Show Notes
The Exploration player is the oft forgotten, but perhaps most important element of a heroic fantasy TTRPG, and Daggerheart provides a wealth of tools to explore this pillar of play. But even the best of us still can struggle with it, so we discuss our tips for running interesting, compelling, evocative Exploration in Daggerheart.
Gethin: @thewelshdm Nico: @NicodeGallo
=== COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - CRYPT OF THE NEKROLYCH === A Villain Frame for Daggerheart that brings the ancient NekroLych to life in your games, by Tomas Gimenez Rioja
You already know what a Campaign Frame is. Now, a Villain Frame is the same, except it puts a villain as its main point. The primary villain, in this case the NekroLych, becomes the Big Bad Evil of the campaign you port this Villain Frame to, and gives you everything you need to know about its backstory, motives, and plans to not only have a villain, but a compelling 3-dimensional villain your players will absolutely love to hate!
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Topics: 00:00 - Intro 03:07 - Our Mimic Traps 04:21 - News & Releases 14:17 - What is Exploration in TTRPGs? 23:33 - Exploration in Daggerheart 34:56 - Engaging Players with Exploration 44:25 - Community Spotlight 53:00 - Outro
Music - Middle-Earth by Luis_Humanoide
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This week we discuss how we would take a system agnostic adventure and bring it into our games of Daggerheart. What steps would we take as GMs and what additional considerations would we have during prep and the game?Gethin: @thewelshdm Nico: @NicodeGallo === COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT - AMAZING ADVERSARIES & ENVIRONMENTS ===High above the clouds, scattered across a breathtaking chain of floating earthmotes, lies the Sky Isles—a secluded refuge where the disciplined Phoenix Monks have built a new life far from the world below.But peace here is fragile.The Sky Isles is a complete, ready-to-play Daggerheart location built around exploration, discovery, character-driven encounters, and a growing supernatural threat. Meet the enigmatic Phoenix Monks, earn their trust, explore their remote mountain sanctuary, and uncover the dark history that drove them here.Heart of Daggers - https://heartofdaggers.com/products/amazing-encounters-adversaries-the-sky-isles-preview/Topics:00:00 - Intro06:28 - Our Favourite Genre of Game10:29 - Using a System Agnostic Adventure51:16 - Community Spotlight01:01:05 - OutroMusic - Middle-Earth by Luis_Humanoide
Daggerheart is still a young TTRPG, which means there's not a lot of official or unofficial content for it yet. So why not borrow from other systems?