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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    In Daggerheart, HP is sort of like hearts in Legend of Zelda. Incoming damage is compared to thresholds to maybe mark 0-3 HP (0 HP marked if the damage is low enough) so each HP represents a big pool of potential damage. You never have a huge amount of them, and not marking your last HP from a...
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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    Yeah, until we see the final rules we don't know for sure. But it seems like the GM can spend a Fear token to have a go with a monster. I'm not sure if that means the Fly goes 4 times with 1 Fear, or the GM can spend 4 Fear for four goes.
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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    Promos are starting to drop. Here's a look at some of the Adversaries: (from Exclusive: DnD rival Daggerheart features some nightmarish high-tier adversaries) Folks have pointed out that there's a lot of neat design tricks for these higher-level monsters, like the Demon of Hubris having...
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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    Of course, only the lucky folks down under know for absolute sure, but DP has been fairly clear about Campaign Frameworks being included in the core rules. A Campaign Framework (from what we saw in the beta) is a very top-level setting sketch, some rules tweaks to support the intended mood of...
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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    I'm hoping that everyone is waiting for the full release (May 20 for those of us who preordered, June-ish for retail), to start shoveling more coal into the hype train. I was following the project just because it had the chance to become 'the next big thing' and along the way fell in love, so...
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    Daggerheart Release Date Revealed

    I guess my question for them (which I know is probably unanswerable) is how much money do you have spend to learn a new game? Time, sure. But for the casual viewer, just being excited when the players shout "Critical!" instead of "Natural 20!" would seem to be enough. It's not like Matt is not...
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    Daggerheart Release Date Revealed

    With campaign frames being more "here is how to tweak the core rules to get this vibe for your game", I wouldn't be shocked if one of them was "how to do high fantasy fun", but with the game's emphasis on player collaboration, it is likely to be more "how to make a campaign world like Exandria"...
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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    Awesome. I think I'm going to do the preorder at Demiplane and I've already got the physical core coming whenever release happens, so it's more about occasional reference and character building than needing a PDF (which I think Darrington includes with physical orders, not sure).
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    QI Mentions The Diana Jones Awards

    Yes, unfortunately.
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    I am surprised I am still excited for Daggerheart

    After watching (and enjoying) the Critmas special VOD, I went searching for other Daggerheart materials, and came across DodoBorne (an actual play podcast by fans using the beta rules, but they have great comedic chemistry) and am also still excited to get the final release. I don't think that...
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    Daggerheart to Release Spring 2025, Pre-Orders Available Now

    Based on what I saw of the preorder video, that's correct, yeah.
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    Daggerheart to Release Spring 2025, Pre-Orders Available Now

    If it was the math on the Armor rules that bugged them, it is now much simpler. Spend a point of Armor to reduce the actual Damage done (so from 2 HP damage to 1 HP, for example). I'm hoping that the final release is robust enough to see some play when it arrives.
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    WotC Greg Tito On Leaving WotC: 'It feels good to do something that doesn't just line the pockets of *****'

    Staffan did a good job of representing my thoughts. For certain managers, the deliverables are all that matters, and I could easily imagine that someone who went to business school and learned that "if you want to make more money selling widgets, you need to either increase the widget's price...
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    WotC Greg Tito On Leaving WotC: 'It feels good to do something that doesn't just line the pockets of *****'

    The challenge is that, for the person who went to college for business administration (and the crazy parties), doing that doesn't feel like "working", micro-managing people and squeezing another 0.1% out of the turnip is working. It is a damn shame.
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