Daggerheart Releases Another Round of Playtesting, Including Two New Classes

A ton of new playtest content was just released for Daggerheart, including two brand new classes and a host of new ancestries and communities. The Void was just updated today with new content, including a brand new Witch class and a new Assassin class. The Witch class comes with a Hex feature and the ability to commune with spirits. The Assassin has the potential of ambushing targets when the Assassin moves into melee range of a target, which deals additional D6s worth of damage based on what tier the assassin is.

Also added to the playtest material are a number of new ancestries - the earthkin, tidekin, emberkin, skykin, a celestial-derived Aetheris ancestry, and gnomes. Six new communities were also added - duneborne, freeborne (a community that was liberated from tyrannical rule), frostborne, hearthborne (coming from a small village or countryside), reborne (coming from a community that they no longer remember), and warborne.

The Warlock and Brawler were also updated with new revisions.

 

[Neonchameleon]

Thank you for the clarification. So, any word on when the next book comes out

Alas no It's just over a month since the first book came out and they can't keep it in stock.

 

[Aldarc]

Not sure if the Warlock is the best name for the "Warlock" class. Considering that your patron can just be a god, favors, and cleric domain like abilities, then it seems like a Cultist/Occultist would be a better all-round fit. However, I don't think that it's likely they would change the name now, especially when it's clearly meant to be the Warlock analogue for people coming from 5e D&D.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Not sure if the Warlock is the best name for the "Warlock" class. Considering that your patron can just be a god, favors, and cleric domain like abilities, then it seems like a Cultist/Occultist would be a better all-round fit. However, I don't think that it's likely they would change the name now, especially when it's clearly meant to be the Warlock analogue for people coming from 5e D&D.

The witch fits what I want from a warlock better anyway lol

Too bad the Assassin is just a worse Rogue at this point.

 

[Faolyn]

Well, there's already errata. Mainly spelling and such, but expecting a book to be completely error-free is a big ask.

Errata PDF: https://www.daggerheart.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Daggerheart-Errata-5-20-2025.pdf

Weirdly, they don't seem to have realized that "a HP" is incorrect. It's an HP.

Unless that's correct in some version of non-American English and that's what the final editor/proofreader writes in. But I'm guess they just did a find/replace on "a hit point."