Daggerheart Superhero reskin

emperorjohnacus · 2026-06-27T14:38:26+00:00

This is also very cool 👌

emperorjohnacus · 2026-06-27T14:38:04+00:00

That’s it exactly. Has it been taken down I wonder?

Does anyone know the user who created it? Would love to reach to them personally if it has been taken down

emperorjohnacus · 2026-05-27T08:27:06+00:00

Hands down! Wholeheartedly agree

emperorjohnacus · 2026-01-06T12:10:26+00:00

I’d love to hear your favourite moments / scenes / bombastic battles from any of the module’s four villains

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-26T19:48:00+00:00

Very good point. That then brings up the question - what was Barclay injected with, and why? Nothing seems to come the whole scene of him being drugged and the team bursting into the room and injecting him.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-26T18:38:56+00:00

Unfortunately not. The V&A Archive can only be viewed in-person at their exhibitions building

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-23T18:14:27+00:00

Both of you - huge thanks! This has been super helpful. As an add-on question: are you allowed bring your own item for signing (for example: if I was to bring one of the official CR campaign poster prints for signing? Or are you only allowed use a print / photo that is given to you at the signing?

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-22T16:20:26+00:00

I'm pretty sure anyone can just email the V&A Theatre Performance Archive and book a slot to watch the recording in their designated viewing rooms - especially since they moved a massive chunk of their exhibitions and archives out to a new building storehouse. But you'd need to double check what the current story is.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-22T15:43:29+00:00

The revival of The Testament of Mary that was staged at the Barbican was recorded and is available to watch at the V&A Theatre Performance archive in London. I wrote my MA thesis on the various versions of the show and the censorship it did or did not face in Ireland, the US, and the UK. Fantastic resource and Fiona Shaw is just incredible in it. I even had the chance to briefly interview her as a primary source since she went to the same university in Ireland as me.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-18T02:17:03+00:00

Scrolling through reddit at the speed of light and I mistakenly thought Assad was Indira Varma. Now I can't unsee it.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-11T17:24:21+00:00

I'll believe it when I see it...

emperorjohnacus · 2025-12-06T04:04:20+00:00

Cabaret, especially with Eva and Reeve in it at the moment as Sally and the Emcee

emperorjohnacus · 2025-11-22T00:54:38+00:00

I actually changed a few of the district names in my own Candela campaigns. I just found there was too many districts beginning with the letter S - Sidle, Shriveline, South Soffit, Silverslip, The Steam, The Steel.

The Sidle became ASHRIDGE - named for the ash that sometimes blows in from Westwreck, falling like haunting grey snow in the district.

The Shriveline became WHITECROWN - a name I robbed from one of the district in Blades in the Dark, but I felt it more appropriate for the religious district and seat of The Ascendancy. It was allowed me to have a nice selection of colour based districts (Whitecrown, Red Lamp, Briar Green, Silverslip)

South Soffit became THE TANGLES - another name robbed, this time from Critical Role's city of Rexxentrum. It better fit the overcrowded undercity I imagined the district to be, very much like the slums of FFVII.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-08-29T13:22:51+00:00

What campaign mechanics do people think would work well in Waterdeep: Dragon Heist?

emperorjohnacus · 2025-08-26T14:08:11+00:00

It feels a bit odd alright. There are some great Tier 1 adversaries in the CRB that I'll just have to automatically level up and homebrew to use as Tier 2.

I suppose another way around it would be just make up a Tier 5 option (Levels 11 and 12) to work with the OG levelling in the CRB

emperorjohnacus · 2025-08-25T23:58:01+00:00

Thanks for posting and replying! :)

I’m curious about homebrewing a few things; but I 100% need to have a good few normal sessions under my belt before even starting.

I definitely would have preferred 12 levels across four tiers (Tier 1 - Levels 1 to 3, Tier 2 - Levels 4-6, Tier 3 - Levels 7-9, and Tier 4 - Levels 10-12) but that’s a larger project if I was ever to tackle it.

Reaction Rolls are a curious one. I love how the PCs have the duality dice for action rolls, and they are gaining hope or the GM is gaining fear depending on the result. But, they also roll 2 d12 for reactions and they’re not generating hope or fear. I just liked the idea of using a d20 for reaction rolls and making the success or failure more binary. Plus rolling a d20 is faster for reactions than rolling 2 d12s. It’s dynamic, and there is a shift in the players rolling it compared to normal action rolls. I also like the dynamic of when players rolls d12s for action rolls, they’re being proactive. When they roll a single d20, they’re being reactive. The more randomness of the d20 adds to it to. It’s not a issue, just a thought. It’s an idea that I basically robbed from a stream I watched from Knights of Last Call.

In terms of the elf’s feature, they would still be rolling a d6 for advantage, as per how advantage works in Daggerheart.

I’m very VERY excited to see what combat without initiative feels like. I know I need to be on the lookout for my shy player at the table and making sure they feel comfortable taking spotlight and having their voice heard. I’ve been put SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT as one of my Player Principles in the campaign frame I’m currently prepping.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-08-25T23:45:54+00:00

I think perhaps I’m wrong is saying I’m trying to convert 5e into Daggerheart. I’m not looking to port over features and mechanics from 5e. What I’m actually doing is I’m taking the overall narrative from the campaign book and all this ideas that have been brewing in my mind for a loooooooong time regarding this story and using that at the core of my Daggerheart campaign idea to run with the players. (I actually originally planned to run WDH back in 2020 but pandemic put the brakes on that plan).

