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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As much as that would suck, it WOULD make my mission of convincing everyone I know to dump D&D and pick up Daggerheart instead. The fact that the Castle High campaign frame already exists makes it an easy sell, too.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The more I think about it, the more I realise that my ideal TTRPG campaign is literally just Dragonball Z Abridged, and Daggerheart is the only system I know where that vibe might actually be achievable.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My first Journey to Horizon session couldn't have gone any smoother if I'd tried. \o/ So excited to finally be on the road.

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Geek Native @geeknative.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

UK Games Expo has banned generative AI art, text, and merchandise across all NEC exhibition halls, bringing the convention in line with broader British tabletop standards. Standholders face removal or bans if their products aren't made by humans. #UKGE

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UK Games Expo bans generative AI art and text across all trade halls

UK Games Expo has introduced a mandatory policy prohibiting generative AI art and text across all NEC trade halls, requiring exhibitors to sell only human-made games.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Daggerheart has got me in the habit of listing touchstones for basically everything, as a way to remember the general vibe of a person or place. It's leading to some pretty wild combinations of media...

Book (Administrator)
Ridgeborne Gnome, Middle aged, It/It’s
Touchstones: Gizmo (Aeturnum), Beetle (Aeturnum), Gizmo (Gremlins)

Phuce Aldertail (Destructive Magic)
Reborne Fungril, elderly, She/They
Touchstones: Agatha Harkness (Marvel), Dark Willow (Buffy)

Tarzo Reedcheeks (Protective Magic)
Hearthborne Halfling, middle aged, He/Him
Touchstones: Bilbo Baggins (LotR), Gandalf (LotR)

Rob Dustcrest (Healing Magic)
Freeborne Goblin, middle aged, It/It’s
Touchstones: Skyrick, Dende (DBZA)

Cid Greatborn (Psionic Magic)
Warborne Ribbet, middle aged, She/They
Touchstones: Cid (FF9), Jean Grey (Marvel)

Garva Truejaw (Librarian)
Wildborne Dwarf, young adult, She/They
Touchstones: Pella (LfG), Jennifer Honey (Matilda)

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This time tomorrow I'll finally be setting up the table for the first session of my Daggerheart campaign. 🎉

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Michelle Kelly @michellicopter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Let me talk for long enough and I'll always loop around to the same place youtu.be/tLanmsuBfRg

Screenshot of me talking to the camera, caption reads: "TTRPG awards are weird."

Screenshot of me talking to the camera later in the same video, caption reads: "constant growth being a measure of success is a capitalist lie. If you've made someone happy, you're a success."

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trying to seem chill while chasing the last of my players for their backstories so I can really get started. 😅

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Hades: Okay, fine, fine. I'm cool. I'm fine.

ALT: Hades: Okay, fine, fine. I'm cool. I'm fine.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A cleaned up version of the Journey to Horizon map, from the Hope & Fear expansion for Daggerheart. I didn't love the split down the middle or the text round the edges, so I've covered it up as well as I can. It's not perfect but it'll do. Should be suitable for UK A3 printing, but not tested yet.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Had a D&D session last night that reminded me just how much I've come to hate D20 TTRPG systems. Level 2 Guiding Bolt, my characters most powerful attack, w/ Advantage. Rolled a 1 and a 3. Oh well, bad luck, see you in 45 minutes when the initiative comes back round. Daggerheart has ruined me. 😅

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Can't wait to start my new job and have money coming in again so I can immediately spend it all on things like this. 😅

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The Naturolls: A Daggerheart Podcast @thenaturolls.com · 13/09/2026

Ohhhh that's a really combination to give you a mermaid. Love it.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

One thing I really hate about Daggerheart discourse is when people describe it as rules-light. It has exactly the correct amount of rules - there's even some rules it could drop. It only looks light to you because you're comparing it to DnD, which has a million unnecessary and contradictory rules.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Is there a bluesky feed for TTRPGs that specifically excludes DnD? I know that's difficult to set up in practice, but even one that just excludes a few basic key words would be good. I don't want to use my word filters as I do still want to see DnD stuff, but a place without it would be good too.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Finally running my Session Zero for my Journey to Horizon campaign today. \o/ Slightly nervous, as I've never run a Session Zero before, and I've never even attended one for Daggerheart.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I designed a Hot Springs encounter for Daggerheart! On a long journey through the mountains, the party come across a beautiful natural hot spring where they can rest and recover. But if they aren't careful, they may disrupt the harmony of this natural wonder and find themselves in trouble...

