d20play Live 37 | Daggerheart First Look

4 thoughts on “d20play Live 37 | Daggerheart First Look”

1. Thanks for the stream! You mentioned fireball looked weak but I didn't see that it requires a resource so it could be the equivalent of a cantrip but can hit multiple minion creatures.

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2. I like this take on "initiative" in combat. There's nothing worse for your group's assassin rogue to have a rare low initiative and not get the benefits of their primary class feature. Or you really need your cleric to cast Bane but they're at the very bottom of the initiative order. I also like the Experience mechanic, because gameplay and RP choices often influence my choices in what feats I'm going to choose for my characters.

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3. Will you record it if you do the example scenario? ^_^

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4. @d20play The domain cards are really the core of the deck-building mechanic, from what I understand. At level one you choose two cards, and then one more at each level 2-10. You can only have five active domain cards at a time (called your "loadout"), so the cards you get at levels 5-10 are then stored in your "vault." You can retrieve cards from your vault by marking stress, swapping your loadout on the fly. Or you can swap cards in and out of your vault during a short or long rest.

   Importantly, you don't get access to all six of the starting domain cards right away, and you likely won't use all six anyway because the cards available at higher levels are generally more powerful additions to your build.

   Another cool bit is that some domain cards cost 0 stress to swap, and while these are generally less powerful they provide great utility since they cost nothing to swap in and out of your loadout. You could easily keep some 0 stress cards in your vault for those niche situations where they will be helpful.

   It's always possible I'm wrong about something I said here, so if someone knows better, please correct me.

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