u/Hosidax

It's TADPOLE THURSDAY - Ask your newbie questions here!

Welcome to Tadpole Thursday, the weekly community Q&A Megathread for Daggerheart newbies!

There's no such thing as a bad question in here. The rest of the community is standing by to help explain the basics of the rules, direct you to resources, and help get you a feel for what it's like to play or run Daggerheart.

What to Share. This Megathread is to open all questions about Daggerheart, no matter how basic or obscure.

How to Thrive. If you have experience with a given question and can offer a concrete answer, advice, or resource link, please chime in!

Here are a few guidelines for our Newbies:

  • Don't be afraid to ask the most basic questions. That's why this thread exists!
  • Keep your question focused on a single subject or problem you are having.
  • Try to keep your question brief but feel free to explain the context of your understanding or confusion.
  • Feel free to post multiple questions as separate comments.
  • Follow up if you need more info, and be sure to thank your expert when you are helped.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Here are a few guidelines for our resident experts when answering:

  • Only answer if you really know the answer, or know where to find it.
  • Try not to just answer a question with a question. If your answer is, "why would you do this?" Please explain why that might help you answer better -- and then please commit to following up.
  • Be Patient and Kind. Newbies need love too. Don't worry about whether the question has been covered before - that's why this Megathread exists. Having said that...
  • If you know a great answer exists in a previous post somewhere, feel free to link to it!
  • Try to offer core/srd page numbers if you can direct the questioner to a specific rule of clarification.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Sincerely, thank you all for being part of one of the fastest growing and most generous subs on Reddit!

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u/Hosidax — 11 hours ago

It's MONSTER MONDAY - Post your homebrewed ADVERSARIES to share and get feedback!

Today is Monster Monday, our weekly community showcase for all the cool Adversaries you've created for your Daggerheart game.

What to Share. Include the Name, Tier, Type, Description and Features of your homebrewed Adversary. Write a little about why you made it and if your players have confronted it, how that encounter went.

Add some visuals. Include any handmade crafts, painted minis, character portraits or any physical game aids you've made to represent for your players! (Original art only and no AI creations allowed.

Don't think you can draw, paint or build a mini or picture of your monster? Do it anyway! Everything from popsicle stick minis to finely crafted 3d models and game aids are welcome.

How to Thrive. If you share your own Adversary, take a moment to leave a comment on someone else's. If you're looking for critical feedback or inspiration, it's a good idea to include that at the beginning of your post.

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u/Hosidax — 3 days ago
▲ 52 r/DaggerheARTIST+1 crossposts

Zinnia, the renewal druid

Hey! I'm going to play my first proper daggerheart campaign, and I wanted to share the character I made for it. We are using the five banners burning frame, so Zinnia is a character from the nation of Polaris.

The art is my own and I'm taking commissions if you are interested 🙈 https://rodojo.carrd.co/

u/Hosidax — 5 days ago
▲ 294 r/DaggerheARTIST+1 crossposts

I wanted to catch some Bronze Age aesthetics with this illustration of our game

u/Hosidax — 5 days ago

It's TADPOLE THURSDAY - Ask your newbie questions here!

Welcome to Tadpole Thursday, the weekly community Q&A Megathread for Daggerheart newbies!

There's no such thing as a bad question in here. The rest of the community is standing by to help explain the basics of the rules, direct you to resources, and help get you a feel for what it's like to play or run Daggerheart.

What to Share. This Megathread is to open all questions about Daggerheart, no matter how basic or obscure.

How to Thrive. If you have experience with a given question and can offer a concrete answer, advice, or resource link, please chime in!

Here are a few guidelines for our Newbies:

  • Don't be afraid to ask the most basic questions. That's why this thread exists!
  • Keep your question focused on a single subject or problem you are having.
  • Try to keep your question brief but feel free to explain the context of your understanding or confusion.
  • Feel free to post multiple questions as separate comments.
  • Follow up if you need more info, and be sure to thank your expert when you are helped.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Here are a few guidelines for our resident experts when answering:

  • Only answer if you really know the answer, or know where to find it.
  • Try not to just answer a question with a question. If your answer is, "why would you do this?" Please explain why that might help you answer better -- and then please commit to following up.
  • Be Patient and Kind. Newbies need love too. Don't worry about whether the question has been covered before - that's why this Megathread exists. Having said that...
  • If you know a great answer exists in a previous post somewhere, feel free to link to it!
  • Try to offer core/srd page numbers if you can direct the questioner to a specific rule of clarification.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Sincerely, thank you all for being part of one of the fastest growing and most generous subs on Reddit!