Hot Springs - a Tier 2 Social Environment for Daggerheart

Brown - a Tier 2 Social Adversary for Daggerheart, with a Phase Change to something much deadlier.

Brown Bear (Apex Predator) - a Tier 2 Solo Adversary for Daggerheart

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🌊 Kamome || カモメ 🌊 @kamomehex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

These days more than ever

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Another little amendment to my Journey to Horizon campaign. I decided that the 'Locate Soul Echo' downtime move didn't have enough meat to it, so I've made it an action roll.

A new downtime move for my Daggerheart game

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Devastated to have discovered that AI Actual Play podcasts are apparently a thing. >.>

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

In addition - writers, if you want me to care about your world, don't plonk me down in the middle of it with zero memory/knowledge of the world. It works in videogames because you get to play the game, it works in TV/Film because you just sit there and watch. It doesn't work for TTRPGs/Books.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Update on my enhanced Journey to Horizon biome table for Daggerheart. Though you could use it for any TTRPG worldbuilding, I suppose. Just replace the rule for if you roll a 1 - maybe something like "Roll Twice and Combine Biomes"? Depending on how whimsical you're going with your environments.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

TTRPGs in a nutshell (at least the way I run/play them).

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I've reworked the Journey to Horizon biome rolltable slightly for my Daggerheart campaign. I found more examples of the existing biomes, and added an 'Otherworldly' biome for those more whimsical/horrifying adventures.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Spent most of today restructuring my Obsidian Vault for my Daggerheart campaign and now she almost looks presentable. ^.^

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I really enjoy all the weird notes that I have to write myself when preparing to GM Daggerheart (or any TTRPG, really). Today's note, "Work out what the sun is." My world doesn't have planets or space or anything, but it defo has a giant fireball going across the sky, so what's that about? 😅

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Elizabeth | Skywater Ranch @eelangill.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A year into running Daggerheart, I've created literally dozens of new adversaries. In decades of D&D, I've never felt the same urge to create legions of new monsters. Why? Daggerheart does 3 things inviting GMs to become game designers.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This is one for Journey to Horizon specifically, but in the campaign frame, the Fungril Network (my favourite Daggerheart ability) has been destroyed and regrows as time goes by. I didn't want to be handwave-y with the regrowth speed, so I came up with a mechanic by which to control the growth.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Inspired by @bardandraven.bsky.social 's recent 'Mawdrey' Social Adversary, I wanted to try making some plants for the multiple Nature's Tongue users on my table to talk to. I really love the concept of Social Adversaries in Daggerheart, but I feel like it's criminally underutilized so far.

A Heart of Daggers statblock for a Tumbleweed - Tier 1 Social Adversary for Daggerheart.

A free spirit, travelling wherever the wind takes it, on a never-ending quest to find water.

Motives & Tactics: Ride the wind, Seek out water

Difficulty: 12

Experience: A Leaf in the Wind +2

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

TTRPG players - and especially Daggerheart players - what makes a good Halloween oneshot? I want to try my hand at designing an actual oneshot rather than random bits and pieces, and with Halloween coming up, it makes sense to give that a crack.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Salt Marsh - A Tier 1 Traversal Environment for Daggerheart, complete with a Vicar of Dibley reference. My first environment for Journey to Horizon! The biome surrounding Marrogate was a wetland, but I resisted the urge to immediately for for Shrek theming. :-p heartofdaggers.com/homebrew/env...

A Heart of Daggers statblock for a Salt Marsh - Tier 1 Traversal Environment for Daggerheart.

A coastal wetland, filled with unique flora, dangerous pitfalls, and ravenous fauna.

Impulses: Draw in the curious, Drown the careless, Obscure the predator

Difficulty: 11

Potential Adversaries: Acid Burrower, Sawtoothed Gillbeast, Tangle Bramble

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

By the time I'm finished running Journey to Horizon, I fear I'm going to have an encyclopedic knowledge of every biome that exists on Earth and a bunch that only exist in fantasy TTRPGs. 😅 Though good news, I'll be able to take over for Attenborough once he finally decides to retire.

