Daggerheart To Release Official Hope & Fear Expansion

Darrington Press has announced the first expansion for Daggerheart, which adds four new subclasses, a new domain, and several other new character-building options. At the onset of PAX Unplugged, Darrington Press announced Daggerheart: Hope & Fear, the first expansion for the Daggerheart TTRPG. The new expansion, which will launch in Summer 2026, contains 4 new classes - the Witch, Warlock, Brawler, and Assassin, each of which comes with two subclasses. Also included is the brand new Dread Domain, which is tied to Witch and Warlock classes. There will also be over 130 adversaries and 28 new environments in the books, along with four new Campaign Frame.

A Standard Edition and a Deluxe Edition will be released for Daggerheart: Hope & Fear. Both versions come with the book and associated cards, with the deluxe edition featuring a gold foil box, dice, alternate art covers, and a rip pad with various sheets for the game. The Standard Edition (which runs about 200 pages) will retail for just $39.99, while the Deluxe Edition runs for $119.99.

A full description of the new expansion is below:

Daggerheart: Hope & Fear comes with a book (around 200 pages) and a box containing cards and a rip pad of blank adversary sheets!

Inside the book, you’ll find:

• New character options, including 4 new classes: the Witch, Warlock, Brawler, and Assassin, each with 2 unique subclasses!
• 130+ new adversaries and 28 environments, plus a rip pad of blank adversary sheets to help you easily create your own
• 100+ weapons, armor, item, and consumable options
• 4 new Campaign Frames introducing new worlds and settings for you to explore

The cards include:

• A completely new Dread Domain, unlocking ghastly, macabre magic core to the new Witch and Warlock classes.
• Subclass Cards for all 8 new subclasses
• 6 Transformation Cards: A completely new mechanic, transformations represent changes or augmentations to characters in Daggerheart. During a campaign or at character creation, transform into a Vampire, Werewolf, Reanimated, Shapeshifter, Ghost, or Demigod!
• 6 new Community Cards: Duneborne, Hearthborne, Frostborne, Warborne, Freeborne, and Reborne
• 6 new Ancestry Cards: Skykin, Tidekin, Earthkin, Emberkin, Gnome, and Aetheris

 

[Aldarc]

As I have not otherwise, I suspect that the Witch will still use the Dread domain, which I'm surprised got past any sensitivity reader, given how negatively-coded the Dread domain is.

 

[TheHand]

Exciting news. I wonder if the playtest classes are more or less finalized now or if there will be any further playtest revisions? Most of them were pretty solid but the Assassin felt like it needed more time to bake.

 

[Kite474]

As I have not otherwise, I suspect that the Witch will still use the Dread domain, which I'm surprised got past any sensitivity reader, given how negatively-coded the Dread domain is.

Might get a rename to “Curse” domain or something.

 

[DarkCrisis]

As I have not otherwise, I suspect that the Witch will still use the Dread domain, which I'm surprised got past any sensitivity reader, given how negatively-coded the Dread domain is.

the Dread Domain is bad and needs more sensitivity. I'm confused. Are we talking like Ravenloft Dread Domain? A Domain of actual Dread. Where is does indeed suck all of the time?

 

[Parmandur]

Daggerheart is a very well made, fun TTRPG.

I do not understand why folks "need" it to be prominently streamed for them to think it is viable.

Weird zero sum thinking, that it is impossible for both Daggerheart and D&D to thrive.

 

[Agamon]

Maybe this time, people will pre-order instead of not doing so then whining about availability?

Buy-it-before-you-try-it sounds very 2025, true.

 

[Reynard]

Buy-it-before-you-try-it sounds very 2025, true.

It is not really an unknown quantity at this point, though. Not even the core set was, really, with the playtests.

Look, I don't preorder video games for the exact reason you are intimating. My only point was that folks got REAL MAD at Darrington for not producing enough copies for demand, even though there was a pre-order mechanism to gauge that demand. This time around, those folks can probably safely pre-order, since they already know they like DH.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

deluxe edition featuring a gold foil box, dice, alternate art covers, and a rip pad with various sheets for the game

That feels pretty thin for an $80 upcharge.

The base product seems great, though.

 

[Reynard]

That feels pretty thin for an $80 upcharge.

The base product seems great, though.

If only they would sell a GM screen separately!

 

[sevenbastard]

The Standard Edition (which runs about 200 pages) will retail for just $39.99,

Good price for a book and the cards. Not my Jam, but at prices that low I might have to invest in the system.