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u/Hosidax — 7 days ago
▲ 282 r/DaggerheARTIST+1 crossposts

I built a physical interactive hex map for my Age of Umbra campaign

Over Christmas break I wanted a project that would intersect multiple of my creative interests: Daggerheart, CAD, 3D printing, miniature painting, software engineering, and electronics. Having just started to DM an Age of Umbra mini-campaign, and figuring that my electronics skills (being the most fledgling of the aforementioned interests) would just about allow me to blink some LED "pyres", the idea for this interactive hex map contraption was born.

Of course it took me far longer than the week I had off at Christmas to complete! However, I was able to debut it during the 5th session of the campaign, just as my players managed to wrap up the first major story arc by reigniting an extinguished pyre. It was all worth it to see that single LED flicker back to life 😂

Design & aesthetic

Our Age of Umbra campaign is set in a valley around whose edges are 3 towns: Galestone, Ransfall, and Blacktower. I decided to represent this region using the wonderful hex tiles from Hexton Hills. Some strategicly placed holes in the town tiles allowed room for RGB LEDs that would represent each town's pyre. Part of the first story arc involved the pyres being either extinguished or corrupted, meaning that I could change the colour of the LEDs to reflect the current state of each. I put a 4th LED in the fortress at the head of the valley (the "Pale Burg") to foreshadow (or spoil!) the lair of the big bad. Hey, it's hard to do "fog of war" on a preassembled physical map!

In keeping with the dark tone of the campaign I decided to paint the terrain tiles as if at night, illuminated by moonlight. Therefore I went with a muted and desaturated colour palette, and strong directional highlights. I'm not quite sure it fully reads as "moonlight" but I'm happy enough with how it turned out, and the light from the LEDs, diffused through translucent frosted "flame" caps, does illuminate each town center quite pleasingly.

The tech

Getting the electronics and software working was probably the most time-consuming part. I had a lot to learn.

  • Microcontroller: Waveshare ESP32-S3 board with built-in round touchscreen display. Housed in a hex "frame" to fit seamlessly into the top left corner of the map.
  • UI: a MicroPython app with LVGL UI that allows the user to cycle between locations and change pyre states.
  • Lighting: RGB LEDs hooked up via a TLC5947 LED driver. The MicroPython app controls their flame-like flicker and state transition animations, each driven independently.
  • Wireless: the device also serves a web app over WiFi, allowing me to change the pyre states from a browser, behind the DM screen, without needing to touch the display.
  • Power: an internal 2000mAh Li-Ion battery, charged via USB-C port, and a slide switch to turn everything on/off. It lasts about 6ish hours from fully charged.

Last but not least, the entire project is housed in a (rather chunky!) custom designed and 3D printed box.

Overall this was an incredible amount of fun to create! It remains to be seen whether it will be at all useful for the remainder of my campaign but I tell myself that if I ever run Age of Umbra again for a different group, this thing is ready to go from day 1.

If anyone is interested more in the "how", I've published all of the code, electronics, and hardware designs on GitHub here: https://github.com/peterdn/ttrpg-hex-map-console/

u/Hosidax — 10 days ago

It's MONSTER MONDAY - Post your homebrewed ADVERSARIES to share and get feedback!

Today is Monster Monday, our weekly community showcase for all the cool Adversaries you've created for your Daggerheart game.

What to Share. Include the Name, Tier, Type, Description and Features of your homebrewed Adversary. Write a little about why you made it and if your players have confronted it, how that encounter went.

Add some visuals. Include any handmade crafts, painted minis, character portraits or any physical game aids you've made to represent for your players! (Original art only and no AI creations allowed.

Don't think you can draw, paint or build a mini or picture of your monster? Do it anyway! Everything from popsicle stick minis to finely crafted 3d models and game aids are welcome.

How to Thrive. If you share your own Adversary, take a moment to leave a comment on someone else's. If you're looking for critical feedback or inspiration, it's a good idea to include that at the beginning of your post.