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scene_FEAR 🔜 PAX Unplugged! @scenefour.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the d&d “community” in two comments

Me: I feel like this should go without saying, but most of my advice generally assumes the table is playing in good faith and not making actively antisocial choices

Them: advice for an idealized perfect party isn’t very helpful in real world scenarios.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

There's a line in my notes app for my Daggerheart GM plans. Just says "Spider Rain".

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Two of my players wanted to be mermaid sisters in my Journey to Horizon game, so we worked together to come up with a new ancestry for them - the Merfolk. Daggerheart's Mixed Ancestry mechanic is easily one of my favourite parts of the game. So many fun options and so easy to work it into the lore.

Merfolk

Mixed Ancestry: Tidekin/Faerie

Ancestry Features

Top Ability - Amphibious: You can breathe and move naturally underwater.
Bottom Ability - Wings: You can fly. While flying, you can mark a Stress after an adversary makes an attack against you to gain a +2 bonus to your Evasion against that attack.

Description
Merfolk were one of the most recent ancestries to emerge during the Age of Wonder. Deeply ingrained in terrana, they had the capacity to go further than any other ancestry beyond the edges of the map, into the Endless Ocean that surrounds Aurelia's creation. Where most ancestries with a strong link to terrana have long lifespans, the Merfolk instead possess bodies with incredible versatility - they are able to walk, fly, and swim with equal speed and grace. This trade off has left them with an average lifespan of just 80 years.

A little shorter than most species, Merfolk have an average height of 4-6ft, though their wing- and fin-span can make them appear much larger, especially when they come swooping down at their enemies. Having only recently begun to appear on the shores of Valloren at the time of the Magi Rebellion and Starfall, merfolk are a rarer sight than most ancestries, and it is entirely possible that Marrogate is the only sanctuary where they have been able to survive and thrive.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I love this - and super helpful given that I have two PCs with Natures Tongue at my table. 😅 I hadn't thought of designing some social adversaries for it, so this is a great way to make the ability more fun/worthwhile.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Dear TTRPG writers, fantasy/speculative fiction authors, and videogame designers, I am officially out of patience for 'main character has memory loss' as a plot device. It's both lazy and deeply offensive. Memory loss is a crippling, dehumanising medical condition, not a writer's tool. Pack it in.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

If you're planning on running Journey to Horizon, here's a little narrative tip - say that the Vessel of Light needs to regularly rest in a sanctuary to recharge. The 'you can only long rest in sanctuaries because you need to resupply' thing doesn't really make sense alone, so this helps cement it.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I really don't understand what people mean when they say 'Daggerheart was made for AP', mainly because I don't watch Actual Plays so I have no idea what it means. 😅

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've just published my first Daggerheart environment on Heart of Daggers - it's a dungeon set in a giant clock! heartofdaggers.com/homebrew/env...

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

One of my players requested a specific pop culture reference as part of their backstory, and I had to oblige. 😅

A screenshot of the summary text for an NPC in my Daggerheart game.

### Rag Bag

**Ancestry:** Clank
**Community:** Loreborne
**Pronouns:** They/Them
**Construction Purpose:** Research

Prior to the construction of Hodge Podge, Rag Bag was very much 'the odd one' among the MLCs. About two hundred years ago, they commissioned an entirely new body to be created for them, which made their appearance and movement much more in line with a large, bulky Simiah than any other Clank in Marrogate. When asked why, Rag Bag said that they had read an excellent series of books that they found in the basement, featuring an 'Orangutan Librarian', and that Rag Bag wanted to "give cosplay a go". The other Clanks believed it to be a phase. It was not.

Rag Bag's distinct appearance has caused them to become the face of Marrogate Library, delighting both them and the Clanks who would prefer not to be disturbed by 'the meatbags'.

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 01/09/2026

Applications for the Mothership #Jump-9 Writers Grant are now open. Deadline is September 30. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mother...

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here's a very simple environment I designed for my party's first foray through a Shadowblighted region of the map. It was only used for a very brief section, so I might design a better, more extensive version of it.

A Daggerheart environment stat block named 'Cursed Canyon'.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've made this account as I'm running a West Marches version of the Journey to Horizon campaign frame in the new Daggerheart: Hope & Fear book. It's mainly so I can post things without my players seeing any spoilers, but I'll share the experience and any cool stuff I make for it here as well. :-p

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