I still think charactrs are too competent for horror. Horror vibes like Buffy or whatever? Sure.
I did not take it as "Urban Fantasy" since the world "real" was used twice. But yes, you probably would not need to change much to run Dresden style urban fantasy.
But why not just use gumshoe? Why try and figure out how to tack on Gumshoe's skill mechanics to Daggerheart, when you can just play Gumshoe?
Ah. My mistake, then. I can't recall the last time I saw/heard someone refer to mysteries that way outside of the RPG system.
this is correct. Not the exact copy pasta of a other game. Just plot or style or tropes.
You can't just "take away PC armour" unless you're willing to re-write and rebalance the mechanics fairly significantly.
I mean, you could, but you'd just be rolling Duality dice a lot and I imagine most Hope would be being spent on Assist another. If there's little/no combat it'll definitely function, but most of the classes are designed on the assumption there will be a fair bit.
You absolutely can for a scene or two. The rules are even right there. It's a Red Wedding level threat. You're not fighting the system at all - you're just using parts of it that aren't often touched to make a really scary interlude. Or more accurately a nerve-wracking interlude where the PCs don't have to just leave weapons but armour at the door to the ball/the audience with the big guy. Knowing your damage thresholds for the next scene are Diddly/Squat adds a vast amount of tension and nerves in what is often the right place.
Guardian's class feature, of course, is Unstoppable and that's incredibly useful here. I don't think this is a problem. Meanwhile yes the move that costs three hope doesn't work, but you have plenty to spend hope on.
Which makes it better than mainline D&D where one of the classes is literally called the Fighter and the skills are trumped by spells. People run mysteries in that.
