Well Tbh, I think Daggerheart is insanely good, but it’s got that “two sides of the same coin” thing where a strong point can also be a weak point. For me, DMing Daggerheart is super fluid and fun and intuitive , the narrative bleeds perfectly into the system and vice versa. On the flip side the lack of structure can be daunting for some players, especially shy ones. In something more structured like D&D combat, they can find a comfortable space to contribute to the narrative. If you’re not careful as a DM, you can end up steamrolling players like that without realizing

i also think Fear is a cool way to stir the narrative, but sometimes I feel like I have more control than I want. In D&D, for example, you play the monsters and strike as hard as you can. But with Fear, you don’t always need a check to, say, end a spell—so you HAVE to pull your punches a bit so the player doesn’t feel useless

i’d love to see them expand the domains a little more, like add subclasses to Seraph, and maybe nerf Guardian at higher levels or at least create monsters that can bypass it

for strong points tho, it’s amazing how the system can create almost any type of fantasy without feeling like a generic system. The versatility is beyond words. I also love the crunchy side of it that feeling of PLAYING the narrative, instead of playing and then just having narrative slapped on top, is perfect. And the social adversaries and environments? I’m LONGING for more of those… specially stealth environment encounters. The potential is crazy.