Dark Heart of Andaluria | Daggerheart | Beginner's Welcome
As the nights grow long in a land of rich wine and ancient superstitions, a band of monster hunters battle the creatures that stalk the shadows.
$25.00
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3 players following this game
Weekly / Wednesday - 10:00 PM UTC
Session Duration / 3 hours
2 / 5 Seats Filled
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Meet your party members
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About the adventure
Dark Heart of Andaluria is a campaign frame within Daggerheart that focuses on Grim Fantasy storytelling, you are a band of Monster Hunters part of an organisation known as the Sombral Spade trying to defend the innocent, uncover why the nights are growing longer, why old monsters are becoming more dangerous and new creatures are beginning to appear. You will do all of this while navigating the complex culture of Andaluria. A land born from rebellion where Faith and Folklore have mixed into the beliefs of people, where some zealots believe they should remain separate. Where the rich hide from the horrors of the night in masquerade balls inside their great estates. Will you be able to protect the citizens of this nation from eternal darkness or will you succumb to the very darkness you hunt? All levels of experience with Daggerheart are welcome! Tone & Feel: • Gothic • Grim • Heroic • Intriguing • Monstrous Themes: • Battle Not with Monsters Lest Ye Become One • Dangerous Secrets • Driving Back the Darkness • Faith & Tradition • The Nature of Evil • Power & Politics Touchstones: The campaign frame lists a number of touchstones to draw inspiration from such as: Bloodborne, Castlevania, Curse of Strahd, Hellboy, John Constantine, Hellblazer, Monster of the Week, Night's Black Agents, Slayers, Supernatural, Vaesen, Vampire Hunter D, Van Helsing, The Witcher and World of Darkness. Plenty of places to draw inspirations for what this setting is trying to achieve. I hope to see you in the campaign and look forward to the characters and stories we tell!
Game style
Combat Heavy
Roleplay Heavy
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Theater of the Mind
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(22)
4 years on StartPlaying
274 games hosted
Highly rated for: Creativity, Storytelling, Knows the Rules
About me
Welcome! Pull up a chair, a table or perhaps the entire tavern! I have been a GM for around 7 years, I started playing TTRPGs with GURPS of all things when I was 19. Before then I had mainly been roleplaying through forums and various chatrooms but always with a keen interest in D&D as an idea. My first foray into being a GM was through the Fantasy Flight's Star Wars system, it's narrative first approach took a lot of the pressure off me to remember every single rule going. Eventually transitioning over to 5th edition where I have since been having a blast running. I love to run the best game that I possibly can, you want something combat focused? Here is danger by the bucketload! Perhaps you would rather more roleplay focused play? We got you covered! How about a rampaging romp through a goblin town while being chased by a herd of Were-Alpacas? I don't know that sounds like more than we can handle, but I am game! 😊 Beginner Friendly 😊 Enthusiastic! Enthusiastic! Enthusiastic! 😊 Determined to create a safe space to play for all! 😊 Owch I hate taking pictures of myself... 😊 Story Focused Campaigns
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Creating your character
Character Creation will begin in Session 0, you are certainly welcome to look at ancestry/class combinations and we can also discuss in discord a bit about the setting if you want more information to go off before session 0. Daggerheart's character creation really encourages the characters to find connections to the world and even to each other's characters which will be best achieved in session 0 so leave some room for flexibility prior to that session.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
Make sure you join the discord server, have a functioning mic all other prep material will be provided for in the discord!
What Joe brings to the table
Maps, Artwork, Ambience, Music, Combat, Narrative Focused Gameplay and most importantly I hope to bring a fun time for everyone involved!
Homebrew rules
I do allow content from the Void to be used in sessions unless said content already has been released then we use the released version instead of Void content for it.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
Platforms used
Safety
How Joe creates a safe table
A session 0 where everyone can voice their expectations and things they would like to see or avoid. I also check in at the end of every session give people a chance to voice anything they wish to. I also have an open door policy in terms of messaging me on Discord at any time and I will reply as promptly as I am able to!
Content warnings
Safety tools used