u/-TheWrongTree-

So… how much potential is there for variety between assassin characters?

I mean it’s kinda in the name. They kill people. I guess the differentiating questions are how they kill people and why they kill people, but at the end of the day… they kill people. And there are really only so many types of characters that would specialize in killing people. As a job.

Am I wrong? I’m just looking for some inspiration on how to make a compelling character for this class. It’s hard to imagine anything other than a morally-gray stone-cold professional killer.

I had the realization last night that I have never seen a card on screen in Age of Umbra. I have never seen a card displayed on screen as it was referenced, but what’s more, I have never seen a player pick up a card and say “I want to use this one” or even shuffle through the cards to review their abilities.

You could watch Age of Umbra and not even know the cards exist. Players look down at their character sheet (and I assume the cards) but that looks like every other TTRPG on the screen.

One of the unique parts of Daggerheart (and one of my favorite) is the physical cards with their art always on display. I just worry that by not showing the cards, the Age of Umbra is missing an opportunity to market them. The viewership has been much lower than non-Daggerheart content, so I do think marketing the game should still be a big part of these episodes.

I think this is a symptom of Daggerheart maybe not committing to the cards as much as they could have. The conversation about class feature cards is another example. The Witch did not use her commune feature during the long rest they took at the beginning of the session, which is one of the big benefits of the class, flavor-wise. But in general during combat so far, people are much more likely to make an attack than to use an ability on a card.

I want Daggerheart to succeed and I’m just nervous that one of the best parts of it is being under-utilized, both by the actual play and the broader game.