it’s time for the game mechanics to control fate, players roll one HOPE die and one FEAR die (both 12-sided dice), which will ultimately impact the outcome for your characters. When Hope die is higher, you also take Hope to power future abilities and turn the tide in your favor! If the Fear die is higher, the game master takes Fear, which they’ll use to challenge the characters and richly complicate your narrative. This duality between the forces of hope and fear on every hero drives the unique character-focused narratives in Daggerheart.

Classes

Bard

Bard

As a Bard, you know how to get people to talk, bring attention to yourself, and use words or music to influence the natural world around you.

Druid

Druid

As a Druid, you are a force of nature, preserving the balance of life and death by channeling the wilds themselves through you.

Guardian

Guardian

As a Guardian, you run into danger to protect your party, keeping watch over those who might not survive without you there.

Ranger

Ranger

As a Ranger, your keen eyes and graceful haste make you indispensable in tracking down enemies and navigating the wilds.

Rogue

Rogue

As a Rogue, you have experience with sidestepping the law and dealing with the underbelly of society, preferring to move quickly and fight quietly.

Seraph

Seraph

As a Seraph, you have taken a vow to a god that helps you channel sacred arcane power to keep your party on their feet.

Sorcerer

Sorcerer

As a Sorcerer, you were formed and shaped by the will of the arcana, and you’ve learned how to wield that power to get what you want.

Warrior

Warrior

You run into battle without hesitation or caution, knowing you can strike down whatever enemy may stand in your path.

Wizard

Wizard

As a Wizard, you’ve become familiar with the arcane through the relentless study of tomes and scrolls.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I pre-order Daggerheart?
Visit Daggerheart.com to pre-order your copy of Daggerheart!
Is Daggerheart a good system for beginners?
Daggerheart has been created with beginners in mind, and is designed to be easy to learn for players of all experience levels.
Do I need to be good at math to play Daggerheart?
While Daggerheart will involve some level of basic math, particularly if you are totaling up dice rolls and modifiers on your character sheet, you don’t need to be a mathematician to enjoy the game. The books provide tables and simple tools to make the math as simple as possible, and if you are playing online, many Virtual Table Tops will take care of all the math for you, right on your character sheet, so you can focus on playing!
What if I'm not comfortable with certain themes or content in a game of Daggerheart?
Daggerheart can cover an impressive range of topics and styles, including violence, horror, romance, and many many more! However, if there are specific themes or content that you’re uncomfortable with, let your group and GM know before the game, and have an open conversation about these topics. Any group worth playing with should be respectful and understanding of your concerns and the game can be adjusted so everyone is having fun. Many tables also use “Safety Tools” which help ensure that these conversations are handled easily, and everyone has a voice at the table.
What supplies do I need to play Daggerheart?
Obviously this will vary from table to table, but here are some good places to start! If your game is played in person, most likely you will want to get a set of dice, something to write with, and paper to take notes. If your game is hosted online instead, you will probably need to make accounts on a few sites for things like character sheets, access to the Virtual Tabletop for maps and tokens, and sites like Discord or Zoom for video/voice calls during the session. You won't always need to have the rulebooks to start, but if you want to read through them to make sure you know all the rules, this might also be a good option.

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