Daggerheart at a Glance
- Narrative fantasy roleplaying in vast and vibrant worlds!
- Character building and advancement is done through a system of cards, included with the book.
- Two twelve sided dice (Hope and Fear) will determine the outcomes of your actions and each roll provides storytelling tools to the players or game master.
The complete set of rulebook and cards, plus a treasure trove of art, game ideas, and tips for players and game masters! All held within a rich nearly 300 page rulebook and 279 cards with vibrant artwork on each one.
What is Daggerheart?
Daggerheart is a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game of brave heroics and vibrant worlds that are built together with your gaming group. Create a shared story with your adventuring party, and shape your world through rich, long-term campaign play.
When it’s time for the game mechanics to control fate, players roll one HOPE die and one FEAR die (both 12-sided dice), which will ultimately impact the outcome for your characters. When Hope die is higher, you also take Hope to power future abilities and turn the tide in your favor! If the Fear die is higher, the game master takes Fear, which they’ll use to challenge the characters and richly complicate your narrative. This duality between the forces of hope and fear on every hero drives the unique character-focused narratives in Daggerheart.
In addition to dice, Daggerheart’s card system makes it easy to get started and satisfying to grow your abilities by bringing your characters’ background and capabilities to your fingertips. Ancestry and Community cards describe where you come from and how your experience shapes your customs and values. Meanwhile, your Subclass and Domain cards grant your character plenty of tantalizing abilities to choose from as your character evolves. Craft your unique character through the cards you choose and the story you tell, and become the hero you want to be!
The 366 page lavishly illustrated hardcover rulebook contains:
- Guidelines for creating characters and shared worlds, for building adventures, and for crafting encounters and campaigns as a game master.
- Dynamic adversaries and environments to challenge your characters.
- Detailed advice on GM craft, player best practices, campaign building, and more.
The box of 279 beautifully-illustrated cards securely clasps with a magnet, including:
- 18 Ancestry Cards—Characters in Daggerheart may come in all shapes and sizes, from the turtle-like galapa to the pointed-eared elves.
- 2 sets of 9 Community Cards—The culture you came from has shaped your character, providing unique Features for them to use, like the silent step of the forest-dwelling Wildborne or the far-flung knowledge of the Loreborne.
- 54 Subclass Cards—Step into shadows as a Nightwalker Rogue, or find a friend in every high (and low) place with the Syndicate Rogue! Harness a legendary gods-given weapon as a Divine Wielder Seraph, or take to the skies as a Winged Sentinel Seraph.
- Each of the 18 Subclasses comes with a Foundation, Specialization, and Mastery card to grow alongside you as you grow in power.
- 189 Domain Cards—Each class combines two domains, evocative suites of abilities you’ll increase access to as your character grows in power. Bards wield Grace (the domain of charisma) and Codex (the domain of intensive magical study), while Wizards wield Codex and Splendor (the domain of life and power over death).