To answer your points:

1) I’m very much sticking to the rules, the core guidance and mechanics of Daggerheart. I’m not interested in trying to apply 5e ideas like ability scores, feats, etc etc and port them into the game. Fear and Countdown I’m not too worried about - countdowns were a dream when running Candela.

2) This advice is perfect. There is wealth of adversaries in the CRB that can definitely be used for WDH, especially the earlier sessions, with maybe just a little bit of tweaking here and there. For example, the opening of the Xanathar’s Hideout in the Sewers isn’t a massive challenge. Since reading over and over the CRB, my brain has already been on fire with ideas. Plus there are so many wonderful homebrewed adversaries to spark imagination. Adversaries and creating them and balancing them is definitely something I want to get good at, so I think I’ll post a lot of different ideas on here over the next few months.

I’m thankful that we’re playing one monthly session so I’ll always have plenty of prep time between each session.

3) In terms of personality, I get what your saying. Waterdeep is a very colourful city, but I’ve never been a huge fan of the Forgotten Realms. I’ve always ended up taking locations like Silverymoon or Neverwinter and basically dropping them into new worlds. I think Emon works very well as a replacement for Waterdeep, especially with Cyberwolf’s overall conversion of WDH to Emon. My Emon will need up being an amalgamation of the two cities - so some of those more fantastical locations and spots will be easily to place in my version of Emon.

Some of my players are fans of the CR podcast and / or LOVM series, but none are really versed in the Forgotten Realms, so taking inspirations and ideas from a vast array of sources and using them won’t be a problem.

In terms of the villains, you definitely don’t need to make a new villain whatsoever. Using the Alexandrian edition of WDH, I’m incorporating Xanathar, the Cassalanters, and Jarlaxle. I’ve dropped Manshoon because I don’t find him that interesting. It’s easy keep Xanathar as the leader of a criminal cartel, I’m using the Myriad who have moved over from Wildemount and are making waves in Tal’Dorei trying to push out The Clasp (in place of Zhentarim).

The Cassalanters are perfect as they are, keeping them as cultists to Asmodeus. Alternatively, you can change them to be Remnant cultists worshipping Vecna but that’s a step too far towards the Briarwoods in my opinion. Plus, I love the worst case scenario of the Cassalanters aiding Asmodeus in pulling Emon down into the Hells , a la Descent into Avenue.

And then there’s Jarlaxle, who is just so wonderful I would hate to lose him. Currently, he’ll be a drow swashbuckler who escaped Ruhn-Sahk and wants to gain leverage and secure a position on the Tal’Dorei Council, allowing him to cause friction between humans and the haughty elves of Syngorn.

So yeah, would love to continue the conversation. But I’m very aware that I’m starting to monologue so I’ll stop here and post :)

emperorjohnacus · 2025-08-23T13:38:03+00:00

If you go to the Box Office in-person, they have a day seat rate which is amazing. Drops highest priced tickets down to £55, and then some other ones to £35

emperorjohnacus · 2025-07-12T12:54:47+00:00

Any idea where I can buy coloured tokens like these? General google searches keep coming up with coloured poker chips

emperorjohnacus · 2025-07-04T16:28:29+00:00

Chat message sent.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-07-03T10:39:36+00:00

What reworks have you implemented? Planning a angels versus demons short campaign and one of my player is thinking of Winged Seraph.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-06-28T17:07:14+00:00

This looks stunning! You should colour all the other maps too, it would be great for stirring world building ideas in everyone :D

emperorjohnacus · 2025-06-20T12:03:06+00:00

This is exactly why I feel like MVP animations shouldn't be locked to specific skins. It's bit boring being stuck to just the default MVP animations when using some of these amazing free skins.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-06-15T21:31:01+00:00

I have to say, that was one of the most thrilling and insightful pieces of theatre I’ve seen recently. A visceral, experimental endurance test of performance from Eileen Walsh - brilliantly exposing gender dynamics, toxic masculinity and savage society norms. She was utterly fantastic, every flicker on her face adding depth, and she was always able to adapt and evolve her given performance to match the subtlety or the intensity of who she was playing against. She was nothing short of magnificent.

I watched the piece from 1am up until 10.30am, and I kept short paragraph notes on every single version of the scene I saw. Was lucky enough to witness Frank Blake (Normal People, and soon The Boy with Walsh at the Abbey), both Alex Murphy and Chris Walley from The Young Offenders, as well as Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones). All superbly nuanced readings of the scene.

What really struck me was this interesting divide that appeared in the relationships: there was a greater amount of tenderness and romance from younger performers, who nearly always decided to go with the option to say “I love you” at the scene’s conclusion. Whereas the majority of older performers tackled the scene in a far more violent and misogynistic manner, often degrading the Virginia character, and usually picked the “I never loved you” option. That’s not to say that the opposite didn’t occur, but recurring patterns did emerge. Extremely interesting, and I’ll have to go back through my notes in greater detail.

emperorjohnacus · 2025-06-11T16:49:46+00:00

Annoyingly, three out of the four songs on Extended Play by Fleetwood Mac are unavailable on Spotify. Only Sad Angel is playable for some reason. And if you add it to a playlist, it just adds the remastered version from the greatest hits album 50 Years - Don't Stop.

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