Table Of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to Daggerheart
Heart of the Game
World Overview
What Do You Need To Play?
A Table For All
Using This Book
Chapter One
Preparing for Adventure
Character Creation
- Getting Started
- Step 1: Choose Your Class
- Step 2: Choose Your Heritage
- Step 3: Assign Character Traits
- Step 4: Record Additional Character Information
- Step 5: Choose Your Starting Equipment
- Step 6: Create Your Background
- Step 7: Choose Your Experiences
- Step 8: Choose Your Domain Cards
- Step 9: Create Your Connections
- Building Higher-Level Characters
Example Character
Domains
Class
- Clank
- Daemon
- Drakona
- Dwarf
- Elf
- Faerie
- Faun
- Firbolg
- Fungril
- Galapa
- Giant
- Goblin
- Halfling
- Human
- Katari
- Orc
- Ribbet
- Simiah
- Mixed Ancestry
Community
Additional Player Tools
Chapter Two
Playing an Adventure
Flow of the Game
Core Mechanics
- On Your Turn
- Duality Dice
- Evasion Score
- Hit Points and Damage Thresholds
- Stress Points
- Action Rolls
- Damage Rolls
- Reaction Rolls
- Advantage and Disadvantage
- Conditions
- Countdowns
- Maps, Range, & Movement
- Gold
- Downtime
- Death
- Action Tracker
- General Rules
Player Best Practices
Leveling Up
- Level Achievements
- Choosing Advancements
- Raising Damage Thresholds
- Taking Domain Cards
- Multiclassing
- Example of Leveling Up
Equipment
- Equipping, Storing, and Switching Equipment
- Using Weapons
- Using Armor
- Primary Weapon Tables
- Secondary Weapon Tables
- Armor Tables
Loot
Full Example of Play
Chapter Three
Running an Adventure
Core Guidance
Core GM Mechanics
- The GM's Die
- Making Moves
- Fear
- Using the Action Tracker
- Setting Roll Difficulty
- Giving Advantage & Disadvantage
- Adversary Action Rolls
- Adversary Attack Rolls
- Adversary Reaction Rolls
- Countdowns
- Gold, Equipment, and Loot
- Optional GM Mechanics
Running GM NPCs
Session Zero and Safety Tools
Running A Session
- Thinking In Beats
- Preparing Combat Encounters
- Session Rewards
- Crafting Scenes
- Sharing the Spotlight
- Using Conflict
- Using Downtime
- Character Death
- Leveling Up Your Party
Running a Campaign
Chapter Four
Adversaries and Environments
Using Adversaries
- Adversary Breakdown
- Adversary Types
- Adversary Experiences
- Adversary Features
- Choosing Adversaries
- Defeated Adversaries
- Improvising Adversaries
Adversary Stat Blocks
- Adversaries by Tier
- Tier 0 Adversaries (Level 1)
- Tier 1 Adversaries (Levels 2-4)
- Tier 2 Adversaries (Levels 5-7)
- Tier 3 Adversaries (Levels 8-10)