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u/Hosidax — 10 days ago

Welcome to Tadpole Thursday, the weekly community Q&A Megathread for Daggerheart newbies!

There's no such thing as a bad question in here. The rest of the community is standing by to help explain the basics of the rules, direct you to resources, and help get you a feel for what it's like to play or run Daggerheart.

What to Share. This Megathread is to open all questions about Daggerheart, no matter how basic or obscure.

How to Thrive. If you have experience with a given question and can offer a concrete answer, advice, or resource link, please chime in!

Here are a few guidelines for our Newbies:

  • Don't be afraid to ask the most basic questions. That's why this thread exists!
  • Keep your question focused on a single subject or problem you are having.
  • Try to keep your question brief but feel free to explain the context of your understanding or confusion.
  • Feel free to post multiple questions as separate comments.
  • Follow up if you need more info, and be sure to thank your expert when you are helped.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Here are a few guidelines for our resident experts when answering:

  • Only answer if you really know the answer, or know where to find it.
  • Try not to just answer a question with a question. If your answer is, "why would you do this?" Please explain why that might help you answer better -- and then please commit to following up.
  • Be Patient and Kind. Newbies need love too. Don't worry about whether the question has been covered before - that's why this Megathread exists. Having said that...
  • If you know a great answer exists in a previous post somewhere, feel free to link to it!
  • Try to offer core/srd page numbers if you can direct the questioner to a specific rule of clarification.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Sincerely, thank you all for being part of one of the fastest growing and most generous subs on Reddit!

reddit.com
u/Hosidax — 14 days ago

Today is Monster Monday, our weekly community showcase for all the cool Adversaries you've created for your Daggerheart game.

What to Share. Include the Name, Tier, Type, Description and Features of your homebrewed Adversary. Write a little about why you made it and if your players have confronted it, how that encounter went.

Add some visuals. Include any handmade crafts, painted minis, character portraits or any physical game aids you've made to represent for your players! (Original art only and no AI creations allowed.

Don't think you can draw, paint or build a mini or picture of your monster? Do it anyway! Everything from popsicle stick minis to finely crafted 3d models and game aids are welcome.

How to Thrive. If you share your own Adversary, take a moment to leave a comment on someone else's. If you're looking for critical feedback or inspiration, it's a good idea to include that at the beginning of your post.

reddit.com
u/Hosidax — 17 days ago
▲ 510 r/DaggerheARTIST+1 crossposts

Comission made by @nodriot on Instagram! (Allowed to post it from their own TOS)

Been playing for a few months now and loving the experience, although my poor boy already has 2 scars.

u/Hosidax — 19 days ago

Welcome to Tadpole Thursday, the weekly community Q&A Megathread for Daggerheart newbies!

There's no such thing as a bad question in here. The rest of the community is standing by to help explain the basics of the rules, direct you to resources, and help get you a feel for what it's like to play or run Daggerheart.

What to Share. This Megathread is to open all questions about Daggerheart, no matter how basic or obscure.

How to Thrive. If you have experience with a given question and can offer a concrete answer, advice, or resource link, please chime in!

Here are a few guidelines for our Newbies:

  • Don't be afraid to ask the most basic questions. That's why this thread exists!
  • Keep your question focused on a single subject or problem you are having.
  • Try to keep your question brief but feel free to explain the context of your understanding or confusion.
  • Feel free to post multiple questions as separate comments.
  • Follow up if you need more info, and be sure to thank your expert when you are helped.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Here are a few guidelines for our resident experts when answering:

  • Only answer if you really know the answer, or know where to find it.
  • Try not to just answer a question with a question. If your answer is, "why would you do this?" Please explain why that might help you answer better -- and then please commit to following up.
  • Be Patient and Kind. Newbies need love too. Don't worry about whether the question has been covered before - that's why this Megathread exists. Having said that...
  • If you know a great answer exists in a previous post somewhere, feel free to link to it!
  • Try to offer core/srd page numbers if you can direct the questioner to a specific rule of clarification.
  • Keep it light! We're all here to learn!

Sincerely, thank you all for being part of one of the fastest growing and most generous subs on Reddit!

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u/Hosidax — 21 days ago
▲ 36 r/DaggerheARTIST+1 crossposts

they're a pretty mysterious character so far, so the design instuctions were pretty purposefully simple I think

u/Hosidax — 25 days ago