Intro to Daggerheart | The Dark Crystal meets The Brothers Grimm

Creating your character

♦️ Daggerheart is D&D re-imagined: A character driven adventure game that focuses as much on role-play as heroic combat. ♦️ During Session 0, we'll create our characters and lay out some of the defining features of our campaign. We'll flesh out the cultures and origins of the PCs, develop relationship between them and the goal they all share, and place them all in the same settlement before launching the campaign. The following Ancestries are appropriate to the Dolmenwood setting: ♦️ Elf: Ageless fey who rule the Fairy realm, those who've crossed over follow a passion seldom shared with those they don't trust implicitly. Elves are a diverse people from a wide array of fey realms reflected in their varying complexions and features that mark them clearly as non-human. ♦️ Faerie: Originating the undying world of Fairy, these PCs have chosen to live in the mortal world without a direct means of return. They carry an enchanting otherworldiness about them that animals find discomfiting. Generally, faerie don't fully comprehend the earnest undertakings of mortal beings, and many find them absurd or comical. ♦️ Faun: Sometimes called goatfolk, longhorns, or hregl, Fauns have inhabited the Wood for centuries and were once the masters of the realm. Ancient noble houses now rule beside humans and swear fealty to the Duke of Brackenwald. Their horn length indicates their social standing. ♦️ Fungril: Gnarled and woody folk with green, yellow, or brown skin wrinkled like bark, beards and hair that resembles moss, ferns, and tangled roots, and covered in lichen and fungus. The older they are, the more plant-like they appear. Fungril are native forest dwellers, hailing from the darkest parts, and hidden caves of Dolmenwood. ♦️ Goblin: Goblins, or Woodgrue, migrated from Fairy long ago, their people now leading a nomadic life in the woods, constructing small shelters high up in the trees, or leading happily settled lives in human villages. These small, bat-faced folk preserve a culture of revelry and music, often called to moots deep in the wood where they may join with other fey for wild seasonal celebrations. ♦️ Human: Human settlements abound in the Wood, and their noble families rule the realm alongside the firbolg. Although staunch followers of the widespread Pluritine Church, many rural folk also hold to the traditions of the Green Man, a being of feasting, revelry and hunting. ♦️ Other Ancestries: The Dolmenwood holds many small settlements of animal folk of all kinds. Ribbits, Galapa, Firbolgs, Katari, and Simiah are all present, albeit rare. Dwarfs are not native to the area, but not completely unknown. The other ancestries are too far afield from the tone of this campaign to be appropriate choices.

Preparing for the session

You will need: ♦️ A quiet place to play, a mic and headphones. ♦️ A Discord account. I'll send you a link when you join.

What Casey brings to the table

♦️ Everything you need to create a character for this campaign. ♦️ A willingness to work with you to provide a positive, inclusive, and cooperative game experience. ♦️ 30 years experience and a passion for the art of running games.

Homebrew rules

Optional Rules: ♦️ Massive Damage: 2x threshold = 4 hp damage ♦️ Defined Ranges: on combat maps, squares define ranges ♦️ Long Rests: must be taken in a safe location

How Casey creates a safe table

♦️ I will send you a link to an RPG consent form upon joining the campaign. ♦️ You are welcome to message me privately over discord at any time during the game or after to express any concerns you may have. ♦️ I have an open-door policy. DM me anytime on Discord. I will respond as soon as I can.