⚙️ Circuit Breakers - Scouted or Hunted? Daggerheart One-shot🗡️
Daggerheart | One-Shot
$20.00
/ Session
Details
Once / Thursday - 4:00 PM UTC
Jun 26
3.5-4 Hour Duration
0 / 5 Seats Filled
Requirements
Experience required: Beginner
Age: All Ages
About the adventure
🏙️ Setting: Argent — The City That Thinks for You Argent is a towering cyberpunk sprawl of neon-lit skyscrapers, rusted infrastructure, and omnipresent surveillance. It’s ruled not by politicians, but by algorithms—hidden intelligences that manipulate everything from corporate deals to individual thoughts. At the heart of it all is the Phalanx Academy, a combat institution that breeds elite warriors to resolve political disputes between the cities striving for Motherboard's scarce resources and hunt rogue machines. But beneath the martial honor code lies something dark, and veiled in mystery. You begin as a trainee—ambitious, skilled, and slowly realizing the arena is more than it seems. 🎭 Tone: Gritty Cyberpunk Rebellion With inspiration being drawn from Final Fantasy 7, Altered Carbon, Ready Player One & Two, Horizon Zero Dawn, Mortal Engines, and many more, you can expect a mix of: Combat sports spectacle (think Ender’s Game meets Gladiator) Mind-hacking paranoia (Ghost in the Shell and Deus Ex) Dystopian mystery with high-stakes choices and corrupt institutions It’s loud, stylish, and dangerous. ⚙️ Core Mechanics in Play Built on Daggerheart, emphasizing the following systems: 🔹 Code Trial Combat Structured PvP/team matches with points, crowd hype, and sabotage. Objectives beyond simple fighting: hold zones, disable leaders, hack systems 🔹 Machine Upgrade System Cybernetic loot (implants, chips, weapon mods) offer power... but at what cost? 🔹 Arena Reputation Your squad earns fame (or infamy) which can create allies and enemies. Your choices and performance matters. 🧬 What Makes Circuit Breakers Unique? Arena Combat with a Narrative Purpose Fighting isn’t just mechanical—it affects your social standing, mental state, and place in the city. The Choice Between Power and Freedom Upgrade your body, risk your mind. Every mod could change you—in stats and story. Cyberpunk Rebellion with Style You’ll hack systems, infiltrate data temples, duel mech-gladiators, holograms, and other teams, and expose what lies behind AI-controlled peace. A Living, Watching World NPCs remember your choices, your matches are public, and every decision pushes the narrative toward rebellion—or assimilation.
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
“Rule of Cool” emphasizes creative story beats over sticking to a system’s rules as written. Players have the ability to push the limits of the rules or even break core rule mechanics at times if the Game Master thinks it is interesting, fun, or cool enough.
Roleplay Heavy
“Roleplay Heavy” games place the focus on the story, the characters, and the world they live within, and tend to lean hard into the various roleplaying elements of the game. These games will frequently find the party talking with NPCs, exploring the personal elements of their backstories, or even having emotional moments around the camp fire.
Combat Heavy
“Combat Heavy” games emphasize the combat mechanics within their systems over roleplay or puzzle solving. There are frequent and longer battles with enemies and a greater emphasis on tactical game play.
5.0
(7)
4 years on StartPlaying
2 games hosted
Highly rated for: Storytelling, Creativity, Teacher
Average response time: Under 1 hour
Response rate: 100%
Additional details
How to prepare
You will need a free Roll20 account, and sync it with Demiplane (if preferred).
What I provide
What I Bring to the Table: 🎲 Demiplane Access integrating to Roll20 Seamless character creation with official Daggerheart tools—easy, intuitive, and fully supported. 🧠 Support for New Players No experience? No problem. I offer a welcoming space with patient guidance—just bring your curiosity! 🎭 Roleplay-Driven Storytelling Your character’s choices matter. The story evolves based on what you do. 🗺️ Immersive Visuals Custom maps and key NPC visuals to bring the world to life and encourage exploring!
Gameplay details
Lines and Veils discussed at session start and XNO cards used during play.
Content warnings
Safety tools used
• Breaks
• Lines and Veils
• X, N, and O Cards
How will character creation work
Level 1 Characters can be created via Demiplane or using Daggerheart core rules and fill out the Motherboard Module sheet. See the links at the end of this message. We will tweak characters together in the Start Playing Group chat prior to Session 1. It is recommended to read the Motherboard campaign frame on Ancestries, Technomancy, Ikonis, Augments, and Quantum. https://www.daggerheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Character-Sheets-and-Guides-Daggerheart-May212025.pdf https://www.daggerheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Campaign-Frame-Materials-May202025.pdf
Players can expect
Combat / Tactics
High
Roleplay
High
Puzzles
Low
Experience level
Beginner
Platforms used
• Roll20