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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 2h

Do any Daggerheart players/GMs have any ideas on how to handle hunting, foraging, gathering materials in the wild, etc.? A lot of my players for Journey to Horizon want to do it during the travel segments and I'm not sure on the best way to approach it.

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IGN @ign.com · 13h

The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. bit.ly/4hMhPzG

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've seen a few skull designs for fear trackers, but it's a bit too goth for me. :-p I eventually intend to buy this Fear tracker from WoodworksGB, once I've got a bit of extra money. It looks like something my nan would have owned and I love it. :-p

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When GMing Daggerheart, I normally use a deck of playing cards as my Fear, but my partner has taken the deck on holiday. 😅 Looking for alternatives, I've realised the power tokens and cauldron from the Villainous boardgame make a really good Fear pool.

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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've now run both Daggerheart 'intro' sessions and the party is finally on the way to Horizon. Very excited to actually use the travel mechanics next week. The first three biomes they'll pass through are a salt marsh, a mangrove forest, and a meadow where the grass has grown 20ft tall. I can't wait!

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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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Donnie Don't Does Daggerheart @donniedh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Is that something you've said to her? If not, I'd recommend it. Based on my previous experiences with therapy, I think it works best if you're open and upfront about any skepticism you have about their capacity to help you - it'll make it much easier for them to meet you where you're at.

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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

100%. Even a low level character takes me multiple sessions to actually work out how to play mechanically, and I'm better at working out these sort of systems than most people. >.>

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

How delightfully straight forward. :-p Thanks!

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

I've made a few random things for Daggerheart. The last one is a new ancestry made via Mixed Ancestries for my Journey to Horizon campaign, as I had two players that wanted to be mermaid sisters. :-p

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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 · 12/09/2026

The GM Principles and Best Practices in the core rulebook cover the basic concept pretty much perfectly, imo. Is there a specific thing you're concerned about or wanting to know more about?

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

This is very cool. Do you find dice difficult to draw? I've been teaching myself to draw but anything more complex than a box is still beyond me, in terms of clean, geometric shapes. 😅

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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

The requirement for buy-in is significantly higher when the person needs to be actively engaging with the product. Don't just say "You need to do this or the world will end!" What do I care if the world ends? I just got here.

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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

In order to fit Otherworldly, I reduced Aquatic from two results to one. I thought this was fine because whenever I roll for a biome on a hex that was ocean/lake 1000 years ago, I first give it a 50% chance to remain an aquatic biome, so that the map doesn't turn into a perfect rectangle. :-p

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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 · 09/09/2026

I'm trying to find this on Podcast Addict but I can't. :-( Is there anywhere I can listen to it that isn't Spotify or Apple?

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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

I'm running Journey to Horizon so they could randomly stumble upon a desert or other dryland at any time. I may well end up preparing one or two things like this for all the different biomes. 😅

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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

the concept of Environment statblocks and social adversaries has added so much to how I structure a game (both in DH and other systems). There's nothing 5e/5.5e does that Daggerheart doesn't do better.

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

As in a general comparison? As a GM, as soon as I discovered Daggerheart, it became very apparent that I'd never be running D&D again. DH is all the bits about running TTRPGs I love with none of the bits I hate. Combat is fast and punchy, I don't have to memorise a ton of contradictory rules, and

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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 · 06/09/2026

Some of the abilities in this Environment are drawn from some of the new official environments in the Daggerheart: Hope & Fear expansion. Specifically the Corrupted Swamp and Vast Desert.

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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

This art is inside the book itself, not a card. 😅 I did find a list of artists at the front, but not who drew what. I shall do some searching and see if I can work it out, thanks!

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