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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries.Mechanics like the ones presented here via the hope/fear dice allow for more stuff to be hung off them; and combine with the agenda and...
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If you have total control over the tone you must have a very docile group of players. And yes if you have all the acting done against a... -
Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
But they allow you more control over the tone than simple D&D style success/fail (never mind "roll to see if you have to roll again")...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
I do wish the section on campaign frames had explicit "rules" or guidance for making those changes. As it is, it is very much a "look...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
Just about any success-with-consequences game has a huge advantage over any non-success-with-consequences game for grimdark fantasy. On...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Reynard's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
Scars reducing your max Hope is RAW. The soul eaten bit is a setting mechanic.
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries.Umbra setting as written.
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Zzakael19 reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
In Umbra you always get a scar when surviving, which crosses out a Hope. You can have six of those at start and when the last is out...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Vael's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
Even the Redwall novels could be pretty bleak and dark. Or Secret of Nimh.
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Zzakael19 reacted to Doctor Futurity's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with Like.
I'm learning the system now and my plan is to run it instead of 5.5E which I am thoroughly burned out on. So far I am liking what...
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Zzakael19 reacted to Neonchameleon's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with Like.
Having been through the rulebook myself I think the split isn't too different from 5e's pretty freeform non-combat and relatively...
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Zzakael19 replied to the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart?.Yeah, I’m aware that the preponderance of 5e leveling has switched to GM fiat / milestone. Been there, done that. I’m just saying that...
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Zzakael19 reacted to aramis erak's post in the thread What do YOU plan on doing with Daggerheart? with Like.
GM Fiat leveling is a thing in D&D 5, and in Pugmire (a 5e derivative), the Renegade Studios' Essence 20 games (TF, MLP, GIJ), Final...
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Zzakael19 reacted to BRayne's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
The campaign frames do have alterations on certain ancestries. Age of Umbra Ribbets (the frog people) are much larger and more bestial...
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Zzakael19 reacted to nyvinter's post in the thread Critical Role to Run Grimdark Daggerheart Miniseries with Like.
Choosing to survive when reaching zero hit points will mean you have less hope, and resurrection is a level 10 once per campaign spell...